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Queen + Paul Rodgers: The Cosmos Rocks

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Parlophone Records
Released: 2008.10.28
Time:
 58:48
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *........ (1/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.queenonline.com
Appears with: Brian May, Roger Taylor
Purchase date: 2008.09.18
Price in €: 17,99



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[1] Cosmos Rockin' (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:11
[2] Time to Shine (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:23
[3] Still Burnin' (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:03
[4] Small (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:40
[5] Warboys (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 3:18
[6] We Belive (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 6:08
[7] Call Me (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 2:59
[8] Voodoo (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:27
[9] Some Things that Glitter (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:03
[10] C-lebrity (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 3:39
[11] Through the Night (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:54
[12] Say it's not True (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 4:01
[13] Surf's Up ... School's Out! (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 5:55
[14] Small Reprise (B.May/P.Rodgers/R.Taylor) - 2:05

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Brian May - Banjo, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
Roger Taylor - Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Guitars, Producer
+
Paul Rodgers Voclas, Producer

Taylor Hawkins - Extra Backing Vocals on [10]

Joshua J. McRae - Co-production, Engineer
Justin Shirley-Smith - Co-production, Engineer
Kris Frederiksson - Co-production, Engineer
Zebedee Mullan - Studio Assistant
Tom Mitchell - Studio Assistant
Kevin Metcalfe - Mastering
Alex Wordsworth - Assistant Mastering
Richard Gray - Design
Phil Symes - Press and Publicity
Edgar Martins - Photography

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2008 CD Hollywood 000261512
2008 CD Parlophone 2370252
2008 LP  Fontana Hollywood 000261601
2008 CD Parlophone 2161432

Tracks on the new Queen + Paul Rodgers album are all newly written by May, Taylor and Rodgers during the late 2007/ early 2008 recording sessions. `Say It's Not True', previously released at the end of last year by Queen + Paul Rodgers as a special World Aids Day download for Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS charity will be included, plus a `first' for a Queen album - a cover version.

Recorded and mixed at The Priory.



"I never thought I would be doing this again," said Brian May talking about Queen and Paul Rodgers' first tour in 2005. "I was always against the idea of putting someone in there trying to impersonate Freddie in any way. Then suddenly I'm looking at this guy who doesn't in any sense try to take the place of Freddie. He comes from his own place musically and we are able to reinterpret these songs with someone who understands us - the songs mean something new." The collaboration between Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor and former Free and Bad Company founding member songwriter/singer Paul Rodgers was cemented in late 2004 when May, Taylor and Rodgers performed in public together for the first time in November of that year, bringing the house to its feet at the first annual UK Music Hall of Fame Awards in London. On the night when Queen was inducted into the very first UK Music Hall of Fame, they served up a blistering cocktail of anthems "We Will Rock You," "We Are The Champions" and closed the show with "All Right Now". "There was a natural chemistry between us when we performed together that night," said Rodgers. "The idea took hold for us to do something together after that, and the momentum took on a life of its own." Roger Taylor noted: "Paul is one of the people who have influenced many great singers out there at the moment, and Freddie was a great fan of his. I always hoped we would tour again and I'm thrilled we're doing it. After all, it's our profession. It's what we do and what we're good at." In 2005 Queen & Paul Rodgers undertook their first tour together, playing 32 sold out dates across Europe and the UK, ending with a spectacular and enthralling concert at London Hyde Park. The Independent in London reviewed: "All right now - even without their killer queen. There was a kind of magic in the air when Queen played their first concert since 1986...Rodgers gives good front-man...Queen remains a right royal treat."  "...a marvelous night that ranks as one of the gigs of the year," added The Guardian newspaper in the U.K. Such was the success of the tour, Queen followed in spring 2006 with a 23-date tour of the USA and Canada and a handful of stadium dates in Japan. The tour was followed by the release of the live concert DVD and simultaneous CD release, "Return of the Champions" which became a No.1 DVD in the UK.

Now, with their first album recorded together in the pipeline - the first new studio album to carry the Queen name since the Freddie Mercury sessions - Queen & Paul Rodgers are heading back on the road for an extensive tour which will take them to 14 countries in seven weeks and take in concerts in Northern Eurasia, Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, and the UK.. It is expected to be followed by a highly anticipated return to South America, the setting of some of Queen's most historic and record breaking tours in the early 80's.

Amazon.com



Wie war nochmal das Sprichwort? Die Hoffnung stribt zuletzt oder so ähnlich...

Millionen von Queen Fans hatten wohl nie damit gerechnet, dass ihre Lieblingsband nach dem Tod des Leadsängers Freddie Mercury jemals wieder in irgendeiner Form live auftreten würde. Überraschenderweise ging dieser Wunsch im Jahr 2005 in Erfüllung. Damals gingen Queen (Brian May & Roger Taylor) zusammen mit Sänger Paul Rodgers (Free/Bad Company) nach fast 19 Jahren Live Pause wieder auf Welttour. Brian May und Roger Taylor hatten mit Paul Rodgers einen großartigen Sänger an Bord, der nie versucht hatte den unsterblichen und unvergessenen Freddie Mercury zu imitieren. Rodgers brachte seine rauchige und rockige Stimme mit. Die Songs waren wie immer grossartig und erhielten somit einen bis dato unbekannten neuen Reiz. Die Stadien waren ausverkauft, Kritiker und Fans waren imponiert. Das gewagte Live Comeback wurde zum Erfolg.

