waunakonor 16.08.2012 21:29 |
Lately, there's been a lot of moaning about moaning about moaning on this site, so let's try to ease the tension with a silly little poll! Let's say you're trying to convince someone who really only knows a few of Queen's hits that there is so much more to Queen's music than Bo Rhap, WWRY etc.. Pick five Queen songs that you would use to show just how amazing Queen really is. |
madmetaltom 16.08.2012 21:37 |
Ogre Battle The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke Nevermore The March of the Black Queen Seven Seas of Rhye |
Sebastian 16.08.2012 22:43 |
Master-Stroke+Nevermore (they're so short they can count as one when segued). '39 (of course!). Drowse. Need Your Loving Tonight. Was It All Worth It |
MadTheSwine73 16.08.2012 22:55 |
One from each album that aren't hits: Great King Rat The March of the Black Queen In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited The Prophet's Song Long Away My Melancholy Blues Jealousy Rock It (Prime Jive) The Hero Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) I Go Crazy One Year of Love Was It All Worth It Ride The Wild Wind A Winter's Tale |
Stelios 17.08.2012 00:03 |
Dead On Time Flick Of The Wrist It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) Face It Alone |
pittrek 17.08.2012 00:55 |
Just 5 ? That will pretty hard. Liar '39 The Prophet's Song The Millionaire Waltz Dead On Time Was It All Worth It ? I'm sorry, I just can't go below 6 |
1sharppencil 17.08.2012 03:04 |
good one: 1. march of the black queen 2. bring back that leroy brown 3. one year of love 4. dead on time 5. jesus diverse enough? that's why I love this band... |
badboybez 17.08.2012 04:18 |
It's Late Drowse Millionaire Waltz Great King Rat |
Rainbow 17.08.2012 05:06 |
1. It's Late 2. March of the black queen 3. Great King Rat 4. Doing alright 5. Flick of the wrist |
soxtalon 17.08.2012 05:25 |
It's Late The March Of The Black Queen '39 Made In Heaven White Queen (BBC) Although being in the US, I'd strongly consider if I could use Innuendo being that it wasn't a hit here ;) |
brENsKi 17.08.2012 07:46 |
"side black" counts as one track for me also so mine would be 1. side black 2. liar 3. great king rat 4. it's late 5. you take my breath away don't understand why the question should ever be necessary ...unless queen really are a singles-only band not to be taken seriously on an album level? just a thought: but this may be the case. after all whenever "greatest album lists of all time" are constructed you always get only queen compilations appearing...no opera or races. whereas other rock bands don't have "best ofs" appearing in these lists...even the who and beatles who released loads of singles.... beatles - revolver, sg pepper, abbey rd who - live at leeds, who's next as for flyd and zeppelin - who have both released compilations....only proper studio albums make these lists so perhaps that's it? queen are a joke rock band |
queenfanbg 17.08.2012 08:59 |
any 5 of the best album "The Miracle" counts ? |
shannaschaffer 17.08.2012 14:40 |
The March of the Black Queen White Queen Death on Two Legs It's Late Scandal |
Missreclusive 17.08.2012 14:49 |
In no particular order, Nevermore March of the Black Queen It's Late Millionaire Waltz Innuendo Liar You Take My Breath Away Death On Two Legs I've recommended those to people I know who are only familiar with BoRhap, ABTD, WWRY, WATC and such. |
malicedoom 17.08.2012 14:52 |
Now THIS is an awesome thread. Great idea. OK: Scandal Too Much Love Will Kill You The Show Must Go On I Want It All Breakthru |
TRS-Romania 17.08.2012 15:59 |
1. Sail Away Sweet Sister 2. All God's People 3. '39 4. Las Palabras de Amor 5. You & I |
conejo29 17.08.2012 16:22 |
1. liar ( live version hammersmith ) 2. Son and daugther ( live version golders green ) 3. Get down, make love ( live version montreal ) 4. Action this day ( live version milton keynes ) 5. One vision ( live version budapest ) ... :D satisfaction guaranteed |
Leonardo Venegas 17.08.2012 19:38 |
Doing Alright White Queen (As It Began) White Man My Melancholy Blues Cool Cat Cheers!!! |
master marathon runner 18.08.2012 07:53 |
Lily of the valley. Millionaire Waltz. My Melancholy Blues Seven Seas of Rhye. The Night Comes Down. (Good post by the way) |
philip storey 18.08.2012 08:45 |
1]March Of The Black Queen 2]Brighton Rock 3]Death On Two Legs 4]Its Late 5]You Take My Breath Away. |
Bigfish 18.08.2012 09:13 |
