1. Brighton Rock
Song duration 5:09
Written by Brian May.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

Vásári forgatag zajából bontakozik ki maga a szám. A zajban hallatszik
egy ismerős fütty-dallam: a Seven Seas Of Rhye legvégén is ezt hallhatjuk.
(tulajdonképpen szomszéd dalokról van szó, csak pár másodperc és egy
album választja el a kettőt). A dallam egyébként egy Angliában ismert
nótácskából van ("I'd be beside the seaside").
Roger pályafutásának egyik legnagyszerűbb dobolását nyújtja.
Az elején mindkét fajta énekhang Freddie-től származik.
A gitárszóló a gitártörténelem legendás darabja. A még betegeskedő Brian
elsöprő energiával és ugyanakkor bámulatos finomsággal játszotta fel ezt
a szólót, amely csíráiban már a Smile Blag című dalában, később pedig
a Son And Daughter demo és koncertváltozatában volt hallható.
A szóló második fele kétszólamú visszhang-kánon. Brian nagyon
értett a visszhang-harmóniákhoz. Koncerteken háromszólamban is rendszeresen
előadta a Brighton Rock-ot, minden alkalommal másképpen. Ez öt-tíz perc
pihenést engedett Freddie-nek. A nyolcvanas évektől a koncerteken már
csak a szóló maradt meg, a dal nem. 1977 körül egy régi francia kánon
dallama is felbukkant a szólóban.

Happy little day, Jimmy went away
Met his little Jenny on a public holiday
A happy pair they made, so decorously laid
'neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade
"It's so good to know there's still a little magic in the air
I'll weave my spell"

"Jenny will you stay - tarry with me pray
Nothing 'ere need come between us tell me love, what do you say?"
"Oh no I must away to my mum in disarray
If my mother should discover how I spent my holiday
It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air
I'll say farewell"

O rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still
O lady moon, shine down a little people magic if you will

Jenny pines away, writes a letter everyday
"We must ever be together, nothing can my love erase"
"Oh no I'm compromised, I must apologise
If my lady should discover how I spent my holidays..."
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
Ooh oh oh oh oh ha

2. Killer Queen
Song duration 2:59
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

1974. október 11-én jelent meg (UK), 11 hetet töltött a slágerlistán,
a 2. helyet érte el, és ezüstlemez lett.
1986. szeptember 15-én ismét kiadták a WHO WANTS TO
LIVE FOREVER B-oldalán.

A cím jelentése nem "gyilkos királynő", hanem valami olyasmi, hogy
"bombajó nő", aki mellesleg Moet et Chandon pezsgőt tart a szekrényében.
A kevés dal egyike, amelynek Freddie előbb a szövegét írta meg. A dal
bár hivatalosan csak No2 volt, mégis az év dala lett az Ivor Novello
Award-on, és több zenei szaklap saját slágerlistáján No1 lett.
A dalnak kétféle videója is létezik. A kevésbé ismert a Top Of The Pops.
A néhol háromszólamú gitárszóló egyike Brian legzseniálisabb szólóinak.

She keeps her Moet et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
'let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laserbeam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Ooh, recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?

To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation
She spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
(Killer, killer, she's a killer Queen)
Then again incidentally
If you're that way inclined

Perfume came naturally from Paris (naturally)
For cars she couldn't care less
Fastidious and precise

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime

Drop of a hat she's as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
She's all out to get you

She's a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime

Ooh, recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try...

3. Tenement Funster
Song duration 2:46
Written by Roger Taylor.
Sung by Roger Taylor.

1977. május 20-án jelent meg (UK) a 'QUEENS 1st EP' lemezen,
10 hetet töltött a slágerlistán, és a 17. helyet érte el.

My new purple shoes, bin' amazing the people next door
And my rock 'n' roll 45's, bin' enraging the folks on the lower floor

I got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kinda ritual

Ooh give me a good guitar, and you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or, just find me an open car, I'll make the speed of light outta this place

Mmm, I like the good things in life
But most of the best things ain't free
Some same situation, just cuts like a knife
When you're young, and you're poor, and you're crazy, crazy
Young and you're crazy
Young and you're crazy
Young and you're crazy

But ooh give me a good guitar and you can say that my hair's a disgrace
Or, just find me an open car, I'll make the speed of light outta this place

4. Flick Of The Wrist
Song duration 3:17
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

1974. október 11-én jelent meg (UK) a KILLER QUEEN B-oldalán.

