Queen: Song By Song

From the pastoral to the prog, from the folk-fables of their early work to the funkier material heard on their 1980s output, Queen had something for everyone in the audience. It didn't hurt that Queen boasted four songwriters - three of them singers - and a lust for glory, which was evident in their foot-stomping rendition of 'Radio Gaga' at Live Aid. Known for delivering scintillating sets, Queen were also notable for their album work, which exhibited a versatility rarely heard since The Beatles. A Night At The Opera has gone on to become their most fondly remembered album, but that does a disservice to Queen II, News of The World and Hot Space, which more than matched the 1975 album for ambition and conviction. The band's last three albums were completed as a testament to Freddie Mercury, the band's lead singer, who died before Queen released Made In Heaven in 1995. Eulogising the singer on an album, the three surviving members pulled their resources together for one final hurrah on 'No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)', a codicil that recognised their comrade's integrity, gleeful nature and fun. The band ended there, but life and the memories linger on. Queen: Song by Song is a deep dive into every song the band ever produced. AUTHOR: Eoghan Lyng is the author of U2: On Track and George Harrison in the 1970s. Furthermore, he was one of Far Out's writers, where he conducted interviews with rock luminaries such as Brian May, Stewart Copeland, Pete Best, Lol Creme and Bill Bruford. When he isn't writing about music, he likes to write about cinema; his film credits include PopMatters, DMovies, Eighth Day Magazine and The Irish Post. An Irishman by birth, Lyng has also written poetry, and despite his hardest efforts, he almost always ends up writing about the Emerald Isle in one fashion or another. So it is. 16 b/w illustrations