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Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, Queen employed many elements of disco and dance music on Hot Space, being partially influenced by the success of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust." This made the album less popular with fans that preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the band,[1] though Hot Space did fit in with the Queen tradition of incorporating many disparate influences into their music. Image File history File links Queen_Hot_Space. ...
A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ...
Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Mountain Studios is a recording studio located in Montreux, Switzerland. ...
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Disco was a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
Dance music is music composed or played specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. ...
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The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ...
Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ...
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ...
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In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...
Reinhold Mack (aka Mack) is a German record producer. ...
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The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ...
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Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...
Greatest Hits is a 1981 Queen compilation. ...
The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. ...
An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() â on the European continent() â in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area...
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Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...
See also: 1982 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 other events of 1982 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ...
Disco was a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music that was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s. ...
Dance music is music composed or played specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. ...
Another One Bites the Dust is a 1980 funk/rock song from the English rock band Queen, written by bassist John Deacon and was a worldwide crossover hit (hitting number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, hitting #2 on the R&B charts, and the Disco Top 100). ...
Queen's decision to record a funk album germinated with the massive U.S. success of "Another One Bites the Dust". In hindsight, while it seemed a carefully calculated move to capitalise on their incidental interest in "black music", it inevitably proved to be a major, if temporary, blow to their reputation. While the album's second single "Body Language" did peak at #11 on the U.S. charts, the accompanying video was banned by MTV for its erotic overtones (particularly those that hinted at Freddie Mercury's sexuality) which may have resulted in a backlash from the more conservative sections of the band's fan base. The entire project was largely ignored by both the rock and dance scenes. It did not help that it was essentially a disco album, released in 1982, long after disco had fallen from favour. Funk is an African American musical style. ...
Another One Bites the Dust is a 1980 funk/rock song from the English rock band Queen, written by bassist John Deacon and was a worldwide crossover hit (hitting number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, hitting #2 on the R&B charts, and the Disco Top 100). ...
African American music (also called black music, formerly known as race music) is an umbrella term given to a range of musical genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of United States. ...
Body Language is a 1982 disco/rock hit from the English rock band Queen. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Track listing - 1991 Hollywood Records bonus track:
- "Body Language (1991 Bonus Remix by Susan Rogers)" (Mercury) – 4:45
Staying Power The horn arrangement for "Staying Power" was added by Arif Mardin (who also produced Chaka Khan and added horn sections to Bee Gees and Aretha Franklin records).[2] "Staying Power" would be performed on the band's accompanying "Hot Space" tour, albeit much faster and heavier, with real drums replacing the drum machine and guitars and keyboards replacing the horns (this arrangement contained no actual bass, as John Deacon would play guitar in addition to Brian May). In Japan, the band released "Staying Power" as a single in July of 1982. Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. ...
Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953 in Great Lakes, Illinois) is an American singer best known for her 1984 cover of Princes I Feel For You, for her smash hit Im Every Woman and as a member of the funk band Rufus, with whom...
The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers â Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb â that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ...
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American soul, R&B, and gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She has been called for many years The Queen Of Soul, but many also call her Lady Soul, as well as...
Dancer The bassline of "Dancer" was played on synthesiser by writer/guitarist Brian May. The song itself — a tantalising fusion of rock and funk — is something of a follow-up to "Dragon Attack" from the band's 1980 album The Game in that it fuses heavy elements of music with danceable ones, as Led Zeppelin did.[2] The phone message at the end of "Dancer" is in German, and was recorded in a hotel room in Munich; it roughly translates to "good morning, this is your wake-up call". The lyrics of "Dancer" are also notable for being the only ones on the album that make reference to the album title itself.[3] In popular music a bassline, also bass line, is an instrumental part, or line, which is in the bass or lowest range and thus lower than the other parts and part of the rhythm section. ...
The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ...
Dragon Attack is a song by the band Queen it is the second track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game Categories: | ...
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ...
Munich (German: , pronounced ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [1]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ...
Back Chat -
"Back Chat", written by bassist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by black music. In addition to normal bass duties, John also plays rhythm guitar and electric piano on the song. Back Chat is a song by English rock band Queen. ...
African American music (also called black music, formerly known as race music) is an umbrella term given to a range of musical genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of United States. ...
Body Language -
"Body Language" is atypical among Queen songs, being the sole single released by the band that does not include guitar (save for during the closing strains, which are made more prominent throughout the 1991 remix). Mercury, who composed "Body Language" on synth bass, had previously explored the instrument's potential with his contributions to the Flash Gordon soundtrack.[4] The "Body Language" video, featuring scantily-clad models writhing around each other, proved somewhat controversial and was banned in a few territories. Body Language is a 1982 disco/rock hit from the English rock band Queen. ...
Flash Gordon is a 1980 album by English rock band Queen. ...