Aber irgendwie muss diese 2005 Tour noch mehr bei den Jungs geweckt haben. Die Finger juckten wieder, die Lust Musik zu machen und zu kreieren war wieder da. Es war der Anstoss zum nächsten Abenteuer: ein neues Studio-Album. Was erst als Gerücht began, wurde in den letzten Monaten immer präziser... Sie waren im Studio ud nhemen auf hies es dann. Mit "The Cosmos Rocks" veröffentlichen Queen am 12. September (mit Sänger Paul Rodgers) ihr erstes Studioalbum seit über 13 Jahren. Es ist ein Event, ein unerhofftes Glück für alle weltweiten Queen Fans.

Dieses neue Album (14 Songs) vereint alle Zutaten, die ein knackiges und frisches Rock Album im Jahr 2008 vorausetzen: tolle Songs - mal fetzig wild (wie die erste Single "C-Lebrity"), mal ruhig nostalgisch, (alle Songs sind geschrieben von Rodgers, May & Taylor), die typischen Brian May Guitar-Riffs und -Soli, das flotte Drumspiel von Roger Taylor und die einmalige Rock/Blues Stimme von Paul Rodgers. Die Mischung macht's. Die Alchemie ist gegeben und die Magie findet statt. "The Cosmos Rocks" ist erdig, rockig, bluesig und teilweise heavy und wird vielen ein großes Lächeln auf das Gesicht zaubern. Das ist sicher.

Die Deluxe Edition im schmucken Casebound Pack (Mini Buch) beinhaltet eine Bonus DVD mit einem Live Konzert von Queen + Paul Rodgers aufgenommen 2005 in Japan in der Saitama Super Arena. In Europa ist dieses Konzert bis dato unveröffentlicht. Ein absolutes Must Have für jeden Queen Fan. Alle Kracher aus dem damaligen Set wie u.a. "We Will Rock You", "Radio Ga Ga", "I Was Born To Love You", "All Right Now" sind hier vertreten. Sei noch erwähnt, dass das aussergewöhnliche Covermotiv von "The Cosmos Rocks" vom berühmten und gefeierten Kunst-Fotograf Edgar Martins stammt.

Queen + Paul Rodgers rocken den Kosmos - so könnten man es am besten zusammenfassen!

Amazon.de



The prospect of the first new material since 1995 from two of the remaining members of pomp-rock legends Queen was bound to whet the appetite of enthusiasts, and 'The Cosmos Rocks' sees the new line-up of the band deliver on that potential. Joined by vocalist Paul Rodgers of Free (in the absence ofsinger/songwriter Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon),the ensemble on this release is one still unafraid to poke fun at the establishment. Lead single 'C-Lebrity', for example, is drummer Roger Taylor's musing on modern fascinations with stardom without talent. Elsewhere, songs take a typicalQueen aesthetic, mixing the epic with the throwaway, but with a keen eye for harmony and Brian May's inimitable guitar sound.

Amazon.co.uk



"The Cosmos Rocks". Ach nee. Was Roger Taylor und Brian May wieder alles wissen. Beeindruckend. Ein Wunder, dass sie uns nicht noch an ihren Gedanken zum neuen Teilchenbeschleuniger LHC teilhaben lassen. Wäre doch zumindest für den frisch diplomierten Physiker Brian May ein Kinderspiel gewesen.

Dass die Albumtitel "The Party Ain't Over Yet" und "Riffs" schon an Status Quo vergeben waren, muss das neue Queen-Trio May, Taylor und Mercury-Novize Paul Rodgers ziemlich geschmerzt haben. Dafür scheint May wenigstens für das grausige Cover-Artwork noch mal seine Doktorarbeit über Licht und interplanetaren Staub rausgekramt zu haben.

Die Queen-Fangemeinde weiß es bereits seit 2005: Rund 300 Millionen verkaufte Platten und eine beispiellose Rock-Karriere sind keine schlüssigen Ruhestandsargumente für Musiker, die sich wie May und Taylor als Getriebene bezeichnen. Am Anfang folgten sie nur dem Lockruf der Bühne; dort angekommen, war das Aufnahmestudio nicht mehr weit.

"The Cosmos Rocks", das erste Queen-Studioalbum seit 1995, ist zweifellos ein mutiger Schritt, den alle Beteiligten als Neuanfang verstanden wissen wollen. Selbstverständlich ist das ambitionierte Projekt Freddie Mercury gewidmet und an den ehemaligen Basser John Deacon gehen explizit "special thanks" raus.

Dass man mit dem reunionresistenten Deacon nicht auf Kriegsfuß steht, soll die Geste verdeutlichen, dass man ihm auch ein Exemplar der Platte zukommen ließ, welches aber "ganz sicher unkommentiert bleiben wird", wie May im Mojo Magazin dann doch süffisant anmerkt.

