Classic Queen de Queen
Álbum de Queen
- Fecha de lanzamiento: 3 de Marzo de 1992
- Sello Discográfico: Hollywood Records
- Compositores: Queen, David Bowie
- Productores: Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, Reinhold Mack, David Richards
Classic Queen es un álbum de Queen, publicado en 1992 por Hollywood Records. El disco incluye 17 canciones, entre ellas «A Kind of Magic», «Bohemian Rhapsody», «Under Pressure» y «Hammer to Fall».
Classic Queen es un álbum recopilatorio lanzado en 1992, diseñado específicamente para el mercado de Estados Unidos. Su publicación fue una maniobra estratégica para capitalizar el masivo resurgimiento de la "Queenmanía" en América, impulsado por la inclusión de "Bohemian Rhapsody" en la icónica escena de la película "Wayne's World". A diferencia de las series "Greatest Hits" europeas, "Classic Queen" ofrece una selección de canciones única que mezcla sus grandes éxitos de los 70 con su material de los 80. El álbum fue un éxito rotundo y se convirtió en la principal introducción a Queen para una nueva generación de fans estadounidenses.
Contexto: el "Efecto Wayne's World"
Durante los 80, la popularidad de Queen en Estados Unidos había disminuido. La situación cambió drásticamente en 1992. La película "Wayne's World" catapultó "Bohemian Rhapsody" de nuevo a la cima de las listas de Billboard. Hollywood Records, el nuevo sello de Queen en EE. UU., vio la oportunidad perfecta para reintroducir el catálogo de la banda. "Classic Queen" fue la respuesta directa a esta nueva demanda.
Elección del repertorio
La lista de canciones está diseñada para un público que conocía bien los clásicos de los 70 pero no su trabajo posterior. El álbum funciona como un híbrido entre Greatest Hits I y Greatest Hits II. Incluye himnos ineludibles como "Bohemian Rhapsody" y "We Are the Champions", pero también presenta al público estadounidense los grandes éxitos europeos de los 80, como "A Kind of Magic", "Radio Ga Ga" y "Under Pressure". La selección no sigue un orden cronológico, sino que busca crear un flujo de escucha dinámico.
Impacto y legado
"Classic Queen" fue un éxito comercial extraordinario en Estados Unidos. Entró en el top 10 de la lista Billboard 200 y ha sido certificado 3 veces platino. Su impacto fue fundamental para la revalorización del legado de Queen en ese país. Para millones de estadounidenses que crecieron en los 90, este álbum se convirtió en su recopilatorio de Queen por defecto.
Estreno y listas de éxitos
El éxito del álbum se centró exclusivamente en el mercado norteamericano, para el cual fue diseñado.
- USA Billboard 200: 4
- Canadá (RPM): 1
Listado de Canciones
- A Kind of Magic4:23Words and music by roger taylor It's a kind of magic It's a kind of magic A kind of magic One dream one soul one prize one goal One golden glance of what should be It's a kind of magic One shaft of light that shows the way No mortal man can win this day It's a kind of magic The bell that rings inside your mind Is challenging the doors of time It's a kind of magic The waiting seems eternity The day will dawn of sanity Is this a kind of magic It's a kind of magic There can be only one This rage that lasts a thousand years Will soon be done This flame that burns inside of me I'm here in secret harmonies It's a kind of magic The bell that rings inside your mind Is challenging the doors of time It's a kind of magic It's a kind of magic The rage that lasts a thousand years Will soon be will soon be Will soon be done This is a kind of magic There can be only one This rage that lasts a thousand years Will soon be done-done Magic - it's a kind of magic It's a kind of magic Magic magic magic magic Ha ha ha it's magic It's a kind of magic
- Bohemian Rhapsody5:59[Intro] Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy) I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go Little high, little low Any way the wind blows Doesn't really matter to me, to me [Verse 1] Mamaaa just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters [Verse 2] Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, oooh (Anyway the wind blows) I don't want to die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all [Bridge] I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go Let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go Let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go Let me go (Will not let you go) Let me go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never) Let me go, o, o, o, o No, no, no, no, no, no, no (Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me! So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here (Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah) [Outro] Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me Any way the wind blows
- Under Pressure4:02Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you, no man asked for Under pressure, that burns a building down Splits a family in two Puts people on streets That's ok It's the terror of knowing what this world is about Watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out" Pray tomorrow, gets me higher Pressure on people, people on streets Chippin' around, kick my brains around the floor These are the days it never rains but it pours People on streets, people on streets It's the terror of knowing what this world is about Watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out" Pray tomorrow, gets me higher and higher and high Pressure on people, people on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why, why, why? Love Insanity laughs under pressure, we're cracking Can't we give ourselves one more chance? Why can't we give love that one more chance? Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love? 'Cos love's such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves This is our last dance This is ourselves under pressure, under pressure, pressure
