Queen Discussion Thread

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A New Life Is Born

Written by Freddie Mercury

Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano

When love breaks up
When the dawn lights wakes up
A new life is born

There's no waters blowing down
There's no rain (ad-libbed) to the sea
Get lonely
Dee-dee-dee
Dah, day, dah
Dee-dee-dee, by the sea
There's muddy waters
In my hands
Across the (ad-libbed)
Dah, dah, dah

- Sound familiar? Well the intro of this song was pinched for the beginning of Breakthru but where the NOW! part comes in instead we get Freddie at the piano for a lovely ballad in progress with of course the typical Freddie trying out lyrics.

PERSONAL NOTES: I wish he would have completed it - in the vein of Lily of the Valleyfrom Sheer Heart Attack (in fact I made a remix splicing the two together that went perfectly!

Next up? A Brian demo I Guess We're Falling Out

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I Guess We're Falling Out

Written by: Brian May

Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano
Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals

You stabbed your knife right in my back
Was it just something that I might have said
Does this mean we're falling out
I guess this means that our love has fallen out
If you wanna make a go
(Ad-libbed lyrics) I will stay

I guess we're falling out
It was just one gone and gone away
I guess we're falling out
Guess we're falling out
Da, da, da, I wanna stay

(An ad-libbed verse)

I guess we're falling out
It was just one long race
I guess we're falling out
Falling out
Yeah, yeah, yeah, falling out, falling out, yeah
Two, three, four

- Obviously an incomplete demo with a lot of de dee dees and adlibbed verses.

PERSONAL NOTES:
- The structure is there for a great track! I wish it was finished!

Next up? A completed jam demo that was used for the fan club. One of my favorites because it's just so fun. Freddie and Roger duet on Dog With A Bone

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Dog With A Bone

Written by: Freddie Mercury/Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon

Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, drum machine (?), spoken words
Roger Taylor - lead and backing vocals, drum machine (?), spoken words
Brian May - guitar, backing vocals, spoken words
John Deacon - bass guitar, spoken words

One, two, three, four
Ooh, oooh

Hey, you say you won't, you can't give me any more love
You say you will, you can give up what I've got babe
You make me high when I talk on the phone, hey
You know I gotta ring up your number when I know you ain't home
'Cos you gotta hold on me baby like a dog with a bone, hey, hey
Dog with a bone

One more time baby, now
Ooh, oooh

Hey, you say you won't, you can't give me any more love
But you say that you will you can give up what I've got babe
You make me high, hey, when you talk on the phone
Hey, you know I gotta ring up your number when you know I ain't-a home
(Hey baby, hold on me babe) 'Cos you gotta hold on me baby, like a dog with a bone, yeah, hey, hey
Dog with a bone
Dog with a bone, yeah
Ooh, oooh

Do a solo baby
Roll over, Rover let Brian take over!

You make me high when you talk on the phone
Ring up your number when I know you ain't home
'Cos you gotta hold on me baby, like a dog with a bone
Hey, hey, like a dog with a bone, yeah
Yeah
Uh-ha, oh, ooohhh
Like a dog with a bone

You say you won't (you won't), you can't (you can't) give me any more love
But you say (but you say) you will (you will) you can (you can) give up what I've got
You make me high when you talk on the phone
You know I gotta ring up your number when I know you ain't home
'Cos you gotta hold on me baby, hey, like a dog with a bone, yeah
Like a dog with a bone
Hold on me baby
Yeah, won't let go
Like a dog with a bone
Won't let go

Oooh
Get the double tempo
(Ooooh) Hey, hey, hey
(Improvised ad-libs)
You say you won't you can't gimme any more love (won't let go)
You say you will (improvised ad-libs) give up what I've got
You say you won't you can't gimme more
You say you will but you give me all I got babe
You say you won't (you won't) you can't (you can't)
You will, you gotta
Yeah
Ooooh-eee

- The band jammed on this track and recorded it - I believe specifically as a gift for the Fan Club Convention. At the convention a version was played with the band having spoken messages for the fan club. That version is below.

Messages:
Roger: "Well hello fan club, uh. Sorry it hasn't got me on it. Must have ruined it for all of you, but there you go."

