Queen in the 80s

Great question.

I wonder what the concerts setlist would be then :)

Presumably, I would've loved 'The Game' but loathed the rest of their 80's output, save for a few tracks here and there.

Without ''39', 'Good Company', 'Teo Torriatte', 'Dreamers Ball' and 'White Queen', my favourite Queen song would've probably been 'Save Me'.

I like to add some more odd circumstances...

A "newbie" British Band with an own Recording Studio in Montreux ?
They rent the Musicland Studios including MACK for six weeks...just for fun...to fill a gap ? While the Band ( with almost no money on their hands) are resideing in their Suites at the "Bayrischer Hof"...Sounds a bit rich imo.

I think I love Queen especially for their '70s' albums. There are many songs I like from the 80s too, but the main reason why I love them is what they did in the 70s.

I rushed to judgement before even reading it (4 hours sleep)... would I LIKE the band?

Yes. Assuming they still got to record their final albums. I grew up listening to them on the LIVE KILLERS cassette. But also I was greatly impressed as a kid with the IWIA video which I'd seen once or twice on an underground video channel.

I would have then heard WWTLF and it would doubtlessly STILL be one of my favorite songs ever

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

A "newbie" British Band with an own Recording Studio in Montreux ?
They rent the Musicland Studios including MACK for six weeks...just for fun...to fill a gap ? While the Band ( with almost no money on their hands) are resideing in their Suites at the "Bayrischer Hof"...Sounds a bit rich imo.[/QUOTE]

To be fair, had they devoted ten years to their other professions, they could've potentially be rather successful, at least enough to make an investment like that. A 32-year-old Brian with a PhD finished in the early 70's rather than 2008 would've probably amassed some money, as would a 30-year-old dentist practising in London (it's quite pricey there!) and a talented 28-year-old engineer with a natural brain for money (perhaps he would've engineered a successful artist and asked for a percentage of the profits). They wouldn't have been as wealthy as they were in the real timeline, but enough to hire Musicland for a few weeks, definitely. Moreover, Mack wasn't as much in demand as other producers were. It's not like they were getting Quincy Jones!

As for Fred, I've no idea how monetarily successful he would've been as a designer... but the other three could've easily covered the costs and/or John could've used his connexions to get them to record at a nice place in London.

There's no doubt Boh Rhap and A Night At The Opera shot Queen to mega stardom, so had they not come along and The Game been their first album ? No I wouldn't be as big a fan ! I'd have liked some singles, but never bought an album I think.

[QUOTE] [b]andyb1968 wrote:[/b]

There's no doubt Boh Rhap and A Night At The Opera shot Queen to mega stardom, so had they not come along and The Game been their first album ? No I wouldn't be as big a fan ! I'd have liked some singles, but never bought an album I think.[/QUOTE]

Some of the best 80's songs aren't singles. The Hero, Dragon Attack, Is this the World we Created, A Kind of Magic (Original), Gimme the Prize, Was it all Worth It...

Still, their 70's stuff is unbeatable. but some 80's tracks are really good too.

I became a fan in the 80s when I was a teenager, and it was their 80s output from The Works onwards that got me hooked just as I was finding music seriously for the first time, and so I would most likely still be a fan to this day based on that output alone.

However, having The Works and AKOM prompted me to delve into the 70s catalogue and that is the stuff that sticks with me.....now I consider their 80s output pretty weak in comparison to the earlier gems, and ADATR is my absolute favourite album, and I can easily listen to any album start to finish up to The Game.

Countering this though is the fact that they changed to embrace (but not actually slaveishly follow) changing trends in music, and so whilst The Works and AKOM are now probably my two least favourite albums, the band would probably have never reached that point in their career if they had stuck to their early style and had plowed a furrow only producing tracks like Son & Daughter, Father To Son etc....

Even on the albums I'm not as keen on there are some great tracks amongst my favourites...Who Wants to Live Forever, Radio Ga Ga, Staying Power... and The Miracle is possbily my second favourite Queen album.