Queen: Days of Our Lives Page #5

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was very sophisticated and it was very Freddie.

As the albums have progressed, our songwriting has

progressed and we ventured into different areas.

# Dynamite with a laser beam

Guaranteed to blow your mind... #

I like writing different songs. We

don't like to repeat the same formula.

It had a slightly Noel Coward...

You know, that kind of element in it.

When you took the lyrics apart, you thought, "How

incredible is that!" Because they were so clever.

# Drop of a hat, she's as willing as

Playful as a pussycat

# Then momentarily out of action

Temporarily out of gas

# To absolutely drive you wild

# She's all out to get you

# She's a killer queen

# Gunpowder, gelatine

Dynamite with a laser beam

# Guaranteed to blow your mind

Any time

# Oh, recommended at the price

Insatiable an appetite

# Wanna try?

# You wanna try... #

We were doing a lot of major tours

in Japan, America.

We were headlining by now and doing very well and

selling loads of records and not seeing any money.

We decided to go with the production

company, rather than with the record company.

The deal was that we made the album for the production

company and they sell it to a record company.

It's probably the worst thing

we did.

The deal that they were on just meant that they

weren't going to make any money out of what they did.

And the way it came to a head

was with the song Death On Two Legs.

# You suck my blood like a leech

# You break the law and you breach

# Screw my brain till it hurts

# You've taken all my money

# And you want more... #

Often I would go to do an interview

and I buy a couple of bottles of wine

on my expenses

because they had no money.

We didn't expect instant riches.

We didn't get them!

Roger was breaking sticks because

he hit the drums pretty hard.

The management's going, "Don't break

any more sticks. " We had no money.

One of the management group bought a Rolls-Royce and

we thought, "Hang on, something's going on here. "

It affected Freddie deeply and

Freddie got to the point where he said,

"I am not delivering any more music.

I can't. "

To cut a long story short,

we went with John Reid

who was Elton's incredibly

successful manager at the time.

I remember saying, "You go away

"and make the best record you can.

I'll take care of the business. "

We had a good working relationship

with John.

He was very fiery and feisty, but so

were we. We weren't scared of him.

It was the first night

I'd gone out to dinner with Freddie.

I said, "I'd just like to say, as I said to the other

guys, I hope you know I'm gay and it's not a problem. "

And he put his knife and fork down

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