![]() ![]() We even live now quite near each other in the countryside. Brian is an absolute perfectionist and painstakingly slow sometimes. We always had lots of arguments in the studio. I think we’re closer now than we ever were. But to still have that relationship, what does that mean to you after more than five decades? (This is from last stop of tour - London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire) He’s on guitar for “Tutti Frutti” and “A Kind of Magic.” On the album, you can be heard calling him “my brother from another mother.” Starts and stops, ups and downs, all of these things over 50 years. Two of the performances on The Outsider Tour Live were recorded at the London show and feature Brian May. MORE FROM FORBES Brian May On 'Another World' Reissue, Taylor Hawkins And Touring With Queen + Adam Lambert By Jim Ryan It’s about domestic violence - a cheery little thing! But some songs work great live - sometimes better than they do on the record. Then I really selected the other songs on the basis of, “Would these work live?” One of my sort of favorite songs is an old one that I recorded quite a long time ago called “Surrender.” And that works better live than it did on the record. Obviously, you need a certain amount of that. RT: I guess I just selected songs which, some are well-known hits so that people know them. Well, I’m assuming you guys recorded each show during the two week tour last year but how did you go about selecting the cuts from each that made this live album? 19, 2021 at G Live in Guildford, Surrey, England Photo by Lola Leng Taylor ![]() Roger Taylor and his band pose on stage following a performance during the 'Outsider' tour. And, often, it’s covering a lack of innate talent, I think. So we don’t pretend that we can! We vacate the stage and let the sound and lights take over. ![]() Because we can’t really recreate that properly. If anything is recorded, we don’t pretend to be playing or singing it, you know? There’s the middle section of “Bohemian Rhapsody” for instance - it is the record. For instance, last night, the glorious Foo Fighters - that’s a real band. ![]() And I just feel that that’s something they should be ashamed of.Īnd it does seem to be rife. And, sometimes, it’s just sort of ad-libs that are not recorded. And the vocals! The vocals are auto-tuned or they’re already recorded. And so many instruments are pre-recorded. Literally they are locked in - they cannot run free if you know what I mean. But I’m continually outraged by the fact that so many acts now play to click. How important was it for you on that tour and with this album to not do that? And that’s, “All performances are real and untampered with.” Every time I go to a show now, I find myself trying to figure out what I’m hearing that I’m not seeing being performed on stage. There’s a phrase that I caught in the liner notes for the new live album that I really loved. attend the private view of 'Stormtroopers In Stilettos' an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the band Queen at The Old Truman Brewery on Februin London, England. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 24: Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Taylor Hawkins. I think he’s probably overtaken his dad by quite a long way now in terms of drumming ability! We had all of the greatest rock drummers in the world in the same building last night at the Forum in L.A. Everybody I know, we all miss him so much. Literally last night we just finished the second of two tribute concerts to Taylor Hawkins - the wonderful Taylor Hawkins. How important a role is that for music to play today? Something I realized during lock down that I took for granted about concerts is the way music can connect people and bring people together in the live setting. I felt very at ease probably for the first time as a frontman. And I really did enjoy every moment really. On that level, you can look people in the eye. A very different animal sort of than what we did with Queen. I was playing one to two thousand people. By necessity, it’s a completely different thing obviously. But was it a fun departure from the day job? Obviously, it’s not your first time stepping out as frontman. Plymouth, Devon, England Photo by Steve Price Roger Taylor performs on stage during the 'Outsider' tour. ![]()
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