The Daily Doug presents In the Lap of the Gods & In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited (Queen) Ep. 225

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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to In the Lap of the Gods and In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited by Queen. Both of these songs are from their 3rd album, Sheer Heart Attack, released in 1974. Every time I listen to Queen, I'm reminded of their unique sound and artistry. Enjoy!
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[@ninagray4441]

The whole album is perfect.

[@sethkaicer319]

Amen brother.

[@AJ_NL_1963]

Masterpiece!!!

[@SpadajSpadaj]

It's interesting because people usually either love this album or consider it one of the weakest ones from the Queen portfolio.It's a departure from Queen/Queen II direction but it's not A Night At The Opera yet.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

@@SpadajSpadaj I think it’s better than ANATO! Queen II is their best and my favourite album of all time!

[@jasonfrost2527]

@@SpadajSpadaj I'm in the "it's my favourite album" corner. The only dud for me is 'Misfire' (I'm not generally a fan of the Deacs songs - not sure why!) but the rest is just class song after class song. Probably because as a very young boy of 6 or so, I had the single of Killer Queen with Flick of the Wrist as its B-side. And I still put Flick of the Wrist as one of my favourite songs ever still today, so heavy!! Love the connected 3 songs from Tenement Funster to Lily of the Valley. As an LP, side A of Sheer Heart Attack is perfection!! Oddly, whilst I don't hate Quuen/Queen II, I'm not that fussed on the at all. I'm listening to QII to now to see what I'm missing out on! [OK, it's pretty darned good!] There are only a few Queen albums I can listen to from start to finish and love every one, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races are great but then I'm not that fussed until Innuendo maybe A Kind of Magic and The Works. There are some amazing individual songs on the rest, but there's some diabolical stuff in there!!

[@TheBlackQueen]

I know Revisited is the more popular one, but my God does the first one hit differently! Roger's insane vocals aside, the harmonies, unique chord changes, Freddie's arpeggios on the piano, Brian's amazingly smooth guitar tone through John's own Deacy amplifier, it represents everything truly beautiful about early Queen! I even played the song on piano for my High School talent show freshman year! It's one of my favourite songs to play and quite easily the 3rd best song on the album imo (this album is phenomenal) behind only Killer Queen and Stone Cold Crazy! While this song doesn't necessarily transition into another track, it does immediately cut back to the percussion with a quick tempo shift into arguably the first ever Thrash Metal song Stone Cold Crazy! That would be a good song for a Metal Monday, though it is rather fast and short.

[@SuperForcemajeure]

You must do "Ogre Battle", "Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke", "Nevermore" Queen II brilliant and amazing in any way you could possibly analyze them. They need to be heard with no break in between songs.

[@MooCubeNZ]

Yes, please please please do this!!!!

[@slayersage101]

Agreed, Queen II is my favorite for sure. Straight through from beginning to end.

[@lycheelian]

yes please do this medley of songs doug! theres a video available in youtube that merges all three of them so it feels seemless! please react to it, its by far my favourite medley ever in music

[@johndeanrichards4067]

Queen II is incredible

[@TheBlackQueen]

I still highly suggest that you do a full listen of Queen II! That's an album that must be heard all the way through with no breaks in between songs so they can flow together! I'm sure there are some videos on KZbin with the full album, but if not, if you have Spotify or any kind of streaming account, that would be the best option!

[@sethkaicer319]

I concur.

[@columbogaming9377]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@pauldover1403]

Wouldn't that prevent Doug from playing any more songs from Queen II then as he had already heard them?

[@TheBlackQueen]

@@pauldover1403 He's only heard 2 so far. There's still all of Side White and 4 more songs on Side Black.

[@RiquezaEmGotas]

Innuendo would be interesting to react to!

