| bigc 23.12.2004 15:30 |
I think its Scandal, but thats my personal opinion.its close between Scandal and A Winters Tale, both are easily better than a fair few tracks on GH3. (tie your mother down is another) |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 23.12.2004 15:42 |
Definitely Tie Your Mother Down. It's the perfect, tongue-in-cheek rock song, but it just didn't chart as high as it deserved. |
| QueenZeppelin 23.12.2004 16:12 |
Stone Cold Crazy. Thrash metal a full half decade before it was in vogue. This track is, is at least to me, the first such example of thrash metal. |
| Whisperer 23.12.2004 17:00 |
There's something about TYMD that I don't like, not sure what though. When you listen to it, it's a decent song and you start banging your head and enjoy it, but still I always skip it. Same thing with Now I'm Here, Play The Game and It's a Hard Life. |
| kleinhond 23.12.2004 17:07 |
Keep Yourself Alive, Stone Cold Crazy, Tie Your Mother Down, Spread Your Wings and Under Pressure should have been on GH1 (in fact they could still be added to a remastered expanded CD version with running time to spare) Las Palabras and These Are The Days Of Our Lives should have been on GH2 instead of Headlong and The Miracle A Winters Tale, Headlong, The Miracle, Scandal, Backchat and Body Language should have been on GH3 instead of Barcelona, Driven By You and tracks with George Michael and Wyclef |
| The Fairy King 23.12.2004 17:41 |
kleinhond wrote: Keep Yourself Alive, Stone Cold Crazy, .....should have been on GH1... |
| bigc 23.12.2004 18:02 |
a winters tale is the one that surprises me most it got to No 6, let left off for tracks which didnt even chart(elton john-show must go on), and no21(thank god its xmas),plus solo material which isnt even queen I can understand leaving scandal off GH3, cos it missed the boat(could have been on GH2) |
| QueenZeppelin 23.12.2004 18:20 |
Does it piss anybody else off that that guy kept on saying "woz" and seemed to know little about grammar and punctuation? |
| The Fairy King 23.12.2004 18:23 |
Dude, my story IS 100% correct, who gives a fuck about grammar?? IT'S READABLE! I'll save my grammar and spelling for my essays, this is a noticeboard for godssake don't be a wanker! |
| deleted user 23.12.2004 18:44 |
Since the songs I wanted to be included have already been mentioned, these are all the ones I don't think should have been included... Now I'm Here I Want It All You Don't Fool Me ABTD (Wyclef Jean) Under Pressure (David Bowie) The Show Must Go on (Elton John) While I like most of these songs alot, I think they take up space that could have been used by those great songs that have been missed :( |
| Zander05 23.12.2004 20:36 |
There are tons of songs that deserve to be called greatest hits. But I personally think that GH3 was an excuse to release music videos and a CD so as to appease our insatiable (sp?) appetite (no, I did not purposely rip that phrase from Killer Queen) for merchandise. OK, a Queen compilation should not feature solo material. And it does drive me nuts that the bulk of GH3 is the Made In Heaven Album. *shrugs* I dunno. Getting back to the topic though, I think Father To Son should have been 'greatest hit' worthy. I apologize for the negative comments towards GH3 as they don't relate to this thread at all. |
| mrWKMahler 23.12.2004 21:17 |
although on queen rocks... ITS LATE and some others FATHER TO SON OGRE BATTLE WHITE QUEEN ......................and a slew of songs as well... LONG LIVE THE BAD QUEEN CO! |
| Lester Burnham 23.12.2004 23:08 |
It would help if the songs you mentioned were singles. |
| Teo_torriate04 24.12.2004 02:46 |
Spread Your Wings, a wonderful, wonderful song. |
| Whisperer 24.12.2004 04:32 |
<b><font color="orange">Dust_Biter</b> wrote: I Want It AllWhy the hell? This is one of the best known Queen songs. It was a no.1 in many European countries and no.3 in the UK. |
| Lord Blackadder 24.12.2004 07:51 |
The BEST songs in my opinion that were missed off were Tie Your Mother Down and Spread Your Wings. But Queen said it's not a 'greatest hit' unless it gets above number 30. The only reason Tie your Mother Down didn't get very high in the charts has to be because of the fact that punk was kicking off (same for 77's Spread your Wings), the song is just brilliant, and it's Queen's best live song, especially when it's played near the end of the show like at Milton Keynes, the last 4 songs (take out AOBTD) are just pure carnage. But the songs like those, Keep Yourself Alive and Scandal should have gone on Greatest Hits III instead of Another One Bites The Dust with Wyclef. |
| Lord Blackadder 24.12.2004 07:57 |
Also as has been said about 5 times, these albums are NOT Best Of's. They are Greatest Hits. So I Want It All has to go on 'coz it got to number 3, and Now I'm Here got to number 11 or 12. |
| KJ 24.12.2004 10:35 |
Love of my life on GH1 |
| boy of destiny 24.12.2004 12:06 |
Definitely "Tie Your Mother Down." I don't know how it charted, but I've always thought that "Dragon Attack" is often overlooked. |
