See, this is why people hate Queen. Perhaps inspired by the riffing that resulted in Another One…this Funk Bass/easy rocker has the single dumbest lyrics buttressed up against a real sentiment. And yet, Queen managed to pull it off. The finger snaps, the smoky jazz hall melody, the giant instrumental, Continue Reading
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Queen for a Day – Rock It (Prime Jive)
So, Freddie wrote a retro track.Deacon wrote one.What’s left? Well, Brian, definitely, but for sure, Roger “I’ve never had a hit but I don’t wanna be left out” Taylor pulled out his guitar and started arpeggiating.Apeing his song, “Tenement Funster” he pulls out his cheesiest rhymes (“Shoot and Get Your Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
True story:I was in the back of a car toward the end of high school with some friends and this song came on. They asked me what I thought of it and I said that, “well, I guess I like fifties music”….Then they told me it was Queen. This wasn’t Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Need Your Loving Tonight
If you’ve been reading this series (and, really, who hasn’t?) you might have noticed by now that I am not really much of a fan of John Deacon’s work. He write’s trite, uninteresting “love” songs. Crap like “Misfire” (although it was covered by Neko Case a few years ago) and Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Another One Bites the Dust
Where were you in 1980? If you were anywhere in the country and you had a radio you heard Another One Bites the Dust. It was massive. So much so that it kind of has become a cliche. John Deacon twisted a Chic bassline (can you hear “Good Times”?) and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. – Some Nights – 2012
fun. – Some Nights – 2012 I wasn’t very kind to “Some Nights” when it first came out. I think I was looking for Aim & Ignite II. Cardinal sin of music appreciation. I gave them a very mediocre review on PopDose and I was validated by the 3 stars Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool – fun. (Steel Train) – Steel Train
fun. couldn’t have happened unless Nate Ruess was introduced to Jack Antonoff (as well as Andrew Dost). Jack had another band at the time, one that is on the back burner right now. But, they put out an album in 2010 and here is the review from that time. Reposted Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Dragon Attack
Queen was obviously drinking from the funk fountain in the late 70s. They would score a number one on the disco charts with Another One Bites the Dust. But, that wasn’t the ONLY funk/dance track on The Game. This Brian May jam was the second song on the album (and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. – Aim & Ignite
fun. – Aim and Ignite – 2009 “Have you ever wondered about our old nu-metal friends and what became of them?” In the early summer of 2009 I got an email from the owner of a blog that I read and occasionally wrote for. It was pretty simple. “We don’t Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: fun. (The Format) – Dog Problems
The Format – Dog Problems – 2006 This is more like it. Talk about growth. How they made the leap in three years from standard issue Power Pop to this I don’t know. But, it’s here. And you should listen to it. “Matches”, a 3/4 time prelude, if you will, Continue Reading