Die dort geäußerten O-Töne der Bandmitglieder - endlich wieder Spaß am Musikkreieren, insgesamt eine völlig neue, motivierende Erfahrung, Pauls Stimme Impulsgeber für den Kompositionsprozess - schüren trotz erhöhten Floskelaufkommens tatsächlich sowas wie ängstliche Vorfreude - und plötzlich röhrt "Cosmos Rockin'" los, mit einer verfremdeten Roboterstimme wie weiland im "Kind Of Magic"-Opener "One Vision". Neues Bandkapitel, soso.

Ganz sicher nicht neu, stattdessen erschreckend altbacken gestaltet sich die nun losholpernde, mit Handclaps gestützte Hardrock-Popnummer, die nicht nur aufgrund des Altmänner-Backgroundchors und erschreckend flachen Lyrics ("We got the whole house rockin'") den eingangs erwähnten Status Quo in nichts nachsteht.

Derweil setzt Rodgers - unabsichlich oder nicht - alles daran, Freddies unvergessene Stadionshouts zur Stimmungssteigerung zu nutzen. "Come down, let's rock this place" oder "Suck it to me"; da bleibt kein Allgemeinplatz unbesetzt. Merke: Rock'n'Roll never die! Music makes the world go round!

Beängstigend ist allerdings, dass sich diese Plattitüden dem Gesamtsound nahtlos anfügen. Denn fraglos enthält das Album Ingredienzien, die Queen-Fans seit Jahr und Tag elektrisieren. Doch wo die Band zu Mercury-Zeiten auf einen Vorkämpfer zählen konnte, der noch den übertriebensten Melodien-Kitsch und bodenständigste Rock-Arrangements locker abfing, klafft heute bei Queen-typischen Songs wie "Still Burnin'" und "Some Things That Glitter" eine tiefe Lücke, die es quasi unmöglich macht, den Oldies einen Freifahrtschein auszustellen.

Man will nicht glauben, dass die drei über alle Songwritingkünste erhabenen Herren wirklich ein pathetisches Schmonzstück wie "We Believe" mit reinem Gewissen absegnen, das alle verdrängten Eigenheiten einer hymnischen 80er-Ballade inklusive Keyboardknödeln und emphatischem Friedensappell auffährt. Fehlt eigentlich nur die Refrainzeile: "Is this the world we created?"

Dabei gehts auch anders: Eine schöne, unprätentiöse (!) Atmosphäre gelingt dem Dreier im von Akustikgitarren dominierten "Small", wo sie erstmals frei vom Legendendruck aufzuspielen scheinen. Daran kann man anknüpfen: Das lässige "Voodoo" erinnert von Mays Gitarrenbehandlung an Santana, hier und da lugt auch Gary Moore durch. Rodgers' vielseitiges Organ rundet den gelungenen Song ab.

Und sonst? Das Single-Riff des spektakulär schwachen "C-lebrity" geht in Ordnung, auf "Say It's Not True" darf jedes Bandmitglied mal ans Mikro und "Still Burnin'" featuret ein kurzes, rhythmisches "We Will Rock You"-Intermezzo. Für die Fans. Für die Vergangenheit. Für Freddie. Am besten gleich die Special Edition mit der Live-DVD besorgen, die Band live in Japan, randvoll mit Queen-Songs. It's a kind of tragic.

Laut.de



Firstly, the pairing of the former Free and Bad Company singer with a band that's been soldiering on without its most memorable USP (unless you count white clogs and a guitar made from a fireplace) is no disaster. This is no repeat of the Calling All Stations-era travesty that Genesis wrought by employing a D-list singer. Paul Rodgers is, in any book, a legend, and manfully fulfils his role. The trouble is that his identity, forged at the age of 19 is (if you'll excuse the pun) rock solid. His voice, which always did sound older than his years hasn't really altered one jot. And Queen's Led Zeppelin-at-the-Royal-Opera-House brand of drivetime rock is similarly set in stone. As a result this isn't an alchemical wedding, but more a boisterous singalong that's efficient rather than incendiary.

Yet sheer competence and experience will out and stylistic pitfalls have, in the main, been avoided. Thus, we get no leather-clad frontman singing about fairy folk: Rodgers' lyrics always relied on the more hoary old cliches in rock's thesaurus. Meanwhile May and Taylor (sadly no coaxing pop genius John Deacon out of retirement) go for a harder edge more suited to Rodgers' grizzled larynx. The mix is at its most entertaining when both parties give the most of their signature sounds. The eco ballad Small is sappy and only comes alive when Brian whips out the plank. In fact too often songs start like the mid-paced Bad Company country rockers (Some Things That Gliitter) and lack Freddie Mercury's baroque flourishes that would have stretched the band beyond mere efficiency. So it's the harder rocking numbers that please most: C-Lebrity (harmlessly poking fun at the vapid fame-obsessed nature of tabloid culture and bearing more than a passing resemblance to something from Physical Graffiti), Cosmos Rockin' or Time To Shine being the outstanding numbers.

