| Jay Mantis 19.07.2006 05:41 |
To start something fresh between the huge amount of threads about Greg Brooks: What's your opinion on the song Sweet Lady? Do you think it's underrated or is it indeed one of Queen's weaker songs as I think many people would say. I agree that it's absolutely no match for songs like The Prophet's Song or Bohemian Rhpasody on the A Night At The Opera album but I don't think it's the weakest song in their entire catalogue. It doesn't have that much depth, on the other hand it did pretty well when played live I must say. Any thoughts? |
| Asterik 19.07.2006 05:46 |
Great question, Jay. To tell you the truth, I hated it at first; it sounded like they'd just written any old rocker to keep the album in the heavy category- perhaps to please the metal fans because of all the music hall jazz that was on ANATO. Now, I rather like it- it's quite ascerbic and the riff, though basic is very catchy- it improves as it goes along with a great fast rock ending. yes, it's a good, solid hard rocker which improved as a live piece and would have been geat at Wembley. |
| Adam Baboolal 19.07.2006 05:46 |
See, I have recently changed my attitude about this track. It used to be a bit boring, but I started to really like it. Not like it was a crap song before, but I just never connected to it. But now, well, I think it's a cool one. Peace, Adam. |
| Asterik 19.07.2006 06:01 |
the_hero wrote: The live version is alright... I stil can't stand the lyrics though. "you make me feel like some kind of a cheese" I mean come on now...Brian may have found Stilton erotic, who knows? |
| The Fairy King 19.07.2006 06:08 |
the_hero wrote: The live version is alright... I stil can't stand the lyrics though. "you make me feel like some kind of a cheese" I mean come on now...The whole sentence is less lame. ;) "you make me feel like some kind of a cheese waiting on a shelf" |
| Serry... 19.07.2006 07:34 |
Nice work by Rog, poor lyrics, but unusual track a little bit... |
| Boy Thomas Raker 19.07.2006 07:34 |
It's a good rocker, with okay lyrics and absolutely brilliant harmony guitars. I listened to it in 5.1 and it smokes. The line for the record is "you call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese", and it is the most misunderstood lyric in the Queen catalogue. The song is a converstion, with "the woman" answering "the man", and saying he treats her like a product to be put on a shelf when finished. Cheese can be sweet BTW, but it's whooly tongue in cheek and not meant to be taken literally like cheese is sweet like a lollipop or cotton candy. |
| FriedChicken 19.07.2006 07:54 |
Great track. Especially the bridge is awesome. The one thing that spoils it a bit for me is the poor chorus. |
| Jay Mantis 19.07.2006 09:03 |
I agree that the riff is pretty cool. Still I think they should have added some more harmonic vocals to the whole thing. |
| bigV 19.07.2006 09:10 |
the_hero wrote: The live version is alright... I stil can't stand the lyrics though. "you make me feel like some kind of a cheese" I mean come on now...That lyric is as... cheesy... as they get! :) Anyway, since when is cheese sweet? A dire song. I wouldn't give it a second listen if it wasn't on ANATO. V. |
| dougie 19.07.2006 09:15 |
Sweet Lady is filler. It's the weak link of a classic album. If only Tie Your Mother Down could have replaced it. |
| Bob-Plant 19.07.2006 11:28 |
I always liked the song, but it always struck me that the song was a bit of a rush job. Parts of it are great (the main riff in particular), but the transition parts of the song just don't sound right to me (main part to bridge to chorus and back etc.). I do really like the "though it seems like we wait forever..." vocal, a real nice job by Freddie. |
| Rick 19.07.2006 11:30 |
I think that the last part of Sweet Lady is one of the best collaborations, musical wise, by John, Brian and Roger on a record. It's simply stunning. It has everything. It really shows how much talent they had as a band. I only hate the way Freddie sings the words "Sweet Lady". |
| PieterMC 19.07.2006 12:05 |
the_hero wrote: The live version is alright... I stil can't stand the lyrics though. "you make me feel like some kind of a cheese" I mean come on now...Yeah that is a candidate for worst Queen lyric ever :-) |
| Al TurHao 19.07.2006 12:06 |