[@barrys1342]

Oh Doug Thanks for your humour, intelligence, appreciation, insights and joy at celebrating musicianship, artistry and anthems ❤😊 Greetings from Africa Cape Town 🇿🇦

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Lair is a great song, Great King Rat, Stone Cold Crazy, Seaside Rendezvous, 138 Tracks to work with, Doug, great reaction

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Seven Seas of Rhye

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Excellent choice! They always ended their gigs with _"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"_ until they had _We Are the Champions._ My parents bought me this album for Christmas, 1974, when I was 12. They also bought me _Kimono my House_ by Sparks and Slade in _Flame._ {:-:-:}

[@lesleybyrne4368]

Thank you Freddie for your perfect voice

[@wind-upboy939]

You win that bet ;-) The next song is Stone Cold Crazy, one of the first Thrash Metal Songs.

[@sergeinester6261]

Hi Doug have a go at It’s Late. A real bluesy song and hugely underrated.

[@gwengoodwin3992]

Hey Doug, you probably know of Alan Parsons. He got his start as an assistant producer working for the Beatles at Abbey Road. He later produced Dark Side of the Moon and contributed a lot to the album's distinctive sound. He produced his own work as Alan Parsons Project. It's grandiloquent prog, less pretentious and more dramatic than a lot of stuff out there. His best album is probably I, Robot. You might get a kick out of it, though it is musically pretty simple. And of course you should listen to Rick Wakeman, the virtuoso keyboard player who performed some of Yes's greatest songs. You've heard his work on the Cat Stevens song "Morning Has Broken." Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) is a solo project of keyboard works. I prefer Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974), a live performance by his small rock band, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the English Chamber Choir. If you don't know the album, you will definitely find lots to react to. It may remind you of Renaissance's Scheherazade. Like Keith Emerson, Wakeman helped popularize the first generation of analog synthesizers. Emerson and Wakeman were friendly rivals who always intended to make an album together but never got around to it.

[@murdockreviews]

I especially like the debut 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' and 'Turn of a friendly Card' 🙂

[@TheBlackQueen]

I like to think Eye In The Sky is his best work, being from Arizona, it hits different when driving through the desert at night with it playing!

[@erickvermeulen9734]

It is great how Alan Parsons found the right singers for some of his songs, legends like Colin Blunstone, Roger Chapman and more

[@tullfan2560]

@@erickvermeulen9734 On his last album, he features a whole bunch of singers including Lou Gramm.

[@Ronnie1001]

"Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record" is well worth reacting to - say "Statue of Justice" and/or "Judas Iscariot"

[@Liz.Green789]

They were having problems with management at the end of Sheer Heart Attack leading in to A Night at The Opera. Death on Two Legs follows this up on the new album. It was some of the truly interesting time for Queen.

[@juliesadler6481]

Thanx Doug and Seth! Can never go wrong with Queen. 👍 👑

[@luciaortiz3933]

In the lap of the gods (the first one you reacted to in the video) is my fav Queen song!!! And I love the album version of the song!!! But the Live at the Rainbow 1974 version of that one is insanly perfect and awesome!!! Pd: I do love the Revisited one too lol

[@kallekammonen2047]

Bijou is a beautiful song worth a listen.

[@DRRwine]

... with a very unusual song structure, and none of the excess of overdubbing (e.g.), such as from the early days. Unusual in many ways, mournful, and touching. A tremendous tune - please do this one, Doug!

[@ceorgeglooney190]

The song that precedes this is pretty much perfect, by itself and how it transforms into the Revisited song.

[@santiagorojaspiaggio]

Well, this song is technically part of a medley, but that's just because of the beggining drum beat of Stone Cold Crazy. Just one beat, so... You didn't loose anything.

[@gwooledge]

"I can see what you want me to be" definitely sounds like he's talking about his parents' expectations.

[@matthewlloyd5130]

Yes, please.

[@Антон-п5ц2д]

In the Lap of the Gods perfectly ends to Stone Cold Crazy in best tradiotions of prog rock.

