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| The irony of this in light of my views on TMiL isn't lost on me, and really only sinking in now. lol n/m | |
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Wilbury 07:40 am UTC 04/06/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Queen 2: The Monster Is Loose - Wilbury 07:39 am UTC 04/06/07 |
> I must say my immediate impression at the news that Meat > was making an album called BooH3 without Steinman was > "Hey, I hear Ringo is making Abbey Road part 2 next year. > Should be a hoot!". > > And then I got into trouble from the admin at mlukfc. Then > I came back here after a hiatus, after Jen finally got my > emails (apparently Gmail goes straight to her trash, or > was it yahoo? Anyway...) > > It's quite amusing that I've unintentionally drug this > conversaion into this board, cause at the Queen online > forum there is a continual meeting of the minds between > normal people who like music and boring dickhead wankers > who think the world will implode if anyone dare refer to > "Queen + Paul Rodgers" as just "Queen" :o). > > I'll use the explanation here that I used there -- Queen's > back catalogue and Freddie don't need anyone's personal > protection. They stand up just fine by themselves. ;o) > > > > > > I just think... Queen is one of the all-time greatest > > bands ever and they're acknowledged as that. Freddy died > > in 1991/92 (what exact year?) and that would have been the > > end of the band. It should have been the end of the band. > > I hated "Made In Heaven", that they would actually cull > > together vocals by a man who has died, in a desperate > > attempt to cash in on the phenomenon. They've had their > > success already. Freddy died, he was loved as the voice of > > that group, no one is ever going to replace him. Pink > > Floyd were OK after Roger left, let's face it he has one > > of the biggest ego's in rock, but never the same. "The > > Final Cut" without Rick Wright just didn't have that > > magic, nor did "The Wall" or "Animals" sound like "Wish > > You Were Here" and "Dark Side Of The Moon" because they > > weren't a band anymore, they were enacting Roger's > > creations. > > > > It's like, you can't put Abba or The Beatles back > > together. You shouldn't try. It just wouldn't be right, > > IMO. And I think it's exactly like BAT and TMIL because it > > just seems preposterous to say "OK, we're doing a BAT > > album but Jim isn't writing the songs", it is Jim's songs > > that are remembered the most out of anything Meat ever > > did, BAT 2 was done to show the world it was a reunion and > > there was no other reason to call it BAT 2, BAT 3 was done > > because Meat went all Disney and did the worse sub-par > > sequel since "Cinderella II: Dreams Come True". IMO OF > > COURSE. > > I just think it's wrong. > > > > If people like it, fine by me. It's never the same. And > > people shouldn't expect it is. Meat's fans expected TMIL > > to be like the other two, or even better, what I heard and > > what I've heard since was complete utter bullshit as > > opposed to BAT 1 and 2 which are masterpieces. > > > > > > > Bah hahaha Q2: TMiL. Indeed. > > > > > > I adore Freddie. I think he's the greatest singer rock has > > > ever known. Such force in any range and able to hold such > > > weird notes with such easse and an unbelievably gret > > > songwriter (and hugely talented pianist too -- yes, please > > > someone, do make a joke about Freddie and hugely talented > > > pianists :o) ). > > > > > > But then he died a tragicallly sad death. And it's sad to > > > think about. What would be SADDER is if the ssongs that > > > Queen made together were locked away in some box not > > > allowed to be touched. Fuck that. I love that people sing > > > them. I love Brian May and Roger Taylor, i love Paul > > > Rodgers, and I love what they're doing together. > > > > > > Mind you, I dopn't know how to defend against the TMiL > > > moniker you've placed on them. That IS kind of funny > > > actually :o). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am totally ignoring any of this is actually happening > > > > | |
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