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Post by oreno on Sept 10, 2022 19:36:22 GMT
OK so we're all bored of Greatest Hits. Yes fine, we get it, you don't like the endless re-releases, you didn't buy the coloured cassette editions, you're tired of hearing it everywhere when Queen has so many great tracks that no one ever plays on the radio.
Alright. You are Jim Beach, or Ray Foster or whoever. Somehow you lock Queen into a contract that means you get final say about which singles get released from which album, and they are NOT the ones the band chose. So Queen Greatest Hits looks very, very different. It's probably called "The best of Queen" for one thing, as most of the singles barely troubled the Top Twenty. It also means they have remained a cult band in 1981 and one who inexplicably never released their best album tracks as singles, but that's what you asked for, so deal with it.
The point is that, with a band of this quality, it should be a piece of cake - cake, I tell you - to programme an alternative GH1, one that will FINALLY convince all the haters and unbelievers and other infidels that Queen are a great band 'if you listen to the albums'.
Bear in mind this is NOT just 'list your fave non album songs' - it's really about building an album that works in its own right. Song choice is obviously key but sequencing is absolutely vital! How does the record flow? Does one track lead into another? Is all the very 'best' stuff evenly spread?
I've deliberately gone for the same number of 'singles' per studio album, 8 tracks on Side One and then 9 on Side Two, as with GH, although this clearly indicates that Ray Foster had lost his marbles in 1980 by insisting on releasing the four singles from The Game, but anyway. If you really have to have 9 tracks on side one and 8 on Side Two, or you strongly feel another album offers three or four better alt singles than Jazz and The Game, then go for it even though this is cheating. But please, 17 tracks, and at least one song per album from Queen II through to Flash Gordon.
So that's your task. I look forward to your choices. Good luck. I'm going to cheat by going first and then I can accuse everyone of stealing my ideas.
The Millionaire Waltz
Dragon Attack
Jealousy
I'm in Love with my Car
Mustapha
'39
Let Me Entertain You
Sail Away Sweet Sister
The Hero
My Melancholy Blues
It’s Late
Don’t Try Suicide
Need Your Loving Tonight
Drowse
The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke
Stone Cold Crazy
In the Lap of the Gods – Revisited
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Post by georg on Sept 10, 2022 20:24:28 GMT
Interesting idea for a thread. I’ll play, but I’ll put them in corresponding order as on Greatest Hits:
Death On Two Legs
Dragon Attack
Stone Cold Crazy
Mustapha
Dead On Time
I’m In Love With My Car
If You Can’t Beat Them
Sail Away Sweet Sister
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Rock It (prime jive)
Tie Your Mother Down
Flick of the Wrist
The Millionaire Waltz
Need Your Loving Tonight
The Hero
The March of the Black Queen
It’s Late
My Melancholy Blues
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 10, 2022 20:39:20 GMT
Death On Two Legs
Flick Of The Wrist (segues nicely)
The Millionaire Waltz
Need Your Loving Tonight
Long Away
White Queen
All Dead All Dead
Rock It (Prime Jive)
The Prophet's Song
Love Of My Life
Dreamer's Ball
Sleeping On The Sidewalk
March Of The Black Queen
White Man
It's Late
The Hero
Teo Torriatte
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Post by saintjiub on Sept 10, 2022 21:23:27 GMT
Liar The March of the Black Queen ... Queen had a brief foray into the top 40 in the UK hitting #39 with the Mercury penned Liar. Their follow-up single, The March of the Black Queen bombed, and the Queen II album was slagged by the British press. Disillusioned, Brian felt Queen had no future and joined Sparks upon their invitation. Roger followed suit by joining Genesis ... ... The End ... This is why I do not get to choose singles. LOL www.nova.ie/brian-may-roger-taylor-on-how-they-almost-quit-queen-202948/
However, If Queen somehow survived my bad judgement ...
