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Post by jimmydean on May 6, 2020 5:17:12 GMT
I like it. If anyone has the opportunity, listen to the acoustic guitar on the MFSL version vs. the 2011 remaster, and tell me what you think. i listened to it - not sure what you're trying to point out. any particular bit? |
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Post by Steve on May 6, 2020 7:45:18 GMT
As a sucker for upbeat songs with dark lyrics, I love it. name some favorites! - Bad Moon Rising - Girlfriend in a Coma - Born In the USA - Nice Guys Finish Last (Green Day) - Yes (Manics) NGFL is one of my faves from GD. Great song. |
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Post by stevedorius on May 7, 2020 23:12:49 GMT
I like it. If anyone has the opportunity, listen to the acoustic guitar on the MFSL version vs. the 2011 remaster, and tell me what you think. i listened to it - not sure what you're trying to point out. any particular bit? I just think the acoustic on the remaster sounds lifeless in comparison, something important is lost - is it just me?  |
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Post by jbr on May 8, 2020 3:46:24 GMT
Freddie ran out of Ideas on Hot Space, but his writing was decent on The Works. It's A Hard Life wasn't the big hit on the album, but It's my favorite. I love It's a Hard Life, and it's also my favorite song on The Works. Although the melody for the opening lines (I don't want....no reason for living) is from the aria Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci, I'm pretty sure that Freddie was giving a nod to the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera. In the movie, Groucho sings those lines with the wrong lyrics (Ridi Pagliacci, I love you very muchee). That wouldn't have been lost on Freddie. It made me laugh the first time I heard IAHL. The song's melody is beautiful, and the lyrics are touching. Those three solo piano notes at the end are so haunting - I invariably listen to the song a second time before listening to the rest of the album. The live version from Brazil is just about perfect. So yeah, a great song. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2020 15:33:27 GMT
I don't think Frederick ran out of ideas for 'Hot Space'. He had plenty of ideas, it's just that most of us didn't like them.
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Post by mike71 on May 10, 2020 17:55:41 GMT
Don't Try Suicide or Keep Passing The Open Windows. Which do you prefer? Both Anti suicide songs.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 4:31:34 GMT
As a sucker for upbeat songs with dark lyrics, I love it. name some favorites! - Bad Moon Rising - Girlfriend in a Coma - Born In the USA - Nice Guys Finish Last (Green Day) - Yes (Manics) I just saw this! You listed some great ones!
Ooh Bad Moon & Nice Guys Finish Last, two of my favorites!
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Post by jimmydean on May 12, 2020 3:48:52 GMT
name some favorites! - Bad Moon Rising - Girlfriend in a Coma - Born In the USA - Nice Guys Finish Last (Green Day) - Yes (Manics) I just saw this! You listed some great ones!
Ooh Bad Moon & Nice Guys Finish Last, two of my favorites!
Interesting picks - i'll check them out. i know hanging on the telephone by Blondie and KKK by the ramones. but not familiar with the others you sure you're a Queen fan?! you're pretty deep in punk. didn't think there was much cross over. while i've never really gotten into punk (other than Green Day which may have roots in punk, but really weren't... at least they weren't past Insomniac...) I always thought I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones may be the most efficient pop song of all time. There is so much happening in two and half minutes. perfectly arranged and the final octave shift really drives it home. Upbeat song - somewhat dark lyrics. perfect Covid-19 anthem. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 4:58:34 GMT
I just saw this! You listed some great ones!
Ooh Bad Moon & Nice Guys Finish Last, two of my favorites!
Interesting picks - i'll check them out. i know hanging on the telephone by Blondie and KKK by the ramones. but not familiar with the others you sure you're a Queen fan?! you're pretty deep in punk. didn't think there was much cross over. while i've never really gotten into punk (other than Green Day which may have roots in punk, but really weren't... at least they weren't past Insomniac...) I always thought I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones may be the most efficient pop song of all time. There is so much happening in two and half minutes. perfectly arranged and the final octave shift really drives it home. Upbeat song - somewhat dark lyrics. perfect Covid-19 anthem. I agree - perfect Covid anthems! Sedated is a great pop track, perfect 2 minutes of catchiness. Ramones had only a couple tricks, but those couples tricks were perfected. I agree with Green Day as well, Insomniac might be the best sounding punk record of all time too. Between Mike’s Gibson Grabber and Tre’s tom sound from his Ayotte Green Stain Maple kit. After Insomniac, Nimrod was a near flawless record, but they started losing the punk edge. Haha! Yes! Queen will always be my #1 favorite! Its cliché but I really do love all types of music. Queen to Eminem to GG Allin to Kool & the Gang to The Crystals, it’s quite obscure shit...but to me if it’s catchy, I usually like it...my roots will be punk, because it’s what I grew up with, but only if the songs are catchy and the singer has a good voice. I like some hardcore-punk stuff, but it’s rare. Like what I said with voices, that’s what attracts me to The Misfits, because Glenn Danzig is such an incredible singer, same with the other bands listed - great unique voices. Glenn Danzig and Freddie to me have the best voices in rock music history. Glenn’s beyond underrated, from his band The Misfits to his solo shit Danzig, I’d check out these two tracks if you’re looking for someone who has pure power with range and emotion. He can sing blues to metal to rock to industrial to rockabilly to weird tribal things. Genius. youtu.be/g5zQZqWvcm4 & youtu.be/zO6nRXPzX1A |
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Post by jant1106 on Jun 7, 2020 2:51:44 GMT
The chorus sounds almost Gilbert & Sullivan to me, and that makes me laugh. The first time I heard it, during the chorus, I pictured men holding giant prop daisies and skipping in a follow the leader style line that went through a bunch of curly cues while the swayed their giant daisies side to side to the beat as they skipped. Yes, I’m weird. However, it makes me laugh, so I consider it a guilty pleasure. (Agreed with the Elvis sound in the second verse, and the bridge being strong point.)
