Queen - Jazz

From 1978. It's been a long while since I've updated this, and I apologize. This is a very good album too, I like a lot of the songs on here.

Tracks:
1. Mustapha
2. Fat Bottomed Girls
3. Jealousy
4. Bicycle Race
5. If You Can't Beat Them
6. Let Me Entertain You
7. Dead On Time
8. In Only Seven Days
9. Dreamers Ball
10. Fun It
11. Leaving Home Ain't Easy
12. Don't Stop Me Now
13. More Of That Jazz

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13 More Of That Jazz. It sounds like Roger sings this mostly, which is nice. I think it's in between being fast and slow, which is very weird for this. I think it could be either faster or slower, maybe I'd like it better. With less repeating guitar. I always do like Roger's falsetto. There's samples of the other songs on that album, which is a bit confusing?

12 Mustapha . I simply don't love this song, all of the words are kind of all over the place and a bit nonsensical. But I don't hate this one. There are few Queen songs that I really don't like. It's grown on me a bit, if I'm in the mood.

11 If You Can't Beat Them. It sounds kinda 80s workout music/montage music to me, which sounds a little less original. I like the lyrics for the most part, also the basic guitar riff going up. The verse melody isn't the best, and the chorus is okay. Pretty basic.

10 Let Me Entertain You. harder rock, but still catchy. It sounds a little like "Tie Your Mother Down" and maybe "Stone Cold Crazy", but that might be due to the tempo. It sounds like it's speaking to the audience. The harmonies sound nice. The voices all talking together at the end are funny.

9 Leaving Home Ain't Easy reminds me of a Beatles song, with some of the voices. It sounds like Freddie sings some of it. The lyrics are good, though. Sometimes I like listening to it. It's sad. Tongue-twister lines again, Brian.

8 Fun It. Almost the same timing as "Another One Bites The Dust", I think. The lyrics aren't really ones I like, it's nice when Freddie and Roger duet.  The title is a bit suggestive though. Oh, but Roger and Freddie singing in different headphone ears at the same time. Hard to listen to all the way, for some reason.

7 In Only Seven Days. The piano intro is different compared to these other songs. Similar to "Who Needs You" maybe, because of the acoustic guitar. I guess it's also about a missing love, and I like the 3rd (2nd?) chord. If that part sounds weird, it's like, "there's something inside that is turning my mind away" chords. Great lyrics! Flourishes on the piano that sound like a harp.

6 Dead On Time. the chords at the beginning sound like "The End" to me. The whispering with the guitar gets my interest, pretty guitar heavy. This one is closer to "Stone Cold Crazy" in the sense of rapping. I mean, it's not one I listen to a lot, but it's like with "Sheer Heart Attack", sometimes I want a heavy rock song. The "you're dead!" At the end sounds cool.

5 Jealousy. I love ballads, and with the "oh, how wrong can you be?" lyric, it gets my attention easily. "Jealousy, look at me now," is pleasant. I personally think Freddie was very good with the jazz and romantic ballad genres. Not too slow, very charming to me. He liked to write songs about love, whether it was sad or new love or otherwise.

4 Bicycle Race. A song full of opposites/ contradictions, which makes it fun. I think it's pretty creative, and I'm pretty sure no other song about bicycles has an actual bicycle bell solo. My favorite line in it is probably "income tax!" It's just so random.

3 Fat Bottomed Girls. A very foot stomping beat, also a song to be taken somewhat light-hearted. The three part harmony is very good, and they even tried to do that live. I feel a little awkward saying the lyrics sometimes, but I love the song nonetheless. I like the bridge, "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today".

2 Don't Stop Me Now. Very catchy, and fast paced. It's so much energy to bang on the piano like that, I don't even know how Freddie played like that. It cramps my hands or makes them sore. The bass, drums, and guitar all sound great as well. Despite the darker meaning of the lyrics, I try to listen to it in a more positive way.

1 Dreamers Ball . I absolutely love this song. I do like when they did a few jazz songs, and this one is so catchy. The chords are complex, but at the same time, standard sounding. There is a ✨beautiful✨ guitar intro to this. And the solo is also good. Very smooth, it makes me really imagine a maybe fantasy-like ball. The descending "oooh, oooh, oooh" is nice. His head voice is well controlled.

Tell me what you think about this album. I do love the long-lost guitars version of "Don't Stop Me Now".

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