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Queen — Keep Yourself Alive
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 20:06
 
 Cynaera wrote:

I SO miss Freddie Mercury - sure, he was a drama-queen (HAR!), but oh, the man had timing, pipes, and a flair for what worked and what didn't.  I still love Queen, individually and as a group.  I think the only people I mourned the loss of more than Mercury were George Harrison and John Lennon...

 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

everybody in my church loves this song...
 

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 19:37
 
I got this vibe tonight:  Melodramatic.  Yessir, and they played with the amazingness to put that melodrama into it.  

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 23:24
 
FINALLY a Queen song that jams out! Wonder if this was my upload?

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 05:55
 
 vandal wrote:
Well I've loved a million women
In a belladonic haze
And I ate a million dinners
Brought to me on silver trays
 
 

I'm not buying the first part of this...

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 05:49
 
...am liking the astrophysicist on guitar...

MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 16:24
 
Sadly Freddy was unable to follow his own advice.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 18:33
 
Nice rocker from a golden age!  Also recall jamming hard to a piece they did from one of their first two records:  Seven Seas of Rhye...  we knew even then that it just didn't get any better than these guys were in their day!  ROCKIN'; LOVE IT!

Ericocean
(Cumberland, Maryland)
Posted: May 06, 2012 - 07:18
 
Great choice, saw them play this in 1977.  Way to dig deep for this great band.

kcar
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 11:10
 
 billybob123 wrote:
What a great set, spanning three decades of great music.  Thanks Bill, RP is the best!

Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
Gorillaz - Demon Days
 
I was just thinking that I enjoy hearing the three oldest songs occasionally but get uneasy when RP plays FM radio chestnuts like these in a string. If I wanted to listen to a block of 70-80s AOR rock I'd tune into a nostalgia station. I do appreciate though that mixing old and new is a balancing act that Bill does quite well overall. 

OK...Bill's back in the present with The Black Keys. A trip in the time machine is just fine as long as it's not too long... 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 11:06
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 18:14
 
Well I've loved a million women
In a belladonic haze
And I ate a million dinners
Brought to me on silver trays
 

Dinges,_the_Dude
(under sea-level, N52°22', E4°52')
Posted: Oct 29, 2011 - 02:40
 
Queen is for me a band who's music I mostly like when I hear it played on the radio, but I would'nt turn up myself easily...

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 09:47
 
This absolutely freakin rocks man

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 09:46
 
best queen song ever.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 15:30
 
 unclehud wrote:
They put a note on their album covers: "No synthesizers were used in the making of this music," or some such.  That's what got me listening.  Too bad they couldn't hold together after Mr. Mercury died.
 
They did introduce synths on The Game and the little note was almost an apology...

Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 15:29
 
 GregX59 wrote:
The dude had some pipes, didn't he?
 
I SO miss Freddie Mercury - sure, he was a drama-queen (HAR!), but oh, the man had timing, pipes, and a flair for what worked and what didn't.  I still love Queen, individually and as a group.  I think the only people I mourned the loss of more than Mercury were George Harrison and John Lennon...


Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 15:27
 
OMG, this guy's totally copying the guy from Muse. But wait, Queen came before Muse.

Duped into liking them, I feel as though Ive been "Mused."

voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 15:25
 
Thank you!!!!

GregX59
(Omaha, NE)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 12:13
 
The dude had some pipes, didn't he?

billybob123
(Southern California)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 12:13
 
What a great set, spanning three decades of great music.  Thanks Bill, RP is the best!

Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
Gorillaz - Demon Days


voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 12:12
 
Ah, I love Queen and I love this song. Turn it up!!!

billybob123
(Southern California)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 12:11
 
My single all-time favorite Queen song.  Then and still.

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 12:10
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Love the phasey guitar.
 
Hot damn, but Brian May could crank a good riff.


unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 10:29
 
They put a note on their album covers: "No synthesizers were used in the making of this music," or some such.  That's what got me listening.  Too bad they couldn't hold together after Mr. Mercury died.

PeeBee
(Down South in The Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 09:53
 
Nice stereo effects...