John: "Hello, John here. I hope you're having a good time. And Jacky, in return for us doing this musical offering for you, is after we've finished she's going to come on and do a strip for you."

Freddie: "Hey, I hope everybody's having a good time (good time, good time, good time, good time), I hope everybody's having a, having a good time (good time, good time, good time)."

Brian: "Having a good time, yes, yes, before I heard all this nonsense. Where's the microphone, which one? Hello it's Brian here. 'Fraid I've lost my voice because I've been bellowing. Oh God, God I wish someone would shut that bloody guitarist up, it's dreadful. Well actually we'd love to be with you, we're sorry we're not with you but we're too busy making silly noises and thinking up new chords like this one and having mid life crises and things. You see it's all very easy for you but we have a lot of work to do so we're going to play you this song instead. It goes like this."

PERSONAL NOTES:
- One of my favorite tracks from the band's 80s output. It's fun, silly, and just really shows the band having a great time together. Plus I'm a sucker when Roger sings with Freddie...so it just works!

Next up! Last demo from these sessions, the once mythical Face It Alone

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Face It Alone

Written by Freddie Mercury (?)/Brian May (?)

Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Brian May - guitar

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)

- This was quite mythical for a while - a 10 minute mournful ballad initially believed to be part of the last Queen sessions. It was later discovered to be a part of the Miracle sessions instead. It is also FAR from complete. Plenty of lyrics left out and a lot of wandering keyboards and guitar.


-- IN ADDITION THERE ARE A FEW MORE TRACKS I KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT FROM THIS ERA:

Brother of Mine

Written by Brian May

That's the extent of my knowledge although there has been claims that it was a ballad.

Everybody Needs Somebody
Had To Believe Me
In Search Of Love

All three written by Freddie Mercury. They are reportedly lyrics written by Freddie that were never recorded.

NEXT? We return to Anita Dobson for the last time as Brian adds his skill to a one-off single with In One Of My Weaker Moments

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Anita Dobson - In One Of My Weaker Moments (Single)

Written by: Don Black/Mort Shuman

Musicians:

Anita Dobson - vocals
Brian May - guitar

Unknown all else.

All the good times that we had
I could count on one hand
People say that I'm crazy
People don't understand

I keep saying I'll leave him
I almost do but then
Everytime I head for the door
I think it through again

In one of my weaker moments
I let the moment go
I'll never change him
Why I stay here I don't know

In one of my weaker moments
I let the moment die
Seems when you love someone
You can't say goodbye

It's not how I imagined
Waiting up half the night
How long can you keep hoping
We're gonna get it right

When I think of the future
I wanna fly away
Now's the time, yes I could go now
That's what I always say

In one of my weaker moments
I let the moment go
I'll never change him
Why I stay here I don't know

In one of my weaker moments
I let the moment die
Seems when you love someone
You can never say goodbye

In one of my weaker moments
I say there's nothing wrong
I hide the feelings
I've been feeling for too long

In one of my weaker moments
I say let's wait and see
For I know if I go
He won't come running after me

- Released as a one-off single from the soundtrack to Budgie it is the last (to date) collaboration musically between Brian and Anita.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS

DRAMA MIX
NO YT VID
- Unfortunate about no video as this is a superior version - more of Brian is heard!

INSTRUMENTAL
NO YT VID
- As titled, a non-vocal version.

PERSONAL NOTES:
- The same as most of the Anita-Brian collaborations. A nice song. Nicely done, but far from spectacular.

NEXT UP? Brian and Roger do some charity on a cover of Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water with an all star jam for an Earthquake riddled Armenia.

