I know I'm not as musically-knowledged as a lot of people here, and am really not adding anything that people don't already know...
Sheer Heart Attack was the album that really got me to be a Queen fan (before that, I only had A Night at the Opera and the GH collections).
At the time (and still) I liked Sheer Heart Attack MUCH more than A Night at the Opera. I had not heard Queen II, so the way the tracks "flowed" into each other really impressed me. I really wish they had continued developing this, but I'm SURE some music-brain will tell me why that would have been stupid. :p
I noticed that someone above me "rated" "Dear Friends" a 3/10. I don't agree, I think it's a very nice song. I like the way it adds interest/depth (the background ooo's). To me, the song is very emotionally powerful. It also works well sammiched between to higher-energy pieces.
Maybe I'll think of something else later, but I'm not really comfortable posting in the "smart people's" section since, quite obviously, I don't know that much about music theory and all that jazz.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color=009966>?Poppy? wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sheer Heart Attack is my favourite album, it has such great variety, i think this album demonstrates everything Queen is and if i was trying to get a friend into Queen this is the album I'd give them. Flick Of The Wrist is great and i love the way it just flows into Lily Of The Valley, in fact the whole album flows. I also love Misfire and i wish it could last for longer, it's my favourite John song and it's a brilliant first song. Although many people don't like 'She Makes Me' i love it, it's one of my favourite Brian songs i love it's feel, it's a really relaxing song. And of course In The Lap Of The Gods..Revisted it an excellant song, it's such an arm swayer. [/QUOTE]
Spot on Poppy! Sheer Heart Attack is also my favourite album. I can't get enough of this album, it simply rocks. Could it be one of Queen's "heavyest" albums? You took the words out of my mouth, Poppy. :)
Spot on Poppy! Sheer Heart Attack is also my favourite album. I can't get enough of this album, it simply rocks. Could it be one of Queen's "heavyest" albums? You took the words out of my mouth, Poppy. :)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I know I'm not as musically-knowledged as a lot of people here, and am really not adding anything that people don't already know...
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Maybe I'll think of something else later, but I'm not really comfortable posting in the "smart people's" section since, quite obviously, I don't know that much about music theory and all that jazz.[/QUOTE]
No need to be so self-deprecating. You are adding something very valuable to this discussion: your opinion. Perhaps you don't know much about music theory, but you know what you hear and you know what you like, and I find it interesting to know what other people's opinions are!
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Maybe I'll think of something else later, but I'm not really comfortable posting in the "smart people's" section since, quite obviously, I don't know that much about music theory and all that jazz.[/QUOTE]
No need to be so self-deprecating. You are adding something very valuable to this discussion: your opinion. Perhaps you don't know much about music theory, but you know what you hear and you know what you like, and I find it interesting to know what other people's opinions are!
The album "Sheer Heart Attack" holds a special place in my heart. The first time I heard it was when I discovered the LP at my sister's boyfriend's house and I listened to it during a hot summer day. I still remember the musty smell of the long forgotten LP sleeve when putting the LP on, and the typical crackling, analogue sound of an LP. Still, when I heard the first sounds of Brighton Rock, of the fair, still bring back this memory very vividly.
The music on this album is an eclectic mix. It ranges from speed metal avant la lettre (Stone Cold Crazy) to a Andrew Sisters inspired vaudeville tune (Leroy Brown), from Glam Rock (Tenement Funster) to a soppy piano ballad (Dear Friends). This diversity of styles is something that attracted me to Queen.
The highlights on this album are the Tenement Funster/Flick Of The Wrist/Lily Of The Valley medley, Stone Cold Crazy and Leroy Brown. Of course, Killer Queen and Brighton Rock are great songs as well, but I've heard them too often and I prefer to listen to the more obscure tracks when putting the album on.
She Makes Me is a tad boring and repetitive, but is has that eerie quality that some early Brain songs have that sucks you in and won't let you go. Now I'm Here is a skipper for me. I don't knwo why, but the album version just doesn't do anythign for me. Live it seems to work much better.
The both versions Lap Of The Gods are interesting to listen to, especially as they foreshadow things to come in Freddie's later work. We Are The Champions and Friends Will Be Friends seem to hark back to the Revisited edition, while eccentric songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Princes of the Universe, Was It All Worth it and Barcelona have their roots in the original Lap...
All in all, Sheert Heart Attack is a classic Queen album with something for everyone on it.
