This is very good, detailed work Sebastian! Enjoyed reading it. Now how about the other songs on the 15 studio albums plus the band members (11 isn’t it?) solo albums?! :-)
QP should employ you as their new archivist.
However due to the fact that the work is correct, detailed, etc - I doubt they’d go for it knowing their track record of errors throughout their documentation!
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]EDWOOD wrote:[/b]
Now how about the other songs on the 15 studio albums plus the band members (11 isn’t it?) solo albums?! :-)
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Thank you for your message (and thanks to everyone else for the kind words). The problem is, in at least 90% of the cases, I've got no access to the separate instrument/vocal stems (let alone tracks). The next one is 'We Will Rock You' and then 'Champions', and hopefully I'll do a few more.
RobbyBloodshed · Member since
This was a great read, thank you!
Stick · Member since
@Edwood Have a look at this: http://web.archive.org/web/20040606040113/sebastian.queenconcerts.com/index.htm
Queen Fan MS · Member since
@Stick - Thanks for sharing the link.
@Sebastian - This looks exhaustive. I don't think I have the knowledge to understand the technical or some of the musical aspects but I will definitely be going thru it.
Looking forward to your write up on WWRY and champions as well.
tomchristie22 · Member since
Always a pleasure reading these. More substantive discussion about the music is what this board needs.
On a songwriting level, it seems like John liked to differentiate the second verse in some way. Verse 2 in Spread Your Wings goes into the minor mode and uses completely different chords than verse 1. Not a very common technique in popular music, but he uses it seamlessly.
More and more, John is becoming my personal favourite songwriter of the four. That may be mostly because my personal taste has moved away from heavy rock. But I do think he's still highly underappreciated as a writer of soul/funk music. e.g. I wonder what percentage of the general public realised that he wrote Another One Bites the Dust, at least prior to the recent movie.
Chopin1995 · Member since
Wonderful! If I could add something it would be the structure of the song, something like:
1 Verse
Chorus
2 Verse
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
Well, I found even more:
http://www.queensongs.info/song-analysis/songwriting-analyses/no-synth-era/a-night-at-the-opera/you-re-my-best-friend
Overall, it's a fantastic job and easy to read. Can't wait for more!
[QUOTE] [b]Stick wrote:[/b]
@Edwood Have a look at this: http://web.archive.org/web/20040606040113/sebastian.queenconcerts.com/index.htm [/QUOTE]
I love this page but I've heard Seb doesn't like it and have a plan do make a new version in the future? It would be really great.
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
If I could add something it would be the structure of the song[/QUOTE]
I felt adding something like that (or functional harmony charts, etc.) would've made it way too long and be a bit all over the place. I haven't ruled it out completely, but for the moment I wanted to focus on what each instrument/vocal consisted of and add some notes (limited by my extreme ignorance on the subject matter) on effects used and stuff.
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
I love this page but I've heard Seb doesn't like it and have a plan do make a new version in the future? It would be really great.
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One of the main issues was precisely that it tried to be way too many things at once, which made it overwhelmingly chaotic and ridiculously inaccurate.
Chopin1995 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
If I could add something it would be the structure of the song[/QUOTE]
I felt adding something like that (or functional harmony charts, etc.) would've made it way too long and be a bit all over the place. I haven't ruled it out completely, but for the moment I wanted to focus on what each instrument/vocal consisted of and add some notes (limited by my extreme ignorance on the subject matter) on effects used and stuff.
[QUOTE] [b]Chopin1995 wrote:[/b]
I love this page but I've heard Seb doesn't like it and have a plan do make a new version in the future? It would be really great.
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One of the main issues was precisely that it tried to be way too many things at once, which made it overwhelmingly chaotic and ridiculously inaccurate.[/QUOTE]
Still, quite a few people seem to like it. Anyway, respect for your valuable work!
Sebastian · Member since
'We Will Rock You' is ready and shall be published on Monday (though there may still be corrections along the way) but I'm gonna do 'Champions' later on since now we've got access to the 24-track contents and that's far more exciting but will take me a while longer to go through them all.
If I can manage to find the time, I'll do 'Under Pressure' for the 29th of July.
freddies bell end · Member since
Hurry up Sebastopropofol
Chopin1995 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
'We Will Rock You' is ready and shall be published on Monday (though there may still corrections along the way) but I'm gonna do 'Champions' later on since now we've got access to the 24-track contents and that's far more exciting but will take me a while longer to go through them all.
If I can manage to find the time, I'll do 'Under Pressure' for the 29th of July.[/QUOTE]
Great news!
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]aristide1 wrote:[/b]
It must by nice to operate at a level were there is no competition (probably no one will claim that Sarm Studios didn't have a Trident CB-9066).
It must be also frustrating for you to be deprived of real feedback, other than "well done".[/QUOTE]
Well, you could have been the first, asking what his source was, or how he came to that conclusion.
Instead you just contributed to your perceived idea of no "real feedback."
