Peter Hince on The One Show

LOTV wrote:

Thank you for posting the clip.

You're welcome.

I actually thought the Magic Years piss taking was fun. As it should be.

Paying off Ringo Starr to give a compliment was pretty funny.

It showed a self deprecating humour far removed from the reverence and pandering the band would seek these days.

Even the late Mel Smith was cheeky on The Magic Years video by saying They was rumours that they were all homosexuals (wink wink to camera) Back in those days that was pretty outrageous for the viewers watching with there families!

Thank you for the video.

1:16 Anyone knows more about this photo? Looks like a recording session. News of the World?
2:28 The Game sessions in Munich 1980?

Holly2003 wrote:

. . . . . . . . , a few big stars had the chance to say something about the above, but instead chose to take the piss. Phil Collins was probably the worst. It's a bit of a sore point for me. There was and is too little talk about Fred's musical skills and far too much talk about him being a "front man". (Or in the Magic Years, stupid jokes about him being gay). In my view, when Fred moved away from the piano to the centre of the stage to become the legendary "front man" that he genuinely was, Queen also lost something. It was a trade off between showmanship and musicality. But what it also did was distract critics and some fans from Fred's musical talent.

"One of the things the Torpedo twins" seemed to be known for was editing and particularly in interviews it coulld give very much the wrong impression. Almost all the interviews in The Magic Years were used almost out of context and certainly not in a flowing conversational way.

I agree a lot of what was said didn't appear to be kind, but I think there was a sense of humour and lightheartedness that somehow missed the mark in some places. I think we also should remember that The Magic Years was put together with the band's blessing and anything they felt shouldn't be in it wouldn't have made the final cut.

Freddie's musicianship was always balanced with his ability to front the band, I think the positioning of the piano gave the widest clearest stage space possible, so I think even Frddie was aware and willing to allow his talent as the front man be almost more important then playing in some ways. Your point is completely accurate though and I seem to remember Roger Taylor saying something similar.

"real rock'n roll history happen in that basement"

VH Your grammar in that last post was shocking tut tut...........
Now the boots on the other foot ! got ya ! lol

The Ringo Starr thing was from the Concert for kampuchea Special in 1979. Not specifically done for Magic years. The editing was always the worst thing about the torpedo twins. Remember the Rare Live video? Worst thing by them ever was making the 1984 Works interview with the line "youre the last Person i'm talking to so you get the best interview" sound like it was the last Interview of his life which it wasnt. It was the last interview of the day in 1984.

Runner70 Thanks for that post, i always assumed that last interview was Freddie saying goodbye to the fans and never realised it was from 1984. Thanks for pointing that out!

They have to use what's available to make an interesting programme. You could say pretty much 100% of what we see on screen in deception one way or another. The magic goes once you see behind the curtain. Watch the angel, not the string.

I thought the tone of The Magic Years was exactly right - very English humour, and very Queen.

Thanks for sharing the video....Nice to see Ratty like that!
A couple of years ago, I was a guest at his photo exhibition. He was such a nice guy!!

Chopin1995 wrote:

1:16 Anyone knows more about this photo? Looks like a recording session. News of the World?

Roger's hair is pretty short. I'd say it's 1978 or 79.

Chopin1995 wrote:

2:28 The Game sessions in Munich 1980?

That sounds about right.

Zeppelin's Presence can be seen behind him on the wall.

Never seen that shot before - nice one.

The Real Wizard wrote:

Chopin1995 wrote:

1:16 Anyone knows more about this photo? Looks like a recording session. News of the World?

Roger's hair is pretty short. I'd say it's 1978 or 79.

Freddie looks very youthful here. So it's rather 1978, or maybe BBC 77 session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=boalaUTc3D4

The Real Wizard wrote:

Chopin1995 wrote:

2:28 The Game sessions in Munich 1980?

Zeppelin's Presence can be seen behind him on the wall.

Well spotted :)