Machines (Or 'Back To Humans')
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==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
| - | * Written by: | + | * Written by: '''[[Brian May]]''' and '''[[Roger Taylor]]''' |
| - | * Produced by: | + | * Produced by: '''[[Band History | Queen]]''' and '''[[Mack]]''' |
* Musicians: | * Musicians: | ||
| - | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - | + | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - lead and backing vocals, synthesizer |
| - | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - | + | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - guitars, backing vocals |
| - | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - | + | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - bass guitar |
| - | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - | + | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - drums, electronic drums, drum machine, synthesizer, Vocoder |
| + | :'''[[Mack]]''' - Demolition Fairlight sampler | ||
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==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
'''Albums:''' | '''Albums:''' | ||
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| - | + | |valign="top"|[[Image:Queen works.jpg|50px|]] | |
| + | |valign="top"|[[The Works]], 1984 | ||
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'''Singles:''' | '''Singles:''' | ||
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| - | + | |valign="top"|[[Image:Iwtbukroger.jpg|50px|]] | |
| - | + | |valign="top"|[[I Want To Break Free (single) | I Want To Break Free]], 1984 B-side | |
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| + | |valign="top"|[[I Want To Break Free (single) | I Want To Break Free]], 1988 3" CD Single | ||
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'''Alternate Versions:''' | '''Alternate Versions:''' | ||
| - | * | + | * 12" Instrumental - 12" Collection: CDQ TEL 0001 |
| + | * US LP White Label Test Pressing (5:09) - Capitol ST - 12322 | ||
| - | ''' | + | ==Queen Talks== |
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| + | | quote = "Basically, it starts off where everything's electronic - electronic drums, everything. And what you have is the 'human' rock band sort of crashing in. What you wind up with is a battle between the two."<br><br> | ||
| + | | source = '''[[Roger Taylor]] - 1984''' | ||
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| - | + | ==Additional Info== | |
| - | + | * The original working title was 'Machine's World'. | |
| - | + | * Brian created a special instrumental mix for the US B-side of [[I Want To Break Free]], which incorporated elements of [[Goin' Back]], [[Ogre Battle]], and [[Flash's Theme | Flash]], among other Queen songs. | |
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==Chords & Tabs== | ==Chords & Tabs== | ||
* chords | * chords | ||
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| + | ==Lyrics== | ||
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| + | Machines...<br> | ||
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| + | It's a machines world<br> | ||
| + | Don't tell me I ain't got no soul<br> | ||
| + | When the machines take over<br> | ||
| + | It ain't no place for rock and roll<br> | ||
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| + | They tell me I don't care<br> | ||
| + | But deep inside I'm just a man<br> | ||
| + | They freeze me they burn me<br> | ||
| + | They squeeze me they stress me<br> | ||
| + | With smoke blackened pistons of steel they compress me<br> | ||
| + | But no-one but no-one but no-one can wrest me away<br> | ||
| + | Back to humans<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | We have no disease no trouble of mind<br> | ||
| + | No thank you or please no regard for the time<br> | ||
| + | We never cry we never retreat<br> | ||
| + | We have no conception of love or defeat<br> | ||
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| + | What's that machine noise?<br> | ||
| + | It's bytes and megachips for tea<br> | ||
| + | It's that machine boys<br> | ||
| + | With random access memory<br> | ||
| + | Never worry never mind<br> | ||
| + | Not for money not for gold<br> | ||
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| + | Its software is hardware<br> | ||
| + | Its heartbeat is time-share<br> | ||
| + | Its midwife's a disc drive<br> | ||
| + | Its sex life is quantised<br> | ||
| + | It's self-perpetuating a parahumanoidarianised<br> | ||
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| + | Back to humans<br> | ||
| + | Back to humans<br> | ||
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| + | Back to machines<br> | ||
| + | Machines...<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | Living in a new world<br> | ||
| + | Thinking in the past<br> | ||
| + | Living in a new world<br> | ||
| + | How you gonna last?<br> | ||
| + | Machine world<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | Back to humans<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | It's a machines world<br> | ||
| + | Thinking in the past (back to humans)<br> | ||
| + | Living in a new world<br> | ||
| + | How you gonna last?<br> | ||
| + | Machine world<br> | ||
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| + | It's a machine's world<br> | ||
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| + | Back to humans<br> | ||
| + | Living in a new world<br> | ||
| + | How you gonna last?<br> | ||
| + | Machine world<br> | ||
| + | It's a machine's world | ||
| + | </i> | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |} | ||
Current revision as of 16:59, 19 August 2009
Credits
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Alternate Versions:
Queen Talks Roger Taylor - 1984 Additional Info
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