Why the hate regarding "The Loser in the End"?

Anomalies of those who have nothing else better to do.
The song is fine...

eh

"Nonsense!....Action this Day is better, Back Chat is better, under pressure is better, words of Love is better. Cool Cat is better"

Ok, I will bite.

Define 'better'.

Staying on topic......I am more than fine with the song, it's placement, the lyrics....'almost' everything except......the drums! The mix doesn't match the rest of the album.

I wonder if it was left off the album and suddenly released as a previously unknown track from the session we'd be calling it treasure.

Maaaaaybe

The song seems so uninspired to me.

It makes side white not flow well. Like Dysan said...if it was a non-album b-side for Seven Seas of Rhye then we'd be loving it more. I actually like the song and it's sentiment and it's Rogers answer to Brians "ode to daddy".

mooghead wrote:

"Nonsense!....Action this Day is better, Back Chat is better, under pressure is better, words of Love is better. Cool Cat is better"

Ok, I will bite.

Define 'better'.

I know It's subjective...He said loser was much better than anything on Hot Space. I simply disagreed.

There was a day last week, where it sounded like a pretty great mock blues track.

I still don't get the bit about someone being or getting looser in the end.


Maybe it was a gay commentary

Things is musically It has nice stuff in it....but like I said before, just because it has loud drums and guitar Doesn't make the actual song good...Rush newest album clockwork Angels is like that for me...I know It's a fan favorite and has loads of musical talent..ripping drums, bass lines at It's best. Alex sounds great on guitar, but saying all that I only like 4 songs on the whole album. Most of the songs don't grab me. Relax Rush Fans, I know the Gardening is a great one ....

I'm a Rush fan. I listened to Clockwork Angels on my stereo system once. That was enough. It's just noise. I don't know if the musicianship is good. I can't hear it over the din.

mooghead wrote:


Define 'better'.

It's the opposite to "not as good as" and a step up from "equal to".

You're welcome.

I think the loud drums and guitar makes this song good, I hated hot space when it was first released and must admit still do so today, but it"s each to their own which is good because it would be boring if everyone liked the same stuff.

I'm not a fan of Hot Space...I'm a huge fan of Queen 2. I'm only saying they're are songs on Hot Space that I like better than Loser In The End, which is the only song I don't like on that album....See What A Fool I'v been is much better. Especially live.

i think that LITE shows up a good contrast to SDOD. as being placed at the end of the first side of the LP (does anybody listen to vinyls anymore) doesn't make it offensive as you can skip it anyway.
The lyrics... well... there were worse in their history.
the song's a straight rocker. and it makes totally sense in getting a (album listening) audience being somewhat more interested on the 2nd side of the album. it's an outro. and for me it works.
maybe i'm a little bit too 'old fashioned'.
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and in comparisation to "hot space" there's ... .. . (WTF!?!?!?!) . .. ... some of you compare queen II with hot space ? SRSLY ? different time. different style. different ambition. great aswell. but for other reasons (my favourite is "dancer" ;-) )
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personally i think FHLI is more annoying because of that wall of sound. while everything else on this album is so clearly defined.
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i don't get the fuzz about this LITE. it's great. a simple straight number with some potentionally cheesy lyrics. is it better to sing about ogres ? hummm. just thinking. :-)