| jamster1111 20.03.2011 12:58 |
After that I'd put: 2. Chinese Torture 3. More of that Jazz 4. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke 5. Tear It Up |
| PrimeJiveUSA 20.03.2011 13:19 |
You're joking about Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, right? In no particular order: Party Dancer Tear It Up My Baby Does Me |
| NOTWMEDDLE 20.03.2011 14:32 |
Worst Queen tunes to me are: The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke (sounds like Crocodile Rock on acid) Funny How Love Is (sounds like a bad Phil Spector record) Don't Lose Your Head (BAD 1980s music) anything from The Cosmos Rocks I pretty much like everything else Queen did. Party is a great setup for Khashoggi's Ship. |
| mr mason 20.03.2011 15:31 |
Can i ask please,how old you posters are,it may be a misconception by my very self,but i am of the thinking that newer fans may not like the early material,and prefer more popier 80's Queen,i became a fan when i purchased CLTCL after watching it on Top of the Pops,so ive been a fan over 30 years and much prefer the 70's music,im just trying to understand how any body could put anything of QueenII on a worst songs list.Its done my head in thinking about it,please reply!THANKS!!!!! |
| mr mason 20.03.2011 15:36 |
My Top 5 Worst list is..... My Baby Does Me Man on the Prowl Life is Real Delilah Body Language Thanks....... |
| Over the Field 20.03.2011 16:24 |
The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Man on the Prowl, Tear It Up, My Baby Does Me and Life is Real are great songs!!!!! You assholes. |
| Over the Field 20.03.2011 16:28 |
Funny How Love Is is also great. Freddie's tone is so touching in that one. Don't you have anything better to do in your leisure time than put some "Horrible Queen Songs" lists in here queenzone. Come on! |
| GinjaNinja 20.03.2011 16:32 |
You gotta be kidding about Fairy Feller right? For the record I really like More of The Jazz, though the medley at the end annoys me. |
| Hangman_96 20.03.2011 16:38 |
Party isn't a bad song! It's a very good one! |
| Josh Henson 20.03.2011 17:36 |
Can't resist. 5 Worst, also in no order: 1. Delilah 2. My Baby Does Me 3. Don't Lose Your Head 4. Cool Cat 5. Body Language |
| Cruella de Vil 20.03.2011 18:11 |
Perhaps I am repeating myself, but do some people NEVER shake their booty, dance and have fun? Seriously, loosen up here! Party is just that, a fun song full energy and ideas and a damn good groove! As for Don't Loose Your Head, well........... |
| jamster1111 20.03.2011 18:26 |
PrimeJiveUSA wrote: You're joking about Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, right? In no particular order: Party Dancer Tear It Up My Baby Does Me You're joking about Dancer? That's a tight song and just shows off their diversity. It's a good song to play at a disco. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke is just crap. It's a mess of a bunch of ideas. |
| mike hunt 20.03.2011 18:48 |
mr mason wrote: Can i ask please,how old you posters are,it may be a misconception by my very self,but i am of the thinking that newer fans may not like the early material,and prefer more popier 80's Queen,i became a fan when i purchased CLTCL after watching it on Top of the Pops,so ive been a fan over 30 years and much prefer the 70's music,im just trying to understand how any body could put anything of QueenII on a worst songs list.Its done my head in thinking about it,please reply!THANKS!!!!! I agree.....The older I get the more i realize i don't belong here anymore. i'm talking music with a bunch of little kids......My queenzone day's are over. i rather talk music with people my age or a bit older. how can anyone put the classic queen stuff like Fairy feller's masterstroke on any worst of list?...We all have opinions and that's fine and all, but it's also embarrassing for the poster. I have nothing against 80's queen, like a lot of it and don't like some, But the early stuff is called classic Queen for a reason. .Of course if you wern't even born when freddie was alive you might not understand that. |
| NOTWMEDDLE 20.03.2011 18:54 |
GinjaNinja wrote: You gotta be kidding about Fairy Feller right? For the record I really like More of The Jazz, though the medley at the end annoys me. ------------------------------- I always detested Fairy Feller, it sounds like "Crocodile Rock" from Elton John (I hate that song as well) and it is just a crappy tune. |
| Michael 20.03.2011 19:01 |
Party - Queen's worst song? I don't think so, but it is certainly not one of their better ones. Personally, I think their top five worst songs (in no particular order) are: Delilah, Get Down Make Love, side 1 of Hot Space, Loser in the End, Don't Lose Your Head, and Invisible Man. There are probably several more I'm forgetting. |
| rhyeking 20.03.2011 20:48 |
I'm assuming this a personal taste list. Otherwise, what are the criteria for it? Musicianship? Lyrics? Style? If it's a "Songs I don't like" list, shouldn't it be called that? The only song I don't like would be "Delilah." That's not to say it's a bad song, it's just not a song I like. I know other people who do like it, so, to each his own. Also, for the record, I have a print of the Richard Dadd painting "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" matted and framed on my wall, bought when the painting was on tour as part of a fairy artwork exhibit at the Art Gallery Of Ontario 12 years ago. That's how freakin' much I love that song! |
| bluephoenix 20.03.2011 22:12 |
