Favorite Queen Song?

[nate]

From the $25 rock band thread I noticed there were a ton of Queen fans.  What is your favorite song?

 

It is hard for me to choose between Keep Yourself Alive and Princes of The Universe.  In the end I would go with the latter.

[mtangelsfan]

Karma Chameleon.

[nate]

I think you were looking for the "Favorite Culture Club" thread and found this one by accident.

[1nutkruk]

[mtangelsfan]

I think you were looking for the "Favorite Culture Club" thread and found this one by accident.

 

Wait, Boy George isn't a queen?

[Ray McKigney]

Too hard to choose just one. These are some that come to mind (from early albums to late):

 

My Fairy King

Ogre Battle

'39

Spread Your Wings

Love of My Life

Mustapha

Don't Stop Me Now

Bicycle Race (Hey, man. Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars)

I Want to Break Free

The Show Must Go On

 

 

I celebrate their entire catalog.

Edited June 7, 2014 by Ray McKigney

[1nutkruk]

Too hard to choose just one. These are some that come to mind (from early albums to late):

 

My Fairy King

Ogre Battle

'39

Spread Your Wings

Love of My Life

Mustapha

Don't Stop Me Now

Bicycle Race

I Want to Break Free

The Show Must Go On

 

 

I celebrate their entire catalog.

[eaterfan]

Hammer to Fall

[nate]

Hammer to Fall has to be the best live song of the batch.  I never saw them live but the videos are amazing.

 

All songs listed are great.

[Spencer]

Keep Yourself Alive

Killer Queen

Stone Cold Crazy

and I think I speak for everyone here, but when Fat Bottomed Girls comes on the radio, that shit goes straight to 11

[NJHalo]

Pressure

[Chimi]

[OregonLAA]

Bohemian Rhapsody

Killer Queen

[DowningRules]

I'm partial to Leaving Home Ain't Easy.  It's a heartbreaker.  Poor Freddie.

 

I also like "Doing Alright" and "One Year of Love" or whatever it's called from "Highlander."

[JAHV76]

I would like the big A to play We are the Champions in at least one more season.

Edited June 7, 2014 by JAHV76

[Amazing Larry]

Radio Gaga at Live Aid was the heat.

 

[Brandon]

Never really into Queen, but dig Another One Bites The Dust. I'd sometimes sound check with it and get the crowd to sing it.

[Ray McKigney]

Never really into Queen, but dig Another One Bites The Dust. I'd sometimes sound check with it and get the crowd to sing it.

 

John Deacon's bass line for Another One Bites the Dust was "inspired" by the bass line from Chic's song Good Times. Pretty similar if you listen to them both. 

[Brandon]

Correct....Kind of.

It's the exact same bass line as Rapper Delight.

I used to subscribe to Bass Player and read a cover story with the bass player of Chic. When you start dabbling into funk as a bass player all sorts of new doors open up.

[nate]

Radio Gaga at Live Aid was the heat.

 

 

Hammer to Fall at Live Aid was amazing.  That whole set they did was epic.  It recently got ranked as the greatest live rock performance of all time.

 

[Ray McKigney]

Correct....Kind of.

It's the exact same bass line as Rapper Delight.

I used to subscribe to Bass Player and read a cover story with the bass player of Chic. When you start dabbling into funk as a bass player all sorts of new doors open up.

 

I understand it's not identical. But, if you look into it, it's funny because John Deacon had been hanging out in the studio with Chic while they were making that album. So, I think he just kind of took the beginning of that bass line and changed it up a little. I only brought it up because I had heard both songs a thousand times and never picked up on it until someone I know pointed it out to me. Just thought it was an interesting little factoid. 

[Brandon]

Yeah, it's the same quarter notes, just with a slower tempo with the Queen song.

Both catchy bass lines.

[xboom28x]

Hammer To Fall

Somebody to Love

I Want It All

Headlong

One Vision

 

Damn... I would have paid top dollar to see them play live.

[tdawg87]

Don't Stop Me Now

[Tank]

Show must go on.

I think bohemian rhapsody is the most creative rock song ever written.