This song sounds very much like 'Another One Bites The Dust'...Or atleast its hinting in the direction they were soon going to go on The Game. All the same elements are there, especially the drum beat. Just figured I would see if anybody else picks up on this.
Hmm you really think so? I never said the drum sound was great just that it resembled 'AOBTD'...lol. I'm not a big fan of Dust either. Now for saying its the worst song from Roger I would gladly throw 'Loser In the End' up against it, but I respect you're opinion..
If the two songs had the same composer, I'd buy into that a little bit more, but not much. By my estimation, you can always pick out a Roger Taylor song immediately, whereas many of the band's other songs could arguably be by a couple of different authors.
Yeah, that drumsound part is just something I really don't like, I know you didn't ask, lol.
And I too think 'Loser in the end' isn't one of Roger's best but still I love that song more than 'Fun it'.
But maybe I'm the only one who doesn't think that Fun It is a precursor for AOBTD. :)
My opinion is that AOBTD had nothing to do with Fun It, and the fact that John never cited it as a building block for his song seems to prove it. Whilst both songs had intentions to be heard on the dancefloor, Fun It had more in common with Rick Dee's 'Disco Duck' (a silly novelty tune) than with 'proper' disco.
John has gone on record saying that AOBTD was clearly influenced by his background in black music, and the fact that the bass line is loosely based on the one on Chic's 'Good Times' is clearly evident of this.
But you're forgiven if you think they're connected somehow. Indeed, credit goes to Roger for being the first to experiment with a disco/funk sound, which can be traced back to the laden protofunk of 'Fight From the Inside' from 1977.
I agree whole heartedly that it was a real crummy song..lol. However there are aspects of it that sound very similar to AOBTD...I do like the way Freddie sings the verses, even though the lyrics themselves are crummy. Thanks for all the feedback though, interesting thoughts/opinions for sure..
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My opinion is that AOBTD had nothing to do with Fun It, and the fact that John never cited it as a building block for his song seems to prove it. Whilst both songs had intentions to be heard on the dancefloor, Fun It had more in common with Rick Dee's 'Disco Duck' (a silly novelty tune) than with 'proper' disco.
John has gone on record saying that AOBTD was clearly influenced by his background in black music, and the fact that the bass line is loosely based on the one on Chic's 'Good Times' is clearly evident of this.
But you're forgiven if you think they're connected somehow. Indeed, credit goes to Roger for being the first to experiment with a disco/funk sound, which can be traced back to the laden protofunk of 'Fight From the Inside' from 1977.
"roger being the first too experiment with disco/funk" thanks for bringing that up!....queenzoners like to bash freddie and John for the disco funk sounds of Queen of the early 80's, but the reality is it was roger who started the whole disco sounds with "fun it" IMO, the song is even worse than body language. So people should stop blaming freddie and John for hot space. Especially when roger was doing that new wave crap like coming soon, and calling all girls.
Would AOBTD have existed if "Fun it" hadn't? Most likely, Yes.
So the answer to your question is -actually- no.
:)
Now seriously, I can see the similarities but John never acknowledged this in any interview. Consider John appears to be a very modest guy and he always gave a lot of credit to the other three, like with One Vision. I'm sure he would have brought it up in any of the many interviews he must have got around the time AOBTD was a hit.
Also, as someone else pointed out, John's musical roots and tastes had a lot to do with it.
Maybe it's just me, but I thought Queen's worst song was Freddie's compostition of "Yeah." It was on a good album, but I just personally didn't care for the drums, guitar, bass, OR the lyrics, though the singing was nice.
Roger was one of my favorite writers, particular for his rock attitude that was so abrupt in all of the mystics of Queen's first albums. Just when you were settled into the land of Rhye, and you could almost see the snow falling gracefully onto this beautiful land, with dragons and fairy's overhead-WHAM-gotta get a hair piece on your chest and a ring through your nose! It was hilarious, and it just hit you without warning.
And how do you not like "More of That Jazz?" A good riff, amazing vocals, by all means the song was fabulous, and though "Fun It" certainly wasn't the strongest track on Jazz, it wasn't BAD by any means.