Category: Music Review

  • The Beatles: Now and Then Reaction.

    The Beatles: Now and Then is billed as their final song, released on 2 November 2023 as a double A-side with Love Me Do (1962), their first single. Why do we need yet another Beatles song? This isn’t the first posthumous Beatles release, of course, we’ve had Free as a Bird and Real Love among…

    The Beatles: Now and Then Reaction.
  • Guns N’ Roses Glastonbury 2023 Review

    Was Guns N’ Roses’ headlining set at Glastonbury 2023 the worst ever? Of course not, but the criticism they’ve received has been a bit of an eye-opener to the world we live in today. Guns N’ Roses are fair game for critics What struck me, and to be honest offended me a little, is the…

    Guns N’ Roses Glastonbury 2023 Review
  • Freddie Mercury’s worst recorded vocals.

    Freddie Mercury is my favourite vocalist, songwriter and performer of all time, but even the legend himself got it wrong, sometimes. Nowadays. Freddie and Queen bask in the almost universal glory of music royalty (no pun intended), and with Adam Lambert, the Bohemian Rhapsody film, and the various musicals, this adoration has endured for over…

    Freddie Mercury’s worst recorded vocals.
  • Eyes Without a Face – Billy Idol

    Today was one of those very rare occasions when you hear a song for the first time and it dominates your thoughts for the whole day. Let’s start at the beginning… Another run-of-the-mill Monday really. As usual one of the very first things I do is check my phone, check my website stats, browse the…

    Eyes Without a Face – Billy Idol
  • Freddie Mercury Top 5 Live Vocals

    Freddie Mercury was the legendary vocalist and front-man of Queen. Here are my Top 5 Freddie Mercury Live vocals of all time. 5. It’s a Hard Life – Rock in Rio 1985 There’s only one reason this is bottom of the list. The original footage has now been messed with on YouTube with pitch-correction, reverb,…

    Freddie Mercury Top 5 Live Vocals
  • Brian May: Back to the Light?

    Brian May has always been my guitar hero. He’s the reason I first picked up the guitar and I admire his work greatly. Any devout Brian May fans, look away NOW! This is an article I’ve really struggled with. This is, after all, Brian May, one of the most talented, influential, and innovative guitarists that…

    Brian May: Back to the Light?
  • Brian May’s top 5 Queen Guitar Solos

    A detailed analysis of my top 5 Queen Guitar solos by Brian May, in no particular order, and most of them sadly forgotten. The Hero Flash Gordon – 1980 The Hero is unique for a Queen song in that it serves as a sort of epilogue at the end of the Flash Gordon album, revisiting…

    Brian May’s top 5 Queen Guitar Solos
  • Bijou by Queen Music Review

    Bijou by Queen: How a filler track signaled the long-awaited return to form of my favourite Band. So what’s so great about Bijou by Queen? Following the lump-in-the-throat disappointment of Queen’s comeback Album: The Miracle, I approached its follow up: Innuendo with lowered expectations. The title track: Innuendo sets out its stall early, harking back…

    Bijou by Queen Music Review
  • Queen : In Only Seven Days Review

    Queen has always been my favourite band.  But despite the obvious mega-hits of Bohemian Rhapsody etc, one song has always stood out to me as being special: John Deacon’s In Only Seven Days, from their 1978 album, Jazz. So what’s so special about it? The Jazz Album’s unique atmosphere There’s also something special about Queen’s…

    Queen : In Only Seven Days Review