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Queen
By RondA Tern pie ton
Entertainment Editor
What happened? Can this
really be the Queen we've all
listened to since junior high?
Where is all the flashy instrumentation
and extensive
mixing the group has
become famous for?
Queen, strangely enough,
has switched gears in mid
stream and tried its hand at
plain old rock 'n' roll with a
combination punk 50s flavor.
It would have L
Queen s ploy ha
group's new alb
merely listenable.
IT WOULD have been
sensational if Queen's ploy
had worked, but the group's
new album, The Game, is
merely listenable -- as
though Queen just can't
quite handle the new
material.
Queen just doesn't seem to
enjoy playing their new
music enough to really make
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Game is a departure from
the old Queen image,
though, and should gain the
group a whole new following.
The album's opener,
"Play the Game," Is
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reminiscent of the "old"
Queen with Freddie Mercury's
whining vocals and
swelling background instrumentation.
"Play the Game" is the
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um. The Game, is
i "DRAGON ATTACK" is
the most senseless, irritating
song on the album's first
side. The beat is
monotonous, created with
only a drum, and Mercury
sounds like he has a one-note
repertoire.
i The song simply has no
melody and the drumbeat is
interspersed with what are
supposed to be driving guitar
solos. Unfortunately, Queen
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"Another One Bites the
Dust," the song currently
receiving radio airplay,
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Like "Dragon Attack," |
"Another One Bites the
Dust" depends on hand
clapping and heavy percussion,
but a catchy beat
and Mercury's vocals make
the song an unqualified
success.
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Tonight," a song about the
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"Starry Eyes." The song I
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SIDE ONE closes with |
"Crazy Little .Thing called I
Love," Queen's salute to the I
late Elvis Presley. U
Side two starts out badly B
with "Rock It." The first B
quarter of the song drags, I
, but the beat picks up to add a I
little interest. "Hock It" I
isn't really poor in-|
strumentally, but lyrics like
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ballad with touching lyrics
and "Coming Out" is
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rest of the songs feature
Queen's new image-makers:
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