dysan
Why's that then? It seems familiar now you mention it.
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Because Savile was one of many presenters that appear throughout that particular show, it won't get re-broadcast.
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Here's the clip:
dysan
WOW I remember! Thanks Kurgan.
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By this time the BBC was broadcasting in nicam stereo.
mooghead
I remember I Want It All fondly. I was 13 and it was the first time I anticipated new Queen material. Since A Kind of Magic I had accumulated and digested and loved all the previous works (thanks to the AKOM video which I saw on TOTP when I was 10) so something new was about to happen and it was exciting.
The Miracle was the first album I bought on release day with the dinner money I saved all week (I ate biscuits I took from home for lunch). That is why I love the album and will fight anyone who doesn't (Even My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall)
The Miracle was the first album I bought on release day with the dinner money I saved all week (I ate biscuits I took from home for lunch). That is why I love the album and will fight anyone who doesn't (Even My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall)
The Real Wizard
It's a great album, with most of the classic Queen trademarks. I have no idea why some people prefer Hot Space to it - the writing and production are so much better.
Penetration_Guru
I'm not a fan of it for the same reasons -
The writing - the first two tracks are, to me, filler. IWIA & WIAWI are good, TIM, Breakthru & Scandal are average pop tunes. MBDM - poor Cool Cat remake. RMF - just horrible.
The production - or possibly more the arrangements. WIAWI has an overlong intro, and then having introduced the guitar, swamps it in dull keyboards from then on. TIM has far too much percussion.
For context, while I'm a little older than mooghead, my experience of that period was similar, in that I got properly into Queen post-AKOM, and The Miracle was the first Queen album I bought on the day of release.
The writing - the first two tracks are, to me, filler. IWIA & WIAWI are good, TIM, Breakthru & Scandal are average pop tunes. MBDM - poor Cool Cat remake. RMF - just horrible.
The production - or possibly more the arrangements. WIAWI has an overlong intro, and then having introduced the guitar, swamps it in dull keyboards from then on. TIM has far too much percussion.
For context, while I'm a little older than mooghead, my experience of that period was similar, in that I got properly into Queen post-AKOM, and The Miracle was the first Queen album I bought on the day of release.
brENsKi
[QUOTE] [b]Penetration_Guru wrote:[/b]For context, while I'm a little older than mooghead, my experience of that period was similar, in that I got properly into Queen post-AKOM, and The Miracle was the first Queen album I bought on the day of release.[/QUOTE]
I'm speaking as a fan who had bought every and any recordings - even remotely Queen related. In 1992 - when it became clear there'd be no new recordings to collect, I sold the lot: Lurex 7" collabs with other artists like Howell, Hunter, Squier etc, rare demo 7" , rare Pic sleeves, pic vinyl, and even some ultra rare col vinyls.
I kinda like the Miracle for the exact opposite reasons. i'd been a fan since '74. with each new release (after Jazz) I felt a little more jaded. I could see the rock edge being "filed down" and being replaced - not just with funk etc, but with pop and (worse) downright pap.
"Hot Space" was anathema to me. Don't get me wrong, I love soul music. But HS sounded thin - like it had been recorded in a biscuit tin using Tandy 99p Mics. Other rock bands ventured out of their comfort zones - with much better results.
AKOM was as bad - the production was worse still, but redeemed a little by one or two better tunes.
The Miracle and Innuendo brought me back "home". It was nice that Freddie signed off with two LPs more akin to the traditional Queen sound.
I'm speaking as a fan who had bought every and any recordings - even remotely Queen related. In 1992 - when it became clear there'd be no new recordings to collect, I sold the lot: Lurex 7" collabs with other artists like Howell, Hunter, Squier etc, rare demo 7" , rare Pic sleeves, pic vinyl, and even some ultra rare col vinyls.
I kinda like the Miracle for the exact opposite reasons. i'd been a fan since '74. with each new release (after Jazz) I felt a little more jaded. I could see the rock edge being "filed down" and being replaced - not just with funk etc, but with pop and (worse) downright pap.
