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Also, what ever became of the feat. Queen version of Holy Man?
Hey everyone. I've followed this board for over a year but haven't felt the need to post until now. I have much respect for everyone's dedication to the BB career & look forward to contributing more. I was introduced to them around age 4 & am now 31. Brian & Dennis have been probably the biggest influences on me as a musician over the years. Pet Sounds is my go-to album when I need musical inspiration, & I've studied SMiLE for well over 10 years now, even made my own version of the album based on the latest SMiLE book by Dominic Prior.
I thought about this for awhile before making it known knowledge that I have the final mix of the Brian May version of Holy Man. To describe it... It's the Taylor Hawkins version but Brian recorded background vocals (making it Queen-esque) & soloed over the long instrumental outro as well as making his own ending, which is just the intro with him singing over it. It's definitely interesting, but I honestly prefer Taylor's original version that was released with the POB/Bambu rerelease. I can listen to the latter along with DW's other songs seamlessly. Brian May's version is cool for what it is, but that's it. It doesn't sound anything like what DW would've done. That said, it is cool & I hope it gets released at some point...
