Uploaded by UltimateQueenChannel on Oct 2, 2008
"Great King Rat" was written by Freddie Mercury. At the Beeb features a different version of the song recorded in December 1973. This song is an example of Queen's earliest sound, with lengthy, heavy compositions with long guitar solos and sudden tempo changes. In the middle part of the song, the lyrics contain some lines that can be interpreted as anti-religious, such as "Don't believe all you read in the Bible / You sinners get in line / Saints you leave far behind...". One of the riffs in the instrumental solo section was later used in the more popular Stone Cold Crazy, from 1974's Sheer Heart Attack. There was to be a song after this one called "Mad the Swine" and the two were to link seamlessly into each other (hence the reason why the drum solo at the end has no ending), but the band and producer Roy Thomas Baker had a debate about the quality of the percussion of the song, and it was not included with the album until the 1991 US re-release.
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this is so fucking bad.....ASS!!!
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30 Rock taught me a king rat is when multiple (2 or more) rats are accidentally tangled up by their tails, and can't get apart. The idea of it is disgusting. When they mentioned it I remembered this song. I'm pretty sure the two are unrelated.
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Fredo jesteś WIELKI!!!!!!!
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@rocket42dave34 On "Queen", the band's very fist album :))
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anyone hear a little black sabbath in this song
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omg awesome
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where can i find this song on cd?
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What?! 6 Dislikes?! That's much bigger than justin biebers dick!
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@FREDDIEFREAK9 queen 2 i think is the best...they used to call NCP,no commercial potential....fucking amazing.........
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one of there best....
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It is for the song like this that I loved Queen... like somebody mentioned before - sudden changes of tempo and lengthy solos... (early Genesis used to do that too, bar lengthy guitar solos) great! Unfortunately they changed later on and became more trend followers, bit still made a ton of good music... But I will always miss the earlier hits...
summertimemusic 3 months ago 30
@probrojeffro Big mistake, mate, getting between us and passion for Freddie! Anyone else, any other band, but not Queen! They are under-rated cuz their true greatest hits (to Queen fans like me) remained hidden gems, never seeing the light of day, except for avid fans. If they had proper airplay, Queen would've been thru the roof. Queen is so much more than their known hits. Hence: under-rated.
FREDDIEFREAK9 4 months ago 21