Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure" - Classic or Dud?

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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

nine years pass...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/13/david-bowie-recorded-songs-with-queen-that-never-got-released
Would 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


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