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The fly-away rocker “Hitman” was written by Mercury as well. The original version was apparently on keyboards and in a different key. May took Mercury’s riff (not un-common), changed the key and recorded a demo of the heavy version. Deacon then re-arranged the structure and they all filled the gaps in lyrics and recorded it. All of the backing vocals were done by May.
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Demo for The Hitman recorded during the Innuendo sessions with Brian May on vocals.
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Soyerz wrote:
Yup, one hell of a track. Pretty heavy compared too the other tracks on Innuendo but it still fits in perfectly.
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
holy shit, amazing.
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backtothelight wrote:
Scott: Innuendo is one of their best post-Game albums. Despite Freddie's very poor condition at the time (He was very ill while recording the album), he gave a fantastic vocal performance on the album. And to those who seem surprised at the "harder" sound - listen to Queen , Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, and the rest of their 70's albums. They were even more hard rock then!
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MJandTjrr wrote:
The rock tunes are harder in this song..
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gurk_mackan wrote:
You're gonna make my day - gonna blow you away..
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Black-Cherry wrote:
<3²
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Timitzi wrote:
Queen goes HEAVY! Awesome! [2]
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Morbid_soul wrote:
I guess Quennn is the best classic rock group
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saeedboom wrote:
The greatest guitar solo i've ever heard!!!
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Tabbycat1 wrote:
Not heard this in ages and it ROCKS!!!
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Blubeagle wrote:
An absolute favorite.
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butrom4ik wrote:
супер=)
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tropifrutti wrote:
Queen goes HEAVY! Awesome!
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harmpy wrote:
Hitman is king!
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1_Guy wrote:
Good song.
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Scott_H wrote:
Never heard this before, always found most albums after The Game aren't especially good. By that I mean I bought the Works and wasn't impressed. I mean, I even like Flash, but after that there isn't much of worth. This track sounds pretty good, though, and I am only four albums away from a complete collection...
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amaroK_usr wrote:
Not forgotten, just progressed and the 20 years in between ;)
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Adapter2 wrote:
Why the fuck is this song tagged as pop rock? Are people deaf or stupid? But anyway, it is nice that Queen actually got their fat asses of that comfortable pop-sofa and wrote a killer heavy metal-riffage song. Like this, thumbs up to a band that I thought had forgotten its roots completely.
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hitman774 wrote:
the best song about me 8-)
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amaroK_usr wrote:
This song sounds like it could have almost have been on Sheer Heart Attack.
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