[@nickywarren8002]

I'm so glad they 'revisited'! I went to see Queen and Adam Lambert in 2014. It was a ripper concert and, I'm so glad, they had "Lap of the Gods" in there, along with so much other awesome music and surprises! That was the closest I ever came to Queen. I wish I'd got a ticket extra to take my Mum! Love your reactions, Doug! And I love it even more when you don't talk over the music! All the best from Western Australia 😊

[@allensaunders449]

Freddie's voice was at it's peak here

[@zfgdun]

Live showing of Queen Live at Wimbley. Who's with me

[@ImjaTse6189]

Thank you, Doug! Please listen to Queen’s Somebody to Love Live in Montreal, 1982. Please!

[@clintonsmith5163]

Actually, it was 1981. Would love to see Doug react to that one.

[@ImjaTse6189]

@@clintonsmith5163 yes, sorry about that. Just wanted to correct my comment, but you already did, so I leave it. I don’t know why I wrote 82. Getting older…

[@nathanduke5323]

Montreal is good but I prefer the the intro of the Milton Keynes version personally.

[@GilesMcRiker]

Yep, the song rips right nto "Stone Cold crazy" on the album.

[@EmptyGlass99]

Probably my favourite Queen album. It's got everything - still a touch of the very early Queen and just starting on their later journey of more 'commercial' music.

[@EchoesDaBear]

You really should have gone to the next song...Stone Cold Crazy! Proof that Queen were possible forefathers, if not influencers of thrash metal! (Metallica did a pretty awesome cover) Such amazing, but short, pieces. Their harmonizing was always superb!!

[@jimilove7773]

QUEEN!

[@sethkaicer319]

Doug convinced Brian May on how to leave it in the lap of the Gods twice.

[@renate2068]

:)

[@akaFrits1]

It might already be mentioned, but have you seen the recent interview of Rick Beato with Brian May? Very interesting!

[@DW-qn7yw]

More Queen

[@chriscullen6949]

ubelievable song by freddie blew my mind when i first heard it ..rogers high notes ..great

[@AndalusianIrish]

Freddie at his best.

[@lorijones9579]

I'd love your take on Freddie Mercury and Monserrat Caballé's Barcelona and/or The Golden Boy. Barcelona has been reacted to many times but the reactors are always pretty much speechless. The Golden Boy is less talked about, I think, but just as incredible a performance. The love of Freddie and Montsy is a great story.

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Love the Golden Boy and How can I go on, Lori

[@frankroos1167]

Fun fact: They also made a song sheer heart attack. But that's on a different album. And of course I can only encourage more listening to both albums.

[@phil12323]

Can I just point out that the volume swell on the vocals in the intro would not have been easy to do in the studio back in 73/74. You can automate that stuff these days, but that would have been done as the mix was being mastered by two or three people manually fading each track in and out at the same time. In other words, it would have been very easy to mess up. It's stuff like that that get's taken for granted these days but which Queen had the imagination to pull off (much like the Beatles and Floyd) before the technology was actually there to do it.

[@brianholden8357]

Some of the references might have been something to do with the management they signed to on a 5-year deal. They did nothing to help them and delayed their first album by 18 months so that when it was released, the press accused them of copying other artists, who had actually copied Queen, who were performing all these tracks in their live performances. They started to make massive sales of records and huge tours but they had signed a contract where the agent took all the money and they got paid £200 a week each. They eventually managed to get out of the contract 6 months early by getting another company to pay them off. The first song on Night at the opera is "Death On Two Legs". Their former manager sued them for defamation of character because He knew it was written about Him. I think He lost. On the "Live Killers" album they introduce the song saying it is dedicated to him but they bleep out his name.

[@fireman746]

Sheer Heart Attack was their best album. Used to get so high on Codeine back in high school and listen to this album. Be awesome to sit in an opium den and listen to the whole album.

[@Fuzcapp]

The entire album Sheer Heart Attack is possibly their best album. One of their top 2 best albums in my opinion. Tis was their purple patch - Sheer Heart Attack, Night at the Opera, Day at the Races, News of the World and Jazz.

[@smorly4271]

I think you should listen to the Neal Morse Band next. "The Call" or "Alive Again" are songs that I'm sure you would like.

