Mother Love outro

I'm referring to the 'montage' ending to Mother Love, glimpsing through Queen's music with audience applause, as well as Going Back, and ending on a baby crying. I can't say I like it at all - it's too self referential, as well as hamfisted. The song is sobering and moving - it speaks perfectly well for itself without the forced sentimentality of the 'retrospective' thing they seemed to be going for with the outro.

Thoughts? Does it have some merit that I'm not giving it credit for?

Im thinking the same thing. A shame it doesnt have a proper endning.

I always wondered, why didn't they put Mother Love prior to the end of the album. Its place on the album is not logical at all:
the last Freddie's vocals - Brian sings the end - 'retrospective' montage - Going Back - baby crying - ... My Life Has Been Saved and the second half of the album...

Wasn't ''A Winter's Tale'' the last song Freddie wrote? And besides, ''Mother Love'' is kinda sad while AWT is more positive, looking how beautiful the world is... that song is followed for a reprise of ''A Beautiful Day'' and the ascension to heavens. Is a very optimistic finale, kinda.

I read somewhere they wanted MIH to have a positive vibe, putting the saddest song of the album at the end would defeat that purpose.

AWT is the last one he wrote, but Mother Love is his last vocal performance. It was written mostly by Brian.

I love the outro.

I always felt it had a vague meaning. The first time I heard the song (when the album was released) I had the sensation it was some kind of to show that, at the end, he got the mother love Freddie needed (according to the lyrics, of course) things like "mama please, let me back inside" and the overall nostalgic feeling. The reason why they did the "retrospective" and the baby at the end could be for artistic reasons not related to the lyrics itself: It was Freddie's last recordings, it was a nice touch.

There's another version with a different outro, which takes the really powerful (to my ears) guitar you can hear in the "out in the city in the cold world outside" part. I dont know if its official or if its a fan mix from MIH/Eye but it changes completely the feeling of the ending (to my ears)

It was definitely going all-retrospective, the same with It's a beautiful day (reprise - SSOR from Queen I). In my opinion it was their way of closing some era in their (BM's, JD's, RT's) life, like they knew that "living" Queen wouldn't be the same with Freddie, they won't record with him in a studio or sing with him live. It was their way of saying goodbye.

As for Mother's love (piece of Wembley incl.) it could mean that that fans had that kind of love for Freddie, whatever happened they were there for him, singing with him at the stadium, no matter what he recorded (Hot Space...). Some weeks ago someone posted on Queenzone story of a Freddie's favourite fan who has even made a picture of Freddie and Mary and given to him. I guess that among all the crap the vultures from tabloids has put in him and those around him, there were some fans who supported Freddie.

I actually like it. I know, you can say it's oversentimental, too direct, etc. But MIH is this kind of an album and I think it "works", for a lack of better expression. When you're emotional, going through some sort of loss or grief, I think you're likely to do things which might seem a bit pathetic, but that's the way it is and I think the ending is a reflection of this. Someone said you cannot examine MIH with a magnifying glass and an eye (Polish saying, sorry don't know English equivalent) and I'm in full agreement with it.

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[b]winterspelt wrote: [/b] I love the outro.

I always felt it had a vague meaning. The first time I heard the song (when the album was released) I had the sensation it was some kind of to show that, at the end, he got the mother love Freddie needed (according to the lyrics, of course) things like "mama please, let me back inside" and the overall nostalgic feeling. The reason why they did the "retrospective" and the baby at the end could be for artistic reasons not related to the lyrics itself: It was Freddie's last recordings, it was a nice touch.

There's another version with a different outro, which takes the really powerful (to my ears) guitar you can hear in the "out in the city in the cold world outside" part. I dont know if its official or if its a fan mix from MIH/Eye but it changes completely the feeling of the ending (to my ears)
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That isn't the David R. Fuller (:/) mix?

The baby crying is the only thing I think they should have left out. It's too much.

Awful outro. :/

[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]

That isn't the David R. Fuller (:/) mix?[/QUOTE]

Yes.
I didnt knew it was his mix until now. I got it a lot of years ago while downloading some bootlegs.

I had to browse youtube to know if you were talking about the same mix, lol

without the baby crying it would be perfect. one of my favourite songs. how i wish freddie had finished recording it.

Don't like it. The crying baby definitely represents Freddie's life beginnings. If only he had chosen different path, can he go back into his mother's
womb to be reborn, to relieve is life. Those aren't Freddie' words, they are Brian's, but Freddie sings them.

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[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]

That isn't the David R. Fuller (:/) mix?[/QUOTE]

Yes.
I didnt knew it was his mix until now. I got it a lot of years ago while downloading some bootlegs.

I had to browse youtube to know if you were talking about the same mix, lol[/QUOTE]

The alternate ending he used was taken from The Eye though, right?