For me, no one but you is a lovely end to the whole Queen story and I don't really consider anything after to be Queen.[/QUOTE]
Exactly my thoughts. No One But You is a Queen's swan song which ended 27 years of their career. Since 1998 Queen is no more. [/QUOTE]
My thoughts too.
Chopin1995 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jeremy wrote:[/b]
I do remember pictures of the unveiling and it was rainy that day...and I seem to remember Brian being asked of it was specifically about Princess Diana and he said something to the effect of, "It's about everyone we've lost, and there's a lot of Freddie in there."
It's been years since I've read that quote, however. [/QUOTE]
It's even better because it was filmed - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6epCdzyi4
Chopin1995 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Ale Solan wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
No One But You was written in November 96 (...)
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Where did you get that info from?[/QUOTE]
From Brian :) His 'Queen in 3D' book, to be precise - page 153 under the photos of Freddie's statue: "It was at the rainy unveiling of this statue that I wrote the song "No-One But You"
The statue was unveiled on the 5th anniversary of Freddie's death.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't take Brian's words so literally, in a radio interview back in 1997 when Queen Rocks was released, he said he wrote NOBY as a tribute to Princess Diana but it was also a good fit to Freddie / Queen so he ended up working in it with John & Rog.
Sometimes he lies, sometimes he has a weak memory, depends on the context ;) [/QUOTE]
Princess Diana was killed on 31st August 97. The story goes that Brian gave a demo tape to Roger but Rog forgot about it for a long time. But by the October the song had to be recorded because Queen Rocks was released on 3rd November 97.
Also I found this quote by Brian from 97 "I wrote the song about Freddie. It also kind of is about a lot of other people as well... Most of it was written when we unveiled the statue to him, which stands at the end of Lake Geneva, in Switzerland. But little bits of inspiration came at other times too"
Now the lyrics - "A hand above the water/An angel reaching for the sky/Is it raining in heaven/Do you want us to cry". It fits perfectly with the statue.
Putting this all together I'm 96% sure it was written in 96 :)
Ale Solan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
Putting this all together I'm 96% sure it was written in 96 :)[/QUOTE]