Action This Day "Action This Day", one of two Roger Taylor songs that appear on the album, was clearly influenced by the New Wave movement/style current at the time; the track is driven by a pounding electronic drum machine and features a saxophone-like synthesizer solo, played by producer Mack on an Oberheim OBX-a. "Action This Day" takes its title from a Winston Churchill catchphrase that the statesman would attach to urgent documents, and recapitulates the "people on streets" theme of social awareness that Taylor espoused in many of his songs. The band performed "Action This Day" live on the Hot Space tour in a more conventional arrangement, replacing the drum machine and bass synth with a rock rhythm section. New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ...
A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ...
Oberheim Electronics is a company, founded in 1973 by Tom Oberheim (a former design engineer at Maestro), which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. ...
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 â 24 January 1965) was an English statesman, soldier and author. ...
Rhythm section refers to the musicians whose primary jobs in a jazz or popular music band or ensemble is to establish the rhythm of a song or musical piece, often via repeated riffs or ostinati. ...
Put Out the Fire "Put Out the Fire" is an anti-firearm song written and performed by Brian May, who recorded its guitar solo under the influence of alcohol (after many unsuccessful attempts).[4] Though never released as a single, "Put Out the Fire", the album's most 'traditional' Queen song, later appeared on the Queen Rocks compilation in 1997. A new video was also produced for the accompanying video compilation, featuring a live performance of the song intercut with footage of fire and explosions. Queen Rocks is a compilation album by the English rock band Queen, released in 1997. ...
Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) Mercury wrote "Life Is Real" as a tribute to John Lennon, whose murder in 1980 had also previously prompted the band to perform his song "Imagine" on tour. Like Lennon's songs, "Life Is Real" features a sparse piano-based arrangement and a melancholy tone, further emphasising the band's sorrow at the ex-Beatle's death.[5] It is also one of the few Queen songs whose lyrics were written before the music ("Killer Queen" being another). The title may be a reference to the lyric "love is real", from Lennon's 1970 song "Love". John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 â December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...
Imagine is a utopian song performed by John Lennon, which appears on his 1971 album, Imagine. ...
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. ...
Killer Queen is a song by the English rock band Queen. ...
A sublime ballad from the 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, its stark, hollow sound epitomizes the stripped down sound of the Plastic Ono Band album. ...
Calling All Girls The first Roger Taylor song (however with Freddie on vocals) to be released as a single (albeit in selected countries, including the United States and Australia, but not the United Kingdom), "Calling All Girls" failed to create much of an impact on the charts, despite having an entertaining music video based on the George Lucas film THX 1138. Taylor composed "Calling All Girls" on guitar, and played the feedback noises during the song's break.[4] Queen rarely performed the song on tour, but a live recording from Japan in 1982 is commercially available on the Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl DVD, where "Calling All Girls" accompanies the photo gallery. The single was released in July of 1982 and reached #33 in Canada and #66 in the US. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
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THX 1138 was George Lucas first full length movie. ...
Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl is a double compact disc live album by English band Queen released on October 25, 2004 in Europe and on November 9, 2004 in the US. It was recorded live at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes, England, on June 5, 1982 during the...
Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) -
Brian May's lyrics for "Las Palabras de Amor" were inspired by Queen's close relationship with their South American fans, and have been interpreted as an allegory for the Falklands War.[2] A hit in the UK, "Las Palabras de Amor" marked the band's third appearance on Top of the Pops (the first and second being for "Seven Seas of Rhye" and "Killer Queen", respectively, in 1974). May played piano and synths on the track and sang lead vocals for the harmonized line "this time and evermore". Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) is a song by English rock band Queen. ...
Combatants United Kingdom Argentina Commanders Sir John Fieldhouse Sir John Woodward Margaret Thatcher Leopoldo Galtieri Mario Menéndez Ernesto Crespo Casualties 258 killed[1] 777 wounded 59 taken prisoner 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner The Falklands War (Spanish: ) was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the...
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...
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Cool Cat "Cool Cat", written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, originally featured David Bowie on background vocals and even a few lines of rap during the middle eight. It has been rumoured that he was unhappy with the results and requested them to be removed. On the album version, Mercury sings the entire song in falsetto.[6] The alternate take with Bowie's vocals still intact is widely available on various bootleg recordings[7] and surfaces from an early 1982 vinyl "Hot Space" test pressing from the USA. This is also the only Queen studio track on which John Deacon uses the popping technique. David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...
A backing vocalist or backing singer (or, especially in the U.S., backup singer or sometimes background singer) is a singer who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backing vocalists, or alone but not singing the lead. ...
Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...
A middle eight is a technical term referring to a standard song format used in many pop songs. ...
Falsetto (IPA: Italian , General American , RP ) is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range. ...
