Worst album lyrics wise

matt z wrote:

probably some of Brian's Greatest are on that one:

"One foolish world,
so many songs, senslessly hurled to the never ending cause
And all for fear,
and all for greed,
Speak any tongue, but for God's sake we need..."

Pretty much sums up a lot.
Or as my ears and most others hear it, "so many souls, senslessly hurled through the never ending cold."

Souls and cold seems to make more sense, I don't have the CD on me to check the lyrics though.

Yes - I think it´s Souls too. Nice lyric to Las Palabras.. and generally Brian Lyrics were pretty good. Infact the lyrics on Hot Space were the least of it´s problems.

By the way I wasn´t counting Cosmos. I never do..

Hmm... I'm not entirely sure. I can point out some dreadful songs lyrically. For starters, Dragon Attack and Save Me. Those songs make me cringe in all aspects. They're the extreme low points on Queen's worst album, and the lyrics are pretty trite - 'don't take no prisioners, gotta give me the bisuness, got a dragon on my back' and 'save me, save me, I'm naked and I'm far from home' - seriously?! Was Brian stoned when he wrote those two? It definitely seems like it - Dragon Attack is his worst track EVER guitar-wise, hell, it seems like he's doing a Jimmy Page imitation. Dog With A Bone is a bit iffy lyric-wise too.

The Miracle has the worst lyrics...you can hear that they were having a lot of fun & got pretty musically creative...but lyrically?? Gimme a break.

I really like the lyrics on songs like "the Miracle", "Breakthru" and "Was it all worth it".
Scandal's not bad as well, the song has a story to tell.

My baby does me and Invisible Man were not that good.

Listening to Queen 1&2 I sometimes think: What the beep is this about?

Yes the Miracle has some VERY dodgy lyrical moments too. I have to say "Was it all worth it" is probably the worst offender. Dreadful.

I don't think I would describe WIWI's lyrics as dreadful, however the use of such words as brill was quite amusing. :D Still, I think it's a great song.

Sorry but I´ve got to say that lines like;

We bought a drum kit blew my own trumpet

Played the circuit thought we were perfect

and

Yes we were vicious yes we could kill

Yes we were hungry yes we were brill

are pretty poor by Queen or anybodies standards - Shame they didn´t spend more time on the lyrics cas musically it´s a lot of fun.

What??? Was it all Worth it is a great song!!

"What is there left for me to do in this life
Did I achieve what I had set in my sights"


"Played the circuit, thought we were perfect"

"Giving all my heart and soul and staying up all night
Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll a godforsaken life
Was it all worth it was it all worth it all these years"

"We served a purpose like a bloody circus"

A great song about their past and whether or not what they have done was worthwhile.

Difficult question because many albums have the odd duff song or one that I like less than the others (duff maybe a bit harsh) but overall I would actually say The Miracle not counting the song above!!

I cant say The Game because I just love the line "when your feeling down and your resistance is low, light another cigarette and let yourself go, this is your life...."

Sorry !! I stand by it. IMO - "Worth  it"lyrics are simplistic and cringeworthy at best. At worst they´re quite embarrassing for a mature band considering what else they were cabable of.

I agree that the lyrics aren't great. When I said that the use of the word brill is amusing, I didn't mean in a good way. Still, lyrics aside (which I don't think are all that terrible), I do think it is a terrific song.

Sure lots of fun but could have been so much better.