| dudley-fufkin 7834 24.01.2017 06:15 |
These are the worst queen songs ever. Or is it just me that thinks this? |
| Kuijpy 24.01.2017 06:16 |
haha! Sweet Lady and White man rocks! The worst songs are Pain is so close to pleasure, Coolcat and Dancer |
| Chief Mouse 24.01.2017 06:36 |
Body Language is up there. But Sweet Lady and White Man? Not to me. |
| Chopin1995 24.01.2017 06:51 |
I like Sweet Lady and White Man. And I like Cool Cat. One of my favorite from Hot Space. |
| Maxïmo Razzamatazz 24.01.2017 07:09 |
There can be only one: Man On The Prowl. |
| mike hunt 24.01.2017 08:27 |
StupId thread! We all like and dislike different things. End of thread. |
| dudley-fufkin 7834 24.01.2017 08:48 |
I dislike you |
| Sebastian 24.01.2017 09:18 |
My bottom three would be Delilah, Loser in the End and I Want to Break Free. |
| Vocal harmony 24.01.2017 09:31 |
I Want To Break Free, Friends Will Be Friends, Man On The Prowl |
| Dug 24.01.2017 09:34 |
ive always disliked Friends will be Friends too. my other two least favourites would probably be Rain Must Fall and Pain is so Close to Pleasure |
| cmsdrums 24.01.2017 09:41 |
My least favourite Queen track is 'She Makes Me'. 'Sweet Lady' has grown on me, but is probably my least favourite on ANATO. 'White Man' s a great track to me so I can't understand that being in anyone's bottom three!! 'Man on the Prowl' is a poor man's 'Crazy Little Thing...', and I'm not keen on it (though have a slight soft spot for it as my late father loved it!). 'Cool Cat' used to be one in my younger, less mature days I would hate, but now I can appreciate it far more; Freddie's sublime falsetto control and delivery,and John's subtle arrangement and gorgeous bassline help it be a 'genuine' soulful track, whereas 'Pain Is So Close To Pleasure' is forced pop/r n b, and 'One Year of Love' really (to me) is Freddie's worst vocal - terribly forced and over the top. In summary, my top 3 'worst' would be: 'She Makes Me' 'Man on the Prowl' and 'One Year of Love'. ps - 'Don't Lose Your Head' is a waste of a few minutes too, isn't it?!!! |
| Oscar J 24.01.2017 09:58 |
Really good suggestions regarding bottom three's so far, I think these stand out in particular: Pain is so close to pleasure, Man On The Prowl, Delilah, Loser in the End and I Want to Break Free, One Year Of Love (as mentioned Freddie is awful on that). Friends Will Be Friends is a huge turd as well. She Makes Me is not bad though. Though May's delivery is lackluster as usual, it has few nice chord sequences and a cool ending with Roger pummeling away on the toms. Sweet Lady has way too good performances by each member to be even close to the bottom, even though it's far from Brians best as a song. Overall I think The Works and AKOM are close rivals in having the most duds per album. Hot Space isn't a great listen either, but it has less songs that are decidedly crap. |
| Ale Solan 24.01.2017 10:07 |
dudley-fufkin 7834 wrote: These are the worst queen songs ever. Or is it just me that thinks this?Right on the first one. As for the next two, you're deaf. |
| Gregsynth 24.01.2017 10:30 |
Body Language I agree with (although it's a bit of a guilty pleasure). While Sweet Lady is my least favorite off ANATO, I still like the song and White Man is awesome. Man On The Prowl, Don't Lose Your Head, One Year Of Love, Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, Party, Khashoggi's Ship, Rain Must Fall, My Baby Does Me, and Delilah are all contenders for horrible/worse Queen songs. |
| Oscar J 24.01.2017 10:32 |
What's wrong with Khashoggi's Ship? :( |
| little foetus 24.01.2017 11:08 |
No one talked about the horrific Fun It? |
| whynot 24.01.2017 11:47 |
Don't loose your head, More of that Jazz & Party. |
| stevelondon20 24.01.2017 11:54 |
Drowse is my least favourite. |
| Rick 24.01.2017 12:24 |
Jazz is painful to listen to as a whole. One of the worst productions I have ever heard. |
| The Fairy King 24.01.2017 12:44 |
Used to hate She Makes Me, love it now...don't ask me why though. Sweet Lady is musically very interesting, but has weak lyrics i can't get over. For me the bottom three are: Sweet Lady Body Language Life Is Real |
| dysan 24.01.2017 13:00 |