| moonie 24.12.2004 12:51 |
I may get shot down for this but I think 'I Go Crazy' should appear on a comp I bought Radio Gaga when it came out and thought the b side was way better then and still do now Good old fashioned over the top tongue in cheeck rocker lovely! |
| moonie 24.12.2004 12:53 |
craggsa wrote: I may get shot down for this but I think 'I Go Crazy' should appear on a comp I bought Radio Gaga when it came out and thought the b side was way better then and still do now Good old fashioned over the top tongue in cheeck rocker lovely!Christ look how I spelt Cheek Somebody get me a typist |
| Introducing_Christina Lauren 24.12.2004 14:00 |
March of the black queen my all time fave queen song I dont believe that it's on any on of the GH albums |
| Lester Burnham 24.12.2004 14:15 |
Introducing_Christina Lauren wrote: March of the black queen my all time fave queen song I dont believe that it's on any on of the GH albumsThere's a reason for that...because it wasn't a single. |
| deleted user 24.12.2004 18:05 |
Greatest Hits 1: Tie Your Mother Down Keep Yourself Alive (Not greatest hit but i think it should be on there) Liar (again think it should be on there) Spread Your Wings Greatest Hits II: Back Chat Las Palabras De Amor Scandal Greatest Hits III: A Winters Tale Mother Love |
| bitesthedust 25.12.2004 05:28 |
First point....why was Princes Of The Universe included on GH3 when it didn't even chart in the USA? Anyway, for the greatest hits collections I'd have released "singles" compliations covering every queen uk single release from Keep Yourself Alive to No One But You, splitting it across 3 albums, and released the same format across the rest of the world covering the releases for those countries, i.e. every usa single release for us/canada etc. |
| The Fairy King 25.12.2004 08:09 |
It wouldn't be a Greatest Hits compilation but a Singles compilation :P |
| QueenNewcastle 25.12.2004 13:32 |
Tie Your Mother Down, Scandal, Winter's Tale and Spread Your Wings |
| Journeyfan05 25.12.2004 13:44 |
Keep Yourself Alive always gives me that Rock and Roll feeling and though it isn't one of their popular or well known songs, i think You Take My Breath Away is beautiful |
| yellownymph 25.12.2004 13:47 |
Tie Your Mother Down Spread Your Wings Should be on GH1 Backchat Is This the world we created Was it all worth it Should be on GH2 Elton John, Wyclef Jean, and George Michael should not be on GH3 at all. Mother Love should be! Why isn't it? Mind you it would be easy to just put all of Made in Heaven on GH3 wouldn't it? |
| mr bad guy 5656 25.12.2004 14:44 |
Tie your mother down, no doubt about it. And Bohemian Rhapsody maybe...I don't know, it'd be probably too long for a greatest hits. Nähä. |
| killerqueenK8 25.12.2004 16:18 |
keep yourself alive |
| Cecilia 26.12.2004 01:20 |
i think its "tie your mother down" |
| bitesthedust 26.12.2004 05:20 |
The Fairy King wrote: The it wouldn't be a Greatest Hits compilation but a Singles compilation :Pyes, I know..... |
| maxpower 26.12.2004 05:34 |
speaking from uk in respect to gh1 the reason "tie your mother down" was left off was probably due to its positioning number 31 & likewise for "spread your wings" number 34 so technically chart wise they werent greatest hits ..as for songs they are "las palabras de amor" should have been included as it reached number 17 & it charted higher than "who wants to live forever" number 24 "the miracle" number 21 "im going slightly mad" number 22 I guess the reason "scandal" was left off was the fact "the miracle" was already heavily represented with the other 4 singles & its chart position number 25 as ghv3 i've never bought it how you can incorporate solo material into a queen album is a complete rip off |
| The Fairy King 26.12.2004 07:03 |
maxpower wrote: speaking from uk in respect to gh1 the reason "tie your mother down" was left off was probably due to its positioning number 31 & likewise for "spread your wings" number 34 so technically chart wise they werent greatest hits ..as for songs they are "las palabras de amor" should have been included as it reached number 17 & it charted higher than "who wants to live forever" number 24 "the miracle" number 21 "im going slightly mad" number 22 I guess the reason "scandal" was left off was the fact "the miracle" was already heavily represented with the other 4 singles & its chart position number 25 as ghv3 i've never bought it how you can incorporate solo material into a queen album is a complete rip offecho echo echo |
| messenger from seven seas. 26.12.2004 10:13 |
ALL the ones that aren't on greatest hits albums. But especially spread your wings. And bijou. And Tie your mother down. And..... |
| goinback 26.12.2004 19:22 |
