Man On The Prowl vs. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Which one do you prefer: Crazy Little Thing Called Love or Man On The Prowl
And why...?

Just curious

I prefer Crazy Little Thing Called Love: Queen "experimented" with rockabilly on that song, and it was a HUGE hit. Although MOTP is good, I have the feeling that Freddie either wanted to "duplicate" that success, or was running out of song ideas, so he started scrapping the barrel.
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[/QUOTE]Fred Mandel's piano is great though![/QUOTE]

Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
Never really liked Man On The Prowl....

Crazy Little Thing. Man on the Prowl is just another of the reasons I rarely listen to "The Works."

Gregsynth wrote:

I prefer Crazy Little Thing Called Love: Queen "experimented" with rockabilly on that song, and it was a HUGE hit. Although MOTP is good, I have the feeling that Freddie either wanted to "duplicate" that success, or was running out of song ideas, so he started scrapping the barrel.

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[/QUOTE] I totally agree. The piano finale is indeed great and totally rocks!

Over the Field wrote:

Which one do you prefer: Crazy Little Thing Called Love or Man On The Prowl
And why...?

Just curious

"Man On The Prowl" is 10th rate "Crazy Little Thing Called Love".
Definite filler track.

'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' = 'The Godfather'
'Man on the Prowl' = 'Once upon a Time in America'

     Master Marathon Runner

I hate the ending of MOTP the way it cuts off it ruins it

i think cazy little thing called love is better than man on the prowl
and also crazy little called love is one of queen's most famous songs and the video clip is just amazing

master marathon runner wrote:

'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' = 'The Godfather'
'Man on the Prowl' = 'Once upon a Time in America'

     Master Marathon Runner

Agreed.

master marathon runner wrote:

'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' = 'The Godfather'
'Man on the Prowl' = 'Once upon a Time in America'

     Master Marathon Runner

The Godfather- one of the three or so greatest American films of all time, and my all-time favourite film; and Once Upon a Time in America- an absolute masterpiece and also one of my all-time favourite films. No, I don't see it.

I love CLTCL, but MOTP IMO is crap. It's a poor man's version of CLTCL, which I consider to be among Queen's best songs. While I kinda consider CLTCL to be a masterpiece (albeit nowhere as good as The Godfather), I don't think that MOTP can compare to Once upon a Time in America, or any great work of art, at all. I would compare MOTP to The Godfather Part III; it has its moments, but generally speaking is a waste of time.

I like CLTCL better than MOTP, but I'll say this much, Prowl is a far better song than most of the songs played on top 40 radio these days.

Man On The Prowl. I think the lyrics are a lot better, and musically it's more complex and interesting. So... that is why I'm attracted to that song. I enjoy Crazy Little Thing Called Love, as well, though the lyrics seem like Freddie could of chosen some better ones. Now let's talk about the video... I think it's Queen's worst music video ever. So damn stupid with the twirling.

"I love CLTCL, but MOTP IMO is crap. It's a poor man's version of CLTCL"



 

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Oh, just because Crazy Little Thing Called Love came out first, it doesn't mean shit, and doesn't matter. Man On The Prowl is definetely not a poor man's version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, at all. In fact, I'm sure it cost a lot more to do that song. Learn complexity, because what you are saying is like saying 'Hammer To Fall' is the poor man's version of 'Put Out The Fire'.

Can I call you MIKE LOVE?

Gregsynth wrote:

I prefer Crazy Little Thing Called Love: Queen "experimented" with rockabilly on that song, and it was a HUGE hit. Although MOTP is good, I have the feeling that Freddie either wanted to "duplicate" that success, or was running out of song ideas, so he started scrapping the barrel.

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[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] I have a feeling if Freddie wanted to dupilcate the success of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, it'd of been released as a single instead of 'It's A Hard Life'