Freddie Mercurys terrible solocarreer

Scuse me??? WHat abour Barcelona? That whole album is awesome, and I love alot of Freddie's solo songs, Love Me Like There's No Tomorow for instance....

I don't know about all of the studio l.p. "The Great Pretender" released but some of the remixes DEFINTELY help compared to their original release on "Mr. Bad Guy" which was because they were synthesized it was just because the production and playing wasn't really that good compared to the session musicians later on...and yet I agree it is a STRONG indication that Queen were NOT Freddie's solo group like certain fans want to make it out to be and certain people in the public and media. Yes, Microwave...that was funny!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]maxpower wrote: [/QUOTENAME]The point is Freddie's solo stuff was commercially a flop at the time.

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That's just not true.

Love Kills hit #10
I Was Born To Love You - #11
Time - #32
The Great Pretender - #4
Barcelona - #8

That's 5 genuine chart (top 40) hits (and a few more charted lower) upon original release, prior to his death.

And even the Mr. Bad Guy album itself charted #6, and Barcelona #25.

That's not a bad amount of success for a solo career of only what, 4 years?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]WhatMustHeThink wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Scuse me??? WHat abour Barcelona? That whole album is awesome, and I love alot of Freddie's solo songs, Love Me Like There's No Tomorow for instance....[/QUOTE]

Oh 'Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow' is gorgeous. And I adore 'Foolin' Around', 'Time', 'Love Kills', 'The Great Pretender', 'In My Defence'. There are so many.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bijou In Queens Crown wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]WhatMustHeThink wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Scuse me??? WHat abour Barcelona? That whole album is awesome, and I love alot of Freddie's solo songs, Love Me Like There's No Tomorow for instance....[/QUOTE]

Oh 'Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow' is gorgeous. And I adore 'Foolin' Around', 'Time', 'Love Kills', 'The Great Pretender', 'In My Defence'. There are so many.[/QUOTE]

:D See, you rock! :D

I looooovvvvvveeee In My Defence, and The Great Pretender, such great songs. I prefer the original mix of Love Kills over the "rock mix" and I loovvveee your kinda lover, its just so much fun!! Freddie's solo stuff rocks! :D

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]WhatMustHeThink wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bijou In Queens Crown wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]WhatMustHeThink wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Scuse me??? WHat abour Barcelona? That whole album is awesome, and I love alot of Freddie's solo songs, Love Me Like There's No Tomorow for instance....[/QUOTE]

Oh 'Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow' is gorgeous. And I adore 'Foolin' Around', 'Time', 'Love Kills', 'The Great Pretender', 'In My Defence'. There are so many.[/QUOTE]

:D See, you rock! :D

I looooovvvvvveeee In My Defence, and The Great Pretender, such great songs. I prefer the original mix of Love Kills over the "rock mix" and I loovvveee your kinda lover, its just so much fun!! Freddie's solo stuff rocks! :D[/QUOTE]

:)

Yeah I prefer the original of 'Love Kills' as well. And I love how 'Your Kind of Lover' starts slow and then it livens up.

Yes I agree with you. Although Freddie was a genius, he just worked with Brian, John and Roger. QUEEN

i think freddies solo work was great. especially the barcelona-album and songs like "in my defence", "the great pretender" and "i was born to love you".

look the solo work of brian and roger.. - not even half of the quality freddie had on his solo albums.

i hope everyone knows that the song the great prenteder was only a cover of a song, it wasnt his stuff

but i must say it did fit him perfectly

all in all there were a lot worse of solo carreers than freddies

I've to say the his solo career was good, but in terms of music quality was a little weak, he could do a classic record, like other artists have done

George Harrison : All things must pass
Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
Mcartney: Band on the run or Mcartney
Ozzy Osbourne: The blizzar of Oz
Peter Tosh: Legalize it
among others musicians

to me,in my defence is like fingernails on a blackboard and most of his solo stuff has not stood the test of time,but what songs from the 80s have? i liked them at the time,but it was the 80s..frankie says,enough said!

Im the same,I cant stand his solo stuff at all but there are people that like it.just not my taste!

Differant strokes for differant folks? I think so.

I'm one of the few who repeatedly says I don't like the Barcelona album. I have yet to get through one entire song - but it's not the music or Freddie's singing - it's MC's voice. It simply grates and so the CD sits at the bottom of the pile. The other two albums, however, have a spot in the regular rotation.

In all honesty, though, as much as I love Freddie, if I were to give someone a sample of his work, I'd choose something from Queen, not from his solo projects.

Am I the only one dyslexic enough to consistantly read the title of this thread as "Freddie Mercury's solo telecaster" ?