I dream of christmas

Does a freddie version of this song exist? If so, why hasnt it been released? Surely now is the time to release it?

never even heard of the rumour that this (whatever xmas-song) shall exist.
sources ?

unless you mean THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3PXmrRm2k

Nah, if it exists please keep it in the archive. 1 christmas song is enough and even with Freddie on vocals, I dream of christmas wouldn't be that good of a song.

I always thought that Anita was trying to sing like Freddie, which would suggest she sang it based on a Queen demo

Check rhyeking's response from 9 years ago : http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1242294/i-dream-of-christmas.aspx

EDIT - link made clickable for mooghead

It says on the Works deluxe edition book that Queen recorded 2 christmas songs. "Thank god it's christmas" an "I dream of Christmas" so is true. Not a rumour

'I Dream Of Christmas' is a beautiful track. I hope to hear a Freddie version of it someday.

My guess is a Freddie version doesn't exist, but a Brian demo exists. I don't know why, it's just a hunch.

There could be a demo at least but whether Freddie's vocals are savagable if Queen were to record/re-record the backing track seems unlikely. It was with Let Me In Your Heart Again but for this song there was a different purpose with it; to be a Christmas single rather than a track on the album. This means that Queen will have probably spent more time doing LMIYHA rather IDOC as that was the more likely song that would end up being released. IDOC could well be just a demo recording on a cassette which could mean the quality is really bad due to tape hiss. And, there's even a chance that Freddie may have not even sung at all on this track because I believe that Brian and Roger worked on the songs in London and when they decided to do Thank God It's Christmas they recorded the backing track and then sent it over to Munich where Freddie was working on his solo album. Brian and Roger may have dropped this song before Freddie even knew that the track even existed.

Brian's previous comments on it:


Brian May: "I always liked the record (TGIC)... it's something Roger and I did a rare early collaboration on. The original idea came from Roger, who had written that very shivery verse pattern. I had another idea too at the time .... it became Anita's Christmas single ... "I Dream of Christmas". But we judged the embryonic TGIC to be most suitable for a Queen track, and worked on it together - I added some tinsel, and the chorus idea, introduced by a modulating cascade of icicles, and it was completed pretty quickly. Nice and simple, and Freddie made a lovely job of singing it. I promise we will make a video for it one day ... the fact that there is no video for TGIC has of course always limited its exposure in these days of Video Supremacy ... We have actually been speaking about it ... but got too busy to manage it for THIS Christmas. So this is really good news ... it makes us happy that you have given the track new life."

"This is years ago, of course. Roger and I agreed we would both submit ideas, and work together on working up the idea we chose. Roger wrote the beginnings of "Thank God It's Christmas", and I wrote the beginnings of "I Dream of Christmas". We met down at Roger's place and demo'd both tracks together, as I remember. How the choice between the two tracks was made I don't clearly remember, but I think it was a whole group thing. We decided to finish TGIC for the Queen Christmas single, and "IDOC" was put to one side, and I immediately worked it into the version which we released as my Lady Anita's Christmas record. This record charted briefly but is now a rarity (it features Anita singing, along with a school choir of young kids, and quite a lot of Guitar soloing by me!) For the eventual Queen song, Roger had the verse form already: "Oh - my love - we live in troubled days ....". I contributed the chorus, with a key-change leading into it, using a lyric line which occurred casually in the verse, so this now became the title, "Thank God It's Christmas". Of course when Freddie took up the singing it jumped into another gear ... his lovely high register soaring above the background in these choruses, then returning to a very gentle breathy texture for the verses. The background was based on a synth pad which Roger had found (he would have to tell you what it was made with), to which I added a guitar texture very un-typical of me ... very clean and bright ... the amp turned way down and the strings hit hard like bells. This makes that Bright Frosty sound which I actually like a lot, contrasting with the warm and dark synth chords. Of course as usual John's subtle firm bass lines are a big part of the style of the eventual outcome. The drums are programmed, the way Roger originally demo'd them, an unusual choice for a Queen track but it works in this case. My favourite part is the end, where there's a small building (subdominant) link into the playout. Freddie is improvising, and it all becomes totally joyful ... trekking off into the distance across the snowy fields..... noses red, scarves wrapped around chins, snowballs being thrown .... Christmas packages of good food being delivered to hungry villagers' doors ... mulled wine being swigged to keep the blood flowing to those cold extremities.... "

Brian does have a habit of promising things that will never happen.
well certainly not now as i think he has walked away from been productive with Queen now.
He tours and that is it folks.
Brian's time now is Queen + Nellie Lambert then badgers then more Queen + Nellie Lambert and errrrr Badgers, sad eh !

Also Kerry Ellis stuff and stereoscopic photography. So what? I'm glad he does what he loves. He doesn't owe us anything. We already have the Queen back catalogue and his solo stuff. Be thankful for that instead of moaning about what he does these days.

[QUOTE] [b]Jazz+ wrote:[/b]

Brian does have a habit of promising things that will never happen.
well certainly not now as i think he has walked away from been productive with Queen now.
He tours and that is it folks.
Brian's time now is Queen + Nellie Lambert then badgers then more Queen + Nellie Lambert and errrrr Badgers, sad eh ![/QUOTE]

So do you do the things you like doing? Why can't he do what makes him happy in his later years? He's not in his 30's anymore and he still seems very busy with his various projects so good on him. Queen is just a touring show now. I hope they don't record anything with Adam and after all this time you'd think it's not going to happen. So yes, a non-productive Queen is where it's at.

I'm not sure when that article was from but I'm sure life took over and they never got the chance to do the video.

@Makka It is very embarrassing the route Brian has gone down and dragging Roger with him silly man.
Those two could have toured together or made albums together or even get involved with other artists because Queen is over it is going nowhere with Lambert except down the pan.
Sure they have all made a lot of money out of playing the karaoke kings but the fans are truly pissed off with the same round the globe tours with the same songs and Lambert decked out like a camp xmas tree with his ridiculous stage antics. Things could have been so different like Brian & Roger could have saved there dignity and cherish the Queen they had with Freddie and John but no they had to trash the band with a plastic cheesy freak.