I got "The Complete Illustrated Lyrics" book!!!

I consider it a Queen studo l.p. as mujch as the others! I'll fight ya back on that one like a dog that won't let go!!! Owww!

Just got my book, I love it. It's very nice.

GT wrote:
The premise of the project was only to include the 15 'Queen' studio albums and no other Queen + projects.
That is why the discography only covers these albums.

Thank God it's so!

You don't have to fight me Alex..ha ha. I absolutely love TCR album too. Hoep one day there will be a follow up

Got my copy now :)

I got my copy today and I really like it.

But... Mustapha?

Just re-checked about Mustapha??? Cannot find it either???

Edited out perhaps?

There were never any reproduced lyrics to Mustapha at the time of Jazz or since on CD.
This was never going to be covered in this lyrics book.

With Mustapha lyrics or not, the book is really nice.

Off-topic, GT: could you confirm if the much awaited "I Want It All" book from GB will ever see the light of day?

Mustapha lyrics are total nonsense anyway.

We're actually working on it right now. Just doing the mock ups and layouts for the designer.
Won't be released till next year though.

GT wrote: We're actually working on it right now. Just doing the mock ups and layouts for the designer.
Won't be released till next year though.

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Good ! thanks Gary

Kurgan100 wrote:
Mustapha lyrics are total nonsense anyway.

No - Mustapha is in another language - not nonsense.
Teo and Las Palabras made it to the book. Those languages were okay.

So what gives? The "wo wo la la" made it into the book on the ITLOTG (R). So that "nonsense" was deemed okay.

So what else could it be? Religion? The Jesus song made it to the book.

So what else? What else?

Could it possibly be too many references to Allah and pray for you? Is that it?

GT said the Mustapha song lyrics were never to be part of the book. Never is a very long time indeed. Shame that.

Mustapha is part of the catalog, releases, re-releases, it was performed. It was also part of the Deep Cuts selections last year. Many fans like the song.

But in the end, perhaps too risky to include in the book (in print) in these troubled times decades later????

Hmmmm, what would FM have to say about it? Perhaps .... "So now you know you could be dead before they let you!" So right, FM!

Mustapha lyrics can be searched online and there are many you tube videos that feature Mustapha.

queenUSA wrote:
No - Mustapha is in another language - not nonsense

Well, three 'languages' actually.

Some of it English.
Some of it Arabic (see below)
Some of it does not seem to be associated with any language.

I still think it's nonsense and I'm rather inclined to think Freddie was just having a laugh with the lyrics.

A random internet search reveals one persons attempt at a translation:

The English bits are obvious. "hey!", "yeah!" and "will pray for you".
The Arabic is as follows...
Mustapha Ibrahim is an Arabic/Islamic name.
Allah - Islamic title of God, literally means (the)God.
Allah-i - I think this is an exclamation like English "gosh!" or "good grief!" or "blimey!"
Salaam Aleikum - an Arabic greeting, literally means "Peace be upon you".
Aleikum Salaam is the correct response, literally "upon you be peace".
"adhim" (in front of a person's name) means "great"
"Mochamut", despite slightly strange pronunciation, is definitely meant to be the name of the prophet Mohammed.

Hi, I found this book on one educational site https://studyhippo.com/essays-on/religion/ thanks to their review on it. Great book, I would also like to get it one day.