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well he's still dancing around calling himself a fan. i think he's just scared of the awesome. and who among us can blame him? Mick He's seen what total admission of Queen fanaticism can turn into around here, ;)

Side II is much better than side I actually. Terry Kath is on fire.

hm... Death On Two Legs: perfect Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon: perfect I'm In Love With My Car: awesome You're My Best Friend: perfect 39: perfect Sweet Lady: 8/10 Seaside Rendezvous: perfect The Prophet's Song: epic awesome perfect Love Of My Life: perfect gorgeous Good Company: 9/10, but jaw dropping guitar work Boh-Rhap: Greatest song of all time. God Save The Queen: perfect. lol

Did you get past track four? Everything after track four is more bearable according to most people. I got five six songs in. Nothing redeemable it was actually making me feel irate. Fair enough. Hot Space is completely not for everyone. The band were having serious trouble getting along when they made it and were pulling in totally opposite directions creatively, more than usual. Mercury and Deacon wanted to do a disco dance album, and May and Taylor wanted to make a rock album, or at least a normal Queen album. It blew up in their faces and they never had much success in America again, which sucks, because a lot of their later 80s work is more than worth getting radio play. It's my least favorite Queen album, but I admire the balls it took to put it out and try to make it work, and it's infinitely more interesting to me than The Game for that reason. Also Life Is Real is one of my favorite ballads ever. I hear no bravery. I honestly just hear selling out. This is the rare example of a band denying their strengths to sell records and it was absolutely abysmal. Not a single redeeming moment and if their is it must be at the end... However all bands have slip ups. I was curious and it hasn't made me like what I like any less. Going from The Prophet's Song to Hot Space is not ideal Fair enough, lol.

Did you get past track four? Everything after track four is more bearable according to most people. I got five six songs in. Nothing redeemable it was actually making me feel irate. Fair enough. Hot Space is completely not for everyone. The band were having serious trouble getting along when they made it and were pulling in totally opposite directions creatively, more than usual. Mercury and Deacon wanted to do a disco dance album, and May and Taylor wanted to make a rock album, or at least a normal Queen album. It blew up in their faces and they never had much success in America again, which sucks, because a lot of their later 80s work is more than worth getting radio play. It's my least favorite Queen album, but I admire the balls it took to put it out and try to make it work, and it's infinitely more interesting to me than The Game for that reason. Also Life Is Real is one of my favorite ballads ever.

Also Mick, listening to Chicago VIII. I couldn't see myself disliking this strongly, except maybe the first part of A Brand New Love Affair, kinda corny, but otherwise this is solid Chicago AOR. But also it doesn't seem as awesome as II or V or VI or VII.

Did you get past track four? Everything after track four is more bearable according to most people.

That's actually most people's least favorite from the album, glad you love it! It's taken a while to grow more on me. My only not adored track on my favorite album.

I go to sleep for a while and suddenly Segue's becoming a Queen fan? Fantastic! This is glorious! Look what happens when I let other people start Queen threads, lol! Segue, I have a strong feeling you actually will love Hot Space. What's going to be interesting is whether or not you like News Of The World. It's very different for Queen. Still totally Queen, but in a very different way.

Masterpieces: ANATO QII NOTW SHA Innuendo Great Albums: The Miracle A Day At The Races Queen A Kind Of Magic The Works Good Albums: Jazz Flash The Game Hot Space Also Made In Heaven is a masterpiece in it's own way. Trust me.

You need to get hold of The Works and A Kind of Magic for sure. And The Miracle and Innuendo, and may as well toss in Flash and Made In Heaven for good measure.

Y'all haven't heard me talk about Queen enough? You asked for it! 1. A Night At The Opera (favorite album of all time) 2. Queen II 3. News Of The World 4. Sheer Heart Attack 5. Innuendo 6. The Miracle 7. A Day At The Races 8. Queen 9. A Kind Of Magic. 10. The Works 11. Jazz 12. Flash 13. The Game 14. Hot Space (highly underrated) I could go back and forth on a couple of these, but the top five and the bottom two are pretty set.

Until The Night is a personal fave of mine. Can’t forget Only The Good Die Young either. 52nd Street and The Stranger are both masterpieces. Zanzibar. that's a trumpet for the record. But great song

I know you're on Earl!

Glad Steven Wilson knows more than just the established prog rock staples deserve consideration.

Okay, VII ends on a kinda cheesy note, but otherwise I really enjoyed it. The hits at the end are as gold as the album cover, and the instrumentals at the start went through so many different moods and ideas so smoothly. Could do with less bongo, but otherwise I loved it.

lol. that's ok. i can see why people like it. it's to jazzed out for me. but yea like the first side is ENTIRELY instrumental. i may have to spin it again it's been a while. Mick I think I'd have a much harder time getting through this if I weren't listening on vinyl. Somehow all the instrumental stuff doesn't seem too overwhelming when I think of it as a side of a record. listening on Vinyl is so different. and in the case of double albums actually better, IMO. you have sides to break up everything. and you don't need to listen all at once. you can one side each listen. which kinda works, loll Mick That's exactly why I'm waiting to get The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway until I find it on vinyl, lol.

but there probably are too many bongos, I'll give you that. They're neat in places, but they get old pretty fast.

lol. that's ok. i can see why people like it. it's to jazzed out for me. but yea like the first side is ENTIRELY instrumental. i may have to spin it again it's been a while. Mick I think I'd have a much harder time getting through this if I weren't listening on vinyl. Somehow all the instrumental stuff doesn't seem too overwhelming when I think of it as a side of a record.

I dunno Mick, I'm liking VII a lot right now.

Sanborn on Young Americans ain’t bad either. Love Somebody Up There Likes Me. I'm always shocked how many classic rock records David Sanborn played on. Dude's a jazz sax player through and through, but rock musicians seemed to love having him on their records. He played Bari sax on tenth avenue freeze out too! Great player. I am gonna say that the greatest rock sax player as a studio musician is michael brecker. His biography is sick Looked him up. Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, and more. Awesome.

Back home from school and starting to go through my Chicago records. Starting with VII, so far so instrumental, lol.

Sanborn on Young Americans ain’t bad either. Love Somebody Up There Likes Me. I'm always shocked how many classic rock records David Sanborn played on. Dude's a jazz sax player through and through, but rock musicians seemed to love having him on their records. He played Bari sax on tenth avenue freeze out too!

Earl! I finally got another Lizzy record, Bad Reputation! This thing is killer, might be better than Jailbreak.

Earl, you wouldn't take the sax out of this tune!