There are a couple of real clunkers here. Call Me If You Need My Love is essentially Can't Get Enough Of Your Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and We Believe is the kind of lighter-waving, platitude-filled nonsense that will never, ever, replace classics like We Are The Champions.

All in all, The Cosmos Rocks displays a band that seem to still be in love with rock. Why else would they be doing it? Surely not for money. May's guitar is in fine fettle throughout, and it's hard to begrudge such stalwarts their noisy fun. Fans of both sides will be happy, and that's just about as much as anyone could expect. But one final question: as an astrophycicist surely Brian must know that the Cosmos vibrates rather than rocks?

Chris Jones - 05 September 2008
BBC.co.uk



Queen's first studio album in 13 years marks the graduation of former Free frontman Paul Rodgers to fully-fledged band member. Ever since joining Brian May and Roger Taylor on tour in 2005, he's been filling - with some style - the shoes of cherished frontman Freddie Mercury (who died in 1991). Now, even songwriting credits are shared between the trio.

At first, it all seems to be working handsomely. The title track sees them in full-tilt Tie Your Mother Down mode, Time to Shine has its soaring moments, and Still Burnin' stomps along with irresistible gusto.

But this bluesy, ballsy momentum soon fades with the drippy Small, the silly Warboys, and a general dearth of melodic zip.

And that, you suddenly recall, was the thing about Freddie: he sure knew how to whip up a tune. Ultimately, it's his Coward-esque charisma - both musical and personal - that's most missing from this occasionally inspired, impeccably played, but slightly leaden release.

© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2008



Es ist vollbracht. Dreieinhalb Jahre nach dem ersten gemeinsamen Auftritt und ein Livealbum später präsentieren Queen + Paul Rodgers ihr erstes Studioalbum. Auf der einen Seite stehen Gitarrist Brian May und Schlagzeuger Roger Taylor von Queen. Bassist John Deacon hat sich vor beinahe zehn Jahren zurückgezogen, Freddie Mercury übt mit John Bonham, John Entwistle und Jimi Hendrix neue Songs ein. Auf der anderen Seite betritt Bluessänger Paul Rodgers (u.a. The Law, Bad Company) die Bühne, der mit The Firm und Led Zeppelin-Gitarrist Jimmy Page bereits an einem prominenten Projekt beteiligt ja. "The Cosmos Rocks" heißt das gemeinsame Werk.

Zunächst einmal muss man sich von jeglicher Erwartungshaltung befreien. Paul Rodgers schraubt sich nicht in ungeahnte Höhen, setzt auf kehligen Blues statt auf Dramaturgie. Entsprechend gestalten sich weite Teile des Albums im klassischen Rocksound der 60s und 70s. "Still Burnin'" könnte auch ein Robert Plant singen, wobei das unverkennbare Gitarrenspiel von Brian May natürlich auf Queen deutet. Der Astrophysiker zeigt sich in Topform, liefert bedeutungsschwangere Bluesriffs und feine Soli, schüttelt diese förmlich aus dem Ärmel.

Klassischer Queen-Harmoniegesang taucht immer wieder auf, wird sporadisch eingesetzt. Vor allem im bereits letzten Jahr veröffentlichten "Say It's Not True" und der aktuellen Single "C-lebrity" kommen diese Höhen vor. Besagte Auskopplung erinnert an die Frühphase der Briten, markiert messerscharfen Rock mit Wumms. Ruhigere Songs wie "Voodoo" und "Through The Night" allerdings funktionieren nur bedingt. Hier fehlt Rodgers die Präsenz, die er in Blues-Rock-Raketen wie "Time To Shine" (mit U2-Effekt) und "Warboys" an den Tag legt.

Wie gesagt, ohne jegliche Erwartungshaltung ist "The Cosmos Rocks" ein ordentliches, schnörkelloses Rockalbum, das den Ballast der Vergangenheit hinter sich lässt und befreit auftrumpft. Queen + Paul Rodgers steht für Energie, für Dynamik, für Seele. Freddie Mercury dürfte es wohlwollend notieren.

Wertung: 7/10

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The news that Brian May and Roger Taylor were to record an album as Queen, with Free and Bad Company's Paul Rodgers on vocals, was met with consternation. What harm, it was asked, might such a venture wreak on Queen's artistic legacy? But, really, what damage is there left to do? Unfairly critically reviled in their heyday - their wit and willingness to take outrageous risks overlooked, their ability to craft perfect pop singles and slip easily between genres ignored - Queen's oeuvre had just been favourably reassessed when the former members unleashed We Will Rock You, a musical that bent over backwards to suggest that the 70s rock hacks might have been right all along: here was a band uninterested in anything other than commercial success. It wasn't just the awfulness of the show itself. It was the crushing effrontery: a Queen musical about how appalling manufactured boybands were, that opened shortly after Queen's surviving members collaborated on a version of its title song with a manufactured boyband, Five, and that celebrated Freddie Mercury's 60th birthday by bringing onstage another manufactured boyband, McFly, to perform Don't Stop Me Now. Whatever The Cosmos Rocks sounds like, it can't conceivably be worse than that.

