Queen Mysteries

The Classic Queen version also has rogers voice quite high in the mix at the end doesn't it?

@dysan
1991 Innuendo Tour? I missed that one.

@Ivo

I think dysan means the US Radio Tour made by Brian to promote Innuendo in the US. He played some very nice jams on those...and Under Pressure was one of the songs featured.

Yes indeed

The One Vision / AKOM discussion just reminds us how mucky and untidy creating things is. Fascinating, of course.

Yep - we should be very happy that stuff like that is available from such a normally guarded band.

A few questions to ponder over:

-- Did Mike Crossly play the keyboard parts for the MIH version of 'My Life Has Been Saved'? The opening piano part sounds, to my ears, similar to his playing on 'Happiness?'.

Seems to me Deaky may have liked the track enough to have it on 'The Miracle', and given MIHs theme of 'birth, life, love & death' it fitted here perfectly. I'd wager it was one of the tracks worked on in 1993.
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-- Was Keep Yourself Alive written (lyrically at least) as early as 1966 (or even earlier)? Fred's introduction in the March '73 suggests so:

"Right now, we'd like to do a number written by Brian when he was a little teenage boy. Do you know what that one is? It's a little message to all of you that have come here tonight. All it says is. Keep Yourself Alive!"
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-- Did John re-record the bass part of 'Heaven For Everyone', based on Erdal Kizilcay's part for the Shove It! version? Or did the original line survive through to the final MIH reworking?

All good questions. RE KYA - I think they always exaggerated the past, especially in those days. I think it was a tongue in cheek reference to the fact it was an old one in their set? You never know though it certainly could've been that old. Brian would always reference the first album when they did songs off it in the mid 70s along the lines of 'years ago' or 'I hope you remember..'. Well yeah Brian we do, the first album was only 3 years ago. Good evidence that time is speeding up these days.

Is there a version of The Call with Freddie on vocals?

Is there a version of Lambert's Lament with Freddie on vocals?

Is there a version of Freddie On Vocals with Freddie on vocals?

I can only dream.

Re: Lady vs mother in Brighton Rock:

If you sing "mother" instead of lady it pairs well with the rest of the line (if my MOTHER should disCOVER how I spent my holiday...)

Maybe Freddie just decided it was more fun to sing that way?

Why does Freddie claim the band never followed trends....when they clearly did. Obvious examples being NOTW, Hot Space and The Miracle...but i think nearly every album had tracks which you can tell were influenced by what was popular at the time.

Why did Roger slam Delilah as much as he did, saying that he hated the cat song and that it shouldn't feature on the album in public interviews whilst promoting the album and whilst his friend was months away from passing? I love it for his honesty, but i also feel bad because he knew the state Freddie was in at the time.

Supersonic_Man89, re:

>Why did Roger slam Delilah as much as he did

Because it's a complete and utter pile of *SHIT* that has no place on anything other than a solo project.

[QUOTE] [b]IanR wrote:[/b]

-- Did John re-record the bass part of 'Heaven For Everyone', based on Erdal Kizilcay's part for the Shove It! version? Or did the original line survive through to the final MIH reworking?[/QUOTE]

I can't look at the credits right now, but my best guess is that they pretty much re-recorded anything done by any other musicians. No idea what guests might have played in MIH since I never really looked at the credits, so I might as well be wrong, but then again they wouldn't want to pay for someone else's work when they could do it just fine or better.

[QUOTE] [b]dudeofqueen wrote:[/b]

Supersonic_Man89, re:

>Why did Roger slam Delilah as much as he did

Because it's a complete and utter pile of *SHIT* that has no place on anything other than a solo project.[/QUOTE]

"Let the dying man have his song about his f*cking cat" is probably the thought that went through everyone back in the day.

I don't hate it or anything, but I can understand the cynicism.

Why Freddie did not want to sing "Mustapha" on tours?
when clearly the audience wanted.

Why John threw his bass guitar at the end of Kneborth '86?

Where is the missing fourth Bugatti Atlantic?

[QUOTE] [b]bucsateflon wrote:[/b]

Why Freddie did not want to sing "Mustapha" on tours?
when clearly the audience wanted.
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They did during the entire 'Game / (Flash Gordon) ' tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk4xhKmQjmM