Queen

hockeyboy
hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
edited September 2010 in Music & Movies
What is everyone's favorite Queen songs? For me it seems that no matter whether it's my I-Pod, a CD, a DVD-A or vinyl Queen consistently sounds great. I just love every song on Night at the Opera. What's cool about that is that I was 7 years old when it came out. Sheer brilliance and I think Freddie Mercury did his best work when he knew the life he had left was brief.

RIP Freddy.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited September 2010
    Always been a Queen fan! Brian May was an influence on me starting to play guitar when I was 16. One of my favorite guitarists.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2010
    Queen II! White Queen, Someday Oneday, Funny How Love Is, The Seven Seas of Rhye.

    Best Album (IMO).

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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited September 2010
    "You Take My Breath Away" off of A Day at The Races. The SQ for a standard CD is quite amazing.
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited September 2010
    FYI, I read somewhere that the actor from Borat is going to be playing Freddy Mercury in an upcoming movie??!?!?!?!

    My favorite is 'Under Pressure'

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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited September 2010
    Tie Your Mother Down.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited September 2010
    Too many to name! Bohemian Rhapsody, & Somebody To Love are just 2 of my favorites.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited September 2010
    Seven Seas of Rye - one of my favorites.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited September 2010
    Close to all time best for me.
    Don't Stop Me Now - Jazz
    Somebody To Love - Day at the Races
    As a side note, the Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert is absolutely great.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • hagmanm2
    hagmanm2 Posts: 205
    edited September 2010
    Who wants to live forever, Somebody to love. I dunno, there's just so many! It depends on my mood. ;) I know that's a cop out but it's true!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    I really like a lot of stuff off their first album. "Doing All Right" is one of my all-time faves.

    Their Wembley concert is one of the first albums I can ever remember listening to a million friggin' times.
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  • benjamin11greer
    benjamin11greer Posts: 1
    edited September 2010
    My all time fav one will ofcourse be Somebody To Love
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2010
    I've always liked "Death On Two Legs". Freddies nod to corporate greed.
    For ballads "You Take My Breath Away" is really good.
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited September 2010
    News of The World - Get Down, Make Love

    That **** blew my mind.
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  • LeftCoast
    LeftCoast Posts: 406
    edited September 2010
    Under Pressure ftw
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    You mean Ice Ice Baby?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2010
    One Year Of Love - is a great song

    These Are The Days of our Lives - another excellent song. Brian's guitar playing is spot on.

    and of course Bohemian Rhapsody - even though a lot of people hate this song. it's sheer brilliance.

    We Will Rock You!

    Under Pressure


    so many great songs by Queen... to many to list.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2010
    danger boy wrote: »
    We Will Rock You!

    The guitar playing on this one is spot on! One of my favorite guitar solos.

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  • BellaVega
    BellaVega Posts: 5
    edited September 2010
    Actually I read the story the other day that Sasha Baren Cohen or Borat will play Freddie Mercury in a biopic that is being filmed next year. I think he is a good choice and I think he could give an Oscar worthy performance. While most of his stuff is wacky, he is very good at immersing himself into the character he is playing.
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  • LeftCoast
    LeftCoast Posts: 406
    edited September 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    You mean Ice Ice Baby?

    Vanilla Ice couldn't hold you know what. And his effed up sampling doesn't ruin a great song.

    Just the opening strains before the vocals come in: The famous bass line AND the electric guitar counterplay.

    The bass line is the tension: the "under pressure" part of the song. The pressures of a crazy world.

    The guitar is hopefulness: It's the "Why can't we give love that one more chance" lyric in musical form.

    Weird...I wasn't even a Queen fan when they were in the heyday.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2010
    LeftCoast wrote: »
    Vanilla Ice couldn't hold you know what. And his effed up sampling doesn't ruin a great song.

    Just the opening strains before the vocals come in: The famous bass line AND the electric guitar counterplay.

    The bass line is the tension: the "under pressure" part of the song. The pressures of a crazy world.

    The guitar is hopefulness: It's the "Why can't we give love that one more chance" lyric in musical form.

    Weird...I wasn't even a Queen fan when they were in the heyday.

    Haha, wow, it was just a joke there, Yeats.

    BellaVega wrote:
    Actually I read the story the other day that Sasha Baren Cohen or Borat will play Freddie Mercury in a biopic that is being filmed next year. I think he is a good choice and I think he could give an Oscar worthy performance. While most of his stuff is wacky, he is very good at immersing himself into the character he is playing.

    Yeah, it's too bad he spends all his times playing retards. I hate that jackass.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 771
    edited September 2010
    C'mon! Am I the only one who likes Fat Bottom Girls! Great music and awesome lyrics.
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited September 2010
    LeftCoast wrote: »
    Weird...I wasn't even a Queen fan when they were in the heyday.

    I though I was the only one... :D
    newbie308 wrote: »
    C'mon! Am I the only one who likes Fat Bottom Girls! Great music and awesome lyrics.

    And the original poster that came with the album wasn't too bad either. :eek: :D
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited September 2010
    Freddy Mercury had one of those stellar, one in a million voices and the rest of the band was perfectly complimentary to his style. It also seems like they didn't cut any corners when their LP's and CD's were produced and manufactured.

    The Queen / Bowie version of Under Pressure is probably my favorite as I have to admit I'm a bigger Bowie than Queen fan.
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