Informative interviews at the Queen Fan Club Conventions

Holly2003 wrote:

Days of Our Lives was good. Rhys Thomas clearly is a fan and knows his stuff. We found out how the original version of Stone Cold Crazy sounded.

That was not on Days of Our Lives, was it?

Holly2003 wrote:

Days of Our Lives was good. Rhys Thomas clearly is a fan and knows his stuff. We found out how the original version of Stone Cold Crazy sounded. I expected a lot more discussion about that on here but people seem more interested in creating top 10 lists or pondering when Freddie got Aids.

Agreed - the closest we got to Brian and Roger relaxed and really discussing stuff outside the usually banal stuff.

It was a rarity to see them interviewed together for that documentary too, and I'd like to see that more.......yes, they speak together at press conferences when promoting a tour (and the DVD voiceovers), but in general they are always interviewed separately - the ANATO 'Classic Albums' being a prime example when they could have put them together to play acoustically or recollect stories.

Holly2003 wrote:

Days of Our Lives was good. Rhys Thomas clearly is a fan and knows his stuff. We found out how the original version of Stone Cold Crazy sounded. I expected a lot more discussion about that on here but people seem more interested in creating top 10 lists or pondering when Freddie got Aids.

The stuff Rhys Thomas was involved in was great actually.

Apologies, it was on the Alfie Boe doc here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4HUyGm8Ew at about 1:44.
But Rhys Thomas' efforts are to be applauded.

I think Mike got asked an interesting question in the Netherlands when they queried about 'Great Pretender', but he simply re-told the same old story about his car accident and the 'In My Defence' intro... for me it's as if the first half an hour of every football match consisted of the audience being explained the rules and what a red card means, etc., instead of just getting on with it.

cmsdrums wrote:

they speak together at press conferences when promoting a tour (and the DVD voiceovers)

I'm fairly sure they were interviewed separately for GVHII at least.

Sebastian wrote:

It takes a while for him to get to the point but it's worth it

Really?

I was expecting some insight, perhaps something Fred had said about KQ that we'd not heard before, but that 'anecdote' just amounts to someone (who happened to be very close to Fred) saying 'I remember hearing KQ when it came out and thought it was a really good, interesting, and clever song'.

We don't need Mike Moran to tell us that!

Hmmm....Moran argues against his own point by saying 'they didn't have any big hit singles in the early days like they did much later on'......then proceeds to talk about Kilker Queen being fabulous and a massive hit (no 2 in the UK)! That was only their third single, and in only the year after their first ever one, so I'd say they DID have hit singles very early on!!!

Bohardy wrote:

I was expecting some insight, perhaps something Fred had said about KQ that we'd not heard before, but that 'anecdote' just amounts to someone (who happened to be very close to Fred) saying 'I remember hearing KQ when it came out and thought it was a really good, interesting, and clever song'.

We don't need Mike Moran to tell us that!

Perhaps I was wrong to announce it at all, since that probably gave you (and some others) false hope of something juicier, so I apologise for that. I for one was quite excited to hear Mike talking about something *other* than his head-on collision and how Montserrat asked him to play for her at the Covent Garden.

back in the mid to late 90s, when I really wanted to go, I was too young and it was too much money.

These days, it's more a question of logistics, and frankly, the desire to have a whole weekend of nothing but Queen.

However, I do envy the folks there who get to hear these guys talk and take questions. I'd love to experience that.
Some snippets appear on youtube, but so far nothing from the engineers etc??
If someone has a recording, I'd love to hear their stories.

Great job from the fan club in getting these guys to appear. (although, I can't imagine they are drowning in such requests...)
What I'll never understand, is why some of these people are never to be found in official documentaries, as they Obviously can offer a fresh and I'm sure unique view on certain things.
I can't imagine they are asked, but turn the offer to appear down....any inside on this would be welcome! (slightly off topic there, but still..)

was there this year & also at the very 1st in Gt.Yarmouth...its only once a year & good iss up really.great music..obviously but i found that nothing had really changed over the years apart from guest speakers whom have all been integral to the Queen story in some way..this years guest were great & interesting as Gregg mentioned all had plenty of time for fans. I think the format needs rethinking & new ideas injecting...we keep seeing/hearing the same stuff...mr.archivist are you listening...?

craigob11 wrote:

...as Gregg mentioned...

Gregg? Old Gregg? Was there a club where people would wee on each other?

And drink Bailey's from shoes. Mmm, creamy beige.

It was a great convention then!