This one is a good one and i just done some research on it
Name all Queen related songs and that includes any solo stuff that has a Place name, town or country in the title or lyrics
for example
Brighton Rock or Barcelona
I have the answers and will post them later but lets see who can get close to what i have written down
tcc · Member since
Let Me Entertain You - Chicago, New Orleans, New York
Killer Queen - Paris
The Miracle - Sahara Desert
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon - London, The Lourve
Good Old Fashion Lover Boy - The Ritz
Don't Stop Me Now - Mars
Bicyle Race- America, Vietnam, Watergate
Was It All Worth It - Bali
FM Solo - Mr Bad Guy - USA
Holly2003 · Member since
jesus - bethlehem now i'm here - america seaside rendezvous - mediterranean
freddiefan91 · Member since
i was thinking of places on earth only, but i guess we can have planets as well
rhyeking · Member since
Earth (Smile/Staffell song) = Earth Cosmos Rockin' = The Universe (I think that pretty much covers everything) Cowboys And Indians = USA, The Motor City (Detroit), Mars, East Coast & West Coast & the whole damn South, Louisana New York, New York (Queen's cover) = New York New York (Freddie solo) = New York
That's off the top of my head, which haven't been mentioned by other people yet. I'm sure there are others.
lifetimefanofqueen · Member since
my fairy king - mother mercury
GratefulFan · Member since
If we're counting Earth and Mars, then we've got '39 and Gaga as well. Maybe Rhye if we can count fictional places. Neptune (as a god) and the Nile in Lily of the Valley. Is the Nile a place or a thing? Shrug.
ParisNair · Member since
Chicago, New York, New Orleans - Let Me Entertain You.
matt z · Member since
CHEESES CRIPES!!! Would you PLEASE stick to mere Acronyms for .....(gulp) th.... th... for "TCR"...?
....i'm still trying to get over it.
;)
rhyeking · Member since
All the things many of you hate!
Body Language Delilah Queen + Wyclef Jean THE COSMOS ROCKS Bicycle Race (1991 Vasquez Remix) You Don't Fool Me (Remixes) Queen vs The Miami Project Queen + Vanguard Rick Rubin Remixes Dragon Attack (1991 RAK Remix) Queen + Robbie Williams Queen + Five
You'll never escape them!
Reap the pain.
lifetimefanofqueen · Member since
hey, am i the only person who likes dilillah, (i named my hamster after her XD LOL)
The Fairy King · Member since
Interlude In Constantinople(Istanbul) - RT
freddiefan91 · Member since
Ok heres the ones i have found and im sure there is probably more
Queen
Lazing on sunday afternoon - london Jesus - Bethlhem The Miracle - Sahara desert amongst others Killer Queen - China Brighton Rock - Brighton Let Me Entertain you - Chicago Lily of the valley - Nile Seven Seas of Rhye Was it all worth it - Bali Now Im Here - America Amandla - America Africa Invincible hope - Port Elizabeth Seaside Rendexvous - Mediteranean Radio Gaga - Mars Liar - Mercury
Brian May
All the way from Memphis China Belle
Freddie
New York Barcelona La Japonaise Mr Bad Guy - USA
Roger and the Cross
London Town come on down No More Fun - Memphis and Liverpool Racing in the street - LA Revelations - Ukraine The Key - Paris Brazil and Loch Ness Cowboys and Indians - USA
Queen and Paul Rodgers
Cosmos Rocking - Panama Bondi and Miami
There may be some that i have missed so feel free to add to that
stratapple · Member since
lifetimefanofqueen wrote: hey, am i the only person who likes dilillah, (i named my hamster after her XD LOL)
Your not alone friend :D I think it's one of Queen's most cute songs.. I love it! Every song doesn't have to be taken too serious.. Though i still cry at the end of the song.. it's so sad...
rhyeking · Member since
To clarify, the "mother Mercury" line in "My Fairy King" is referring to the character's mother. Brian once tried to explain that during the writing/recording of the song, Freddie decided to change his name from Bulsara to Mercury and the line in the song was referring the mother of his new stage persona.* It sounds like Freddie was well into cross-pollinating the real world, established mythologies (Norse, Roman, Egyptian, etc) and his own Rhye mythology. In short, "mother Mercury" is not talking about the planet Mercury, but a (mythical) person.
Assuming the character/Freddie's alter-ego is the actual Roman god Mercury, The Messenger, his mythical mother would have been Maia (whose name is the same in both Greek and Roman). Jupiter (or Zeus in the Greek Myth) was Mercury's father.
A little off-topic, but somewhat interesting: it's a good bet that some or most Rhye songs written by Freddie are sung from Mercury The Messenger's point of view, even if sung in the third person. One key is that Mercury, who's Greek equivilant was Hermes, was an orator (and god of orators). Orators carried news from all parts of the world and the telling ranged between straight up facts ("King so-and-so is dead") to embellished stories of great battles, people and places. Mercury The Messenger could witness events far and near and relay the information to the rest of the gods.
The planets, for those who didn't know, were named after the Roman gods, not the other way around.
Which brings us to "Lily Of The Valley" and the line "Neptune of the seas...". Neptune was the Roman god of the seas, storms and earthquakes. He was the brother of Jupiter. So, Mercury The Messenger is appealing to his uncle for an answer why the Lily Of The Valley doesn't know.
Why would the Lily Of The Valley know anything, you ask?
Well, the Lily Of The Valley is explicitly tied to May (Maia...remember her?), the month of rebirth (Spring), In legends, it heralds a return to happiness and peace, as it blooms only after great wars in the lands. The lyrics: "Wars will never cease...Is there time enough for peace?" should give you a clue as to Mercury The Messenger's plight, as he was sent to tell the King of Rhye he's lost his throne (presumably in this war) and seeks an answer as to when peace will arrive (the lack of bloom in the Lily Of The Valley tells him it won't be for a while, I guess).
