I agree they would never do it, but I like that style of music. I think Brian could play a different style if they did a ballads album. Maybe more acoustic playing and the Sax mixed in. They never played only one on every album, so I agree never would have happened. Another interesting direction they could have taken if Freddie lived longer is have Cabelle sing on a few songs, a true rock opera.
I think the Montserrat Caballe collaboration thing with Freddie was great on the Barcellona single but Fred did take it a bit too far making a whole album with Monty
which was boring on most tracks, and i am a Freddie lover by heart.
Freddie should have duetted with the likes of Elton or Cliff, that would have been in keeping with his rock/pop career.
Freds best album remains Mr Bad Guy and although the songs on that album were a bit iffy, it was a good first solo attempt.
Rogers first solo album Fun in Space remains his very best in my opinion.
I disagree. Barcelona was amazing - an album completely over the top and featuring Freddies best vocals
Strange Frontier is my fave Taylor album
My fav tracks on Barcellona where "Guide me Home" "How can i go on" but the album never made me feel happy it had a very depressing feel about it.
I think Mr Bad Guy suffered, not because of the song writing, but because Freddie tried to make a Queen album without Queen.
Barcelona saw Freddie writing with someone other than himself in mind and with a lot of input from Mike Morran. It pushed harder than Mr Bad Guy and made for a much more interesting listening experience.
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I disagree. Barcelona was amazing - an album completely over the top and featuring Freddies best vocals
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I agree with your disagreement! Breathtaking album.
And I always liked One Year Of Love. Although, like mentioned before, I'm not convinced that Freddie made the right decision to sing so much of the song in the highest register. He had this period (1984-86) of very high singing in full voice while recording Mr Bad Guy, AKOM and songs for Time musical and basically everything else from that time.
The Title track of Barcelona was great, but the rest is even better. Guide Me Home/How Can I Go Home is one my favorite Freddie moments, that includes Queen by the way. The Opera track 4th song, not sure of the spelling is perhaps his finest vocal performance. The 2nd track is beautiful with It's Janenese influence. I think if Freddie was still alive he would cite Barcelona as one his favorites. Could have been a bit longer though. One more track would of been perfect. Mr. BAD Guy on the other hand was recorded between Queen albums and Tours, felt rushed.
The Title track of Barcelona was great, but the rest is even better. Guide Me Home/How Can I Go Home is one my favorite Freddie moments, that includes Queen by the way. The Opera track 4th song, not sure of the spelling is perhaps his finest vocal performance. The 2nd track is beautiful with It's Janenese influence. I think if Freddie was still alive he would cite Barcelona as one his favorites. Could have been a bit longer though. One more track would of been perfect. Mr. BAD Guy on the other hand was recorded between Queen albums and Tours, felt rushed.
I must say, at one time I did like their solo stuff. In the 90's Back to the Light/Another World and I had Electric Fire and Happiness. Mr. Bad Guy, after all I was a die hard. Over time as they say only certain albums stand the test of time. I could. Honestly say Barcelona is the only album outside of Queen I still love. Brian Has some good stuff on his solo albums, but I never listen to them anymore. I struggle with his vocals at times. Cozy kicked ass though.
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
The Title track of Barcelona was great, but the rest is even better. Guide Me Home/How Can I Go Home is one my favorite Freddie moments, that includes Queen by the way. The Opera track 4th song, not sure of the spelling is perhaps his finest vocal performance. The 2nd track is beautiful with It's Janenese influence. I think if Freddie was still alive he would cite Barcelona as one his favorites. Could have been a bit longer though. One more track would of been perfect. Mr. BAD Guy on the other hand was recorded between Queen albums and Tours, felt rushed. [/QUOTE]
All true! You mean Ensueno probably. A long time ago I've read a story that Montserrat asked Freddie to sing in operatic baritone on that song, not his usual tenor style. And Montsy wrote lyrics. Probably the song she had the biggest influence. And what an amazing results. And there is also that demo when Freddie sings soprano parts... So much to talk about this album.
Yes Ensueno, one of my favorites....It's one of those albums even after 26 years of listening I still get chills.. On the box set he sings her parts in the demos and was really impressive. Especially guide me Home. It's cool she wrote those lyrics, If you translate those lyrics they are beautiful.
I've never thought about translating the lyrics of this piece. Beautiful indeed.
You could find the translated version on youtube.....If It's still on there.
http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/freddie-mercury/songs/barcelona.htm#Ensueno
I found it here. Pretty nice page.