[@daicullinane7746]

Glad you enjoyed these Doug. Queen were an amazing band from the beginning. How about Liar from the debit?

[@NeilBlanco]

Greetings Doug. Love your analysis of songs. Just so you know, Freddie wrote a lot of those songs that sound like love songs about being wrong done by about the music industry, record companies and Jim Beach in particular. When you listen to the songs knowing this it changes the meaning even more. I'd love to hear your reaction to "You take my breath away" or "White Man" from the album "A day at the races" but all of those albums were meant to be listened to as a whole from start to finish. Like Dark Side of the Moon. These albums take you on a journey. Peace... ✌️

[@sethkaicer319]

Brian May, I am truly sorry for your losses as of late sir. Doug and I thought this might cheer you up a bit.

[@wumbomandlx]

My favorite part about this song is the slight transition to Stone Cold Crazy

[@FryeGuy29]

When you get back to some Neil Morse, go with the Neil Morse Band (NMB) and something off of the new album “Innocence and Danger”. I’m Not Afraid Pt.1 and Pt.2. It encapsulates all that the band can do as a prog rock super group. Love your content and analysis!!

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

I agree with a previous comment, Wembley which starts with this and goes right into Seven Seas of Ryhe

[@russellcraft7269]

The second side of "Sheer Heart Attack" is similar to the second side of ""Abbey Road", a bunch of short unrelated songs that flow into one another.

[@Alfonso162008]

I think you might be thinking of Queen II, not Sheer Heart Attack.

[@russellcraft7269]

@@Alfonso162008, no, I was definitely referring to Sheer Heart Attack.

[@Alfonso162008]

@@russellcraft7269 really? I don't really see how the songs from Sheer Heart Attack flow into one another in the same way as Abbey Road 🤔

[@russellcraft7269]

@@Alfonso162008, did you ever listen to the vinyl LP. Each song goes right in the next without any pause whatsoever.

[@Dynamite___Harry]

Lines in the sand - Dream Theater would be interesting :)

[@FAGV]

Please do "The fairy feller's masters-stroke". It's one of a kind :)

[@pabloquirarte8648]

Listen the whole album.

[@mayamaia3130]

It’s interesting that you point out the vulnerability and possibility of being taken advantage of, because this was the point that they were really growing aware that their management was taking advantage of them. Also, this was right before they took a BIG risk and went to John Reid, put EVERYTHING on the line to change management - if A Night At The Opera hadn’t been a major success, they would have been sunk as a band. Brian still uses the phrase “that was a real lap of the gods moment” every time he talks about a personal risk, or a time when he didn’t know the outcome to something.

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Yes, they often used to segue a lot of their songs. {:-:-:}

[@ominayu]

More Angra!!! Seriously, react to Angra- Gentle change, please?

[@aaronmelbye5639]

If or when you do another Metallica Monday, mmhhmm, I mean metal Monday I would strongly suggest “To live is to die” by Metallica I think you’d appreciate it.

[@nathanduke5323]

That's a very good choice.

[@RafaelMarques0210]

I think you had to listen the Black Side of Queen II, i know that you listened The March of the Black Queen and Funny How Love Is, but the beggining of this side is wonderful too. Three songs in a medley, and Queen II is perfect exacly because of this, a amazing album with the pure Queen works in vocals and instrumentals that maked then famous.

[@rafaelromao2146]

Hi Doug! You will enjoy the Album “The Absolute Universe” Breath of Life from Transatlantic 🤘🏻

[@caroleann_2142]

As someone who studied Opera, I can say Roger's A is impossible, talk about opening up!!! It goes right into Stoned cold crazy!😅🔥🔥🔥💯

[@Franco_23]

You should check out It's a hard life by Queen

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

I’m surprised you didn’t recognize that they slowed down the tape to make Freddie’s voice sound strange

[@simonk7937]

Yes Rogers's voice is high here but wait til you hear My Fairy King.. That would definitely be a track to react too ..

