Arnaldo Ogre-
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Post by Arnaldo Ogre- on Nov 18, 2023 13:53:08 GMT
Brian said this in the press release, did we know this about Machines' origins? It's new to me: Brian revealed the shared origins of Radio Ga Ga and Machines in the commentary track of Abolute Greatest, in 2009 when discussing RGG: "One of our first excursions into real sort of machine type things. We started off, Roger and I together, on this one, strangely enough, with sort of, you know, chucking some ideas around, but we actually split in the end and Roger’s half became Radio Ga Ga and my half became Machines, Back to Humans . But it was an interesting time of us sort of blending our skills with the synthesiser world, I suppose."
Wow, thanks! I missed that completely! The mix of rock and electronic instruments was sort of a holy grail at the time for many artists, and I think Machines is the best endeavour in this sense. I'm a biased Queen fan, I know, but I still love Machines for that. Cheers, Ogre- |
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Post by dysan on Nov 18, 2023 18:01:59 GMT
The common ancestor demo has already been released as track 10 on Sailor's 1978 album 'Hideaway'  |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 18, 2023 18:51:43 GMT
The mix of rock and electronic instruments was sort of a holy grail at the time for many artists, and I think Machines is the best endeavour in this sense. I'm a biased Queen fan, I know, but I still love Machines for that. Cheers, Ogre- you're genuinely putting "Machines" above these? Van Halen - Jump Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love The Firm - Radioactive The Cars - You Might Think Ozzy - Mr Crowley Rush - Tom Sawyer |
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Arnaldo Ogre-
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Post by Arnaldo Ogre- on Nov 18, 2023 20:55:52 GMT
The mix of rock and electronic instruments was sort of a holy grail at the time for many artists, and I think Machines is the best endeavour in this sense. I'm a biased Queen fan, I know, but I still love Machines for that. Cheers, Ogre- you're genuinely putting "Machines" above these? Van Halen - Jump Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love The Firm - Radioactive The Cars - You Might Think Ozzy - Mr Crowley Rush - Tom Sawyer You are right for at least some of those. I did not express myself correctly. I meant mixing electronic music and rock music. Not just using synths in rock music. Cheers, Ogre- |
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Post by dane on Nov 21, 2023 21:05:50 GMT
Well now! Isn't this just the most unexpected non-release they have done over the past years.
The song is not so impressive, but the vocals are awesome.
99% sure they performed the song to great response being the opener of the show and (Brian) thought; "We might have another shot at getting this to hit-status"
oh, and, really? That cover is horrible. Ticks 9 out of 10 graphic design dont's
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Post by georg on Nov 21, 2023 21:38:53 GMT
The song is not so impressive, but the vocals are awesome. Agreed 100% – Freddie and Brian rarely harmonized without Roger (the only other instance I can think of off the top of my head is All Dead All Dead) but it’s really effective on Machines. I for one happen to really like the song – I think it’s underrated if dated – but a single it ain’t. And the cover is puke, but it’s hardly surprising given the art direction on their product since 1992 (Made In Heaven and the singles excepted) (maybe No One But You, but Queen Rocks is awful). |
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Post by nickip on Nov 22, 2023 13:12:19 GMT
So I love this song - one of my favourites actually. But until Georg mentioned that it was only Freddie and Brian singing the human parts I had never noticed! Makes sense in the context of the song tbf - but you are right there is a definite difference if you listen forensically (which I don’t always…)
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Post by chatback999 on Dec 1, 2023 23:19:00 GMT
This has always been a favorite track of mine. It could have been an interesting one to do a 12" mix for at that time too.
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Post by billy on Dec 10, 2023 3:54:24 GMT
I always liked the instrumental version they put on the b-side of the US 12” of I Want to Break Free - especially the surprises toward the end. Even now when I listen to the original version of the song I expect to hear them.
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