Music Reviews

A loopy, calliope of a tune, Roger avails himself of recent travails. It’s still a bit morose, rog ain’t the happiest of guys. The “fantastic Drowse” “bores you to rages of tears”. See what I mean? The good news is this song pretty much winds down the album and the Continue Reading

A ditty. Not as cute as, say, Seaside Rendezvous or Lazing, but not disposable, either. And light years from Killer Queen.It’s an overblown, over produced, kitchen sink of a love song with a toe still wading in the 20s striped full body bathing suit era Freddie seems to love. And Continue Reading

I hate this song. It’s the Sweet Lady of this album. An apology ode to Indians the song is basically another in a long line of Brian May blues rockers. Pick a riff, write a song. There’s nothing fun on it, it’s the song you fast forward on cassette. A Continue Reading

And then there’s this. This was my late daughter’s favorite Queen song. Took me a while to be able to listen to it again. I’m glad I can.If Bohemian Rhapsody represented a level of superstardom for the band it also was something of a novelty tune. With it’s opera section Continue Reading

Ugh, this is one of those treacly, obnoxious, John Deacon songs. It’s also grammatically incorrect. It smacks of everything that was cheesy in the 70s. All it’s missing is Kiki Dee.We get it. John loves his wife. She’s his muse. But the “de-doo-doo”s and the galloping ramp up to the Continue Reading

I’ve always though of this song as Races’ answer to Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s not the showstopper that comes a few songs down, but it’s different, and better. Starting and stopping semi-fitfully, it’s a song made for the broadway stage, not rock and roll. Forget the 3/4 time waltz tempo, which Continue Reading

Now we get to the song that I alluded to on an earlier post. The one that galvanized my adoration for the band above all others.It’s not the best song in their catalog. Not by far. But, it was a complete surprise to me at the time I heard it.I Continue Reading

How lovely is this song? Opening with a flurry of harmonies done by Freddie it features him on piano singing an ode to a great love. One that does what the title says.As we move to the second verse, he is accompanied briefly by his own backing vox.The song builds Continue Reading

It opens with a guitar based, quasi japanese theme. It turns into a swirl of sounds that gives way to a massive, Jimmy Page style riff that, according to the liner notes, was labeled “sheer bloody poetry” by The Times.After the hodgepodge of the last album, and the weak blues Continue Reading

As an homage to Hendrix, as an album coda, as a bit of pomp and circumstance, this song is the perfect album closer. Do we need it? No. Is it offensive in any way? No. Useful? Yes. Using this song in concert allowed the band to soar to new heights Continue Reading