Guess the Cosmos Lyric Writer!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]LyricHunger wrote: [/QUOTENAME]6. We Believe:
BM: 5 votes
According to an BM interview snippet on Queenpedia, Paul came in with this one.[/QUOTE]

I just looked at this, and the quote should not have said it was written by Paul in brackets. The actual quote from the magazine is this:

"Paul has contributed some lovely stuff that people might compare to our Sheer Heart Attack days, including a great little ditty titled Call Me. I won't say it's like Killer Queen but it has that same lightness. There's also another called We Believe, which is fairly upbeat."

The comment about We Believe was a separate statement. I blame Lester for this confusion, cause HE added that quote to Queenpedia! ;-)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]LyricHunger wrote: [/QUOTENAME]6. We Believe:
BM: 5 votes
According to an BM interview snippet on Queenpedia, Paul came in with this one.[/QUOTE]

I just looked at this, and the quote should not have said it was written by Paul in brackets. The actual quote from the magazine is this:

"Paul has contributed some lovely stuff that people might compare to our Sheer Heart Attack days, including a great little ditty titled Call Me. I won't say it's like Killer Queen but it has that same lightness. There's also another called We Believe, which is fairly upbeat."

The comment about We Believe was a separate statement. I blame Lester for this confusion, cause HE added that quote to Queenpedia! ;-)[/QUOTE]

HEY! I was confused :( Looking at that quote, they seem connected! Also, I wouldn't necessarily call 'We Believe' "upbeat"...

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]LyricHunger wrote: [/QUOTENAME]6. We Believe:
BM: 5 votes
According to an BM interview snippet on Queenpedia, Paul came in with this one.[/QUOTE]

I just looked at this, and the quote should not have said it was written by Paul in brackets. The actual quote from the magazine is this:

"Paul has contributed some lovely stuff that people might compare to our Sheer Heart Attack days, including a great little ditty titled Call Me. I won't say it's like Killer Queen but it has that same lightness. There's also another called We Believe, which is fairly upbeat."

The comment about We Believe was a separate statement. I blame Lester for this confusion, cause HE added that quote to Queenpedia! ;-)[/QUOTE]

HEY! I was confused :( Looking at that quote, they seem connected! Also, I wouldn't necessarily call 'We Believe' "upbeat"...[/QUOTE]

I don't care who wrote it. It's too preachy :-)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Also, I wouldn't necessarily call 'We Believe' "upbeat"...[/QUOTE]

Yeah, for real.

We Believe is the best song on the album.
Am I the only one who thinks Roger wrote it?

If theres lots of love in the song then Im 99% sure Paul would have written it.

Does anyone else think the tune/rhythm to We Believe sounds a lot like certain parts of Las Palabras De Amour? I havn't listened to LPDA in quite a while but when I heard We Believe I immediately thought they sounded similar in parts. Not that this is not a bad thing of course, I've always really liked Las Palabras and after a few listens I must say that We Believe is definitely growing on me. It is a bit preachy and the words a little cheesy though. Defo chalk this one up to Dr May

Yes, I can see the similarity to Los Palabros De Amour. And I like it.


So far I've liked all the songs after only 1 play. And I still like them after 3.

"We Believe" to me is outstanding...

A nice Hegelian dialectic here (or is it trialectic?) :-)

"I believe" - thesis

"You believe" - antithesis

"Some people believe" - second antithesis

"We believe" - synthesis

I ain't sure, but let's just blow the dust away from our 'The Stonk' releases, listen to them few times and then listen to 'Cosmos Rockin''... I'd say Bri, though maybe both of Queenies.

If you nose around on Brian's Soapbox there's a lot more definitive information on who wrote what.

The one I question is Small, in some ways the lyrics sound like Paul, however the feel seems more like Brian?

Small reminds me a lot of Seagull, so I'd guess it was a Paul song.

We Believe is written by Brian, see the Roger interview on BrianMay.com

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Serry... wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I ain't sure, but let's just blow the dust away from our 'The Stonk' releases, listen to them few times and then listen to 'Cosmos Rockin''... I'd say Bri, though maybe both of Queenies.[/QUOTE]

I would say it is Brian's because of the 50's feel to it, reminiscent of "The Stonk" and "Red Special" (exclusive CD released by Brian in Japan in 1998).

I could also say it is by Brian and Roger, because of it's similarities to "I Go Crazy".

But then Roger said it was his and that Brian "through in some riffs" or something like that. Could he be mistaken?

Cheers,

Ogre-

Thanks for the most recent input!
Here are the cleaned-up stats, based in the information brought in as of now in this thread.
The battle rages on as concerns Time To Shine, Small, Some Things That Glitter and Through The Night in particular.


1. Cosmos Rockin’: Roger

2. Time To Shine:
PR: 5 votes
BM: 3 vote

3. Still Burnin’:
BM: 5 votes
PR: 1 vote

4. Small / 14. small reprise:
RT: 2 votes
BM: 3 votes
PR: 2 votes

5. Warboys: Paul
6. We Believe: Brian
7. Call Me: Paul

8. Voodoo:
PR: 5 votes

9. Some Things That Glitter:
RT: 1 vote
BM: 3 votes
PR: 1 vote

10. C-lebrity: Roger

11. Through The Night:
BM: 2 votes
PR: 3 votes

12. Say It’s Not True: Roger

13. Surf’s Up ... School’s Out:
RT: 5 votes