Was it all worth it

It's definitely in my Top 10. The start of the song is just sublime.

It might've been the swansong. Fortunately it didn't turn out that way.

It's a great song! Love it! Great guitar riff, great vocals and great bits and pieces!

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1245036/was-it-all-worth-it-queens-last-great-song.aspx

Oscar, after reading your post, I gave Was It All Worth It is a second spin, but I still share the opinion with Mooghead. From day one I for one find the synth and the drums dull. The orchestra part just kills the song a bit.

Tom

First of all: Was It All Worth It is I think a great song with a great riff, although I personally would have put the synths more in the background (the ones that are not in the bridge)

And about the drumsound, I agree with Oscar, then again: it's all a matter of taste.

I personally like acoustic drumsound like in WIAWI and Khashoggi's ship (to stick with The Miracle)

Although I Want It All uses acoustic drums as well, I don't like the sound of them, they sound way too dry and thin.

The fill at 5:12 into the song sure as hell isn't dull IMO.

But each to their own. :)

Edit: agree with post above. The drums on IWIA are triggered. What were they thinking?

To be honest, the fill at 5:12 is really simple and standard.

Personally I like the ones at 1:08, 2:29, 3:39 (especially this one, a nice roll into the guitarsolo) and 5:17.

5:12 - are you talking about the 32:nds across the snare and floor tom? While I'm not really a drummer, that's the one fill in that song that I definitely can not play.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

I have to disagree there Tom, I think the drums sound magnificent. Especially those huge tom fills.[/QUOTE]

I really like the drums - both the sound and the playing - on Was It All Worth It. One of Roger's last decent 'rock' drum performances really.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

5:12 - are you talking about the 32:nds across the snare and floor tom? While I'm not really a drummer, that's the one fill in that song that I definitely can not play.[/QUOTE]

The one at 5:12 is a 8th notes fill and really simply, the one at 5:17 is the one I like, but can't play that one either (I think, it's a bit hard to hear what he is exactly playing there.

I think we just have different versions with different timestamps. I'm talking about that fast one. :)

I listened to the normal version on youtube,
This one,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhYFnwTciQ


The fast fill is here at 5;17. :)

[QUOTE] [b]Daniel vZ wrote:[/b]

I listened to the normal version on youtube,
This one,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEhYFnwTciQ


The fast fill is here at 5;17. :)[/QUOTE]

That one has 4-5 seconds of silence at the beginning for the title card, so your 5:17 and their 5:12 probably are the same thing.

Was it all worth it...played to death in 89`( like the whole Miracle Album)...didn`t work for me nowadays ( like MOST of the Miracle Album)...