toymaker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Brian May has probably the most unique guitar tone - there's something about that guitar, and the fact that he plays with a coin of some kind (unless that's a myth?) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I just can't decide where to rank The Miracle among my top Queen albums. It's definitely better than A Kind of Magic and all the records I have below that, but above it has to face off against the seventies legends, ADATR, SHA, NOTW, QII, and the unbeatable ANATO. I've had those seventies albums so much longer and have grown with them, whereas I just got The Miracle but have immediately loved it to death, unlike my first reactions to ADATR and QII (surprisingly). Decisions decisions. Quoting myself here to say I think I've done it. I did some light mathematical examination and calculation comparing the tracks and the amounts of greatness between two albums at a time and stopped once The Miracle was found to contain any less greatness than the record it was matched up against. And my heart agrees with my head after looking at the albums this way, so its still quite subjective. My new ranking of the Queen albums I have obtained so far in my chronological approach to collecting their discography (minus Flash): 1. A Night At The Opera2. Queen II3. News Of The World4. Sheer Heart Attack5. The Miracle6. A Day At The Races7. A Kind Of Magic8. Queen9. The Works10. Jazz11. The Game12. Hot Space (perhaps their least awesome, but still criminally underrated) The Hot Space tunes they do live actually sound pretty good - Back Chat and one or two others. Yeah, especially Staying Power. I think I now have an idea of what DVD I'm going to watch tonight . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Live Killers is my favorite Queen album. Side 2 is a great example of how well Freddie interacted with the crowd. The album also has a killer version of Spread Your Wings.It's been an age since I listened to that album. I'll have to add it to the stack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Freddie embodied the collective magic of the band and presented it before the worldHow true. He was a showman, AND a prodigious music talent. Queen's music defies category. It's everything, all at once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I don't know much about falsetto, but there are some musicians whose falsetto tone is just so irritating. Mercury's is just so . . . I don't know what the word is. Pure? And pitch perfect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Freddie embodied the collective magic of the band and presented it before the worldHow true. He was a showman, AND a prodigious music talent. Queen's music defies category. It's everything, all at once. When I watch his performances on DVD, I almost always laugh, but it's an impressed laugh, not a mocking laugh. An amazing presence on stage, for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Freddie embodied the collective magic of the band and presented it before the worldHow true. He was a showman, AND a prodigious music talent. Queen's music defies category. It's everything, all at once. When I watch his performances on DVD, I almost always laugh, but it's an impressed laugh, not a mocking laugh. An amazing presence on stage, for sure.Something that really impressed me about the band is how they listen to one another. Like Rush, they laugh a lot, but are always focused on the work at hand. Back to Freddie. He could do anything he wanted to musically. Everything he chose to do, he achieved something special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Brian May has probably the most unique guitar tone - there's something about that guitar, and the fact that he plays with a coin of some kind (unless that's a myth?) No myth; he plays with a British sixpence. He mentioned it before. I actually play with a dime from time to time as emulation (though I suck at guitar). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Brian May has probably the most unique guitar tone - there's something about that guitar, and the fact that he plays with a coin of some kind (unless that's a myth?) No myth; he plays with a British sixpence. He mentioned it before. I actually play with a dime from time to time as emulation (though I suck at guitar).And since they don't make the sixpence anymore, the Royal Mint make them just for him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 http://www.brianmaycentral.net/sixpence.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 "Brian's rather unusual choice of guitar pick is a coin - an english sixpence, which is a small circular coin with a serrated edge. He chose to use the sixpence as a pick because he finds plastic plectrums too flexible. He holds the coin very lightly and occasionally uses its serrated edge against the strings to produce a rasp. For quiter sections, Brian will often pick the strings with his fingers and only use the coin for the louder sections where more attack is required. For his first solo tour, Brian actually had some sixpence sized coins specially minted and these were on sale during the tour". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 So what's everyone's favorite Queen song? I'm gonna go ahead and be beyond predictable here, but nothing can top Bohemian Rhapsody for me, and I'll never get tired of it. However, I love to death almost everything they've ever recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I'm gonna with a few cause i can't pick 1, lol LiarThe Lap of the God.......Revisited39Spread your WingsBohemian RhapsodyHammer to FallkThe Dreamer's BallThe Millionaire WaltzAll Dead All DeadSomebody to LoveThe Prophet SongTeo TorriatteGood Old Fashioned Lover BoyInnuendoThe Show Must go On. I could keep going really, lol Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I also can't pick just one : Keep Yourself AliveLiarSon and DaughterWhite Queen (As it Began) (particularly the Live at the Rainbow 74 version)Ogre BattleBrighton RockIn the Lap of the Gods... RevisitedDeath On Two LegsThe Prophet's SongBohemian RhapsodyTie Your Mother DownThe Millionaire WaltzIt's LateDragon AttackPlay the GameHammer to FallOne Vision (played live) probably loads more... