Well, I absolutely love it- one of my favs... The moment when "softer" piano/drums/bas mono-recorded bit comes suddenly into heavy guitar riff.. Ah- it's awesome!!!! And some live versions are remarkable- Wembley Arena for instance! As I said- one of my fav Queen tracks... Guitarwork is AWESOME!
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Agree with Juls (as usual) even if "Jazz" is not one of my favs... I still can't say why they released it as a single in Germany...
Albyboy
It must either be on a bootleg or in an old german music tv-show from '79, (with an interview with the band and some live-excerpts) which I've seen: it was the Munich concert and the crowd starts shouting for Mustapha - and Freddie says something like "why the hell do they want that f****** song again ?". Seems like the german audience for whatever reason picked that song as a favourite and requested it during that tour, and thus they released it as a single. The shouting on LK is very likely to be from germany as well, see http://www.geocities.com/qzboots/pages/lkanalysis.htm (Frankfurt, thanx to Sir GH)
I love Mustapha. It's just odd enough to be really cool. :P
Agree with Juls (as usual) even if "Jazz" is not one of my favs... I still can't say why they released it as a single in Germany...
Albyboy
It must either be on a bootleg or in an old german music tv-show from '79, (with an interview with the band and some live-excerpts) which I've seen: it was the Munich concert and the crowd starts shouting for Mustapha - and Freddie says something like "why the hell do they want that f****** song again ?". Seems like the german audience for whatever reason picked that song as a favourite and requested it during that tour, and thus they released it as a single. The shouting on LK is very likely to be from germany as well, see http://www.geocities.com/qzboots/pages/lkanalysis.htm (Frankfurt, thanx to Sir GH)
Hey Regor,
you are right, in Germany Mustapha is I think more popuplar than maybe Fat Bottomed Girls from the same album. Maybe it has to do with the turkish people in Germany. As far as I remember it is also released in Yugosalwia as single? No idea. A few years ago in a pub they had the Mustapha single in a jukebox, and it was played nearly every weekend once, here in Germany.
Mustapha has always been a hit in Germany, I don't think it has anything to do with the Turkish people here. I think it was always regarded as very funny with all the made up lyrics and it rocks! Since the 60s there were always popular bands in Germany who combined comedy and Rock music, so it's obvious that Mustapha was very popular among German Queenfans - and still is.
When I saw Brian perform in Offenbach 1998 the crowd began calling for Mustapha from old habit. Brian laughed and he said he *could* sing it but then his voice would be ruined for the rest of the tour. When he announced the next song he said - "... and it's not fucking Mustapha" :)
When I saw Brian perform in Offenbach 1998 the crowd began calling for Mustapha from old habit. Brian laughed and he said he *could* sing it but then his voice would be ruined for the rest of the tour. When he announced the next song he said - "... and it's not fucking Mustapha" :)
"... and it's not fucking Mustapha"
Really? Brian said that? I don't know why, but I'm surprised. Anyway, I absolutely love this song. It gets my blood flowing. Great start to the album. I love the middle eastern sound Brian gets out of his guitar.
Really? Brian said that? I don't know why, but I'm surprised. Anyway, I absolutely love this song. It gets my blood flowing. Great start to the album. I love the middle eastern sound Brian gets out of his guitar.
And it's kinda weird...
...........but fucking superb.
Hi Juls, YourValentine,
yeah, germany tends to like "weird" songs. I think Flash was for a long time their most successful single here, and even though it's not as "unusual" as Mustapha it's still something that people in other territories did not like that much.
yeah, germany tends to like "weird" songs. I think Flash was for a long time their most successful single here, and even though it's not as "unusual" as Mustapha it's still something that people in other territories did not like that much.
Have you damned your corpus callosum and it's Alien Hand Syndrome lately? I know I have! *goes off on another AHS induced adventure/stroke*
I like Mustapha..except the start..absolutely shits me.
I like Mustapha..except the start..absolutely shits me.
It's about Aids
Well, actually it's about gay sex...
Either way it's a fantastic song!
Well, actually it's about gay sex...
It's about Aids
Keep it coming! The threads are slotting together, slowly but surely.
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I posted this here as I cant remember My user I. D on queenzone and couldn't be bothered to create a new one ! .......Anyways ....... a few years ago , I played this track ( mustapha ) to a friend of mine ( whose a muslim ) and asked him what it was about - apparently the in the opening line Freddie is calling upon God and praising the prophet - now here's another question I know the track was released in yugoslavia - what was the B side and did the release have a picture sleeve - any ideas ?
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I thought it was released as a single in Yugoslavia, though, is that right?
I love Mustapha. I find it a very engergetic song, which is good for when I just want to have a great time and go crazy.