As a song.. IT SUCKS BIG TIME! Bad lyrics, boring, filler, almost sounds unfinished... Makes you wonder, if Sweet Lady was on ANATO, how bad were some of the discarded songs? :) Live, however, had few very good rock moments between roger, john and brian. I remind you Brian's original's idea to make ANATO a double-album with its material plus the songs for ADATR. I'm quite sure that, even the critics would place it as the best rock album ever... |
| drwinston 19.07.2006 12:23 |
I hate it - always have, and probably always will. That said, there is an incomplete live version on the first DVD-A (I believe) where the boys are really tearing it up during the solo. I wish I knew where that version came from. |
| Carol! the Musical 19.07.2006 15:37 |
Interesting question, seeing as this song is often mentioned.. I used to hate it, and skip it everytime. I'm alright with it now, and I've learnt to love the vocals. Although the lyrics aren't the best around. :P |
| DreaminQueen 19.07.2006 18:49 |
I see that many people dont really like this song. But i like it alot. Its not in the LOVE catergory for me as far as QUEEN goes. But i still enjoy the track very much. I really like the tounge-in-cheekness of the lyrics about a relationship, which is clearly not a smooth one. I enjoy the riff very much, Roger's drumming is superb on it as well as John's base work... I like Freddie's little ad-libs like "Oh, I Like It"... All in all for me its a fun track. |
| Daburcor? 19.07.2006 21:09 |
Love the track. And, Niek, the bridge IS pretty bitchin'. |
| tenchijin2 20.07.2006 01:46 |
The lyrics are *clever*. The song is a great display of the frustration of male/female relationships. The first verse is him complaining about how she treats him, the second is her complaining about how he treats her! It's classic! Can't you just hear some fed up wife or girlfriend saying in an exhasperated voice "you call me 'sweet'! What am I, some sort of cheese or something? You're such a jerk!" For the life of me, I can't understand why that lyric miffs so many people. It's supposed to be sort of funny, or one off. And for the record, some cheese can DEFINITELY be called 'sweet'. And I love the recording. You can hear the room the band is in, and the instruments glued together as they play the bed tracks. You can hear the compressors pumping when the the heavy guitars come back after the bridge. The power is impressive. The song drives with this frustrated rock power. The 3/4 signature makes it feel like it just doesn't relax, which the lyrics match wonderfully. It sounds frustrated, angry. Is it brilliant? Well, maybe not. Is it clever, and catchy? I think so. Is is powerful and unusual? Absolutely, which is why it is Queen! |
| mike hunt 20.07.2006 06:10 |
sweet lady is a decent song. The music and vocals are good, but the lyrics are weak. It's probably my least fav on ANATO along with i'm in love with my car, but both are still good. |
| DreaminQueen 20.07.2006 18:47 |
tenchijin2 wrote: The lyrics are *clever*. The song is a great display of the frustration of male/female relationships. The first verse is him complaining about how she treats him, the second is her complaining about how he treats her! It's classic! Can't you just hear some fed up wife or girlfriend saying in an exhasperated voice "you call me 'sweet'! What am I, some sort of cheese or something? You're such a jerk!" For the life of me, I can't understand why that lyric miffs so many people. It's supposed to be sort of funny, or one off. And for the record, some cheese can DEFINITELY be called 'sweet'. And I love the recording. You can hear the room the band is in, and the instruments glued together as they play the bed tracks. You can hear the compressors pumping when the the heavy guitars come back after the bridge. The power is impressive. The song drives with this frustrated rock power. The 3/4 signature makes it feel like it just doesn't relax, which the lyrics match wonderfully. It sounds frustrated, angry. Is it brilliant? Well, maybe not. Is it clever, and catchy? I think so. Is is powerful and unusual? Absolutely, which is why it is Queen!wow... absolutely speechless here... That was wonderful, a ringing indorsement for this track. I know I had to put it on right away after reading this... its playing now in fact... |
| deleted user 23.07.2006 20:26 |
idc bout the lyrics my opinion on the song i like it.. to the ppl how mite think im crazy u need to b more open minded to songs n not care bout the lyrics |
