Question about Jazz Album

I suppose, in the grand scheme of things, letting Rog have his silly little teenage rebel song on the album was a small price to pay for having him at all. What he did on 'Queen II' as a performer (both drumming and singing) was nothing short of extraordinary.

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[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

I suppose, in the grand scheme of things, letting Rog have his silly little teenage rebel song on the album was a small price to pay for having him at all. What he did on 'Queen II' as a performer (both drumming and singing) was nothing short of extraordinary.[/QUOTE]

Can't disagree with that

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

I think he was suggesting to swap out LITE and SWAFIB.

I can't believe Fun It has dodged a bullet in this thread.[/QUOTE]
Fun it is one of my least favorite songs by Roger. Don't like either of his songs on Jazz. Am I the only one here who likes leaving home ain't easy? Not on par with Brians best, but I still like it.

I love it. Beautiful melody, great singing, interesting chord progressions. It's really underrated.

NE-CE-SS-AR-IL-Y TH-E ON-LY WA-Y....

Horrible.

Leaving Home Ain't NECESSARY
LEAVE The Only Way

BTW, very good song.

I'd always understood it to be as Moog mentioned.

"Leaving home ain't necessarily the only way"

I like both of Roger's songs on Jazz - including the snippets of other songs in MOTJ. Also I like LITE - though its resonance has changed as I've grown from a teenager to an old(ish) man with a teenaged daughter in the house. :-)

[QUOTE] [b]ludwigs wrote:[/b]

I'd always understood it to be as Moog mentioned.

"Leaving home ain't necessarily the only way"[/QUOTE]

Now I understand the meaning of this phrase and grammaticaly "Leaving home ain't necessarily the only way" is the most correct indeed.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

I love it. Beautiful melody, great singing, interesting chord progressions. It's really underrated.[/QUOTE]

I agree with Sebastian 100%

I liked LHAE when I was little. One of the Queen songs that was about growing up that I wasn't too sure I understood.

Dislike All Dead All Dead with a passion.

I will always listen and love Rogers songs. Good party music when you wanna dance like you're 12 again.

Fun It though. Shhhheeesh.

I rather like fun it, I like the sentiment and used to quote is a lot back in the day...

I think Brian's singing on LHAE is awful, one of his most weak and whiny deliveries ever. The song might have worked with good production and a decent singer.

Roger certainly had his moments. His output from Tenement Funster to Drowse is pretty good and has a sense of humour it. Some decent stuff on The Game as well, and of course TDOOL. 

As Sebastian points out, some of his lesser songs was a small price to pay for having one of rock music's most insane falsettos. His harmonies are absolutely irreplaceable.

It's not just his falsetto although that's obviously exceptional - but also his magnificent head voice, his raspiness, his timbre either high or low ... and his underrated work as a drummer and all-round percussionist.