What about Earls Court 77? what about Fuck...g Houston 77? 2 never before properly released gigs that could make a lot of fans happy and they still re-release old stuff. Is there any hint to what we could expect to be launched on the Queen Side this year?? There are still several Live concerts that never had a proper treatment.
GonnaUseMyPrisoners · Member since
No way. The material lacks... I loved Queen and yet could NOT get into this album no matter how I tried, even then (when it was "fashionable"). Leave it.
Cruella de Vil · Member since
As most have said, leave it alone and deliver the live shows we all know are worthy of some form of release. However, I foresee the usual remastering hum-drum and special release on 180gr pink vinyl, with a bonus of exclusive Freddie shades and T-Shirt. The first 1,000 lucky buyers get a deluxe line of cocaine and a bottle of Stoly, Freddie's favorite vodka.
dysan · Member since
Yes I'd take archival releases over a reissue
(hold on, isn't a reissue of a 30 year old album 'archival'?)
But Freddie's solo career needs tidying up. 2 albums - this and Barcelona, plus a best of / boxset collecting up all the non album cuts rather than all the crap currently out there. He deserves this.
Rick · Member since
If this is true, they have lost the plot completely.
'Never make me boring'. HAHAHAHA
What it really says is: what do you think? Time to milk the cashcow again?
brians wig · Member since
As I posted on the official Qonline discussion site, this was originally planned for Freddie's 70th but instead they put out the Singles Collection. I think the original Barcelona was planned as well.
However, if you bought the Singles Collection, you'll notice that some of the MBG tracks sound awesome and completely blow away all previous versions in my opinion. These are the new remasters.
Personally I can't wait for it and do hope the original Barcelona album comes out remastered as well.
pittrek · Member since
I think Mr. Bad Guy is a really shitty album. The funny thing is that the various remixes, including the extended versions are anything between "OK" and "pretty good", but the album versions suck. Now is there really enough public interest for a re-release?
Nitroboy · Member since
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[b]pittrek wrote: [/b] Now is there really enough public interest for a re-release?[/QUOTE]
Certainly much more interest than for more live shows, that's for sure. Because you know, fuck what the fans actually want
cmi · Member since
Why everyone complains about the reissue of the only solo album HE did, which actually was never properly reissued as a standalone (deluxe) release...?
Why everyone thinks that this reissue will destroy hopes about Queen archive release for this year...?
Last year we received 'Messenger Of The Gods' from solo FM. And 'On Air' from Queen.
This year we will probably receive 'Mr Bad Guy' deluxe from FM and something archival from Queen. Also solo BM Box Set in the pipeline. So who knows?
Why all this moaning around? Just to keep the mark of never satisfied QZ-ers...?
MercurialFreddie · Member since
Pittrek, Made in Heaven, I Was Born To Love You, Your Kind of Lover, Mr Bad Guy, There Must Be More To Life Than This, Living On My Own, My Love is Dangerous and Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow can be called anything other than being shitty. Sure, the album suffers heavily from lack of proper production and original acoustic instruments but if given more time and polishing it could bring out huge potential which is clearly present within these tracks.
Freddie clearly overestimated his cards when he thought that he and Mack could do this whole album alone. The story about Freddie stopping the playthrough of the final mixes after hearing half of the album and putting Montserrat on speakers instead clearly shows what he thought about the state of the album and how much work it still needed.
brians wig · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]
I think Mr. Bad Guy is a really shitty album. The funny thing is that the various remixes, including the extended versions are anything between "OK" and "pretty good", but the album versions suck. Now is there really enough public interest for a re-release? [/QUOTE]
Seriously?
Sure, I like the original extended mixes and remixes, but all the ones that came out after Freddie died are utter shite.
I like the album.
IanR · Member since
Utter shite? This pisses all over the original version, IMHO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37yNtqWgi4I
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmi wrote:[/b]
Why all this moaning around?[/QUOTE]
Because never once in the history of humanity has anyone (even under the influence of quaaludes) uttered the words "I wish they'd release Mr Bad Guy again."
Especially since the Freddie box set already happened over 15 years ago.
Even if Brian and Roger redid the rest of the songs and they sounded a thousand times better than the originals, it still wouldn't remotely compare to a half hour of raw studio outtakes from 1974.
But it's pretty clear that they don't want anyone hearing that stuff. They want their creative peak to be heard as it was meant to be heard - the final product.
So sure, bring on another mediocre 80s re-release.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]IanR wrote:[/b]
Utter shite? This pisses all over the original version, IMHO:
