Favorite part in a Queen song.

Heavenite wrote:
tomchristie22 wrote:
Heavenite wrote:
I can't even think of one line that Bri or Rog sings on Innuendo. Haven't heard the Roger version of Ride the Wild Wind though so I don't know if that would have been a good alternative to Freddie's vocal. Maybe just a verse from Rog would have been good.
But Roger DOES sing lines in Ride The Wild Wind. 'Push the envelope - don't sit on the fence' and 'Live life on the razor's edge'. I don't know if you overlooked that or just didn't consider it a line that he sang, which is fair enough because it's spoken.
Hi tom
You are right on both counts. I did overlook Roger's contribution to Ride the Wild Wind. However had I recalled it, I would have probably overlooked anyway because, as you say, it's spoken word. I can say that because I remember ignoring Roger's spoken word contributions on The Invisible Man when I was reviewing the contributions of other band members on later albums.
Roger's version sounds cool and a verse or a line or two might have added a bit more variety to the song and worked really well. Having said that, its great to hear Roger's version after all of these years and its not half bad in my opinion.

I'm a bit surprised no one's mentioned that Brian's voice is quite prominent in parts of I Can't Live With You (I can't live with you, I can't live with you, I can't live, I can't live, I can't live with you) The Hitman (Hitmaaaaaann...) and The Show Must Go On (Learning, learning...turning, turning).

I like the guitar intro and outro of The Night Comes Down, and how the end of that outro seems to sort of flow into the opening chords of Modern Times.

Matt Z mentioned the last chorus of Forever. I too like that part, but my favorite is the VERY last time they sing "Who wants to live forever?" and hearing Brian's backing vocals there. They're very powerful, but it took me a while to notice them. Brian really had some great sounding backing vocals Case in point: the songs mentioned earlier.

Whoa, I just took two different points regarding unrelated topics and connected them. That's a very well-written comment in my opinion. I'm proud of it.

Hi waunakonor
Nice pickup, although most of those are harmonies, as opposed to lead vocals, aren't they? So its sort of right I guess, but not quite the same as a lead vocal, I wouldn't think. Its a a matter of how you view it I guess.

Heavenite wrote:
Hi waunakonor
Nice pickup, although most of those are harmonies, as opposed to lead vocals, aren't they? So its sort of right I guess, but not quite the same as a lead vocal, I wouldn't think. Its a a matter of how you view it I guess.

In that bit of I Can't Live, it's just Brian singing--Freddie's not doing anything--so I would consider that a brief lead vocal, even if that's not technically what it is. I don't know, I guess you're right, it depends how you see it.

Brian's voice sounds very nice on that album, though.

Oh, I can't believe I never mentioned the part of Black Queen when it suddenly gets all soft. A voice from behind me reminds me....

In any case, Brian's voice is very nice on that album. Actually, it makes me wonder why its Brian like that. I wonder if they still needed to do multiple overdubs in 1991. If so, maybe it was a case of Freddie not overdoing it given his health situation. On the other hand, it may just be they thought Brian's vocals sounded better in the parts of those particular songs for some reason. To provide contrast to Freddie's vocal in the verses maybe?
Having said all that, I still think the point I was trying to make, that Brian and Rog take more of a back seat on later albums is still largely true despite the bits here and there that they did contribute.

Guitar solo in Ride the Wild Wind. Best mini solo ever done!

Someone mentioned in White Quees att he end of the acoustic solo, then the thrashing dun dun with Roger then the Brian solo. That part is o clear and smashing. Love it. In It's late the last chorus of It's late. It's late, It's late , It's late It's late, It's late It's late It's late. Plus the final It's late, the 1 second extension of lateeee is pure gold.

Spanish guitar in Innuendo.

Sebastian wrote:

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There's loads, but here's a few...

The "When I'm gone..." part in Teo Torriate.

Rogers drum solo in Dragon attack.

If there's one track that'll give you goosebumps, it's TSMGO, and these parts in particular...  
"My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends" ....
Then the later part... "I'll face it with a grin, I'm never giving in, on - with the show - I'll top the bill, I'll overkill, I have to find the will to carry on (On with the -
On with the show) - The show must go on..." 

Freddie's "Yeaaah" at 3:04 on Save me. 

John's bass on Liar from 5:00 onwards.

The "Out in the city, in the cold world outside
I don't want pity, just safe place to hide" part on Mother Love.

Brian's guitar solo in Hammer to fall. That note/chord (whatever you call it) at 2:15 is the classic May sound.

The "But now you can kiss - my ass goodbye" line on Death On Two Legs.

Was It All Worth It, Brian's solo and when it goes into USS Enterprise battle mode at 3:59 onwards.

Heavenite wrote:

The transition from Party to Khashoggi's Ship is also one of my favourites.

That's excellent.

Day dop wrote:

There's loads, but here's a few...

The "When I'm gone..." part in Teo Torriate.

Rogers drum solo in Dragon attack.

Then of course, The Show Must Go On.
"My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends" ....
Then the later part... "I'll face it with a grin, I'm never giving in, on - with the show - I'll top the bill, I'll overkill, I have to find the will to carry on (On with the -
On with the show) - The show must go on..." 
^ If there's one track that'll give you goosebumps, it's TSMGO, and that part in particular.

Yep to all of those. However, there are so many of these great moments -- usually at least one in almost every song -- it's hard to pick only a few. But I would add:

The stereo vocals "woh woh woh explode!" in DSMN, which was
what got me into Queen.

Brian's solo on Back Chat. Perfect.

Brian's fills in Flick of the Wrist.

Brian's solo in Soul Brother.

Brian's solo in The Hero

Flash Gordon Battle Theme -- when the first huge guitar riff kicks in.

The "Welsh male voice choir" in Brighton Rock, particularly the "Oh rock of ages" section.

Brian's jazz orchestra in Good Company, particularly the second half of the song.

"Jimi Hendrix, yeah he was good."

The guitar solo in WWRY, I just LOVE that guitar sound!

The end of Doing Alright with the crunchy guitar sound

The guitar solo at the end of ITLOTG

The "dixieland orchestra" guitar solo at the end of Good Company, that's pure genius

The drums, bass and guitar solos in Dragon Attack

The bass at the end of Sail Away Sweet Sister and Freddie's lines before the guitar solo

The "Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking" part in Under Pressure

The pre-solo bridge in SSOR ("Sister - I live and lie for you..."), the ending of the solo with the guitar echoing and the "BAM! Storm the master-marathon..."

Bicycle Race's a capella intro and the bridge ("Bicycle races are coming your way...")

The bass line in AKOM

The guitar solo in Put Out The Fire

The over the top guitar solo in The Invisible Man

The "You can be anything you want to be" part in Innuendo

The heartfelt guitar solo in TATDOOL

The little piano improvisation at the beginning of Spread Your Wings on Live Killers

And the oft-mentionned bridge in Brighton Rock ("Oh, rock of ages...")


So, basically, a lot of bridges and guitar solos!

All the people (mostly in 2005) saying that Queen's use of fade-outs was a cop-out for a lack of good endings to their songs ... they all had full endings in the live versions, so it obviously wasn't beyond their capabilities or efforts by any means. It would have been an artistic choice whenever they used a fade out.

I love the ending of White Man. The part where it is just Brian's guitar, then a second of silence, and then Freddie singing 'What is left....'
Ultra dramatic!

In Brighton Rock, 'There's still a little MAGIC in the air'. I love the way Freddie does the word 'magic'. Just a tiny thing, but it stands out.