This is the only Queen song I can handle.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 7 October 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahahaha...what, another Bohemian Rhapsody hater in the world besides me?
― Bimble, Sunday, 7 October 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
sounded a bit forced at the time, now forever overshadowed by Vanilla Ice
― gershy, Sunday, 7 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
in itself, it's okay. but for providing the bassline for "ice ice baby", (one of the greatest records ever made) classic.
― max r, Sunday, 7 October 2007 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
People who prefer "Ice Ice Baby" to "Under Pressure" need serious help.
― Darin, Monday, 8 October 2007 07:38 (sixteen years ago) link
No, people who don't do.
― I know, right?, Monday, 8 October 2007 08:34 (sixteen years ago) link
No, people who do, don't!
― Mark G, Monday, 8 October 2007 08:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm fine. You two must be the nuts.
― I know, right?, Monday, 8 October 2007 08:53 (sixteen years ago) link
People who prefer "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" to "Diamonds Are Forever" need serious help.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 8 October 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic.
Songs with finger-clicking always are.
― PhilK, Monday, 8 October 2007 12:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Amen.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 8 October 2007 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"Under Pressure" = one of the most classic songs ever by anyone.
People who prefer "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" to "Diamonds Are Forever" need serious help. I might be able to buy that if Jay-Z's verse wasn't so fucking good on the "Sierra Leone" remix.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 October 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
It's mainly built around a bass theme, with very ostinato based harmonics. The melody is sort of a slave of the arrangement and the riff, while I prefer the opposite.
this is only true of the first 16 bars. then the bass starts moving around with the rest of the arrangement, it goes all over the place after that
― gff, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
oh why in fuck am i bothering
anyway, this is classic.
― gff, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
the youtube version with gail ann dorsey is pretty great, in its own way
― gff, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
'cause love's such an old fashioned word and love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves; this is our last dance this is our last dance this is ourselves, under pressure
^^^ these are great lyrics
― gff, Monday, 8 October 2007 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the main problem about this is that Queen were in the middle of a really fruitless period. After all, they released their two worst ever albums just before and just after this single.
And Bowie - in spite of "Let's Dance" and some "Tonight" tracks being quite good - was about to lose it artistically too, as evident by later work.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 8 October 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
he never did anything worse than Peace On Earth
― blueski, Monday, 8 October 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
TS: Tin Machine Vs. "Never Let Me Down" Vs. "Peace On Earth" Vs. "The Laughing Gnome"? ;)
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 8 October 2007 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic for people in bars who start accidentally singing "Ice Ice Baby" along to it and the people who mock them. Dud for everyone who lives in the East Village and/or LES and doesn't just party there on the weekends.
― Andi Mags, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic for inspiring this thread.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 8 October 2007 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/13/david-bowie-recorded-songs-with-queen-that-never-got-releasedWould love to hear them tear through "All The Young Dudes" and "All The Way From Memphis", let alone the original material..
― willem, Monday, 17 July 2017 11:05 (six years ago) link