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Rock Aid Armenia - Smoke On The Water (Charity Single)

Written by: Ritchie Blackmore/Ian Gillan/Roger Glover/Jon Lord/Ian Paice

Musicians:

Brian May - guitar
Roger Taylor - drums

Joined by:
Bryan Adams, Geoff Beauchamp, Ritchie Blackmore, Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Downes, Keith Emerson, Ian Gillan, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Alex Lifeson, Brian May, Paul Rodgers, Chris Squire and Roger Taylor. John Paul Jones and Jon Lord

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time, now

Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
Some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

I'll watch you burning down, burning down

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
He was pulling kids out the ground

When it all was over
Had to find another place
Swiss time was running out
It seemed we would lose the race

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Alright
Come on, play
Ohhhh

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Alright
Watch you burning down
Oh, ohhhh
Ohhhh

We ended up at the grand hotel, it was empty, cold aswell
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there

With a few red lights, a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water
Fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky

- Rock Aid Armenia, also known in earlier stages as Live Aid Armenia, was a humanitarian effort by the British music industry to raise money to help those affected by the 1988 Armenian earthquake.

- Initiated by the international charity campaigner Jon Dee, the project comprised a number of singles, compilations and a documentary. A special record label Life-Aid Armenia Records was established for producing and distributing the releases by Rock Aid Armenia.

- All of the Rock Aid Armenia projects were coordinated by international charity campaigner Jon Dee. Dee started the project after overseeing the satellite transmission of footage from the Armenian earthquake zone which he distributed to TV newsrooms worldwide.

- Brian and Roger were glad to join in with some of their friends.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

1989 RADIO MIX
- NOT ESSENTIAL - A slight edit

1989 EXTENDED AKA MAYHEM MIX
- NOT ESSENTIAL - A few more instrumental bits

1989 MEGA ROCK MIX
- NOT ESSENTIAL but nice - remixed to be a bit more rocking in vibe.

1990 RADIO MIX
- NOT ESSENTIAL BUT NICE - Close to the Mega Rock Mix but a bit edited down.

2010 WERMUT & DEE REMIX

- ESSENTIAL
- Cleaned up and polished - a great video chock full of Roger and Brian.

IAN GILLIAN VOCAL TAKE
- NOT ESSENTIAL
- Instead of everyone taking their turn this is Ian, the lead singer of the original tackling it amongst stripped down production.

SESSIONS WITH BRIAN MAY & DAVID GILMOUR


PERSONAL NOTES:
Seeing Brian and Roger on a true rock classic? Great. Adding Tony Iommi, Dave Gilmour, Bryan Adams, Ian Gillian, etc. to the mix? EVEN BETTER!

NEXT? For the next few posts we will delve into Brian's MANY 1989 Collaborations as he works with Living In A Box, Holly Johnson, Gareth Marks, Black Sabbath, and Artists United For Nature while still finding time to score a staged version of Macbeth!

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Still here...real busy day at work so I'll try again tmrw!

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Brian May - 1989 -  Collaborations Part 1 - Living In A Box & Holly Johnson
Living In A Box - Blow The House Down

Written by: Richard Darbyshire/Marcus Charles Vere/Anthony "Tich" Critchlow

Musicians:

Richard Darbyshire - Vocals, guitar
Marcus Charles Vere - Synthesizers
Anthony "Tich" Critchlow - Drums
Brian May - guitar

All alone in the crowd
Trying not to think out loud
Whispers shout
Whispers scream
Together we can make it a dream

Mountains high
Mountains low
Without a bridge
You mind how you go
And what you need
Is what I want
So don't be afraid, let it show
Don't be afraid, just let it explode

We have got the power
To build the highest tower
Standing with our feet on the ground
We've got what it takes
Together we can make it
Together we can blow the house down

Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house down, yeah
Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house
Blow the house down

Hey, hey
Silent words
In your eyes
Hiding in a lover's disguise
And as my heart steals your mind
Together we'll be partners in crime

Deserts dry
Don't you know
Without the water
No river flows
And what you need
Is what I want
So don't be afraid, let it show
Don't be afraid, just let it explode

We have got the power
To build the highest tower
Standing with our feet on the ground
We've got what it takes
Together we can make it
Together we can blow the house down

Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house down, yeah
Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house
Blow the house
Down

Mountains high
Mountains low
Without a bridge
You mind how you go
And what you want
Is what I need
So don't be afraid, let it show
Don't be afraid, just let it explode, wow

We have got the power
To build the highest tower
Standing with our feet on the ground
We've got what it takes
Together we can make it
Together we can blow the house down

(Blow the house down) we have got the power
To build the highest tower
Standing with our feet on the ground
We've got what it takes
Together we can make it
Together we can blow the house down

Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house down, yeah
Blow the house down, oh, oh, oh
Blow the house
Blow the house down

- Living In A Box is a British Band who released two albums in the late '80s which were pretty big sellers but artistic differences and music label changing caused the band to break up.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS

REMIX VERSION
NO YT VID

DUB MIX

- Remixed by Keith Cohen

CONVERSION MIX
NO YT VID

HOUSE MIX
NO YT VID

PERSONAL NOTES - It's an okay track with some great guitar!

