The dying lead singer wrote a song for his cat. The drummer didn’t want to include it on the album because it’s well, a song about a cat. The singer pleaded. It’s on the album.
It’s a song about a cat.
It’s so much a song about a cat that the lead guitar solo sounds like a crying…cat.
It must have been recorded close to the end of the album because Freddie can barely hit any notes without sounding strained. Especially when he’s chiding his…cat….for peeing on Chippendale furniture.
It’s not the nadir of Queen but it’s pretty damned close.
Grade: D+