Songs can be hits even if they weren't single IMHO. Queen had lots of FM radio hits in the '70s that weren't singles. TYMD, Keep Yourself Alive, Get Down Make Love, Death On Two Legs and even '39 got lots of airplay here. (My non-Queen fan friend still remembers '39...and we're in the US!). Love Of My Life should be on any compilation too I think, judging by how many audiences obviously loved it by singing along to it live. There was one radio hit though that I'm glad isn't on the compilations: Don't Try Suicide :) This even got regular airplay on the Top 40 pop stations here in Iowa/Nebraska, got played all the time at our skating rink, and all the kids at school knew it when I was growing up. I think people were looking for a new WWRY, and this song was somewhat similar. Of course the main reason for the popularity was it being the B-side of AOBTD.... |
| The Fairy King 26.12.2004 19:34 |
It's a hit when it reaches the charts, not when it's played on the radio. :P |
| goinback 26.12.2004 20:03 |
Well there are Top 40 hits, and there are FM radio hits. There are also video hits, etc.... Personally I don't think it's the right thing to do to look at the Top 40 singles chart for a ROCK band's hits...that's where you look for pop bands. Otherwise it would mean that "Stairway To Heaven" wasn't a hit, either, since it wasn't a Top 40 single (or even a single for that matter)...but it's a radio hit. So I guess it's all how it's defined. They shouldn't have called any of the discs "Greatest Hits" anyway IMHO.... |
| freddieismyqueen 26.12.2004 21:53 |
I like almost all the ones on the original three discs a great deal. From disc one, I don't really like "You're My Best Friend" for some reason, but it was a hit so it shouldn't be left out. I don't know why "Stone Cold Crazy", "Keep Yourself Alive", "Tie Your Mother Down", and "Spread Your Wings" weren't included. It just seems wrong to me. Disc two...I could live without Headlong...I mean, it's good but not one of their best. Too mainstream; not enough Queen in that one. Where were "Body Language", "Calling All Girls", and "Back Chat" on that one? Were they shunning Queen's Hot Space album's dance feel? They certainly CAN'T have been shunning the fun dance feel. After all, the rap re-mix of AOBTD was on GH3. That makes me cringe. It's not good. The third disc should have omitted such songs as Elton John's and George Michael's along with the solo cuts, leaving room for those omitted on the first two greatest hits albums. They slacked a bit on the third one. Sara |
| Introducing_Christina Lauren 27.12.2004 00:18 |
Lester Burnham wrote:OH, Well i feel less then ....Introducing_Christina Lauren wrote: March of the black queen my all time fave queen song I dont believe that it's on any on of the GH albumsThere's a reason for that...because it wasn't a single. :) |
| The Fairy King 27.12.2004 05:34 |
When you release commercial records like GH, you can't say we're not gonna look at the charts, let's look at radio airplay. How stupid is that? Queen IS/WAS a singles band, face it. And people adding some publicly unknown albumtracks won't save this stupid thread. Useless. |
| bigc 27.12.2004 14:08 |
I know all that. thats why I suggested Scandal and a winters tale(25,6) its just I felt GH3 was a bit..bizarre in terms of selection some songs werent even released as singles on GH3...how the fuk could they be hits? |
| The Fairy King 27.12.2004 14:11 |
I said i agreed with that and it woz stupid A Winter's Tale wozn't included, it was a top 10 hit! And the solo songs and remixes yeh..i know but i gave u all the info on the GH there is. These are the facts wotz the use for such threads?? |
| bigc 27.12.2004 17:00 |
i dont know. keeps our minds alive? |
| The Fairy King 27.12.2004 19:05 |
No keep our minds stupid, these threads aren't helping anyone neither are they entertaining anyone. It's becoming a cycle on this board. What should be on the Greatest Hits What should be left off Greatest Hits What should be on this album, or that album What should be left out, which b-side should they include Wot songs would be on the setlist for The Miracle tour, or Innuendo tour or fucking Made In Heaven tour even! and mooooore of these useless topics!! There should be FAQ on this site of all the things we already know, so the newbies can get their answers and we need a fucking moderator! it's madness MADNESS I TELL U! *madmanlaugh* *runs away* |
| kleinhond 29.12.2004 13:19 |
reply to Fairy King: ''all the songs on GH1 were at least top 10 songs!'' Er, no they weren't. ''Days Of Our Lives couldn't be included on GHII as it woz released as a double A side with Bo Rhap in December of 91 and GHII woz released in Oct of that year. Of course they could wait, but maybe they didn't plan on releasing Days of our lives...but then again they made a video for it.'' Days Of Our Lives was ALWAYS scheduled as a single in its own right, which is why they made a video for it. In fact I think it was a US single before Fred died. Remeber also that GH2 was scheduled for Nov 1990 but pushed back because of Innuendo. I'm still puzzled how Under Pressure was released within one week of GH1 but not included on most countries' pressings. Very odd. Bowie lost out on some royalities there! |
| kleinhond 30.12.2004 07:46 |
Fairy, Fairy, where art thou? |