Have listened to the new mix several times now. Played it side by side with the original album to compare tracks and ...I´m in. Love it.
Is it disrespectful to Freddie´s original vision and the artistic decisions he took when he originally recorded the album? maybe yes, maybe not. We can´t know!
If he was alive, he could be still defending the original recording today, or he could have already bashed it many years ago, ala David Bowie / Never Let Me Down. We´ll never know.
It´s a matter of personal taste and I will happily live with both versions from now on, most specially with the new mix.
And I hope they dare going the same route someday with Innuendo.
dysan · Member since
That Never Let Me Down remix is a car crash :(
Vali · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
That Never Let Me Down remix is a car crash :([/QUOTE]
that remix is a completely different story, of course. I just mentioned that album as an example of the author disliking his work years later.
dysan · Member since
Yes agreed.
Star* · Member since
@Dudeofqueen You obviously are no Queen fan and Freddie worked fucking hard on Mr Bad Guy he was very proud of that album and it has got some really strong songs on it.
Mercury always released strong material and i for one appreciate this album even if you don't.
dudeofqueen · Member since
K770i, re:
>You obviously are no Queen fan and Freddie worked fucking hard on Mr Bad Guy he was very proud of that album and it has got some really strong songs on it.
I *was* a huge Queen fan until the machine decided to shit all over the history of the band. Also a big fan of Freddies (even dressed in those leather shorts and cap........). He may have worked VERY hard and been INTENSELY proud of it. Doesn't make it any less of a steaming pile of shit that has no worth which only had a song of value after he died and after it had been ntensively re-mixed and re-mastered.
>Mercury always released strong material and i for one appreciate this album even if you don't.
He didn't. Mustapha. Don't Try Suicide. Body Language. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure. Rain Must Fall. Delilah. Mr Bad Guy. All car crashes of the highest order. Pleased for you that your quality control level is set so low.
dysan · Member since
Gah! I like those songs
runner_70 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]K770i wrote:[/b]
@Dudeofqueen You obviously are no Queen fan and Freddie worked fucking hard on Mr Bad Guy he was very proud of that album and it has got some really strong songs on it.
Mercury always released strong material and i for one appreciate this album even if you don't.[/QUOTE]
He is a homophobic fuckwhit thats true
runner_70 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]K770i wrote:[/b]
@Dudeofqueen You obviously are no Queen fan and Freddie worked fucking hard on Mr Bad Guy he was very proud of that album and it has got some really strong songs on it.
Mercury always released strong material and i for one appreciate this album even if you don't.[/QUOTE]
He is a homophobic fuckwhit thats true
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]snelly1 wrote:[/b]
Listened to the new mix/re-record on vinyl. A few thoughts, it does sound fuller, better instrument separation, updated drums, bass and more prominent vocals with less reverb.
However, the mix is at times just WEIRD, things pop up suddenly louder seemingly out of nowhere, some synths seem way to loud, stereo field odd at times....nowhere near as good as the Abbey Road remix. Shame as some of these tracks could be real killers in the right hands.[/QUOTE]
What is the Abbey Road remix release you refer to? Other than the single release of ‘Living On My Own’ I’m not aware of any other release of Mr Bad Guy than the original version and subsequent remaster in the Freddie box set in 2000? [/QUOTE]
He is talking about the BEatles Re Release that came out 2 weeks ago not about a Queen/Freddie release[/QUOTE]
Ah I see - thanks!
dudeofqueen · Member since
runner_70, re:
>He is a homophobic fuckwhit thats true
Even if it was, you're STILL unable to spell fuckwit despite having a couple of stabs at it.
Nice to see you've found a friend though; those Civil Partnerships are wonderful things and I wish you both all the happiness in the world in an ENTIRELY gender fluid, non-homophobic manner. I'll pop a present in the post to you and hope that you'll both be able to use both ends of it to the fullest.
FlorianS · Member since
I prefer the new mix. I remember being totally disapointed when I first listened to Mr. Bad Guy back in 92. Still the album is far from being a Masterpiece. but now I enjoy Man made Paradise - a song I could not stand for over 27 years.
Star* · Member since
@dudeofqueen i grant you Delilah was awful but i excuse Fred for that because the great man was dying of Aids.
Mustapha Don try Suicide, Body Language are all great tracks, maybe nit in the concrete set Queen you love but that was the point of these tracks exploring new avenues and new sounds.
Staying Power was another great track and Freddie sounds cool on that track. Remember Queen doing that song at The Milton Keynes gig for The Tube tv show, brilliant.
runner_70 · Member since
After the first proper listen:
* The drums sound flat most of the time as expected by those youtube HD clips. I hate MMP and IWBTLY. The ballads sound fine. My Love is dangerous is ok. They try to hard to make the drums sound like ROger (On Fooling around for example). Mr Bad Guy (the song) sounds also way less pompous than it was intended to. Made In Heaven is ok and so is Let's turn it own.
The packing is very cheap. What is the "Special Edition" - only the remix? What if the put some additional pix in the booklet.
Got the Never Bring picture disc as well. Looking rather nice. Cannot hear very much difference in "Great Pretender". "Love Kills" is ok as well. The rest we all heard before.
Still do not think that they should re-touch stuff like this without the "Permission" by its creator. I doubt "Freddie would have loved it". Cash grab surely and even though I did not want to I bought MBG Cd//ALbum and NB PicDisc. All for the Jim beach pension fund......
Last thing: Still think the original MBG version is far superior to the Queen version, which is overblown and very patchy.
Nice to have an evening with this amazing voice again. Since QAL I haven't listened to Queen very much because it always upsets me what they are doing now and I don't like Maylor anymore.
ggo1 · Member since
runner_70 wrote "Since QAL I haven't listened to Queen very much because it always upsets me what they are doing now and I don't like Maylor anymore."
Jeez, you'd never know. You should mention it more. :-)