It settles on a sound closer to Bad Company than Bohemian Rhapsody, but decorated with enough trademark Queening to satisfy long-term fans. May's guitar solos are multi-tracked into infinity, the vocal harmonies are laid on thick, Still Burnin' offers a burst of We Will Rock You drums. The tunes aren't great - the best, Small, is a sort of updated, Radio 2-friendly Free ballad - but no harm done. But the lyrics are tripe, of various kinds. There is cliched tripe - we are variously reminded that rock'n'roll will never die, all that glitters isn't gold, you gotta follow your dreams - and mystical tripe: "In an instant the mysteries of life will unfold," promises Time to Shine, perhaps a little rashly. There is tripe that a 59-year-old man should have thought more carefully about: "School's out, I've got a criminal urge to twist and shout." There is antiquated tripe - you don't hear many love songs these days in which a gamblin' man finds himself under a voodoo woman's black magic spell - and tripe of a topical hue. C-Lebrity mocks reality show contestants: given We Will Rock You's attitude to boybands, expect the announcement of a Kate Thornton-helmed quest to find a new member of Queen in next autumn's schedules.

All involved have underlined that Rodgers should in no sense be thought of as Freddie Mercury's replacement, but it's hard to stop yourself wondering what Mercury might have made of all this. The songs might have sounded less awful if they were delivered with a certain knowing camp, a grandiloquence that suggested a sense of the ridiculous. But Paul Rodgers' stock in trade is a kind of pained sincerity: not for nothing was he the favourite vocalist of our erstwhile PM. When he sings "Once I loved a butterfly, don't wonder how, don't ask me why", he sounds as if he quite literally did love a butterfly, like one of those blokes you see on late-night Channel 4 documentaries trying to explain away his intimate relationship with a horse.

Things come to a head on Warboys: not, alas, a hard-rocking paean to the Huntingdonshire village, but a song that admonishes soldiers, whom it appears to hold personally responsible for starting wars. This seems a bit rough on the armed forces. Even the most implacable opponent of the second gulf war presumably accepts that the members of the 5th Regiment Royal Artillery didn't actually come up with the idea to invade Iraq themselves. "They look so pretty as they march and drill," barks Rodgers, capturing the ineffable sultry pulchritude that's very much the trademark of your average British squaddie. "It's such a shame they're dressed to kill."

As with a lot of The Cosmos Rocks, you listen to Warboys boggling that Queen - famously intelligent men - didn't at any point notice that the lyrics were stupid, trite, a bit offensive and bound to have an undermining effect on whatever musical efforts they put behind it. Maybe they're given to underestimating their audience, as indeed you might be if you'd watched 5m people worldwide flock to something as patently shoddy as We Will Rock You. Or maybe We Will Rock You's success has set new, grace-saving standards. After all, however bad The Cosmos Rocks gets, it's never as bad as that.

© Guardian News and Media Limited 2008



For the life of me, I cannot see who this album is for, unless there are Free fans who secretly wish the band had sounded more like Queen. Or what it’s for, other than to sell even more Queen albums. Isn’t Queen without Freddie like a Fab Four reunion without John and George? Could they not have called themselves - crap 1970s supergroup-style - May, Taylor & Rodgers?

What are those butch We Will Rock You-like thunderclaps and chiming guitars on the otherwise routine Still Burnin’ other than opportunistic? Call Me’s Crazy Little Thing-recalling skiffle seems equally artful. As if we still aren’t getting the point, We Believe piles on the massed vocals. All this, and one of British blues-rock’s finest singers huffing and puffing platitudes over the top, when what you want is All Right Now and Another One Bites the Dust at full volume. Just not at the same time.

Copyright 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd.



"The show must go on!" Nun also das erste Studioalbum nach Freddie. Warum auch sollte das Trio Queen & Paul Rodgers, das eine echte Supergroup darstellt, sich nur auf den Lorbeeren ihrer jeweiligen Vergangenheit ausruhen? Die drei exzellenten Musiker und Songwriter haben erfreulicherweise vierzehn neue Stücke aufgenommen, die sie demnächst auch auf Tournee zum Besten geben werden. Und ein Blick in die Liner-Notes stimmt melancholisch: "This album is dedicated to Freddie Mercury."

Der Titel des Longplayers klingt zunächst merkwürdig, ergibt aber Sinn, sobald man den großartigen Opener "Cosmos Rockin'" hört. Erst wird das Haus, dann die Stadt, dann die Welt und schließlich der Kosmos gerockt! Der Song ist erfrischender, energiegeladener Rock in seiner besten Form, ein 1-A-Partyknaller! "Still Burnin'" geht nicht ganz so ab, erfreut aber mit einer netten Rhythmus-Anspielung auf "We Will Rock You". Die Songwriting-Credits teilen sich die drei Herren ohne Einzelausweisung. Trotzdem hört man hier und da die persönlichen Einflüsse raus. Die coole Blues-Nummer "Voodoo" stammt sicher zum größten Teil aus der Feder von Paul Rodgers.

