Eh, Liar overlooked?
I heard it everywhere...
And the audience in Queen's early concerts always demanded it.
hobbit in Rhye
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mike hunt
Yea, liar was overlooked by the general public. Great song
Fat Bottomed Queen
Jesus.
Sebastian
I think a large amount of fans have got 'A Night at the Opera' so I don't really think ''Good Company' is too overlooked. Compared to the hits, of course it is, but not compared to the average Queen non-single album track. I agree it's probably the band's best song (bar ''39') but not even in the top 50 of their overlooked pieces.
Obviously, it depends on how you define 'overlooked.' For me, it works like this:
In the developed Western world, the average listener (not even a music fan) with access to iTunes or YT or social media is already familiar with a few Queen songs (Bo Rhap, Champions, Rock You, Dust, Crazy, depending on their area we might add others to the list such as Don't Stop Me Now, Ga Ga, Magic and Break Free). So those obviously don't count.
A more casual listener (but not necessarily Queen fan) will also probably know a few of their medium-sized hits: Killer Queen, Best Friend, Show Must Go On, I Want It All. Those don't count either.
Someone more interested in Queen and entering what we could define as the 'fandom' (or fan dumb, depending) probably has all Greatest Hits, plus maybe Opera, Made in Heaven, The Game, News of the World and perhaps Queen II if they're the typical fan whose favourite record is that one (there are plenty of those, with good reason). So those ones can be safely ruled out as well, even though all albums have some overlooked pieces in the context of the album (e.g., most people praise 'Black Queen', very few rate 'Some Day One Day' that high). They're also quite likely to be familiar with British and American singles even if they flopped (e.g., 'Keep Yourself Alive' and 'Tie Your Mother Down', at the very least because they've both got videos). They might also be familiar with songs included on some famous concerts (e.g., 'Tear It Up' was played at Wembley, 'Son & Daughter', partly, at Hammy '75).
Anything further than that is what I'd actually regard as 'overlooked:' pieces on the other albums which weren't singles and which weren't included on the concerts the average Queen fan has bought, downloaded or seen on YT. That leaves us with:
* Most of the début album (exceptions: Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Son & Daughter and perhaps Doing All Right because of Smile and because it was played at Earls Court).
* Tenement Funster,Lily of the Valley, She Makes Me, Dear Friends, Misfire. Other songs from 'SHA' are quite overlooked because the album's neither as commercially successful as 'Opera' nor it's got as much cult following as 'Queen II'. But I'd argue there are loads of fans who are at least vaguely familiar with 'Leroy Brown' and 'Lap of the Gods' if only just because they saw them on the Rainbow videos. 'Flick of the Wrist' is remarkably overlooked considering it was an A-Side, but it's still fairly well-known for fans. At least they know it exists and was played at both Rainbow and Hyde Park.
* 'Long Away' (despite having been a single in the States), 'You and I' and 'Drowse.' The whole 'Races' album is generally quite underrated, but the singles and the pieces they routinely performed live have had much more exposure than those three songs. 'Teo Torriatte' is unique enough to be well-known just because of its uniqueness ('Mustapha' is a similar case).
* Anything not (solely) sung by Freddie on the 'Jazz' album, plus Dead on Time' and 'In Only Seven Days.' 'If You Can't Beat Them' and 'Dreamer's Ball' are far less overlooked than those thanks to bootlegs from concerts ('Dreamer's Ball' also thanks to 'Live Killers').
* The whole 'Flash Gordon' OST except for 'Flash's Theme' and 'The Hero.'
* 'Dancer,' 'Life Is Real' and 'Cool Cat.' The others either were singles (with video and all that) or were performed in Milton Keynes.
* 'Keep Passing the Open Windows' and 'Machines': The rest were singles or (at least partially) performed at Wembley & Budapest.
* John's songs on the 'Magic' album (except 'Friends Will Be Friends') plus 'Gimme the Prize' and perhaps 'Don't Lose Your Head,' though both are reasonably familiar to those who watched the film.
* 'Khashoggi's Ship' and the Deacon/Mercury songs on 'The Miracle.' 'Party' is often mentioned for being the opener and for often being hated. The other three fit the definition of 'overlooked' much more.
* 'Ride the Wild Wind', 'The Hitman', 'All God's People' and 'Don't Try So Hard.' 'Bijou' got exposure when Brian played it on the tours with Paul, 'I Can't Live with You' got exposure via 'Queen Rocks.' 'Delilah''s famous even to some non-Queen fans because of the whole story of the cat, and it's also often mentioned because of so many people who hate it.
And then of course there are B-Sides and unreleased songs which were so overlooked that they weren't even on the albums.