[@razvanmazilu6284]

He did that one about a month ago 👍🏻

[@simonk7937]

@@razvanmazilu6284 ya , I realized earlier 🤦🏻‍♂️ Teach me not to scroll through 😂

[@nyima04011]

So delighted to see your reaction to these tunes, thanks! For your own benefit don't miss this 1986 performance of "... Revisited" at Wembley. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l37LgqyriMSfj6M ABSOLUTELY the best because by this time Freddie has turned it into a real power ballad, and the audience is ready for it! He looks glorious! The only problem is it's short because it's the first of a 3 song medley. Don't miss it tho.

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

Yay!

[@f.santos762]

I recommend Reaching Horinzons of the EP freedom call by Angra. 👌

[@FBI_Overlord]

Eternal Rains Will Come by Opeth, please.

[@adrianodemesquita]

Please, Sr., Wintersun - Land of snow and sorrow.

[@luvbasses5487]

Doug….look up and react to: No Quarter by Zeppelin from Houses Of The Holy. Jones plays synthesized piano. A very unique and unusual Zeppelin track but worth noting.

[@RAl-rc7su]

Queen is the best

[@jimoxo]

Innuendo is a must, in my opinion one of their best written songs, its beautiful

[@deanpritchard8499]

Hi Doug The first song may have been written by Freddie’s relationship with Mary Austin- he loved her throughout his life, but was already struggling with his sexuality- they split, around 1876, but he always saw her as his “common- law wife” The “revisited” version may well have been about Queens first manager, Norman Sheffield

[@morphuk1]

You should do Rammstein, "Dicke Titten" - you wont be disappointed !!:p

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

For your Metal Monday you could try Metallica's cover of "Stone Cold Crazy" from the same album (Sheer Heart Attack)

[@u683853]

It seems pretty obvious what Freddie is putting in the lap of the gods.

[@stabell97]

pls react to Sabaton. Any song. Some of the best power metal out there

[@smalltown4855]

you may like to review The Biffington of Boffington by Tallywacker

[@jeanninedoyle9523]

It’s a relationship to the fans…youkll see that when they do the woo, la, la,la, they wanted the fans to participate.

[@antoniovelazquezvera8366]

Please react to these instrumental songs by prince: Alexa de Paris and Venus de Milo.

[@minmodulation]

IMO the songs aren't about relationships but about Freddy's own life and career, much like the court scene in Bohemian Rhapsody ("It's in the lap of the gods... it doesnt really matter to me...") and many other early songs. if anything, things like "my money, thats all you want to talk about" might be him talking to his parents. I also love how many chords Queen uses...theres lots of chord movement and progressions, its very harmonically rich

[@dana_brooke_27]

I love early Queen. "The Lap of the Gods" both parts are great. Roger really gets to show his vocal abilities and they're phenomenal. This music shows how great Freddie's voice really is. "White Queen" live is a great song. Freddie's voice is beautiful. This whole album is just great. I like their early music better.

[@ben1ben]

Yes Roger's high notes were so angelic.

[@VOID-bw5jc]

yes only dogs can here it.....he said...

[@greenogre22]

yes, but freddie‘s overall voice and his many tones are unbeatable. that‘s why he was the main vocalist of queen. also roger stated in an interview „there‘s been a reason why we’ve decided him to be the singer....he‘s been the best of us four“. also for every situation in life they‘ve got something in their huge catalogue. try „all dead, all dead“, a brian may song for queen where he works out his struggle with the death of his cat when he‘s been a teenie. a wonderful video and the music is also not really depressing....very interesting.

[@ben1ben]

@@greenogre22 yes I know

[@davebain1982]

@@VOID-bw5jc the "only dogs" can hear his high notes was a joke, because of how high he could sing

[@tdearsan]

#ledgerlines

[@annroberts2269]

Now listen to In the Lap of the Gods (not revisited] Live at the Rainbow ‘74 - stunningly beautiful version!!

