“No synthesizers!” was the cry on every Queen album in the 70s. All the sounds that were produced came from non synthetic instrumentation.
And then the opening descending noise-waterfall of the album The Game happened and we knew that was over.
But, it wasn’t like they went crazy. In fact, more than anything, the album was a back-to-basics affair. And this song opened the festivities. The calliopal bridge bled into a trad-guitar solo and it didn’t really sound all that different from anything that could have been on News of the World.
The big harmonies are there, the bombast.
The song itself is pablum and piffle. “This is your life, all you have to do is fall in love. Play the game.”But it’s no worse than, say, “Jealousy”.
A fine, neat, somewhat dull, by the numbers Queen song.
Grade: B+