I think of songs to nominate and I realise they have good bits. Party has a brilliant mad solo. Delilah has the haunting 'meow's Bijou has fuck all to save it. Is This The World We Created is a bit preachy. My Baby Does Me is shocking. Other ones people have nominated: I LOVE Body Language and Cool Cat. |
| DepeX 24.01.2017 13:01 |
Just a matter of tastes. Anyway, I can't listen to Body Language, but I quite love the other two songs, especially White Man. |
| Michael Scapp 24.01.2017 13:47 |
I don't find fault with anything from the 70s. I used to hate Drowse, but now I love it. Having said that... 3. A Kind of Magic 2. Friends Will Be Friends 1. Delilah I can listen to any Queen album, even Paul Prenter's Hot Space, except for two: The Miracle and A Kind of Magic They both have some exceptions, but the bad songs are so bad. You can tell that there was hardly any songwriting going on at home, they saved it all for the studio. Most of the songs sounds like the crappy demos that float around from time to time, except with quasi-fleshed out lyrics. |
| Sue Dounim 24.01.2017 14:33 |
All three of those songs are great. Anyone who dislikes Body Language can fight me. >:P |
| The Real Wizard 24.01.2017 14:55 |
Queen at their best was a band that created a sound that was completely their own - three voices that blended at least as well as The Beatles, guitar orchestrations providing textures unlike anything ever before, and the incorporation of dozens of genres of music into their sound. Their creative peak was 1974-77. Queen at their worst was a band that were followers, not leaders - lost in the creative wilderness of having to deal with the fact that they are past their artistic peak, and dealing with business pressures to have hit songs because albums are becoming less marketable. This led to plenty of filler in the 80s, much of which was derivative of not only other bands, but of themselves. The worst offenders: Man On The Prowl Don't Lose Your Head Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Honourable mentions: Action This Day Dancer To be sure, the signs of this are already seen on Jazz. But nothing on Jazz is as bad as these five tracks. But this isn't really a condemnation - every artist goes through lulls. The business just won't let them take a break, because contractual obligations need to be fulfilled. So amidst all this inner turmoil, it really is amazing that they created great tracks like Under Pressure, It's A Hard Life, and Who Wants To Live Forever. They are all masterpieces. It's beyond me why people don't like The Miracle - although it's highly produced, it has a lot of their best tracks from the 80s. Poppy it may be, but the writing is pretty solid. |
| Dim 24.01.2017 16:14 |
The miracle album could have been better if it had different songs. From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they Chrome the songs for Air, and pop consumption. Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album? |
| Dim 24.01.2017 16:14 |
The miracle album could have been better if it had different songs. From the demos I conclude that they did have inspiration. But they choose the songs for Air, and pop consumption. Am I the only one who does not like the production of the miracle album? |
| onedunpark 24.01.2017 17:36 |
Hmmmm, it is all entirely subjective, but for what it's worth my least favourite 3 in no particular order are: Delilah Friends Will Be Friends I Want To Break Free Those tracks tend to be out on their own. That said, I've get little or no time for Dancer, Action This Day, All Gods People, Man On The Prowl, My Baby Does Me...... and I could list plenty more In truth, I've said it on here before, I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The Game (and I can't really stand Coming Soon either, to be fair). Certainly, I have never listened to any of those albums voluntarily in something like the last 20 years. I completely accept there are a few gems in their output from Hot Space onwards, and some other reasonably solid stuff besides, but I could more or less accept missing them if that was the price to pay for avoiding all of the other sub-standard tracks.....again only in my opinion. I recognise this is horribly subjective and many others will love 80's Queen, so I hope no one gets overly upset if they think I have wee'd all over their favourite era/album/song. At the end of the day, I'm just an old rocker who preferred the days (the 70's for the most part) when it seems to me they were a creatively vital band that was all about the music first and not the event. It is all about opinions though. |