| Lester Burnham 23.07.2006 21:04 |
<font color=green><b></b>jessiluvsqueen wrote: idc bout the lyrics my opinion on the song i like it.. to the ppl how mite think im crazy u need to b more open minded to songs n not care bout the lyrics...what? Anyway, I've always liked 'Sweet Lady', though I agree about the "you call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese" - it just doesn't sit right, no matter how clever it may be. But I think the song cooks, especially toward the end, and - maybe it's just me - I would've liked to've seen QPR do this song on the recent tour. |
| Gone. 23.07.2006 22:08 |
Serry... wrote: Nice work by Rog, poor lyrics, but unusual track a little bit...I do realize I am 3 days late...whatever...I could have sworn the song was written by Bri...I even looked it up! Roger did not write it...anyways...i do like the song quite a lot...nice guitar work by Brian. The chorus is excellent. I think it rocks! |
| Gone. 23.07.2006 22:11 |
<font color=green><b></b>jessiluvsqueen wrote: idc bout the lyrics my opinion on the song i like it.. to the ppl how mite think im crazy u need to b more open minded to songs n not care bout the lyricsI totally see what you are saying...but sometimes, without good lyrics, the song may not make any sense. But I do agree with you. |
| Al TurHao 24.07.2006 06:31 |
To "Dead on time": I think what Serry tried to say was that Roger did a good job drumming on that particular piece... ;) |
| louvox 24.07.2006 12:24 |
It's not a bad song. There many others I would put way a head of that one as far worst, but a lot of thier weaker material it tends to be a better song preformed live. |
| another one diets the bust 24.07.2006 13:07 |
SweetLady is kinda strange one, seems it's in a way similar to BodyLanguage: you can just love it or hate it ;) Personally i do not like it too much. I don't skip it, but i don't listen that closely either. If i remember right, it was featured at least on some Bulgarian version of GreatestHits, and even released as a single in Turkiye. But if you put it against some other ANATO songs like BohemianRhapsody or TheProphetsSong of course it looks quite weak. It's not that epic, but i guess it wasn't even supposed to be ;) |
| Jay Mantis 24.07.2006 14:54 |
louvox wrote: It's not a bad song. There many others I would put way a head of that one as far worst, but a lot of thier weaker material it tends to be a better song preformed live.Indeed, I always felt that Sweet Lady was kind of an album filler but after hearing it so many times I think it's actually a good piece whitch kinda fits the roughness that I'm In Love With My Car has as well. Also it was much better when played live! |
| thenymphinyellow 25.07.2006 10:34 |
the cheese line!! I love it!! I reckon its probably one of the best queen song lyrics!! haha, makes me laugh everytime... the way he says it! ... classic... |
| 7 seas of Rhye 25.07.2006 11:10 |
I've always liked this song. I think its sounds very cool. I like the cheese lyric because the way Freddie sings it is so funny. I don't understand why people don't like it too much. |
| Boy Thomas Raker 25.07.2006 11:43 |
7 seas of Rhye wrote: I've always liked this song. I think its sounds very cool. I like the cheese lyric because the way Freddie sings it is so funny. I don't understand why people don't like it too much.Thank you, thank you, thank you 7 seas of Rhye. The people who have trouble with that line take it literally, like "cheese isn't sweet, dude." Freddie's tongue is planted firmly in cheek while delivering that line, sometimes I think a lot of people, even Queen fans, miss the humour and subtlety of their lyrics. |
| Oberon 26.07.2006 14:40 |
an average song. I like it, and I can't imagine the album without it. Maybe i'm just used to the running order, but I can't see the album with out it. and, if for nothing else, it will be remembered for inspiring one of the more obscure threads on this forum, where someone did an experiment to see if cheese left on a shelf would turn sweet. Can't find the link, but someone might find it - it was really strange!!! |
| Gone. 26.07.2006 14:47 |
I do like it quite a lot. It's very rocking. But when the chorus comes on, i do admit, it's a bit confusing....Sweet lady, sweet lady, sweet lady. But other then that, I love it. |