[@pattiebraymanskelly954]

Totally agree. He just needs to see Revisited Live!!

[@louisagonyou2615]

Yes & yes!! Absolutely love the live versions!!!

[@luciaortiz6409]

Yes, that version of the song made me put that song as my fav one from Queen lol....

[@clintonsmith5163]

Doug, I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about the intriguing effect the band created with Freddie's voice on the first song. Apparently, the tape was sped up while recording the vocal, and then slowed down, which makes Freddie's voice sound deeper and a little otherworldly. The contrast between that and Roger's "castrato" highs is amazing to hear. Queen has always been a band that likes to feature contrasts of various kinds.

[@sethkaicer319]

Fantastic observation my friend I commend you.

[@bharp4390]

Roger would have made an exceptional countertenor. It's just so natural for him.

[@vladalexeev8529]

I remember thinking that batteries on my walkman died

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

@@vladalexeev8529 I don't that they would make any faults - but Montserrat Caballè one of the greatest opera singers of all time made an album with him in the late 80's - she told him that he was a natural baritone - - the voice between bass and tenor.

[@BadgersInTheAttic]

@@bharp4390 As I recall, he went to school on singing scholarships as a boy soprano, but hated the idea of being a choir boy.

[@iancharles1273]

Sheer Heart Attack is a pure immersion work. A completely fully formed masterpiece. Arguably Queen's first "perfect" album.

[@hermanhelmich]

Queen II - for me

[@pedrobernardi9409]

Queen II?

[@kenl2091]

Queen were still in their 'cult band becoming widely accepted' phase when Sheer Heart Attack was released. These two tracks, Killer Queen, Now I'm Here and Brighton Rock (hell, and all the other tracks) were exceptional and pointed to a unique band, unafraid to experiment, yet still very much in touch with pop roots. Bohemian Rhapsody was just around the corner.

[@fcernig33]

Roger was a vocal beast when he was young but that man can still whack those drums

[@brianholden8357]

He was a choir boy when he was at school. He was trained when young. After his voice broke he kept the skills.

[@ben1ben]

@@brianholden8357 what do you mean his voice broke?

[@brianholden8357]

@@ben1ben It might be an English expression. When a boy becomes a man their voice goes lower and for a year or so their voice is wobbling up and down. Very unpredictable. Roger was still able to hit Those very high notes.

[@brianholden8357]

@@ben1ben Lots of very good male child singers don't sound great after puberty and their voice changes. Roger kept that ability and sang all the highest harmony notes live. Freddie had to be careful not to damage his throat overdoing it live.

[@fatlahbazooka]

@@ben1ben When boys hit puberty and their voice drops.

[@irenenaya7644]

Really cool reaction, thanks for this one Doug! As a life-long Queen fan, I always love it when someone comments on their less well known material! From the same album, on the A side there are 3 songs that you should listen and react to at some point: "Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley". They are quite different, but they do that flow onto one another thing and are best listened to as a whole unit Thanks for all these awesome reactions!!

[@sethkaicer319]

Doug and I were happy to bring it to you my friend.

[@wpollock1]

Yes....those are gold. Great point.

[@jasonfrost2527]

I mentioned that exact trio of songs in another thread here. Flick of the Wrist is so heavy followed by the beautiful Lily! I second Irene's thought!

[@andrejz8954]

@@jasonfrost2527 Count me in "ya'll" ! Tenement funster trio is one of my favourite songs ever. =)

[@enricopaoli1183]

Roger Taylor's voice is just insane. Queen's 70's stuff is just fantastic. More PLEASE more!!

[@gcrawford407]

I really enjoyed Dougs reaction to these songs, as a musician himself, I would bet a penny to a pinch of snuff that he was elated. I would love to have him do Innuendo, I harp on about it and I make no apology for this. Its an underrated masterpiece in my opinion.

[@jasonfrost2527]

I love Innuendo too! Steve Howe's flamenco lead break is stellar on it!!

