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 После выпуска «Горячего космоса» Queen все-таки решили больше не заигрывать с диско и вернулись к хард-року, хотя и с примесью то фанка, то диско. Параллельно группа стала активно использовать синтезаторы, хотя раньше ее участники гордились тем, что добиваются синтезаторного звучания и без этих чудес техники. Снова перед нами стилевое разнообразие – рок-н-ролльный хит с сатирическим оттенком «Radio Ga Ga», зажигательный хард-рок «Tear It Up», впечатляющая баллада «It’s a Hard Life» (начинающаяся с отрывка из «Паяцев» Леонкавалло), рокабилли «Man on the Prowl» (Элвис Пресли, да и только!), занимательная своей фантастической тематикой и звуковыми эффектами типа машинного голоса «Machines (Back to Humans)» (описывается наше машинизированное будущее – и учтите, что ко времени написания этой песни фильм «Терминатор» еще не вышел), диско-хит с запоминающимся гитарным соло «I Want to Break Free» (в некоторых штатах США клип на эту песню, где участники группы были одеты в женскую одежду, запретили к показу, но впоследствии именно он открыл дорогу всем другим исполнителям, решившим смело заявить о своей гомосексуальности), малоинтересная своей схожестью со всем остальным на данном диске «Keep Passing the Open Windows», ударная и энергичная «Hammer to Fall» с хором в лучших традициях и просто великолепное завершение альбома в виде философской «Is This the World We Created…?» с проникновенной и грустной игрой на акустической гитаре. Несмотря на то, что это творение нельзя назвать полностью удачным возвращением в лоно рока, он стал в свое время самым раскупаемым у группы, уступив лишь сборнику лучших хитов. |
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So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour - radio
All we hear is radio Ga Ga
Radio Goo Goo, radio Ga Ga
All we hear is Radio Ga Ga
Radio Blah Blah
Radio - what's new?
Radio - someone still loves you
We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years
Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around 'cause we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour - radio
All we hear is radio Ga Ga
Radio Goo Goo, radio Ga Ga
All we hear is radio Ga Ga
Radio Goo Goo, radio Ga Ga
All we hear is radio Ga Ga
Radio Blah Blah
Radio - what's new ?
Someone still loves you
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio
Tear it up
(May)
Are you ready?
Well, are you ready?
We gonna tear it up
Turn me, loose it
Give me your mind, baby, give me your body
Give me some time, baby, let's have a party
It ain't no time for sleepin' baby
Soon it's 'round your street I'm creeping, you better be ready
We gonna tear it up, stir it up
Break it up, baby
You gotta tear it up, shake it up
Make it up as you go along
Tear it up, square it up
Wake it up, baby
Tear it up, stir it up
Stake it out and you can't go wrong
I love you 'cause you're sweet and I love you 'cause you're naughty
I love you for you mind but give me your body
I wanna be a toy at your birthday party
Wind me up, wind me up, wind me up, let me go
Tear it up, stir it up
Break it up, let me go
Tear it up, shake it up
Make it up as you go along
Tear it up
Turn it up
Burn it up
Are you ready?
Baby, baby, baby, are you ready for me?
I love you baby, baby, baby
Are you ready for love?
Are you ready? Are you ready?
Are you ready for me?
I love you so near, I love you so far
I gotta tell you, baby, you're driving me Ga Ga
Tear'em up, tear it off
Yeah, let's go
What are you doin' to me?
