"But I would put it to you, Seb, that just because a number of songs exist prior to the MIH album, it does not (and should not) mean it can be denied. That's as bad as people who say Queen died in 1991."
See that isn't a strong argument when you're talking to Sebastian, because that's his opinion on the matter...
But anyway!
"The MIH album represents a huge amount of work and is a great achievement."
I'd stand by that - there's a few that don't though! Fair cop... I skip "My Life Has Been Saved". Bad me.
There's parts of MIH that of course betray the fact that it was made 'after the fact', so to speak, but I genuinely feel that the 95 version of Made in Heaven (the song) sounds as good as any Queen song there ever was.
"Likewise 'No One But You' is, to me, better than any Queen song. But it's not a Queen song, it's a Brian + Roger + John song. Thus, it won't be on the website, for now."
I can respect your opinion on this, of course. But... hmm, ya know, why is Sleeping on the Sidewalk on your site then? Freddie wasn't on that, was he?? :P
I suppose at this point, one must guess whether or not Freddie would've 'appreciated' it or put his stamp of approval on it.... who knows.
I believe he'd have made the concession if he were physically able to. After all, they backed down and let him have Delilah didn't they??
"'Mother Love', 'Fool Me' and 'Winter's Tale' are of course another story ... I've got to include them, sooner or later."
If I hum Face it Alone to you, can you help me figure out who wrote it?
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Sebastian, I know you're a perfectionist but to me it seems that you can never decide what you want to do :-) Every x months you delete your previous site and start from the very beginning... that's not a good thing if you want to hear my opinion :-)
> I genuinely feel that the 95 version of Made in Heaven (the song) sounds as good as any Queen song there ever was.
And better than many, in fact.
> why is Sleeping on the Sidewalk on your site then?
Sleeping (no Freddie), Bijou (no Roger or John), Melancholy Blues (no Brian), Body Language (no John), Nevermore (no Roger), Fight From The Inside (no Freddie or John) and others are there because they were produced by the four of them, even if not all of them played instruments or sang there. 'No-One But You' is, as they said on the Rocks booklet, another story. For me it's a Brian song which happens to have Roger and John participating. But neither that is a Queen song, nor 'Man From Manhattan' or 'You Nearly Did Me In' are.
> If I hum Face it Alone to you, can you help me figure out who wrote it?
I doubt it.
> I know you're a perfectionist but to me it seems that you can never decide what you want to do :-)
That's correct. After four years I'm aware that I've got to get serious about this whole thing. I really hope that this encyclopaedia is the definitive version. Otherwise it'll be like GnR and 'Chinese Democracy'.
And better than many, in fact.
> why is Sleeping on the Sidewalk on your site then?
Sleeping (no Freddie), Bijou (no Roger or John), Melancholy Blues (no Brian), Body Language (no John), Nevermore (no Roger), Fight From The Inside (no Freddie or John) and others are there because they were produced by the four of them, even if not all of them played instruments or sang there. 'No-One But You' is, as they said on the Rocks booklet, another story. For me it's a Brian song which happens to have Roger and John participating. But neither that is a Queen song, nor 'Man From Manhattan' or 'You Nearly Did Me In' are.
> If I hum Face it Alone to you, can you help me figure out who wrote it?
I doubt it.
> I know you're a perfectionist but to me it seems that you can never decide what you want to do :-)
That's correct. After four years I'm aware that I've got to get serious about this whole thing. I really hope that this encyclopaedia is the definitive version. Otherwise it'll be like GnR and 'Chinese Democracy'.
"Otherwise it'll be like GnR and 'Chinese Democracy'."
WRONG, sir.
Yours is worth waiting for!!
WRONG, sir.
Yours is worth waiting for!!
I'd just like to thank Sebastian for the interview -- it was lots of fun! The site looks great, Sebastian, keep up the good work!
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If I hum Face it Alone to you, can you help me figure out who wrote it?[/QUOTE]
Definatly Freddie
If I hum Face it Alone to you, can you help me figure out who wrote it?[/QUOTE]
Definatly Freddie
As to Sebastian's view of 'Made In Heaven'...
using the same criteria, 'The Beatles' was a compilation album (for many reasons) and certainly 'Let It Be' would fall into the same category.
'Made In Heaven' was the same as Led Zeppelin's 'Coda'....it's part of the band catalogue.
And it was more "Queen-ish" than GH 3.....a decent concept, but with horrible remixes of AOBTD and LOMO that were not 'Queen' or even Freddie.
using the same criteria, 'The Beatles' was a compilation album (for many reasons) and certainly 'Let It Be' would fall into the same category.
'Made In Heaven' was the same as Led Zeppelin's 'Coda'....it's part of the band catalogue.
And it was more "Queen-ish" than GH 3.....a decent concept, but with horrible remixes of AOBTD and LOMO that were not 'Queen' or even Freddie.