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Titolo: Roger interviews: trascrizione

preciso che non le ho trascritte io (non le ho manco ascoltate a esser
sincero... i don't care that much), ma credevo di far cosa gradita a molti.
buona lettura, cheers!
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Playing live in 2003?
I'd like to think there's some truth in the rumours, and I wish I could give
a straight answer but I can't. I think really, it would be a great idea for
us to do something.and when I say us I mean basically, Brian and myself. One
thing, I'd need to convince Brian to stop working on the musical and
tweaking it and everything, and two, there is the practical aspect and we
don't have our breath. There are hurdles. I personally think it could be
great. We have done some quick things this year - Party at the Palace,
Parkinson and Children in Need, - and it's great just throwing it together,
and we enjoyed it and everything. I think if we put a good band together,
and had a Queen tour of some sorts, it would be fantastic, actually. I think
we should go round to Brian and tell him to concentrate on the main issue!!
NB: I couldn't understand much of Roger's whispering ramblings here, but the
gist of the response is NO! Unfortunately.
Any solo plans?
No, no, none at all. I realised that really, my lot in life is to be in the
band Queen, and I have done some solo work, but think the brutal realisation
is that people are more interested in the band Queen than they are in the
individual, whoever it may be. I'm quite happy now.
Ultimate rock and roll band?
It's a silly question, because there's no answer. It's all about chemistry.
You could have four of the greatest virtuosos, like you'd have Jimi Hendrix
on guitar or Jeff Beck or someone, John Bonham on drums, you know. Doesn't
make sense, does it. It's all about chemistry. 30 years ago, probably two of
the best bands were The Who and Led Zeppelin, and were magic, for me, and
the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and what made them work was the chemistry of
the certain individuals within.
Lyrical inspiration for 'I'm in Love With my Car'?
It's actually written for someone else, because people in general get
obsessed with their car, which I think is a rather charming and harmless
passion. I do enjoy cars, and people like me and Pink Floyd were general car
fanatics. I mean, while I enjoy guitars, I'm not a fantatic.
Taking We Will Rock You on a stadium tour?
Not with us, no, I don't think that's the right thing to do. I went the
other night, a long time for a couple of months, I went with Ben, and it was
incredible how much it's changed. Some new jokes, and it's incredible. The
audience has got younger, which is fantastic, and it won some great awards.
It defied all the original critics, I mean, never have critics been more
wrong, which is an absolute joy, because they are such irrelevant wastes of
space. Most theatrical critics seem to live in a very small world of their
own which has absolutely nothing to do with the general public, and.well,
fuck 'em.
Interviewer: It was like they'd made up there minds beforehand. It was
different from the norm.
Roger: Yeah, it's actually done now, and Brian will agree with this, we
meant to break all the rules of the West End and have a musical that really
gets everyone going. It wasn't some modern version of Gilbert and Sullivan,
and I think we've proved that. We also proved that the critics are
completely wrong and rubbish, really.
Interviewer: And then you'll take Australia.
Roger: I think the show will definitely be going to Australia, then Madrid,
then Atlanta. We'll eventually get to New York as well. We'll need to change
it for each country, but in essence, it has grown into a great show, and
hopefully will continue to grow. And let's face it, it's probably got more
hits in it than any other musical there's ever been, so it's a good start.
Most fun/difficult Queen video?
The most fun video was without a doubt I Want to Break Free, and the most
difficult - God, well, I didn't like most of them, because you'd look round
and there'd be like 120 people in the room and you'd wonder what a hundred
of them were doing. Everything took too long, I remember one lighting change
took seven hours.
Interviewer: Why?
Roger: A stupid reason, I mean lights should only take 20 minutes! Most
difficult.hmm, there's one which we had to wear stupid costumes in and
thought it was absolutely ridiculous. (I think this must be It's a Hard
Life)
Was an effort made to make sure each band member was represented?
No, not really. It was who written what and did we think it was good enough,
that was it. At the beginning of the band, Freddie and Brian were much more
prolific songwriters than me and John, we didn't really do any songwriting
at all. We probably had one or two songs per album, and the rest of it
was.Freddie was the main writer and Brian next. As the band progressed it
was much more of an evenly shared thing. Freddie was always much more
supportive of John's writing, and they would collaborate, and in the end it
became even.
Under Pressure - David Bowie's contribution?
Absolutely nothing was written and in fact all that we were doing was
jamming and David came in one night, and we were just playing other people's
songs for fun and David said 'This is stupid - why don't we just write one?'
It was originally called People on Streets, and that was the basis of it,
and we took the multi track tapes to New York and I spent all day there with
David and mixed it that night. I remember, we were fiddling about and we got
the bassline, and then we went for a pizza! And when we got back, we couldn'
t remember it, and somebody thought of it.John did, yes.
(There's a question here that I can't even hear any of Roger!)
Why did 'The Cross' stop?
I don't know really, well, we had some fun and three albums, but it was
