michael jackson and freddie best friends that's like saying that freddie was 12 years old. freddie thought michael was a little odd. with all those animals at his house. i think if they were freddie would of not cared about the court result. he never really watched the news.
and that people is my two cents.
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I would LOVE to also hear Freddie's SOLO version on Mr. Bad Guy, when I can buy it.
And no thanks PenetrationGuru, I would rather give my hard earned money to a NICE person or to the record company that released this than to a sarcastic git.
Arlene, if you wnat my copy..let me know
i am in America in July and I can post it from California
...don't worry i won't rip you off price-wise - just what ever you re prepared to pay
Well agter hearing, several times the demo duet version of M.J. & Freddie singing "There Must Be More To Life Than This".
Verdict:
Michael Jackson: Guilty of trickly dated boy band sounding vocals and cashing in on a legendary singer from the world's greatest band.
Freddie Mercury: Innocent of being misled to collaborate and having his immense talents, songwriting, musicianship, and singing gifts misappropriated to a mindless hypocrite FOOL who duped him into this collaboration.
End result. Glad Freddie released this song, without Wacko Jacko, solo on his Mr. Bad Guy record and ditched the very un "thrilling" M.J.
Verdict:
Michael Jackson: Guilty of trickly dated boy band sounding vocals and cashing in on a legendary singer from the world's greatest band.
Freddie Mercury: Innocent of being misled to collaborate and having his immense talents, songwriting, musicianship, and singing gifts misappropriated to a mindless hypocrite FOOL who duped him into this collaboration.
End result. Glad Freddie released this song, without Wacko Jacko, solo on his Mr. Bad Guy record and ditched the very un "thrilling" M.J.
Sergey...is FREDDIE playing the piano on this demo?
Probably. He played on 'Mr Bad Guy' version. When you'd get the FM Solo Box Set - you'd hear wonderful live piano take when Freddie was tried to play it.
Sergey...is FREDDIE playing the piano on this demo?
Probably. He played on 'Mr Bad Guy' version. When you'd get the FM Solo Box Set - you'd hear wonderful live piano take when Freddie was tried to play it.
Sergey, thanks. Michael sounds awful but Freddie shines through. I'm sure I would enjoy Freddie's solo version better.
Here is Freddie & M.J. doing "State Of Shock"
http://www.stevegobin.com/friendsofchristian/duetFMMJ.html
I think it SUCKS.......that Freddie did not get his proper legal and artistic songwriting and publshing credit for this song.
This is also the first time I ever heard Freddie singing this. Hell I even love the version that Tina Turner & Mick Jagger did at Live Aid.
I just do NOT like M.J. "Thriller" was THE only record I ever bought by him, and one year after I bought it I hated it and couldn't see what I had evre liked about it or M.J....long before he became wacko Jacko.
He surely never was and never will be a Freddie. Sorry, lousy imitation but only the Original will do.
There's another demo of TMBMTLTT - around 2 minutes only - sung only by Michael with Freddie saying a couple of words in the background ("that's right"). It's a real crap, IMHO.
Your schizophrenic, aren't you?
One minute it's "achingly beautiful" the next it's a travesty of artistic suicide.
Oh, and google isn't a program, it's a website. You found us (somehow), you can find it.
www.google.com
there. I look forward to your thanks (swiftly followed by bad Arlene's whining, natch).
One minute it's "achingly beautiful" the next it's a travesty of artistic suicide.
Oh, and google isn't a program, it's a website. You found us (somehow), you can find it.
www.google.com
there. I look forward to your thanks (swiftly followed by bad Arlene's whining, natch).
There's another demo of TMBMTLTT - around 2 minutes only - sung only by Michael with Freddie saying a couple of words in the background ("that's right"). It's a real crap, IMHO.
LOL.
Sergey, THIS is why when and if I ever have the money I do NOT want the butchered watered down 3 CD FM box set, but I DO want the Complete 10 CD 2 DVD FM box set.
http://www.brianmay.com/freddie/boxset/contents.html
It lists all the demos you are referring to that Freddie did of this song with vocals and without..just Freddie playing the piano.
(GOD he can play the piano...)
BTW Thanks much for all your help all the time too! :)
Your schizophrenic, aren't you?
One minute it's "achingly beautiful" the next it's a travesty of artistic suicide.
Oh, and google isn't a program, it's a website. You found us (somehow), you can find it.
www.google.com
there. I look forward to your thanks (swiftly followed by bad Arlene's whining, natch).
I listened to it 3 times...and the beautiful part is the song itself, the melody, the orchestration, the arrangement, the piano part, the meaningful lyrics...and Freddie'vocals.
But Michael Jackson SUCKS.
And haven't you ever listened to a song or record more than once, and it either grows on you and you like it MORE, or at first you like it, then it grates on you or you notice things you don't like about it? Gee, I didn't know you had joined the Scott_Mercury fan club, dictating what I am allowed to think and say.
You are SO pathetic. I watch your posts to other QZoners and you are as sh*TTY to them. You must be a miserable sad git, who gets jollies off of bullying and being rude to people.
Well agter hearing, several times the demo duet version of M.J. & Freddie singing "There Must Be More To Life Than This".
Verdict:
Michael Jackson: Guilty of trickly dated boy band sounding vocals and cashing in on a legendary singer from the world's greatest band.
Freddie Mercury: Innocent of being misled to collaborate and having his immense talents, songwriting, musicianship, and singing gifts misappropriated to a mindless hypocrite FOOL who duped him into this collaboration.
