Who was the best lyricist of the four?

I would say Brian, because if you think of songs such as "Save Me" or "The show must go on" it has to be him.

What do you think?

good question, but it's a matter of opinion. no one is truly better. In my opinion If your looking for soulful lyrics it's brian, but if your looking for fun lyrics it's freddie.

Roger lyrics are more intelligent, day to day observations.

Roger

funny I wouldn't have thought of roger I'm in love with my car? but for each their own. days of our lives is great, so maybe.

Actually, I think Freddie's lyrics seemed more emotional. (It's A Hard Life, You Take My Breath Away, Love Of My Life, Life Is Real, Somebody To Love, tons of other Queen songs, and tons of his solo songs (How Can I Go On, Guide Me Home, Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow, etc)

Its really hard to say. It's hard to say because they all write about many different things, Brian can write some really emotional things, yet he can come up with stuff like Headlong. I have nothing wrong with rock songs, in fact, I love them, but I'm a depressed usually. Too Much Love Will Kill You and Who Wants To Live Forever are perhaps Brian's most emotional songs, and The Show Must Go On... The usual reason why Brian's are more noticed is because they are usually singles.

Keep in mind that Brian helped Freddie with some 'A Hard Life' lines, and remember that Brian didn't write the lyrics of 'Too Much Love', just the music.

Imo, the best lyricist would be a toss-up between Roger and Brian, because of 'Innuendo', 'Days Of Our Lives', 'White Queen' and '39 respectively.

Yeah, but apart from Brian you don't get senteces like:
"I'm naked and I'm far from home"
I find that kind of thing very poetic and absent in other songs from the other guys

Personally, I like Freddie's lyrics the best because of their deep symbolism and metaphors, i.e. 'My Fairy King', 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'March Of The Black Queen', 'Great King Rat'... I like how Freddie 'hides' the meaning within the song, so that you have to go yourself through a personal evolution to explore more and more facets of his lyrics:)

I think Freddie because his songs were generally the most entertaining and he wrote the most emotional lyrics.

Both Freddie's and Brian's I think, but I do like Freddie's more

Roger has a very direct quality, his lyrics are the most appealing socially, in a Springsteenian fashion.

Brian and Freddie tie in poetics, but Freddie can do tongue-in-cheek, which Brian isn't very good at.

John is good at the narratives, but when he tries anything else, he fails miserably (remember "Misfire"?).

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]farouhkina83 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Yeah, but apart from Brian you don't get senteces like:
"I'm naked and I'm far from home"
I find that kind of thing very poetic and absent in other songs from the other guys[/QUOTE]

That quote is my favorite! I love it!

I would also say Brian is the best.

Cheers,

Ogre-

Freddie is the best!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Roger has a very direct quality, his lyrics are the most appealing socially, in a Springsteenian fashion.

Brian and Freddie tie in poetics, but Freddie can do tongue-in-cheek, which Brian isn't very good at.

John is good at the narratives, but when he tries anything else, he fails miserably (remember "Misfire"?).[/QUOTE]

Couldn't have put it better myself....except I rather like Misfire.