Freddie: "Hey where's my backstage pass?" (right)
unknown man: "Hey that was a bit of allright,weren't it?" (left)
unknown man: "Great one outrageous costume!" (middle)
Freddie: "Hey that Brian May,he's outta sight,man" (right)
Man(Brian?): "Not many,not many...go straight!" (left)
Woman: "I always wanted to be a groupie!" (middle)
Man(Roger?): "...give you lessons..." (middle)

Face It Alone

This is the second most sought after Queen track, second only to 'Assassin'. The full version is apparently over 10 minutes long, and only edited versions are currently available. They track has been played at multiple Queeen conventions, in which Greg Brooks mentions that the track was recorded in the same week as 'Khashoggi's Ship' and 'Rain Must Fall', placing it sometime in 1988 during 'The Miracle' sessions, although it was also worked on for the 'Innuendo' album.
The track is fairly basic, dominated by vocals and guitar, with little percussion and bass guitar. The lyrics are fairly minimal, with typical ad-libs from Freddie, suggesting it to be a early version of the track. It's not the best unreleased Queen demo, but it is an interesting track and a great teaser for the full length version. There are at least eight different versions and edits of the track available, the first three are all independant, and the rest are derived from them.
Full Studio Demo
This is the longest version of the track which is currently available. The track begins with a small amount of studio dialogue from Freddie, and most of the lyrics feature overdubs. The vocals end at around 1:53, and the rest of the track is instrumental. Despite it's name, this is only an edit of the full version. Length 5:15.
Instrumental Guitar Demo
This demo just features Brian on guitar, with additional guitar overdubs throughout. It features minimal percussion in places, and includes a very small amount of faint vocals, probably from headphone leakage. Towards the end of the track, Brian varies from the normal melody of the track and experiments more, turning the track into a typical guitar showpiece. Length 3:53.
Excerpt 1 / Demo Version 1
This excerpt is similar to the second excerpt, and in turn similar to the full studio demo. However, those versions feature overdubs of Freddie's vocals, where he sings different lyrics over his own vocals. On this version, there is only one vocal, so it may be the original take before the overdubs were added. The first line of lyrics is also slightly different, with Freddie singing 'when something so near' instead of 'when something so dear'. Obviously this is only a tiny difference, but it is definitely different between the two versions. Length 1:39.
Excerpt 2 / Demo Version 2 / Overdub Version
This is an edit of the above full demo, from around 0:27 to 2:18. Length 1:50.
Convention Version
This track simply consists of version 1 and version 2, along with dialogue from Greg Brooks at the start, finish, and between the tracks. Length 4:36.
Demo Version From Greg Brooks' CD
This track is a fake which combines excerpts 1 and 2 above, but edits them together to make one longer track. Between 1:28 and 1:33 the track starts to fade out, then suddenly goes louder again, and at 1:31 a female voice appears to say 'OK' which matches exactly the audience noise on the convention version. Length 3:18.
Full Studio Version (2)
As if there weren't enough edits and versions available, this one has also been circulated, which includes the above full studio version, followed by the instrumental guitar demo. To further confuse things this is also labelled as the 'full studio version' despite the fact that it's clearly two different versions. Length 9:19.
Faked Demo Version
This is a faked version which features a 21 second excerpt of the track, repeated several times. This was available for a while before the other versions, so obviously it's pretty redundant now. Length 1:49.
Lyrics: (The full version includes all lyrics and dialogue except the word in orange, excerpt 1 includes the lyrics in white and orange, and excerpt 2 includes the lyrics in white and red)
Freddie: Just have to give me that first guitar, after this you have to give me a guitar entry, yeah?
Oooh, ooh
Freddie: Not there
Freddie: Guitar

Freddie: Out

When something so dear near (and so far)
And dear to life (tonight)
Explodes inside (falls down inside)
You feel your soul (you cry till you hurt)
Is set on fire (go out and clear)

There's something
De-de-de-de-oh
De-de-de-ay-oh-oh-oh-oh-ohh

When the moon has lost it's clothes
And the sun begins to go down
(Unknown lyric)

Rysiu napisał(a):Czy Paul Rodgers miał okazję osobiście poznać się z Freddiem lub Johnem Deaconem?

09-18-2008 - The Northern Echo (Darlington, England) - Paul Rodgers interview napisał(a):Strangely for artists so big during the same era, Rodgers had only met the other members of Queen once before.
"I saw them briefly on a stairway once, when they were looking for a manager.
They were talking to Peter Grant, who managed me and Led Zeppelin at the time.
"The four of them, Brian, Roger, Freddie and John (Deacon) were coming out of his office, and we bumped into one another, said "hello", and that was about it.

daga napisał(a):Średnio skoro nawet złota nie zdobyło, a takie Forever juz tak.

Rysiu napisał(a):Czy w teledysku "A Winter's Tale" widzimy pismo Freddiego?

Rysiu napisał(a):Pamiętam, że w ok. 1992 (może 1993) po koncercie Tribute było dość głośno o ewentualnym aliansie Queen z Georgem Michaelem (w sensie, że miał na stałe zastąpić Freddiego). Ktoś orientuje się, czy było to tak na serio, czy też dziennikarze mieli pobożne życzenia? Jeżeli na serio, to dlaczego do tego nie doszło?