Fun on Earth

Occupation

  • Roger Taylor - vocals, drums, percussion, keyboard, piano, electric bass, guitar, Stylophone

In addition:

  • Jeff Beck - guitar on Say It's Not True
  • Spike Edney - keyboards on Sunny Day, Be My Gal, Say It's Not True
  • Jason Falloon - guitar on Fight Club, I Do not Care, Be My Gal, I Am the Drummer, Small
  • Steve Hamilton - saxophone on Fight Club, Quality Street, I Do not Care
  • Kevin Jefferies - electric bass on Fight Club, Be With You, Sunny Day, Be My Gal, I Am the Drummer
  • Jonathan Perkins - organ, backing vocals on Sunny Day
  • Nicola Robins - violin on Sunny Day
  • Steve Stroud - bass guitar on small
  • Rufus Taylor - drums and piano on Small to Be With You

Fun on Earth is the fifth album by the composer and musician Roger Taylor, was released on November 11, 2013 by Virgin EMI. It was taken from autumn 2008 until the end of 2009, had ended the collaboration with Paul Rodgers Queens after the Rock the Cosmos Tour and after, it was finally completed in 2013. It is the first album on which Taylor for The Cosmos Rocks from the year participated in 2008, and his first solo album by Electric Fire from the year 1998.

Background

Taylor began his work on the album in late 2008, several months before the Queen Paul Rodgers project. The first words on the album were released on 17 November 2009 on the official Queen website. To the first single from the album Taylor said:

"What happened to the protest song? Music is now so polished, shiny and predictable, we have forgotten to try and say something with it. I am getting old and like everyone, have the right to say something about the "state of control" we live under -. Powerless to do anything about it "

Translation: " What has happened to the protest song? Today's music is so bright brushed, shiny and predictable. We forgot to try to testify with her ​​something. I'm getting old, and like all I have the right, some to the " police state " [Note 1] to say we live in - powerless to do anything about it. "

Title list

All songs were written by Roger Taylor, except Be with You, which he co-wrote with his son Rufus Taylor.

Bonus Tracks

Footnotes

  • Album 2013
  • Album ( rock )
Record label Compact Disc Genre Singing Electronic keyboard Josh Macrae England Queen (Band)
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