“I could have the beginning of a Queen song right in front of me now,” confirmed the guitarist
THE Queen Could you be about to record your first new single in 30 years? The guitarist Brian May confirmed that there is a real possibility that the rock band launches new material.
“I think it can happen”he said May in a new interview with the Foolish. “Both Roger [Taylor] How much we are constantly writing and creating ideas and doing things in our studios. I could have the beginning of a Queen song right there in front of me now. It is a matter of the idea to reach maturity or not. It is if this seed can grow. ”
The last album of Queen, Made in Heavenwas launched in 1995 after the vocalist’s death Freddie Mercury. In 2022, the band shared a rediscovered track, “Face it Alone”with the vocals of Mercuryalthough they have not revealed any new songs in recent years. Last year, Taylor said to Uncut“I think we can” Record and launch new material.
“Brian and I were talking the other day, and we both said that if we felt we have some good material, why not?” Taylor he said. “We can still play. We can still sing. So I don’t see why not.”
In 2004, the Queen began to perform live again with Paul Rodgers as the main vocalist. In 2011, Adam Lambert assumed the role. The band’s latest tour, the Rhapsody Touroccurred between 2023 and 2024. May previously said that Licbert“Partially involved” with the musicians in the studio. “It would have to be something so special that we would feel that we would like to launch it to the public”he noted.
Licbert added: “It’s a lot of pressure if you think about it. If they are going to launch something new, it has to be at a certain level. It has to be the right thing. And I always said, ‘Is it appropriate for me to make a new material?’ I feel it scares me. ”
Elsewhere in the article Foolish, May discussed being anxious about presenting new songs to the Queen. “Every time I took a new song to the boys, I was nervous to the damn, thinking, they will say it’s trash, they will hate …” He said. “I was always embarrassed and apologized. It never left.”
He also reflected on working with Mercury. “Deep down, Freddie was one of the most shy people I’ve ever met, but he was so noisy you forgot”he said May. “Freddie was always excited, and his excitement took over … He was so excited that he could barely speak. Freddie’s ideas were eccentric, sassy-and we tend to encourage them. Sometimes the idea he brought was brilliant, and sometimes not brilliant.”
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Source: Rollingstone
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