Let me in (your heart again)

I like it. It could have easily been on The Works as it's just as good/bad as Open Windows, Treat it up or Man on the Prowl. I can see some resemblance with the main chord structure of Hammer to Fall but I would besurprised if that even played a part on it being shelved.
On the resemblance I'm referring to the whole A - D/A Brian-esque cliche also used on Tear it up, AKOM, WWRY, it's late, etc. Although Let me in its not on the same key you can feel the same vibe and it kinda resembles a slightly slower version of HTF during the outtro.

yes it could easily have been on the Works - but like much of the rest of that album, it would've been filler and not much more
and funny that you picked "Keep Passing The Open Windows" - a blatant "lift" from Joe Jackson's "Stepping Out"...because as i referred in a previous thread to the similarities between the new Love Kills and Zep's "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", the more and more i hear LMIYHA it's bugging me...there's something in it that reminds me of Bowie's "Rock n Rock With Me"...can't put my finger on it tho....maybe it's just the syllables and the phrasing, don't know

It's not a great song. But Freddie's vocals are so damn good, I don't even care.

i take your point, but i'd like someone to help with identifying the similarity between LMIYHA and Bowie's "Rock n Roll With Me"...it's really bugging me

Not hearing any strong similarities other than it being of roughly the same tempo and with lots of backing vocals in the choruses.

i think it's maybe just the syllables and the inflection, dunno


and i know this is wrong, but everytime i hear Ebola on the news, i think of The Kinks

I guess we all get our own associations from songs that we hear. I havent really dug into the Bowie catalogue if I'm honest, maybe that's why I'm not hearing what you're hearing. :-)

I can't help but hearing "when left to face the blues, i give you satisfaction" as opposed to " we laugh to face the blues". anyone else agree?

Fastidious and Precise wrote:

I can't help but hearing "when left to face the blues, i give you satisfaction" as opposed to " we laugh to face the blues". anyone else agree?

Nope.

Nice Cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-t_l_M6IPc

Wiley wrote:

I like it. It could have easily been on The Works as it's just as good/bad as Open Windows, Treat it up or Man on the Prowl. I can see some resemblance with the main chord structure of Hammer to Fall but I would besurprised if that even played a part on it being shelved.
On the resemblance I'm referring to the whole A - D/A Brian-esque cliche also used on Tear it up, AKOM, WWRY, it's late, etc. Although Let me in its not on the same key you can feel the same vibe and it kinda resembles a slightly slower version of HTF during the outtro.

That 'cliche' you're talking about was hardly original with Brian............listen to Start Me Up or Crazy Train (the same chords!).......lol........and Brian even used it in the Brighton Rock 'jam' at the 78 Chicago show.......(awesome recording......one of my favorite Queen shows!!)

Has Auto-Tune been used around the phrase "filled with PAIN" around 1:49.

Sorry if discussed already

you have a point. not 100% sure you're right - but something has occurred there

I don't hear it there. The "oh my love, I want you to stay" line sound a little synthetic to me though, but it's hard to tell for sure. If they've used pitch correction in this song, they've done it very carefully. Not like TMBMTLTT, which has MJ sounding like a robot in places.

(whoops, double post)