We Will Rock You & We Are The Champions (Raw Takes)

Many thank you. i have a News Of the World original album. Brian likes money...
but it's It's ok

Thank you, Jake12. Very cool!

This is the kind of stuff they need to do more of. The support from even the average random commenter on Youtube is massive from what I've seen.

Can't wait to hear Spread Your Wings and hopefully some more albums in the future.

Price inflated by Jim Beach's farts. Hopefully no skid marks on disk 3.

I'd prefer earlier takes, with different lyrics etc, but I think it'd take another 40 years for such release.
as for alternatives of course it's nice

Sounds great. So this is take 37 of the backing track, Freddie speaking is being picked up by the piano mic I am assuming. They have also layered on top of that a different vocal take and other guitar parts that were unused.

Does anyone know which backing track take was used in the released track?

We Are The Champions is an absolute joy to the ears, especially those harmonies at the end.

Maybe I'm just a bit jaded by years of waiting for stuff like this to be released but the 'raw' takes of WWRY and WATC didn't give me the same thrill as when I heard fairy feller's master stroke on the live Rainbow release. I also have issues with the 'frankenstein' nature of these tracks. I've never liked it when non-band members tinker with songs. For example, aside from SSoR, the Hollywood records remixes were joyless exercises in increasing sales. I would rather hear a fairly complete demo than a version of the song cobbled together 40 years later by someone not in the band. When Fred said at the end of Champions 'that was a lovely feel, that's exactly how it should be', was he really referring to this vocal take or was that comment spliced in from another take? Maybe that will be explained in the album notes but I doubt it. So it's more like DoRo deliberately editing videos in a misleading way than a faithful record of what went on in the studio back in 1977. As others have said, it's better than nothing, but not worth the money and it could have been done better.

You hear some songs so much that you lose appreciation for how amazingly put together they are. I rarely even think about We are the Champions cos it's so overexposed... But hearing it a little different like this just completely refreshes my mind on it. Just one of the most beautiful pop songs ever.

Freddie's clean, full voice high 'fighting' in the second last chorus is superb. And I might like the slightly rushed, syncopated delivery of 'I ain't gonna lose' even more than what he does on the officially released version.

Glad they ultimately decided to cut the last chorus and left it hanging on the V chord though.

Definitely some good stuff here but not what i was expecting. I thought these would be solid alternative versions, not loads of bits chucked together. I mean unless you edit it yourself WATC is not going on any playlist due to it being ruined for that purpose by Freddie's comments.
Yes, interesting to hear what he says ONCE or TWICE but not repeatedly. Same as the interview discs with ON AIR. Unless you've had a knock on the head you're unlikely to listen to them more than twice.
I hoped these would be refreshed versions of the songs to listen to repeatedly. Not with novelty band comments or the sound of someone walking into a drum in the studio

Complaints are misplaced I think. This is the best QP is going to give - they've made clear that they're not big on releasing imperfect stuff. And realistically, it contains only a little bit less than the recent Sgt Pepper box, or the Pet Sounds Sessions, as far as actual unheard takes.

It's so sad that No Houston this year

I'm not especially impressed with WWRY, but WATC is an *extremely* interesting listen! Bob already mentioned the line at 3:44, and I also *really* liked the guitar lick at 2:44-2:55. Yes, it might be a composite, but it's still a very interesting listen.

It's a shame they won't put out a 2cd.

[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]

they've made clear that they're not big on releasing imperfect stuff.[/QUOTE]

What about Hot Space? Those horrendous Rare Live edits? Greatest Hits III?

What rubbish,it's the basic songs with a bit of dialogue!