- Hammer to Fall3:38Words and music by brian may Here we stand or here we fall History wont care at all Make the bed light the light Lady mercy wont be home tonight yeah You don't waste no time at all Don't hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all Were just waiting For the hammer to fall Oh evry night and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face the western way Build your muscles as your body decays yeah Toe your line and play their game yeah Let the anaesthetic cover it all Till one day they call your name You know it's time for the hammer to fall Rich or poor or famous For your truth it's all the same (oh no oh no) Lock your door the rain is pouring Through your window pane (oh no) Baby now your struggles all in vain For we who grew up tall and proud In the shadow of the mushroom cloud Convinced our voices can't be heard We just wanna scream it louder and louder louder What the hell we fighting for? Just surrender and it wont hurt at all You just got time to say your prayers While your waiting for the hammer to hammer to fall Its gonna fall Hammer.. You know.. Hammer to fall Waiting for the hammer to fall now baby While you're waiting for the hammer to fall Give it to me one more time
- Stone Cold Crazy2:14
Letra
Words and music by freddie mercury,brian may,roger Taylor and john deacon Sleeping very soundly on a saturday morning I was dreaming I was al capone There's a rumour going round Gotta clear outa town Im smelling like a dry fish bone Here come the law gonna break down the door Gonna carry me away once more Never never I never want it anymore Gotta get away from this stone cold floor Crazy stone cold crazy you know Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon And Im 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 Walking down the street Shooting people that I meet With my rubber tommy water gun Here come the deputy Hes gonna come and get me I gotta get me up and run They got the sirens loose I ran right outa juice They're gonna put me in a cell If I can't go to heaven Will they let me go to hell? Crazy stone cold crazy you know - One Year of Love4:26
Letra
Just one year of love Is better than a lifetime alone One sentimental moment in your arms Is like a shooting star right through my heart It's always a rainy day without you I'm a prisoner of love inside you - I'm falling apart all around you - yeah My heart cries out to your heart I'm lonely but you can save me My hand reaches out for your hand I'm cold but you light the fire in me My lips search for your lips I'm hungry for your touch There's so much left unspoken And all I can do is surrender To the moment just surrender And no one ever told me that love would hurt so much Oooh yes it hurts And pain is so close to pleasure And all I can do is surrender to your love Just surrender to your love Just one year of love Is better than a lifetime alone One sentimental moment in your arms Is like a shooting star right through my heart It's always a rainy day without you I'm a prisoner of love inside you I'm falling apart all around you And all I can do is surrender - Radio Ga Ga5:49Words and music by roger taylor Radio I'd sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And evrything I had to know I heard it on my radio You gave them all those old time stars Through wars of worlds - invaded by mars You made em laugh - you made em cry You made us feel like we could fly Radio So don't become some background noise A backdrop for the girls and boys Who just don't know or just don't care And just complain when you're not there You had your time you had the power Youve yet to have your finest hour Radio All we hear is radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is radio ga ga Radio blah blah Radio what's new? Radio someone still loves you We watch the shows - we watch the stars On videos for hours and hours We hardly need to use our ears How music changes through the years Lets hope you never leave old friend Like all good things on you we depend So stick around cos we might miss you When we grow tired of all this visual You had your time you had the power Youve yet to have your finest hour Radio All we hear is radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is radio ga ga Radio blah blah Radio what's new? Someone still loves you Radio ga ga Radio ga ga Radio ga ga Radio You had your time you had the power Youve yet to have your finest hour Radio
- I´m Going Slightly Mad4:21When the outside temperature rises And the meaning is, oh, so clear One thousand and one yellow daffodils Begin to dance in front of you - oh, dear Are they trying to tell you something? You're missing that one final screw You're simply not in the pink my dear To be honest you haven't got a clue I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened, happened It finally happened, ooh, oh It finally happened I'm slightly mad Oh, dear I'm one card short of a full deck I'm not quite the shilling One wave short of a shipwreck I'm not my usual top billing I'm coming down with a fever I'm really out to sea This kettle is boiling over I think I'm a banana tree Oh, dear I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened, happened It finally happened, uh, huh It finally happened I'm slightly mad Oh, dear Ooh, ooh, ah, ah Ooh, ooh, ah, ah I'm knitting with only one needle Unravelling fast it's true I'm driving only three wheels these days But, my dear, how about you? I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened It finally happened, oh, yes It finally happened I'm slightly mad Just very slightly mad And there you have it
- I Want It All4:01Adventure seeker on an empty street Just an alley creeper light on his feet A young fighter screaming with no time for doubt With the pain and anger can't see a way out It ain't much I'm asking I heard him say Gotta find me a future move out of my way I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now Listen all you people come gather round Gotta get me a game plan gotta shake you to the ground. Just give me what I know is mine People do you hear me just give me the sign It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth Here's to the future for the dreams of youth I want it all (give it all) I want it all I want it all and I want It now I want it all (yes I want it all) I want it all (hey) I want it all and I want it now I'm a man with a one track mind So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me) Not a man for compromise and wheres and whys and living Lies So I'm living it all (yes I'm living it all) And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all) Ooh ooh ha ha ha ha Yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah I want it all all all all It ain't much I'm asking if you want the truth Here's to the future Hear the cry of youth (hear the cry hear the cry of youth) I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now I want it all (yeah yeah yeah) I want it all I want it all and I Want it now I want it I want it Now
