[QUOTE] [QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]"Seal singing a song that wasn't even close to being finished? Yeah, that's a realistic thought."
Well what do you mean 'wasn't even close to being finished'? For one nobody actually knows when Brian's verse was done (the lyrical difference suggests that it was either a while before or after Freddie did his bits - take for example "I don't want to sleep with you/I don't want a stormy affair", compared to "My body's aching/My dreams are all the company I keep" - I say they're apart, but I just don't know which was first).
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There's an interview/article on Brian's website in which he says that they used his third verse demo in the final cut.
Don't know about the rest - if there were any lyric changes, or whatnot.
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There couldn't be lyric changes since the person who'd sung them was dead.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]There couldn't be lyric changes since the person who'd sung them was dead.[/QUOTE]
Brian's not dead yet!
Well - I was unaware that there'd been any interview that said stated the demo lyrics had been used. My mistake. Point being, a song existed, they might have done something with it, but it might've been more work than it was worth.
What *I* would have done would have been to play Freddie's last takes a capella, and let the crowd listen to that. It would've been ghostly and moving, in my opinion. The song had never been heard before by the general public, and probably would've made the MiH version even more moving, given people's memories of first hearing it at the Tribute.
Well. That's what I woulda done, but I'm frequently wrong!
Brian's not dead yet!
Well - I was unaware that there'd been any interview that said stated the demo lyrics had been used. My mistake. Point being, a song existed, they might have done something with it, but it might've been more work than it was worth.
What *I* would have done would have been to play Freddie's last takes a capella, and let the crowd listen to that. It would've been ghostly and moving, in my opinion. The song had never been heard before by the general public, and probably would've made the MiH version even more moving, given people's memories of first hearing it at the Tribute.
Well. That's what I woulda done, but I'm frequently wrong!
I meant Fred's parts of course :)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I meant Fred's parts of course :)[/QUOTE]
Hehe I know. :D
I guess the unfortunate thing about the Tribute is - there's so *many* good ideas that could've been used that weren't, but at the end of the day, to include all of them probably would've taken about three weeks. There's a lot you can do when paying tribute to Freddie Mercury,
Hehe I know. :D
I guess the unfortunate thing about the Tribute is - there's so *many* good ideas that could've been used that weren't, but at the end of the day, to include all of them probably would've taken about three weeks. There's a lot you can do when paying tribute to Freddie Mercury,
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Well - I was unaware that there'd been any interview that said stated the demo lyrics had been used. My mistake.[/QUOTE]
Hey - I only found that info totally randomly - while doing an unrelated search on Google for, believe it or not, "Brian May" "height."
Go figure.
ETA: CRAP. It's not there anymore! I had saved the link, and it no longer works. I also searched Brian's website, but I really think it was taken down.
But I do know that the article is from the Sun Express, April 28th, 2002.
Crap. I shoulda copy/pasted the text instead of e-mailing myself the link.
Well - I was unaware that there'd been any interview that said stated the demo lyrics had been used. My mistake.[/QUOTE]
Hey - I only found that info totally randomly - while doing an unrelated search on Google for, believe it or not, "Brian May" "height."
Go figure.
ETA: CRAP. It's not there anymore! I had saved the link, and it no longer works. I also searched Brian's website, but I really think it was taken down.
But I do know that the article is from the Sun Express, April 28th, 2002.
Crap. I shoulda copy/pasted the text instead of e-mailing myself the link.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote:
Hehe I know. :D
I guess the unfortunate thing about the Tribute is - there's so *many* good ideas that could've been used that weren't, but at the end of the day, to include all of them probably would've taken about three weeks. There's a lot you can do when paying tribute to Freddie Mercury,[/QUOTE]
Yes, many things, and if they had listened to all the fans ideas, they would have gone absolutely nuts. I guess everyone of us would have a good idea for that tribute.
It seems that they did the best they could, given the circumstances. Brian, Roger and John, I mean.
Hehe I know. :D
I guess the unfortunate thing about the Tribute is - there's so *many* good ideas that could've been used that weren't, but at the end of the day, to include all of them probably would've taken about three weeks. There's a lot you can do when paying tribute to Freddie Mercury,[/QUOTE]
Yes, many things, and if they had listened to all the fans ideas, they would have gone absolutely nuts. I guess everyone of us would have a good idea for that tribute.
It seems that they did the best they could, given the circumstances. Brian, Roger and John, I mean.