The music on this album is an eclectic mix. It ranges from speed metal avant la lettre (Stone Cold Crazy) to a Andrew Sisters inspired vaudeville tune (Leroy Brown), from Glam Rock (Tenement Funster) to a soppy piano ballad (Dear Friends). This diversity of styles is something that attracted me to Queen.
The highlights on this album are the Tenement Funster/Flick Of The Wrist/Lily Of The Valley medley, Stone Cold Crazy and Leroy Brown. Of course, Killer Queen and Brighton Rock are great songs as well, but I've heard them too often and I prefer to listen to the more obscure tracks when putting the album on.
She Makes Me is a tad boring and repetitive, but is has that eerie quality that some early Brain songs have that sucks you in and won't let you go. Now I'm Here is a skipper for me. I don't knwo why, but the album version just doesn't do anythign for me. Live it seems to work much better.
The both versions Lap Of The Gods are interesting to listen to, especially as they foreshadow things to come in Freddie's later work. We Are The Champions and Friends Will Be Friends seem to hark back to the Revisited edition, while eccentric songs such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Princes of the Universe, Was It All Worth it and Barcelona have their roots in the original Lap...
All in all, Sheert Heart Attack is a classic Queen album with something for everyone on it.
i really love this album, its my 2nd favourite queen record actually.
i recall when 'killer queen' came out, it sounded so different and amazing. i remember i used to get all my mates to ring the radio station and request it.
i also remember a review of 'flick of the wrist' by a very respected nz music journalist, he said it had 'everything but the kitchen sink' on it!
great cover too.
theres not a track that i dislike. actually, now i come to think of it, it may be the only queen lp i play from start to finish, not skipping any songs.
favourite songs are the two 'lap of the gods'
'dear friends, and 'now i'm here'.
years ago i was in a 'hippy' choir, and we would sing 'dear friends'. i ended up writing another verse for it, just to extend the time.
i recall when 'killer queen' came out, it sounded so different and amazing. i remember i used to get all my mates to ring the radio station and request it.
i also remember a review of 'flick of the wrist' by a very respected nz music journalist, he said it had 'everything but the kitchen sink' on it!
great cover too.
theres not a track that i dislike. actually, now i come to think of it, it may be the only queen lp i play from start to finish, not skipping any songs.
favourite songs are the two 'lap of the gods'
'dear friends, and 'now i'm here'.
years ago i was in a 'hippy' choir, and we would sing 'dear friends'. i ended up writing another verse for it, just to extend the time.
How's this for a useless topic kick.
2 questions Yannick Joker:
1. When are you going to contribute something useful to the board?
2. Who made you in charge of useful/useless on the board?
As I find virtually all of your posts useless, don't need you deciding what is useful.
1. When are you going to contribute something useful to the board?
2. Who made you in charge of useful/useless on the board?
As I find virtually all of your posts useless, don't need you deciding what is useful.
Agreed, SBN!
When a thread comes up that I have no interest in, I don't post on it. I made the mistake once of posting some useless, negative (and ultimately nonconstructive) thought on a thread and was admonished for it, and rightly so. In retrospect, I ought to have kept my mouth shut. I can't even remember why I cared enough to post, but I did.
When a thread comes up that I have no interest in, I don't post on it. I made the mistake once of posting some useless, negative (and ultimately nonconstructive) thought on a thread and was admonished for it, and rightly so. In retrospect, I ought to have kept my mouth shut. I can't even remember why I cared enough to post, but I did.
Sheer Brass Neck wrote: 2 questions Yannick Joker:
1. When are you going to contribute something useful to the board?
2. Who made you in charge of useful/useless on the board?
As I find virtually all of your posts useless, don't need you deciding what is useful.
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I'm afraid you got the wrong end of the sheer brass neck, my dear Sheer Brass Neck, if that's your real name. The posts can be useful, but the topic kick really isn't. There have been lots more recent Sheer Heart Attack topics out there where our friend could have posted his nonsense in. Unfortunatley, he chose to do it in this 2005/2006 thread, in which all the previous posters are long dead.
As for your question, no useful posts! Just mindless drivel coming out of my ass. And a bit of sex. But now, let's talk about your useful posts. I admit I've googled your name in there, which resulted me covering one of my eyes in disgust once, covering my wide open mouth in a sense of embarrasment on behalf of you the other time and last but not least covering both my nuts and my mantits in sheer delight at the thought of finding an intelligent post courtesy of you. I'm delighted to learn of your topic in which you explain the meaning of life. Where can I find it?
But I do like the fact you're the first (after jpf) to confront me. Let's kiss and make up. Have a little whiff of my posy.
