Since Stone Cold Crazy pre-dates John Deacon, I'm curious how he ended up with a co-credit. Maybe it was his idea to speed the song up. Or maybe the others didn't want to credit a song to three of them and leave him out.
Anyone know?
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My guess would be that it changed so much over the years that they all added to it at one point or another.
It reportedly didn't change much. However, once they decided it was a collaborative effort, Johns name was on it. I think because it was such a derivative blues shitout Freddie was just like yeah whateva
RT has a diary from 1970?????
I wonder which other years he did...
I wonder which other years he did...
Brian played a bit of the original Stone Cold Crazy tempo and chords on that Alf Boe documentary Freddie Mercury Saved My Life. You can hear it at about 16mins 35secs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2FSJKkHyA
Given how interested Queen fans are in the original version, I'm surprised this didn't make more of a splash when the documentary was aired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2FSJKkHyA
Given how interested Queen fans are in the original version, I'm surprised this didn't make more of a splash when the documentary was aired.
Roger has posted a new image of his diary. This time from 1973...
I'd happily buy a facsimile copy of his diary