SHIT!
DAMN IT!
We talked so much on this topic about who's the author of which song, Innuendo can't be Roger's, it must be Freddie's song, etc...
Now I discovered these sections of Brian's OFFICIAL site:
http://www.brianmay.com/works/works.html
http://www.brianmay.com/reviews/reviews.html
And there is clearly written who is author for each song.
Now, who can we trust?!?
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I'll tell you who we trust...
I have on a DVD interview of Brian from 1997 saying "Freddie completely wrote "Hitman",it is a common misconception that, that is my song, but everything is Fred's...I wasn't even in the room when that was wrote".
In the same interview he speaks of "Freddie worked deligently in 1988 on a track that he said was his new Bohemain Rhapsody for the 1980's".... that track didn't make 1989's "The Miracle".
However, this song, Innuendo, was the first single, and liked so much by the others, that song named the album it was on.
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This website you directed us to..."the official Brian May website" goes against things that Brian has said.
The Hitman is Freddie's...this website says Brian...Brian says its Freddie's.
Innuendo, according to Brian... is Freddie's... this website says Roger.
Don't Try So Hard, according to MANY sources, is 100% Freddie's..... this website says John.
Brian has said, and again, I have on film...."I knew where I wanted to go with "The show must go on"... I had most of the chords and lyrics, but one day John and Roger reworked the music into a manner much more pleasing to the ear.
Brian claims on TSMGO John & Rog reworked his chords.... Brian says he completed most of the lyrics the day he asked Freddie is he liked the line "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies..etc"...
Freddie contributed one line of lyrics to TSMGO that deviated off course of Brian's manuscript... and fittingly, that is the "I'll face it with a grin..etc" line.
That website is total bullshit....
The worst offender is anyone that thinks Roger wrote Innuendo.
Roger is awesome! His songs are awesome...but Innuendo is such a Freddie song... I'll bet my house that Innuendo is 90% Mercury.
I have on a DVD interview of Brian from 1997 saying "Freddie completely wrote "Hitman",it is a common misconception that, that is my song, but everything is Fred's...I wasn't even in the room when that was wrote".
In the same interview he speaks of "Freddie worked deligently in 1988 on a track that he said was his new Bohemain Rhapsody for the 1980's".... that track didn't make 1989's "The Miracle".
However, this song, Innuendo, was the first single, and liked so much by the others, that song named the album it was on.
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This website you directed us to..."the official Brian May website" goes against things that Brian has said.
The Hitman is Freddie's...this website says Brian...Brian says its Freddie's.
Innuendo, according to Brian... is Freddie's... this website says Roger.
Don't Try So Hard, according to MANY sources, is 100% Freddie's..... this website says John.
Brian has said, and again, I have on film...."I knew where I wanted to go with "The show must go on"... I had most of the chords and lyrics, but one day John and Roger reworked the music into a manner much more pleasing to the ear.
Brian claims on TSMGO John & Rog reworked his chords.... Brian says he completed most of the lyrics the day he asked Freddie is he liked the line "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies..etc"...
Freddie contributed one line of lyrics to TSMGO that deviated off course of Brian's manuscript... and fittingly, that is the "I'll face it with a grin..etc" line.
That website is total bullshit....
The worst offender is anyone that thinks Roger wrote Innuendo.
Roger is awesome! His songs are awesome...but Innuendo is such a Freddie song... I'll bet my house that Innuendo is 90% Mercury.
What is now Bri's official site was once-upon-a-time just a humble fan-site.
Bri started endorsing the site in general, and then "moved in", and the Soapbox was set-up, along with many new things sanctioned by Brian. Of course there were many pages and sections of the original fan-site that were to be kept and amalgamated with the official side of the web-site.
Many of these pages have remained just at they were before the site became official, and thus have slipped through the net or under Brian's radar of officiality.
Quite simply, the pages you're referring to are just a fan's opinion on song authirship, and these were written and uploaded way before Brian was officially endorsing the site they ended up being on.
They are not "official" points of view in any way.
Bri started endorsing the site in general, and then "moved in", and the Soapbox was set-up, along with many new things sanctioned by Brian. Of course there were many pages and sections of the original fan-site that were to be kept and amalgamated with the official side of the web-site.
Many of these pages have remained just at they were before the site became official, and thus have slipped through the net or under Brian's radar of officiality.
Quite simply, the pages you're referring to are just a fan's opinion on song authirship, and these were written and uploaded way before Brian was officially endorsing the site they ended up being on.
They are not "official" points of view in any way.
OK Scott, thank you for your effort in explaining these things. :)
I guess someone else did that sections of Brian's site, and Brian doesn't even know/care for that sort of wrong info.
I guess someone else did that sections of Brian's site, and Brian doesn't even know/care for that sort of wrong info.
I'll tell you who we trust...
My reply to you ended on the top of the page 4, instead on the bottom!!!
Some serious bugs are here...
In my opinion the most difficult pieces that Freddie played on the piano were:
The millionaire waltz and Don't stop me now.
And with regards to Brian, I consider that "all dead, all dead" is very well played.
I daresay that Love Of My Life is just a tad more complicated than those two songs.....
don't listen to the brian may website, it been proven wrong over and over. how many times do we have to repeat this.
don't listen to the brian may website, it been proven wrong over and over. how many times do we have to repeat this.
Now is the first time that I hear about his site "proven wrong".
Scott_Mercury wrote:
Roger is awesome.
Roger is rather a bad composer, and the only good songs that he wrote were the ones that Freddie changed completely, as Radio GAGA or A kind of Magic, they are signed by Roger but they could be perfectly considered co'written by Freddie.
Roger is awesome.