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 10, 2020 18:14:05 GMT
Freddie ran out of Ideas on Hot Space, but his writing was decent on The Works. It's A Hard Life wasn't the big hit on the album, but It's my favorite. Keep Passing The Open Windows was good i think he also ran out of ideas on The Works. If all you can come up with are two ballads, Man On The Prowl and a Joe Jackson ripoff, I'd venture that from 1982-1986 Freddie had a bad case songwriter's block (or couldn't be bothered) you choose. But when you look at his contribution over that period: Staying Power â– Body Language â– Life Is Real: IAHL â– Man On The Prowl â– Keep Passing... â– ITTWWC â– FWBF â– Pain Is So...â– Princes There's some serious barrel-scraping there. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 10, 2020 19:35:34 GMT
Freddie ran out of Ideas on Hot Space, but his writing was decent on The Works. It's A Hard Life wasn't the big hit on the album, but It's my favorite. Keep Passing The Open Windows was good i think he also ran out of ideas on The Works. If all you can come up with are two ballads, Man On The Prowl and a Joe Jackson ripoff, I'd venture that from 1982-1986 Freddie had a bad case songwriter's block (or couldn't be bothered) you choose. But when you look at his contribution over that period: Staying Power â– Body Language â– Life Is Real: IAHL â– Man On The Prowl â– Keep Passing... â– ITTWWC â– FWBF â– Pain Is So...â– Princes There's some serious barrel-scraping there. I wonder if that's why they stopped crediting songs individually? At least by crediting them all to Queen, it wasn't so obvious who came up with all the crap ones! |
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Post by ted on Jul 10, 2020 20:16:00 GMT
Honestly, it feels like it was supposed to be a throwaway B-side but wound up getting thrown on the album to fill time. Agreed. Although I don't consider it to be as mediocre as Another One Bites the Dust and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, I've never really liked DTS.
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Post by jimmydean on Jul 12, 2020 4:16:00 GMT
ah, yes, the mediocre.
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Post by macduff77 on Jul 12, 2020 22:59:57 GMT
I’ve thought about this also. But then I do remember what he ended up working on outside of Queen around this time: Love Kills My favs from Mr. Bad Guy: I Was Born To Love You Made In Heaven Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow There Must Be More To Life Than This Mr. Bad Guy Your Kind of Lover And then onto the work with the Barcelona LP. It’s possible he spread himself too thin. This and with all his extra curricular activities, there was surely an impact there. But he was still capable of producing some solid tracks. Just not all for Queen and maybe not at the same level as the 70’s stuff. To stay on track, I’ve grown to appreciate DTS since this thread began. Not my fav lyrics but a catchy song musically. Freddie ran out of Ideas on Hot Space, but his writing was decent on The Works. It's A Hard Life wasn't the big hit on the album, but It's my favorite. Keep Passing The Open Windows was good i think he also ran out of ideas on The Works. If all you can come up with are two ballads, Man On The Prowl and a Joe Jackson ripoff, I'd venture that from 1982-1986 Freddie had a bad case songwriter's block (or couldn't be bothered) you choose. But when you look at his contribution over that period: Staying Power ■Body Language ■Life Is Real: IAHL ■Man On The Prowl ■Keep Passing... ■ITTWWC ■FWBF ■Pain Is So...■Princes There's some serious barrel-scraping there. |
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Post by Dimitris on Jul 16, 2020 18:16:46 GMT
During late 70s therecwas a rock n roll vibe especially in United States, maybe because of Elvis death, nostalgia and ofcourse Grease movie.
Freddie was on rock n roll as all the band, but he was more in musical type orchestrations.
CLTCL and Don't try suicide are almost in the same vein with Grease songs, they are very musical.
Freddie during the 80s still have the talent but he used it very differently than 70s
His songs were still melodic (that's all about Queen) with few exceptions like Body Laguage or Let's turn it on from his solo album.
Life is real, Play the game, the Kiss, football fight and his contributions in Flash album, It's a hard life and Princes of the universe show that he still had the fire.
As most 70s artists and bands during the 80s it was difficult to be fresh and new.
Anyway Don't try suicide isn't a bad song or either is a good. It's just has a pontential which makes it interesting.
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