Holly Johnson - Love Train

Written by: Holly Johnson

Musicians:

Holly Johnson - vocals
Brian May - guitar
Neil Taylor - guitar
Don Snow - backing vocals
Lance Ellington - backing vocals
Andy Richards - keyboard programming
Marius Devrie - keyboard programming

You're a work of art
You're the Travi fountain
You're a golden heart
You're the highest mountain
You bring me flowers every day of my life
You save me from the worry and the strife

Take me in your arms
Baby, baby, I'm on a winning streak
When I met you I reached my peak, oh
Your perfect view makes me feel brand new, yeah
Well, you're just right to keep me up all night, up all night

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

You make time stand still
You're children's laughter
Love's overspill
I'll come running after

You bring me spring right through my door
You're everything that's worth living for
Thrill me with your charms

Baby, baby, my knees are weak, uh
I need you now, don't play hide and seek, uh
No time is long enough
Leaving you is tough
Ah, you're just right to keep me up all night, up all night

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Keep the flame burning
Let your spirit fly
Stay on the right track baby
Till the day I die
Keep the come coming

Baby, baby, I'm on a winning streak
When I met you I reached my peak, uh
Your perfect view makes me feel brand new, yeah
And you're just right to keep me up all night, up all night
Ooh, ooh, hoo
Yeah, yeah
Yeah

Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah, yeah
Stoke it up, stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Working all the time
To keep you mine, all mine (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Riding the love train

Extended Version Lyrics:
Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah
Stoke it up

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Stoke it up

Stoke it up
Riding the love train, yeah, yeah

You're a work of art
You're the Travi fountain
You're a golden heart
You're the highest mountain
You bring me flowers every day of my life
You save me from the worry and the strife

Take me in your arms
Baby, baby, I'm on a winning streak
When I met you I reached my peak, oh
Your perfect view makes me feel brand new, yeah
Well, you're just trying to keep me up all night, up all night

Working all the time
To make it mine, all mine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

You make time stand still
You're children's laughter
Love's overspill
I'll come running after

You bring me spring right through my door
You're everything that's worth living for
Thrill me with your charms

Baby, baby, my knees are weak, uh
I need you now, don't play hide and seek, uh
No time is long enough
Leaving you is tough
But you're just right to keep me up all night, up all night

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Keep the flame burning
Let your spirit fly
Stay on the right track baby
Till the day I die
Keep the come coming

Baby, baby, I'm on a winning streak
When I met you I reached my peak, uh
Your perfect view makes me feel brand new, yeah
You're just right to keep me up all night, up all night
Ooh, ooh, hoo
Yeah, yeah
Yeah

Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah, yeah
Stoke it up, stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Working all the time
To make you mine, all mine, yeah, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up
Riding the love train
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up

Loving all the time
To keep you feeling fine, yeah
Riding the love train, ooh-hoo
Stoke it up, ooh-hoo
Riding the love train
Yeah

- Holly Johnson was the signer in Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
- This was a big hit in the UK going to #4 while hitting #65 in the US.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS

RIDE THE A-TRAIN MIX

- Extended

AMERICANA POP

- Some tweaks.

PERSONAL NOTES: A very fun song. A great summer collaboration.

NEXT? We continue with Brian's collaborations with a girl band (Fuzzbox), an actor (Gareth Marks) and heavy metal legends (Black Sabbath!)

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Brian May - 1989 Collaborations Part II

Fuzzbox - Self!

