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“Sheer Heart Attack” was half-finished at the time of the eponymous album. Roger Taylor sang lead on the demo but for the definitive version the band decided Mercury should sing lead vocals (probably based on the fact that May had already sung two songs and Taylor one). Guitars and bass were played by Taylor, apart from some guitar “screams” by May during the instrumental section.
During this time, the punk rock movement went into full effect, and this song was viewed as something of a jab at the musicians who felt bands like Queen were too self-indulgent. Of note is the lyric “I feel so inarticulate”, and the fact that Taylor stated in interviews that he thought many of the 1970s punk bands had very little talent.
German Heavy metal band Helloween covered the song. The cover can be heard as a B-side for their single “Just a Little Sign”.
During this time, the punk rock movement went into full effect, and this song was viewed as something of a jab at the musicians who felt bands like Queen were too self-indulgent. Of note is the lyric “I feel so inarticulate”, and the fact that Taylor stated in interviews that he thought many of the 1970s punk bands had very little talent.
German Heavy metal band Helloween covered the song. The cover can be heard as a B-side for their single “Just a Little Sign”.
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Queen performing:
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- Sheer Heart Attack
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AADDFFGGVVXX wrote:
this song...OMG! the drum break, the jump cuts...the sudden ending...so sexy..."in-ar...in-ar...in-ar...in-ar..." this is heavy stuff! this song is so punk! What a masterpiece!!!
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PrakashKrishnan wrote:
Love it to bits!! They can ANYTHING and make it sound like sheer bloody poetry. Hats off!!
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_annie wrote:
d'y'know d'y'know d'y'know just how i feel?!
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rustdrummer wrote:
Thats definitely TAYLOR vocals, double tracked with Mercury. You can tell Taylor vocals by the 'exciter' effect he always used at that time (fun it, tenemen funster etc). Mercury is also singing, but he has been stuck on top in the mix. If you listen carefully you can here them both coming in and out on the mix levels but Taylor dominates through sheeeeeeeer power. I suspect the blurb about this song having bass and guitars played by Taylor to be wrong though as despite his ability, the riffing and bass is too tight and technical surely and the high end bass for sure has Deacon written all over it. I love all 3 singers in queen for their morph-ing ability, it was years until I realised Brian May sang the middle 8 section of 'I want it all'!!!
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CU2005 wrote:
AWESOME
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backtothelight wrote:
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer CARDIAC!
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captainraymond wrote:
queen do punk. hahaha
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misspolkabee wrote:
amazing toon!
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toffea wrote:
Very original & noisy . Queen is GREAT !
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leropo wrote:
shhhhhhhhhhheeeeeer heart attack!!!
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donmwol wrote:
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fockinirish wrote:
QUEEN ROCKS!!!!
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bwcrtime wrote:
wow.
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Heisei-san wrote:
Kawaiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!^_^
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Hazzychan wrote:
BTW it's not Taylor's vocals. That's most certainly Mercury. The DEMO of the song was originally Taylor's vocals, but they opted to have Mercury do it for the album version. If you couldn't tell that was Mercury... >_>
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Hazzychan wrote:
If you dislike any Queen track, I have to wonder what's wrong with you. Queen is in a category all their own... their scale does not range from "bad to good" but from "decent to HOLY SHIT AWESOME."
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ChristianDeWees wrote:
DO YA KNOW DO YA KNOW DO YA KNOW
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rustdrummer wrote:
A brilliant track with Roger Taylors vocals on it, its like being hit by an unstoppable runaway train! One of queens best songs, its the album tracks that make queen the fascinating band they were. And that brian may amp feedback 'anti-solo' is great.
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tgb89 wrote:
Everybody should check out the cover of this song by Hallows Eve, it's great!
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