If You Can’t Beat Them ��
‘If you cant beat ’em, join ’em, You’d better do it, ’Cause it makes
you feel good, If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, You’re never gonna
help yourself.’ Composed by John Deacon, ‘If You Can’t Beat
Them’ was a live favourite of the band in the late 1970s, and
features a myriad of odd chord processions. A little too weird for
once maybe.
Let Me Entertain You ���
Aimed at the audience, and written by Mercury, ‘Let Me Entertain
You’ has its own subtle complexity, and is easy to appreciate. ‘We’ll
give you crazy performance, We’ll give you grounds for divorce,
We’ll give you piece de resistance, And a tour de force of course.’
Dead On Time ��
‘Leave on time leave on time, Gonna get your ticket but you leave
on time, Put it in your pocket but you never can tell.’ A rock
and roll number, ‘Dead On Time’ includes a sound of thunder,
which is credited to ‘God’ on the album sleeve. Okay, but nothing
spectacular.
In Only Seven Days ��
In some way resembling ‘Spread Your Wings’, Deacon’s ‘In Only
Seven Days’ takes some time to grow on you, but grow on you
it does. Still, nothing spectacular if truth be told. ‘I wish Friday
could last forever, I held her close to me, I couldn’t bear to leave
her there.’
Dre a me r ’s B a l l ���
Brain May’s tribute to Elvis Presley, ‘Dreamer’s Ball’ is pure
music hall swing. Light and different, this ballroom dance
number really shows off the group’s ability to pull almost any
sound and style off.