Das ganz große Entertainment mit Larger-than-life-Charakter und viel Humor ist einem erdigeren Rocksound gewichen, der nicht weniger stimmungsvoll und äußerst vielseitig ist. Da wird teilweise wieder richtig hart gerockt, so etwa auf dem mächtigen Gitarren-Monster "Warboys" oder dem erstaunlich sarkastischen "C-lebrity", das geschickt kleine Samples frenetischen Jubels verarbeitet. Mit "Surf's Up ... School's Out!" kommt ein potentieller Sommerhit natürlich deutlich zu spät, zumindest für uns Nord-Europäer. Doch dieser ungewöhnliche Kracher ist ein weiteres Exempel dafür, dass hier ein neuer Wind weht. Sowas hat man von Queen noch nie gehört.

Den großen Friedenspathos schon. Ohne den geht es natürlich nicht. So steht "We Believe" dank des typischen Queen-Chors in der königlichen Tradition. Wer kann sich den vielseitigen Gitarrensoli vom Mann mit der Turbofrisur schon entziehen? Brian May bleibt ein Gigant der Saiten. Das macht besonders bei der Oldschool-Rock'n'Roll-Nummer "Call Me" Spaß. Im krassen Gegensatz dazu steht das tieftraurige "Say It's Not True". Die Powerballade der anderen Art wurde bereits 2005 aufgenommen und befasst sich mit der Schreckensnachricht einer positiven HIV-Diagnose. Es war bereits der emotionale Höhepunkt auf dem Live-Album "Return Of The Champions".

Mit dem Reprise der wunderschönen Ballade "Small" endet das erste Studioalbum von Queen & Paul Rodgers. Es ist hoffentlich nicht das letzte! Die dreifaltige Zusammenarbeit trägt stilistisch ganz neue Früchte. Dabei adelt der ehemalige Free- und Bad Company-Frontmann jeden Song mit seiner fantastischen Stimme, May und Taylor sorgen stimmlich und instrumental für den richtigen Hintergrund. Andere Musiker waren an diesem Produkt nicht beteiligt, das schon eine kleine Sensation ist. Ohne echten Tiefpunkt wird "The Cosmos Rocks" mit jedem Mal besser und hat eine akustische Aura, die irgendwie glücklich macht. Mehr kann man nicht verlangen.

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Cosmos Rockin'

It's a Saturday night and I'm home alone
With the music on quiet I'm flying solo
Then my feet start moving to the sound of the beat
Put the music up loud hear it in the street
Then the neighbours start banging on my front door
Throw the door wide open saying what's your point
Come on in let's rock this joint

We got the whole house rocking
We got the whole house rocking
We got the whole house rocking
We got the whole house rocking
We got the whole house rocking
To the mighty power of rock 'n' roll

We dance out of the door, dance into the street
And all the people are swaying to the musical beat
We rock down the road and down to the town
And all the people stare and smile and get down
Then the police man is saying "stop this noise"
But the beat takes over now he's one of the boys
The beat's taken over now he's one of the boys

Come on down let's rock this town

We got the whole town rocking
We got the whole town rocking
We got the whole town rocking
We got the whole town rocking
We got the whole town rocking
To the mighty power of rock 'n' roll

Let's go
Let it roll
Are you ready?
Said are you ready?
The cosmos rocks
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Across seven seas through the Panama,
Now they're rockin' on beaches and they're rockin' in bars
Don't ask me how and don't ask me why
From Miami Beach down to old Bondi
There's a rock 'n' roll fever in every place
Next thing you know they'll be rockin' out in space

Come on down let's rock this place
Come on down and
Sock it to me

We got the whole world rocking
We got the whole world rocking
We got the whole world rocking
We got the whole world rocking
We got the whole world rocking
To the mighty mighty mighty power

We got the cosmos rocking
We got the cosmos rocking
We got the universe rocking
We got the cosmos rocking
We got the cosmos rocking
To the might power of rock 'n' roll


Time To Shine

With the sun in your eyes and the wind in your face
To heaven you rise in a holy embrace
Your feet on the ground your head in the clouds
And you're wondering if you're never coming down

In an instant the mysteries of life will unfold
The myths and the dragons of time will explode
Here's to a real understanding of truth
For compassion and grace to be given their chance too

Raise up your mind
It's time to shine

A moment down through millennium
Unveiling the secrets of song to be sung
Waters of life flowing soft to the touch
Wisdom remembered have we forgotten oh so much

Raise up your mind
It's time to shine
Raise up your mind
Hey, it's time to shine

Let's awaken from barbarity
Into a world of serenity
Beyond the rage of foolish pride
And on to the golden shores of paradise

Raise up your mind
Hey, it's time to shine
Raise up your mind
Hey, it's time to shine
Raise up your mind
Your time to shine
It's time to shine
It's time to shine


Still Burnin'

I can't wake in the mornin'
I can't sleep at night
I got a pain in my memory
That just won't sit right
You might say I'm losing my mind
What a shame, shame, shame
But I don't want and I don't need
To play the cryin' game

Music lights this flame in me
I won't let it go and it won't let me be
I'm just a happy slave and oh I can't leave it
'cause I'm still, and I always will, be a believer

Still burnin' (Yeah)
Still yearnin' (And the wheel's)
Still turnin' (Let me tell you why)
We're jivin' (And the beat's)
Still drivin' (And we are all)
Divin' (Rock'n'roll never die)