| The Real Wizard 24.01.2017 19:18 |
onedunpark wrote: I could reasonably happily go through the rest of my life never hearing anything after The GameA bold statement, considering Innuendo was an excellent record. Maybe 2-3 tracks that weren't as strong as the rest, but it is definitely the best Queen album after The Game. And in my eyes, their best after News Of The World. I absolutely rate it higher than all of their 1978-88 work. Even on Jazz they are a bit lost, but on Innuendo they are truly focused for the first time in over a decade. And we all know why... |
| Sebastian 24.01.2017 22:14 |
I think 'Innuendo' has some monumental highs and monumental lows. 'Delilah' is probably their worst song ever. Hadn'd Frederick been terminally ill, it wouldn't have even qualified for 'Hot Space' or 'The Works'. 'The Show Must Go On' is a wonderful track, but it's also been shrouded in myth what with the vodka stories and all that. From a purely musical perspective, I think both 'Save Me' and 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' are better songs. |
| mike hunt 24.01.2017 23:31 |
Sebastian wrote: I think 'Innuendo' has some monumental highs and monumental lows. 'Delilah' is probably their worst song ever. Hadn'd Frederick been terminally ill, it wouldn't have even qualified for 'Hot Space' or 'The Works'. 'The Show Must Go On' is a wonderful track, but it's also been shrouded in myth what with the vodka stories and all that. From a purely musical perspective, I think both 'Save Me' and 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' are better songs.Innuendo for me is a great album, I really think the soft spot on the album is Dililah and Hitman, the rest is solid. Some of my favorites are on it. I know the first 6 are the peak years, Innuendo, Jazz and The Game are on the same level. Maybe Innuendo has the slight edge of the 3 but it's really close. If they made a Queen movie, it should include the rise of Queen with Bo Rhap, live Aid and The making of Innuendo. The idea of a movie ending with live Aid doesn't make sense. |
| raucousmonster 25.01.2017 03:52 |
Delilah (those awful meows), My Baby Does Me (kiss, kiss) and Who Needs You (I like it, like it). Those are my three worst songs and the bits in brackets are the bits that make me die inside a little in particular every time I hear them. Ride The Wild Wind would be a close fourth possibly as some of the lyrics on that are so cringeworthy and the melody is pretty bland. Oh and I wholeheartedly agree with Champion about the production on The Miracle. My least favourite album for that very reason. I'm not enough of an audiophile to fully appreciate the technical production problems on Jazz so I do enjoy that album. But while I assume The Miracle is maybe technically more polished the choice of instrumentation really lets it down. And the songs are a hell of a lot weaker too. What a disappointment after a very long three year wait. |
| Dim 25.01.2017 04:08 |
I don't like and iPhone they are Queen'worse songs In only 7 days Fun it Cool cat Body language Pain is so close to pleasure Don't loose yourself head A Kind of Magic the original is by far better. Any way it has great guitar playing. Party The invisible manager great guitar solo Rain must fall, great guitar playing and vocals. |
| cmi 25.01.2017 04:09 |
raucousmonster: Kiss-kiss is from 'Rain Must Fall' :) Delilah's meows by guitar/voice-box are great but by Freddie are not so enjoyable... |
| Dim 25.01.2017 04:10 |
I don't like and imho they are Queen'worst songs: In only 7 days Fun it Cool cat Body language Pain is so close to pleasure Don't loose yourself head A Kind of Magic the original is by far better. Anyway it has great guitar playing. Party The invisible man great guitar solo Rain must fall, great guitar playing and vocals. |
| Chopin1995 25.01.2017 04:19 |
OK I was thinking about it a lot and these are my least favourite 3 songs (Although I can't really dislike any of Queen songs) 1. I Want To Break Free 2. Don't Lose Your head 3. Body Language |
