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Queen — You're My Best Friend
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 10:48
 
 DanO-1 wrote:

Saw Queen in February 1976 and to this day Freddie is the best vocalist I've heard. Nobody else comes close.
 
Gotta agree with you.  Saw him in Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto during the 'A Day at the Races Tour'.     Didn't really know what I was witnessing at the time.  Certainly got it ticked off the bucket list at an early age.



msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 10:39
 
A very fine tune from one of the finest vocal talents in modern music history!
 

DanO-1
(Over a mile high, New Mexico)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 10:38
 
 horstman wrote:
Freddie Mercury easily has the best voice in rock in roll. Of all time.

Easily.
 
Saw Queen in February 1976 and to this day Freddie is the best vocalist I've heard. Nobody else comes close.

Der_Hamburger
(Somewhere in Germany...)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 02:48
 
Bad, very bad mistake:

This track is not from Innuendo! It's from "A night at the opera"! 

Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley)
Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 18:30
 
Hmmm, this sort of sounds like the Partridge Family ...

MsJudi
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 09:45
 
Fun song, wrong album, this was on A Night At The Opera, not Innuendo. (Written by John Deacon, for anyone who cares!)

ppopp
(Portland, Oregon)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 16:10
 
Agreed. He had it all. We may have lost him too soon, but he left us with a riches of great songs and wonderful singing.
Freddie's voice was my best friend on the stereo as a teenager. Another John Deacon classic. The poor bloke had no stage presence (who does next to Freddie?), and very little to say in interviews, but on paper: Your My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, Another One Bites The Dust, If You Can't Beat 'Em.. Brilliant. 

horstman wrote:
Freddie is arguably the best, most versatile singer in rock and roll. Better than Elvis, better than Bowie, better than ?
Suggestions welcome on this one. What'd ya think RP listeners? 
 



horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 16:34
 
Freddie is arguably the best, most versatile singer in rock and roll. Better than Elvis, better than Bowie, better than ?
Suggestions welcome on this one. What'd ya think RP listeners? 

robbeek
(the foothills above El Lay....)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 14:48
 
agreeing with so many other RP listeners...there is absolutely nothing wrong with this....dang, we sure do miss you freddie!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 21:20
 
sigh...love this.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 12:04
 


marvelous...  love it...

 

ajlept
(Athens, GA)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 18:26
 
 ick wrote:
Sappy?  Maybe.  There aren't many songs that immediately improve my mood like this one.  Mr. Blue Sky by ELO also serves nicely for the same purpose.  Strong 7. 
 
Funny, I was about to say that this song could have been done by ELO, albeit, not as well. Not all music needs to be "cerebral." In fact, sometimes I am moved by the simplest of concepts. This is one of them. Variety rules!


horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 18:19
 
Freddie Mercury easily has the best voice in rock in roll. Of all time.

Easily.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 00:38
 
Bill & Rebecca are good together.  {#Bananapiano}

Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 10:24
 
I want this in the playlist of my wedding reception.

Guess I've already posted that before....

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 10:23
 
 ick wrote:
Sappy?  Maybe.  There aren't many songs that immediately improve my mood like this one.  Mr. Blue Sky by ELO also serves nicely for the same purpose.  Strong 7. 
 
{#Clap} Mr Blue Sky - oh yes! Even in the darkest winter days, that never fails to lift my spirits.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 10:22
 


Everybody in my hotel room be dancing...  love it...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 18:36
 


I'll dance to this...

 

p2h2d2
(On the Lake)
Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 10:08
 
 scrubbrush wrote:

i love RP but cannot handle this song. it's too Sesame Street. It should be followed by Shiny Happy People.


 
and is loved by those with the bright shiny eyes of true believers.


gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 18:33
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:

Makes me think of your wife too...(just kidding)
 
There it is....my 3rd cow bell reference today...see...synchronicity. Just what I said.

gabrielle7nt
(Palo Alto, CA)
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 17:42
 

So happy my best friend introduced me to Radio Paradise. {#Whisper}





WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 12:42
 
 fab4fan wrote:
On Acclaimed Music.net which compiles many music reviews from many different rock critics from decades Queen is # 113 but The Beatles are rightfully at #1! And The 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide gives Queen a poor review too,they say they were bombastic theatrical overblown schlock rock that could have only happened in the 70's. And they said that people should use caution in getting any of their albums because even their greatest hits sound dated. THey only gave 2 of their albums 3 stars they gave most of them only 2 stars and none 4 stars and for very good reasons! 
 
I'm so grateful that you've established the criterion for what constitutes "good" music, its position on a heirarchical list. Well, then, by that criterion, this is what we should be listening to this week on Radio Paradise—selections from the Top Ten from the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart for the week ending 12/18/10:

Susan Boyle - The Gift
Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night
Glee - The Music, The Christmas Album
Glee - The Music, Season Two
Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Josh Groban - Illuminations
Rihanna - Loud

Okay, Bill, let's get with the program here. Enough obscure eclecticism. We want popularity! We want hits!


ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 12:31
 
Sappy?  Maybe.  There aren't many songs that immediately improve my mood like this one.  Mr. Blue Sky by ELO also serves nicely for the same purpose.  Strong 7. 

katiediddler
(one of the dominoes, hopefully near the back)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 12:30
 
Thanks, Bill for pulling me out of my usual office-induced malaise. This one's a guilty pleasure.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 12:29
 
BÖC, Lennon, Queen - jeez, for a minute I thought I had the wrong station on!  Don't get me wrong, I like it all.

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 12:28
 

On this cover look much nicer {#Daisy}



Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 07:50
 
...but this is a good song!  And I'll always defend happiness in much the same way I defend Paul McCartney's songs against his haters.  Come on!  I'd love if someone had written this about me.  Cheers!  {#Cheers}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 06:02
 
 scrubbrush wrote:

i love RP but cannot handle this song. it's too Sesame Street. It should be followed by Shiny Happy People.


 

Just because it is happy and upbeat does not mean that it is cheesy, this is just a wonderful song!{#Sunny}

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 10:29
 
 scrubbrush wrote:

i love RP but cannot handle this song. it's too Sesame Street. It should be followed by Shiny Happy People.


 
I love "Shiny Happy People" so I guess that's one more happy song I like.


scrubbrush
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 12:26
 

i love RP but cannot handle this song. it's too Sesame Street. It should be followed by Shiny Happy People.



scrubbrush
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 12:24
 

i love RP but cannot handle this song. it's too Sesame Street. It should be followed by Shiny Happy People.



More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 12:24
 
 pdemeester wrote:
Makes me think of my wife every time . . . even after 26 years of marriage.

Count me as lucky! 
 
Makes me think of your wife too...(just kidding)


Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 12:23
 
You know, I don't like many happy songs—-but I always like hearing this.

Lakeview
(Great White North)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 12:23
 
Makes me think of my wife every time . . . even after 26 years of marriage.

Count me as lucky! 

kelo
(Dublin)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 03:32
 
Luv this!

salice
(51st state)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 03:30
 
Greatest front man ever?

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 13:03
 


I don't care how pop it is— this is a really cool song...  love it...



Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 26, 2009 - 11:00
 
 lmic wrote:

Y'know, when my day finally comes, I just don't think I'm going to be spending a lot of time regretting that I loved the wrong bands.

 
Agree. I'm more concerned about missing a hidden treasure, which is a lot less likely to happen since finding RP. B&R brought us some great ones, all right.



EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 06:07
 
I like Queen a lot, mainly because they were unique, some of their songs didn't quite do it for me and some were amazing.

They were a love em or hate em band, they could have stuck to the harder rock sound and conquered America but the fact that they stuck to their guns brought them greater respect from many.

The music they made later on was a pale shadow of the early songs and they should have split up after Freddie's death as for me he WAS Queen.


peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 05:59
 
 casey1024 wrote:
Love it!
 
Me too! And hats off to lmic and Scott for your excellent posts below! {#Clap}


Skorokoro
(Jurmala, Latvia)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 05:51
 
this radio station is full of suprises, some good, some not so good - {#Whipit}

casey1024
(Between past & future...)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 05:51
 
Love it!

lmic
(Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 20:32
 
 fab4fan wrote:
The 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide gives Queen a poor review (...) And USA Today music editor Ken Barnes said (...) he can't stand Queen
 
Y'know, when my day finally comes, I just don't think I'm going to be spending a lot of time regretting that I loved the wrong bands.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 20:25
 
 fab4fan wrote:
This is the *ONLY* Queen song that is just good but not great! I knew I couldn't be the only one who hates Queen so I typed in the google.com search engine, in quotes "I Hate Queen" and "Queen sucks" and I found many pages of people saying this too! On Acclaimed Music.net which compiles many music reviews from many different rock critics from decades Queen is # 113 but The Beatles are rightfully at #1! And The 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide gives Queen a poor review too,they say they were bombastic theatrical overblown schlock rock that could have only happened in the 70's. And they said that people should use caution in getting any of their albums because even their greatest hits sound dated. THey only gave 2 of their albums 3 stars they gave most of them only 2 stars and none 4 stars and for very good reasons! And USA Today music editor Ken Barnes said on an online question and answer article that he can't stand Queen and he said they were influential in all of the wrong ways!
 
Well that settles that!
 
Oh, wait: "I hate the Beatles" gets 1.2 million hits in Google so the Beatles must REALLY suck hard. Sorry, fab4fan, that's just irrefutable proof.

 
cripes.



coyote620
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 06:35
 
 romeotuma wrote:


love it...
 
me too...



Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 06:34
 
 drH wrote:
Sounds like the Partridge Family.
 
At least I'm not the only one who hears that! {#Arrowu}

NTTAWWT

CanyonMan
(Pacific Palisades, CA)
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 20:58
 
Okay, I guess it's kind of cool to hear this about once every 8 years.

Panama_Floyd
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 18:37
 
Well, it ain't no "In The Lap of the Gods"...but it's still really good. I kinda like "pop" nonsense anyway. It's fun, sometimes.

tallenga
Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 18:36
 
Had to come and check to see if my 10 year old had switched channels on me.....but no, there it is.....hmm....  Pretty unusual for RP.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 08:45
 


love it...