Written by: Vix/Maggie Dunne/Jo Dunne/Tina O'Neill

Musicians:

Brian May - guitar
Vix - vocals, violin
Maggie Dunne - vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar
Jo Dunne - bass, guitar, drums, piano
Tina O'Neill - drums, saxophone

You didn't write, you didn't telephone
You didn't call, you left me on my own
You don't think about anyone but yourself
Do you think the problems fade if you get stoned

Self, self, self, self
Always you, never me
What the hell do you expect me to be
Self, self, self, self
You don't see things like I do

You've left me empty, you've left me numb inside
Just 'cos I love you doesn't mean you can take me for a ride
I'm sick of you giving me all the cues
I've tried to forget you but I can't
Although I've tried
Tried, tried

Self, self, self, self
Always you, never me
What the hell do you expect me to be
Self, self, self, self
I can't forget you though I try

You didn't write, you didn't telephone
You didn't call, you left me on my own

You've left me empty, you've left me numb inside
Just 'cos I love you doesn't mean you can take me for a ride
I'm sick of you giving me all the cues
I've tried to forget you but I can't
Although I've tried
Tried and tried

Self, self, self, self
Always you, never me
What the hell do you expect me to be
Self, self, self, self
You don't see things like I do

Self, self, self, self
Always you, never me
What the hell do you expect me to be
Self, self, self, self

Self, self, self, self, self, self, self, self, self

- An alternative girls group that's also known as We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It.
- The single hit #24 in the UK. The B-Side? A cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian was not involved with that.

ALTERNATE MIX

SELFISH! MIX
NO YT VID
- NOT essential, slightly extended.

PERSONAL NOTES: Again another Brian hitting a spot on solo during an okay song.

Gareth Marks - Lady Of Leisure

Written by: ?

Musicians (Known):

Gareth Marks - vocals
Brian May - guitar

There's two faces on one girl
Who lives upon the Earth
She's all graces and no cals
In her youth she had a ball
Now she's not happening at all

Lady of leisure
Time is slipping by
Lady of pleasure
All the dregs have flown
You'll have to make it on your own
In a penthouse fronted glass
Shoot your sister on the ass
Against the walls

No freaks and no diseases
No creases in the sack at all
She's a lady of leisure

There's still traces of Monday
On Sunday afternoon
The make up on her faces
Fill the room
What is it for?
She's not cooking no more

Lady of leisure
Ain't got no label
Lady of pleasure
Are you still able to get it on, get it on
Get it on

All the streets can take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy

First sign of sunshine
She won't come out to play
Couped up in her skyline
Night and day
See how they fall
When they're not fairest of them all

No lady of leisure
Never caught you live
Lady of pleasure
Hasn't been a hit since, oo, sixty five

Lady of leisure
Satin and say ball, girl
Lady of pleasure
Cracks in your face
Tracks on every place
See it

Take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy

Take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy a bone
You gotta take the doggy home
Give a little doggy
Lady of leisure

- A novelty item from an actor best known for his take on the Big Bopper.

PERSONAL NOTES: Not my cup of tea to be honest.

Gareth Marks - Boppers Boogie Woogie

Written by: The Big Bopper

Musicians (Known)

Gareth Marks - vocals
Brian May - guitars
NO YT VID

Yeah
Play it
Oh, you know that, know that
Boogie woogie
Yeah
Mercy baby
Hey honey
Yeah, you're the one I'm talking to
The one with the smile on your face, ha, ha
You be balling here for
Because Big Bopper's here man, I know this is the place
Yeah, this is the place where all the cats join in man
Blow your horn man, blow your horn
Everybody jumps up and down
Holler hoy, boy

We gonna boogie to the left
We gonna boogie to the right
Gonna boogie in the morning
Gonna boogie at night
Gonna boogie on the floor
Gonna boogie on the ground
Ahhh, you know baby, gonna jumpside down
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Boogie woogie woogie baby, yeah
Oh, oh, Lord, mercy baby easy now easy
Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha
Now you, you get yourself all shook up now
Ha, ha, ha, that's what I mean
Take your time, take time, yeah
We got all night to do this thing, wooh, ha, ha, ha, ha
Boogie woogie woogie, oh yeah man
Oh, you low down baby, low down
Yeah, boogie woogie

