when i was listening to vinyl albums and a track i wasn't keen on came on, i'd usually be too lazy to get up and move the needle along. however when cds came out it was great for this type of thing. i was just thinking about this, and i started to wonder if there were any queen albums that i didn't feel the need to skip a track or two?
the one that immediately springs to mind is the first album. i really enjoy every track on it, and i even like to hear the short seven seas of rhye track at the end too. 'sheer heart attack' fits the bill as does 'flash gordon', but thats it.
'a night at the opera' has '39 and the prophet's song on it, a couple of songs i've never been able to warm to. even my favourite album 'queen 2', doesn't qualify. i never play white queen.
are you able to listen to many/all of queen's albums without having the urge to skip a song?
ITSM · Member since
I usually skip Coming Soon, Tie Your Mother Down, One Year of Love, WWRY, We Are The Champions, Somebody to Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brighton Rock, The Invisible Man and The Hitman.
pittrek · Member since
Great King Rat Jesus Procession Father To Son White Queen Someday one day The Loser In The End The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke Funny How Love Is Tenement Funster Now I'm Here Misfire Bring Back That Leroy Brown You're My Best Friend Sweet Lady Seaside Rendezvous You Take My Breath Away Long Away You And I Drowse Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy Fight From The Inside Get Down Make Love Sleeping On The Sidewalk Who Needs You My Melancholy Blues Jealousy In Only Seven Days Dreamers Ball Fun It Leaving Home Aint Easy More Of That Jazz Play The Game Dragon Attack Crazy Little Thing Called Love Rock It Don't Try Suicide Flash Gordon - the album Staying Power Back Chat Body Language Action This Day Life Is Real Calling All Girls Las Pallabras De Amor Cool Cat Under Pressure Radio Ga Ga It's A Hard Life Man On The Prowl Machines Keep Passing The Open Windows Is This The World We Created One Vision A Kind Of Magic One Year Of Love Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Friends Will Be Friends Don't Lose Your Head Party The Miracle The Invisible Man Rain Must Fall My Baby Does Me I'm Going Slightly Mad These Are The Days Of OUr Lives Delilah It's A Beautiful Day A Winters Tale
chris the unhappy sheep · Member since
so hardly any then?
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
Misfire, She Makes Me, Sweet Lady and about half of Hot Space, oh, and Don't Lose Your Head, which is awful. If you leave out the lyrics (i.e. "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling") it's not too bad, though.
antiden · Member since
Are you sure, you're a Queen fan? :)
antiden · Member since
pittrek wrote: Great King Rat Jesus Procession Father To Son White Queen Someday one day The Loser In The End The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke Funny How Love Is Tenement Funster Now I'm Here Misfire Bring Back That Leroy Brown You're My Best Friend Sweet Lady Seaside Rendezvous You Take My Breath Away Long Away You And I Drowse Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy Fight From The Inside Get Down Make Love Sleeping On The Sidewalk Who Needs You My Melancholy Blues Jealousy In Only Seven Days Dreamers Ball Fun It Leaving Home Aint Easy More Of That Jazz Play The Game Dragon Attack Crazy Little Thing Called Love Rock It Don't Try Suicide Flash Gordon - the album Staying Power Back Chat Body Language Action This Day Life Is Real Calling All Girls Las Pallabras De Amor Cool Cat Under Pressure Radio Ga Ga It's A Hard Life Man On The Prowl Machines Keep Passing The Open Windows Is This The World We Created One Vision A Kind Of Magic One Year Of Love Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Friends Will Be Friends Don't Lose Your Head Party The Miracle The Invisible Man Rain Must Fall My Baby Does Me I'm Going Slightly Mad These Are The Days Of OUr Lives Delilah It's A Beautiful Day A Winters Tale Are you sure, you're a Queen fan? :)
pittrek · Member since
Not such a big Queen fan like I was 15 years ago :-) But honestly, I still love them live
Djdownsy · Member since
Hmmm....