| dudley-fufkin 7834 25.01.2017 06:15 |
I hate coming soon too, delilah certainly isnt in my top 10 queen songs, but i dont hate it, i think the band let freddie do what the hell he want cos they knew it was his last album. |
| splicksplack 25.01.2017 07:08 |
My Baby Does Me, Don't Lose Your Head. And The Miracle track. It makes me feel sick. And i can't get my head around the begining of that album Party and KS just confuses me. Big fucking noise. |
| raucousmonster 25.01.2017 07:30 |
Doh! Thanks, I meant to say Rain Must Fall. My Baby Does Me isn't great either but it doesn't grind my gears quite as much as RMF. |
| Doga 25.01.2017 08:21 |
Body Language, Man on the Prowl and Don't lose your Head for Me. Oddy i prefer A Dozen Red Roses for my Darling. Curious to see I Want to Break Free is not liked that much. |
| Oscar J 25.01.2017 08:59 |
The Miracle is a very mixed bag in terms of production. Some of it sounds extremely cheesy, but Was It All Worth It is extremely well mixed. Probably partly down to the unprocessed drums. Roger is great on the track - in fact he had a bit of a comeback on the drums on the Miracle and forward. On the tracks he actually played on, that is. Interesting comparisons between Innuendo, Jazz and the Game, etc. I think it's like this: Jazz Innuendo The Game If we look at the stats (of course highly subjective): Tracks are judged from composition, songwriting and delivery. Jazz: Amazing tracks: 1 (Bicycle Race) Great tracks: 3 (Mustapha, Dead On Time, Don't Stop Me Now) Really good tracks: 4 (Fat Bottomed Girls, Let Me Entertain You, Dreamer's Ball, Jealousy) OK/Good tracks: 2 (In Only Seven Days, Leaving Home Ain't Easy) Fillers: 2 The Game: Amazing tracks: 0 Great tracks: 4 (Another One Bites The Dust, CLTCL, Dragon Attack, Save Me) Really good tracks: 3 (Play The Game, Sail Away Sweet Sister (a great track if you like Brian's singing)) OK/Good tracks: 3 (Coming Soon, Rock It, Don't Try Suicide) Fillers: 0 Innuendo: Amazing tracks: 1 (Innuendo) Great tracks 3 (I'm Going Slightly Mad, The Show Must Go On, These Are the Days of Our Lives) Really good tracks: 4 (Bijou, Headlong, I Can't Live With You, Don't Try So Hard OK/Good tracks: 2 (All God's People, The Hitman) Filler: 2 (Ride The Wild Wind, Delilah) Jazz and Innuendo are tied, but I just prefer the rawer sound and energy of Jazz as a whole. The Game doesn't have any real lows, but lacks the highs to compete with Jazz, Innuendo and Queen's other top tier albums. |
| Bike It 80 25.01.2017 10:17 |
The five Queen songs I dislike the most : Funny How Love Is Don't Try Suicide Cool Cat Pain Is So Close to Pleasure The Hitman I don't think I ever listened to these songs in full more than 10 times each since I started listening to Queen 25 years ago. |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2017 11:53 |
raucousmonster wrote: Who Needs You (I like it, like it). Those are my three worst songs and the bits in brackets are the bits that make me die inside a little in particular every time I hear them.Can't argue with that, especially compared to the "I like it, I like it" on the Live Killers version of Don't Stop Me Now - badass, pure rock and roll. |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2017 11:56 |
Doga wrote: Curious to see I Want to Break Free is not liked that much.Same here. Sure, it sounds dated and all - but the melody and lyrics are excellent. I think it's a case of hardcore fans shitting on the hits because they've heard them so many times to the point of losing objectivity. On this forum we've seen posts saying Bohemian Rhapsody is overrated, when in reality it's one of the greatest pieces of music composed in the last century. |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2017 11:58 |
Oscar J wrote: Amazing tracks: 1 (Innuendo) Great tracks 3 (I'm Going Slightly Mad, The Show Must Go On, These Are the Days of Our Lives)Excellent analysis overall. But I'd rank The Show Must Go On as highly as the title track - it's a top 10-15 Queen song in my book. |
| Cyborg 25.01.2017 13:35 |
Apart from some of the songs you've mentioned, I don't like Put Out the Fire very much. |
| Gregsynth 25.01.2017 13:59 |
