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“My voice actually sounds a bit like that of Elvis Presley in ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’,” said Freddie Mercury. “Of course that was not an intention, but pure coincidence. The song is sung quite deep, you can quickly get close to Elvis, especially with a song in the style of the 1950s.”
Of course it is not surprising if Queen is now her new compilation “Rock N Roll” (On all streaming servicesbut not as a physical publication) start with Mercury’s self-ironic rockabilly number of “The Game”. The singer once imagined him in just 10 minutes during a bath in the hotel in Munich. But what is really classic rock n ‘roll in the work of Queen?
According to Brian May and Roger Taylor, these are as different songs as “Put on the Fire”, “Sleeping on the Sidwalk” and “Don’t Try Suicide”. Clear: The best songs from Queen should not necessarily be gathered here, but those that do justice to the topic.
Queen and the 50s rock
“Put on the Fire” is the blunt rock outlier on the radio tragedy “Hot Space” (on firearm in the USA, with the ridiculous ‘shoot, shoot, shoot!’ “Sleeping on the Sidwalk” has always sounded more like the product of a warm -up exercise before a concert. And “Don’t Try Suicide” is more likely to be on reggae in order to even lend the Police. Sure, there is a bit of rock paste, but there is also a not very serious, medium-class lament.
While “Rock IT (Prime Jive)” fulfills the criteria of the chosen topic as chosen by a AI, i.e. rock from the 50s, tabbed here by Roger Taylor and the third song by “The Game” on the playlist, which is just 10 tracks, is “Man on the Prowl” a bad copy of Led Zeppelin’s “Hot Dog”, at the Mercury again the Elvis gives. In any case, the magic of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” could not be repeated without involuntary comedy.
A little you have the feeling that May and Taylor are particularly choosing things here that most listeners like to overlook. Therefore, maybe the use of the terrifying B-side “I Go Crazy”. There are already volumes when a song that, apart from Brian May, caused almost physical pain to all other members, is only spread out here out of chronicler.
Classic rock n ‘roll was also part of the work of Queens, but only a little one among many. The big, “real” rock songs such as “Stone Cold Crazy”, “Now i’m here”, “Hammer to Fall” and “Keep Yourself Alive” diet, or the band created them themselves.
Background: In August, in addition to “Rock N Roll”, Queen also hired other playlists who try to grasp their diverse musical work among somewhat wind slims such as “pop”, “Heavy”, “Riffs” and “Slightly Mad”. “Epic” begins with “Innuendo”, and “Great King King Rat” appears in front of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, soon followed by “What it all Worth it”.