{"id":8267,"date":"2012-07-07T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2012-07-07T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T17:52:01","slug":"queen-freddiemercury-and-the-missing-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/queen-freddiemercury-and-the-missing-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Queen, #FreddieMercury And The Missing Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/somethingelsereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/michael-jackson-freddie-mercury.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/somethingelsereviews.com\/2012\/07\/05\/we-had-three-tracks-in-the-can-new-book-details-lost-freddie-mercury-collaboration-with-michael-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOMETHINGELSEREVEIWS<\/a>: Lesley-Ann Jones\u2019s new biography Mercury: An Intimate Biography Of Freddie Mercury arrived on July 3,   2012,   with a number of interesting musical revelations about the late former Queen frontman \u2014 including new details on his lost 1983 collaborations with Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At one point,   Mercury and Jackson (then living in a pre-Neverland mock-Tudor manse in Encino, California) actually had a trio of finished songs, Jones reports in the book. But busy schedules prevented the two superstars from getting any further, and soon both were on to other projects in 1984 \u2014 Jackson to a celebrated reunion with his brothers for the album Victory; and Mercury with Queen, who would release The Works and the No. 16 U.S. hit \u201cRadio Ga Ga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each of the tunes eventually appeared \u2014 though in different forms. \u201cVictory\u201d became the title track for the Jacksons LP, and \u201cState of Shock\u201d evolved into a No. 3 U.S. hit duet from Michael Jackson with Mick Jagger, also included on Victory. Meanwhile, \u201cThere Must Be More to Life Than This\u201d would later finds a home on 1985?s Mr. Bad Guy, Mercury\u2019s first solo album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had three tracks in the can,\u201d Mercury says in the book, \u201cbut unfortunately they were never finished. They were great songs, but the problem was time \u2014 as we were both very busy at that period. We never seemed to be in the same country long enough to actually finish anything completely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercury reveals that Jackson even contacted him about completing \u201cState of Shock\u201d for the Victory album, \u201cbut I couldn\u2019t because I had commitments with Queen. Mick Jagger took over instead. It was a shame, but ultimately a song is a song. As long as the friendship is there, that\u2019s what matters.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOMETHINGELSEREVEIWS: Lesley-Ann Jones\u2019s new biography Mercury: An Intimate Biography Of Freddie Mercury arrived on July 3, 2012, with a number of interesting musical revelations about the late former Queen frontman \u2014 including new details on his lost 1983 collaborations with Michael Jackson. 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