Heaviest Queen song?

Son & daughter.

Gimme The Prize

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

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[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

In 1974 If you named the 5 heaviest bands of that time period would Queen make it? Obviously you had Sabbath, Deep Purple, Zep, The Who were heavy at times. Queen might sneak in there. Priest first album in 74 was more blues rock.[/QUOTE]

Well you`re on the right track..

The word HARDROCK actually didn`t exsist in 74`
At least in Germany Queen were called "one of the harder Rock groups" at that point.
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The word "hard rock" was first used in print in 1959. It was already in common use in the late '60s to describe the rougher-edged electric blues-based psychedelic rock groups as opposed to the folk rock-based ones.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20rock[/QUOTE]

if that`s the case then it wasn`t used in relation with Queen or average "harder rock groups"
At least in german articles I couldn`t find them called HARDROCK Group( or I don`t remember that). But maybe the mainstream didn`t get used to it.

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Son & daughter.[/QUOTE]

Especially live

[QUOTE] [b]Thrill Yeti wrote:[/b]

Gimme The Prize[/QUOTE]

I was listening to The Magic album yesterday and Gimme The Prize is one the better tunes on that album. Funny that AKOM is one of Queens most pop sounding albums, but has the two heaviest songs they did in the 80's. Prize and princes of the universe. People put down 80's Queen a lot here, but all honesty I enjoyed listening to Magic for the time in a few years, though I still skip quit a few songs on there.

Agreed. I always love listening to that album again after a while.

Hmm. Well, each to their own.

The only Queen albums I can listen through are SHA and ANATO, and if I'm in a more charitable mood maybe Queen I and ADATR. The other ones always have at least one dud on them that you have to skip, some of them plenty. I think I would have to skip about six out of the nine tracks on AKOM.

Wow Oscar. - sure you like Queen?!

Yeah, but only the songs where they make an effort to play well. There's so much other great music that your time is better spent listening to than, say, "Pain Is So Close To Please".

I didn't think it was a controversial opinion that much of 80's Queen kinda sucks. :|

I agree with that too. For such a slight album, there's a lot of filler on in, but that doesn't hinder my enjoyment.

The biggest skipper album for me is probably Innuendo (I don't count MIH) probably because I was off Queen by then and full on into Bowie by early 1991 so I never connected to it on an emotional level as I had with all the other albums prior. And the production sucks.

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

I agree with that too. For such a slight album, there's a lot of filler on in, but that doesn't hinder my enjoyment.

The biggest skipper album for me is probably Innuendo (I don't count MIH) probably because I was off Queen by then and full on into Bowie by early 1991 so I never connected to it on an emotional level as I had with all the other albums prior. And the production sucks.[/QUOTE]

This is where opinion is such a great thing. Innuendo is a start to finish for me. In my opinion, it's the greatest Queen Album. Probably I'll get slated for it, but I don't give a shit!

Fair enough. Just like I said, Innuendo is very different for me because I'd bonded and really lived in all the previous ones for so long. By 1991 I'm not even sure I got it on first release so it's always be one that isn't part of my personal Queen journey.

Sheer Heart Attack is the one I'd most likely to listen from start to finish.

But I've listened to Queen so much a full album listen is a rare occurrence now.

The One thing I noticed with Bands and their fans is that too be a fan of say 70's Queen you have to dislike the 80's. I noticed that with every band I ever liked. I could be on a Rush forum and anything after signals gets labeled as crap. Especially 90's Rush. It's like that with every band. I fall into that category with plenty of bands. Being fan of Iron Maiden growing up I can't stand anything after 1988. So I get it, but for me Queen are a bit different in a sense that even after1978/1980 I could find songs that I love. Magic, the works and The Miracle are hit or miss for me, but I do enjoy enough songs to make it worth it. Who wants to live forever is one of their best songs and it's from the 80's. It's a matter of taste anyway. Read the Amazon reviews for Magic who arn't die hard Queen fans, they heard the album only because of Highlander, and they have a different perspective, the album gets very good reviews because they're not comparing it with Sheer Heart Attack. They're Just hearing some good sounding tunes. As For AKOM I skip friends will be friends, don't lose your head and pain and pleasure, the rest is fine with me.

Is this the reduntant question that comes up every other year, where all fail, and then I respond 'Fat Bottomed Girls'?