Fun It ��
A disco-funk track from Taylor, ‘Fun It’ features shared vocals
from both Mercury and Taylor. The contrast between the vocals
works well, yet the track itself is a little droll.
Leaving Home Ain’t Easy ��
‘I’m all through with ties, I’m all tired of tears, I’m a happy man,
Don’t it look that way?’ A Brian May ballad, ‘Leaving Home
Ain’t Easy’ features May’s vocals sped up in the bridge. A little
repetitive, however.
Don’t Stop Me Now ����
Here, May’s only input is a short guitar solo, in one of Queen’s
most famous songs. ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ is based around
Mercury’s piano playing, with Taylor and Deacon providing great
backing percussion. The lyrics, as well as having cosmic imagery,
are also blatantly sexual in nature – ‘I’m gonna go, go, go, There’s
no stopping me, I’m burning through the sky, yeah, 200 degrees,
that’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit.’ Its introduction is like a
coiled spring that really takes off by the twentieth bar.
More of that Jazz �
Not a particularly strong ending to the album, ‘More of that
Jazz’ is ‘Fun It’, but without Mercury’s impressive vocal stylings.
Also includes a clip of all other songs towards its close, which is
a little pointless, and not a particularly clever social commentary,
in spite of the fact that it’s supposedly meant to be. One of their
worst.
Conclusion
The band’s seventh studio outing, ‘Jazz’ comprises a number of
different styles of music, which has been both praised and criticised
in spades. The album peaked at No. 6 in the American Billboard