Fairy Fellers is one of Queens best in my opinion for me my least five favorite are 1. Body Language 2. Staying Power (not including when it was played live) 3. Don't Try Suicide 4. The Prophets Song 5. More Of That Jazz |
| alaynasusan 20.03.2011 22:31 |
I love Tear It Up. It may be a little generic, but it's a great road trip song to sing a long to in the car. Get Down, Make Love and Don't Try Suicide? I'd place those in my top fifteen favorite Queen songs. Then again, I tend to adore all the songs most die hard Queen fans seem to hate the most. All three are quite sexy. Gotta love Freddie singing "dick" and "tits" though. My least favorite are, in no particular order: 1) Sheer Heart Attack 2) Good Company 3) Fun It 4) The Miracle (song and lyrics are pure cheese) 5) Friends Will Be Friends (lyrics are pure cheese) |
| Jimmy Dean 20.03.2011 23:14 |
I think Fairy Feller is a wonderful composition... might be a little on the fruity side - but does it's job. Freddie wrote it based on nothing more than a still painting. The different chord changes, timing changes, falsetto choruses - it's a very ambitious track. I would say it's one of Queen's stronger tracks but also among their least commercial. Funny How Love Is... now that's another story.... trash - but I think it was an attempt at Spector's wall of sound approach - I also think they were attempting a single when they included it on the album but quickly realized that it alienated them from their-then target-market which can be deduced from the songs they regularly played live during those days - Father To Son, Ogre Battle, White Queen, Son And Daughter.... Although Party may not be a great song - it is definitely not their worst... my top 10 worst Queen countdown: 10. More Of That Jazz*** 9. She Does Me (Stormtrooper In Stilletos) 8. Funny How Love Is 7. Don't Lose Your Head 6. Fun It 5. Machines (or 'Back To Humans') 4. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure 3. My Baby Does Me 2. Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) 1. Cool Cat ----> why oh why was this ever included on Hot Space - even Soul Brother was better than this! *** If they never included snippets of the rest of the album to begin with, I would have replaced this entry with Misfire. Others worthy of mentioning: The Loser In The End, Misfire, Coming Soon, Man On The Prowl, Rain Must Fall Even bad for a B-Side: A Human Body, Hijack My Heart Many include Delilah on their lists... I think it's a great composition, the lyrics may be a little juvenile and the song topic a little embarrassing - but it's honest, catchy, and has a fairly good solo after the bridge... it's not one I ever skip and I always enjoy listening to it with my car windows *up*! |
| alaynasusan 20.03.2011 23:30 |
Machines and Gimme the Prize...more great sex songs, haha. |
| victor fleitas 21.03.2011 01:59 |
Oh my Oh my... when are you all going to understand... its imposible to "decide" wich song is the worst... Queen music got to so many people, with diferent tastes, that made choosing a bad song, a imposible task. for instance, I consider The Fairy Fellers, among my top 10 Greatest Songs from Queen... There are people that say that even "One Year of Love" is crap... but for me, is the most worderfull piece of love music ever written... Seriously you guys, Stop Breaking My Balls With these topics... and make topics about planing a way of breaking on The storm trooper exibit, Comando Style, and steal those great footages! :D |
| john bodega 21.03.2011 02:35 |
Fairy Feller is art, whether you like it or not. Party is Freddie on too much meds or something. They absolutely do not belong on the same list, unless the list is "Songs That Freddie Mercury Performed On". Even then, I'd be disposed towards leaving it off there on the grounds that I forgot it existed after an intense bout of wishful thinking. |
| master marathon runner 21.03.2011 03:40 |
Whaat !??! -Fairy fell.............................................................Aah forget it !!!!!! Master Marathon Runner |
| pittrek 21.03.2011 04:28 |
Worst Queen songs ? Hm .... my worst 10 songs 1. Delilah 2. Party 3. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (way too gay for me) 4. Play The Game 5. I'm Going Slightly Mad 6. Rain Must Fall (boring piece of sh..t) 7. The Invisible Man (every version, but especially the extended version) 8. You Take My breath Away (only the album version, it's "overproduced", I LOVE the live versions) 9. Body Language (way too gay for me) 10. My Melancholy Blues (just the album version, I LOVE the BBC version or any live version) |
| Over the Field 21.03.2011 06:25 |
Why everybody hates Gimme the Prize? One of my favourite Queen song in these days, it is one of their best hard rock tunes along with The Hitman. You gotta love those Freddie's vocal work! |
| thomasquinn 32989 21.03.2011 06:29 |
Terrible Queen-songs, IMHO: - Cool Cat - Don't Lose Your Head - Sweet Lady - Dancer - Misfire - She Makes Me |
| ole-the-first 21.03.2011 07:00 |
I have never understood why Party is so unpopular. Very unusual, but not so bad. |
| ITSM 21.03.2011 08:22 |
Coming Soon One Year of Love Now I'm Here The Invisible Man The Hitman |
| Voice of Reason 2018 21.03.2011 09:28 |
We had a food fight... in somebody's face! |
| jamster1111 21.03.2011 09:47 |