Obviously, it depends on how you define 'overlooked.' For me, it works like this:
In the developed Western world, the average listener (not even a music fan) with access to iTunes or YT or social media is already familiar with a few Queen songs (Bo Rhap, Champions, Rock You, Dust, Crazy, depending on their area we might add others to the list such as Don't Stop Me Now, Ga Ga, Magic and Break Free). So those obviously don't count.
A more casual listener (but not necessarily Queen fan) will also probably know a few of their medium-sized hits: Killer Queen, Best Friend, Show Must Go On, I Want It All. Those don't count either.
Someone more interested in Queen and entering what we could define as the 'fandom' (or fan dumb, depending) probably has all Greatest Hits, plus maybe Opera, Made in Heaven, The Game, News of the World and perhaps Queen II if they're the typical fan whose favourite record is that one (there are plenty of those, with good reason). So those ones can be safely ruled out as well, even though all albums have some overlooked pieces in the context of the album (e.g., most people praise 'Black Queen', very few rate 'Some Day One Day' that high). They're also quite likely to be familiar with British and American singles even if they flopped (e.g., 'Keep Yourself Alive' and 'Tie Your Mother Down', at the very least because they've both got videos). They might also be familiar with songs included on some famous concerts (e.g., 'Tear It Up' was played at Wembley, 'Son & Daughter', partly, at Hammy '75).
Anything further than that is what I'd actually regard as 'overlooked:' pieces on the other albums which weren't singles and which weren't included on the concerts the average Queen fan has bought, downloaded or seen on YT. That leaves us with:
* Most of the début album (exceptions: Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Son & Daughter and perhaps Doing All Right because of Smile and because it was played at Earls Court).
* Tenement Funster,Lily of the Valley, She Makes Me, Dear Friends, Misfire. Other songs from 'SHA' are quite overlooked because the album's neither as commercially successful as 'Opera' nor it's got as much cult following as 'Queen II'. But I'd argue there are loads of fans who are at least vaguely familiar with 'Leroy Brown' and 'Lap of the Gods' if only just because they saw them on the Rainbow videos. 'Flick of the Wrist' is remarkably overlooked considering it was an A-Side, but it's still fairly well-known for fans. At least they know it exists and was played at both Rainbow and Hyde Park.
* 'Long Away' (despite having been a single in the States), 'You and I' and 'Drowse.' The whole 'Races' album is generally quite underrated, but the singles and the pieces they routinely performed live have had much more exposure than those three songs. 'Teo Torriatte' is unique enough to be well-known just because of its uniqueness ('Mustapha' is a similar case).
* Anything not (solely) sung by Freddie on the 'Jazz' album, plus Dead on Time' and 'In Only Seven Days.' 'If You Can't Beat Them' and 'Dreamer's Ball' are far less overlooked than those thanks to bootlegs from concerts ('Dreamer's Ball' also thanks to 'Live Killers').
* The whole 'Flash Gordon' OST except for 'Flash's Theme' and 'The Hero.'
* 'Dancer,' 'Life Is Real' and 'Cool Cat.' The others either were singles (with video and all that) or were performed in Milton Keynes.
* 'Keep Passing the Open Windows' and 'Machines': The rest were singles or (at least partially) performed at Wembley & Budapest.
* John's songs on the 'Magic' album (except 'Friends Will Be Friends') plus 'Gimme the Prize' and perhaps 'Don't Lose Your Head,' though both are reasonably familiar to those who watched the film.
* 'Khashoggi's Ship' and the Deacon/Mercury songs on 'The Miracle.' 'Party' is often mentioned for being the opener and for often being hated. The other three fit the definition of 'overlooked' much more.
* 'Ride the Wild Wind', 'The Hitman', 'All God's People' and 'Don't Try So Hard.' 'Bijou' got exposure when Brian played it on the tours with Paul, 'I Can't Live with You' got exposure via 'Queen Rocks.' 'Delilah''s famous even to some non-Queen fans because of the whole story of the cat, and it's also often mentioned because of so many people who hate it.
And then of course there are B-Sides and unreleased songs which were so overlooked that they weren't even on the albums.
Holly2003
Machines (Back to Humans) is really good, albeit with some awful lyrics. Back Chat has a great guitar solo but is often lumped in with the rest of Hot Space as dross. A Human Body is a wonderful little song that is overlooked because it's a non-album track. The whole Flash Gordon album is great. Queen were very innovative there, and I regard it as the last "classic Queen" album, but it gets overlooked as its a soundtrack and "not a proper album".