Roger is rather a bad composer, and the only good songs that he wrote were the ones that Freddie changed completely, as Radio GAGA or A kind of Magic, they are signed by Roger but they could be perfectly considered co'written by Freddie.
I'd like to add to Moet's statements (the 2-story posting).
Simply - just because you can play 'blobs on a piece of paper' doesn't mean you're musical.
Anybody can use a typewriter but very few can write a good book!!
In other words, I've found (speaking as a pianist) that MANY piano players I've met might have amazing technique and can play scales coming out of their a$$ and have incredible sight-reading skills - bla-bla-bla. BUT - very few can sit in a room with a guitar and a bass and a drum-kit and just jam - they're like a fish out of water.
WHY? Because they need the 'blobs on the paper' to know what to play. They're so afraid of making a mistake that they don't even want to try - nor do they likely know how or what to do.
I've listened to these same pianists play a Beethoven Concerto, or Gershwin's 'Blue-Rhap' (hehe) - but aside from the correct notes, and mind-numbing speed - it sounds dead-boring to me because they likely don't put any feeling into it.
I myself don't have the best technhique, nor do I play scales coming out of my a$$ (the C-sharps tend to get caught in something....) but I know what I enjoy doing, and what I am good at.
Sorry if this seems to be all about me - but I think my point is that a virtuoso doesn't always mean you're musical.
Or in other words...
Musicality can forgive imperfection, but not visa-versa. That is - a musician can put his or her heart on the line and make a piano (or any instrument SING) - and if it's not perfect note-wise then who cares. Conversely, someone playing a piece 'just for the notes' will tend to make a more obvious mistake if they're not concerned about their own musical feeling.
For what it's worth...
Simply - just because you can play 'blobs on a piece of paper' doesn't mean you're musical.
Anybody can use a typewriter but very few can write a good book!!
In other words, I've found (speaking as a pianist) that MANY piano players I've met might have amazing technique and can play scales coming out of their a$$ and have incredible sight-reading skills - bla-bla-bla. BUT - very few can sit in a room with a guitar and a bass and a drum-kit and just jam - they're like a fish out of water.
WHY? Because they need the 'blobs on the paper' to know what to play. They're so afraid of making a mistake that they don't even want to try - nor do they likely know how or what to do.
I've listened to these same pianists play a Beethoven Concerto, or Gershwin's 'Blue-Rhap' (hehe) - but aside from the correct notes, and mind-numbing speed - it sounds dead-boring to me because they likely don't put any feeling into it.
I myself don't have the best technhique, nor do I play scales coming out of my a$$ (the C-sharps tend to get caught in something....) but I know what I enjoy doing, and what I am good at.
Sorry if this seems to be all about me - but I think my point is that a virtuoso doesn't always mean you're musical.
Or in other words...
Musicality can forgive imperfection, but not visa-versa. That is - a musician can put his or her heart on the line and make a piano (or any instrument SING) - and if it's not perfect note-wise then who cares. Conversely, someone playing a piece 'just for the notes' will tend to make a more obvious mistake if they're not concerned about their own musical feeling.
For what it's worth...
Well, here we should discuss about Freddie's piano playing?
I think that Freddie's style of playing piano is/was something special. I have noticed that in the 70's and rarely 80's on their concerts Freddie played piano more often. Then, after (for example) album The Game was released, he played only 3 or 4 songs on a piano.
Maybe he isn't a brilliant piano player but surely he has voice like nobody has ever had before. And his piano-playing and voice combination was guarantied successes.
Brian has no such voice.
Mike Morano was a surprise for me when I heard When This Old Tired Body Wants To Sing from Freddie's Solo Colection.
I recomend this song.
I think that Freddie's style of playing piano is/was something special. I have noticed that in the 70's and rarely 80's on their concerts Freddie played piano more often. Then, after (for example) album The Game was released, he played only 3 or 4 songs on a piano.
Maybe he isn't a brilliant piano player but surely he has voice like nobody has ever had before. And his piano-playing and voice combination was guarantied successes.
Brian has no such voice.
Mike Morano was a surprise for me when I heard When This Old Tired Body Wants To Sing from Freddie's Solo Colection.
I recomend this song.
I adore Freddie's piano playing. Like everyone has said, while he was not very "technically" gifted, he played with such emotion and preciseness, that the technicality of his playing almost didn't matter.
*Sorry if this has been addressed before, but did Brian ever have any professional piano training?
*Sorry if this has been addressed before, but did Brian ever have any professional piano training?
I play piano myself, and I think Freddies skill shows in songs like "The Millionaires Waltz" and in a different way "Fairyfellers Master Stroke" (harpsichord).
Other songs which show his skill include
* Love of My Life
* Seven Seas of Rhye
* Death on Two Legs (esp. intro)
Both Freddie and Brian are gifted musicians and If anyone wants to know how good they were - just try playing some of their songs with the same feeling and precision timing as they did.
I've learned a lot in technique by playing Queen's music, and I continue to do so - Best piano lessons ever !-)
Other songs which show his skill include
* Love of My Life
* Seven Seas of Rhye
* Death on Two Legs (esp. intro)
Both Freddie and Brian are gifted musicians and If anyone wants to know how good they were - just try playing some of their songs with the same feeling and precision timing as they did.
I've learned a lot in technique by playing Queen's music, and I continue to do so - Best piano lessons ever !-)
there both as good as each other but brian mostly plays the guitar so he proberly better at that and freddie mostly plays the piano not really the guitar so there u go!!
there both good at piano but better at there own thing more....if i make any sense here.......
there both good at piano but better at there own thing more....if i make any sense here.......
... AND GATORADE IS BETTER THAN WATER. Now work with that.