Music Reviews

It’s been a long while since Queen came up with a bona fide Anthem!. In fact, for years their shows ended with “We WIll Rock You” and “We are the Champions” and by 1986, they had been around for about 8 years.So, I guess it was time for a big Continue Reading

Ah, so now we’re back in “Body Language” territory. Only this time it sounds more like an MOR, easy listening R&B jam. In other words, it’s about as generic as generic can be. Any teeth that the band have had once upon a time are long gone. This is as Continue Reading

Right where it belongs, historically speaking, is the requisite treacly John Deacon I-love-you ditty. John doesn’t seem to have anything else going on in his life save his exclamations of affection for his “best friend”, cuz it’s just “you & I”, etc, etc. This time it’s almost as bad as Continue Reading

One this. One that. Roger has stated that he was the genesis for “One Vision”. And this is his track, the real opening to the album. A plodding, driving, catchy, sound-a-like for “Radio Gaga”, this song is a perfect example of what Queen was. Roger came up with the spine, Continue Reading

I really think of this as the 3rd wave of Queen. At this point they’re just a group of guys who know how to push through and craft pop hits. Maybe they were always that way. Like “Under Pressure”, “One Vision” came out a group jam. And it sounds like it. Continue Reading

A slight ballad with just Freddie and Brian closes The Works and it’s the saddest and most socially conscious song the band has come up with so far.The world was awakening to the hunger problems in Africa and elsewhere so Freddie wrote some heartfelt lyrics that asked the title’s question. Continue Reading

Thanks, Brian. Not sure why “Hammer to Fall” comes so late on The Works, with it’s big Red Special crunchy chords, the (long missed) multi-layered chorus, it’s classic Queen. Freddie is in full snarl, the voice that made him one of the singularly greatest singers in rock history. The band Continue Reading

Apparently Queen’s obsession with Hollywood wasn’t quenched with Flash Gordon. They hitched their wagon to another crapfest. This time it was the movie adaptation of “The Hotel New Hampshire”. I have no idea how….what….why….. The title of the song is an oft-repeated mantra in the book. The cynicism is astounding. Continue Reading

The video, with the band crossdressing as characters from a British show that no one knew in the US is what killed Queen in the States once and for all. They would never recover. Truth is, they are wayyyyyy past their relevance at this point. This song may as well Continue Reading

Oh, Roger, you techno-embracer, you. It’s been obvious for a few records now and his own solo debut, that Roger is more interested in moving away from humans and toward programmed technology based music. Continuing the “Hey, we did it once before, let’s rewrite it!” template, this is “Calling All Continue Reading