[@ATAH69]

This is probably my fav album by Queen, Saw them in 76 with Thin Lizzy opening for them. Back when concerts were long, They played a few songs from their debut album & the majority of Sheer Heart Attack along with a good portion of A Night At The Opera as well A good chunk from A Day At The Races which was released in 76. Agreeing with other's You would really enjoy Brighten Rock & Brian does a fantastic guitar solo in it.

[@osborneborgao8508]

Hey Doug listen "The Millionaire Waltz" next time

[@rocon86]

Please listen to The Millionaire Waltz sometime.

[@andreasmith6528]

What other rock band does these unexpected key changes, chord progressions, and chord structures, and also writes in 6/8 time? Of course the lyrics are just fantastic, and the lead vocals, and the harmonies, and the instrumentation, and... and... and... I can't think of any other band who can do all of this. And almost every style of music is represented in their catalog.

[@the_judge_8262]

Agree, and pretty much have a university degree each, pretty much all contributed to their own number one single, and damn fine musicians to boot

[@andreasmith6528]

@@the_judge_8262 yes they are each members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame for their individual songs. All of them wrote hits. And they all played multiple instruments. John didn’t do much back up singing, but sometimes even that happened.

[@Paulnap]

A lot of artists do that and more complex things if you want. But they fail miserably to create engagement and stay niche or unknown. Queen didnt even need chords to produce a stadium classic (we will rock you) thats why they are genius. Only Beatles and Pink Floyd are comparable, maybe Police or some other. The rest of rock are basically extended blues bands. Love all of them though.

[@andreasmith6528]

@@Paulnap many of their most popular hits are relatively simple, which is in no way a criticism. They are also timeless and cherished and memorable and catchy. But as I’m sure you’re aware, if you dig into the catalog, you find a lot of complex music that even classically trained aficionados will appreciate. Right now I’m thinking of Prophets Song. Many pop/rock bands just do I, IV, V, I progressions with a ii thrown in for a little variety. Not saying Queen is the only one who strays from the formula, but it’s not common.

[@ivoconceicao666]

Cardiacs

[@EmreCanKorkmaz]

Live, Roger attempts a *sonic impregnation* _(for those who consent, of course)_ on the audience during the '74 Rainbow show for 'In The Lap Of The Gods', casually (yet clinically) hitting legato phrases from the higher portion of a typical soprano range. Oh, and he does it while playing drums, near the end of their show. No big deal, it's Queen, 😎 for they just 'did such things' regularly.

[@antoniocarlin5026]

The Revisited version live on Wembley 1986 is the best versión!!

[@simontyne3032]

It sure is.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Yes, it is actually the best version, Budapest is also good.

[@luciaortiz6409]

And from the other In The Lap Of The Gods song (not the revisited one) the best live version is obviously the Live at the Rainbow 1974 one

[@alekos2348]

Thank You for the video!!! Exercise in free love The millionaire waltz You and I Tenement / Flick / Lily White queen + white queen live Jesus

[@kallekammonen2047]

Millionaire waltz is a...waltz.., and You take my breath away is a wonderful song. Two early queen songs you could consider :)

[@C0zyDunt]

This was the first album I ever bought, way back in 1974. Still love it today.

[@simonspeak9288]

Same. Beanos in Croydon. Intro and first few bars of Brighton Rock and I was hooked.

[@zzuave2666]

Lap of the Gods reminded me of the Beach Boys sound.

[@TheBollocksPictures]

If you want to listen to a song that is the soundtrack in heaven. Give "Nevermore" from the album Queen ll a chance.

[@barrysiewert7386]

This is a beautiful little song but it’s only 1:24 long so you might want to pair it up with My Melancholy Blues. Love your in depth reactions.

[@GC2112]

Hey Doug Glad you enjoyed this, pure class from Queen You mentioned how good Freddie’s vocals are, you need to listen to one of his so tracks from when he recorded with Monserrat Caballe The track is called “ exercises in free love” it will show you how much of a great vocalist Freddie was…. Please give it a listen and let’s see your reaction

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Solo tracks