Michael wrote: Party - Queen's worst song? I don't think so, but it is certainly not one of their better ones. Personally, I think their top five worst songs (in no particular order) are: Delilah, Get Down Make Love, side 1 of Hot Space, Loser in the End, Don't Lose Your Head, and Invisible Man. There are probably several more I'm forgetting. 1st side of Hot Space? That just shows you that you don't appreciate Queen's diversity. Hot Space is a brilliant record which doesn't have one bad song. Just because they are different than Queen's usual sound, none of the songs are their worst stuff. And you think Delilah is worse than Party? At least Delilah has a song to it and doesn't just sound like the band was drunk jamming in their garage at 4 oclock in the morning and happened to record the result. |
| jamster1111 21.03.2011 09:49 |
pittrek wrote: Worst Queen songs ? Hm .... my worst 10 songs 1. Delilah 2. Party 3. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (way too gay for me) 4. Play The Game 5. I'm Going Slightly Mad 6. Rain Must Fall (boring piece of sh..t) 7. The Invisible Man (every version, but especially the extended version) 8. You Take My breath Away (only the album version, it's "overproduced", I LOVE the live versions) 9. Body Language (way too gay for me) 10. My Melancholy Blues (just the album version, I LOVE the BBC version or any live version) Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy? How is that song even gay at all? It's about how a good old fashioned lover boy would take someone out on the town...it never hints it's another guy. If you think GOFLB is too gay then I'm surprised you didn't put fairy feller's master stroke on your list. |
| Simulator 21.03.2011 10:43 |
I really like Party, it is their best 80s opener imo. |
| whynot 21.03.2011 11:26 |
1. Delilah 2. More of that Jazz 3. Don't loose you're head 4. Coming soon 5. All gods people |
| Bo Alex 21.03.2011 12:35 |
The Fairy Feller Master Stroke is just genius. Craziest Queen song ever!! Queen worst song: mmmhh, probably Don't Lose Your Head. I hate the sax solo in One Year Of Love too. BTW, I don't get so much hate about More Of That Jazz. Ok, the lyrics are weak and the mix of songs in the end is a terrible idea. But the song sounds fine, the guitar riff is great. |
| Russian Headlong 21.03.2011 14:04 |
Sorry to say most of Hot Space (except POTF, LPDA, UP) and large parts of a Kind of Magic and Made in Heaven. Pain is so Close to Pleasure My Baby Does Me Rain Must Fall Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Much too Gay and its a crime that this was put on GH1 instead of TYMD which is a classic I dont give a fuck if it wasnt in top 30, most of GH 3 were not even Queen songs!.) Friends will Be Friends (too contrived to be another WATC) Delilah Body Language Dancer Backchat Cool Cat Calling All Girls Freddie's Mr Bad Guy Album way too poppy, rocked up with some guitar would have been better Its a Beautiful day, cringeworthy lyrics Party is a great song, if anyhting its too short! |
| Russian Headlong 21.03.2011 14:09 |
Oh and Pain is so close too pleasure is crap too as is any of the disco shit thanks to mr Mercury and deacon trying to turn Queen into a disco band rather than a hard rock band at times after 1980. I don't include aobtd thats more funk rock. |
| Russian Headlong 21.03.2011 14:10 |
Mind you rog and bri on 5ives awful wwry, pisses on queens legacy too |
| gatto 21.03.2011 16:17 |
My Top 5 Worst list is..... Drowse (This is the real worst song ) Don't try suicide My Baby does me She makes me (Stormtrooper in .... Body Language |
| Hangman_96 21.03.2011 16:37 |
Why so much of people hate Body Language? It's cool song! |
| YannickJoker 21.03.2011 17:02 |
Fun It More of that Jazz Man on the Prowl Machines My Baby Does Me Those are all the songs I tend to want to skip, but I don't think any of them are really bad. |
| jonnypkmn168 21.03.2011 17:27 |
What is wrong with 'Delilah'? It's Freddie's cat for god sake, its fantastic! My worst 5 would have to be (in no particular order): 1) Now I'm here 2) All God's People 3) More of that Jazz 4) It's Late 5) Who Wants to live forever And also I don't see why 'Keep Yourself Alive' didn't chart in the UK, I know it apparently didn't get going, but it's a great song! |
| Jimmy Dean 21.03.2011 18:09 |
Actually, I'm surprised not many consider Cool Cat as one of their worst songs. If you listen to it side by side with ANY other Queen song... it's bound to be the loser in the end ;-) |
| louvox 21.03.2011 18:18 |
By far their worst songs are as follows (In my opinion) Body Language One year of love Pain is so close to pleasure My baby does me Rain must fall |
| NOTWMEDDLE 21.03.2011 20:24 |
Russian Headlong wrote: Oh and Pain is so close too pleasure is crap too as is any of the disco shit thanks to mr Mercury and deacon trying to turn Queen into a disco band rather than a hard rock band at times after 1980. I don't include aobtd thats more funk rock. ------------------------------------ Pain Is So Close to Pleasure had some of Brian's best guitar work ever IMHO in the guitar solos! |
| NOTWMEDDLE 21.03.2011 20:31 |
Updated Worst Queen tunes : 1) The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke 2) Funny How Love Is 3) Don't Lose Your Head 4) Dozen Red Roses For My Darling 5) The Cosmos Rocks album (despicable) 6) 12" mixes of "The Invisible Man", "One Vision" (I prefer single mix and normal album version, the extended vision dragged on and on and on) 7) Most of the 1991 Hollywood remixes (sounds like bad techno, bad rap crap) I like all of John Deacon's tunes personally (Back Chat was SUPERB LIVE to its studio counterpart) |
| the dude 1366 21.03.2011 23:14 |
The worst songs by Queen (in no particular order) 1. Delilah 2. Delilah 3. Delilah 4. Delilah 5. Delilah |