Oscar J wrote: What's wrong with Khashoggi's Ship? :(Sorry man, I just can't get into the song. It's just semi hard rock/pop rock filler on the album. It's not the absolute worst thing on the album - but it does nothing for me. |
| goose44 25.01.2017 13:59 |
anyone who puts ride the wild wind as a bottom pick or close to it needs their head examined. One of their coolest songs songs and best guitar solo's ever. |
| Oscar J 25.01.2017 14:06 |
The second part of the song rocks IMO. :) First part is lame. |
| goose44 25.01.2017 14:18 |
the miracle kicks some ass. for me it's a record I especially listen to in the summer. party/kashoggi for me is like an intro to a book or in this case a record. Or you can say the appetizer to the main course. Now songs like Rain Must fall and My baby does me might be filler songs but they are still good songs. IWIA, scandal and WIAWI are classics for me. Hijack my Heart should have been added as well. |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2017 14:27 |
goose44 wrote: anyone who puts ride the wild wind as a bottom pick or close to it needs their head examined. One of their coolest songs songs and best guitar solo's ever.Now that we've heard Roger's demo with guide vocal, we can hear how Mercury turned an average song into a very good song. By then he had perfected the art of singing every chorus in a different way to keep the song fresh and progressing. Not the best track on the album by far, but certainly a solid track. |
| goose44 25.01.2017 14:39 |
RTWW in just a great rong song with a cool beat to it and amazing guitar parts. But that goes with the record and that is why the album gets praised like their 70's stuff. If you took th rocks remix of ICLWY and got rid of Delilah, it would be as good as you can get. |
| Sebastian 25.01.2017 16:05 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Sure, [Break Free] sounds dated and all - but the melody and lyrics are excellent.I really, really, really disagree there. I find its lyrics to be incredibly derivative. Check out the first verse, for instance: title, title, title + whine, title, stock phrase, stock phrase + title - even 'Dragon Attack' seems like Shakespeare in comparison. Melody's alright but nothing particularly special compared to many, many, many other Queen songs. I think its recording is well-crafted and there are some interesting details here and there, and of course the fact Fred Mandel managed to get that sound from a synth is commendable, but I find the song itself to be ridiculously overrated. The Real Wizard wrote: I think it's a case of hardcore fans shitting on the hits because they've heard them so many times to the point of losing objectivity.Not necessarily. I know it's somewhat 'cool' to sound snobbish by rejecting the hits, but what if someone genuinely doesn't care for one or more of them? The opposite case also happens: ever since at least the early eighties, it was usual to show you were a bona fide Queen expert by rating 'Black Queen', and by extension 'Queen II', highly - but what if you really like the song and the album? Having said that, since this is a clearly subjective post, I do think the public perception to individual assessment ratio does play a key role there. That's why I find the 'cheese' line on 'Sweet Lady' particularly cringeworthy: the music is excellent and the album is magnificent, so it really stands out as crappy. Had 'Sweet Lady' been on 'Hot Space', I would've definitely rated it higher (by far the best song on the album). Same applies to 'Innuendo': the title track is great and I do regard is as one of the band's very best. 'Show Must Go On' is also fantastic but, as I said earlier, I still think 'Save Me' and 'Sail Away Sweet Sister' (to mention two synth-era songs by the same author) are even better, and probably 'Who Wants to Live Forever' as well, it's just that they haven't got the added value of being sung by a dying man and all of that. 'Days of Our Lives' is beautiful, and there are some nice things with 'Try So Hard' and 'Bijou' but none of those would've looked particularly special on an album like 'Opera' or 'Races', and if we removed the dying-man-with-infinite-determination factor. Then there are some weaker ones ... I find some of Brian's early rockers (e.g. 