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 As long as we're listing, here's my top ten (and FYI, it took me FOREVER to make a decision on this): Bohemian RhapsodyKiller QueenMy Melancholy BluesYou're My Best FriendNevermore (when I first heard it it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever directly experienced)Somebody To Love (though this goes head to head with Boh-Rhap if you bring up the live bonus track from the deluxe version of ADATR)The Show Must Go OnBreakthruDon't Stop Me NowSave Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) I'm gonna with a few cause i can't pick 1, lol LiarThe Lap of the God.......Revisited39Spread your WingsBohemian RhapsodyHammer to FallkThe Dreamer's BallThe Millionaire WaltzAll Dead All DeadSomebody to LoveThe Prophet SongTeo TorriatteGood Old Fashioned Lover BoyInnuendoThe Show Must go On. I could keep going really, lol Mick Great to see some love for "In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited." One of my favs definitely. EDIT: imagine I quoted Your_Lion on this too. Edited August 30, 2015 by Entre_Perpetuo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickRush Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 My three favorite Queen tracks are : The Prophets songAll dead all dead (Brian wrote this for his cat who died a few weeks before thet started working on News of the World)Long away 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Days of Our Lives (Queen's Time Stand Still)Spread Your WingsFat Bottom GirlsLove of My Life (Live Killers)Now I'm Here (Live Killers)Let Me Entertain YouDeath On Two LegsI'm In Love With My Car 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Days of Our Lives (Queen's Time Stand Still)Spread Your WingsFat Bottom GirlsLove of My Life (Live Killers)Now I'm Here (Live Killers)Let Me Entertain YouDeath On Two LegsI'm In Love With My Car I love what you said about Days Of Our Lives. I'm a senior in high school and I've grown incredibly fond of so much here, so both of those songs mean a lot to me already, but will probably mean even more to me by the time it gets to the end of the year and a I finally purchase Innuendo in my chronological collection of Queen's discography. (That should make me like HYF a bit more too...maybe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Days of Our Lives (Queen's Time Stand Still)Spread Your WingsFat Bottom GirlsLove of My Life (Live Killers)Now I'm Here (Live Killers)Let Me Entertain YouDeath On Two LegsI'm In Love With My Car I love what you said about Days Of Our Lives. I'm a senior in high school and I've grown incredibly fond of so much here, so both of those songs mean a lot to me already, but will probably mean even more to me by the time it gets to the end of the year and a I finally purchase Innuendo in my chronological collection of Queen's discography. (That should make me like HYF a bit more too...maybe).:cheers: Days... Great sentiment to the song, and Brian pulls off the most beautiful solo... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 This is not strictly Queen but I saw this today and it reminded me of this thread. He does some Brian May about halfway through. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5sUcMpFXk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is not strictly Queen but I saw this today and it reminded me of this thread. He does some Brian May about halfway through. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_5sUcMpFXk Lol, awesome! He seems to just pick a certain recognizable solo/riff from each guitarist and play that, the one from Brian being from "A Kind Of Magic" (which works really well there). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Queen was my favorite band before I found Rush. Queen saved my life when I was in school. I had a hard time in school, so I was listening to Queen all the time. Whitout Queen I would probably not be alive today.... I saw Queen+ Paul Rodgers live 2005. It was awesome, even thou Freddie was not there. Brian May played some awesome guitar solos. Best day in my life... Thou when I found Rush (2011) I kinda stopped listening to Queen. Because I started to listen to more Prog Rock music. But when Queen released their latest live album, Live At The Rainbow ´74. I found Queen again. So now I am listening to them again, at least their early albums when they played a bit more Prog Rock / Rock. My favorite Queen studio albums is: 1. Queen II2. Queen3. Sheer Heart Attack4. A Day At The Races (I just love White Man!)5. A Night At The Opera6. News Of The World7. Jazz8. The Works9. The Game10. Innuendo11. The Miracle12. A Kind Of Magic13. The Cosmos Rock (Queen+ Paul Rodgers)14. Hot Space15. Made In Heaven (Not a bad album, it´s beautiful. But it´s just pieces put together really....)16. Pre Ordained (Not many people know about this album. But it´s a album with Smile songs) (Smile is the band May and Taylor was in before Queen)17. Flash Gordon (Great movie thou!..... ok, maybe not that good...) My favorite Queen live albums is:1. Live At The Rainbow ´74 (One of the best live albums ever made, even better then any live album Rush have released!)2. At The BBC (even known as At the Beeb)3. Live Killers4. Live At Wembley Stadium ´865. Live At The Bowl My favorite Queen live bootlegs is:1. Queen live 19752. In The Mirror3. In The Mirror Again4. Live In Tokyo 1981 Edited September 1, 2015 by YYZumbi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YYZumbi Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I found a cool video on youtube: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Fairy Feller's Master Stroke + Nevermore = GENIUS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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