End result. Glad Freddie released this song, without Wacko Jacko, solo on his Mr. Bad Guy record and ditched the very un "thrilling" M.J.
Considering the time period I would think it was Freddie exploiting the ridiculous level of success M.J. was having at the time.
Queen were almost forgotten in North America from '82 to '89 while M.J. was at the top of the industry worldwide. (There's no accounting for taste)
Quite likely they entered into this collaboration with mutual benefit expected. My ears are grateful for anything without M.J. Still, I doubt that M.J. led Freddie down any garden path
Freddie and Michael had a falling out? Freddie wasnt shy about talking about Mike somewhere in the middle of this 1984 interview.
http://www.mercuryparadise.com/interv/freddie_interview_1984_1.wma
I don't know, it seems like anyone saying Freddie and MJ had a falling out is just talking out their ass. I could see how their schedules could've conflicted, especially after Freddie knew he didn't have long to live.
http://www.mercuryparadise.com/interv/freddie_interview_1984_1.wma
I don't know, it seems like anyone saying Freddie and MJ had a falling out is just talking out their ass. I could see how their schedules could've conflicted, especially after Freddie knew he didn't have long to live.
Freddie and Michael had a falling out? Freddie wasnt shy about talking about Mike somewhere in the middle of this 1984 interview.
http://www.mercuryparadise.com/interv/freddie_interview_1984_1.wma
I don't know, it seems like anyone saying Freddie and MJ had a falling out is just talking out their ass. I could see how their schedules could've conflicted, especially after Freddie knew he didn't have long to live.
It was Michael who ended the friendship/professional collaboration with Freddie. Freddie spoke with regard to Michael as he was not the one that ended things (and maybe Freddie too, didn't air personal dirty laundry or feuds and had some integrity!).
But Michael ended things when he walked in on Freddie doing cocaine in the recording studio.
Which now, when you look at things though what Freddie did I think was STUPID, Micheal Jackson is still hypocritical considering that M.J. has been in rehab for addiction to painkillers and of course M.J.'s other problems.
In the end it is probably best that they split cause Micheal could have pulled another Paul McCartney on Queen (if you know what that means)
What it means is Some point in time Micheal screwed Paul over
What it means is Some point in time Micheal screwed Paul over
I thought Bubbles was. ;)
A few things... it was Paul McCartney who gave Mike the idea to invest in a groups back catalogue. So, Mike got smart and bought rights to The Beatles. Paul doesn't really have anything to whinge about, he's just jealous.
And, I have a book at home, something I consider one of the better bio's on Freddie, with a lot of input from Barabara Valentine (if that is something we can trust as such, I don't really know). But in this, she says that Michael walked in on Freddie in his bathroom, sitting on top of the toilet, cutting a line of the white stuff.
And finally Arlene... I see you are judging Michael's amazing music ability on how much you dislike him as a person. Obviously, this is the most fairw way to judge his music. Regardless of being possibly the greatest dancer we may ever witness on this planet, an amazing voice, regardless of what you say otherwise, and one of the greatest performers who IS right up there with Freddie. And it would seem you are also narrow-minded when it comes to comparing him to Freddie also. You cannot compare the two. They might be in the same job, but its like comparing a defender to a striker in football - they both may be brilliant but both do completely different things. I would say neither is better than the other. Both have brilliant voices, both have amazing stage presence and persona, both were loved and hated by the public, both had personal problems... different genres, different upbringing etc have contributed to the similar differences between them. And Thriller is a great album, and disliking it musially for a hate for the person is stupid.
Saying Michael Jackson is rubbish is like saying the BEatles did nothing for music. Bollocks, absolute bollocks.
And State Of Shock, if I refer to my vinyl single of it, was actually a Jacksons song, and was written and composed mainly by the Jacksons. It just so happens Fred had a little hand in helping them with a few words. The most he did was sing on it. I'm sure Bowie may have helped with Cool Cat, but it doesn't mean he was credited.
Grow up.
And, I have a book at home, something I consider one of the better bio's on Freddie, with a lot of input from Barabara Valentine (if that is something we can trust as such, I don't really know). But in this, she says that Michael walked in on Freddie in his bathroom, sitting on top of the toilet, cutting a line of the white stuff.
And finally Arlene... I see you are judging Michael's amazing music ability on how much you dislike him as a person. Obviously, this is the most fairw way to judge his music. Regardless of being possibly the greatest dancer we may ever witness on this planet, an amazing voice, regardless of what you say otherwise, and one of the greatest performers who IS right up there with Freddie. And it would seem you are also narrow-minded when it comes to comparing him to Freddie also. You cannot compare the two. They might be in the same job, but its like comparing a defender to a striker in football - they both may be brilliant but both do completely different things. I would say neither is better than the other. Both have brilliant voices, both have amazing stage presence and persona, both were loved and hated by the public, both had personal problems... different genres, different upbringing etc have contributed to the similar differences between them. And Thriller is a great album, and disliking it musially for a hate for the person is stupid.
Saying Michael Jackson is rubbish is like saying the BEatles did nothing for music. Bollocks, absolute bollocks.
And State Of Shock, if I refer to my vinyl single of it, was actually a Jacksons song, and was written and composed mainly by the Jacksons. It just so happens Fred had a little hand in helping them with a few words. The most he did was sing on it. I'm sure Bowie may have helped with Cool Cat, but it doesn't mean he was credited.
Grow up.