@f00l While it’s not of my favorite Queen song (though still an enjoyable one), that Live Aid performance alone cemented its place in Queen lore for me.
The official vid for this song is simply gorgeous.
One of the visually and creatively great videos from that era.
Queen managed to get the East Germany govt’s permission to use much of the visual design, some of the narrative devices, and lots of actual footage from Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, Metropolis.
As for the lyrics:. They give a shoutout to Orson Wells’ invasion from Mars, and to the WWII Churchill speeches, but my fav bit is this:
I’d sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
And that’s what radio sometimes felt like for alienated and lonely kids during the baby boomer teenage years, before gaming and chat and the internet.
People who didn’t grow up then might find it hard to believe that there was a time when at least some commercial rock radio wasn’t a corporate-driven horror, and was kinda emotionally essential to many teenagers.
I guess my feelings on Queen are blasphemous to most but I wasn’t a fan. Yes, I belt out Bohemian Rhapsody when it plays just like everyone does but… I never intentionally put on their stuff.
@DrWorm I KNEW there was one I liked. It’s Tie Your Mother Down…thanks for that but now I’m going to check the lyrics… So many songs I “knew” were worded completely different than I thought (but I ALWAYS knew Def Leppard was pouring sugar lol).
I go out to work on Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I’ll be back again before it’s time for sunny-down,
I’ll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to the zoo
I come from London Town, I’m just an ordinary guy
Fridays I go painting in the Louvre
I’m bound to be proposing on a Saturday night (there he goes again)
I’ll be lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon
~Freddie Mercury
All of them
@thismyusername How many versions can we find?
/youtube opinion rhapsody
@Mehrocco_Mole @thismyusername
An hour well spent …
@thismyusername
@daveinwarsh @thismyusername Best sound system in a car, ever.
All their songs are awesome!
They even can make math awesome:
MEALS! DEALS! EELS! AWESOME!
@phendrick So, how many of you math-phobes watched this video to the end?
@phendrick yep
@phendrick Umm… guilty.
@phendrick me too - it was as bad as I feared …
@phendrick Well done! There seems to be no limit to where they’ll go.
@phendrick guilty. Just couldnt bring myself to Fast Fourier through it.
@mehcuda67 @phendrick it didn’t seem a little derivative to you?
@phendrick OMG THIS IS A-MEH-ZING!!! I realize this means I outed my self as a nerd, but bravo!!!
It wasn’t on the poll, but my favorite Queen jingle is “Drive Like Your Kids Live Here”.
(Speaking of Queen, where is Elton John tonight?)
Dragon Attack
Somebody to Love
@ciraman this live version is my favorite
@ciraman @evbarnstormer I came here to say this. It’s my very favorite.
Mr. Roboto and Pop Music just get stuck in your head. You can thank me later.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLASH!! . . . . . . . AAHH-AAAAAHHHH!!
Piano man!
I always come back to “It’s Late.”
“Death On Two Legs” Great guitar, and the most venomous lyrics since Dylan’s motorcycle wreck.
@meponder Indeed. A deep cut.
Fat Bottom Girls you make the Rockin World go round…
@somf69 Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me…
@somf69 this is what I came in to say. Such a great song.
@Pony - I came to star this but not actually SAY it, in case my wife checks my comments.
Am awfully fond of
/youtube Radio Gaga Live Aid
Not claiming this is their best song: just that I love how the song goes into the romance of radio, back when rock radio didn’t entirely suck.
@f00l While it’s not of my favorite Queen song (though still an enjoyable one), that Live Aid performance alone cemented its place in Queen lore for me.
@DrWorm
The official vid for this song is simply gorgeous.
One of the visually and creatively great videos from that era.
Queen managed to get the East Germany govt’s permission to use much of the visual design, some of the narrative devices, and lots of actual footage from Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, Metropolis.
As for the lyrics:. They give a shoutout to Orson Wells’ invasion from Mars, and to the WWII Churchill speeches, but my fav bit is this:
And that’s what radio sometimes felt like for alienated and lonely kids during the baby boomer teenage years, before gaming and chat and the internet.
People who didn’t grow up then might find it hard to believe that there was a time when at least some commercial rock radio wasn’t a corporate-driven horror, and was kinda emotionally essential to many teenagers.
Bicycle!
/sarcasm
I guess my feelings on Queen are blasphemous to most but I wasn’t a fan. Yes, I belt out Bohemian Rhapsody when it plays just like everyone does but… I never intentionally put on their stuff.
@lseeber
@therealjrn I know, right? They really came out big about the time I was settling down so…
I was never a fan, BUT after watching the movie I listen to everything Queen. There is some great stuff.
Somebody to Love
@edwardsm6
March of the Black Queen.
I would have a hard time picking one:
I’m not sure if its coincidence or not that all these are Brian May penned songs.
@DrWorm I KNEW there was one I liked. It’s Tie Your Mother Down…thanks for that but now I’m going to check the lyrics… So many songs I “knew” were worded completely different than I thought (but I ALWAYS knew Def Leppard was pouring sugar lol).
@DrWorm it was what I expected…
“Doing All Right” off of their first album is my favorite. Gives me chills whenever I hear it.
I go out to work on Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I’ll be back again before it’s time for sunny-down,
I’ll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon
Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to the zoo
I come from London Town, I’m just an ordinary guy
Fridays I go painting in the Louvre
I’m bound to be proposing on a Saturday night (there he goes again)
I’ll be lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon
~Freddie Mercury
We Will Rock You!
/youtube we will rock you
@OldCatLady Especially great in this video/movie:
The best Queen song is probably either “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Killer Queen.”
My favorite Queen song is “'39.” There need to be more folk rock songs about relativistic time dilation.
/youtube Queen 39
Another One Bites the Dust because Weird Al did a parody of it.
/youtube another one rides the bus