^what about rock? It had a great resurgence from the commercial jock itch shit.
Well. ..i take that back( ALREADY) Warren DiMartini wasis pretty fantastic and so were a bunch of musicians of that era.
I guess i was just thinking about def leppard and white snake, great white, poison etc
master marathon runner · Member since
Great cover of a fantastic song. Watched Queen's MKB version straight after and despite Extreme's brilliance, there's nothing like the real thing.
Who said playing to one man and his dog ?! - looked crammed to the rafters to me.
Viper · Member since
very nice! thx!
matt z · Member since
^Pat Badger wasn't there and neither was recent drummer Kevin Figuerido. (*original drummer Paul Geary became a successful band manager)
So. ...technically just Nuno and Gary.
They're great little events. I don't go every week, some are far better than others... they even had an evening with Jackson Browne once. (*YouTube it for the short set)...a great treasure off of Hollywood and Highland.
I made it a point to tell the guys "WOW, you actually made that song sound GOOD!"...Gary defended it saying "I love Staying Power"...
Whenever Nuno plays it seems like he makes it a point to play something no-one would ever play/had never played live before. Half a year ago, this girl I'm dating went cuckoo as women can do...and i missed Nuno perform MJ's "SPEED DEMON" ...a truly ridiculous thing to try to cover live.
on my way up · Member since
Let's face it: this sounds better than the Hot Space version.
Holly2003 · Member since
Staying Power sounds like a coked up version of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".
mike hunt · Member since
It's ok, nothing to jump up and down about. The original had really good potential. If Queen performed it like they did live and worked on those lryics a bit more it could of been an Anthem. But should of doesn't cut it. The songs decent enough, not one of Queens best.
malicedoom · Member since
Holy shit. That fucking ROCKS. Thanks for posting!
To me that song is SO underrated.
dysan · Member since
Never liked Extreme but yeah I enjoyed that.
matt z · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
It's ok, nothing to jump up and down about. The original had really good potential. If Queen performed it like they did live and worked on those lryics a bit more it could of been an Anthem. But should of doesn't cut it. The songs decent enough, not one of Queens best.[/QUOTE]
ANTHEM??!
With words like "blow baby, blow! Let's get down and go-go"
......uh...yeah, ....YEAH!
I can see your point
right up there with "Cock Ring" by the Moogz
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]felix ibex wrote:[/b]
Yes and Michael Jackson stole a lot of Freddies Influence from Hotspace and used it for 'Thriller'[/QUOTE]
No, he did not. That's bollocks.
mike hunt · Member since
Matz don't be an asshole! Did you not see my comment where I said they needed too work on those lryics? Hinting that the lyrics are pretty bad, but I say it had potential because the basic frame of the song was there, proven by the live performance....the chorus was catchy. But the rest of the lryics was terrible. This was the start of Freddie getting lazy and can't be bothered creating great music anymore. Putting in that extra work wasn't as Important as partying.
mike hunt · Member since
Brian May said that about MJ and HS. Maybe he knows something we don't? Or maybe He was talking nonsense? I could see Jackson being influenced by The Game more than Hot Space. They nailed it on The Game. A perfect mix of funk and rock. Hot Space sucked.
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
Brian May said that about MJ and HS.[/QUOTE]
Brian May said many things which aren't true.
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
Maybe he knows something we don't?[/QUOTE]
Of course, but maybe the hundred-plus people who knew MJ way better than Brian and us combined also knew something about it and, coincidentally, none of them have ever mentioned 'Hot Space' as an influence on 'Thriller,' including the late great Michael himself.
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
Or maybe He was talking nonsense?[/QUOTE]
Most of the time, Brian's not talking nonsense. This time he is.
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
I could see Jackson being influenced by The Game more than Hot Space.[/QUOTE]
Exactly!
matt z · Member since
Haha. ^ yeah. Just joking MikeHunt (say that 3x fast followed by "brings all the boys to the yard"....actually proving that lyrics aren't essential to songs being big)
I've always thought the only redeeming thing about the song was the horn arrangement. Someone has pointed out before that the riff is very similar to Led Zeppelin's "On the tiles" which i totally hear. ...but staying power= cocaine nightmare of a song
I made sure to give my props to Nuno and Gary for actually making it sound....GOOD!
