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Post by saintjiub on Jun 8, 2023 4:46:02 GMT
Someone other than Freddie sang during the commercial ... It is a well-known FACT that John Deacon sang lead vocals on Hot Space ... Since I'm not sure how serious you are given that last sentence, I'll just say it's obviously Freddie singing the song in said commercial I only saw the commercial once. I guess I was not paying attention. For some reason I thought that someone else was singing and covering the song
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Post by Walter B. on Aug 17, 2023 18:08:24 GMT
October 6, 2023 Cool Cat will get a 7" single release in the USA (and the UK): link (USA) link (UK)
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Post by cmi on Aug 17, 2023 18:27:16 GMT
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Post by georg on Aug 17, 2023 18:42:00 GMT
I wonder what the B-side will be? I highly doubt it’ll be the Bowie duet version.
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Post by macduff77 on Aug 17, 2023 19:28:33 GMT
Wowzers. Who had this on their Queen 2023 Releases Bingo card?
Also - you'd think Amazon would have had first dibs at an exclusive release since it's all stemmed from their commercial, no?
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Post by Golden Salmon on Aug 17, 2023 19:36:11 GMT
1.5 months from now, out of the blue? I can only hope for a Bowie version, or at the very least a new mix.
What even is the point in releasing a track from, perhaps, their least successful album? Has it appeared on any recent media?
If only they released some of the Bowie jam sessions or even "I Don't Want To Be Like A Rolling Stone"...
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Post by georg on Aug 17, 2023 19:46:35 GMT
1.5 months from now, out of the blue? I can only hope for a Bowie version, or at the very least a new mix. What even is the point in releasing a track from, perhaps, their least successful album? Has it appeared on any recent media? If only they released some of the Bowie jam sessions or even "I Don't Want To Be Like A Rolling Stone"... It was in an Amazon commercial a few months ago. As ever QPL are on the ball and are getting the single out well after the campaign’s finished.
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Post by cmi on Aug 17, 2023 20:24:06 GMT
Hopefully it would be a satelite of the re-imagined/re-mixed HOT SPACE album with extras. Fingers crossed.
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Post by Golden Salmon on Aug 17, 2023 22:11:54 GMT
Hopefully it would be a satelite of the re-imagined/re-mixed HOT SPACE album with extras. Fingers crossed. Ah, yes! Right on time for its, uh, 41.5th anniversary! And who cares about ANATO special edition when we can get "Body Language" outtakes! Seriously though, I welcome anything new. I just wouldn't understand releasing this "single" for the sake of it, for apparently no reason.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 17, 2023 22:36:31 GMT
If it's a Record Store Day release, it'll probably just be a one off. Guess there could be an instrumental B side?
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Post by georg on Aug 18, 2023 2:28:28 GMT
If it's a Record Store Day release, it'll probably just be a one off. Guess there could be an instrumental B side? I’m calling it now: it’ll be one-sided with a picture disc on the flip.
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Post by billy on Aug 18, 2023 2:32:03 GMT
If it's a Record Store Day release, it'll probably just be a one off. Guess there could be an instrumental B side? I’m calling it now: it’ll be one-sided with a picture disc on the flip. Or an etching of their signatures.
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Post by pimderks on Aug 18, 2023 7:09:53 GMT
Where's my Hot Space 40th anniversary picture disc? I want one with the cover image on one side and the image from the innersleeve on the other side. Would look awesome. So weird that we got a Flash 40th but no HS.
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Post by Brian's Wig on Aug 18, 2023 8:34:27 GMT
I love how you can purchase online in the USA, but us Brits will have to stand in the cold for hours on end in a queue only to find the shop only had one copy and it sold hours before. I F'ing hate record store day.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 18, 2023 8:51:19 GMT
I'm not going to bother. I made a special effort to get the last one and all it's done is sit in a box in the garage.
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Post by dave76 on Aug 18, 2023 10:56:53 GMT
Queen Productions equals weird choices.
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Post by davis_taylor.1984 on Aug 18, 2023 10:59:15 GMT
I read somewhere that Amazon says this will be an Q+AL Release... Another rumour says that q+al will play this song live in the next tour...
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 18, 2023 11:25:00 GMT
I read somewhere that Amazon says this will be an Q+AL Release... Another rumour says that q+al will play this song live in the next tour... Source of the Amazon info, please?
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Post by rogercz on Aug 18, 2023 11:43:48 GMT
We could expect even new QAL version...
