[net.music] Comments on several topics

boyajian@akov68.DEC (04/14/84)

[1]

> [Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Are there really people out there who still
>  like Queen??  I thought they were just a short-term flash-in-the-pan.]
> -- 
> Pardon me for ...  oh, never mind!!
>					Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr

Depends on what you mean. I haven't liked most of the stuff they've done since
A DAY AT THE RACES (JAZZ is an interesting exception -- I didn't care all that
much for the songs themselves, but Roy Thomas Baker made that album an impres-
sive *sounding* one). however, I still very much enjoy listening to their first
five albums. But even if the group isn't as good as they used to be, May is
still a terrific guitarist.
	In case anyone hasn't heard and would be interested, there is an EP out
from "Brian May and Friends" entitled STAR FLEET PROJECT. The title track is a
rock arrangement of the theme song from a Japanese cartoon. The second song is
a new song reminiscent of the old songs that May wrote for Queen, with a few
nice blues riffs for good measure (Ahem! So to speak...). The flip side has a
long instrumental "blues battle" between May and the other guitarist on the EP
--- Eddie van Halen! He does some *really* nice blues work.


[2]

>    (P.S. I heard that Vaughan has a second album coming out
>     sometime soon.  Any confirmations?)
>
>                                Mark Vita

I've also heard this on the radio. If I can remember correctly, it's supposed to
be out this summer. I can't wait!


[3]   re: Canadian rock groups. Wasn't Heart originally Canadian?

[4]   re: Favorite Guitarists. My mother would like me to pass on that *her*
      favorite guitarist is Bucky Pizzarelli.

				  --- jayembee
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