RGG is *such* a tremendous track-- live it's even better-- for a while as a teen it was my fave Queen tune-- and it seems IMHO that Freddie's hand can be seen especially in the chorus, with the call-and-response structure, as opposed to the chorus Roger more likely wrote himself for tracks such as Modern Times Rock n' Roll or Fight From the Inside. The tasty bass licks and slide solos SHIMMER
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Don't know if they'd ever do this, but I'd love them to go through all the songs and explain how the four of them added/ammended/rearranged the initial ideas. Would be fascinating!
They have to make showcase about their work :) If they can make WWRY musical, they can to an 2h long show :)
On AKoM I suspect Brian had quite a lot of input: His bouncy (actually brilliant) guitarwork rather made the song for me.
Both Fred or Roger could have invented the guitar parts and asked Brian to play them
Freddie said in an interview that he changed Radio GaGa completely. Roger's original idea was a negative song about the radio (Radio KaKa) but Freddie claims he took over and switched the whole direction of the song and gave it a positive message.
Yes apparently Fred re-arranged it both lyrically and musically, particularly he mentioned that he considered there were some wrong construction elements. Roger must be grateful since thanks to that he got his first hit