Liar The March of the Black Queen Stone Cold Crazy Brighton Rock
'39 Good Company The Millionaire Waltz You and I You Take My Breath Away
Sheer Heart Attack All Dead, All Dead In Only Seven Days Dreamer's Ball
Rock It (Prime Jive) Dragon Attack Don't Try Suicide Football Fight
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Post by angusscrimm on Sept 10, 2022 23:07:48 GMT
Doing it OP's way, using same amount of singles from each album that the actual GH used:
The March Of The Black Queen
Death On Two Legs
Flick Of The Wrist
If You Can't Beat Them
'39
Long Away
Sail Away Sweet Sister
My Melancholy Blues
The Hero
Rock It
Let Me Entertain You
Need Your Loving Tonight
Dreamer's Ball
Teo Torriatte
It's Late
Coming Soon
In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited)
Doing it Georg's way, i.e in the order that GH used the singles:
Death On Two Legs
Need Your Loving Tonight
Flick Of The Wrist
Let Me Entertain You
If You Can't Beat Them
'39
Dreamer's Ball
Coming Soon
Rock It
Long Away
In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited)
Teo Torriatte
Sail Away Sweet Sister
The Hero
March Of The Black Queen
It's Late
My Melancholy Blues
And finally, doing it my own way, using at least one track from Queen to The Game, and having it in a running order I think flows:
Great King Rat
The March Of The Black Queen
Death On Two Legs
Flick Of The Wrist
Long Away
It's Late
If You Can't Beat Them
Need Your Loving Tonight
Rock It
The Hero
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
Love Of My Life
My Melancholy Blues
Dreamer's Ball
Coming Soon
My Fairy King
In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited)
I think those are fairly different to each of the choices so far, each are very different to each other and each in their own right would make nice standalone albums.
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Post by macduff77 on Sept 11, 2022 5:15:35 GMT
For mine, I’m going to change it up. Since I live in Canada and listened to the Queen Greatest Hits Canadian version, it’s slightly different:
1. It had a track from Queen I (Keep Yourself Alive)
2. It was 14 tracks long
3. I can’t use any Canadian released singles, but I’ll use other singles that were released elsewhere that did not make it onto GH.
Here goes:
1. Death On Two Legs
2. You and I
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Stone Cold Crazy
5. Liar
6. Sail Away Sweet Sister
7. ‘39
1. Dead on Time
2. Dancer
3. Dragon Attack
4. Spread Your Wings
5. White Queen
6. The Hero
7. Teo Torriatte
1 from Queen, 1 from Queen II, 1 from SHA, 2 from ANATO, 2 from ADATR, 1 from NOTW, 2 from Jazz, 2 from TG, 1 from Flash, 1 from HS.
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Post by Lplix on Sept 11, 2022 6:40:35 GMT
my idea is not really a greatest hits but a thematic collection, a hypothetical concept (obviously remastered and remixed, not 100% normalized as the latest versions):
Procession
Great King Rat
Ogre Battle
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
The March of the Black Queen
White Queen (As It Began)
My Fairy King
The Prophet’s Song
Lily of the Valley
In the Lap of the Gods
with a bonus CD with “styled track”:
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
The Millionaire Waltz
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
Seaside Rendezvous
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Good Company
Who Needs You
‘39
Sleeping on the Sidewalk
Man on the Prowl
All God's People
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Post by NathanH on Sept 11, 2022 10:26:07 GMT
Side A:
1) Stone Cold Crazy [In The Lap Of The Gods segue removed]
2) Tie Your Mother Down [Single Version]
3) Keep Yourself Alive
4) I'm In Love With My Car [Hybrid Queen Rocks Version]
5) Flick Of The Wrist [Single Version]
Side B:
6) Need Your Loving Tonight
7) Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
8) It's Late
9) Brighton Rock
Side C:
10) Liar
11) Dragon Attack
12) '39
13) Spread Your Wings
Side D:
14) The March Of The Black Queen
15) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) [Single Version]
16) In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
17) Love Of My Life [Live Killers]
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Post by fabiogminero on Sept 11, 2022 12:41:56 GMT
Liar
Dead On Time
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
You And I
All Dead, All Dead
The March Of The Black Queen
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
The Prophet's Song
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Good Company
Sail Away Sweet Sister
All Dead, All Dead
Sleeping On The Sidewalk
It's Late
Let Me Entertain You
The Millionaire Waltz
Need Your Loving Tonight
The Night Comes Down
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 11, 2022 13:20:25 GMT
following the georg "natural running order"  Weird, but [for me] a listing like this appears to completely changes the song-writing dynamic compared to the original writing credits: Perhaps it also reflects whose songs the "older" me prefers to listen to. Mine: Roger 5½, Freddie 5½, Brian 4, John 2 Original: Freddie 10, Brian 5, John 2, Roger 0 |
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Post by macduff77 on Sept 12, 2022 15:43:01 GMT
Dang, I tried to edit my Canadian version post above, but can't. Must have waited too long.
