Delilah

Delilah seems to comes up a lot as one of the worst queen songs on this site. While not the best song. the opening two lines alone are better than some entire queen songs e.g. the hitman, some tracks on a kind of magic etc.

It's shit, build a bridge and get over it.

Worst Queen song by far. That includes Queen+ projects. All of them.

Cheers,

Ogre-

I'll defend it till i drop. Very heartfelt song.

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Yes, it is a very heartfelt song- much like the ones I sing to my own animals when I am being silly.
I can fully appreciate it on that level.

But [b]IMO[/b] it had no place on a commercially released Queen album.
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I like Delilah a lot, but I feel they kind of did it in a rush, I think it needs a little bit of extra work.
Still, I like it!

Brian playing cat meows immediately takes it out of any 'worst Queen song ever' list for me. That was/is hilarious.

I think you have to see the song in its context. A very ill man who is stalked by the press who is left with little happiness in his life, the company with his cats.

Freddie wrote similar lullabies like Seaside Rendezvous and Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. It is meant for some lightness on an otherwise quite heavy album (music wise but certainly on an emotional level).

So in my opinion it does it job in that way. Brian's guitarwork is quite magnificent and is humoristic. It's just tongue in cheek. Don't take it too seriously.

[QUOTE] [b]malicedoom wrote:[/b]

Brian playing cat meows immediately takes it out of any 'worst Queen song ever' list for me. That was/is hilarious.[/QUOTE]

That is easily the best part of the song! The one thing I like about it, actually......lol

Hm.........actually lately I've been thinking my least favorite song is OYOL..........not really any redeeming factors in that one for me! (also, tough for me to like a Queen song with NO guitar! That's just........wrong! Even Body Language had a TINY bit of guitar in it....)

it´s plain it´s a song for a Freddie album. A kind of tribute to his cats which had the approval of the band in those "special" circumstances.

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I like Delilah a lot, but I feel they kind of did it in a rush, I think it needs a little bit of extra work.
Still, I like it![/QUOTE]

I agree, they should have changed the music and the lyrics....

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[QUOTE] [b]winterspelt wrote:[/b]

I like Delilah a lot, but I feel they kind of did it in a rush, I think it needs a little bit of extra work.
Still, I like it![/QUOTE]

I agree, they should have changed the music and the lyrics....

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And maybe the title also. That title isn't the better for this kind of music.

Dont tell Tom Jones that :/

Tom Jones rules.

Are Queen the only major rock band to write 2 songs about pet cats (Delilah & All Dead All Dead)?
This needs to be cleared up asap.