A dal érdekessége, hogy az egyik gitárszóló visszafelé van felvéve.

Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says
I'll have you seeing double (double)
Mesmerise you when he's tongue-tied
Simply with those eyes, ooh ooh ooh
Synchronise your minds and see
The beast within him rise

Don't look back
Don't look back
It's a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you've been had

Intoxicate your brain with what I'm saying
If not you'll lie in knee-deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride, ooh ooh ooh
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you till you've dried

Don't look back
Don't look back
It's a rip-off, aah, aah, aah

Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money-make machine
Cross-collateralize, (big-time money money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
Then the last goodbye
It's a rip-off

Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm, and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you've been had

5. Lily Of The Valley
Song duration 1:43
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

1975. január 17-én jelent meg a NOW I'M HERE B-oldalán.

I am forever searching high and low
But why does everybody tell me no
Neptune of the seas have you an answer for me please
The lily of the valley doesn't know

I lie in wait with open eyes
I carry on through stormy skies
I follow every course
My kingdom for a horse
But each time I grow old
Serpent of the nile
Relieve me for a while
And cast me from your spell - let me go

Messenger from seven seas has flown
To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne
Wars will never cease
Is there time enough for peace
But the lily of the valley doesn't grow

6. Now I'm Here
Song duration 4:11
Written by Brian May.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

1975. január 17-én jelent meg (UK), 7 hetet töltött a listán, és a 11. helyet érte el.

Brian még a kórházban szerezte a dalt, és a Mott The Hopple turné
élménye ihlette. A statisztikák szerint ezt a dalt játszotta a Queen
legtöbbször élőben. A gitárszóló Chuck Berry stílusát idézi, erre utal
Freddie a 86-os Wembley koncerten, mikor azt mondja, "Go Johnny".

Here I stand (here I stand)
Look around around around around around
But you won't see me (but you won't see me)

Now I'm here (Now I'm here), now I'm there (Now I'm there)
I'm just a ... just a new man
Yes you made me live again, wow

A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you new my name on sight

Ooh whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be - ooh, don't worry baby I'm safe and sound

Down in the dungeon just peaches 'n' me

Don't I love her so
Yes you made me live again, yeah

Yeah, ooh, a thin moon beam in a smoke-screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face

Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye

Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Don't I love him so
Ooh, don't I love him so
Wooh

Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you

Now I'm here (Now I'm here)
Think I'll stay around around around around around around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me (down in the city justa you 'n' me)
Don't I love you so
Go, go, go, little Queenie
Wooh

7. In The Lap Of The Gods
Song duration 3:22
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

Aaah, ooh, ooh, ah, ooh, ah
Leave it in the lap of the Gods

I live my life for you
Think all my thoughts with you, and only you
Anything you ask I do, for you

I touch your lips with mine
But in the end
I leave it to the lords
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
What more can I do?

Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I leave it to you
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I want you to, aah
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods, aah
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods, aah
Lap of the Gods, aah
Lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods

8. Stone Cold Crazy
Song duration 2:12
Written by Queen.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

A dal az első közös szerzemény, de az őse egy Wreckage dal volt,
és koncerteken már évekkel korábban is játszották. A dalt később
a Metallica dolgozta fel a Garage Days albumukon, és alig kellett
változtatniuk rajta, hogy trash-metál stílusban szóljon. A Metallica
verzióban "fully loaded machine gun"-nal helyettesítették az eredeti
"rubber tommy water gun"-t. (Tomi volt a beceneve az első sorozatlövő
kézifegyvereknek). A következő közös Queen szerzemény csak
1985-ben született meg, ez lett a One Vision.

Sleeping very soundly on a saturday morning
I was dreaming I was Al Capone
There's a rumour going round, gotta clear outta town
Yes 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 want it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know, wooh, 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, ow, hit 'em on

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 I can't go to heaven
Will they let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know

9. Dear Friends
Song duration 1:05
Written by Brian May.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

A Queen legrövidebb száma. Egy másodpercel rövidebb, mint a Lazing On A
Sunday Afternoon. A felvételen Brian zongorázik.