1. When are you going to contribute something useful to the board?
2. Who made you in charge of useful/useless on the board?
As I find virtually all of your posts useless, don't need you deciding what is useful.
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I'm afraid you got the wrong end of the sheer brass neck, my dear Sheer Brass Neck, if that's your real name. The posts can be useful, but the topic kick really isn't. There have been lots more recent Sheer Heart Attack topics out there where our friend could have posted his nonsense in. Unfortunatley, he chose to do it in this 2005/2006 thread, in which all the previous posters are long dead.
As for your question, no useful posts! Just mindless drivel coming out of my ass. And a bit of sex. But now, let's talk about your useful posts. I admit I've googled your name in there, which resulted me covering one of my eyes in disgust once, covering my wide open mouth in a sense of embarrasment on behalf of you the other time and last but not least covering both my nuts and my mantits in sheer delight at the thought of finding an intelligent post courtesy of you. I'm delighted to learn of your topic in which you explain the meaning of life. Where can I find it?
But I do like the fact you're the first (after jpf) to confront me. Let's kiss and make up. Have a little whiff of my posy.
Nope, not my real name, pretty sure Yannick Joker isn't yours. My point stands, find your contributions to be generally self serving nonsense, no shame in that, 90% of the posters here have nothing of value to contribute. I think it was a great thread bump, my opinion is as valid or invalid as yours, just find your thoughts to be generally useless and not contributing to the board IMHO.
Sheer Heart Attack is my favourite Queen album. I love the way people say I think it's their best - or it's not one of their best as though that is the definitive view on the subject. You can only say whether you enjoy an album or not - your opinion isn't the definitive view of the world...
Anyway, considering Brian's illness adversely affected the making of this album, it really doesn't show, in my opinion.
Brighton Rock I've always found to be the song to get out of the way before getting into the album proper. I've never been a huge fan of Brian's solo - for me, it just gets in the way - as it did in Son & Daughter beforehand. The rest of the album is relentless - it changes mood and tempo at every end and turn. From the pure pop sweetness of Killer Queen to Roger's teenage lament of Tenement Funster to the viciousness of Flick of the Wrist into the sweet balladry of Lily of the Valley with its Seven Seas of Rhye... namecheck into the stadium pomp of Now I'm Here, the first side in flawless.
The second side is bookended by the 2 In The Lap Of The Gods songs - equal length but one dark and moody and the other a chanting rock classic (why did they stop finishing shows with it?). In between, we have one of their oldest songs - the incredible Stone Cold Crazy, the emotional Dear Friends, the jaunty Misfire, the outrageous Bring Back That Leroy Brown and the tortured She Makes Me. This second side flies by and is over before you know it.
It is a remarkable album in that, for the first time, it shows a commercial savvy in the band, largely absent in their first 2 albums. A Night At The Opera tries to merge this commercial savvy with some of the self-indulgence of Queen II. It was more successful but, for me at least, lacks the sense of fun and does not possess the awesome energy ingrained in Sheer Heart Attack.
Sheer heart Attack - the best Queen album? Well only in my book and that's all I can comment on.
Anyway, considering Brian's illness adversely affected the making of this album, it really doesn't show, in my opinion.
Brighton Rock I've always found to be the song to get out of the way before getting into the album proper. I've never been a huge fan of Brian's solo - for me, it just gets in the way - as it did in Son & Daughter beforehand. The rest of the album is relentless - it changes mood and tempo at every end and turn. From the pure pop sweetness of Killer Queen to Roger's teenage lament of Tenement Funster to the viciousness of Flick of the Wrist into the sweet balladry of Lily of the Valley with its Seven Seas of Rhye... namecheck into the stadium pomp of Now I'm Here, the first side in flawless.
The second side is bookended by the 2 In The Lap Of The Gods songs - equal length but one dark and moody and the other a chanting rock classic (why did they stop finishing shows with it?). In between, we have one of their oldest songs - the incredible Stone Cold Crazy, the emotional Dear Friends, the jaunty Misfire, the outrageous Bring Back That Leroy Brown and the tortured She Makes Me. This second side flies by and is over before you know it.
It is a remarkable album in that, for the first time, it shows a commercial savvy in the band, largely absent in their first 2 albums. A Night At The Opera tries to merge this commercial savvy with some of the self-indulgence of Queen II. It was more successful but, for me at least, lacks the sense of fun and does not possess the awesome energy ingrained in Sheer Heart Attack.
Sheer heart Attack - the best Queen album? Well only in my book and that's all I can comment on.