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| From | "Gary Littleton" <gary@garylittleton.com> |
| Subject | Re: Where's the killer Queen? |
| Date | Tue, 16 May 2006 11:30:30 -0400 |
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I love a lot of queen songs, one of the lesser played ones that I play for
myself quite often is "lily of the valley" from sheer heart attack. I always
loved brian's birds-ish '39 too.
A kinda funny story: at my company just before meeting with a japanese
client I went to the bathroom. On the way when drying my hands I hit the
lever twice on the paper towel holder and then ripped the brown paper off
quickly. I don't know why I never noticed it, but right then I thought that
sounds just like "we will rock you".
So I stood there wasting paper doing it over and over. Bam bam rip, bam bam
rip, and started singing the intro to "We will rock you" when a japanese
voice from a stall joins in... It was the client from japan singing along!
LOL.
Anyway, next time you see one of those plastic paper towel holders in the
bathroom try it!
Cheers,
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Michael Curry
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:16 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Where's the killer Queen?
I, like many, many people, have all the Queen albums. Unlike many Queen
fans, I love Jazz - Leaving Home Ain't Easy and In Only Seven Days are 2 of
Queen's best pop songs imo. There are also some pop gems on Hot Space,
surely the least favourite album of nearly all Queen fans. Conversely, The
Game which became possibly their best seller in the US? (at least in single
releases from it, anyway) is one of my least favourite. I do think A Day At
The Races has just about everything that made Queen great.
If it serves any purpose, Queen II is Axl Rose's favourite Queen album.
Queen's Greatest Hits Vol. II is my mum's favourite.
>From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Where's the killer Queen?
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:31:17 -0000
>
>This is a long way to get to a Queen about question...(please pardon my
>indulgence)
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>I know there are some rabid (and otherwise) Queen fan's here. I was a
>huge fan of them back in Jr High/High School.
>Some Queen related quick memories for context (and I'm having these
>memories in large part per recently getting "Sheer Heart Attack"
>and "A Night at the Opera" via lala.com).
>
> I remember the moment of hearing "Killer Queen" on the radio and
>just going nuts for it. Then rushing out and buying the album. Loved
>it. Eventually, I bought the two before it. I liked them quite but they
>never grabbed me to the same degree (blanket overstatement about the
>songs but in part, I've never been that grabbed by songs about Ogre's,
>Witches and such). Then prior to getting a chance to buy "A night at
>the Opera", hearing Bohemian Rhapsody on my car radio...I was totally
>blown away by it (again, remember at the time what it was like to hear
>this song on the radio?!). I ran out and picked up "A Night at the
>Opera" and just loved it from start to finish.
> When "A Day at the Races" came the following year (11th grade) I
>raced out to pick it up. This is even a more of a tangential
>story....perhaps one of my more vivid purchasing moments of an album.
>So, I picked up my copy of "A Day at the Races" to find the price was a
>dollar more then what I expected. This made my practical little heart
>skip a few beats but I went up to the counter with it anyway.
>This traditionally very nice, mellow clerk reached past the guy helping
>me and put his finger on "my" album and pressed down on it, wrinkling
>the shrink wrap, firmly saying "Boycott this album"! He briefly, in a
>rush (per he was helping another customer), explained supporting this
>album only increased record prices from the labels and this was a
>"test" album for the market. I really have come to respect that moment
>with him and his intensions. However, this lit a fire in the other
>clerk who loudly and smugly said things like "So your buying an album
>from Queer? I hope you like your album from Queer!" and so on. I was
>tongue tied and speechless young lad.
>Probably my biggest dumb f@ck record buying clerk moment in my life.
>New thread? ; )
> But anyway, back to the topic at hand...I really dug "A Day at the
>Races" but not quite to the same degree as I had the prior two. Then
>with "News of the World" I was really starting to drift away from them.
>I like some songs but never to the same degree. The hits being
>overplayed on this album started to grate, for me. I stopped buying
>Queen. The hits I heard on follow up albums didn't grab me much and
>sometimes annoyed me. Plus my ears and focus were turning to Punk and
>New Wave. So, I never bought beyond "NOTW".
>
>So, am I all wet in thinking their 3rd, 4th and 5th albums was Queen at
>their peak? Again, I know it's subjective but knowing that "my peak"
>would equal a preference for Queen that is not really with that
>mystical, almost prog-rock feel verses later songs that sometimes had
>an anthem like quality. That is, there was something that struck me as
>more fun or lighter in tone with albums 3-5 but still had some bite.
>But again, I admit I could be wrong per what I know of the later albums
>are the hits. What I remember of the first two is sketchy at best (and
>I may be forgetting the nuggets). Thus, I'm asking for help based on my
>preferences to the degree I can explain it.
> I also ask in part per I've had some surprises on "Sheer Heart
>Attack" with a few songs in that I had forgotten how cool they are.
>Thus, maybe I should revisit early Queen too?
>
>Thanks in advance for any thoughts (rabid fans and otherwise)
>
>Steve D
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