We bought a drum kit, thought we were perfect. Can I just ask if it's the lyrics that make WAS IT ALL WORTH IT so popular ? |
peterkoz1 18.08.2012 15:45 |
life is real you take my breath away my melancholy blues mother love tear it up |
Brexton 18.08.2012 16:42 |
1) Spread your wing 2) Death on Two Legs 3) In the Lap of the Gods (revisited) 4) Breakthru 5) Seaside Rendezvous Some of these may seem less obscure, but, living in southern California, I'm just choosing them based on how knowledgeable the average person seems to be towards Queen. |
iLoveQueen11 18.08.2012 17:12 |
1.) My Fairy King 2.) White Queen (As It Began) 3.) Lily of the Valley 4.) Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon 5.) It's Late 6.) In Only 7 Days 7.) Calling All Girls 8.) Scandal 9.) March of the Black Queen 10.) The Millionaire Waltz I couldn't go below 10 and I tried to pick songs from different albums |
winterspelt 19.08.2012 15:43 |
Very difficult question... Random picked from my alltime favs: Was it all worth it? Show must go on White Queen Mother Love Prophet's song |
Bigfish 20.08.2012 05:59 |
not again.. |
ParisNair 21.08.2012 13:18 |
if i wanna shock someone i'd make them listen to rain must fall. |
Silken 21.08.2012 14:18 |
The Prophet's Song TMOTBQ Fairy Feller's Seaside Rendezvous Innuendo White Queen BBTLB |
Saint Jiub 22.08.2012 20:27 |
ParisNair wrote: if i wanna shock someone i'd make them listen to rain must fall.I am slightly ashamed ... Rain Must Fall makes my list of one song per album. The Night Comes Down March of the Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Good Company Millionaire Waltz Who Needs You Dreamers Ball Don't Try Suicide The Hero Action This Day Keep Passing the Open Windows Pain Is So Close to Pleasure Rain Must Fall I Can't Live with You Made in Heaven |
The Real Wizard 23.08.2012 08:16 |
brENsKi wrote: ...unless queen really are a singles-only band not to be taken seriously on an album level?Basically. They are so iconically defined by a half-dozen massive songs that most people don't even see the albums they came from. Almost like being a one-hit wonder numerous times over. One hit wonders are plagued by their one big song despite often having rich back catalogues, but in the case of Queen it's several hits. Aside from the really big fans, there is one album people MAY know - A Night At The Opera. Or maybe Made In Heaven if you're in the UK. That's actually Queen's best-selling album, next to compilations. Even great connoisseurs of music will cite ANATO as being the one to hear, possibly along with Sheer Heart Attack. Although I did once read a book on guitarists that recommended The Works as one of the top three albums, strangely enough. Queen records have often been critiqued as having filler. But if What Goes On and Within Or Without You aren't filler, then I don't know what is. Rubber Soul and Sgt Pepper are brilliant records, but I see SHA and ANATO as being equally groundbreaking in terms of the way the band used the studio to its fullest potential. But most of the world doesn't agree with me. Are there single Beatle tracks that are as iconic as BoRhap and We Are The Champions? I honestly don't think so. The stature of The Beatles is bigger than any single song, but I don't think we can say the same for Queen. But that's the consequence of having songs that are so massively successful and ingrained into popular culture. The songs become bigger than you, and the rest of your work might as well not exist to 99.9% of the world. Personally, I do find it unfortunate that the early Queen albums are not held in as high regard as they may deserve. But there is a plethora of great music from the last 50 years that has completely missed the radar. At least Queen remain in the consciousness of most people, and that's more than most artists could ever ask for. |
The Real Wizard 23.08.2012 08:20 |
My five Queen tracks to proselytize with: The March Of The Black Queen The Prophet's Song Good Company The Millionaire Waltz Innuendo I generally recommend people the diversity of SHA, ANATO, ADATR and NOTW, since they cover so many styles of music on those four records. |
waunakonor 25.08.2012 21:30 |
QueenZone's screwing up on me and not posting stuff the right way for some reason. :P |
waunakonor 25.08.2012 21:31 |
I finally decided to take a look back at this thread and realized it had gotten a much better response than I had anticipated. Many good lists, I like a lot of them.
