MERQRY wrote: "More FAMOUS song... i don´t consider it one of the best queen songs..."
It's funny, while composing my reply, I'm thinking of where to rank it, and I'm realizing how many incredible songs Queen has had! :D
I might have exaggerated. It's certainly not in Queen's top 10, and it might not be in their top 20. However I do think it's a fantastic song, and I think its fame is entirely justified. I certainly think it's one of Queen's absolute best songs to have been released in the 80's, and if I were to present someone a compilation album showcasing Queen in all its glory, I would certainly include it.
Does this make it IMO one of Queen's best songs? Probably not, if one were to limit 'best' to Queen's 20 top songs (or less).
cmsdrums · Member since
In a similar vein, I'm a rock fan yet 8 of my top ten Queen songs of all time are ballads, and three of my top ten are in The Game yet my favourite album is A Day At The Races!
Back on topic, I do think that Man on the Prowl is a 'fun' song, but nowhere near their best - certainly not a patch on Ga Ga and Magic, to me.
andyboy · Member since
It's the only track I have never liked on The Works. Some of my friends at the time made themselves a tape of the album and left that track off completely! Definately one of their worst songs ever imo and the ending of it is still baffling - what happened there?? Having said all that it's all just personal taste - one man's trash is another man's treasure so if you like it, that's your right.
mooghead · Member since
One of the handful of Queen songs that are pure unimaginative filler
Wiley · Member since
IMHO The Works is Queen by numbers but still manages to be very enjoyable.
WWRY -> Tear it Up
LOML -> ITTWWC
CLTCL -> MOTP
BoRhap -> Hard Life (ok, that might be pushing it)
It was like they wanted to revisit their glory days and remind the record buying public of how eclectic and diverse they were.
Well, it did work.
Listening to it recently I liked it more than I could remember.
greaserkat · Member since
Hey Wiley,
One a separate note, how is Mexico feeling after we beat you guys last night??
waunakonor · Member since
I really like it. I don't like talking about where it is ranked among all Queen's songs like a lot of people are doing because Queen have so many amazing songs and my favorites keep changing depending on my mood, so all I really have to say is that I like it a lot, although the very end really kills the mood.
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira · Member since
Totally agreed, Wiley! But, IMHO, Hard Life -> Play the Game
Cheers,
Ogre-
Wiley · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]greaserkat wrote:[/b]
Hey Wiley,
One a separate note, how is Mexico feeling after we beat you guys last night??[/QUOTE]
I didn't see the game but I heard people say it was a disappointing display from the Mexican team, specially after the U-23 team won the Gold Medal at the Olympics for the first time ever, which was great.
We'll see our faces again in the eliminatory rounds for Brazil 2014 and you know how those matches usually end. In the meantime we have a few CONCACAF Gold Cups and brand new Gold medals to polish :P.
TheVisibleMan · Member since
Man on the Prowl reminds me somehow of She Blows hot and Cold. It's also from the same era and since Brian played on one Version i wonder if they should have put Hot and Cold on the works and MOP on Mr Bad Guy
mooghead · Member since
Hot and Cold and I Go Crazy are better than MOTP
pianoshizzle · Member since
Did Freddie play the piano on MOTP?
tomchristie22 · Member since
The thing is, people are displaying favourtism towards the track just because it's very obscure. To say Man On The Prowl is a better song than Radio Ga Ga or Magic is completely absurd, but people completely disregard the quality of some of their songs just because they're popular. Similarly, I know people (some here) who literally believe Bo Rhap is one of their worst songs, most likely because it's one of their most widely appreciated. In reality it's one of their best. Inversely, tracks like Man On The Prowl are scarcely appreciated, and some people seem to think that means they're good.
tomchristie22 · Member since
Freddie played the piano, except for the outro which was played by Fred Mandel.
dysan · Member since
I agree with the general concensus here - it is the forgotten song from the album, but probably for good reason. I think it suffers an unfair fate due to it's positioning on the album and lets face it, the works suffers 2 big problems - track order and the fact that superior versions of a couple of the songs exist on GH2.
