The Hero

I have never listened to the album Flash Gordon.From that album I have only heard Flash's Theme.I know all the Queen songs except from that album.I listened to The Hero and it was amazing!
Especially the guitar solo.What do u guys think? Is it underrated , beacuse not many Queen Fans mention that song for any reason.I believe it is quite underrated or understated.

The Hero is a pretty good rock song. The album itself is not that bad, IMHO. The problem with it, as Brian (I think?) once said, is that the album has been branded more like a proper Queen album than the soundtrack album it really is. If you listen to it as any other Queen album, of course you'll be disappointed, but if you listen to it as a soundtrack album, it makes more sense. There are actually pretty good bits on that album (Football Fight, Vultan's Theme...)

The whole last third is excellent - basically The Hero extended over several different songs. Football Fight is great too. There is an excellent bootleg of the Queen material mixed with the original score and it works so much better. Check it out.

The Hero performed live and the reminder of Flash Gordon themes performed live is some of the best live music I have ever heard.

dysan wrote:

The whole last third is excellent - basically The Hero extended over several different songs. Football Fight is great too. There is an excellent bootleg of the Queen material mixed with the original score and it works so much better. Check it out.

Really?
Never heard that.
Any links please?
Thanks.

Possibly my favorite part of the whole album is the combination of Vultan's Theme going into Battle Theme (which is really just an instrumental version of The Hero anyway)

I love the "Mongo" bits and THE KISS as well as football fight and flash 's theme.


The entire album's an experience

Great Track!

And I love the re-take which is available on the
deluxe 2 cd reissue! Would have been interesting to see where this would have gone if they had released it as a single.

The kiss is exquisite, used in the synchronized swimming at the '84 Olympics and sampled elsewhere from time to time

Yeah should've been a single. Nothing was released until Under Pressure about 10 months later. Perhaps they knew the film was a flop by then so voted against it. Although as a 'hot space' soundtrack that was considered barely a Queen album, just one single makes perfect sense especially as GH was on the cards.

Brian's Wig: I don't have the time to upload but I'm sure I found my copy just by some casual googling. It's great, including unreleased orchestrated versions of some of the QUeen songs (off the top of my head)
Search Howard Blake FLash or something.

https://youtu.be/dyzOZocTLYM?t=3m24s

Muse talking about Flash. Quite hilarious. (the whole thing is worth watching, by the way)

That fat chord sound that Brian plays at the start of the Love Theme is one of my favorites from the soundtrack.

Dysan , the film wasn't a flop from what I can remember, it didn't break box office records but it held its own I reckon

The'Flash Gordon' album is one of the greatest to listen to while high,i absolutely adore 'The Kiss' demo on the remaster.Do yourselves a favour and smoke a couple of spliffs,put the album on, and, 'Hail Ming!

master marathon runner wrote:

Dysan , the film wasn't a flop from what I can remember, it didn't break box office records but it held its own I reckon

The film did quite well - it earned more than double what it cost to make. It did particularly well in the UK.

It's also got a very respectable rating on Rotten Tomatoes (80%).