Oscar J
Sebastian: I think you might be missing the significant difference between a song being "overlooked" and just "not well known". Overlooked usually means that it got a lot less exposure than it deserved. So - if you consider Good Company their second best song ever, and it's their (for example) 60th most well known song, then it's a very, very overlooked song indeed. Even though there are many Queen tracks that are even less in the public's consciousness (Party, Yeah, Flash Gordon tracks), they might not be considered as overlooked, simply because they aren't as good as Good Company.
dysan
I dislike All Dead All Dead. It seems about 4 hours long and is totally in the wrong place on the album.
dysan
Same with YTMBA on Races. Kills the album stone dead.
Oscar J
Wth. Those are fabulous songs!
hobbit in Rhye
dysan: I won't comment on how you dislike YTMBA (I like that song) but I can murder you if you hate All Dead All Dead lol
It might feel long, because it's a nostalgia song. The melody, the lyrics, the guitar symphony is wonderful. The lyrics, argh - you couldn't write a more endearing lyrics even for your human lover. I don't know why Delilah is so famous for being a cat song, ADAD is 100 times better as a cat song or a general song.
It might feel long, because it's a nostalgia song. The melody, the lyrics, the guitar symphony is wonderful. The lyrics, argh - you couldn't write a more endearing lyrics even for your human lover. I don't know why Delilah is so famous for being a cat song, ADAD is 100 times better as a cat song or a general song.
queenUSA
I just heard Silver Salmon this weekend for the first time. I'd have to say it was overlooked (potential wise) by the band itself. For early Queen, I liked it. While it didn't get picked up for Deep Cuts, maybe it could be considered for Super Deep Cuts.
matt z
[QUOTE] [b]queenUSA wrote:[/b]
I just heard Silver Salmon this weekend for the first time. I'd have to say it was overlooked (potential wise) by the band itself. For early Queen, I liked it. While it didn't get picked up for Deep Cuts, maybe it could be considered for Super Deep Cuts. [/QUOTE]
Maybe that acetate will be released as a selling gimmick for ABSOLUTE DEEPEST CUTS volume 1
*(lest you forget that the actual PACKAGING white label sticker on QUEEN ROCKS cds stated "QUEEN ROCKS volume 1"... I can almost swear it did. .. I usually keep those things)
I just heard Silver Salmon this weekend for the first time. I'd have to say it was overlooked (potential wise) by the band itself. For early Queen, I liked it. While it didn't get picked up for Deep Cuts, maybe it could be considered for Super Deep Cuts. [/QUOTE]
Maybe that acetate will be released as a selling gimmick for ABSOLUTE DEEPEST CUTS volume 1
*(lest you forget that the actual PACKAGING white label sticker on QUEEN ROCKS cds stated "QUEEN ROCKS volume 1"... I can almost swear it did. .. I usually keep those things)
The King Of Rhye
[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]
*(lest you forget that the actual PACKAGING white label sticker on QUEEN ROCKS cds stated "QUEEN ROCKS volume 1"... I can almost swear it did. .. I usually keep those things)[/QUOTE]
It sure did! I remember that sticker! lol....also I think it said something like 'featuring so-and-so song and such-and-such, and 17 other tracks' when there were only 17 songs on the whole thing....
*(lest you forget that the actual PACKAGING white label sticker on QUEEN ROCKS cds stated "QUEEN ROCKS volume 1"... I can almost swear it did. .. I usually keep those things)[/QUOTE]
It sure did! I remember that sticker! lol....also I think it said something like 'featuring so-and-so song and such-and-such, and 17 other tracks' when there were only 17 songs on the whole thing....
tomchristie22
[QUOTE] [b]hobbit in Rhye wrote:[/b]
I don't know why Delilah is so famous for being a cat song, ADAD is 100 times better as a cat song or a general song.[/QUOTE]
'Cause 'All Dead, All Dead' is much more than just a cat song - not only is it a very eloquent contemplation of death and loss in general, it also has nothing in its lyrics to make so explicit that it's inspired by cat, unlike 'Delilah'. Still, 'Delilah' is pretty powerful in its own way, which is summed up well by the line 'You make me smile when I'm just about to cry', and the fact that Freddie sang 'die' in place of 'cry' in one early version.
I don't know why Delilah is so famous for being a cat song, ADAD is 100 times better as a cat song or a general song.[/QUOTE]
'Cause 'All Dead, All Dead' is much more than just a cat song - not only is it a very eloquent contemplation of death and loss in general, it also has nothing in its lyrics to make so explicit that it's inspired by cat, unlike 'Delilah'. Still, 'Delilah' is pretty powerful in its own way, which is summed up well by the line 'You make me smile when I'm just about to cry', and the fact that Freddie sang 'die' in place of 'cry' in one early version.
Estranged
Scandal is pretty damn overlooked. What a shame.