After the debacle os singing an ode to his CAT, Freddie started and Brian finished a rousing rocker ala “I Want it All”. It’s all riffage and muscle and meat. When he died, I figured the song was some descriptor of the disease, but now, 22 years later, I think maybe it’s just a song. The lyrics are pretty awful, “Trouble in the east, Trouble in the west, Struggle with the beast, what a thief what a pest. Come back mother, nuke that sucker.”.
But, heck it was never going to be played live, right? So, who cared? At this point, the guys are just trying to put stuff out to mark time to the end. And it goes on…..and on….and on….with an unmemorable guitar solo. It’s metal sludge at it’s 90s-est.
“The Hitman” is easily forgotten.
Grade: C-
