Forum - View topicNEWS: Freddie Mercury's 'The Great Pretender' Song Will Be Great Pretender Anime's Theme Song
|
Goto page 1, 2 Next Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Crabtree1
 Posts: 107 Location: Aberdeenshire |
|
||
|
I've been really hoping this would be either the ED or OP ever since I first saw the title, so I am SUPER happy right now.
|
|||
|
|||
residentgrigo
 Posts: 2583 Location: Germany |
|
||
|
Who knows about the anime but this I can get behind. We need more OPs and EDs that don´t rely on J-Pop or J-Rock.
|
|||
|
|||
|
PsychoPearl
Posts: 152 |
|
||
|
Now I'm even more interested, because I love Queen and Freddie Mercury.
|
|||
|
|||
XerneasYveltal
 Posts: 676 Location: Philippines |
|
||
|
When I first heard of the Great Pretender anime, I was reminded of the song of the same name.
With Freddie Mercury's version of that song apparently making it in the anime, my suspicion has been confirmed. |
|||
|
|||
Hiroki not Takuya
 Posts: 2663 |
|
||
|
Art looks great, premise sounds interesting so will be following with interest. While Mr. Mercury puts in some great emphasis, a song and an expertly composed teaser video isn't enough to sell me a subscription yet...
|
|||
|
|||
|
FrodoGate222
Posts: 107 |
|
||
|
Although I wonder if the NA release of this anime will keep the opening song? I know Speed Grapher and Eden of the East couldn't keep their opening songs for the NA release due to licensing issues.
|
|||
|
|||
LegitPancake
 Posts: 1311 Location: Texas, USA |
|
||
|
Guess we’ll see this in 2021 thanks to Netflix...
|
|||
|
|||
TarsTarkas
 Posts: 5935 Location: Virginia, United States |
|
||
I like stories about conman swindling people, but usually they are not about robbing the elderly. This show needs to be fantastic, if its going to clear this hurdle about stealing money from the elderly. |
|||
|
|||
|
pikrodafni
Posts: 131 |
|
||
|
I could see this working as an ED song but I don't see how it could work as an OP song given the tone.
|
|||
|
|||
yuna49
 Posts: 3804 |
|
||
|
Who's this Freddie Mercury guy? The Great Pretender was first performed by The Platters in 1955 with Tony Williams as the lead vocalist. One of the classics of the "doo-wop" era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEzfhclKO8Q |
|||
|
|||
Beatdigga
 Posts: 4597 Location: New York |
|
||
On Youtube right now the Platters version has 10 million views. Freddie Mercury’s cover has 26 million. https://youtu.be/mLRjFWDGs1g |
|||
|
|||
|
yuna49
Posts: 3804 |
|
||
I don't care about numbers. It's a matter of paying tribute to the stars who made rock-and-roll the worldwide force it is today. But then I'm old enough to remember hearing the version by the Platters when I was growing up. At least I'm not suggesting they use Stan Freberg's version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPnETiP8V9I |
|||
|
|||
|
jdnation
Posts: 2109 |
|
||
|
Neat! And suggests a classier slower OP, unless that PV was actually it, which feels... eh?
I'm wondering the same. Though it's more a licensing cost than an actual issue, but not an insignificant one. Well they could opt to license the Platters original instead. Likely much cheaper, and the better version. 
|
|||
|
|||
|
Scion Drake
Posts: 959 |
|
||
Uh everything has comedy. Don’t be weird about it. |
|||
|
|||
Richmyster84
 Posts: 193 |
|
||
How do you not know who Freddie Mercury is? Lead singer of the legendary band Queen. Created quite possibly the greatest song ever written "Bohemian Rhapsody". |
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group