top 5 Queen songs (or 10)

akamaisondufromage wrote: catfood03 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: catfood03 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: - like the Beatles, they had one brilliant singer, three great songwriters and a crap drummer who sang all the crap songs. All four contributed songs, but you consider one of them not to be "great" (if I am understanding your statement correctly)? Yep, for me Taylor managed just one good song in his entire career (Tenement Funster) and even drumming friends of mine think he's a crap drummer I was going to send you an application for Roger Taylor Fan Club membership, but I threw it in the trash.   I'm just waiting for Lizzy to wade in and start kicking your selective arses.  She won't be happy you know!

Well, happy I am not, but then again who cares anyway?
I personally appreciate his work as a drummer, mainly for his versatility.
I can however agree to the 'crap songs' bit to a certain extent: he was the author of (and sang on) several weaker songs - so called 'fillers', like Coming Soon or More of That Jazz, but this happened mainly because of the band's policy at the time. Freddie stated in an interview that he'd rather have, for example, one weak Roger track on an album than some of his (Freddie's) better songs. But Roger was an excellent song writer with Queen (Tenement Funster, Drowse, These Are the Days of Our Lives) and as a solo artist (Happiness? and Electric Fire are superb albums as far as I'm concerned).

Roger Tyler is a really power house of a drummer and probably the most forgotten drummer in rock, he is really impressive, quick, versetile, energic, great technical chops, effishant, smart, sofisticated, and also does both drumsett and timpanis

not Phil Collins tasty ness nor Bonham power but in.between those two powerhouses you got Taylors powerfull tastyness 





Edited by aginor - August 20 2011 at 18:55

catfood03 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: catfood03 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: - like the Beatles, they had one brilliant singer, three great songwriters and a crap drummer who sang all the crap songs. All four contributed songs, but you consider one of them not to be "great" (if I am understanding your statement correctly)? Yep, for me Taylor managed just one good song in his entire career (Tenement Funster) and even drumming friends of mine think he's a crap drummer I was going to send you an application for Roger Taylor Fan Club membership, but I threw it in the trash.

 

Edited by akamaisondufromage - August 20 2011 at 12:01

catfood03 wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: - like the Beatles, they had one brilliant singer, three great songwriters and a crap drummer who sang all the crap songs. All four contributed songs, but you consider one of them not to be "great" (if I am understanding your statement correctly)?

Yep, for me Taylor managed just one good song in his entire career (Tenement Funster) and even drumming friends of mine think he's a crap drummer

Killer Queen
Now I'm Here
Brighton Rock
Bicycle Race
Dreamer's Ball

They understood that camp was an important ingredient in all great rock and roll, (most heavy rock and Prog bands never accede to this fact) they wrote memorable songs (even most of the sucky ones are kinda catchy), Fred was possibly one of the greatest entertainers of all time, they had a healthy respect and irreverence for the past - like the Beatles, they had one brilliant singer, three great songwriters and a crap drummer who sang all the crap songs.

I love Queen's music up to circa The Game but thereafter what they did was certainly accomplished but just didn't move me in any shape or form. Like Sabbath, they're on PA purely because sufficient proggers like the earlier stuff. There are instances on Queen I and II where a vestige of prog is discernible but apart from that, zilch.

I really don't think any great rock band that can't produce prog credentials is undermined in the slightest.

1-Bohemian Rhapsody

Now I'm Here
Brighton Rock
Seven Seas of Rhye
Tenement Funster
One Vision
Under Pressure
Body Language (for the comedy value)
Hammer to Fall
Innuendo
Killer Queen

I'm not a big Queen fanboy so five things that make em great is a hard one, but:
Brian May's very individual guitar sound,
great production from Roy Thomas Baker on their classic era stuff,
great frontman with amusing campiness,
could really rock out when the mood took them.

And Freddie Mercury's reputed encounter with Sid Vicious:
Vicious: "Still bringing ballet to the masses are you?
Mercury: "Ah Mister Ferocious. Well we do our best dear!"


Edited by Cactus Choir - August 19 2011 at 10:25

In no order

Ogre Battle (my fave Queen song)
Stone Cold Crazy
Death On Two Legs
Now I'm Here
Killer Queen

1. 39  2. The Prophets Song 3. March of the Black Queen  4. Ogre Battle  5. Now Im Here

Edited by TheLastBaron - August 18 2011 at 19:00

1. Under Pressure - Incidentally, it's also my favourite David Bowie song.
2. Fatbottomed Girls
3. We Will Rock You
4. Keep Yourself Alive
5. Can't Stop Me Now
6. Radio Ga Ga
7. Killer Queen
8. Bohemian Raphsody
9. You're My Best Friend
10.  Somebody to Love

Honourable mention: The Show Must Go On!

What do I love about Queen? They truely inimitable, they're bombastic, they're completely over the top, they do their own thing and in they end they ROCK oh so hard while doing it! So many of their songs are about things I can relate to, like WINNING! or not having a girlfirend (not in the same sense as Freddie, har har har) I'm talking about Somebody to Love. How hasn't sung along to that one at the height of their malaise? Freddie is my top all time lead singer no question, and Brian May's guitar solos are out of this world. That's why We Will Rock You is so high on my list.