malicedoom wrote: Now THIS is an awesome thread. Great idea. master marathon runner wrote: (Good post by the way)Thanks! 1sharppencil wrote: diverse enough? that's why I love this band...Same! I love musical diversity, as opposed to having the exact same mood in almost every song. MadTheSwine73 wrote: One from each album that aren't hits: Great King Rat The March of the Black Queen In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited The Prophet's Song Long Away My Melancholy Blues Jealousy Rock It (Prime Jive) The Hero Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) I Go Crazy One Year of Love Was It All Worth It Ride The Wild Wind A Winter's TaleI like that, that's a good variation of the original "Just pick 5 songs" question. Panchgani wrote:That's okay, I like RMF a lot too! Don't really understand why it's generally pretty hated, but oh well. Same goes for Keep Passing the Open Windows.ParisNair wrote: if i wanna shock someone i'd make them listen to rain must fall.I am slightly ashamed ... Rain Must Fall makes my list of one song per album. Bigfish wrote: not again..Oh, has this been done before? Ah well, nothing's original anymore. pittrek wrote: Just 5 ? That will pretty hard. Liar '39 The Prophet's Song The Millionaire Waltz Dead On Time Was It All Worth It ? I'm sorry, I just can't go below 6I made it just 5 to make the question somewhat challenging, but you can cheat if you want. brENsKi wrote: don't understand why the question should ever be necessary ...unless queen really are a singles-only band not to be taken seriously on an album level? just a thought: but this may be the case. after all whenever "greatest album lists of all time" are constructed you always get only queen compilations appearing...no opera or races. whereas other rock bands don't have "best ofs" appearing in these lists...even the who and beatles who released loads of singles.... beatles - revolver, sg pepper, abbey rd who - live at leeds, who's next as for floyd and zeppelin - who have both released compilations....only proper studio albums make these lists so perhaps that's it? queen are a joke rock bandThey're not a joke band, of course, but not really respected for what they really are nearly as much as they need to be. I know several people that are legitimate fans of classic rock (they know a lot about the back catalogues of Led Zep, The Beatles and such) who don't really think much of Queen mainly because they're tired of hearing Bo Rhap and WWRY/WWATC. That's partially why I created this thread in the first place. So, unfortunately, for me anyway, the question is somewhat necessary. I totally agree with The Real Wizard's comments. I never really thought of it that way, that Queen's biggest songs are bigger than them, so most of their back catalogue gets lost in the mix, whereas bands like The Beatles are more popular as a band than for just a few individual songs. |
dysan 26.08.2012 00:55 |
"Are there single Beatle tracks that are as iconic as BoRhap and We Are The Champions? I honestly don't think so." I'm not a Beatles fan by any stretch, but seriously? |
brENsKi 26.08.2012 03:25 |
i agree ^^^^ there are at least half a dozen beatles tracks as iconic as bo-rhap 1. yesterday - the most performed/copied/covered song in history (after happy birthday) 2. hey jude - 7 mins long and always played in full on radio 3. strawberry fields/penny lane - the beatles double-A - shows to very contrasting elements of the band at that time...and both still stand up as classics....strawberry fields first big hit to use tape reversing techniques as an instrument 4. hard days night - still that opening chord is a "mystery" 5. let it be - the perfect rock/pop ballad. |
tcc 26.08.2012 05:16 |
May I add: 6. Something 7. Michelle |
waunakonor 26.08.2012 12:29 |
brENsKi, I have to say I kind of disagree. Some of those songs are pretty popular, sure (although I'd be a bit hard-pressed to find non-Beatles fans singing Penny Lane or Strawberry Fields). Bohemian Rhapsody is played on the radio over and over and over again where I am, people can have huge sing-a-longs with it, on scales that Let it Be and Hey Jude may come close to but not quite. Did you notice how, at the Olympics opening ceremony, a LOT of people were not singing along to "na na na na naa, na na na naa, Hey Jude!" and so it could hardly be heard, but the booming chorus to "We Will Rock You" could be heard just fine during the closing ceremony. It's stuff like that makes me think Queen's most popular songs have a bit of a higher stature in culture than The Beatle's most popular songs. Then again, maybe it's kind of a regional thing. Maybe Beatles songs are more popular in the UK than in North America. I wouldn't know, and I don't think you would know very well either. Also, I've heard that statistic about Yesterday, but to be honest it sounds like kind of a load of bullshit to me. Is there any way to clarify if it's actually as popular as people claim it to be? |
brENsKi 26.08.2012 13:09 |
waunakonor wrote: brENsKi, I have to say I kind of disagree. Then again, maybe it's kind of a regional thing. Maybe Beatles songs are more popular in the UK than in North America. I wouldn't know, and I don't think you would know very well either.you know what, we'll have to agree to disagree on this as much of what we say is subjective to each viewpoint. waunakonor wrote: Also, I've heard that statistic about Yesterday, but to be honest it sounds like kind of a load of bullshit to me. Is there any way to clarify if it's actually as popular as people claim it to be?sorry tho, i won't let this one go.how can you say it sounds like aload of bullshit when you don't even understand where the statistic/fact comes from? it comes from the fact that the performing rights for covering any songs must be paid for if you have a performance licence....so therefore any band that is part of the musicians unions or any entertainer with a licence MUST ALL pay to cover of copyrighted songs and the song that has received the most of these? "yesterday" |
The Real Wizard 26.08.2012 20:42 |
Indeed, gotta give it that - Yesterday is by far the most covered song ever. Popularity is naturally a subjective thing, but I'll still stick to my guns that no Beatles song is bigger than The Beatles, and that Queen's biggest songs are bigger than they are. That *stomp stomp clap* is just indelibly printed into the memories of billions of people, many of whom have never heard of Queen. But anyone who has heard Yesterday knows it is by The Beatles, and Paul McCartney in particular. |
tomchristie22 28.08.2012 02:16 |
Slightly late to the punch, but: - Flick of the Wrist - Spread Your Wings - The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke - My Fairy King - Long Away Those aren't the best 5, just the first 5 good ones I thought of. I tried to go more by which are great as well as somewhat accessible. Two songs with 'fairy' in the title might be a bit much. |