[QUOTE] [b]LilMal wrote:[/b]
"The relationship between DORO and Queen has always puzzled me. Why would the band hire DORO to film for them, then have to pay again for the footage? We're always told what great businessmen Queen are so why would they sign such a terrible contract?"
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-- Depends on the contract they had. One time usage ( for promotional services eg) and a buyout are 2 totally different things. --Why do you consider this contract "terrible" ? Queen were multimillionaires and DoRo freelancers ( from what I gather ). So ? You want a product, you pay. If Queen only wanted 1 time usage, fine, costs them much less than a buyout. -And DoRo were/are totally entitled to do with the footage (after an embargo time ) whatever they wanted. It seems that's what they do .Great !
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Given they made a conscious effort to get their masters off Trident, and weren't happy not to have control over the Montreal recording, I share Holly's surprise that the contract wasn't locked down much more in favour.
You correctly argue that the way you describe is sensible - but the other way is equally sensible, and more in keeping with Queen's controlled approach to their output, generally.
Oh Rudi!
Filmed Footage from Knebworth? Yes we saw parts in Rare Live and we had some Knebworth-DVDs here on QZ, where the material from DORO was included as Bonus - nothing new for me.
Footage from Budapest - see the doc "How we won the East" - nothing new.
The book "Freddie Mercury - My Story" from Rudi Dolezal - I forget counting how often it was announced and then postboned - again and again and again and ... - you see, I don't believe that this book will ever be released. At amazon.de you can find even the cover of this book - but before you start dreaming - it will NEVER be released.
This new book I think is called, “My Friend Freddie”
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Posted: 02 Mar 20, 20:40
LilMal wrote:
"The relationship between DORO and Queen has always puzzled me. Why would the band hire DORO to film for them, then have to pay again for the footage? We're always told what great businessmen Queen are so why would they sign such a terrible contract?"
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-- Depends on the contract they had. One time usage ( for promotional services eg) and a buyout are 2 totally different things. --Why do you consider this contract "terrible" ? Queen were multimillionaires and DoRo freelancers ( from what I gather ). So ? You want a product, you pay. If Queen only wanted 1 time usage, fine, costs them much less than a buyout. -And DoRo were/are totally entitled to do with the footage (after an embargo time ) whatever they wanted. It seems that's what they do .Great !
Given they made a conscious effort to get their masters off Trident, and weren't happy not to have control over the Montreal recording, I share Holly's surprise that the contract wasn't locked down much more in favour.
You correctly argue that the way you describe is sensible - but the other way is equally sensible, and more in keeping with Queen's controlled approach to their output, generally.
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With hindsight maybe it's sensible or as an outsider one may wonder why Queen weren't more assertive about such business deals.--- But then, you'd also have to take account the music industry in the eighties and evaluate what used to be considered a "fair deal".
Trouble with Trident from their beginnings in the seventies apparently wasn't on their mind in the eighties. Or : To squeeze visual artists into some nasty contracts that Queen had " suffered from " with Trident was something to avoid.
This said recording videos, taking photographs etc on assignment for a band like Queen was a collaboration between artists. Neil Preston, Mick Rock & Dolezal &Co all have published their versions with material from Queen assignments. [Even a mere employee like Peter Freestone got away with publishing his memories about entirely private things. Here, one could wonder why he was not bound to a NDC ? ] . --- Why would Queen be entitled to own everything ? They'd better be grateful for the promotion they get with those visuals and memories on social media and elsewhere. If you dig pretty deep on cyberspace you may find unauthorized documentaries about the Rolling Stones & co. While they weren't able to get those deleted, this stuff contributes to their legacy. Ditto for Queen.
[QUOTE] [b]Fan76 wrote:[/b]
Oh Rudi!
Filmed Footage from Knebworth? Yes we saw parts in Rare Live and we had some Knebworth-DVDs here on QZ, where the material from DORO was included as Bonus - nothing new for me.
Footage from Budapest - see the doc "How we won the East" - nothing new.
The book "Freddie Mercury - My Story" from Rudi Dolezal - I forget counting how often it was announced and then postboned - again and again and again and ... - you see, I don't believe that this book will ever be released. At amazon.de you can find even the cover of this book - but before you start dreaming - it will NEVER be released.
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I'm always in the mood for fags postbone.
[QUOTE] [b]Fan76 wrote:[/b]
Oh Rudi!
Filmed Footage from Knebworth? Yes we saw parts in Rare Live and we had some Knebworth-DVDs here on QZ, where the material from DORO was included as Bonus - nothing new for me.
Footage from Budapest - see the doc "How we won the East" - nothing new.
The book "Freddie Mercury - My Story" from Rudi Dolezal - I forget counting how often it was announced and then postboned - again and again and again and ... - you see, I don't believe that this book will ever be released. At amazon.de you can find even the cover of this book - but before you start dreaming - it will NEVER be released.
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I'm always in the mood for fags postbone.
Rudi is annoying af on his Instagram.
He's exploiting his connection to Freddie to the point that he starts every post with "Hi Darlings (What Freddie would've said)." <--- Paraphrasing.
