The news, and the new tracks at the convention this year

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I rather have 3 completed songs than 150 starts of songs on a box set[/QUOTE]

You'd rather hear a complete song from the AKOM era that sucked enough not to make it onto the album, and not 8 takes of It's Late in the making?

Surely there´s enough stuff for GVH3. If you consider a similar format like GVH 2 it could possibly look like this:

The Innuendo-Section:
Innuendo (plus Making of)
Innuendo (Uncensored Version)
I´m going slightly mad (plus Making of)
Headlong (plus Making of)
The Show must go on
Days of our lives (plus Making of)
Days of our lives (Disney-Version)

The MiH-Section:
Heaven for everyone (2 Clips – DoRo and British Film Academy)
A Winter´s Tale
Let me live
You don´t fool me
Too much love will kill you
No-one but you (plus Making of)

The Queen + - Section:
Under Pressure (+ Rah Mix) (plus Making of as featured on Maxi-CD)
The Show must go on (+ Elton John)
Somebody to love (+ George Michael)
We will rock you (+ Five)
Another one bites the Dust (+ Pras)

Now the real question is, does the full Milton Keynes still have the original screech by Freddie on FBGirls or not...

Cut those last two songs and I'm sold Kai!

"You'd rather hear a complete song from the AKOM era that sucked enough not to make it onto the album, and not 8 takes of It's Late in the making?"

Who said it sucked? Could just be that it didn't fit in. Look at " I Go Crazy" from the Works sessions. Not included because it was thought to be too much like Hammer To Fall. So who knows? I don't think they'll have been showing the gems at the conventions. I think maybe, and this is a big maybe, but I think they're showing the tracks that may be in question for the boxset. I don't mean all the tracks shown off, though.

But it's all conjecture, so I'll stop that! lol

Peace,
Adam.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pma wrote: [/QUOTENAME]

Now the real question is, does the full Milton Keynes still have the original screech by Freddie on FBGirls or not...[/QUOTE]

I'll bet you a case of beer, it'll be overdubbed.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Adam Baboolal wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Who said it sucked? Could just be that it didn't fit in. Look at " I Go Crazy" from the Works sessions. Not included because it was thought to be too much like Hammer To Fall. So who knows?[/QUOTE]

I fully realize I was taking the extreme. :) But the truth is, I'm equally interested in "new" songs as well as old songs in the making.

I was disappointed there were no completely new tracks but just old/different versions of existing songs. But it was very cool to hear those, of course.

I never did get my pint for knowing it was Coming Soon. Cheapskates.

Could it possible that Brian and Roger and trying to polish off God Is Heavy? Brian could easily do a small guitar riff every time Freddie sniffles... ;)

omg!! it was you kirsty! rock on girl!! one second, too, wasn't greg brookes so embarassed after his confidence that it would take longer, and i agree, they lied!! cheapskates indeed!

Banquo, I totally felt for Jim when Mick Rock was praising Mary. We were sitting at the front of the seats, right near the door, very near to Jim.

He knew Mary way back when and probably doesn't know Jim, so his point of view will of course be towards Mary, but it was a bit unfair to say it in front of everyone. Maybe he didn't know Jim was there.

Jim seemed OK the next evening though when I spoke to him, although he was totally cabbaged.

I have been hell bent since 1992 when I was 14 years old for the box sets to come out. I now have changed my mind and think that they (just the first release itself) should wait until 2010.

The reason is because I think the catelog should be released as double c.d.s with whatever bonus features the way Brian May recently has said. This is so that that there will be a few years after their release before any of the boxsets and so the boxsets themselves will have complete information and material on the actual catelog itself.

The reason I think 2006 for the catelog re-release is because at least in the U.S. it then will have been 15 years or so after the re-releases on Hollywood Records and 20 years after their last tour. They need to tour that year to build up their popularity more for these boxsets to sell as the F.M. one went out of print within the year of its release (then again maybe things can be re-released in different formats over the years if need be).

They especially need to tour in the U.S. to help their popularity. As it is Hollywood Records have already said that they do not plan on selling the boxsets except maybe having 3 c.d. sets of some of the material.

Also other groups have been touring for a good many years before releasing something new after reforming for the first time in years. Whether it has been The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, Page and Plant, or now Van Halen as their current tour will be for a new compilation and then next year a new c.d. which they will continue touring for.

You all don't want these releases to be released and then go out of print in one year or the first few years even do you?


P.S.: This is what we call glorious news folks...three box sets with eight c.d.s each and FIFTEEN more c.d.s added to the catelog re-release PLUS an 8 c.d. boxset of live material and an eight c.d. boxset each for Brian and Roger covering their solo careers...even though 2010 is a number of years away I would suggest we all start saving up because we are going to have a number of years of buying quite a bit in the years to come!!!!

Sorry Alex, your message seems to be very interesting but I didn't manage to understand a word from it!

Somehow I think that Brian, Roger and John do not get along very well at the moment.

John has been out of the picture for a long time. The last thing I heard from him was slagging the "We are the champions" project with Robbie Williams.

Roger has openly criticised Brian for beeing to involved with the musical, and not wanting to do new stuff. Brian and Roger shared commentary on GVH1 (which was very funny), but they did not on GVH2.

Somehow I think that they've sort of grown apart over the last years. They made music together for more than 20 years, and they seem to lack creativity en and well, a bit of guts to try something new.

John and B+R still have contact. However, John has chosen to get out of the spotlight (he quit Queen officially in 1997) so they don't talk daily/weekly I think. He was however at the muscial premiere and someone posted a few days ago that he supposedly also worked on the Game DVDA.

Brian and Roger get along very well, they've been working extremely close together in the last few years on the musical and other projects (46664 etc). Dunno why the GVH2 commentary was recorded separately, probably due to Brian's busy schedule or something.

It's just that Roger wants to tour/record and Brian wants to expand the whole musical thing. I think Roger gets bored with something very easily, maybe that was also the reason why he was the first member of the band to do some serious solo work outside Queen.

Actually folks John Deacon was in the group in 1998 for the performance of "The Show Must Go On" which is ended up on "Greatest Hits III". I think people seem to give the impression that he is out but it is not like they have really done anything new yet so who knows in the long run? Plus who says he wouldn't join again after B & R did do something new, eh?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Actually folks John Deacon was in the group in 1998 for the performance of "The Show Must Go On" which is ended up on "Greatest Hits III". I think people seem to give the impression that he is out but it is not like they have really done anything new yet so who knows in the long run? Plus who says he wouldn't join again after B & R did do something new, eh?[/QUOTE]

That performances was 1997... he quit just a bit after that. And I don't think he's coming back. He has made it clear that Queen isn't Queen without Freddie, and he's done. He did a few things after Queen, like the FM tribute, Made In Heaven, No-One But You, and that last performance of The Show Must Go On in '97. If he's happy being a stay-at-home grandpa, then let him. He deserves it.