| Wijnand 22.03.2011 03:02 |
My baby does me... doesn't do it for me... |
| br5946 22.03.2011 04:13 |
jonnypkmn168 - I must heartily disagree with your top choice. Each person has their own opinion and I respect that, but Now I'm Here is one of THE guitar anthems of the 70s and a sheer classic (pun intended here because Now I'm Here is on SHA). When it comes to WWTLF I can see your reasoning to some degree, though. It's never been a favourite of mine. It's alright, but it struck me as a surprise to see it on Absolute Greatest. I'm sure if QP had hired some real fans to help pick the hits for that compilation then it would have been different... if I'd been there then Now I'm Here and It's A Hard Life would have made it on - both classics in Queen's repertoire - and WWTLF and DSMN would have been skewered off quite brutally. To fans who love Don't Stop Me Now, I honestly like the song, BUT... you must admit it's overplayed. If you request Queen at a disco there's a 99.9% chance the DJ will pick that song. Want to put money on the fact that a member of the general public under 25 can't name one Queen song apart from DSMN? [comic pause] That's what I thought. Hand over the cash... |
| rrentrop 22.03.2011 04:23 |
Interesting discussion though, whether one senses a generation gap or not. I would nominate for this list (in no specific order): - She Make Me (Stormtroopers in Stilettos) - More of that Jazz - Man on the Prowl (too much of the same theme in one song beyond the point where it gets really boring; the 12" is even worse!)) - Modern Times Rock 'N Roll - My Baby Does Me - Delilah - Cool Cat Put that into the right perspective though: for every song mentioned her I can write down at least 10 that are great. Or to follow another logic; 7 crappy songs coming from 13 studio albums (leaving out the Flash Gordon OST) in a period of nearly 20 years is quite a performance that I don't know any other artist can repeat. Feel free to comment (politely of course; calling people with a different opinion assholes is not my idea of having discussion) regards Rik |
| brian-harold-may 26643 22.03.2011 07:16 |
why does everybody hate my baby does me? alogn with rain must fall on the miracle album these two haev serious groove and soul...remind me of toto style stuff!! not jsut about the head smashing rockers! |
| Silken 22.03.2011 07:20 |
jonnypkmn168 wrote: What is wrong with 'Delilah'? It's Freddie's cat for god sake, its fantastic! ================================ Hey, another Delilah fan here! I love it. These are worse: -I'm in love with my car -Fun it -She makes me -Body language -Dancer -Staying power |
| JacquesDaniels 22.03.2011 08:09 |
LOL. I couldn't resist... In a particular order: 1. The Wedding March. (Not a Queen-song, but it's a nice rendition.) 2. God Save The Queen. (see above) 3. See What A Fool I've Been. (Not strictly a Queen-song, since it's based on an old blues number, but a fun track anyway.) Also, my not that much favourites of Queen songs in a chronological order: - Jesus (always felt the lyrics to be awfully amateurish) - We Will Rock You (even if it's kind of innovative, I guess, too much is just too much) - Fight From The Inside (although the main riff is nice, the song is way too repetitive and undynamic for my tastes) - Body Language (still not a favourite, though I've recently began to understand the idea behind the crappy conception) - Gimme The Prize (awkward use of Highlander footage in the middle of too many guitars and bad lyrics..) - Don't Lose Your Head (weirdly, I think "Dozen Red Roses" is more interesting) - The Hitman (reminds me too much of Gimme The Prize, only the end is kind of interesting) I never skip them, though. I like to listen to albums as they are, because they're usually compiled like they are for a reason. |
| FlorianS 22.03.2011 08:28 |
In no particual order: Cool cat Drowse My Baby does me Loser in the End don't lose your Head |
| LordOfAllDarkness 22.03.2011 09:51 |
Nearly all Queen songs are crap but among them there are such bright pearls! |
| jonnypkmn168 22.03.2011 11:44 |
Silken wrote: jonnypkmn168 wrote: What is wrong with 'Delilah'? It's Freddie's cat for god sake, its fantastic! ================================ Hey, another Delilah fan here! I love it. These are worse: -I'm in love with my car -Fun it -She makes me -Body language -Dancer -Staying power ================================== How can I'm in love with my car be there?! It almost completes a night at the opera! |
| angermair73 22.03.2011 11:46 |
For me it might be 1. My baby does me (boring) 2. One year of love (boring) 3. Get down make love (i hate that "sexy" interlude) 4. In only 7 days (also kind of boring) 5. Dont try suicide (apart from the solo its embarrasing) |
| Silken 22.03.2011 12:17 |
jonnypkmn168 wrote: How can I'm in love with my car be there?! It almost completes a night at the opera! ===================================== It's an embarrassing song and I don't like Roger's voice. |
| Matias Merçeauroix 22.03.2011 12:36 |
The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke is one brilliant composition. Absolutely brilliant. If you like it or not... well, it doesn't matter at all. Truly genius. As for Queen's worst songs... I'd say Calling All Girls -Calling All Girls -Calling All Girls -Calling All Girls Party Sheer Heart Attack Don't Lose Your Head The Invisible Man |
| aarojasf 22.03.2011 12:37 |
