Disappointed... again

[QUOTE] [b]Benross wrote:[/b]

Splicksplash It is obvious that Brenski disapproves of Freddie's lifestyle and Thomasquinn just a shit stirrer so the pair of them are well suited to each other,
I would never mock at any relationship unless it was ridiculous.
If you want to moan at someone try Brenski as he is the only one spouting hatred to Freddie.[/QUOTE]

Stop that shit

Quite frankly, I'm past the point of caring now. Queen have become so ubiquitous that I really need to change the station when I hear a cut from their Greatest Hits I or II again. GH III singles are slightly less overplayed which makes them slightly more bearable. That's slightly offtopic, I know, but the same applies to QAL and this new release. I really don't care they are doing it, they have corrupted the legacy anyway with all these disturbing QPR discs, so one from QAL really doesn't change anything for me. In fact, I'm surprised they waited so long, they have clearly grown much more reluctant in this area following the QPR flops. The tracklist looks boring and I suspect it will be a difficult watch considering all the edits and the fact Adam leads every single bloody song on it, bar LOML. If they are doing it, it should be also a double CD, just to include all the rarer stuff they occasionally performed, but dunno, maybe they watched it and thought it sounded crap so they just opted for the popular ones they had tens of various takes of.

The post in question falls just short of implying that Freddie deserved his fate as a consequence of his actions. As though he committed a crime. It’s the sort of point a 14 year old would make on YouTube or Reddit. It’s also a very simplistic view of cause and effect to then make Freddie responsible for the formation of a live act line up around forty years after the time of these actions.
Brian and Roger are responsible, nobody else.
Any number of permutations could have happened had Freddie lived. The band could have been together. They have split into two separate touring bands. They may have been fully retired.
In a Led Zeppelin context it’s like saying John Bonhams drinking habits are responsible for Robert Plants interesting and varied country/world music band.

They are. He is also responsible for coronavirus.

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE][color=SaddleBrown] [b]Benross wrote:[/b] [i]There must be loads of treasures that May & Taylor have banned from releasing until they pass away all in the future i guess, but we the fans are getting on in age as well and may not have the chance to hear whats in the vaults..[/i][/color][/QUOTE] go to Queenpedia, under the sessionography tab you'll see what there is. not much really that's usable, decent, worth the effort. most of it is ideas, rough drafts and really not of any great quality. the fact that Brian's "perfection obsession" is cited as the chief reason for preventing this stuff being issued, is also the most valid argument for withholding release. nearly all of it is sub(Queen)standard.

[QUOTE][color=SaddleBrown] [b]Benross wrote:[/b] [i]Queen are releasing this Adam/Queen package purely because they have lost millions of pounds from this years cancelled tours. I also agree that May & Taylor don't give a stuff to the ardent fans from back in the day who supported them 100% like myself and a bunch of fans calling themselves "The Royal Family" they must be livid what has happened to Queen now...Sad day for real Queen & Freddie fans.[/i][/color][/QUOTE] well - perhaps if your hero hadn't been such a promiscuous slut - shagging everything that moved, and consequently (through his own recklessness) committing sexual suicide - he'd still be alive, and [b][u]no[/b][/u] other singer would have ever taken the stage with Queen.
yes. only one person to blame for the whole Adam Lambert/Queen collaboration - and that person is [b]Freddie Mercury[/b].

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If you do not like it, don't buy it. End of story.
That's how I will handle it.
I think, that releasing old demos or reworked old stuff, would be much more a cash in, than releasing something, that represents the stuff they have done for 7 or 8 years now. It's their brand, they have all right to do whatever they want. As long as people buy tix and this release, they seem to do things right overall. If they would not sell their tix, they would stop touring quite fast.

[QUOTE] [color=SaddleBrown][b]AlbaNo1 wrote:[/b]The post in question falls just short of implying that Freddie deserved his fate as a consequence of his actions. As though he committed a crime. [/color][/QUOTE] curiously only YOU and Gerry gleaned that from my post. only YOU and Gerry.

astounding. but fitting, really.

Call me crazy, but I think they will release something big for their 50th In 2021. A release that gets the hardcore fan excited. If not next year then all hope is lost. Something big meaning Anthology type of release.

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [color=SaddleBrown][b]AlbaNo1 wrote:[/b]The post in question falls just short of implying that Freddie deserved his fate as a consequence of his actions. As though he committed a crime. [/color][/QUOTE] curiously only YOU and Gerry gleaned that from my post. only YOU and Gerry.

astounding. but fitting, really.


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I agree it is astounding

[QUOTE] [b]splicksplack wrote:[/b]
I believe they are now creatively barren.[/QUOTE]

Roger has been creatively barren since 2000, when he along with Brian realised they could make way more money out of a play than working on new music and having to tour smaller venues. He took too much time out of writing new music, that when he finally got round to it and released Fun On Earth he'd completely lost it. The only 3 decent songs were old, and he was so desperate for material that he actually re-recorded One Night Stand, and that joke song Sunny Day.

I'd argue that Brian has been creatively barren since Queen ended, as his 2 solo albums are dreadful.

Thanks for the reminder. I shall have to relisten to Fun on Earth again. Although it is not a masterpiece, my memory of Fun on Earth is much more positive than yours. In my opinion, Roger wrote most of the good songs on the Cosmos Rocks.

I believe that Brian has only been musically barren since the turn of the millenium, as like both of his solo albums.

Brian’s solo albums were decent , with some real highlights . The song Another World is genuinely moving.

I saw Brian on his Back to the Light tour. It was among my first ever proper gigs. The solo on Back to the Light he peeled off was truly heroic.

Furia also has nice work. . I’ll leave it there,

Brian solo work is good music with some real gems...It has Cozy on drums, but for me It failed the longevity test as a whole...The last time I put one of his solo albums on was about a decade ago and It turned off by track 3...The song Another World Is excellent.

I agree, there is a longevity issue there, definitely. I don't know what it is about Brian's solo records, but they just always sounded bad to me, some of the songs were maybe even poorly arranged, all of which made them sound subpar to Queen. Even though many were actually pretty decent with some real gems like some of you pointed out. Another World, the song, is very good indeed. His last one, New Horizons, wasn't that bad either, but it sounded like Atari again.

Am I the only one who hates the song "Another World". It sounds so whiny to me.

"Space" - 0:47
"Business" - 5:07
"China Belle" - 4:01
"Why Don't We Try Again" - 5:24
"On My Way Up" - 2:57
"Cyborg" - 3:54
"The Guv'nor" - 4:13
"Wilderness" - 4:52
"Slow Down" (Larry Williams) - 4:18
"One Rainy Wish" (Jimi Hendrix) - 4:05
"All the Way from Memphis" (Ian Hunter) - 5:16
"Another World" - 7:30

Business, Wilderness and Slow Down are "meh" to me. but more tolerable than Another World.

The rest of the songs are excellent (for me).