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Post by davis_taylor.1984 on Aug 18, 2023 13:08:25 GMT
I read somewhere that Amazon says this will be an Q+AL Release... Another rumour says that q+al will play this song live in the next tour... Source of the Amazon info, please? http://instagram.com/p/CwFVGq8sbaM
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 18, 2023 13:30:08 GMT
Thanks. Google translation of above: "We are in the realm of speculation, so take this news with the thousand precautions of the case. It seems that in October #Queen + #adamlambert will release a new version of Cool Cat, the song written by #johndeacon for #hotspace. It must be said that the piece has been announced as one of the new entries of the #rhapsodytour setlist. It's also definitely a song in Adam's strings and there are actually some clues on Amazon... We'll see if and what will be confirmed. An EP with the original version, demos with #davidbowie and the reinterpretation of #qal wouldn't be bad..."Whilst these speculative rumours may occasionally turn out to be partially correct, I'm not holding my breath on this, and I'm pretty sure that if Q+AL had completed a studio recording, it wouldn't just be put out as a Record Store Day release.
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Post by jjmillenium on Aug 18, 2023 13:31:53 GMT
But there's RSD on october?
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Post by deathtoming on Aug 18, 2023 17:27:11 GMT
Is the speculation based on the fact that the Amazon listing shown on the Instagram post appears to credit "Queen + Adam Lambert" for Cool Cat? If so, I would disregard it. Note that it says it's by "Queen + Adam Lambert e altri 2." The "e altri 2" means "and two others," and if you look at other Queen listings on Amazon.It, all Queen releases are credited to three artists: Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert (with the +), and Queen & Adam Lambert (with the &). Here's an example with Innuendo:
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Post by manymilesaway on Aug 19, 2023 5:44:06 GMT
I'm pretty sure this song is getting this new attention by QPL because a cover of it became kind of viral on TikTok about a year ago. It was used on a LOT of stuff, I've got many friends who didn't even know it was originally a Queen song.
Most of you on the forum probably don't use TikTok, so just wanted to throw in that little tidbit in case you were confused as to why Cool Cat of all songs has gotten this resurgence.
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Post by pg on Aug 19, 2023 6:10:31 GMT
I'm pretty sure this song is getting this new attention by QPL because a cover of it became kind of viral on TikTok about a year ago. It was used on a LOT of stuff, I've got many friends who didn't even know it was originally a Queen song. Most of you on the forum probably don't use TikTok, so just wanted to throw in that little tidbit in case you were confused as to why Cool Cat of all songs has gotten this resurgence. Before or after Amazon used it in a commercial?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Aug 19, 2023 6:24:54 GMT
Note that it says it's by "Queen + Adam Lambert e altri 2." The "e altri 2" means "and two others," and if you look at other Queen listings on Amazon.It, all Queen releases are credited to three artists: Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert (with the +), and Queen & Adam Lambert (with the &). so "Queen + Adam Lambert e altri 2." appears to relate to the possible different listings for the band itself : ♦ Queen ♦ Queen + Adam Lambert ♦ Queen & Adam LambertFor the sake of absolute clarity why are Queen & David Bowie, Queen + (from the 90s) and Queen & Paul Rodgers not also included?
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Post by manymilesaway on Aug 19, 2023 7:43:33 GMT
I'm pretty sure this song is getting this new attention by QPL because a cover of it became kind of viral on TikTok about a year ago. It was used on a LOT of stuff, I've got many friends who didn't even know it was originally a Queen song. Most of you on the forum probably don't use TikTok, so just wanted to throw in that little tidbit in case you were confused as to why Cool Cat of all songs has gotten this resurgence. Before or after Amazon used it in a commercial? Before
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Post by fabiogminero on Aug 19, 2023 7:46:04 GMT
I read somewhere that 'Cool Cat' will be one of the songs added to the setlist of the Q+AL North American tour in October; some rumors also claim that Queen + Adam Lambert recorded a new version of the track in the studio this year.
Perhaps this new release will have the original 1982 version from the 'Hot Space' album and this hypothetical new version with Lambert; the hope is of course that the famous rejected version with David Bowie recorded in 1981 will also be included. Could this be a foretaste of a future EP with studio recordings by Queen and Bowie? (difficult to happen, but not impossible).
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Post by Walter B. on Aug 20, 2023 10:41:58 GMT
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 20, 2023 10:48:35 GMT
Confirming that any speculation about this being a new version with AL is untrue.
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