"Hot Space" was anathema to me. Don't get me wrong, I love soul music. But HS sounded thin - like it had been recorded in a biscuit tin using Tandy 99p Mics. Other rock bands ventured out of their comfort zones - with much better results.
AKOM was as bad - the production was worse still, but redeemed a little by one or two better tunes.
The Miracle and Innuendo brought me back "home". It was nice that Freddie signed off with two LPs more akin to the traditional Queen sound.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]
The Miracle and Innuendo brought me back "home". It was nice that Freddie signed off with two LPs more akin to the traditional Queen sound.[/QUOTE]
And there we have it (see what I did there?).
They aren't Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack, but they are undoubtedly stronger than most of their 80s output. Once you take out the best half dozen songs (let's say Play The Game, Dragon Attack, It's A Hard Life, Hammer To Fall, Who Wants To Live Forever, and Princes Of The Universe), there isn't too much left.
Die hard fans can defend the middle period all they want, but a hundred years from now when people are looking back at all the great bands, it will be their 1974-75 output that stands the test of time, along with some of the hits from after that.
Queen became less consistent after News Of The World, which just happens to be when the money rolled in. They became less hungry and focused, and Mercury's interests shifted elsewhere. In one way or another it happens to pretty well every band. The fact that Queen produced a half dozen or so great albums is about the most any artist can hope to achieve. And even if everything after 1977 were to be ignored, it is still a great canon of work.
The Miracle and Innuendo brought me back "home". It was nice that Freddie signed off with two LPs more akin to the traditional Queen sound.[/QUOTE]
And there we have it (see what I did there?).
They aren't Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack, but they are undoubtedly stronger than most of their 80s output. Once you take out the best half dozen songs (let's say Play The Game, Dragon Attack, It's A Hard Life, Hammer To Fall, Who Wants To Live Forever, and Princes Of The Universe), there isn't too much left.
Die hard fans can defend the middle period all they want, but a hundred years from now when people are looking back at all the great bands, it will be their 1974-75 output that stands the test of time, along with some of the hits from after that.
Queen became less consistent after News Of The World, which just happens to be when the money rolled in. They became less hungry and focused, and Mercury's interests shifted elsewhere. In one way or another it happens to pretty well every band. The fact that Queen produced a half dozen or so great albums is about the most any artist can hope to achieve. And even if everything after 1977 were to be ignored, it is still a great canon of work.
Chopin1995
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
It's a great album, with most of the classic Queen trademarks. I have no idea why some people prefer Hot Space to it - the writing and production are so much better.
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Even the video clips are much, much better.
It's a great album, with most of the classic Queen trademarks. I have no idea why some people prefer Hot Space to it - the writing and production are so much better.
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Even the video clips are much, much better.
Thrill Yeti
Imagine playing The Miracle to someone who didn't like Queen to try and change their mind. It would be humiliating. Their worst album (and Freddie's only bad album, vocally) in my view, but I understand lots of people on here have an emotional attachment to it, which is fair enough.
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JS21
@Thrill Yeti - I thought Freddie's vocals were really good in 'The Miracle' album, specially the title song and Breakthru. I like some songs in the album,Scandal, Hang on in there, title song, Breakthru, Rain must fall (even if it is lifted off of candi stanton song), but definitely not as much as I like their 70's albums.
@The Kurgan - Thanks for sharing the TOTP re-broadcast. made me feel quite nostalgic.
@The Kurgan - Thanks for sharing the TOTP re-broadcast. made me feel quite nostalgic.
MyHumanZoo
Wow...I had the exact same hairstyle as the lady that announced Breakthrough...but I guess we all did! Funny thing from Rudi Dolezal...if there was one thing in all his videos he could do over, it would be to paint the inner sides of the bricks the same gray color as the front, because when the guys broke through the bricks out of the tunnel you could see the white edges of the styrofoam. I never even noticed it until he said that!