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What is Queens scariest song?
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BETA215
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke: Live At The Polideportivo, General Alvear, Mendoza, Argentina. 1972.
dat o1d god v1de0 SC4R3 MY a L0T
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dat o1d god v1de0 SC4R3 MY a L0T
indead, i WAnt tt br3ak fr3e IS t3rrific that DRAG is t0o G4Y. for mY HET3R0SEXUAL1TY and scar3s mi A LOT
tomchristie22
Bring Back That Leroy Brown is super spooky - seriously, who is that incredibly deep voiced guest vocalist?? So mysterious. He also appears on Modern Times Rock and Roll!
Really though, it's not as silly a question as it looks - more psychedelic elements in songs like The Beatles' 'Long, Long, Long', 'Revolution 9' and 'Blue Jay Way' are genuinely unnerving, and the sheer deathly, hopeless sound of Fleetwood Mac's 'Gold Dust Woman' always gets under my skin. Queen, though, have very few, if any songs, which would illicit the same sort of discomfort. I guess one thing that comes close is the looping, rising vocals at the very end of You Take My Breath Away - listen to see what I mean. The breakdown in the middle of Get Down, Make Love could be another, but I think it retains enough rock elements that it doesn't sound too deranged. I'm Going Slightly Mad also has a sort of off kilter feeling to it, which is a bit unsettling if you accept the interpretation that it was influenced by Freddie's ailing mental health in his fatal illness.
If we approach it with a more adult sort of fear, you could look to Save Me, All Dead, Under Pressure things like that. The former deals with rejection, loneliness, and a resulting lack of self worth. All Dead is a very poignant sort of coming to terms with overwhelming death and loss. Under Pressure deals with fear of failure, and of the realities of the world in general. Overall, I'd say these songs are inspired by adult fears, but they don't inspire fear in the audience, especially since two of three of them reach a more uplifting resolution ('Why can't we give love that one more chance?', 'I should not grieve - in time it comes to everyone ... In hope I breathe').
I guess a child could find some of the high screams frightening - Lap of the Gods, My Fairy King, Son and Daughter, Ogre Battle and the like. Maybe even the intense mid section of Bo Rhap.
In a more superficial sense, Procession always makes me jump as it goes into Now I'm Here on the Rainbow, as I will have turned it up to properly hear Procession, and then the first chord of Now I'm Here comes through so strongly. I guess that counts as a 'jump scare', especially if I'm for some reason expecting the usual (much softer) transition into Father to Son.
Really though, it's not as silly a question as it looks - more psychedelic elements in songs like The Beatles' 'Long, Long, Long', 'Revolution 9' and 'Blue Jay Way' are genuinely unnerving, and the sheer deathly, hopeless sound of Fleetwood Mac's 'Gold Dust Woman' always gets under my skin. Queen, though, have very few, if any songs, which would illicit the same sort of discomfort. I guess one thing that comes close is the looping, rising vocals at the very end of You Take My Breath Away - listen to see what I mean. The breakdown in the middle of Get Down, Make Love could be another, but I think it retains enough rock elements that it doesn't sound too deranged. I'm Going Slightly Mad also has a sort of off kilter feeling to it, which is a bit unsettling if you accept the interpretation that it was influenced by Freddie's ailing mental health in his fatal illness.
If we approach it with a more adult sort of fear, you could look to Save Me, All Dead, Under Pressure things like that. The former deals with rejection, loneliness, and a resulting lack of self worth. All Dead is a very poignant sort of coming to terms with overwhelming death and loss. Under Pressure deals with fear of failure, and of the realities of the world in general. Overall, I'd say these songs are inspired by adult fears, but they don't inspire fear in the audience, especially since two of three of them reach a more uplifting resolution ('Why can't we give love that one more chance?', 'I should not grieve - in time it comes to everyone ... In hope I breathe').
I guess a child could find some of the high screams frightening - Lap of the Gods, My Fairy King, Son and Daughter, Ogre Battle and the like. Maybe even the intense mid section of Bo Rhap.
In a more superficial sense, Procession always makes me jump as it goes into Now I'm Here on the Rainbow, as I will have turned it up to properly hear Procession, and then the first chord of Now I'm Here comes through so strongly. I guess that counts as a 'jump scare', especially if I'm for some reason expecting the usual (much softer) transition into Father to Son.
master marathon runner
Machines or back to humans used to freak my kids out when they were bairns.
Nick Browning
untitled track from made in heaven, just turn off the lights and listen to the whole piece. You'll get shivers down your spine and your mind will be full of fear.
GERRYISADICK
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tomchristie22
[QUOTE] [b]Nick Browning wrote:[/b]
untitled track from made in heaven, just turn off the lights and listen to the whole piece. You'll get shivers down your spine and your mind will be full of fear. [/QUOTE]
I'm gonna go listen all the way through that for the first time ever now!
untitled track from made in heaven, just turn off the lights and listen to the whole piece. You'll get shivers down your spine and your mind will be full of fear. [/QUOTE]
I'm gonna go listen all the way through that for the first time ever now!
MercurialFreddie
Imagine this, you're walking into an old abandoned manor, the whole place is devastated and hasn't been cleaned for years, the wood is cracking, your steps are unsteady and suddenly Roger's opening vocal line from In the lap of the gods attacks your ears. Spooky as hell !
The King Of Rhye
[QUOTE] [b]MercurialFreddie wrote:[/b]
Imagine this, you're walking into an old abandoned manor, the whole place is devastated and hasn't been cleaned for years, the wood is cracking, your steps are unsteady and suddenly Roger's opening vocal line from In the lap of the gods attacks your ears. Spooky as hell ! [/QUOTE]
LOL..................I totally second that...............brilliant..........
Imagine this, you're walking into an old abandoned manor, the whole place is devastated and hasn't been cleaned for years, the wood is cracking, your steps are unsteady and suddenly Roger's opening vocal line from In the lap of the gods attacks your ears. Spooky as hell ! [/QUOTE]
LOL..................I totally second that...............brilliant..........
BETA215
Hey people! This is General Discussion! Why are you being serious? This is a section where crazy things should appear.
Have fun. Lots of fun. It's BETA215 turnin' on. Bye bye!
Have fun. Lots of fun. It's BETA215 turnin' on. Bye bye!
master marathon runner
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Double lol @ roger in the mansion!
Double lol @ roger in the mansion!
master marathon runner
/The manor, sorry
pittrek
Delilah
Glende
The Kiss from Flash Gordon
tero! 48531
Brighton Rock solo.
It's scary how a competent guitarist can play the same solo in concerts for so many years.
It's scary how a competent guitarist can play the same solo in concerts for so many years.