Radio Ga Ga
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* Produced by: '''[[Band History | Queen]]''' and '''[[Mack]]''' | * Produced by: '''[[Band History | Queen]]''' and '''[[Mack]]''' | ||
* Musicians: | * Musicians: | ||
- | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - | + | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - lead vocals, sampler |
- | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - | + | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - guitars |
- | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - | + | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - bass guitar |
- | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - | + | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - drums, drum machine, sampler, Vocoder, backing vocals |
+ | :'''[[Fred Mandel]]''' - synthesizer, sampler | ||
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==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
'''Albums:''' | '''Albums:''' | ||
- | + | {| | |
- | + | |valign="top"|[[Image:Queen works.jpg|50px|]] | |
+ | |valign="top"|[[The Works]], 1984 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Gh2.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Greatest Hits II]], 1991 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Classicqueen.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Classic Queen]], 1992 USA | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Livemagic.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Live Magic]], 1986 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:wembley86lp.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Live At Wembley '86]], 1992 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:rotc.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Return Of The Champions]], 2005 | ||
+ | |} | ||
'''Singles:''' | '''Singles:''' | ||
- | + | {| | |
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Rgguk.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Radio Ga Ga (single) | Radio Ga Ga]], 1984 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Gaga3.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Radio Ga Ga (single) | Radio Ga Ga]], 1988 3" CD Single | ||
+ | |} | ||
'''Compilations:''' | '''Compilations:''' | ||
{| | {| | ||
|valign="top"|[[Image:depre6.jpg|50px|]] | |valign="top"|[[Image:depre6.jpg|50px|]] | ||
- | |valign="top"|De Pré Historie - 1984 - Volume 3, CD, | + | |valign="top"|De Pré Historie - 1984 - Volume 3, CD, Holland, 2000, 74321 75234 2 |
|} | |} | ||
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==Queen Talks== | ==Queen Talks== | ||
- | '''[[Freddie Mercury]] | + | {{Freddie Quote |
+ | | quote = "Roger had an idea of very good melodic content, and to be honest, it was called 'Radio Ca Ca' before, and initially it was to deal with the radio being too old or whatever, and I just said, 'I think you should change the lyrical content', and in fact, we went totally the other way, so, I mean, 'Radio Ga Ga' – I mean, it's good, and so, 'Radio Ca Ca'... we were actually trying to say that video is trying to take over, what's the radio going to be?"<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Freddie Mercury]] - 1984, Unknown TV Interview''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
- | Roger | + | {{Roger Quote |
+ | | quote = "I'm an instinctive musician. I can play keyboards, guitar and drums, and I can write songs. I have a facility for writing music, but I don't want to know anything particularly technical - like what the chords are called. Even in 'Radio Ga Ga,' there are some very difficult chords. I don't know what they're called, but it doesn't matter. I'm a much better guitarist than I am a keyboard player, but now I find melodically it's much easier to write on keyboard. 'Radio Ga Ga' was a completely keyboard-written song. I defy anyone to write that on the guitar because you wouldn't find the chords, they wouldn't come naturally to any guitar player I know."<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Roger Taylor]] - 1984''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Covers== | ==Covers== |
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"Roger had an idea of very good melodic content, and to be honest, it was called 'Radio Ca Ca' before, and initially it was to deal with the radio being too old or whatever, and I just said, 'I think you should change the lyrical content', and in fact, we went totally the other way, so, I mean, 'Radio Ga Ga' – I mean, it's good, and so, 'Radio Ca Ca'... we were actually trying to say that video is trying to take over, what's the radio going to be?" Freddie Mercury - 1984, Unknown TV Interview
"I'm an instinctive musician. I can play keyboards, guitar and drums, and I can write songs. I have a facility for writing music, but I don't want to know anything particularly technical - like what the chords are called. Even in 'Radio Ga Ga,' there are some very difficult chords. I don't know what they're called, but it doesn't matter. I'm a much better guitarist than I am a keyboard player, but now I find melodically it's much easier to write on keyboard. 'Radio Ga Ga' was a completely keyboard-written song. I defy anyone to write that on the guitar because you wouldn't find the chords, they wouldn't come naturally to any guitar player I know." Roger Taylor - 1984 CoversChords & Tabs
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