Talk:Killer Queen

Requested move

 * Oppose - the present title makes a ckear that it is the song not the album. Seems fine to me. BlueValour 02:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - Killer Queen redirects here, so obviously we've already assumed that anyone looking for Killer Queen is looking for the song. Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen has a different and distinct name, there is no need to disambiguate. -Anþony 03:02, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, with an "otheruses" tag to give people the option of going over to the album; not everyone is familiar with the subtitles of various albums or songs, and may only know them by their "short titles". --  SigPig  \SEND - OVER 05:38, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - I checked out WP:NC, and it seemed ambivalent, unless I missed something. However, see examples like Korn, which were moved from Korn (band) (even over a disambig page). Patstuart(talk)(contribs) 10:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Video of Panic! cover
I found a semi-decent one on youtube and added it, but can anyone find a better version (maybe an official one)? thanks. -- teh  tennis  man  17:53, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, the performance itself is copyrighted, so any bootleg videos on YouTube are bound to be violating copyright. Per WP:EL, we can't knowingly link to materials infringing on copyright, so I've removed the link. If the band releases a video on their own, we can link to that. –  Anþony  talk  04:50, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

"Geisha Minah" lyric
I'd hoped for some explanation of the line "Met a man in China/Went down to Geisha Minah." I've seen this written this way several times but always assumed it was a horrible mishearing of "Asia Minor" with the beat falling at the beginning of "Asia". Does the lyric appear on the original album sleeve or in the sheet music? --Tysto 19:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's Geisha Minah. I confess, though, I have no idea what that is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.244.120 (talk) 02:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

GA
Hey. I'll try to work on this article for a GA. At the very least, I'll improve it and upgrade to Start-class. Thanks.  Kodster  (Talk) 22:37, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Guitar Hero?
Is it worth a Mention that this track was used in the original version of Guitar Hero? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.210.21.80 (talk) 05:30, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

It's the first Guitar Hero game.
To the person who put the edit in saying that the song was in the third game, you are wrong. It's in the first game so could someone please change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.224.248.125 (talk) 00:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Bike Horn?
I have personally listened to each of the individual 24 tracks that make up this song, and there is not a bike horn anywhere. Why is one credited? The only extra percussion instruments used were snapping fingers, a triangle, and a bell tree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.198.186 (talk) 19:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC) A bike horn isn't percussion, it's wind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.237.210 (talk) 08:21, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Man or Woman?
I wondered: is this song about a man or a woman? Queen can be a synonym for a gay man or a transvestite, and since Freddy was "as gay as a daffodil"... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.206.139.28 (talk) 18:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

This song was originally about a female murderer who killed her husband. However, during one of the recording sessions, somebody asked the name of the band, and Freddy Mercury sang it along with the "Killer". Since the intruments following "Killer" meshed so well with the following word, the song was re-written, but the lyrics only slightly so. Any help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.244.120 (talk) 02:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

That's ridiculous. Thechocolover (talk) 16:47, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

"Falsetto" is a Register of the Human Voice - Not Something Separate.
Drummer Roger Taylor is credited in the article as follows: Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals, triangle, chimes, and Falsetto

There are exactly four recognized registers of the human singing voice. They are (lowest to highest)

Vocal "Fry" Register : (Sub-harmonics - think the lowest " Pa-Pa-Mawh-Mawh"  note in "Elvira")

Modal Register : (Standard "full voice" singing voice,  also incorrectly called a "Chest Voice")

Falsetto Register:( Utilizing the overtone series above root pitches): Think 'controlled rock scream' such as Robert Plant's highest register... or the Bee-Gees "Saturday Night Fever" era... or even Andy Williams' uppermost register. Falsetto is often incorrectly called a "Head Voice" - perhaps a good description because the singer's sinus cavities are an important component is shaping the sound .. and last but not least...

Whistle Register: Think Minnie Riperton, Mariah Carey for the ladies -  and the highest notes Roger Taylor sings on so many Queen tunes - the  high "For MEEEEEE" in Bohemian Rhapsody  is in whistle register,  as is so much of Randy Meisner's stratospheric harmonies on the Eagles' "Hotel California" LP.

But bottom line, Roger Taylor is an excellent vocalist and is responsible for so much of Queens' sound - but he sings "Backup Vocals" which no doubt include the modal, falsetto, and whistle registers. "Falsetto" is not a separate thing, it's just part of singing.

I'm not going to make the edit because I can't find a copy of the original album - if in fact he was attributed that way on the LP, it would be appropriate to duplicate here - but it should be something like "According to the liner credits, Roger Taylor provided falsetto backup vocals, etc etc....

Thanks for reading ! Moucon (talk) 03:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

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French chanson
Doesn't this song sample its riff from some famous 19th century French chanson or operetta, a lot like how All you need is love by The Beatles samples the Marseillaise? --2003:EF:13C6:FE53:2489:8B3C:AB24:AAE1 (talk) 20:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)


 * It took me some time, but I've found the chanson in question: Les Champs-Élysées (song). Even though it's from 1969 rather than the 19th century, Queen obviously appropriated the entire song's melody, note for note, for Killer Queen. --2003:DA:CF04:942:F4A1:8CDD:43BB:D88 (talk) 07:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm no musicologist, but that sounds a mile away from "not for note". Doctorhawkes (talk) 08:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

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