quite tough going. At the end, it was just too much hard work, it became my
cross to bear. It was fair band, in it's time, and it was a long time ago
now. Then we had a big crisis, you know, Freddie died and everything just
fell apart.
Picking up a pair of drumsticks or a guitar?
I'd pick up a guitar more than a pair of drumsticks, because it's so much
easier to have lying around the place. It's like riding a bike, playing the
drums, the only thing to it is stamina and fitness. I really enjoyed playing
with Phil Collins (eh??!) at Party at the Palace. We have completely
different styles but we did manage to slot in together. (Something strange
going on there!)
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Who wrote Innuendo?
It was a group collaboration, but I wrote the lyrics. I think the lyrics
were mine, and the rest of it was the band. It was a group effort.
Interviewer: They were all credited to the band, weren't they? From The
Miracle on.
Yeah, but there were some songs that were written by one person but credited
to all of us. I think I'm Going Slightly Mad was by Fred.
Do you miss performing on the scale Queen did?
Well, I'm not unhappy. If we did anything as a Queen tour, we'd have to do
it on a big scale, because I think that is what people would expect. And we'
d want it unashamedly big!
Would Queen still have been as high in the charts now?
Well, the music scene is constantly changing. I think we're getting to the
end of these boy and girl bands, and sort-of manufactured stuff. I think
there's a current towards the mad, exciting live stuff, and young guys and
girls. There's a new wave from America and they're really good, really good
bands. I was in Reading with the Foo Fighters and Muse, Sum 41, I'd never
read about them. They're good players! I think there's more movement towards
this and less movement towards.there's nothing wrong with Will or Gareth,
you know, but we don't want manufactured people, you know, covering Elton
John songs, I mean how long can that go on for? It's sheer music for grans,
really.
Do you fancy the front man position in Queen?
No, no. Never fancied a front man in my life. No, no, Brian wouldn't be too
keen on that.
Hardest Queen song to drum on?
That's an interesting one. Uhmm..there's an old song called Sweet Lady,
which Brian wrote, on A Night at the Opera, and he was saying "I want it to
go like this", and he wanted it to do three different things at once and
that was a bit hard to understand. I think.Staying Power was quite a hard
song to play, but I used to enjoy playing that. Apart from that it was
alright.
Do you miss the band vibe?
Well everyone assumes that we miss it, but we're not as young as we were and
it's never going to be like that again. Yes, well, I see Brian all the time
and see Ben Elton as well. He always says "Yeah, I'm the other member"! It's
just a shame John hasn't been more involved, but it's his decision. I don't
really miss it, because it's still there.
Have you ever considered writing a book?
What, you think there's a market for books written by drummers? Yeah,
actually, I have thought about writing a book, and one day I might, but not
yet.
Favourite drum performance?
One of my favourites is In My Time of Dying, done by John Bonham, which is a
challenge for anybody else to play it, which is quite phenomenal.
Was Queen at it's peak in Argentina and what do you remember the most?
Yeah, I remember that tour. I think we were rising to the occasion, and it
was a 
very.it
 had elements of danger in it. We had just finished The Game, I
think was our last album, and it had done very well in America and we were
fighting fit. There was no support act or anything so we were going on
naked, surrounded by soldiers, with big audiences and everything. (Can't
make out the rest!!)
Was Live Aid Queen's second wind?
That's quite a good way of putting it, actually. We had reached a rather a
jaded time, because we had just done South Africa, which we got nothing but
stick for, by people who really didn't understand the circumstances of why
we went. But I can understand why we got the stick, though. That did give us
a sort of kick up the arse. Uhmm.I wouldn't call it second wind, but it
certainly showed us that people out there were still interested in our
music, and it raised our confidence as well - there's nothing like a boost
in confidence.
Most memorable moment of your career with Queen?
Well, hundreds, thousands. I couldn't think of just one. Well, when we had
our first number one, I remember we were in all in a lift in a Holiday Inn
and we all jumped up when we heard the news, and the lift stopped. That was
quite a memorable moment.

 buona lettura, cheers!
grazie hangman!!! avevo già ascoltato l'intervista ma mi erano sfuggiti
alcuni passaggi.
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the Boss

Troppo bellaaaa!! Grazie Hang!
PS: proprio vero, ora che risento Sweet Lady, la batteria ha un ritmo
stranissimo!
Flavio

 buona lettura, cheers!
Flavio.....ora che abbiamo la
trascrizione....eh?.....allora?...cioč?.....eh?.........hai detto si?....la
traduci?
GRAZIE FLAVIO!!!
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Luca

 traduci?  GRAZIE FLAVIO!!!
Ehm... č un pň lunghino da tradurreeeeeeeeee :))
C'č qualcosa in particolare che volete che chiarisca
come significato? Magari qualche parte meno chiara?
Flavio

 buona lettura, cheers!
Grazie Lů! ;-)
Leo'82 B.R.

 buona lettura, cheers!
Ma è la trascrizione di tutte e 3 le interviste? Non mi sembra vero?
Anche io devo ancora ascoltarle ...
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*** Daniele ***
Open hearts and surgery, Sunday mornings with a cup of tea
Super powers always fighting
But Mona Lisa just keeps on smiling
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Darja
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