I hadn't post anything in quite a while, but this is an interesting topic. Although I'm a huge fan, I agree that there are plenty of songs that unprejudiced people (i.e. not fans) would consider crap. But being a fan myself, I can't stop thinking that there are songs that are (i) way too much, or (ii) plain crap: 1. Don't try suicide: I managed to believe that Freddie did this a silly tune on purpose. But I really can't say. 2. The Miracle: Although I like the tune, I understand completely those who say that it's complete crap. Too many synthetizers. 3. Don't lose your head: Don't get it. 4. Tear it up: I don't know what Brian was thinking on that one. Well, obviously, he was thinking, gosh, this is a nice song! But not. 5. Play the Game: It's a catchy song, but let's face, it's pure crap. The Game was an incredibly successful album, but it had a couple of black holes in it. It should've been named "The Revenge of the Synthetizer". Now, there are other songs that I don't like, but that doesn't mean they're bad songs. It's just that I don't like them. So I'll stay quiet. I don't understand how people may say that It's Late, Fairy Feller or Good Company are bad songs. C'mon, have you listened to the arrangements on that one??? It's the stupidest thing I've read in a while in this forum. And Cool Cat... a new, fresh tune, absolutely different to anything they did before. If you don't like Cool Cat, you're not a real fan. That's my believe. But anyway, cheers to everyone, and cheers to the best band that ever existed. |
| br5946 22.03.2011 14:08 |
Brian-Harold-May - I agree that Rain Must Fall has a good groove. It should be praised more. But My Baby Does Me has never really appealed to me. It's one of weakest spots on The Miracle if I'm completely honest. The second side of The Miracle album has got mixed response over time on Queenzone. The general outlook tends to be that people love Breakthru, think Rain Must Fall and My Baby Does Me are lame, and Was It All Worth It and Scandal are OK. I'm afraid I must pick a few bones with this outlook. Firstly, the machine-like sounds on Rain Must Fall are amazingly hypnotic. The vocoders on Scandal clash horribly with Brian's smooth guitar - that song is the real downpoint to the whole album. My Baby Does Me is a dissapointment too. Being a John song, you'd expect a funky pulse. There is one, but what you must remeber is that the track's also a Freddie co-write. So the 'jaunty' look comes in. While the vaudevillian stuff works incredibly on songs like Sunday Afternoon, Seaside Rendezvous and GOFLB, combining it with funk is a disaster. Luckily Was It All Worth It blasts out impressive stadium rock to end the side (and album). |
| spaceboy1972 22.03.2011 14:16 |
jonnypkmn168 wrote: What is wrong with 'Delilah'? It's Freddie's cat for god sake, its fantastic! My worst 5 would have to be (in no particular order): 1) Now I'm here 2) All God's People 3) More of that Jazz 4) It's Late 5) Who Wants to live forever And also I don't see why 'Keep Yourself Alive' didn't chart in the UK, I know it apparently didn't get going, but it's a great song! Now I'm Here, It's Late - WTF?!?!? Sorry dude no way. I'm not mega keen on Princes Of The Universe. KYA was rejected by BBC Radio One (though the late great Alan Freeman played the track on his shows) despite numerous attempts by EMI to get them to play it - the feeling being it took to long to get going and hence the change of tack with SSOR |
| the_works 22.03.2011 14:23 |
ha! ha! the debate will never end... what is/are the best and worst that Queen ever recorded.Well, the answers will be as varied as the millions of people who listen to their music. IMO, "Party" is a fun song with a good "live band" feel to it and ends with some bad ass hard rock riffage... lyrics are silly? sure, but then more than half of their songs have silly lyrics (that's only rock, people!) By definition, the worst Queen song is somewhere in Hot Space... just take your pick. Perhaps their best song too, "Under Pressure". There is also silly stuff on every album - and that's endearing. Same with the Beatles and other great bands. I am thankful for Queen for so many hours of listening pleasure, Rock on, brothers and sisters! |
| Mutant Mushroom 22.03.2011 17:26 |
Jesus pure and simple the worst Queen song ever and that is mainly due to the awful childish lyrics, spoils a great album at least on the CD and with MP3 players it is much easier to skip. Also not a big fan of "The Miracle" again some of the lyrics just aren't up to scratch. |
| lewdandsnide77 22.03.2011 18:22 |
Okay, when I listen to More of That Jazz what turns me off the most is Roger's vocals, however the music I really like...all in all, it's not that bad but I'm not shocked to see it on people's lists. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke really doesn't belong on any of your lists. That is one of their finest tracks on Queen II. Tear It Up, while perhaps having cheesy lyrics, is a friggin explosion of a rock song. I love it. For some of these songs, on paper (literally) the lyrics do seem cheesy, maybe even embarrassingly so...but how the entire song sounds totally made me forget or even realize that the lyrics are/were cheesy. Take Spread Your Wings for instance; cheesy-ass lyrics for sure, but the record itself is great. Man On The Prowl is a real gem, I think. The Works is one of their finest albums, but this track is one of the stand-out tracks. How many rock groups could put out a song like this (much less an album like The Works) in the middle of an album that otherwise has no connection to it in genre, style, lyrics, etc? Underrated track that is in the 'Crazy