Queen song profile videos: Commentary on Queen - "The Prophet's Song" (1975) th-cam.com/video/k-vjHNVaqQM/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Queen - "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (1975) th-cam.com/video/NSacKiioW90/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Queen - "The Millionaire Waltz" (1976) th-cam.com/video/ueyy15KDfjs/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Queen - "The March of the Black Queen" (1974) th-cam.com/video/am8qZRiDSDs/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Queen - "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (1976) th-cam.com/video/_1dTn73NWBU/w-d-xo.html Commentary on Queen - "My Fairy King" th-cam.com/video/RO1KmpSOhHk/w-d-xo.html How well do you know Queen? th-cam.com/video/2q6KgxQkgVM/w-d-xo.html
Your descriptions of the songs on A Day at the Races and News of the World make me want to listen to those albums again. I used to think both albums were hit and miss compared to what came before and after.
Queen had everything: four members who each wrote (and all wrote number one hits) a run of terrific albums numerous radio anthems commanding stage presence distinct graphics and logos sonic innovation (the Red Special, advanced overdub techniques) an instantly recognizable sound a subgenre all their own (opera rock) stardom in every corner of the planet (including the then-hostile USSR)
My first memory of Queen is on some pre-MTV Saturday music program that played clips of "We Are the Champions" and "Another One Bites the Dust." Those songs are etched into my mind as all-time anthems from an early age. Their catalog, which I've explored over the years, has been very rewarding.
Your breakdown of the Flash soundtrack is interesting. I never noticed that it was Taylor, of all members, who brought the amblient/Eno element to that project. To think that he would be the Queen member most hip to that after all the hot rod songs he wrote in the 70s.
"Keep Yourself Alive" is the most compelling rock anthem ever. Everyone who knows it knows that it should have been a worldwide number one smash. Radio was clueless. It's strange how the cabaret-opera tune "Killer Queen" did it for them. It's a wonderful song, just unlikely for 70s radio.
Queen song profile videos:
Commentary on Queen - "The Prophet's Song" (1975)
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Commentary on Queen - "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" (1975)
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Commentary on Queen - "The Millionaire Waltz" (1976)
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Commentary on Queen - "The March of the Black Queen" (1974)
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Commentary on Queen - "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (1976)
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Commentary on Queen - "My Fairy King"
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How well do you know Queen?
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Your descriptions of the songs on A Day at the Races and News of the World make me want to listen to those albums again. I used to think both albums were hit and miss compared to what came before and after.
Queen had everything:
four members who each wrote (and all wrote number one hits)
a run of terrific albums
numerous radio anthems
commanding stage presence
distinct graphics and logos
sonic innovation (the Red Special, advanced overdub techniques)
an instantly recognizable sound
a subgenre all their own (opera rock)
stardom in every corner of the planet (including the then-hostile USSR)
My first memory of Queen is on some pre-MTV Saturday music program that played clips of "We Are the Champions" and "Another One Bites the Dust." Those songs are etched into my mind as all-time anthems from an early age. Their catalog, which I've explored over the years, has been very rewarding.
Also note that Squier replaced Bowie's backing vocals on "Cool Cat".
Zandra Rhodes designed some of Queen's wardrobe.
Oh yes, she behind the pricey 'Conceptual Chic' take on punk.
Queen II is one of the most important rock albums ever. It redefined how bands could use the studio as a fifth instrument in the context of hard rock
Your breakdown of the Flash soundtrack is interesting. I never noticed that it was Taylor, of all members, who brought the amblient/Eno element to that project. To think that he would be the Queen member most hip to that after all the hot rod songs he wrote in the 70s.
Taylor was the best musician in the band.
"Keep Yourself Alive" is the most compelling rock anthem ever. Everyone who knows it knows that it should have been a worldwide number one smash. Radio was clueless. It's strange how the cabaret-opera tune "Killer Queen" did it for them. It's a wonderful song, just unlikely for 70s radio.