OH FREDDIE YOU SHOULDN¨T HAVE - 10 Queen songs that don´t rock my world. – Page 3

Saif · Member since January 2007

05 June 2009 09:10

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[b]Bigfish wrote: [/b]

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[b]Saif wrote: [/b]

Was It All Worth It is one of their finest moments.

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I think my main problem with "worth it" is the lyrics. The songs ok, maybe a bit overblown but some of the lyric couplets, well.. I illustrated the worst offence but there are others. I do appreciate that some of the lyrics are lost on non-native english speakers. One reason why FWBF is quite popular in Spain for example.

[/QUOTE] Yeah, the lyrics ARE a joke for a band of Queen's stature, especially at that point in their career, when you expect them to have matured as lyricists.

doxonrox · Member since September 2008

05 June 2009 20:29

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[b]Bigfish wrote: [/b]

I love em to bits but they did record some stinkers, let´s face it. So in no particular order......

[b]The Invisible Man
[/b][i]Really appalling, turgid and offensive re-working of Ray Parker Juniors ´´Ghostbusters´´complete with annoying electro bass.
[/i][b]Man on the Prowl
[/b][i]A Complete bollocks attempt to retread ´Crazy little thing´ territory with Shakin Stevens style guitar solo. Should have given the whole song to him.
[/i][b]Misfire
[/b][i]The Clue is in the title. Thankfully JD´s songwriting got better.
[/i][b]My Baby Does Me
[/b][i]Yes I should think she probably does but not while listening to this surely. (Original Vinyl of the Miracle criminally overlooked ¨Hang on in There¨ in favour of this - what were they thinking of)
[/i][b]Delilah
[/b][i]Sorry Fred but a song about your cat has no place on a Queen Album. Even a GOOD song about your cat has no place on a Queen album and this is not a good song infact the song would probably pee all over your chippendale suite too[/i][b].[/b]
[b]Was it all Worth it
[/b][i]"We bought a drumkit, thought we were perfect"....on the strength of these lyrics ´they, sadly, weren´t perfect at all - nor was it "Worth it".[/i]
[b]The Hitman
[/b][i]It wasn´t "A Hit" man.
[/i][b]Coming Soon
[/b][i]This song is not offensive - it just bores me beyond continence and that, for Queen, is unforgivable[/i][b].[/b]
[b]Don´t lose your Head
[/b][i]Quite difficult not to lose your head when there is noise but no song.
[/i][b]Friends will be Friends
[/b][i]Shallow, Mawkish, sentimental lighter - waving at it´s very worst from Queen´s worst album.Actually in my experience Friends WON¨T be Friends unless your friend happens to be a Labrador.[/i][/QUOTE]
Hmmmm, I can see your point on all of these. In fact, this list might be perfect. Although "Jesus" is a stinker worth recognition.

Nice job!

Under Pressure · Member since April 2002

06 June 2009 13:13

I quite like Misfire. It's a cute little ditty, not really worthy of hate in my opinion.

I do think there's a difference between boring and just plain BAD. Delilah, Man on the Prowl, Life is Real, Don't Lose Your Head, Fun It, Loser in the End are all fairly BAD.

There are a lot of boring or generally messy songs, Friends Will be Friends, Coming Soon, Just Keep Passing the Open Windows, The Hitman, Was it All Worth It, My Baby Does Me, Cool Cat, ... I also find All God's People quite boring, and Calling All Girls.

Then again, I can still sing along to each of these, so what does that tell you?

SaskQueenFan · Member since May 2009

07 June 2009 18:25

[b][i] My 10

1) Put Out the Fire
2) Sweet Lady
3) Khashoggi's Ship
4) The Fairy Feller's Master -Stroke
5) Dancer
6) Back Chat
7) Staying Power
8) Fun It
9) You Take My Breath Away
10) My Fairy King[/i][/b]