I've always wondered why the band suddenly decided to start sharing songwriting credits on The Miracle and where the origin of this decision lay. Did they have a band meeting in late 87/early 88 and decide something fresh was needed? Or did they feel they needed something like that to avoid the usual clash of egos and fights from their previous 80's albums? I feel the idea must have come from Freddie or Brian, probably the former because perhaps his priorities had shifted in the wake of his diagnosis. I'm leaning towards the idea that with Roger and John's now writing massive hits the band felt they were all pulling their weight in that area so why not share it. But it still feels odd that it happened out of the blue after 13 albums. Any thoughts or theories behind the shared credits?[/QUOTE]
I think Freddie knew he was ill and was tired of fighting Brian about it.p and I think Brian took advantage of that weakness.
Brian was always jealous because Freddie made most of the money because his songs sold better.
FreddieDearie · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sheer Brass Neck wrote:[/b]
Simple answer and I concede I may be off base. Protection? Happy story that after 13 or 14 albums they all got along and money was no longer an issue. My guess is that a lot of the lyrics were bittersweet (My life has been said, Was it all worth it, TSMGO) and if people attached them to Freddie, given the conjecture in the British press, the tabloids would have jumped all over it. So WIAWI was perceived as a song about Queen maybe splitting up, not Freddie writing about impeding end of life. TATDOOL was determined to be a song about how great it was to be in Queen by Q magazine. If Freddie wrote the lyrics, perhaps a farewell to the fans? TSMGO? A heavy album closer with no real indication of Freddie's imminent demise. Perspective of a North american who had no idea Freddie was ill until days before his death. I see it as Queen closing ranks so people wouldn't read too much into lyrical content. FWIW.[/QUOTE]
Interesting points.
Biggest Band On The Planet · Member since
I wonder why Mother Love is not credited as a Queen song ?
Invisible Woman · Member since
As far as I understood, they worked together a good part of the songs so it's not strange to me that it was decided that the songs from those albums be signed as Queen.
FreddieDearie · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Invisible Woman wrote:[/b]
As far as I understood, they worked together a good part of the songs so it's not strange to me that it was decided that the songs from those albums be signed as Queen.[/QUOTE]
No, the contracts/agreements were made beforeHand which is why they worked together.
They had formally chosen to share equal credit, first, not the other way around.
k-m · Member since
This idea could have come only from Brian or Freddie, so it must have been Freddie who introduced it. Brian's ego simply wouldn't fucking allow it. Don't see how it could have sped up the recording process? They ended up writing most songs separately anyway, they were also too old by that point to turn things upside down. So it must have been purely to stop the arguments and perhaps simplify the writing process in that way. Good idea overall.
