Queen

Released: September 5, 2014

Songwriter: Roger Taylor John Deacon Brian May Freddie Mercury

Producer: Joshua J Macrae Kris Fredriksson Justin Shirley-Smith

(Freddie: I tell you what, this is a number from the 'Sheer Heart Attack’ album, 'Stone Cold Crazy')

(Roger: A one, two, three, four, a, one, two, three, four)

Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning
I was dreaming I was Al Capone
There’s a rumor going 'round, gotta clear outta town
Yeah, I'm smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law, gonna break down the door
Gonna carry me away once more
Never, I never, I never get it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know

Ow

Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon and I'm playing on my slide trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Watch-a

Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet
With my rubber- tommy water gun
Here come the deputy, he's gonna come and getta me
I gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I ran right outta juice
They're gonna put me in a cell, if you can't go to heaven
Would you let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know

Freddie: Thank you, thank you dears. Now then, we've come to a point in time, we’d like to do (audience shout ’Liar') a number that was released, oh they know it, might as well get on with it, it’s a number released in the States as a single ...

Formed in 1970, Queen was a British rock band whose classic line-up consisted of Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and piano, Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon on bass. Although Mercury and May wrote the bulk of the band’s material, all four contributed to the songwriting, churning out huge hits. Initially a progressive rock band with strong metal influences, their sound evolved dramatically over time. The band went on to refine, if not define “stadium rock,” as they grew to become one of the most beloved rock bands of all time.

Their early progressive phase spawned epic tracks like “March of the Black Queen” and one international hit “Killer Queen.” But it was their 1975 track “Bohemian Rhapsody” which catapulted the group to super-stardom. The song reigned at #1 on the UK charts for nine weeks and has since been praised as one of the greatest songs of all time

Moving away from their album-orientated sound, the band only grew in popularity with such songs as November 1976’s “Somebody to Love,” October 1977’s “We Are the Champions,” January 1979’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” June 1980’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” January 1984’s “Radio Ga Ga,” and many more. These songs are so beloved that a musical based on the band’s discography, titled We Will Rock You, became one of West-End’s longest-running shows with a 12-year run through May 2014—and more events being featured internationally, as well.

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