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"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."
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I have always loved Leaving Home Ain't Easy and actually would count it as one of his better tracks and that's saying a LOT as he is a terrific songwriter.
As far as Fun It? I love that one, too! I guess I can see why many don't but I love that funky, slinky riff and I really love Freddie's vocal parts in it.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
Son & Daughter is a weird one. It was just a boring bluesy song on their first album (again, I was very little) and I think over the years I'd get so used to the many many live versions of it that it became a skipper for me. Then I heard the original album version again for the first time in years and the moment the harmonised guitar comes in, that weird, beautiful sound, it transported me right back to being little again hearing it for the first time with headphones on and going 'woooow'. So nostalgia score: 10, song interest score: 2[/QUOTE]
You get the best of both worlds with the BBC session 2 version - the interlude plus the harmonies in the last verse. [/QUOTE]
Complete with a super raw sound, a more to the point guitar solo, and with Taylor delivering thunderous drumming and a haunted head voice scream. Plus the "steel yourself, this is valid" bit. Gotta love it.[/QUOTE]
Aye, totally. Certainly the definitive version of the song, I'd say.
mooghead · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]7cees wrote:[/b]
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[b]mike hunt wrote: [/b] Hot Space hasn't aged well for me, but I do like cool Cat and Back Chat. Cool Cat, his voice is at it's best. Sheer heart attack as a favorite Queen song is not nearly as strange as someone saying Drowse is the best song on A Day At The Races, like someone said on this thread. That one had me scratching my head.[/QUOTE]
Drowse is my all time favourite Queen song.... Scratch away....[/QUOTE]
Mine too
mooghead · Member since
"My only complaint of the first album is the production"
Yeah but Queen weren't Queen then, they were just some piss pot band sneaking in when everyone else went home. People forget that.
mike hunt · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
"My only complaint of the first album is the production"
Yeah but Queen weren't Queen then, they were just some piss pot band sneaking in when everyone else went home. People forget that.[/QUOTE]
Of course I know their history, a lot of bands first album were poor in production. Some of these albums are fantastic regardless. Queen 1 is one of them. Queen on air gave the early stuff new life. Like someone mentioned, Son and Daughter is better at the BBC. Moder times also is heavier. What other Tracks do you folks prefer on Queen On Air?
mike hunt · Member since
I always said Races didn't have a bad song on it, so it's not like I said it was bad. A poster said it was controversial for someone liking SHA as their favorite Queen song. I think Drowse is a bit more controversial In my Opinion. I never heard this song praised outside of this site, and I read a lot reviews online from Amazon and talking with fans in the real world. SHA does get mentioned more as classic Queen. That's all I'm saying.
strangefrontier · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
So far, all of the so-called evidence for a planned double-album has come from people who weren't there, and none of the eye witnesses or people involved with the project (the band, the engineer, the technicians) has ever confirmed - to my knowledge- said rumour.
So an unsubstatiated rumour it remains to me... should sound evidence ever come to my attention claiming the contrary, I'll be happy to stand corrected, but until then, I remain sceptical.[/QUOTE]
This is from the US press kit:
Sebastian · Member since
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear: I was talking about 'The Game' and the recurring rumour it was initially meant to be a double album.
dysan · Member since
I like this thread
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]strangefrontier wrote:[/b]
This is from the US press kit:
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love the fact that Freddie is simply listed as "keyboardist"!!
dysan · Member since
Maracas and sometimes vocals.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
What other Tracks do you folks prefer on Queen On Air?
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Spread Your Wings.
No contest. It slays the original.
Saint Jiub · Member since
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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
What other Tracks do you folks prefer on Queen On Air? [/QUOTE]
Spread Your Wings.
No contest. It slays the original. [/QUOTE]
I never understood why Queen stopped performing the SYW "BBC version" early in the North American tour (and performed the tame studio version instead).
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IMHO - White Queen slays the original studio version as well.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]strangefrontier wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
So far, all of the so-called evidence for a planned double-album has come from people who weren't there, and none of the eye witnesses or people involved with the project (the band, the engineer, the technicians) has ever confirmed - to my knowledge- said rumour.
So an unsubstatiated rumour it remains to me... should sound evidence ever come to my attention claiming the contrary, I'll be happy to stand corrected, but until then, I remain sceptical.[/QUOTE]
This is from the US press kit:
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That's an excellent read - thanks for posting !
Any chance you could post the remaining page(s) ?
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Panchgani wrote:[/b]
I never understood why Queen stopped performing the SYW "BBC version" early in the North American tour (and performed the tame studio version instead).[/QUOTE]
Maybe because they released it as a single in Europe in early 78, and they wanted to keep the song as people were used to hearing it on the radio?