A bootleg recording is a musical recording, distributed for profit or other financial compensation, that was not officially released by the artist (or their associated management or production companies), or under other legal authority. ...
For the medieval chroniclers named John, deacon of. ...
In music, the term slapping is often used to refer to two different though related playing techniques on the double bass and on the (electric) bass guitar. ...
Under Pressure -
A now phenomenally famous duet with David Bowie, "Under Pressure" was the result of an impromptu jam session in the band's studio in Montreux. When it was released in 1981, the considerable numbers of Queen and Bowie fans ensured that "Under Pressure" reached #1 in the UK singles chart. Nine years later, its bassline and piano parts were sampled by Vanilla Ice to form the basis of his hit "Ice Ice Baby", creating a highly controversial industry event. Freddie Mercury was the primary director of this track, with Bowie being the main lyricist. Part of the chord progression is based on a rough demo of Roger Taylor's unreleased song "Feel Like".[8] The songwriting is credited to all five participants. Under Pressure is a 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie. ...
Duet may refer to: Duet, musical form Duet, Fox sitcom This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...
A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or jam) without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements. ...
Montreux is a resort town in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva with a population of 22,897. ...
The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...
In general, a sample is a part of the total, such as one individual or a set of individuals from a population (of people or things), a small piece or amount of something larger, a number of function values of a function, or part of a song. ...
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968), better known as Vanilla Ice, is a Grammy Award nominated, American Music Award winning American rapper and Actor known mostly for the single Ice Ice Baby, and his abysmal acting in the flop film Cool As Ice. ...
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A chord progression (also chord sequence and harmonic progression or sequence), as its name implies, is a series of chords played in order. ...
Charts | Country | Charts | Sales | | Peak position | Weeks | Certification | | | Austria | 1 | | Gold | 25.000 | | United Kingdom | 4 | 19 | Gold | 250.000 | | Japan | 6 | | | 80.000 | | France | 7 | | | 300.000 | | United States | 22 | 21 | Gold | 600.000 | Personnel - John Deacon - bass, guitar, keyboards, drum computer
- Brian May - lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, synth bass on "Dancer"
- Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesiser
- Roger Taylor - drums, drum computer, backing vocals, harmonized lead vocals on "Action This Day", rhythm and acoustic guitars on "Calling All Girls", keyboards
With: For the medieval chroniclers named John, deacon of. ...
Brian Harold May, CBE, BSc, DSc, ARCS, FRAS, (born July 19, 1947) is a virtuoso[1][2][3][4] guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing, sometimes lead, vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ...
Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ...
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 â 24 November 1991) was a British rock musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen and often heralded as the best rock singer of all time. ...
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Acoustic Guitar Playing an acoustic guitar without a pick (fingerpicking) Tapping steel guitar by Erik Mongrain A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ...
- David Bowie: lead vocals & keyboards ("Under Pressure")
- Arif Mardin: "Hot and spacey" Horn arrangement and production ("Staying Power")
- Mack: production, keyboard programming ("Action This Day")
David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...
Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. ...
In a symphony orchestra the horn section is the group of musicians who play the horn (sometimes referred to as the French horn). ...
Reinhold Mack (aka Mack) is a German record producer. ...
Miscellaneous - The album title refers to the band's use of more spartan arrangements included on the songs, i.e. a conscious effort to create a "hot space" between the notes.
- Michael Jackson, who was close friends with the band during the time, later cited Hot Space as a building block for his own blockbuster album Thriller.
- The cover art of U2's 1997 Pop album, Blur's 2000 Best Of compilation, and "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1994 Greatest Hits Volume II bear some similarity to the Hot Space cover. Pop, like Hot Space, was also an attempt to make a dance/funk album, both of which received mixed results.
For other persons named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ...
Thriller is an album by pop singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on December 1, 1982. ...
Example of book cover art. ...
This article is about the Irish rock band. ...
Pop is an album released by the Irish rock band U2 in March of 1997 (see 1997 in music). ...
Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ...
Blur: The Best of is a greatest hits compilation by Blur released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12 vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 18 of Blurs 23 singles from 1990 to 2000. ...
This article is about the musician himself. ...
Greatest Hits Volume II is a compilation CD of songs by Weird Al Yankovic that features his best known songs that did not appear on Weird Al Yankovics Greatest Hits, plus the new single Headline News which first appeared on disc four of the boxed set Permanent Record: Al...
References - ^ Prato, Greg. Hot Space Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
- ^ a b c Miccio, Anthony. On Second Thought. Stylus. Retrieved on [[2006-12-05 'Staying Power' marked the band's first and only collaboration with Arif Mardin - whose previous credits include working with Chaka Khan, The Bee Gees and Aretha Franklin - and is the only song in Queen's catalogue to feature an authentic horn section. The original demo of the track featured a guitar instead of horns.]].
- ^ Queen - The Complete Words. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
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