I just listened to Queen singles and found that some B-sides just didn't match with A-side mood.
1. Spread Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack. Power ballad and heavy punk rocker ain't a good pair on single, I think. Sheer Heart Attack is great B-side to It's Late single, but for Spread Your Wings they could use song like All Dead, All Dead or My Melancholy Blues.
2. Gimme the Prize as B-side. It's wrong almost everywhere. The only single it fits alright is Australian Princes of the Universe, because POTW and GTP is a perfect pair. But such a heavy song after A Kind of Magic (US 7") or One Year of Love (European 7") sounds at least strange.
Which else single B-sides you find inappropriate?
well if roger locked himself in a cuboard like he did for the bohemian rhapsody single B-side then thatd explain it :P
aye i read somewhere (wiki i think) it said hed locked himself in a cuboard cus he desperatly wanted im in love with my car to be the B-side for bohemian rhapsody
lifetimefanofqueen wrote: well if roger locked himself in a cuboard like he did for the bohemian rhapsody single B-side then thatd explain it :P
aye i read somewhere (wiki i think) it said hed locked himself in a cuboard cus he desperatly wanted im in love with my car to be the B-side for bohemian rhapsody
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He wanted I'm In Love With My Car as a B-side for Bohemian Rhapsody singe??? That wouldn't suit it! Seaside Rendezvous would be a great B-side for Bo Rhap, methinks. Or maybe '39, but not I'm In Love With My Car for sure!
B-sides aren't always meant to match up to the A-side. In fact often they're chosen to give a different perspective of the band. Or just as often they are just non-album tracks -- stuff that wasn't good enough to make it onto the main album but which might encourage fans to buy the single.
Lostman wrote: lifetimefanofqueen wrote: well if roger locked himself in a cuboard like he did for the bohemian rhapsody single B-side then thatd explain it :P
aye i read somewhere (wiki i think) it said hed locked himself in a cuboard cus he desperatly wanted im in love with my car to be the B-side for bohemian rhapsody
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He wanted I'm In Love With My Car as a B-side for Bohemian Rhapsody singe??? That wouldn't suit it! Seaside Rendezvous would be a great B-side for Bo Rhap, methinks. Or maybe '39, but not I'm In Love With My Car for sure!
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try telling roger that :P hes the one who locked himself in a cuboard
Lostman wrote: lifetimefanofqueen wrote: well if roger locked himself in a cuboard like he did for the bohemian rhapsody single B-side then thatd explain it :P
aye i read somewhere (wiki i think) it said hed locked himself in a cuboard cus he desperatly wanted im in love with my car to be the B-side for bohemian rhapsody
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He wanted I'm In Love With My Car as a B-side for Bohemian Rhapsody singe??? That wouldn't suit it! Seaside Rendezvous would be a great B-side for Bo Rhap, methinks. Or maybe '39, but not I'm In Love With My Car for sure!
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I actually think IILWMC is an excellent choice as a B - side, it's not my favourite song, but it's a breath of fresh air for that record.
Plus, you must remember, he would have got substantial royalties for that. I would have locked myself in a closet too. :P
Holly2003 wrote: B-sides aren't always meant to match up to the A-side. In fact often they're chosen to give a different perspective of the band. Or just as often they are just non-album tracks -- stuff that wasn't good enough to make it onto the main album but which might encourage fans to buy the single.
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For me, I'm Going Slightly Mad and The Hitman & Lost Opportunity is a good single, although all these songs are very different. But Gimme the Prize as One Year of Love B-Side makes single a little bit silly.