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
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Queen for a Day – I Want to Break Free
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
Queen for a Day – Machines (Back to Humans)
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
Queen for a Day – Man on the Prowl
So, if there’s one pattern on The Works, it’s that the band seems to be touching on all things familiar from their past and hodgepodging a record out of those ideas.Tear it Up is “It’s Late”.“It’s a Hard Life” is “The Game”.“Man on the Prowl” is “Crazy Little Thing…” A Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – It’s a Hard Life
Touching on their noted Opera tropes, Freddie’s paean to love opens with Vesti la Giubba from Paggliacci and then moves into more Queen-y territory.As a song, it could be “Play the Game Pt 2” and that’s not a bad thing. It’s fine. Not very exciting but if you like Freddie’s Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Tear It Up
Wait…what’s that sound?It’s a big ass drum sound…and a call for readiness…and some real crunchy guitars…and….a lead solo? Queen is back. The retro-fuck-techno sojourn has been put to rest, it seems, in favor of an “It’s Late” type stadium rocking sound from Brian May. Thank goodness. Ya can’t beat a Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Radio Ga Ga
It’s a hit single for Roger! But…not without help. First. From his son. Who was listening to the radio and said, since he was a baby, “Radio Ca ca.” Certainly one can picture Roger, king of songs that are lethargic, indulgent and never happy or uplifting, thinking, “Yeah! That’s a Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Under Pressure
Here we are. At the end of this record at last. I’ve never felt like Under Pressure belonged on this album. It was a single that was released a year before the album’s release. It was featured on their “Greatest Hits” record, before Hot Space was released. It feels like Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Cool Cat
Oh, when Freddie and John get together they create….. crap. This really isn’t a Queen song, per se. All the instruments, including the drum programming, is played by John. John doesn’t sing. (Except for backing vocals) I have no idea what his singing voice would even sound like. So, after that Continue Reading
Queen for a Day – Las Palabras De Amour (The Words of Love)
I always think of “Teo Torriate” when I think of this song. When Queen wrote the aforementioned they were on a high of success in Japan. As the band got older their success in latin american countries exploded.It was only a matter of time before they pandered, wrote a loving Continue Reading