Freddie's lack of Queen hits in the Eighties

And largely, thy were sensible enough to realise this. Lesser bands don't.

And two hard boiled eggs.


....though I'll of never understand why princes of the universe never became hit.

Not releasing it in UK: MISTAKE

The video was fucking amazing.

[QUOTE] [b]Makka wrote:[/b]



. . . . EDIT: Oh, and of course Cosmos Rocks is another classic example of Queen music written without Freddie's involvement.[/QUOTE]

Yes and no. .

It featured two Queen members and a third writer. Paul Rodgers approach to song writing and singing is more straightforward than most of what Queen produced.

As such his artistic input would have changed what both Brian and Roger would have done on their own or with another singer.
I don't think The Cosmos Rocks is a pure example of a collection of Queen songs without Freddie.

The lyrics prevented < princes of the universe > to become a hit. Outside the movie context they produce a wrong meaning.

Um... Flash?

Frederick didn't write 'Flash'. Brian did.

Reread the exchange for more information.

In the 80s Freddie's writing was more diverse than previously and time was not on his side

Songwriting while dealing with his issues was probably difficult

He did write some beauties, they just weren't hits. Two solo albums where chock full of great songs but didn't reach the market unfortunately

Think of La Japonaise, How can I go on, Don't try so hard..classics!

creating lyrics and making songs are two distinct things
Freddie's 80's lyrics were garbage, he cared about the melody and instrumental, words were secondary too him.

[QUOTE] [b]Dim wrote:[/b]

Especially the demo of the kiss sounds like comes from Queen II. A very interesting is that has the same total time with Lilly of the valley. [/QUOTE]

Great to see some love for this demo!

I love Freddie's lyrics and songs from the 80s, they are more relatable and fun

After puberty, you will connect more with the emotion expressed in his 70s work.

Thank God they cared more about the music and not the lyrics

Well Freddie in the 70's was a hard working man constantly improving his art.
Freddie in the first half of the 80's was a party animal spending most of his time on coke and in gay clubs.
Freddie in the second half of the 80's was a "clean" man ("living like a nun") trying to concentrate on the music again.


The 70's Freddie wrote masterpieces. Early 80's Freddie wrote crap. Late 80's Freddie wrote most of the songs on Barcelona, and wrote or co-wrote some really great songs on The Miracle and Innuendo.

Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not, the only person who could be sure died in 1991