Let's tear it up
It's a hard life
(Mercury)
I don't want my freedom
There's no reason for living with a broken heart
This is a tricky situation
I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life
It can happen to anyone
You win, you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah, I fell in love
But now you say it's over and I'm falling apart
It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever
In each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love
I try and mend the broken pieces
I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone
How it hurts deep inside
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough on your own
Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies, I'm waiting for love
Yes, it's a hard life
Two lovers together
To love and live forever
In each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love
Yes, it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching
For love in every way
It's a long hard fight
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say
I did it for love
Yes, I did it for love, for love
I did it for love
Man on the prowl
(Mercury)
I'm gonna take a little walk on the wild side
I'm gonna loosen up and get me some gas
I'm gonna get me some action
Go crazy, driving in the fast lane
My baby left me alone
She done me dirty and I'm feeling so lonely
So come home, come home
If you don't you're gonna break my heart
Man on the prowl - you better watch out
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
So look out, look out
I'm a man on the prowl
I don't wanna be a rock 'n' roll steady
I just wanna be low down trash
I wanna go to the movies
All I wanna do is sit on my ass
So honey, come home
Don't leave me when I'm feeling so lonely
Come home, come home
If you don't you're gonna break my heart
Man on the prowl - you better watch out
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
So look out, look out
I'm a man on the prowl
Well, I keep dreaming about my baby
But it ain't gonna get me nowhere
I wanna teach my baby dancin'
But I ain't no Fred Astaire
So baby, look out - I'm a man on the prowl
Look out - man on the prowl
Baby, baby, baby, look out
Man on the prowl
Baby, come home
I'm on the loose and I'm looking for trouble
Baby, come home
'Cause I'm a man on the prowl
So honey, come home, come home
'Cause I'm a man on the prowl
Man on the prowl
Machines (back to humans)
(May/Taylor)
It's a machine's world
Don't tell me I ain't got no soul
When the machines take over
It ain't no place for rock 'n' roll
They tell me I don't care
But deep inside I'm just a man
They freeze me, they burn me
They squeeze me, they stress me
With smoke blackened pistons
Of steel they compress me
But no one, but no one
But no one can wrest me away
Back to humans
We have no disease, no troubles of mind
No thank you or please, no regard for the time
We never cry, we never retreat
We have no conception of love or defeat
What's that machine noise?
It's bytes and megachips for tea
It's that machine, boys
With random access memory
Never worry, never mind
Not for money, not for gold
It's software, it's hardware
It's heartbeat, it's time share
It's midwife's, a disk drive
It's sex life is quantised
It's self perpetuating
A parahumanoidarianised
Back to humans
Back to humans
Back to machines
Living in a new world - thinking in the past
Living in a new world - how you gonna last?
Machine world, it's a machine's world
Humans
Living in a new world - thinking in the past
Living in a new world - how you gonna last?
Machine world, it's a machine's world
Machine world
It's a machine world
I'm coming back to humans
Back to humans
Back to humans
Living in a new world
How you gonna last?
Machine world
It's a machine's world
I want to break free
(Deacon)
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied, I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, god knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love
God knows, god knows I've fallen in love
It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh, how I want to be free, baby
Oh, how I want to be free
Oh, how I want to break free
But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without, living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby, can't you see?
I've got to break free
I've got to break free
I want to break free
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free
Keep passing the open windows
(Mercury)
This is the only life for me
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need
Love is all you need
Do you know what it's like to be alone in this world?
When you're down and out on your luck and you're a failure
Wake up screaming in the middle of the night
You think it's all been a waste of time, it's been a bad year
You start believing everything's gonna be alright
Next minute you're down and you're flat on your back
A brand new day is beginning
Get that sunny feeling and you're on your way
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Do you know how it feels when you don't have a friend?
Without a job and no money to spend you're a stranger
All you think about is suicide, one of these days
You're gonna lose the fight, you better keep out of danger
That same old feeling just keeps burning deep inside
You keep telling yourself it's gonna be the end
Oh, get yourself together
Things are looking better everyday
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
This is the only life for me
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need
Love is all you need
Baby, love is all you need
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows
Hammer to fall
(May)
Here we stand or here we fall
History won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won't be home tonight
You don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
It comes to you as to us all
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall
Oh, every night and every day
A little piece of you is falling away
But lift your face the western way
Build your muscles as your body decays
Tow the line and play their game
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
'Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall
Rich or poor or famous for your truth
It's all the same
Lock your door but rain is pouring
Through your window pane
Baby, now your struggle's all in vain
For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder
What the hell we're fighting for?
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
You just got time to say your prayers
While you're waiting for the hammer, hammer to fall
Hey, yes, it's starting to fall
Hammer, you know, hammer to fall, hammer
Waiting for the hammer to fall, baby
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall
Give it to me one more time
Is this the world we created
(Mercury/May)
Just think of all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need
Is this the world we created?
What did we do it for?
Is this the world we invaded?
Against the law
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today?
The world that we created
You know that everyday a helpless child is born?
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home?
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by
Is this the world we created?
We made it on our own
Is this the world we devasted?
Right to the bone
If there's a god in the sky looking down
What can he think of what we've done?
To the world that he created