Jesus, Funny How Love Is In The Lap Of The Gods Spread Your Wings(hate the studio version, love the live versions however), If You Can't Beat 'Em, More Of That Jazz, Need Your Lovin' Tonight, Coming Soon, Aboria (Planet Of The Tree Men), Vultan's Theme (Attack Of The Hawk Men), Life Is Real (Song For Lennon), One Year Of Love, Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, Don't Lose Your Head, Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends, Khashoggi's Ship, Hang On In There, Don't Try So Hard, Ride The Wild Wind, All God's People, Bijou, My Life Has Been Saved.
Of course, this is just the official album tracks, the b-sides, rarities and BBC sessions vary, but there's no point going into all that.
master marathon runner · Member since
antiden wrote: Are you sure, you're a Queen fan? :)
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You just beat me to it!
Master Marathon Runner.
philip storey · Member since
I am sorry but if you hate over 70 Queen songs, you are streaching the truth just a bit ,saying you are a big Queen fan ! It must be a joke !???! Ha Ha Ha!! Oh you are being serious!!
rhyeking · Member since
"Delilah" is one of two songs I hit the "next" button for if the button is within reach at the time. It's purely a personal taste thing. Is it a terrible song? I don't know, I hardly listen to it. If people like the song, fantastic. I know I like songs with other people don't think highly of.
The other would be "The Wedding March" on Flash Gordon. I hardly ever listen to FG anyway, but when I do, that's a track I skip. It makes perfect sense on the album and in the film, but my reaction is always "next!" I guess maybe I think its such a clichéd melody without the visual context (and sometimes even *in* context).
br5946 · Member since
A very good topic, and I must admit, there are a fair few I skip. A Night At The Opera is the best Queen album and the best rock album ever made, but I've never really been able to stomach Good Company. Very good song, but something is missing about the 'wonder' of it. It's quite depressing that its GC I usually skip on that album, since it precedes Bo Rhap (best song of all time). Drowse has always been a comedown. Ironically, as with Good Company, Drowse gets saved by its following track (Teo Torriatte is one of Brian's finest ballads no questions asked). I can rip through The Miracle like nobody's bisuness - from the opening drum machine of Party to the closing guitar flourishes on Rain Must Fall that album is flawless, but Scandal and My Baby Does Me combined are truly weak! They're OK, but I can only listen to half of Scandal before fuming with irritation, and after a third of MBDM I want to yell. The bombast rock of Was It All Worth It picks it up from the very top of the Meh... category to Impressive, so the album goes out on a majorly good note.
Wiley · Member since
Apparently, pittrek, you don't listen much to Queen... even when you do! :) hehe
I see your point, though. If you prefer live over studio Queen, it makes sense.
I tend to skip (one album per line): Liar, Jesus The Loser in the End Misfire, She Makes Me Sweet Lady You Take my Breah away, You and I, White Man WWRY/Champions, It's Late (it's too long) Leaving Home Ain't Easy Don't Try Suicide Anything without vocals on Flash Gordon Back Chat, Action This Day Keep passing the open windows, Is this the world we created? I very rarely listen to AKOM. When I do, I usually listen to the whole thing but only once. The Invisible Man Delilah
The thing with the latter albums, who have 4 or 5 singles in them, is that I rarely listen to them but WHEN I DO, I tend to listen to all the album tracks. If not, I might as well listen to GH2.
Band Forever · Member since
1. Jesus 2. Loser In The End 3. Storm Troopers In Stilettos - weak vocals and a little monotonus to put it mildly 4. Good Company 5. Drowse - weak vocals 6. Mustapha - Not my cup of tea 7. Suicide - Mother Mercury / Good Samaritans are us 8. Put Out The Fire - Could have been better musically especially group vox, not one of Brian's better solos seems jumbled and all over the place 9. Staying Power - Those Horns aah!!! absolute shite ruined quite a funky and catchy song =Arif Ardem you sold Queen a duffer here. 10. Man On The Prowl - Should have left the overt gay stuff for his solo album 11. Kurgan's Theme - Freddie at the end of his vocal range and cracking- grates this one. 12. Party - A Lot of drums and not much else - I agree with Roger drum solos get tedious. 13. Delilah- Amusing lyrics but musically below par. 14. Winter's Tale I think could have used a mass choir instead of Brian & Roger multi tracked. Sorry guys should have been No.1 with Freddie's poignant lyrics - and he does sound a bit rough too.
