I'm making a mix cd of Roger solo songs for a friend of mine who's also a Queen fan. She's not heard much if any of Roger's solo work. Any suggestions on which songs I should include? Keep in mind I have all but Electric Fire of his stuff and only Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know.
Thanks in advance! :)
"and get Electric Fire it is Roger's finest."
No it isn't - Fun In Space is :-) You should get it though - as it's almost as good as FIS :P
Anyway:
- Off "Fun In Space"
No Violins
My Country
Magic Is Loose
Good Times Are Now
- off "Strange Frontier"
Strange Frontier
Man On Fire
Killing Time
- off "Happiness"
Happiness
Foreign Sand
Old Friends
Dear Mr Murdoch
- off "Electric Fire" - GET IT!
Pressure On
Surrender
Working Class Hero
Anyone notice how Roger references other songs with his titles?
"Pressure On" &
"People On Streets" for example...
compare to this line from "Under Pressure":
"Pressure on people, people on streets"
:-)
Who is Roger? Isn't he the one with the wood?
Anyway ... other songs ...
FIS - Let's Get Crazy, Laugh or Cry
SF - Strange Frontier
SI! - Shove It, Cowboys and Indians, Heaven for Everyone
MBaDtK - On Top of the World Ma
BR - Millionaire, Sister Blue
H? - Nazis, You Had to Be There
EF - A Nation of Haircuts, People on Streets, Tonight
non-album - Two Sharp Pencils, In Charge of My Heart, Heartland, Final Destination (on Happiness single)
Fun in Space is good especially Let's Get Crazy and Magic is Loose, but do I really want to hear a roadie's bodily functions in Interlude in Constantinople? Strange Frontier is far better.
Interlude in Constantinople is great too IMO - the drums are f*cking FAB! When I didn't have any shows of the EF99 tour and I read on sites about a "Interlude In Constantinople" as the intro tape, I always imagined the drums of IIC going into WWRY. Too bad the EF99 intro was just some soundfx :-(
I would agree with PimD FiS is the pinnacle of Rog's solo output.
Strange Frontier tails off after Killing Time. Happiness would have made a great EP. Electric Fire was a return to form. For a Roger solo compilation I would choose
I Wanna Testify
Turn On The TV
Future Management
My Country I & II
Magic Is Loose
Fun In Space
Strange Frontier
Beautiful Dreams
Man On Fire
Killing Time
Nazis 1994 (uncensored)
Foreign Sand
Dear Mr. Murdoch - although in the wake of B&R's shameless Musical Promotion in Der Sun, this is included for sheer comedic value.
Old Friends
Believe In Yourself
No More Fun
London Town-C'mon Down
keeping the tradition of 17 tracks for a Queen compilation going
My compilation of 17 tracks would be:
1) I Wanna Testify
2) No Violins
3) Magic Is Loose
4) My Country (Single Edit)
5) Good Times Are Now
6) Man On Fire
7) Strange Frontier
8) Killing Time
9) Happiness
10) Revelations
11) Foreign Sand
12) Dear Mr Murdoch
13) Final Destination (RT Version)
14) Pressure On
15) Surrender
16) Working Class Hero
17) One Night Stand (Bonustrack)
I'm probably the only one who likes One Night Stand though :-)
Mine would be
1 Magic Is Loose
2 Let's Get Crazy
3 Strange Frontier
4 Man on Fire
5 Racing in the Streets
6 Killing Time
7 Its an Illusion
8 Foreign Sand
9 Revelation
10 Old Friend
11 Nazi's 1994
12 Pressure On
13 Nation of Haircuts
14 Believe in Yourself
15 Surrender
16 No More Fun
17 London Town, C'mon Down
18 Working Class Hero
That's seven songs from Electric Fire, blimey even I didn't know I liked it that much.
I'd enjoy (in no particular order)
1. No Violins
2. Future Management
3. Strange Frontier
4. Beautiful Dreams
5. Man On Fire
6. Racing In The Streets
7. Nazis 1994 (Schindler's Mix)
7. Hapiness
8. Foreign Sand
9. Everybody Hurts
10. Old Friends
11. A Nation of Haircuts
12. Believe In Yourself
13. Is It Me
14. No More Fun
No part. order here either:
Let's Get Crazy
Millionaire
Nation of Haircuts
Foreign Sand
Tonight
Everybody Hurts
London Town
Working Class Hero
On Top Of the World, Ma
Believe in Yourself
Pressure on
Happiness
Sister Blue
Life Changes
Actually I love all of Blue Rock and MB&DTK as well as EF but I had to pick and choose. :(