I can't breathe in the city
Got dust in my lungs
I get mad in the country
Everythin' seem to go wrong
You might think I'm playin' around
But my heart is true
I got reason to believe
That sweet soul magic
Gonna tear my heart in two

Music makes the world go round
I've been flyin' on the wings of the sound
It feels so good from way up here
I'm still a believer
Headin' for the stars

(Still burnin')
(Still yearnin')
Still turnin' (Better than every guy)
(We're jivin')
(Still drivin')
Sky divin' (Rock'n'roll never die)

Don't say that you love me I can't go down that road
But don't think for a moment that my heart went cold
I keep thinkin' about what I lost
And what I might have found
I went to sleep and when I woke
Everything had turned around

Still burnin' (Yeah)
(Still yearnin')
Still turnin' (A new day dawnin')
(We're jivin')
(Still drivin')
Sky divin' (Early in the morning)

Still burnin' (Yeah)
Still yearnin' (And the wheel's)
Still turnin' (Better than every guy)
We're jivin' (And the beat's)
Still drivin' (And we're all)
Sky divin' (Rock'n'roll never die)


Small

I like to sit here in the sunshine
The trees in the fields are green sublime
Suspended in time
And don't it make you feel small?

I like to sit here by the fire's light
The trees in the fields lie bare to the night
The stars burn bright
And don't it make you feel small?

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone
Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone needs to find peace sublime

I like to sit here in the autumn time
The trees in the fields they rustle in the wind
The church bells gently chime
Gentle on your mind
Suspended in time
And don't it make you feel small?

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone need to find peace sublime
Oh peace of mind

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Hide away find a space to be alone
Everyone needs a place they can hide

Everyone needs to find, peace sublime
Oh, peace of mind


Warboys (A Prayer For Peace)

They were born with the knowledge of the struggle to survive
They were raised learning only ways to stay alive
Their language is the language of the bullets and the gun
If you see them coming, babe you'd better run

Here come the warboys
Here come the warboys

Well they look so pretty as they march and drill
It's such a pity that they're dressed to kill
See them marching two by two
When it all comes down, they know exactly what to do

Here come the war, war, warboys
Warboys, children and their toys
Warboys, make a lot of noise
Warboys, when the lightning explodes
I pray for your soul...

Well they look so fierce, gonna tear out your heart
When they get near, gonna see what they got
Hold on to your soul, friend of mine
I'll see you in hell, some other time

Here come the warboys, warboys
Mmm...
Warboys, warboys


We Believe

I believe there's no evil out there we didn't have a hand in
You believe it's a time for peace and a time for understanding
Some of us believe that we are chosen
And if God is on our side we'll win the game
And some of us believe that there's a heaven
When the trumpets sound and the judges call your name
But let's get it straight

I believe there's just once chance in this world to hear our brothers
You believe there's a better way to listen to each other
We don't get what the other guy is saying
We hear the words but we don't understand
So around the world the same old anger raging
And we all cry for shame and the same old tragedy goes down

We believe there's a better way to fight
There's a way to make our children safe at night
We believe there's a war we could be winning
But the only way to win it is to give what we need to receive

I believe we need a hero to step boldly from the shadows
You believe there must be someone on the scene that fits the bill
A man or a woman who knows how to say I'm sorry
With courage in his heart to match his creed
A leader who can build a brand new morning
And match the tide of changes
Match the intent with the deed

We believe there's a deed of obligation
To bring reconciliation
To make peace with every nation - in our time
We believe there's not a minute we should be wasting
When the darkness falls it's too late to fix the crime
It's peace that we need

Every father every mother knows the meaning
Human treasure that our leaders do forget
And the bullets fly in the face of common reason
And the pain we give is the legacy in the end we get

We believe there's a song that's worth the singing
It's a song of truth we're bringing
There's a way to share the Earth with everyone
We believe every creature has a being
Has a right to respect and feeling
To live and breathe and flourish in the sun

That's what we believe


Call Me

Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love

Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love

She lives in a luxury apartment in the heart of town
I live in the country and my house is tumbling down

Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love

I met her in her neighbourhood, I was just passing through
One look was all it took, yeah, one look or two

Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love

You got my name, you got my number
You got my number, you got my name

Now I'm gonna settle down, get myself a wife or two
No more of this running around like I used to do

Call me if you need my love, baby
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love, baby
Call me if you need my love

Call me if you need my love, baby
Call me if you need my love
Call me if you need my love, baby
Call me if you need my love


Voodoo

When the moon rises, the dogs will howl
Look out of your window, I'll be on the prowl
I'm not usually a gambling man
But oh I just wanna hold up my hands

And say I'm taking a chance on you love
Woah I'm taking a chance on you love

I'm not superstitious and I don't wear no charm
I don't carry my heart on the sleeve of my arm
Seven years of bad luck, please, don't worry me
'Cause when I look in the mirror, here's the future I see

I'm taking a chance on you love
Woah, I'm taking a chance on you love

Place your bets, better yet
Don't forget, what I said
Roll the dice, spin the wheel
Always remember, you've got to keep it real