Well your mama's looking
Your papa is too
We ought to call it boogie woogie
What do you think, huh?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Come baby shake that thing, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
It's getting baby, it's getting
Boogie woogie baby
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Owww, oh, I can't take no more of this jivin'
Hey, honey, I thought I told you be boogie woogie, baby
Huh, there ain't nothing moving but the leaves
And they won't be blowing away but blowing
Ha, ha, shut on down baby, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, all the time
Shut your mouth honey, shut your mouth
We ain't here to walk, we're here to boogie
Yeah, ha, ha, ha, ha

I can see you're real fine
I can see your face
I can see the lies and
I know this is the place
You shake your hips and you
You puck up your mouth
I kiss your lips and I
Boogie woogie woogie woogie
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Oh man I tell you I can't stand it man, I can't stand it
Oh ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Oh, oh, yeah, oh, you can boogie

Now you go real fast and you go really slow
And you stop running and you boogie for more
You jump and you scream and you holler hoy
Look everybody I'm the boogie woogie boy
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Well man I tell you, they all catch up with their feet
And get the beat
But we're getting boogie man
Ha, ha, ha, ha

Let me hear it baby, let me hear it
Yeah, oh you can boogie woogie, boogie woogie
Ahhhhh
Yeah, I'm getting hot now
I'm getting real hot
Yeah, ha, ha
Because you cats keep on blowing
We're gonna be here till early in the morning
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Oh yeah
Boogie woogie woogie woogie
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ummmm

Gareth Marks - Go Bopper Go

Written by: Gareth Marks

Musicians (Known):

Gareth Marks - vocals
Brian May - guitar

NO YT VID

Way on back when rock and roll was born
There was a man the name of (unknown lyric), ha
He played the records on the radio
They come from miles around to dig his show
They said

Go Bopper go
Let the people know, yeah
You got music in your soul
You call it rock and roll
So, go Bopper go

Then one day the Lord was just a
Passing through he said
Hello baby, yeah I'm talking to you, ha, ha
Now Bopper man you get a job to do
You gotta cut yourself some records man, your DJ days are through
He said go Bopper go, yeah
Let my people know, yeah
He got music in your soul
Calls it rock and roll
So, go Bopper go, ha, ha

So he got himself a shelf, a real sharp friend
And put a big old hat upon his head
He wiggle jiggled like a man insane
Throughout Chantilly down to Portland Maine

They're singing
Go Bopper go, yeah
Let the people know, man
You got music in your soul
Calls it rock and roll
So, go Bopper go
Go man go, play that thing

And then one day
The Lord came down
And took his hand
And said I needs you Bopper
For my heavenly band
And you know
Sometimes in Texas when the stars are shining bright
You can almost hear the angels singing
And the darkness fills night
They're singing

Go Bopper go
Let the people know
He got music in his soul
Calls it rock and roll
So, go Bopper go
Go Bopper go

Go Bopper
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Crazy daddy
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

- Both tracks are from Gareth's tribute to the Big Bopper.

PERSONAL NOTES: - These are rarities that aren't widely released but I like them better than Lady of Leisure but not enough to listen to too much.

Black Sabbath - When Death Calls

Written by: Tony Martin/Tony Iommi/Geoff Nicholls/Laurence Cottle/Cozy Powell

Musicians:

Tony Martin - vocals
Tony Iommi - guitar
Geoff Nichols - keyboards
Laurence Cottle - bass
Cozy Powell - drums
Brian May - guitar

Peace all over the world
The end will glow in the glory of the son

His skin crept cold
Long in the bliss of the hours of dying

Misguided mortals
You'll burn with me
Spirit of men cannot be free

When death calls
This is the answer dying
When death calls
The spirit of men can be free
When death calls
Oh, oh, oh, there's no tomorrow
When death calls
Oh, just to hear people share it all
Oh, ohh

Tell me not
Fear of the flames
Means that heaven is closer
But I believe Satan lives
In the souls of the dying

Misguided mortals
You'll burn with me
Spirit of men cannot be free

When death calls
Oh, heaven is closer
When death calls
Can you hear the flames from the souls of the dying
When death calls
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
When death calls
You're gonna burn

Don't look - in those sunken eyes
Don't look - and you'll stay alive
Don't laugh - in the face of death
Or your tongue will blister
Can't die - and to save yourselves
You'll die - and Satan takes your soul
In the face of death
Are you coming master?