'Prophet's Song') to be remarkably better than 'Headlong' and 'I Can't Live with You', Roger's early gems such as 'Car' and 'Tenement' to kick 'Ride the Wild Wind''s arse, and Freddie's genuine epics (with coherence and consistency) are, from a musical point of view, way better (as songs) than 'All God's People', which is brilliantly sung and played but sounds a lot like a collection of unfinished ideas and throwaway things that were mashed together. Then there's 'Hitman' which is above-average for the post-Game period but far sub-par for the pre-Flash one. 'Delilah' is tripe and 'Slightly Mad' is a good song, probably very good at places, but not excellent, let alone in the context of its author. |
| Oscar J 25.01.2017 16:21 |
Bohemian Rhapsody is, IMO, not comparable to I Want To Break Free. The only thing good about the instrumentation is a decent synth solo. I think the drum beat is awful, and agree with Seb on the rest. |
| scollins 25.01.2017 16:21 |
there great songs but i love everything they did apart from god save the rat? lol |
| The Real Wizard 26.01.2017 01:37 |
Sebastian wrote: 'Days of Our Lives' is beautiful, and there are some nice things with 'Try So Hard' and 'Bijou' but none of those would've looked particularly special on an album like 'Opera' or 'Races', and if we removed the dying-man-with-infinite-determination factor. Then there are some weaker ones ... I find some of Brian's early rockers (e.g. 'Prophet's Song') to be remarkably better than 'Headlong' and 'I Can't Live with You', Roger's early gems such as 'Car' and 'Tenement' to kick 'Ride the Wild Wind''s arse, and Freddie's genuine epics (with coherence and consistency) are, from a musical point of view, way better (as songs) than 'All God's People', which is brilliantly sung and played but sounds a lot like a collection of unfinished ideas and throwaway things that were mashed together.Excellent post, but I've highlighted this paragraph. Indeed, context within an album is a big part of listening to music. Of course Ride The Wild Wind wouldn't fit on ANATO, but that's almost like saying adding pesto to cereal makes pesto bad. It just means the combination doesn't work. Even with its weaker tracks, I find Innuendo still flows better than any Queen album after The Game. |
| Vocal harmony 26.01.2017 08:49 |
My dislike of I Want To Break Free is that it contains little of what is identified as the Queen sound. I think of it (wrongly maybe) as a John Deason solo project that happens to have Freddie's vocals on it. Fred Mandel's solo is great but he isn't a featured artist eg Queen featuring Fred Mandel, yet he has a solo spot in the song rather than a band member. It worked really wel as a single (out side the states) but I'm not sure how recognisable as Queen it would be hearing it on the radio for the first time Having said that, to me, the live version which features guitar through out is more listenable. |
| Sebastian 26.01.2017 16:00 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Even with its weaker tracks, I find Innuendo still flows better than any Queen album after The Game.That's another reason for people loving it so much: it came after the disappointment fans (especially rock-oriented ones) felt with Hot Space, Works, Magic and Miracle. They'd been desperate for a record like that one for over a decade and when they finally got it they were happy to overlook the weaker tracks and just love the whole thing. Had it come between Opera and Races, it probably wouldn't have been rated that highly. |
| AlbaNo1 26.01.2017 16:12 |
The Real Wizard wrote:I love Rogers demo version. Great vocals. Probably the track I play most of the "Deluxe" extras. A good blast.goose44 wrote: anyone who puts ride the wild wind as a bottom pick or close to it needs their head examined. One of their coolest songs songs and best guitar solo's ever.Now that we've heard Roger's demo with guide vocal, we can hear how Mercury turned an average song into a very good song. By then he had perfected the art of singing every chorus in a different way to keep the song fresh and progressing. Not the best track on the album by far, but certainly a solid track. |
| Day dop 26.01.2017 20:17 |
White man is excellent. |
| bucsateflon 27.01.2017 01:51 |
Is this a challenge for who makes the most idiotic statement about any song? |
