md
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Post by md on Dec 2, 2009 10:29:49 GMT -5
Hi everybody! I'm from Ukraine, I like Queen (all their music, all four members) very much, from the childhood, they are big part of my life. I'm glad to see here so much people who likes them too. It's big and interesting site. Can I ask you to help me with one question please?.. ...There is a beautiful Roger Taylor's song "I Can Take You Higher", you know, unrealesed demo just 40 seconds long, from the "Strange frontier" sessions. Does anybody know anything else about this song? Does it exist in the full version at all? Did Roger Taylor record it? Is it possible to ask him personally about it somehow? I guess this song is great and it worth to complete/finish/release. I think the songs like this one could make the people feel better. I like his songs too Thank you very much for any information.
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Post by Elenir on Dec 3, 2009 7:07:03 GMT -5
Hello, welcome to the board. Well, I think I have a full version of it. It's not up to the normal studio quality though, so I doubt Roger would like us to have that... I'm not sure where I got it from. Wasn't there word of Roger re-publishing his stuff on a website or something? Or did I dream that?
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md
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Post by md on Dec 3, 2009 11:44:32 GMT -5
Hello, Elenir, thank you very much for your answer. So, full version exists, this is good. There are many interesting demos from Strange Frontier period by the way... Celebration, Keep On Running, I Can't Get You Out Of My Head, I Want To Take You Higher, I Can take you higher... Wasn't there word of Roger re-publishing his stuff on a website or something? Or did I dream that?
I really don't know
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Post by Elenir on Dec 3, 2009 15:45:26 GMT -5
I Want To Take You Higher, I Can take you higher... Oh wait. There are two? Then I have to check what I have, I might have been wrong... edit:The one I have is "I wanna take you higher", runs 3:23 mins. Sorry.
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md
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Post by md on Dec 3, 2009 16:03:34 GMT -5
That's Ok, thank you, Elenir Yes, there are two different songs with similar names: "I want to take you higher" (about cars, good song too) and "I can take you higher" (about love). This is lyrics from the second one: "Baby I can take you higher Lift your two feet off the ground What you got to lose 'Cos loves a score of nothing And we ain't never coming down"Good melody, words and spirit, I want to believe the full version exists!
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Mary
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Post by Mary on Feb 18, 2010 3:35:25 GMT -5
Wasn't there word of Roger re-publishing his stuff on a website or something? Or did I dream that? I heard it too, don't remember in which occasion, but he said something about publishing a remastered version of his work and doing an official website. It was almost a year ago though.
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Post by jonno on Feb 25, 2010 13:33:42 GMT -5
Hello There. I just wanted to say you are not alone in being absorbed by this amazing 40 second snippet of 'I Can Take You Higher' by Roger which appears half way thru a Queen rarities 'bundle' available on Youtube. Its thought it is one of the tracks Roger recorded in 1983 for either Strange Frontier or The Works and it is indeed an incredibly uplifting little ditty, something Mr Taylor was a master at writing - 'Feel the Force' 'Heaven for Everyone' etc. It is becoming probably THE most wanted unreleased track by Roger and the snippet that can be heard suggests the track was fully produced. It is extraordinary the strength of Taylors writing at the time that he should leave off a song of this magnitude along with four other complete and impressive tracks. Doubtless these will hopefully all be released in the next year or so on a Roger collection, possibly a box set as mentioned on the official Queen site. There is also a version of Innuendo for which Roger was the lead writer with him on lead vocals - I havn't got it...but there is.
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Post by Elenir on Feb 27, 2010 5:57:41 GMT -5
Hi. I just wanted to say you are not alone in being absorbed by this amazing 40 second snippet of 'I Can Take You Higher' by Roger which appears half way thru a Queen rarities 'bundle' available on Youtube. Can you link to it?
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Post by elena279 on Feb 27, 2010 9:05:49 GMT -5
You didnt dream about it Elenir, there was a Roger's bio. update on the Queen OnLine news archive recently (dated 07/02/10 to be precise): "...Roger is planning new solo material, maybe a retrospective box set and possibly a solo tour in 2010, having already released a one-off ‘protest song’, “The Unblinking Eye (everything is broken) in late 2009. As for the "I Can Take You Higher" demo I think you can try and download it from here Md (btw, welcome, I'm new as well!) : www.filestube.com/a/a+ha+the+demos+1
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