Anyways, in addition to the Canadian copy of Alternate GH, here is what the UK/Europe version would look like:
UK Version:
1. Death On Two Legs
2. You and I
3. Stone Cold Crazy
4. Sail Away Sweet Sister
5. I'm In Love With My Car
6. Need Your Loving Tonight
7. Love of My Life (Live)
8. Dead on Time
1. Let Me Entertain You
2. Dancer
3. Dragon Attack
4. Jealousy
5. It's Late
6. '39
7. The Hero (Revisited)
8. White Queen
9. Teo Torriatte
Canadian Version:
1. Death On Two Legs
2. You and I
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Stone Cold Crazy
5. Liar
6. Sail Away Sweet Sister
7. ‘39
1. Dead on Time
2. Dancer
3. Dragon Attack
4. Spread Your Wings
5. White Queen
6. The Hero (Revisited)
7. Teo Torriatte
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Post by grumzy on Sept 20, 2022 19:24:22 GMT
Honestly, I'd juat play them Queen II and stop before Seven Seas Of Rhye started.
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Post by NathanH on Sept 21, 2022 21:33:48 GMT
I was bored on the train from Leeds so I revised my alternate album. I think the whole band would approve as all of them get songwriting credits now unlike the 1981 album.
Side A:
1) The Hero
2) Tie Your Mother Down
3) Stone Cold Crazy
4) Sleeping On The Sidewalk
5) Dead On Time
6) The Prophet's Song
7) Dragon Attack
8) '39
9) White Queen (As It Began)
Side B:
10) Father To Son
11) All Dead, All Dead
12) Long Away
13) Sail Away Sweet Sister
14) Brighton Rock
15) Keep Yourself Alive
16) It's Late
17) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
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Post by Lord Fickle on Sept 21, 2022 22:40:04 GMT
I was bored on the train from Leeds so I revised my alternate album. I think the whole band would approve as all of them get songwriting credits now unlike the 1981 album. Side A: 1) The Hero 2) Tie Your Mother Down 3) Stone Cold Crazy 4) Sleeping On The Sidewalk 5) Dead On Time 6) The Prophet's Song 7) Dragon Attack 8) '39 9) White Queen (As It Began) Side B: 10) Father To Son 11) All Dead, All Dead 12) Long Away 13) Sail Away Sweet Sister 14) Brighton Rock 15) Keep Yourself Alive 16) It's Late 17) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Have I missed something here? You said all the band would get songwriting credits but I can't see any in that track listing written by Taylor or Deacon. In fact, the majority of them seem to be Brian's songs. |
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Post by georg on Sept 21, 2022 23:52:44 GMT
I was bored on the train from Leeds so I revised my alternate album. I think the whole band would approve as all of them get songwriting credits now unlike the 1981 album. Side A: 1) The Hero 2) Tie Your Mother Down 3) Stone Cold Crazy 4) Sleeping On The Sidewalk 5) Dead On Time 6) The Prophet's Song 7) Dragon Attack 8) '39 9) White Queen (As It Began) Side B: 10) Father To Son 11) All Dead, All Dead 12) Long Away 13) Sail Away Sweet Sister 14) Brighton Rock 15) Keep Yourself Alive 16) It's Late 17) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Have I missed something here? You said all the band would get songwriting credits but I can't see any in that track listing written by Taylor or Deacon. In fact, the majority of them seem to be Brian's songs. Stone Cold Crazy is a band composition, so TECHNICALLY, Roger and John get credits… |
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Post by NathanH on Sept 22, 2022 6:32:02 GMT
I was bored on the train from Leeds so I revised my alternate album. I think the whole band would approve as all of them get songwriting credits now unlike the 1981 album. Side A: 1) The Hero 2) Tie Your Mother Down 3) Stone Cold Crazy 4) Sleeping On The Sidewalk 5) Dead On Time 6) The Prophet's Song 7) Dragon Attack 8) '39 9) White Queen (As It Began) Side B: 10) Father To Son 11) All Dead, All Dead 12) Long Away 13) Sail Away Sweet Sister 14) Brighton Rock 15) Keep Yourself Alive 16) It's Late 17) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Have I missed something here? You said all the band would get songwriting credits but I can't see any in that track listing written by Taylor or Deacon. In fact, the majority of them seem to be Brian's songs. I was taking the piss 😂, I deliberately tried to think of all Brian songs apart from one where he still credited 25%! |
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Post by NathanH on Sept 22, 2022 6:33:28 GMT
Have I missed something here? You said all the band would get songwriting credits but I can't see any in that track listing written by Taylor or Deacon. In fact, the majority of them seem to be Brian's songs. Stone Cold Crazy is a band composition, so TECHNICALLY, Roger and John get credits… Thanks you got my point 😂 16 songs written solely by Brian and 1 song written by all four members... |
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Post by georg on Sept 22, 2022 12:30:15 GMT
Stone Cold Crazy is a band composition, so TECHNICALLY, Roger and John get credits… Thanks you got my point 😂 16 songs written solely by Brian and 1 song written by all four members... Not gonna lie, that’s a pretty damn good compilation! |
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