Question about Jazz Album

Yes, you can. I really like Brian's falsetto. It sound smooth. There are a few songs where it's actually him doing those falsetto bits together with, or instead, of Roger or Frederick, and the sound is quite interesting.

Freddie & Brian both wrote some really clever vocal harmonies ("beware the storm that gathers here" in Prophet's Song intro is another neat, slightly unexpected one that comes to mind). In many of the same instances, a less inventive band would've just sung parallel 3rds. Queen really were the masters of vocal harmony, both in writing and delivery.

Sebastian wrote:

I really like Brian's falsetto. It sound smooth. There are a few songs where it's actually him doing those falsetto bits together with, or instead, of Roger or Frederick, and the sound is quite interesting.

I was listening to the Smile material for the first time in a while the other day. I noticed that the three part harmony in the chorus is arranged like so - from lowest to highest, it's Tim, Roger, Brian, with Brian singing the high line in his falsetto. Similarly, in the verses, when the backing "aahs" come in, Brian falsettos the higher part and Roger sings the lower.

It's not the obvious configuration - pretty unusual for Brian to be singing above Roger. But it works really nicely, thanks to Brian's falsetto having such a sweet sound to it. It's wistful and slightly ethereal - perfectly suited to the song, basically.

I've always rated those Smile songs - gorgeous stuff. If only the mixes weren't so muddy... though I think that's part of the charm.

Anyway, we're now well off topic.

Posting just to say that this is a really nice and insightful thread, thanks to everybody involved.

P.S. I'm curious about the rude response given on brianmay.com. Maybe you could try with internet wayback machine on archive.org

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

I have never read anywhere about Roger using drugs. The only interview I have seen him address the issue is one where he said he was "never one for drugs" and that he tried marijuana ONCE and it made him sick.

It's definitely no secret that Freddie and Roger enjoyed their Colombian marching powder on the road.

Queen wisely never wanted to be seen as a drug band, as it certainly never got in the way of their shows - but there are plenty of stories from road crew (and even the band members) saying how the excess got out of control by a certain point.

There's a 2005ish magazine (I wish I remembered which one) where an anonymous crew member speaks out about all this. He said it hit a point where the show wouldn't start until the goods showed up.

Ahhh...obviously I was unaware of all of this. I knew Roger liked to party and have a good time but had never heard or read(that I can remember) of him using drugs. LOL...Freddie was a different story entirely, of course! I thought it was just booze and women...and then there is that interview where he said he was never one for drugs and even marijuana made him sick. He seems like the kind of guy who would readily own up to his past excesses and even laugh about them.

From I read, Roger was a big drinker, even spent the night in Jail after a night of drinking. Never heard of him using coke.

mike hunt wrote:

. . . . . Roger was a big drinker, even spent the night in Jail after a night of drinking. Never heard of him using coke. [/QUOTE]

I think the insane tempo of some of the 79/80 gigs may have little to do with what Roger was drinking and more do do with the length of the mirror ??

My personal opinion is that with the Jazz, they wanted to trying new things along with their trademark Queen sounds.
After ANATO, ADATR and NOTW, Jazz has all the Queen classic sound inserted into different style songs, like fbg, let me entertainment you, dsmn, etc. The problem is that the used the old production tricks on new studios, than the studio the were used to. So the album had many problems in the mix. It sounds dull, blur, much EQ. It lost its freshness and its expectations.

Vocal harmony wrote:

mike hunt wrote:

. . . . . Roger was a big drinker, even spent the night in Jail after a night of drinking. Never heard of him using coke.

I think the insane tempo of some of the 79/80 gigs may have little to do with what Roger was drinking and more do do with the length of the mirror ??

Ha ha !! Zing.

Is there any way anyone can reupload the images in this thread? Whenever I click on the link, it takes me to an error page. Thanks in advance!

If any album deserves a 40th Anniversary edition it is 'Jazz'. At the time and even now, it is overshadowed by NOTW and The Game in both musical appeal and success. There are many demos and work in progress recordings that deserve to be heard.

I love Jazz. I've probably said earlier in the thread that I feel the sum of it's parts feels less than what the best bits deserve.

Does anyone can re-share this photo of paper with handwritten Jazz track lists which features 'Don't Say No' track?
Photo was taken at the Stormtrooper Exhibition. Thanks.

Here you go sweet nips:

Thanks a lot!
As I remember there were two photos of two different track lists, right?

Is it just a working title for ‘In Only Seven Days’?

cmsdrums wrote:

Is it just a working title for ‘In Only Seven Days’?

I think that's the conclusion we reached yes