Dave_Mack
(5.7 miles from a better place)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 09:48
 
Love the phasey guitar.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 10:31
 
 mrdak wrote:
Bill should follow this one with Liar!  {#Yes}
 
Totally agree!  And this song is VERY timely for the world conditions of today..... {#Yes}

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 10:26
 
Bill should follow this one with Liar!  {#Yes}

andigenu
(Black Sea)
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 01:53
 
the intro here effortlessly holds up until today. It would get a 9 if some of the rest wouldn't give away it's real age. The song is pretty cool anyway! {#Guitarist}

linzie
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 19:26
 
Ok..TURN IT UP....{#Dancingbanana_2}

How can this not be highly rated...??

moriars
(Stuck in Bahrain .... aaaagghhh)
Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 05:31
 

From the early Queen days - their best music - excellent!



dyharenas
(Cerro Apoquindo)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 10:22
 
I´ve always felt sorry for the non-monarchic Queen haters...missed them in Venezuela back in 1980 I think after the death of an ex president, which led to the cancellation of the last 3 dates out of 5. On Christmas day I always parody Freddie and shout to my kids "helloooo you rock and rollers, having a good Christmas?" as in a famous concert I had on Betamax tapes!

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 10:19
 
Always was a sucker for a fazed guitar or drums!

SuzG
(at my desk)
Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 10:17
 
Yay!

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 13:38
 
 rtwingo wrote:
Never heard this before {#Eek}
Nice... {#Dancingbanana}
 
I see by your birthdate you spent many of your formative years in the 1990's and never were exposed to this fine early Queen rave-up.

If you were born 20 years earlier and lived in the U.S. midwest in the mid-1970's, you would have heard almost every bad ballroom/bar band wearing their finest "thrift store glam apparel" open their set with it. 

That said, they still didn't butcher it enough for me to get tired of it, and I even bought a CD reissue of the first album.



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 00:26
 
This was the first song I'd ever heard by Queen, back in the day. And I still love it.  It's the very best of the band, for that time. They just kept getting better, but I love this whole album - so many good songs!  Thank you to whoever uploaded this - could we get "Stormtrooper In Stilettos" or "39"?

Thanks!  I love Queen...

ddbz
(The Midwest)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 23:10
 
B    plus.plus.plus

lifemode
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 23:09
 
Thank you Radio Paradise.  This is one of my favs.

linzie
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 22:20
 
 BKardon wrote:
This isn't my favorite song ever from Queen, but I'll take it.  It seems many people think the band is nothing more than We Will Rock You and Another One Bites The Dust.  They made some fantastic music beyond the radio-friendly cuts that is worth checking out.
 

too true!!

linzie
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 22:18
 
 Akaiila wrote:

Can't really agree with you there - I'd have to go with 'underplayed for a reason.'
 

...pinhead

BKardon
(Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 22:16
 
This isn't my favorite song ever from Queen, but I'll take it.  It seems many people think the band is nothing more than We Will Rock You and Another One Bites The Dust.  They made some fantastic music beyond the radio-friendly cuts that is worth checking out.

linzie
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 22:15
 
See NOW your cookin....turning it up now...

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 12:05
 
this is probably certainly my least liked band ever on rp o well
maybe it's good forme


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nope

rtwingo
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 12:03
 
Never heard this before {#Eek}
Nice... {#Dancingbanana}

planet_lizard
(Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 12:01
 
Good segue from Muse - these two bands have much in common...

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 06:51
 
Probably my favorite Queen song...

n4ku
(Lex Vegas)
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 20:20
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
Rock and Roll Music...Nice!
 
Something we don't hear nearly enough of on RP these days.

I miss the station that billed itself as playing eclectic, intelligent, rock.


Rick_V
(New Orleans)
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 20:18
 

This rocks nicely.



LongGoneDaddy
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 11:36
 
i am hoping to stay alive.  thanks.

Akaiila
(London, UK)
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 11:32
 
 brewcity wrote:
Nice musical nugget from Queen. Underplayed and underrated!!!{#Roflol}
 
Can't really agree with you there - I'd have to go with 'underplayed for a reason.'