^ Could have Queen gone down the road of grunge style? Albeit, I want it all/stripped down style? Brian mentions that, that video and style was a tease/an exciting insight to what queen could have done in the 90s.
If you took away the rumour to John retiring or at the very least... taking a step back for family.... I felt that Queen had lots in the tank for some potentially good albums...
John sing writing contributions had a major set up to their last two "80s" albums... Brian was exploring new and exciting techniques with his guitar...
I agree! Sky was the limit for them...I feel 87/88 was enough time for rest. In 89 Freddie would be getting restless and getting that feeling of let's give these people the best show they ever saw. 3 years without touring would also give John the rest he craved and spend time with his family. I think 1990 when they finished recording Innuendo would of been the perfect time. That would give them 4 years between tours. As far as John goes. I think his songwriting days as a hit maker were over. He still would play a steady bass.
I personally don't think Freddie would have kept touring as he was after he turned 50 or so. I can see him recording music and getting involved with other people's projects though.
I do agree with that.....early 90's would of been it. His Mid 40's era. With the occasional appearance here and there for special events like the Rock n Roll hall of fame. I could he see him recording with Queen every 4 years and collaborate with other artists. But by 70 he would be retired from recording as well.
I think Freddie would have seen Mick Jagger and not have been able to resist going out on the stage in his 60s and now his 70s (presuming he was healthy and never caught HIV).
There'd be the contingent on this forum making fun of him, saying his albums weren't up to scratch, saying that his voice is a shadow of what it once was, saying that Queen are not the band they once were and that they should give up. With every subsequent solo project there would be the group of people saying 'why did he have to release that' or what so now he's written a ballet score?' or whatever.....
The collaboration he did with David Bowie on their 2015 musical would have been artistically great but the forum would have slated it.... LMAO
Nah I'm just joking, but sometimes it does seem round here that it's a Queen hate group...
I do think that John writing his own hits/songs was more coming to an end but collaborations wise... the last two 80s albums he had almost 6-7 8 potential songs to his credit, 7-8 of which was a collaboration with Freddie so.... Could he have continued with that and collaborated more with Freddie? That's if....
If queen carried on/Freddie was not ill.... would it have stayed as a sole song writer got all the credits or would it have always gone towards the shared songwriting credits?
Oooh now you're asking a difficult question. Was the decision to combine writing credits because Freddie was ill? Well. I'm not sure. According to some people, Freddie didn't tell the band until 1990 or 1991, and so we'd have to know whose idea it was. If it was Freddie's idea, it's quite possible that it was because he knew he was ill. It could simply have been that they decided to grow up a bit and not get into the usual bickering and fights that were a constant feature of the previous albums.
Now it seems that the songs from Innuendo and The Miracle are being re-credited to the original writers -if not necessarily officially. Brian has said that The Miracle was Freddie's, I want it all was his, Headlong was his (obviously actually), The Show Must Go On was his, Bijou and Delilah were Freddie's, but they were all credited to Queen. My guess is that some songs would have been virtually completed by one person before recording, and others would have developed. Some would have had an instigator and then they'd all have contributed.
But that doesn't answer the question as to exactly why they chose to take this route at that point. One Vision was credited to Queen, perhaps that way of working suited them when they returned to the studio after A Kind Of Magic? I don't know.
The band knew by the end of 88, the start Of The Miracle sessions. So maybe It had something to do with that. They obviously knew by the time they finished the album.
Now, I thought the band knew by The Miracle sessions, but then I've read recently that they didn't know until Innuendo, which conflicts with what I thought I'd heard previously.
Come on now....he told the band by the end of 88. I remember the Interview I read..even if by some chance that source was wrong and Freddie told them during Innuendo (which is not true) It would be so obvious at that point anyway. It makes sense....by the time The Miracle was finished the band knew, putting their egos aside they decided to give all 4 members credit for all the songs. I remember the Aids rumor was already in full swing when The Miracle came out. The band was already asked about the rumor and Roger in protecting freddie mode Answered Freddie is healthy and singing better than ever on their new album.
