Queen

[Kooperman]

Umma's right, we need a Queen thread, not any limp Reunion crap....here's my Queen starter:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Bq1u36j6h71q0

And my Queen question is:

Other than the Greatest Hits, what's the best Queen album?

[Umma]

I kinda lost touch/stopped buying Queen after News of the World.... and probably missed out, so it's not easy to pick a best album with that limited knowledge. It's not easy to pick one anyway!

So I'll pick Day at the Races and Night at the Opera... one black, one white.... there's that black/white theme again... interesting the Night one is white and the Day is black... further confusion for RainbowDemon :D

[rainbowdemon]

I gave up trying to figure that out a long time ago. Very interesting, however! Still the best band of all-time!!

[rainbowdemon]

Nice link, Koop! My choice for best album is this one.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Avecibkr96akn

[rainbowdemon]

Queen has a VHS tape called "Champions Of The World" It's basically a documentary about the band. Awesome tape! Full of concert clips, interviews with all of the menbers, Freddie's death, and tribute concert. Just a little over 2 hours long. I pull it out and watch it every 2-3 months or so. Every Queen fan should see this! Unfortunately, I think it's only available on VHS. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a lot of countries don't use this format. Anyway, take a look here.

[Umma]

umm.. I think we all use VHS but there are different formats for display... something to do with the number of lines on the screen or such like.....

yours is NTSC (never twice same colour)

ours is PAL ...

a lot of newer machines play both formats but it's something to keep in mind if you're buying a VHS tape.... or a DVD for that matter.

[rainbowdemon]

A nice picture I found.

[rainbowdemon]

What an idiot!!

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_875691.html?menu

[Cerebral_Assassin]

Here's one I thought ya might like Rainbow.........

[rainbowdemon]

Nice!!

[Cerebral_Assassin]

Pic

[rainbowdemon]

Back in the day!! Good one!

[Cerebral_Assassin]

Sheer Laughter Attack

[Cerebral_Assassin]

I want it all and I want it now!

[Cerebral_Assassin]

Bowie Talks About Under Pressure On David Bowie's official website.

Q: What was the real story behind the writing of "Under Pressure"? I've heard & read conflicting stories of Freddie Mercury writing it & inviting you along, of you being in the studio listening to Queen playing the riff and contributing the lyrics, of both you and Queen jointly writing the whole piece. Which of these, if any, is the real account?

A: The song was written from the ground up on the night I visited their studio. I believe the riff had already been written by Freddie and the others so then we jointly put together the different chord sections to make it a cohesive piece of music. Then Freddie and I came up with our individual top line melodies. So when you hear Freddie sing, that's what he wrote and when you hear me sing, that was mine. Then we worked on the lyrics together. I still cannot believe that we had the whole thing written and recorded in one evening flat. Quite a feat for what is actually a fairly complicated song.

[Cerebral_Assassin]

'Shaun Of The Dead' features 2 Queen songs in this brilliant british comedy/horror.

Whilst in the pub hiding from the zombies the jukebox suddenley comes on, and out booms the opening lines of 'Don't Stop Me Now' which goes on for quite a while through the film up to the guitar solo. The music really went well with the actions.

And at the end and also during the credits, the finale with 'You're My Best Friend'.

[rainbowdemon]

You're sig is from "Teo Torriate". I'm impressed!!

[Cerebral_Assassin]

TY, i've always told my wife I want it played at my funeral..... she thinks i'm a Loo Loo.

[rainbowdemon]

Tell her I think it's a good idea, Let's just hope it's not anytime soon!!