- Tie Your Mother Down3:44Get your party gown Get your pigtail down Get your heart beatin baby Got your timin right Got your act all tight Its gotta be tonight my little Schoolbabe Your momma says you don't And your daddy says you wont And I'm boilin up inside Aint no way I'm gonna lose out this time Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Lock your daddy out of doors I don't need him nosing around Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Give me all your love tonight Youre such a dirty louse Go get outta my house That's all I ever get from your Family ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard A single little civil word from those guys But you know I don't give a light I'm gonna make out all right I've got a sweetheart hand To put a stop to all that Grousin an snipin Tie your mother down Tie your mother down Take your little brother swimmin With a brick (that's all right) Tie your mother down, Tie your mother down Or you aint no friend of mine Your momma and your daddy gonna Plague me til I die Why can't they understand I'm just a Peace lovin guy Tie your mother down Tie your mother down. .. Etc etc. ..
- The Miracle (Edited For Compact Disc)4:24Words and music by queen Every drop of rain that falls in sahara desert says it all Its a miracle All gods creations great and small The golden gate and the taj mahal That's a miracle Test tube babies being born Mothers, fathers dead and gone Its a miracle Were having a miracle on earth Mother nature does it all for us The wonders of this world go on The hanging gardens of babylon Captain cook and cain and able Jimi hendrix to the tower of babel Its a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle Its a miracle The one thing were all waiting for is peace on earth - an end To war Its a miracle we need - the miracle The miracle were all waiting for today If every leaf on every tree could tell a story that would be a Miracle If every child on every street had clothes to wear and food to Eat That's a miracle If all gods people could be free to live in perfect harmony Its a miracle Were having a miracle on earth Mother nature does it all for us Open hearts and surgery (wonders of this world go on) Sunday mornings with a cup of tea Super powers always fighting But mona lisa just keeps on smiling Its a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle (wonders of this world go on) Its a miracle it's a miracle it's a miracle Its a miracle The one thing (the one thing) were all waiting for (were all Waiting for) Is peace on earth (peace on earth) and an end to war (an end To war) Its a miracle we need - the miracle The miracle peace on earth and end to war today That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be Friends That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be Friends That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be Friends That time will come one day you'll see when we can all be Friends
- These Are the Days of Our Lives4:14Words and music by queen Sometimes I get to feelin I was back in the old days - long ago When we were kids when we were young Thing seemed so perfect - you know The days were endless we were crazy we were young The sun was always shinin - we just lived for fun Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know The rest of my lifes been just a show Those were the days of our lives The bad things in life were so few Those days are all gone now but one thing is true When I look and I find I still love you You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide Aint that a shame Id like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride When life was just a game No use in sitting and thinkin on what you did When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know Better sit back and go with the flow Cos these are the days of our lives They've flown in the swiftness of time These days are all gone now but some things remain When I look and I find no change Those were the days of our lives - yeah The bad things in life were so few Those days are all gone now but one things still true When I look and I find I still love you I still love you
- One Vision4:37Words and music by freddie mercury, brian may, roger Taylor and john deacon (God works in mysterious ways) One man one goal one mission One heart one soal just one solution One flash of light yeah one God one vision One flesh one bone One true religion One voice one hope One real decision Wowowowo gimme one vision No wrong no right I'm gonna tell you there's no black and no white No blood no stain All we need is one world wide vision One flesh one bone One true religion One race one hope One real decision Wowowowo oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah I had a dream When I was young A dream of sweet illusion A glimpse of hope and unity And visions of one sweet union But a cold wind blows And a dark rain falls And in my heart it shows Look what they've done to my dreams So give me your hands Give me your hearts I'm ready There's only one direction One world one nation Yeah one vision No hate no fight Just excitation All through the night Its a celebration wowowowo yeah One one one one... One vision... One flesh one bone One true religion One voice one hope One real decision Gimme one light Gimme one hope Just gimme One man one man One bar one night One day hey hey Just gimme gimme gimme gimme Fried chicken Corrected by andrew keeley, thanks.