Little Thing...' mold. Life Is Real and Cool Cat are the two best songs on Hot Space, other than Under Pressure. They show a range that the vast majority of bands simply do not posses. I love Cool Cat a lot, very unique song even for that album. Delilah: Yes, you'd be mistaken if you didn't thing someone next to you thought you were not only gay, but also an 8 year old girl, had they heard this song blasting from your headphones...but again, I love this song. Great guitar work on it, and, for Pete's sake Freddie was badly ill at this time and he probably got an immense amount of joy putting this song on the album. Freddie didn't give a shit what people thought about him and it certainly shows in this song. I love it! Get Down Make Love: Should not be anywhere on this list, period. Staying Power: I know it's getting old, but I love this track...the live version is even better I think. Live, it's harder and even more fast paced. Prophet's Song: Should not be anywhere on this list, period. Don't Try Suicide: Hilarious song (Snoop Dogg actually sampled a small bit of this song on one of the songs on Doggfather). This track really shows their sense of humor, even about something as tragic as suicide...but they convey a good message...don't try suicide. Loser In The End: Fucking rocking track. Roger's machine gun-drums and Brian's chainsaw-guitar frigging tear the track apart in the best possible way. Sheer Heart Attack: Pre-dates much of the punk sound that followed '77. Not that they were trying to or wanted to be labeled as "heavy" or "punk", but Queen could pull some ridiculously and violently loud tracks out of their hat when they wanted to. Good Company: Should not be anywhere on this list, period. All those clarinets and horns on the song...oh wait...those are made by Brian on his guitar!!! A Night At The Opera is great more so because of this song (and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, '39, Seaside Rendezvous) and less so because of Bo Rhap. The Miracle and Friends Will Be Friends: Just like Spread Your Wings; chessy lyrics, but Queen, like no other band could, made it sound uncheesy. I think it says something when, at least for me, I completely forget the cheesy-ness of the lyrics and keep thinking to myself how great of track it is (or maybe it's because I'm obsessed with Queen, or both!!!!). Friends is actually quite an emotional song. The few times John and Freddie collaborated, they really brought depth to a track that no other group collaboration/combo did. Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme): Another rip-roaring, throat slashingly rough song. Love it. My fiance hates this song, but I love it because of it's abrasiveness and Freddie is so friggin confident (more so than usual) on it. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure: Another rare, but good, Deacon-Mercury collaboration. There are parts of this song that really tug at me. It's a fun, almost silly song, but there are certain parts that really grab my ear and make me listen I think there is a reason why SO Queen tribute albums fall flat...no one can reproduce what Queen did and only a select handful can come close to doing them justice (Foo Fighters are the only one' s that come to mind, actually). Many of Queen's songs would sound awful had they been recorded by other artists. To say Queen was unique is an understatement. They knew what they were doing and were a very intelligent group of guys who almost surely knew when their lyrics sounded cheesy as hell...but the music, arraignments, and vocals they put around those lyrics made the songs great. Honestly, I've tried to listen to several Queen tribute albums and they don't just fall flat because I'm comparing the recordings to the original...it's because they sound truly awful. Queen had a great sense of humor and also an ear for making something out of nothing (or, something out of what are otherwise cheesy lyrics). I'm sure they would agree with all the songs labeled in this forum as "cheesy" and also explain how they went about making it better. |
| ronwoodh 22.03.2011 20:37 |
Take a look at 'the fairy feller's master stroke' on Wikipedia. It is a painting by Richard Dadd, and if you study the painting then you will understand the lyrics Freddie wrote, and Oberon & Titania were from Dadd's painting called 'Contradiction'.Wikipedia even acknowledge Freddie's homage to the painting, and I quote... The Queen song "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" from the band's second album was born of Freddie Mercury's appreciation of the work; it makes direct reference to the painting's characters as detailed in Dadd's poem(exert from Wikipedia) (the painting is in the Tate Gallery in London), Apart from that...Side one of Hot Space is Queens worst work..or as they put it 'our attempt at funk which alienated a lot of our fans'. The only other track I don't play if I can help it is God Save The Queen. |
| szore 22.03.2011 20:37 |
Worst Queen song? Pretty much everything after The Game, with a few notable exceptions. It's true. Notables?: The Show Must Go On Who Wants To Live Forever Under Pressure And thats it. There are a few songs that are catchy here and there (Its a Kind of Magic, Invisible Man, etc.) but its mostly crap. Favorite Album: The Game, Jazz. |
| Shumway 22.03.2011 21:33 |
Given how prolific Queen were, they recorded very few sub sub-standard songs. I always considered Don't Lose Your Head to be their worst track. Delilah is one of the weaker ones as well. We all know Roger Taylor agrees with that. |
