Ridiculous. One of Queen's finest moments. Mooghead, I am not sure if you are sincere or a troll. You have some amazing insights, some not so amazing :) Dear Friends is a shining example of what Queen were: a band that wrote songs that pleased them, fuck the fans. This is a beautiful song, almost a lullaby. I love it and think it's supreme.
winterspelt · Member since
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[b]jacksonmerc wrote: [/b] I'm with you mooghead. Its one of the few songs i hate. I always skip this one.[/QUOTE]
+1 Hate it too... But I hate Loser in the End more than anything else...
jacksonmerc · Member since
But that's what you get with queen. They fit such a wide variety of genres. Dear friends - not my cup of tea, but a favorite of someone elses. Queen have a song for everyone.
coops · Member since
Love when the harmonies come in on the second verse. Great song and I always thought it was perfectly placed on the album. Don't think this album has any fillers at all.
andyb1968 · Member since
Mooghead you could not be more wrong !!!
Oscar J · Member since
Great song.
ITSM · Member since
I went to a Queen tribute concert this summer, and they started the show with Dear Friends, followed up by Tie Your Mother Down. They had a choir, 3 guitarists and lots of other musicians. The concert was in my hometown in Norway, and it's actually the best tribute concert I've been to.
I must admit I've skipped Dear Friends many times on Sheer Heart Attack, because it's usually "too slow," although I think it's a pretty good song.
k-m · Member since
"Dear Friends" is a beauty. Also, it suited so well at the end of "Five Live" EP. If there was any filler on SHA, the title must go to "Misfire" or "She Makes Me".
winterspelt · Member since
I think Misfire was added because it was John's first song to appear on an album.
And to me, She Makes Me its an amazing song, and its nice to hear the rain effect before In the Lap of the Gods.
cmsdrums · Member since
Dear Friends is a great track.
I never understood why Def Leppard dud that to the song; virtually all the other songs on their cover album were 'straight' covers of the originals, shoring where they got their inspiration.....then they do that to the Queen song and not just rearrange it instrumentation-wise but even add bits that aren't in the original!! Odd decision.
k-m · Member since
I agree about "Misfire" and they were certainly right to include a JD song, considering what he was to deliver next. "She Makes Me", yes I agree about the mood and sound effects, but it's still a bit of a bore to me. Yet still, it adds even more album-like quality and sounds so much better than some of the crap Queen put on their 80s releases. Like I said, a filler in SHA terms. Cheers.
