Body language is a great track. I've always liked it. It even reached number four in the charts in my country.
http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queen&titel=Body+Language&cat=s
I do like the Hot Space LP very much. QueenII is still my favourite though.
andyb1968 · Member since
Its not a Queen track for me, very poor one hit wonder disco track. Always disliked it !
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]
Because it showcases the most the transformation of glam rock Freddie to gay clone Freddie. Both in visuals and artistry.
Also the sauna concept was demonised due to AIDS and the bathhouses of U.S (San Fransisco especially). There is a dark tone of explicit (homo)sexuality that afterwards had been associated with death itshelf.
On a more obvious tone, it is the one track that detaches Queen the most from their rock oriented roots.[/QUOTE]
^ this.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, but I always thought that had the band not released this as a single the change in direction would have been less obvious, and easier for fans to take on board, had that song remained an album track
queenUSA · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
Because the song creeps me out. [/QUOTE]
^^^ Honesty is a virtue.
luthorn · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]
Because it showcases the most the transformation of glam rock Freddie to gay clone Freddie. Both in visuals and artistry.
Also the sauna concept was demonised due to AIDS and the bathhouses of U.S (San Fransisco especially). There is a dark tone of explicit (homo)sexuality that afterwards had been associated with death itshelf.
On a more obvious tone, it is the one track that detaches Queen the most from their rock oriented roots.[/QUOTE]
Indeed to that, but it is also a great song when performed live. The entire Hot Space album is awesome live, a lot better than AKOM.
gerry · Member since
Freddie was great on Body Language and it was a great track inspite of the lacking guitars from Brian.
Vocals were still easy to spot as Queen and all in all i liked the track.
Hot space was a great album, no matter what most people think.
andyb1968 · Member since
Can't agree Gerry Queen's weakest album IMO, also the one that very nearly broke the band up !
malicedoom · Member since
Another vote for simply: "I just think it's a lousy song."
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
Hot space was a great album, no matter what most people think.
[/QUOTE]
That's quite the paradox there. The court of public opinion surely must count for something with 30 years of hindsight on their side.
It's Queen's weakest album, end of. Internally they were falling apart, unfocused and creatively spent. A definite low point for them.
It was 1982. Thriller was a good album. This wasn't. And there is absolutely no measuring it against the diversity, quality of arrangement, focus and perfection in execution that is A Night At The Opera.
LucasDiego · Member since
It´s really strange, in 75 they did bo rap, and 82, only 7 years after bo rap, they did body, perhaps the live version is cool, release this as a single destroy the chances of HS would be a hit album, firstly in america.
Doga · Member since
^ That's not fair, and in 90 they did Innuendo.
The difference (imo) between A Night at the Opera and Hot Space (personal issues and parties aside) is in ANATO they tried to be as better musicians as possible while in HS they tried to please an audience following the great hit Another One Bites the Dust. Saying that i enjoy a couple of songs from that album.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
I wonder if Body Language would have been so reviled if it was put out as a Freddie solo track! Which is practically IS, after all......the original Love Kills is almost more of a Queen song than that, aint it?
RafaelS · Member since
The video is as disgusting as is the one of Living on my own. It's not a matter of being anti-gay, both are of poor taste and that's it. Freddie (and John) took Brian & Roger in an environment they both didn't like and it shows in the video. As Brian said in the Days of our lives, "Freddie was in waters he couldn't handle well and he put himself in some kind of danger". But Paul Prenter is guilty of putting Freddie at odds with the rest of the band and having a life of excesses (and being very promiscuous). End of session.
noorie · Member since
^^^^^ I kind of disagree. The Living On My Own video was disgusting (to me at least), but I really like the Body Language video.... I do not think they are similar at all. Queen was a rock band, not a church choir.
youngballantyne · Member since
Love the song; love the video
It was a hit in America, #11 in the billboard singles, not bad.