- Keep Yourself Alive3:47I was told a million times Of all the troubles in my way How I had to keep on trying Little better evry day But if I crossed a million rivers And I rode a million miles Then Id still be where I started Bread and butter for a smile Well I sold a million mirrors In a shop in alley way But I never saw my face In any window any day Well they say your folks are telling you To be a super star But I tell you just be satisfied To stay right where you are Keep yourself alive keep yourself alive Itll take you all your time and a money Honey youll survive Well Ive loved a million women In a belladonic haze And I ate a million dinners Brought to me on silver trays Give me evrything I need To feed my body and my soul And Ill grow a little bigger Maybe that can be my goal I was told a million times Of all the people in my way How I had to keep on trying And get better evry day But if I crossed a million rivers And I rode a million miles Then Id still be where I started Still be where I started Keep yourself alive keep yourself alive Itll take you all your time and money honey Youll survive Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive Itll take you all your time and money To keep me satisfied Do you think youre better evry day No I just think Im two steps nearer to my grave Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive mm You take your time and take your money Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive All you people keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive Itll take you all your time and a money To keep me satisfied Keep yourself alive Keep yourself alive All you people keep yourself alive Take you all your time and money honey You will survive Keep you satisfied Keep you satisfied
- Headlong4:38And you're rushing headlong, you've got a new goal And you're rushing headlong, out of control And you think you're so strong but there ain't no stopping And there's nothin' you can do about it, nothin' you can do No there's nothin' you can do about it No there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can nothin' you can do about it And you're rushing headlong, you've got a new goal And you're rushing headlong, out of control And you think you're so strong but there ain't no stopping No there's nothin' you can do about it He used to be a man with a stick in his hand Hoop diddy diddy, hoop diddy do She used to be a woman with a hot dog stand Hoop diddy diddy, hoop diddy do Now you've got soup in the laundry bag Now you've got strings, you're gonna lose your rag You're gettin' in a fight Then it ain't so groovy when you're screaming in the night Let me out of this cheap 'b' movie Headlong down the highway And you're rushing headlong out of control And you think you're so strong But there ain't no stopping and you can't stop rockin' And there's nothin' you can, nothin' you can, nothin' you can do about it When a red hot man meets a white hot lady Hoop diddy diddy, hoop diddy do Soon the fire starts a raging gets 'em more than half crazy Hoop diddy diddy, hoop diddy do Now they start freaking everyway you turn You can't start walking 'cause your feet got burned It ain't no time to figure wrong from right 'cause reason's out the window Ya better hold on tight You're rushin' headlong, headlong out of control And you think you're so strong but there ain't no stopping And there's nothin' you, nothin' you, nothin' you can about it at all Yeah, yeah, alright, go Had you rushin' headlong, down de highway And you're rushing headlong out of control And you think you're so strong but there ain't no stopping And there's nothin', nothin', nothin' you can about it There's the hole, push Push it, push it Push it, push it Yeah (Push it, push it), yeah (Push it, push it), yeah (Push it, push it) Headlong Headlong Headlong Gnoldaeh, gnoldaeh, gnoldaeh, gnoldaeh
- Who Wants to Live Forever5:13Words and music by brian may There's no time for us There's no place for us What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away From us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever....? There's no chance for us Its all decided for us This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Who dares to love forever? When love must die But touch my tears with your lips Touch my world with your fingertips And we can have forever And we can love forever Forever is our today Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Forever is our today Who waits forever anyway?
- The Show Must Go On4:31Empty spaces - what are we living for? Abandoned places - I guess we know the score... On and on! Does anybody know what we are looking for? Another hero - another mindless crime. Behind the curtain, in the pantomime. Hold the line! Does anybody want to take it anymore? The Show must go on! The Show must go on! Inside my heart is breaking, My make-up may be flaking, But my smile, still, stays on! Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance. Another heartache - another failed romance. On and on! Does anybody know what we are living for? I guess I'm learning I must be warmer now.. I'll soon be turning round the corner now. Outside the dawn is breaking, But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free! The Show must go on! The Show must go on! Yeah! Ooh! Inside my heart is breaking! My make-up may be flaking! But my smile, still, stays on! Yeah! Oh oh oh My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday, will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends! The Show must go on! Yeah! The Show must go on! I'll face it with a grin! I'm never giving in! On with the show! I'll top the bill! I'll overkill! I have to find the will to carry on! On with the, On with the show! The Show must go on.
