all dead, all deas vs. delillah The queen-cat debate

Since they are bouth written about cats i find it valid to put them one against the other. Which one do you prefer?
My vote goes for delilah cos its more idiosyncratic and "out there", although i guess all dead all dead is musicaly and lyricaly superior.
But really it depemds on my mood anyway becouse non of them hits really a chord.
Even cool cat dosent do the trick.
However there must be something about queen and cats.

I had no idea All dead all dead was about a cat! Beautiful song, though. Actually I really do like Cool Cat.

Where did you get the info on 'all dead' being about moggies? - news t' me.

I thought 'All Dead All Dead' was written about a Japanese Friend of Brians?...his Instrumental Guitar Orchestration represents her soul leaving the body? it is indeed a much loved song than Delilah to a lot of Fans I believe it has nothing to do with a Cat. peace.

My baby does me also mentions a cat... but likely not literally a cat. *possibly though.


Definitely moreso than cool cat which is an expression


I call three way tie with my baby does me in second. It's a basic song but John and Brians guitar and Freddie' s bold delivery once again make something cool.

That kinda stuff got more popular when Sade came around

all dead all dead wasnt it about brians pet rat?

No contest. Delilah is a steaming turd

I always rather liked All Dead.....and I do remember reading somewhere about it being about Brian's pet cat.....

I was racking my brain to think of any other Queen songs that mention cats........Killer Queen's the only one I can come up with......'playful as a pussy cat'......heh

All Dead, All Dead by a country mile.

scollins wrote:

all dead all dead wasnt it about brians pet rat?

No it's actually about the cat he had as a kid named Squeaky who obviously died.

I always thought Delilah was about Mary Austin.

(you take all my house and home... even try to answer my telephone......

of course the line:when you pee all over my chippendale suite must be about Jim H.

I never got the intense dislike for Delilah from some people. I think it's a cute, funny song.

That said, All Dead, All Dead is one of my all-time favs, so it's a 'no contest' answer for me as well.

Delilah hands down. It's a shining example of Freddie's camp humour mixed with emotion. That moment when Roger replies to the talk-box sound in Brian's solo with a cat meow of his own... quirky genius! One of Freddie's best songs off Innuendo.

Its a fucking embarrassment.