Appreciation and questions post for Dont Lose Your Head.

RafaelSomma, I would not say it was a filler. It would be very strange that they decided to release two versions of a filler (DLYH and ADRRFMD).

I guess it is easier to understand the song in context, since it sounded up to date in 1986, but could sound very dated for younger years who did not live that period. Synth pop, as opposed to hard rock, did not age that well in the public's eye.

Cheers,

Ogre-

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

It's awful. The lyrics are probably the worst I've heard from Roger and that's saying something! Perhaps in the whole Queen catalogue only The Call has worse lyrics.

It also bears a resemblence to a much better song, Fred's solo effort, Love Kills, so I don't know why one is good and one so terrible,[/QUOTE]

At least The Call has great instrumentation. Don't Lose Your Head lacks both, really.

Probably their worst song. One of the few I skip over when listening.

Nobody wants to take a crack at answering my question from earlier?

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]

Nobody wants to take a crack at answering my question from earlier?[/QUOTE]

Strangely there is not info on the net about the song. Strange becouse it even features a cameo from another singer but all seem to went under the radar so far.

My guess is Roger did all the synth/bass/drums programming. Perhaps May added some guitar lines becouse there is not a real solo in the song.

* also at 3:47 these is an audioable editing "crack".

My question was actually to do with the instrumental spinoff b-side "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" but thanks anyways Stelios :)

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]
* also at 3:47 these is an audioable editing "crack".[/QUOTE]

That has always bugged me. Why has that never been fixed?

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[b]Yeah I agree. The Call is a musically ambitious song with an epic quailty, but is let down by dreadful lyrics. 

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MadTheSwine73 wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

It's awful. The lyrics are probably the worst I've heard from Roger and that's saying something! Perhaps in the whole Queen catalogue only The Call has worse lyrics.

It also bears a resemblence to a much better song, Fred's solo effort, Love Kills, so I don't know why one is good and one so terrible,[/QUOTE]

At least The Call has great instrumentation. Don't Lose Your Head lacks both, really.

Probably their worst song. One of the few I skip over when listening.[/QUOTE]

I like the song, it has some good parts and it is very 80's.
Lyrics schmyrics, I like Mustapha as well.

I appreciation some things about Don't Lose Your Head. For instance, after 4 minutes and 38 seconds, I *really* appreciate that it's over.

Don't mind A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling, though. Don't love it either.

I really like aDRRfMD, but am ambivalent about DLYH.

aDRRfMD was the perfect accompaniment to The Kurgan's driving "skills".

I was disappointed when aDRRfMD was not included on the bonus disk of the reissued A Kind of Magic CD.

Easily one of the worst Queen songs is Don't Lose Your Head...Magic has some good songs on it, but this is not one of them...

The worst Queen song, nah, in my humble opinion Don't Lose Your Head is by far better than, My Baby Does Me, Rain Must Fall, Cool Cat, Pain Is Close.....
On Don't Lose Your Head things are happening, pounding drums, a great bass line, besides all that Freddie's vocal perfomance is great.

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[b]TomP63 wrote: [/b] The worst Queen song, nah, in my humble opinion Don't Lose Your Head is by far better than, My Baby Does Me, Rain Must Fall, Cool Cat, Pain Is Close.....
On Don't Lose Your Head things are happening, pounding drums, a great bass line, besides all that Freddie's vocal perfomance is great.[/QUOTE]

I think on some of those songs Brian's guitar work saves them from being totally dreadful, but with DLYH his guitar contributes to the sum total of its crapness.

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

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[b]TomP63 wrote: [/b] The worst Queen song, nah, in my humble opinion Don't Lose Your Head is by far better than, My Baby Does Me, Rain Must Fall, Cool Cat, Pain Is Close.....
On Don't Lose Your Head things are happening, pounding drums, a great bass line, besides all that Freddie's vocal perfomance is great.[/QUOTE]

I think on some of those songs Brian's guitar work saves them from being totally dreadful, but with DLYH his guitar contributes to the sum total of its crapness.[/QUOTE]


I totally agree with that.........about My Baby Does Me, anyway.....I always kinda dug that song, and there is some nice guitar...........I'd even say John's guitar work is a highlight of Cool Cat! (doesnt he play rhythm guitar on that?)

Is joan ever interviewed about the song? Wonder how and why...

She is one of the few to be on a queen record.