5 Best Queen Songs Based On The Type Of Composition

JAKARTA - Choosing the 5 best Queen songs from hundreds of pieces of music owned by the British rock legend is not easy. The benchmarks must be clear. But, if it's based on taste, that's fine.

As is known rock music enthusiasts, Queen was formed in London in 1970. Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals) and John Deacon (bass) released their self-titled two debut album. years later. However, they just entered the music charts in the UK through their second album, Queen II (1974).

Subsequent albums, Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and A Night at the Opera (1975) brought Queen international success. The latter album even spawned the song Bohemian Rhapsody, which remained at number one in the UK for nine weeks and helped popularize the music video format.

Then, the album News of the World which was released in 1977 gave birth to the single songs We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions, which became the national anthem at sports events. In the early 1980s, Queen practically became one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world.

Another One Bites the Dust from the album The Game (1980) is the best-selling single of Mercury et al. While the 1981 compilation album, Greatest Hits, was named the best-selling album in the UK and was certified nine times platinum in the United States.

Their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert was among the greatest in rock history according to various publications. In August 1986, Mercury made his final appearance with Queen in Knebworth, England.

This iconic vocalist died of bronchopneumonia - complications from AIDS in 1991. While John Deacon retired in 1997. And since 2004, May and Taylor have toured under the "Queen +" banner with vocalists Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert.

Seeing the success of Queen and the line up of the epic songs they created, really, it is too stingy to choose only a few songs to be put into the 'best' category. However, VOI must still choose.

Here are 5 of Queen's best songs, each representing a type of composition. There's hard rock, piano-based pop, funky, epic symphony, and anthemic.

Album: Sheer Heart Attack (1977)

Honestly, never forget this song. Stone Cold Crazy is an affirmation that Queen is capable of playing slapping rock music compositions. Brian May's guitar riffs all over the song roar to the beat of John Deacon's bass and John Taylor's drums. So manly and rocking! No wonder Metallica reprized this song on the Garage Inc cover album released in 1998.

Album: A Night at the Opera (1975)

A sentimental ballad that Freddie Mercury wrote on piano and guitar. Love of My Life is a concert favorite, where Mercury often pauses in the middle of the song and let the audience take over the vocal line. After Mercury's death, Brian May often dedicated the song to the vocalist in his live performances. Meanwhile, rock band Extreme performed this song at a Freddie Mercury Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in 1992.

Album: The Game (1980)

Written by John Deacon in 1980, Another One Bites The Dust is Queen's funky song. The song has reached the top of the charts around the world and has been covered by many other artists. That said, the heavy bass filling in the song was inspired by the song Good Times from disco group Chic.

Album: Night at the Opera (1975)

Queen's most enduring and beloved song as well as one of the most mysterious. The six-minute classic was written by Freddie Mercury, breaking most conventional songwriting rules by turning opera-style choruses into wild, melodic tones.

Album: News of the World (1977)

That's right what you have in mind, these two songs can be included in Queen's best song list without having to be combined. However, it feels weird talking about one song without the other. In the album, the position of these two songs consecutively as the opening. Meanwhile, in concerts, they are often played together as a closing. Besides that, the slots in this best song list are also up, right?

Written by Brian May, We Will Rock You is a simple song about footsteps and applause combined, which Queen describes as provoking the enthusiasm of the audience in their concerts. This song has been covered many times by various artists around the world. Do you still remember how Axl Rose performed it with the remaining Queen personnel at the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute concert? Full of passion, right?

Meanwhile, We Are The Campions has become the sport's national anthem, especially to celebrate victories. Written by Mercury, this song has topped the music charts many times. In 2009, the song was inducted into the Grammy Music Hall of Fame.