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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Sebastian wrote:
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.
Can't disagree with that
dysan wrote:
I think he was suggesting to swap out LITE and SWAFIB.
I can't believe Fun It has dodged a bullet in this thread.
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.
Horrible.
Leaving Home Ain't NECESSARY
LEAVE The Only Way
BTW, very good song.
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"
"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. :-)
ludwigs wrote:
I'd always understood it to be as Moog mentioned.
"Leaving home ain't necessarily the only way"
Now I understand the meaning of this phrase and grammaticaly "Leaving home ain't necessarily the only way" is the most correct indeed.
Sebastian wrote:
I love it. Beautiful melody, great singing, interesting chord progressions. It's really underrated.
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.
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.
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.