| Skinny Leroy Brown 22.03.2011 22:18 |
the worst Queen's songs to me are: - Hidden Track (from Made In Heaven) - Delilah (it's funny, but not fit in Innuendo) - Hijack My Heart - Don't Lose Your Head - Keep Passing The Open Windows - Body Language - Put Out The Fire - Don't Try Suicide - In Only Seven Days - Who Needs You |
| PrimeJiveUSA 23.03.2011 07:06 |
Szore..."Hammer To Fall", "Radio Ga Ga", "Innuendo"...those are "crap", too? |
| Bigfish 23.03.2011 07:07 |
Party isn't so bad - don't think it was a good album opener though. My baby does me, Body language, Don't lose your head, Misfire, Delilah, pain is so close to pleasure, Jesus etc..there are a few. However the very worst has to be 'Friends will be friends' - their worst song from their worst album - Shallow, Mawkish lighter waving, cringeworthy lyrics and horrible carthorse arrangement - it quite upsets me everytime I hear it. |
| webby56 23.03.2011 08:53 |
link This is the ONLY Queen song that is not all that great....and it is ONLY because it is too short. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Delilah, Party...all the rest of the titles I've been seeing in this thread...all GREAT tunes!!!! We need some real Queen fans visiting this site sometimes. WOW. |
| Hangman_96 23.03.2011 09:29 |
webby56 wrote: link This is the ONLY Queen song that is not all that great....and it is ONLY because it is too short. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Delilah, Party...all the rest of the titles I've been seeing in this thread...all GREAT tunes!!!! We need some real Queen fans visiting this site sometimes. WOW. ================= I'm that "real Queen fan". I love all Queen songs counting from the debut album and till Innuendo. |
| Bigfish 23.03.2011 13:05 |
webby56 wrote: link This is the ONLY Queen song that is not all that great....and it is ONLY because it is too short. Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Delilah, Party...all the rest of the titles I've been seeing in this thread...all GREAT tunes!!!! We need some real Queen fans visiting this site sometimes. WOW. Real Queen fans - the ones who've followed them for decades and spent money on concerts, singles, albums, cd's, albums again and then cd's again, merchandise, vids, DVD's, even Guitars all have a right to comment and be objective (even when it's a subjective art form) when it's their money that put the Band where they are. The sun shone out of their collective arses -it's true. But not all the time.. |
| Arturo Pardo 23.03.2011 16:09 |
Delilah Body Language Calling All Girls Get Down, Make Love invisible Man |
| john bodega 23.03.2011 18:28 |
"We need some real Queen fans visiting this site" That's right - people who actually listen to what they paid to hear, as opposed to just sitting there with a retarded look on their face going "woo this is great, this is great". There's no harm in using your brain a little while you listen to music, and realise that not all of it is perfect. You can still love something that's imperfect - actually, that's one of the best kinds of love! |
| QueenLing 23.03.2011 21:32 |
I've been a fan of Queen since 1976 - when I first heard Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio. My preference is Queen's early '70s music and then the later '90s music. I'm not keen on some of the mid '80s stuff. But Queen was Queen and I love their stuff no matter what. |
| Squidgy 24.03.2011 07:45 |
I have been a queen fan for about 27 years so hopefully I will pass the test of a true Queen fan, unfortunately I never got to see Freddie live but did go to the tribute concert and I have seen Roger and Brian several times on their solo/Q+PR tours. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, it's not their fault that sometimes their opinions happen to be wrong. Party is a good album track, it was never going to be a single or a classic Queen record but that's where Queen really came into their own. They wrote great album tracks, diverse tracks, heavy rock, love songs, jazzy numbers, folk etc. Ok some songs are (much) better than others but as a real true fan you can appreciate everything they have done. I am not going to say my worst 5 or 10 or even 20 queen songs are.....because firstly I don't have 'worst' songs, I don't particulary like Cool Cat but I appreciate it as a song. Quite frankly if you have 10 or 20 worse songs maybe you should start listening to someone else. But moods change one week Sheer Heart Attack is my second favourite Album (NOTHING will top Queen II) and another week Innuendo might be, just depends how I feel. The variety Queen produced was fantastic, you listen to say an early Oasis Album and their last one and they sound very similar. You listen to Queen II and Hot Space and they are totally different. Its good they tried new things and stretched themselves, ok its not to everyones taste but as the great man said, Its only a bloody record. Oh and Fairy Fellars is genius, who else could write a song like that and whoever compared it to Crocodile Rock needs to go a take a good look at themselves. |
| Bigfish 24.03.2011 12:04 |
"Quite frankly if you have 10 or 20 worse songs maybe you should start listening to someone else." I would refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago.... |
| john bodega 24.03.2011 13:08 |
