Queen

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

I wonder if, really, anything needs to be said here. Has there been a song about which more has been written over the years? We know about Freddie adding more and more “Galileos”. We know about playing it on RTB’s glass piano. We know about…everything.If you aren’t familiar with it, Continue Reading

After the blues breaker, the skiffle and the prog rock, Brian is back, this time with a bit of fluff. His ukelele in tow, Mr. May tosses off a little familial disappointment (sort of a hidden forte, it seems) with Good Company. It’s more than a wee bit loopy, perhaps Continue Reading

Is Love of My Life the most beautiful song Queen ever produced? Arguably. It’s definitely up there. It somehow become a stadium anthem, especially in South America. A pretty piano. An acoustic guitar. A harp. It’s treacly and yet it works. Expanding on the love-abandoned theme of Nevermore, the singer Continue Reading