So dear friends your love is gone
Only tears to dwell upon
I dare not say as the wind must blow
So a love is lost, a love is won
Go to sleep and dream again
Soon your hopes will rise and then
From all this gloom life can start anew
And there'll be no crying soon

10. Misfire
Song duration 1:49
Written by John Deacon.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

John Deacon első publikus dalszerzeménye.
A gitárszólamok többségét is ő játszotta fel.

Don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on

Don't you know honey, that love's a game
It's always hit or miss, so take your aim
Got to hold on tight, shoot me out of sight

Ooh, don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on, oooh, ah, oooh, ah

Don't you misfire
Fill me up
With the desire
To carry on

Your gun is loaded, and pointing my way
There's only one bullet, so don't delay
Got to time it right, fire me through the night
Come on take a shot
Fire me higher
Don't you miss this time
Please don't misfire, misfire

11. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Song duration 2:15
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

Az első vaudeville dal a Queen-től. A hatvanas évek végétől volt ennek
a műfajnak egy kisebb reneszánsza. Freddie a Pointer Sisters-től
vette az ötletet, hogy csináljon egy ilyen dalt. Freddie és a Queen
figyelemreméltó tehetséggel nyúltak ehhez a műfajhoz. Maga a Leroy Brown
téma is több korabeli dalban feltűnik. 1973-ban például egy "Bad Bad
Leroy Brown" dal No1 volt Amerikában. A dal egy rövidített instrumentális
kivonatát játszották a News Of The World turnén. John pár másodpercig
nagybőgőn penget. Nehéz elhinni, de állítólag a dörmögő hang Freddie
torkából jön. Brian ukelele-bendzsón játszik. Koncerten is eljátszotta
a bendzsó-szólót, ilyenkor valaki gyorsan a kezébe nyomta a hangszert.
Egy "igazi" ukelele egyébként úgy néz ki, mint egy kis gitár,
négy húrral (a Jazz CD stúdió-fotóján is felfedezhető).
A koncerteken használt hangszer viszont egy bendzsó.

Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown - yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown - back

Bet your bottom dollar bill you're a playboy - yeah, yeah
Daddy cool with a ninety dollar smile, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
Took my money out of gratitude
And he git right outta town - babe

I gotta getty up, steady up, shoot him down
Gotta hit that latitude - babe

Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown - yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown - back

Big bad Leroy Brown he got no common sense - no, no
He got no brains but he sure gotta lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence

Gotta get me out the heat, step into the shade
Gotta get me there dead or alive - babe

Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy, wooh, wooh
Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy - brown - well

Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown - back

Big mama Lulu Belle she had a nervous breakdown
(she had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy's taken her honey chile away
But she met him down at the station (wooh wooh)
Put a shot gun to his head
And unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
"Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I'm gonna get that cutie pie"

Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown - yeah

Big bad caused a mighty fine sensation - yeah, yeah
Gone and got himself elected president
(We want Leroy for president)

Next time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy weather
This time, like a shimmy, shammy leather

He's a big boy, bad boy, Leroy
I don't care where you get him from
Dubby du dah, dubby du dah, dubby du dah
Bring that big bad Leroy back
Want him back

12. She Makes Me (stormtrooper in stillettos)
Song duration 4:07
Written by Brian May.
Sung by Brian May.

A dal végén hallható utcazajokat Brian New York-ban vette fel,
kórházi kezelésének ideje alatt.

I love
She makes me
She is my heart
She is my love
She is my love

I know
I'm jealous of her
She makes me need
She is my love
She is my love

Who knows who she'll make me
As I lie in her cocoon
And the world will surely heal my ills
I'm warm and terrified
She makes me so

I know the day I leave her
I'll love her still
She is my love
She is my love

Who knows where my dreams will end
I'll follow as they grow
But the world will know how long I'll take
And if I'm very slow she makes me so

She is my love
She is my love

13. In The Lap Of The Gods [revisited]
Song duration 3:42
Written by Freddie Mercury.
Sung by Freddie Mercury.

It's so easy, but I can't do it
So risky - but I gotta chance it
It's so funny, there's nothing to laugh about
My money, that's all you wanna talk about
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool

It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool

No beginning, there's no ending
There's no meaning in my pretending
Believe me, life goes on and on and on
Forgive me when I ask you where do I belong
You say I (you can do it)
Can't (you can do it)
Set (you can go and set it free) you free from me
But that's not true

It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
But that's not true
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo wo la la la wo
Wo wo la la
Wah wah ooh