Don't believe in voodoo, black magic was never my style
But I believe you do, and it won't take much time
To gather the portions that weave your magic spell
The moon on the ocean has a secret to tell

But anyway I'm taking a chance on you love
Woah I'm taking a chance on you love
Woah I'm taking a chance on you love


Some Things That Glitter

Once I loved a butterfly
Don't wonder how, don't ask me why
But I believed what I'd been told
"All things that glitter can't be gold"

Ooooo ooo yeah
All things that glitter can't be gold

Those jealous minds conspired to say
Just let that creature fly away
How can it be she has it all
Her pride is headed for a fall

Ooooo ooo yeah
All things that glitter can't be gold

Oh Lord, what races we run
Seeking our place in the sun
Reaching and hoping we'll find the right one

Now every day a new joy brings
My butterfly grew golden wings
It seems we find as we grow old
Some things that glitter may be gold

Ooooo ooo yeah
Some things that glitter may be gold

So let us mind what's there to see
Before our hearts become too cold
In spite of all that we've been told
Some things that glitter may be gold

Ooooo ooo yeah
Some things that glitter may be gold

Ooooo ooo yeah
Some things that glitter
May be gold


C-lebrity

Ain't got no hope
Got no idea
What to do
Or why I'm here
Wanna get my face
On your TV
I wanna be heard
I want to be seen

Ain't got nothin'
No
Nothing
Nothin' to show
Make me a c-lebrity

I want to be
A face on TV
(I wanna be on your screen)
Then you can see
I'm a c-lebrity

I wanna get my features
In magazines
See this creature on every street
On every screen
Write my life story
Before I'm twenty one
I got to tell the world
They may say I'm dumb but er

Ain't got nothin'
No
Nothing
Nothing to show
Make me a c-lebrity

I want to be
A face on TV
(I wanna be on your screen)
Then you can see
I'm a c-lebrity

I wanna be a star
In a Broadway musical
They're gonna love me
I can't sing or dance at all
Some may say I'm lackadaisical
And if I was real good
I'd stand no chance at all
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I want to be
A face on TV
(Yeah I wanna be on your screen)
Then you can see
I'm a c-lebrity
Then you can say
You knew me one day
Then you will see
I'm a c-lebrity

C c-lebrity
Wanna be a c c c-lebrity
Make my dream come true
C c-lebrity
Wanna be a c c c c-lebrity
I wanna be heard
I want to be seen
On every TV screen


Through The Night

Tell me something that'll ease my pain
I am living life in vain
Crying doesn't help me anymore
Tell me something that'll ease my mind
I am walking the line
Trying doesn't get my anywhere

I wander through the night
All the stars are shining bright
Searching for a guiding light
I wander through the night

Tell me something 'cause I need to know
Can you teach me how to live
How to understand how to love and how to give
Anger burns in bitterness and fills me up inside
I can't face it and there's no place I can hide

I wander through the night
All the stars are shining bright
Searching for a guiding light
I wander through the night

Tell me something 'cause I need to know
Can you teach me how to live
How to understand how to love and how to give
Anger burns in bitterness and fills me up inside
Without your love there's nowhere I can hide

I wander through the night
All the stars are shining bright
Searching for a guiding light
I wander through the night


Say It's Not True

The harder we play, the faster we fall
When we think that we know it all, we know nothing at all
The letter arrives like a bolt from the blue
So what's left of your lives, all your dreams lost to you

Say it's not true, say it today
When I open my eyes, will it all go away?
Say it's not true, say it for real
Can't be happened to you, can't be happened to me

It's hard not to cry, it's hard to believe
So much heartache and pain, so much reason to grieve
With the wonders of science, all the knowledge we've stored
Magic cocktails for lives people just can't afford

Say it's not true, you can say it's not right
It's hard to believe the size of the crime
Say it's not true, you can say it's not real
Could be happened to you, could be happened to me

Say it's not true, you can say it's not right
It's hard to believe the size of the crime
Say it's not true, you can say it's not real
Could be happened to you, could be happened to me


Surf's Up... School's Out!

Surf's up, school's out
I got a criminal urge to twist and shout

I've been searching my whole life through
For some perfect dream imagined in my youth

(Follow that dream
Surf's up, school's out
Surf's up, school's out)

For a perfect life, find a perfect girl
You gotta follow that dream to a perfect world
I've been a searcher, an adventurer too
This ride still runs, I wanna ride with you

This ride still runs, wanna ride with you

(Follow that dream
Surf's up, school's out
Surf's up, school's out)

In the town and the country
We all lay and dreamed our dreams
Then we found the world is tough
And all is not quite what it seems
Gotta take it by the horns
Gotta seize your precious day
Gotta follow your dream

(Follow that dream
Follow that dream
Follow that dream
Surf's up, school's out
Follow that dream
Surf's up, school's out
Surf's up
Follow that dream
Surf's up, school's out
Surf's up, school's out
Follow that dream)

Follow that dream


Small (Reprise)

Everyone needs a place they can hide
Everyone need to find peace sublime
Oh peace of mind
 

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