best climaxes in Queen songs

master marathon runner wrote:

......and nobody has mentioned Brighton Rock.

Yeah.. "Rock of ages do not crumble.." .Also the whole guitar solo :)
and of course the last guitar section.

In the lap of the gods (intro)
Prophets Song (just before the last "God give you grace to purge this place. .)
The Kiss (when the orchestra hits and sweeps over)
the nine chords building up to the final chorus in BREAKTHRU
guitar solo in BACK CHAT
the guitar orchestral SWELL in ALL DEAD ALL DEAD

Chief Mouse wrote:

A Kind Of Magic - last "the bell that rings...".
A Winter's Tale - last verse.
Scandal - "deeper and deeper inside".
Back Chat - "you stand so tall you don't frighten me at all, just leave me alone".
One Vision - "look what they've done to my dream".
Don't Try So Hard - solo and the last chorus.
Heaven For Everyone - "their basic pride and dignity is stripped and torn and shown no pity".

So just 80's stuff!?

Whole Bijou Song :)
Great King Rat last solo especially when there is clapping like sound and then guitar enters again with power :) and last chorus
Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy solo (album version)
Liar bass solo
Father to Son whole guitar solo
Ogre battle bridge "Ogre battle lives for ever mOOOree, oh oh oh"
Nevermore "Why did you have to leave me, why did you decieve me you send me to path of nevermore , when you say you didn't love me anymore ahh ahh" That always gives me chills :)39 last chorus/bridge
Sweet Lady "Though it seems like we wait foreeeverr oh" till the end
Bohemian Rhapsody most parts of the song... Opera, guitar solo, opera at "For MEEEEEEE", hard rock part and whole end section with the guitar arrpegios
Long Away guitar part in the middle of the song and last lines "I'm looking for , looking for that day"
Somebody to Love mostly the high sustained notes by Freddie and guitar solo.
White Man "Leave my body in shape , leave my soul in disgrace" from there till the end of the song I get chills every time
We Will Rock You guitar solo
We are the Champions last chorus with high guitar notes singing along... kinda..
Sheer Heart Attack fast drum part
Spread your Wings guitar solo
Bicycle Race bridge "Bicycle races are coming your way..."
If You Can't Beat Them gutar solos
Dead on Time guitar solo
Flash bridge "He'll save with mighty hand every man every woman every child he is the mighty Flash!"
Keep Passing The Open windows 2nd Bridge "This is the only life for me..." and guitar solo
Hammer to Fall bridge "Rich or poor or famous ..." and guitar solo (album version"
Friends Will Be Friends guitar solo and last chorus especially at "Cause right through the eeeend ...friends will be friends. yeeaah"
Gimme The Prize wah-wah guitar solo and last verse "Clear the way..." till the end
Princes of the Universe guitar solo and last chorus
The Invisible Man guitar solo
Scandal bridge . guitar solo and 2nd bridge
Let Me Live guitar solo

Most Queen songs give me chills and that is a reason why it's my favourite band :)

Oscar J wrote:

Chief Mouse wrote:

A Kind Of Magic - last "the bell that rings...".
A Winter's Tale - last verse.
Scandal - "deeper and deeper inside".
Back Chat - "you stand so tall you don't frighten me at all, just leave me alone".
One Vision - "look what they've done to my dream".
Don't Try So Hard - solo and the last chorus.
Heaven For Everyone - "their basic pride and dignity is stripped and torn and shown no pity".

So just 80's stuff!?

Not really. Others mentioned some 70s stuff as well which I didn't want to repeat. There are a lot more but these are some off the top of my head. Not that I only listen to / like the 80s.

It's obvious:

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me , for meeeeeee.....

I've said it before, but nothing else comes even remotely close to topping the 40 seconds that start from here: https://youtu.be/Nx_SVPiXnWM?t=3m31s.

Gives me goosebumps every time.

Bohardy wrote:

I've said it before, but nothing else comes even remotely close to topping the 40 seconds that start from here: https://youtu.be/Nx_SVPiXnWM?t=3m31s.

Gives me goosebumps every time.

Yeah from there till the end I believe it's one of Queen's finest moments.No matter what time it is I turn the volume to the max on that part. :)

My favourite one is Under Pressure, from "Turned away from it all" to the end, this is so powerful.

Bike It 80 wrote:

My favourite one is Under Pressure, from "Turned away from it all" to the end, this is so powerful.

Yeah I agree it is very powerful .Also near the end you can kind of hear Roger singing with Bowie as well.

The orchestral lead up in Was it all Worth It that lead to the fireworks going off...

Save Me solo and ending.
Play The Game - "play the gaaaaaame", the one towards the end where Freddie does that amazing C5.

Don't Try So Hard - "What a beautiful world" section.

Innuendo - "And whatever will be will be" has a synth flourish, and along with the stereo'ed "just keep on tryin'" is goosebump-inducing.

Made In Heaven - The blending of the voice with the guitar solo sounds like a big "release" of energy in a way.

TheAdmiester wrote:

Don't Try So Hard - "What a beautiful world" section.

Innuendo - "And whatever will be will be" has a synth flourish, and along with the stereo'ed "just keep on tryin'" is goosebump-inducing.

Made In Heaven - The blending of the voice with the guitar solo sounds like a big "release" of energy in a way.

Yeah I totally agree .I always thought of the guitar solo as u said as a release of energy