"Quite frankly if you have 10 or 20 worse songs maybe you should start listening to someone else" Absolute rubbish. Is there a person with more than an ounce of brain in their skulls in this forum? It's OKAY for a band or an artist to not be perfect. How can it be any simpler than that?? Just because you like some music that a band made doesn't mean you need to paint your face and engage in mindless factionalism that was past its use-by date decades ago. It's alright to not dig everything they do; especially considering that the band themselves have more than enough good sense to recognise the times that they got it wrong. (It's great fun watching Roger's commentaries sometimes). Besides which, this 10-20 songs figure is just fine when you have a band who wrote the better half of 200 songs. Actually, that kind of ratio would really suggest quite a great band, if you ask me. |
| YannickJoker 24.03.2011 15:29 |
Zebonka12 wrote: "Quite frankly if you have 10 or 20 worse songs maybe you should start listening to someone else" Absolute rubbish. Is there a person with more than an ounce of brain in their skulls in this forum? It's OKAY for a band or an artist to not be perfect. How can it be any simpler than that?? Just because you like some music that a band made doesn't mean you need to paint your face and engage in mindless factionalism that was past its use-by date decades ago. It's alright to not dig everything they do; especially considering that the band themselves have more than enough good sense to recognise the times that they got it wrong. (It's great fun watching Roger's commentaries sometimes). Besides which, this 10-20 songs figure is just fine when you have a band who wrote the better half of 200 songs. Actually, that kind of ratio would really suggest quite a great band, if you ask me. ==== Absolutley agreed. Everyone creates a pile of shit. The best writers fuck up from time to time. Nothing wrong with that at all, but I think most of the fanboys on here don't want to admit it. |
| szore 25.03.2011 21:34 |
LOL, I hate to admit it, but even tho i hated Hot Space for years, I kinda like it now. Body Language is actually a good song if you get into it... "I wonder when were gonna make it.... I wonder when you're gonna shake it... LOL GOT to love this... |
| szore 25.03.2011 21:36 |
Fairy Fella is an AWESOME song... you fuckers... ;-) |
| PrimeJiveUSA 25.03.2011 22:03 |
Agreed szore...Body Languege AND Fairy Fellers are awesome songs. But you still havn't answered my question about "Radio Ga Ga", "Hammer To Fall" and "Who Want's To Live Forever". Are those songs "crap" or not...you said that every thing besides "Under Pressure" and "The Show Must Go On" was crap after The Game. I demand an answer! |
| szore 28.03.2011 14:56 |
Sorry Prime Jive, I listed "Who Wants to Live Forever" as a notable exception, one of Queen's best, makes me weep every time I hear it... Truly an epic song, one for the ages... Hammer to Fall is a good song too, Radio is also a good song, I love most of Taylors stuff, Yes, (even Loser in the End). Roger's Fun In Space has some of my all time favorite songs anywhere, Magic is Loose, Good Times are Now, Future Management, Laugh or Cry.. Innuendo...eh, it's OK... I guess... P.S. I always liked how in Prime Jive Freddy starts the lyrics and Roger finished them, don't know any other songs with split vocals like that! And while I am ranting, what the hell are people saying Misfire is one of their worst, it's one of my favorites. More of that Jazz is weak, but it is by no means a bad song, and i think the samples of the songs on the album works quite well, for me any ways... Also Delilah isn't THAT bad... I think it was a very personal song for Freddy, and I like that. You know i'm reading some of these posts as I write this and I'm getting pissed off! The Game, worst song? Are you fucking kidding me? Again, Now I'm Here? One of their worst? Where's my shotgun... It's Late! IT'S FUCKING Late, Worst song? Are you kidding me jonnypk? I need a drink, my hands are trembling... Yes I like cool cat, I love Freddy's singing... I LIKE COOL CAT and i don't care who knows it!! ok, ahem, where were we... Funny How Love is an awesome song, wall of sound be damned, Silken I'm in Love with My CAr? Worse song? Really? Really? Are you on fuckin' crack? sigh... ok... I cannot read anymore of these posts. Any body who thinks It's Late and The Game (and for that matter I'm In Love with my Car) are shit songs, meet me in Times square, 42nd street and 7th in NYC tomorrow at noon so I can kick you arse!!!!! ahem. -The Ugly American |
| PrimeJiveUSA 28.03.2011 18:19 |
LOL...thanks szore! Wholeheartedly agree about Fun In Space...it's one of my favorite albums ever! Ever song is killer! I share your bewilderment at how many fans think "Play The Game" is one of their worst songs. The song is just pop/rock perfection. |
| szore 28.03.2011 19:38 |
Prime, You wouldn't happen to be a hot single young lady living in NYC would you? We may be soul mates... |
| PrimeJiveUSA 28.03.2011 21:25 |
szore...sorry...I'm a GUY! |
| Squidgy 29.03.2011 06:44 |
To Zebonka and YannickJoker.........thanks for going easy on me. I have more than one brain cell thanks very much. Whereas you seem to think that insulting someone who has come onto the board for the first time to discuss a subject that I great passion about makes you the bigger men! I am all for rational and intersting discussion and can see your points but why must you be so discourteous about it? |
| szore 31.03.2011 11:36 |
Not that it matters, but I just realized i made a mistake. Substitute "The Show Must Go On" Instead of "Who Wants to Live Forever" in my post above. Thats the one that makes me weep... just sayin' |