The Miracle Collector’s Edition - All Discussion

Controversial suggestion...

Perhaps Roger not only asked for his real drums to be replaced by a drum machine, but he made the decision and that he did the programming himself??
Ditto for John's real bass....

Songwriters and performers SERVE the song.... whatever it takes... Mutt Lange always said to Def Leppard when writing songs "don't fall in love with a new song because we can change it" (massively paraphrased haha!!)

OK we know Roger hated the drum machine on the original version of I Can't Live With You (and fair enough, the real drums now sound better unarguably) but so what??

The arguments in this thread are - to coin a phrase - like pride-by-proxy!!

I do like the idea that Breakthru would've sounded awesome live on The Miracle Tour IF.......

I don't think anyone is suggesting Roger didn't agree to it, something / someone (or a few people) at the time obviously made a good case for drum machines and he agreed.

It's just surprising after hearing these versions, that they went in that strange direction.

Point taken, but clearly they were wrong! 😁

You’ve added something @lord Fickle so allow me to further reply…

I echo everyone who has said that Breakthru live - with real drums and bass - would’ve sounded AWESOME!!
Pretty sure there’s zero chance of Q+AL doing it live…?

I was born in 75 (when Bo Rap was number one actually!) so I grew up with Queen from The Works onwards (I was 9 when I bought it).

I’ve always loved Machines, Radio GaGa etc BECAUSE they’re so heavily programmed and ‘non human’ but hey, different strokes for folks I guess! :-)

P.S. even the fans who hated synths being introduced…. How can anyone deny the beautiful big warm analogue sounds of an Oberheim synth??

Just watched the "Was it all worth it" video they did..... Apparently there were lots of hidden easter eggs with one very well hidden one..... Lot's of little flash backs through the years.... Was the 'well hidden easter egg'... the one that I didn't see.... Nothing post "The Miracle...." Does that mean we may finally get a Innuendo collection and after years and years of waiting.... finally the Innuendo videos we have all been waiting for....

Apart from many other videos we are all waiting for..... Hyde park (crappy quaility...) Earls court..... (That would have to be the ultimate with the perfect crossfade between Queens prog/heavy rock and the pop venture they were all but set on....) just to name a small few...

Also we are waiting on that very first 'Queen' concert Brian has mentioned....

Got the set today - Press Kit missing.
Anyone else?

Me  

I think there is an element of it being a live take, I think they want to invoke a feeling like those Elvis sessions....


But no there's so much Frankensteining over whatever was played live with different takes being combined I'm not sure it can be considered live sessions.

Which is probably why they couldn't call it that, instead having vauge (original take) suffixes.