If they thought Love Kills was the worst, they clearly didn't hear Let's Turn It On.
The contrast between Lets Turn It On and My Fairy King is like the contrast between Live Aid Freddie and Freddie on november 23th 1991.
FriedChicken wrote:
If they thought Love Kills was the worst, they clearly didn't hear Let's Turn It On.
The contrast between Lets Turn It On and My Fairy King is like the contrast between Live Aid Freddie and Freddie on november 23th 1991.
i'm a fan of Let's Turn It On - don't see anything wrong with it. i'd have a problem with it as a Queen song - but as a Freddie solo - it was the best choice to start the album. It's basically Staying Power 2 and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Queen version as a lost demo.
Jimmy Dean wrote:
i'm a fan of Let's Turn It On - don't see anything wrong with it. i'd have a problem with it as a Queen song - but as a Freddie solo - it was the best choice to start the album. It's basically Staying Power 2 and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Queen version as a lost demo.
Those two songs definitely elicited similar 'what the fuck is this?' reactions n_n
All in all, Frederick had some great songs which were done poorly. Whether 'Love Kills' was one of them or not is up to personal opinion. YMMV.
To me that song is so quintessentially 80s it makes me wanna cry (in a good way though)... Excellent production, fantastic vocals. Definitely my personal highlight from all of Fred‘s solo work.
I play the 12“ almost every time when I‘m DJing and it works any time. Amazing to watch people react and singing along. Apparently many of them do know the song even though it never was such a commercial success back in the day.
Dont forget AL version of "Love Kills" is only wonderful as you put it because Queen provide the music.
I wonder if you would still say that if Lambert performed that without Queen to back him up?
happystar wrote:
Dont forget AL version of "Love Kills" is only wonderful as you put it because Queen provide the music.
You really should read more carefully. I'll explain it to you.
What you mention is exactly what I was saying:
1. I'm quoting Kosimodo where he wrote "That would have been some Queen song." because I'm talking mostly about Queen members - Roger and Brian.
2. I wrote "the live version WITH AL", not "OF AL", because I'm talking mostly about Roger and Brian.
So you didn't have to write your post because this is exactly what I was saying, but not directly.
happystar wrote:
I wonder if you would still say that if Lambert performed that without Queen to back him up?