Wishing AKOM was never made

cmsdrums wrote:
I never really class One Vision as a movie track......it was written as a band song as per any other, and just happened to later be used in a movie, as opposed to the Highlander stuff written specifically for a film.

well perhaps it's one for the pedantics, but here's something worth considering

One Vision - release date - November 1985
Iron eagle - release date January 1986
Now, on the basis that films can take much longer to make than a 5-minute rock single - i'd say that there's very good chance that by the time One Vision was released, Iron Eagle had probably already been completed and was ready for cinema release.

brENsKi wrote:

cmsdrums wrote:
I never really class One Vision as a movie track......it was written as a band song as per any other, and just happened to later be used in a movie, as opposed to the Highlander stuff written specifically for a film.

well perhaps it's one for the pedantics, but here's something worth considering

One Vision - release date - November 1985
Iron eagle - release date January 1986
Now, on the basis that films can take much longer to make than a 5-minute rock single - i'd say that there's very good chance that by the time One Vision was released, Iron Eagle had probably already been completed and was ready for cinema release.

It's a good point, and one I did consider. I still reckon that the soundtrack would not have been settled on and it could have been ANY Queen track included, but just happened to be 'One Vision' as it was their latest single.Capital Records released the soundtrack, and Queen were signed to them, so this was a mutual business decision. I'm sure (especially having seen the 'making of One Vision') that it wasn't written 'on demand' for the film, or in any way relating to it.

CPL593h wrote:

- Freddie shaving his moustache (my personal most logical explanation).

It's true that Freddie didn't have the same attitude without the moustache. He was the genuine shy Freddie without the 'stache.

If Freddie decided to put all his effort on magic, and forget Mr. Bad Guy AKOM could have been great. Some of those songs were good but ruined on BadGuy with bad production, and lousy session players. The works also had better potential. Include I Go crazy and Let Me in Your Heart again and even love kills, then exclude man on the prowl and tear it up.

I also talk to people who aren't huge Queen fans but love the highlander movie, they loved the soundtrack so much that they became proper fans later on. But most here on queenzone think of Magic as weak. Not everyone agrees.

A Kind of Magic is the weakest album, but they're excused because it's a sound track album - the most interesting songs are Pain is so Close to Pleasure and Don't Lose Your Head, I think. One Year of Love has grown a bit on me, and I think the title song is okay.