Don't look - in those sunken eyes
Don't look - and you'll stay alive
Don't laugh - in the face of death
Or your tongue will blister
Can't die - to save yourselves
You'll die - the devil takes your soul
When all is well
You'll cross the river

When death calls
This is the answer dying
When death calls
The spirit of men can be free
When death calls
Oh, oh, oh, there's no tomorrow
When death calls
Just to hear people, people share it all

When death calls
Can you hear the flames from the souls of the dying
When death calls
You're gonna die, die, die, oh, oh
When death calls
Heaven is closer
When death calls
I can feel it, it's gonna take it's time
When death calls
Can you hear it dying
When death calls
Tell me, tell me
Ow, ow, what you saying?
When death calls
You're gonna take it slow

- Brian has long been very close friends with guitarist Tony Iommi and they have collaborated on several things over the years and may be collaborating on a riff album in the near future.
- Brian also worked with Cozy Powell who would become a fixture during his solo career before his death from a tragic accident right before Brian's second solo tour.
- In another connection, on the NEXT Black Sabbath album, Neil Murray would play bass. Neil would also become a fixture in the Brian May band, work in the We Will Rock You house band, and play some dates with Queen + Paul Rodgers when Danny Miranda missed time due to an illness.

PERSONAL NOTES:
I love when Brian works with very talented rockers as sometimes he seems to whore himself out to just about anyone which isn't necessarily bad but it does make these occasions a bit more special.

Next up? MORE Brian goodness. The last of the Miscellaneous and Collaborations. Brian works with Artists United For Nature as well as scoring a stage version of Macbeth.

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Brian May Collaborations Part III and Miscellaneous

Artists United For Nature - Yes We Can

Musicians (Known):

Brian May - guitar
Joe Cocker - vocals
Chaka Khan - vocals
Jennifer Rush - vocals
Chris Thompson - vocals
Ian Anderson - vocals
Stefan Zauner - vocals

Also uncludes: Carol Decker, Harold Faltermeyer, Herbie Hancock, Tommy Johnson, Stevie Lange, Michael McDonald, Richard Page, Maggie Reilly, and Sandra.

Where we went wrong
Is not important now
And where we're going
Nobody knows

But one certainty
Of our time will be
Paint it up
And reaping what we've sown

When the rivers are rowing
Is there hope for anyone
'Cos nothing is for sure
No, nothing anymore

Down the road of tears
There's a new resolution
People searching for a break

Only time will tell
If we've learned our lessons well
To put aside our differences
To put aside it all

Yes we can
Save the world around us
Hand in hand
Fighting for our lives
United we stand
We're looking to the future
'Cos there's no escape
And we can't fly away

Yes we can
Save the world around us
Hand in hand
Fighting for our lives
United we stand
For the future generations
'Cos there's no escape
And we can't fly away

Let the spirit last
For a new generation
Walk away from the walls
That hold us in
Though they save so hard
When you're reaching for the sky
We owe it to the future
We owe it all

Yes we can
Save the world around us
Hand in hand
Fighting for our lives
United we stand
For the future generations
'Cos there's no escape
And we can't fly away

'Cos there's no escape
And we can't fly away

- Brian helps the charity fight for nature. It appeared on a compilation called Earthrise

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

EXTENDED
NO YT VID
- NOT essential, no more Brian

INSTRUMENTAL
NO YT VID
- NOT essential, just without vocals

NATURE SOUNDS
NO YT VID
- NOT essential, just added nature type noises.

PERSONAL NOTES: Like most charity type songs, it's not a bad song, a bit cheesy, but decent enough.

And I know I promised Macbeth but I just realized as I looked at my notes that Macbeth was in 1990 not 1989! SO you'll have to wait.

NEXT? Another brief post as we delve into 1989 live...there ain't much there!