| dysan 28.01.2017 02:00 |
RTWW and IGSM are two of my absolute favs on Innuendo. I wish there was more of that on there. |
| Your Fairy King 28.01.2017 08:00 |
Three worst in my humble opinion: 3. In Only Seven Days 2. Everything on the Miracle 1. Body Language ...and Sweet Lady is highly under-rated. |
| Your Fairy King 28.01.2017 08:11 |
Day dop wrote: White man is excellent.It is very much a return to the kind of heavy (a la Black Sabbath) style that infused the first album. May's guitar wizardry on the live versions is insane! |
| Chief Mouse 28.01.2017 08:14 |
Your Fairy King wrote: Three worst in my humble opinion: 3. In Only Seven Days 2. Everything on the Miracle 1. Body Language ...and Sweet Lady is highly under-rated. 2. Woah! Every single song on it? |
| Doga 28.01.2017 08:48 |
Including I Want it All, The Miracle and Was It All Worth It? |
| Costa86 28.01.2017 08:53 |
I like Calling All Girls, it's a cool song and very reflective of the period I think. |
| Costa86 28.01.2017 08:53 |
Your Fairy King wrote: Three worst in my humble opinion: 3. In Only Seven Days 2. Everything on the Miracle 1. Body Language ...and Sweet Lady is highly under-rated.Body Language is in the category of "so bad that it's good". |
| The Real Wizard 28.01.2017 10:56 |
Doga wrote: Including I Want it All, The Miracle and Was It All Worth It?Yeah, no kidding. Say what you want about the rest, but these three tracks are flawless. |
| Oscar J 28.01.2017 11:57 |
The Miracle is flawless? |
| Chief Mouse 28.01.2017 12:06 |
I love The Miracle apart from the odd transition to the ending bit. They should have thought of something else. Or make the transition better so that there are no weird drum crossovers and simple fades. |
| Your Fairy King 28.01.2017 13:03 |
Chief Mouse wrote:all of them, especially I Want it All. The only Queen album I never bought remastered. I'll take Hot Space over the Miracle any day of the week.Your Fairy King wrote: Three worst in my humble opinion: 3. In Only Seven Days 2. Everything on the Miracle 1. Body Language ...and Sweet Lady is highly under-rated.2. Woah! Every single song on it? |
| Chopin1995 28.01.2017 14:45 |
The Miracle is a great recording. I'm surprised how many people don't like this song. If Bob wrote The Miracle is flawless it means this song is flawless :) Even Brian said this is one of Freddie's best composition. And I must admit that odd transition to the ending bit mentioned here by Chief sounds a little bit strange but I like it because they (Freddie I guess) used something which we call polyrhythm. It's quite common in classical music but rather rare in popular music. I wonder what GregSynth, Sebastian or Thomasquinn32989 think about this song...? |
| The Real Wizard 28.01.2017 14:45 |
Oscar J wrote: The Miracle is flawless?The single version, yes. The album/video version has that whole other section, which is kind of neat on first glance (and was fun for the kids to mime to in the video), but it doesn't really add much to the song. Besides, it's the exact same tapping solo Brian plays in One Vision, just a fret higher. The sentiment and arrangement of the single version makes it one of the best pieces in the latter Queen catalog, as far as I'm concerned. |
| The Real Wizard 28.01.2017 14:47 |
Chief Mouse wrote: I love The Miracle apart from the odd transition to the ending bit. They should have thought of something else. Or make the transition better so that there are no weird drum crossovers and simple fades.Hmm, have you heard the single version? They cut out this part entirely, and it flows much better. I heard it for years before I knew the album version existed. I ultimately find the former much more satisfying. |
| The Real Wizard 28.01.2017 14:49 |
Chopin1995 wrote: If Bob wrote The Miracle is flawless it means this song is flawless :)Flattering, thanks ! But alas, I'm just one person, and my word isn't gospel. |
| mike hunt 28.01.2017 15:05 |
