My favourite Queen songs not written by Freddie:Keep Yourself Alive (Brian)Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Roger)White Queen (Brian)Brighton Rock (Brian)Tenement Funster (Roger)Now I'm Here (Brian)I'm in Love with My Car (Roger)'39 (Brian)The Prophet's Song (Brian)Long Away (Brian)Sheer Heart Attack (Roger)Plus various bits of the Flash soundtrack not written by Fred
Not much John there I guess, sorry John.
― a down-on-his-luck gastromancer enters (Matt #2), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
No love for "Another one Bites the Dust"? That's an all time groove all genres.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
He also wrote You're My Best Friend.
― Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
Here's ten of fifteen:
[1. “Back Chat” (John Deacon)2. “A Kind of Magic” (Roger Taylor)3. “Under Pressure” (Queen/David Bowie)4. “The Invisible Man” (Roger Taylor)5. “Hammer to Fall” (Brian May)6. “Dragon Attack” (Brian May)7. “You’re My Best Friend” (John Deacon)8. “Calling All Girls” (Roger Taylor)9. “39” (Brian May)10. “I Want to Break Free” (John Deacon)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
I'd prefer Another One Bites the Dust if it was actually played by Chic, rather than Roger "Not Funky" Taylor trying to sound like them.
― a down-on-his-luck gastromancer enters (Matt #2), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
You're My Best Friend is endlessly charming.
Dragon Attack features a brief but monstrously thrilling drum spotlight.
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
You're My Best Friend my go-to song when I want to demonstrate to someone how a Wurlitzer electric piano sounds different than a Fender Rhodes
― Lee626, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Is YMBF Wurlitzer or Fender Rhodes?
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
Wurlitzer
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
the Wurlitzer has a gritter "bark" or "growl" (at least when played loud), whereas the Fender Rhodes is more mellow and chiming.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
good lord A Day At The Races is great and I don't think I've ever heard any of these songs before? was there a hit?
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Sunday, 26 June 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
Somebody To Love was the big single, #2 in the UK (and a totally sublime bit of faux gospel). Tie Yr Mother Down went #31, and Good Old Fashioned Loverboy - which I never liked as a kid but is now the excelsis of Queen's joyous whimsy to these ears - hit #17. It's my favourite LP of theirs after Sheer Heart Attack, and a lot less bitty and uneven than A Night At The Opera. You Take My Breath Away and Long Away are both crazy beautiful, and White Man is like a heavier and more focused Prophet's Song, and Teo Torriate is just wonderful, a big, blousy, over-the-top emotional anthem.
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Sunday, 26 June 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
thanks!
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Sunday, 26 June 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
i think nowadays Good Old Fashioned Loverboy is maybe my fave queen single
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Sunday, 26 June 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
"Drowse" might be Roger Taylor's best song, more considered than his earlier contributions.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 26 June 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link