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What are you listening to? Part III
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I'm curious to know if anyone else actually doesn't think BR is one of Queens better songs? I don't dislike it, its fun and more than a bit quirky and different, but I'd definitely say it's massively overrated compared to something like I want it all which IMO is a strong contender for their greatest track - simpler, more powerful and direct! Think that might have to become what I'm listening to now
Their greatest track is Who wants to live forever IMO.I'm curious to know if anyone else actually doesn't think BR is one of Queens better songs? I don't dislike it, its fun and more than a bit quirky and different, but I'd definitely say it's massively overrated compared to something like I want it all which IMO is a strong contender for their greatest track - simpler, more powerful and direct! Think that might have to become what I'm listening to now
I would be hard pressed to pick a "greatest track", and while BR is great, I don't think it's their greatest. As @Apple fanboy says, "Who Wants To Live Forever" is way up there, maybe the top. But my heart says, "You're My Best Friend" may be my top fav. Really, how do you pick one song out of discography that reeks of quality?I'm curious to know if anyone else actually doesn't think BR is one of Queens better songs? I don't dislike it, its fun and more than a bit quirky and different, but I'd definitely say it's massively overrated compared to something like I want it all which IMO is a strong contender for their greatest track - simpler, more powerful and direct! Think that might have to become what I'm listening to now
For me it’s always been who wants to live forever, but you are right they have so many great tracks. My all time favourite band.
Agree.
Memory Lane struck tonight (as it so often does these days).
We had the LP back in the day: Currently listening to "Who Will Buy?" from the soundtrack of the movie Oliver! (based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens).
Even though this was a musical, it captured elements of the darkness of the novel, (and the era and time, and Nancy's terribly and horrifyingly tragic fate).
Actually, first two (and indeed, four) minutes of this song are heart-breaking; even as a child, I loved that melancholic note - it hit a note I hadn't known existed musically and it resonated with me in a way that mindlessly optimistic stuff just didn't.
I'm curious to know if anyone else actually doesn't think BR is one of Queens better songs? I don't dislike it, its fun and more than a bit quirky and different, but I'd definitely say it's massively overrated compared to something like I want it all which IMO is a strong contender for their greatest track - simpler, more powerful and direct! Think that might have to become what I'm listening to now
Dare I say, BR and We are the Champions are.... overplayed?
It’s difficult to pick my favorite Queen tracks, but for right now, they are:
-Seven Seas of Rhye
-Under Pressure
-Friends Will be Friends
... which will probably change next week.
Dare I say, BR and We are the Champions are.... overplayed?
It’s difficult to pick my favorite Queen tracks, but for right now, they are:
-Seven Seas of Rhye
-Under Pressure
-Friends Will be Friends
... which will probably change next week.
Innuendo, absolutely stunning and amazing and beautiful (and unsurprisingly, Steve Howe on acoustic guitars), the rest of Queen seems kind of tacky, well executed (vocals, the rest, so so) and I see why they did appeal to the mainstream masses back then.
Dare I say, BR and We are the Champions are.... overplayed?
It’s difficult to pick my favorite Queen tracks, but for right now, they are:
-Seven Seas of Rhye
-Under Pressure
-Friends Will be Friends
... which will probably change next week.
BR is overplayed precisely because it is so original, haunting and brilliant.
I was at school when that song was first released, and it was absolutely spellbinding; at the time it was released, it was several levels above everything else that was popular at the time in range, scope, imagination, difference, sheer originality, unforgettable swoops - that it set a new standard for what was possible; it redefined - because it extended - what could be considered as "popular" music.
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I never skip any Queen song.Concur. I never skip it on my iPod.
I’d certainly agree, for a band with bucket loads of fantastic hits to hear just one of their songs over and over is a real shame!Dare I say, BR and We are the Champions are.... overplayed?
It’s difficult to pick my favorite Queen tracks, but for right now, they are:
-Seven Seas of Rhye
-Under Pressure
-Friends Will be Friends
... which will probably change next week.
In tune?
For my part, I have just listened to a piece from Symphony No 3, Lento, by Henryk Gorecki.
The (snoring) canine chorus, you mean?
Excellent; now, that is an idea.
Some Russian gloom might be just perfectly in accord with my own mood.
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KISS was my first taste of hard rock (which segued into metal and hardcore punk). I somehow saw KISS as a pre-teen in 1979. I do not remember much of that concert (except that the band entered the stage from below on lifts).
I always loved Ace, but now the Catman, drummer Peter Criss, is just as cool to me. Their make up was my favorite (along with Ace’s replacement, Vinny Vincent). I find myself listening to early KISS (pre-Love Gun) a lot lately, especially Ace and Peter’s songs.
I always loved Ace, but now the Catman, drummer Peter Criss, is just as cool to me. Their make up was my favorite (along with Ace’s replacement, Vinny Vincent). I find myself listening to early KISS (pre-Love Gun) a lot lately, especially Ace and Peter’s songs.
A recorded live concert of piano jazz performed by the late Tete Montoliu. Works include some of his own and takes on music by Thelonius Monk, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington. Influenced by Tatum and then hard bop but his complex style was his own. Listening to it on and off this weekend. The album is Palau De La Musica Catalana - Piano Solo 21-03-1997.
Blind from birth, formally educated in music at conservatory in Barcelona, Montoliu became an accomplished solo jazz pianist and also worked on the side with American jazz artists who played in Europe.
Blind from birth, formally educated in music at conservatory in Barcelona, Montoliu became an accomplished solo jazz pianist and also worked on the side with American jazz artists who played in Europe.