The Real Wizard wrote:The Miracle as an album is one of my least favorites, the first two tracks are weak by Queen standards, Invisible Man is horrible even though the guitar solo is great, and My Baby Does is Me is weak. I do like the title track, Brian May has good taste once it comes to Freddie songs. He likes MIH also one of my favorites. The Miracle does have a few other good ones. Every Queen album has solid tracks.Chopin1995 wrote: If Bob wrote The Miracle is flawless it means this song is flawless :)Flattering, thanks ! But alas, I'm just one person, and my word isn't gospel. |
| Sebastian 28.01.2017 16:19 |
Chopin1995 wrote: I wonder what GregSynth, Sebastian or Thomasquinn32989 think about this song [The Miracle]...?I really like it. It's clever and subtle, and the arrangement is quite detailed. I can see why Frederick was also fond of it. |
| mike hunt 28.01.2017 16:52 |
Other tracks I like on it are I Want It All, Was It All Woth It? And Breakthru/scandal. I think it edges out Hot Space for me because it has more stand out songs. HS has Under Pressure and then a bunch of middle of the road or poor songs. I do like Cool Cat and Back Chat, but not as much as the stronger Miracle songs. Rain Must Fall is a guilty pleasure for me, I wonder if John wrote this song with Freddie in mind. |
| Gregsynth 28.01.2017 16:59 |
I think the Miracle (the song) is OK. Not a favorite of mine - but I hear the effort put into it. I Want It All and Was It All Worth It are great songs. |
| wOvANz 29.01.2017 02:38 |
There's no 3 worst Queen songs for me. |
| TomP63 29.01.2017 06:26 |
I Want It All is a great Rocker, with a capital C. On the downside, it could faired better with a slightly less keyboard or synth. Freddie's voice is quite stunning, very strong! Tom |
| Costa86 29.01.2017 06:28 |
Would have loved to have heard Freddie's live rendition of I Want It All. |
| mooghead 29.01.2017 13:46 |
Dear Friends, Body Language and Mustapha |
| AlbaNo1 29.01.2017 16:38 |
I like the ending of The Miracle . It's unusual. |
| Sheer Brass Neck 29.01.2017 19:42 |
^^^ Dear Friends??? Good God, man, your opinion is your opinion, but man... |
| Oscar J 29.01.2017 20:39 |
Dear Friend is such a beauty. |
| dysan 30.01.2017 02:06 |
Another vote for the ending of the Miracle being good. It's weird on first listen but I like it a lot. Maybe could've been a longer fade out (CMI - maybe something for your Miracle reissue?) and placed at the end of side one and a nice finale. I can see the problem with Dear Friends. A bit sickly, but again, I can live with that. |
| tomchristie22 30.01.2017 02:57 |
dysan wrote: I can see the problem with Dear Friends. A bit sickly, but again, I can live with that.Not a huge fan of Dear Friends. Doesn't feel like it goes anywhere, compared with the intense highs & lows of Lily of the Valley. |
| Oscar J 30.01.2017 07:44 |
Well, I it's basically a lullaby. I think it's a perfect song actually - short, well written and perfectly executed. |
| Day dop 27.07.2017 22:59 |
White Man? No way. That's a good track. |
| Makka 28.07.2017 00:50 |
White Man? No way!! For me Delilah, All God's People and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (The main reason ANATO is not my favourite album) |
| dysan 28.07.2017 06:39 |
I'd honestly say if you don't like LOASA, you don't 'get' Queen. |
| Seed_Of_Rhy 28.07.2017 10:44 |
Mustapha, Sleepin' on a Sidewalk, White Man, Drowse, Khashoggi's Ship ... But I don't ever think Sweet Lady and BL are the worst. At most one can call them fillers. |
| The Real Wizard 28.07.2017 19:52 |
dysan wrote: I'd honestly say if you don't like LOASA, you don't 'get' Queen.I have to agree with this. It's Queen's penchant for diving into a variety of musical styles that sets them apart from most entertainers in the 20th century. Tracks like Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Good Company, The Millionaire Waltz, and Who Needs You are all equally important in the showcasing the diversity of the Queen canon. Wasn't there a thread here a couple years back where people tried to list off all the genres Queen touched upon, and there were about 30 of them? |
| The Real Wizard 28.07.2017 20:01 |
Seed_Of_Rhy wrote: Mustapha, Sleepin' on a Sidewalk, White Man, Drowse, Khashoggi's Ship ...Man, it's weird that there are people who don't like these tracks. They are all examples of what made Queen so interesting - trying out certain sounds once, and never again. |
| Grizzly Adam 28.07.2017 20:19 |
White Man, Put Out the Fire, Hitman and Body Language are the four worst. |