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- ‘I’m in Love With My Car’ From: ‘A Night at the Opera’ (1975) Taylor’s all-time greatest Queen composition is all about the simple pleasures of an ordinary man who just so happens to be a rock star.
- ‘Radio Ga Ga’ From: ‘The Works’ (1984) Roger Taylor's biggest song, "Radio Ga Ga" went to No. 1 in 19 countries and helped revive the band’s career in the U.S. The synthetic overkill and commentary on radio’s retreat before MTV's advancement may be a bit too much, but the song’s anthemic hooks are second to none in Queen’s catalog.
- ‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’ From: ‘Innuendo’ (1991) This incredibly touching highlight from the final Queen album released during Freddie Mercury’s lifetime takes nostalgia to new heights, causing grown men to bawl – despite (or perhaps because of) Taylor’s rather obvious lyrics.
- ‘More of That Jazz’ From: ‘Jazz’ (1978) Taylor sings every word and plays almost every instrument on "More of That Jazz," Jazz's distinctive closing statement.
- Queen - Tenement Funster. Taylor pitches into the creative free-for-all that was Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack with this ode to girls, guitars and teenage rebellion.
- Queen - I’m In Love With My Car. An earthy riposte to the highfalutin operatics of A Night At The Opera, this petrolhead’s anthem manages to rhyme ‘forget her’ with ‘carburettor’ and still sound cool.
- Queen - Drowse. Gloriously laidback semi-ballad from 1976’s A Day At The Races, in which an elderly Taylor looks back on the ‘the brighter sun and easier lays’ of his youth through a fug of Panama Red smoke.
- Roger Taylor - My Country. Taylor went all new wave on his solo debut, 1981’s synth-speckled Fun In Space, but he could still pull out anthemic rock’n’roll when he needed to, as this edited version of album highlight My Country I & II proves.
- Before Queen
- As Queen
- Queen’s Legacy
- More of That Jazz
- Tenement Funster
- Drowse
- Sheer Heart Attack
- A Kind of Magic
- I’m in Love with My Car
- Heaven For Everyone
On July 26, 1949, Roger Taylor was born in the newly developed maternity ward of West Norfolk & Lynn Hospital, England. At the time, he was among the sixteen newborns who were visited by then-Princess Elizabeth of Windsor. Three years later, this is the same lady who became Queen Elizabeth II. As for Roger Taylor, he grew up as a young lad who had ...
With the encouragement of Bulsara, Brian May and Roger Taylor continued as Smile. Not long after this, Bulsara joined as their new lead singer. Upon doing so, two things happened. First, Smile’s name was changed to Queen. Second, Freddie Bulsara became Freddie Mercury. After these changes occurred, a new bass guitarist named John Deacon was eventua...
In total, Queen has fifteen studio albums, ten live albums, sixteen compilation albums, eleven box sets, two soundtracks, and two EPs to their credit. As a group, over seventy singles were released and most of them were strong enough to become charted hits and all-time fan favorites. Many of those songs featured Roger Taylor as the lead vocalist, a...
“More of That Jazz” was a song written and sung by Roger Taylor. As the final song to the Jazz‘s tracklist, there were momentary clips from many of the songs that included “Dead on Time,” “Bicycle Race,” “Mustapha,” “If You Can’t Beat Them,” “Fun It,” and “Fat Bottomed Girls.” One of the highlights of the song included the E5 high notes Taylor hit ...
“Tenement Funster” was a Roger Taylor creation that paid tribute to three of rock and roll’s biggest influencers. They were girls, guitars, and teenagers bucking authority in their quest for personal freedoms. From Queen’s third studio album, Sheer Heart Attack, “Tenement Funster” Taylor sang as the lead vocalist while John Deacon temporarily repla...
1976’s album,A Day at the Races, included “Drowse” as a mid-tempo ballad written by Roger Taylor. He lyrically performed this song as an elderly man looking back in time as he recalled his fondest memories as a youth. Those memories included enjoying a sunny day where there was no room for worldly troubles to drag the man down. Speaking as a fan, l...
When 1974’s album Sheer Heart Attack was released, “Sheer Heart Attack” wasn’t quite ready yet as a song to be included in the tracklist. It had to wait until New of the World’s release in 1977. Written as a punk rock song, “Sheer Heart Attack” had Roger Taylor sing the chorus while Freddie Mercury sang the rest. The infamous screams during the ins...
When 1986’s Highlander recruited Queento compose original music for its movie and soundtrack, “A Kind of Magic” was a Roger Taylor composition that came to him after hearing actor Christopher Lambert utter “a kind of magic.” It was enough for Taylor to make an entire song out of it. Lambert was the star character of a movie that enjoyed a few seque...
“I’m in Love with My Car” from 1975’s A Night at the Operawas a Roger Taylor song that stated the obvious. At the time of recording, Brian May assumed Taylor’s performance was designed as a joke. The revving featured in the song came from Taylor’s Alfa Romeo he had at the time. The lyrics came from one of Queen’s roadies, Jonathan Harris as he was ...
In 1987, “Heaven for Everyone” was a song Roger Taylor wrote and performed with Queen. First, it was recorded with Taylor’s other band, The Cross. An inspired Freddie Mercury offered his creative input after hearing this recording. This resulted in the UK version of Roger Taylor’s Shove It album featuring Mercury as a guest lead vocalist while he s...
The top ranked albums by Roger Taylor are Roger Taylor's Fun In Space, Fun On Earth and Strange Frontier. The top rated tracks by Roger Taylor are Man On Fire and Killing Time.
Sep 29, 2021 · Roger Taylor’s drumming has, of course, powered Queen for over 50 years, but in between the hits and the mammoth world tours, he’s released a not-inconsiderable body of solo work. Outsider - released on Friday 1 October - will be his sixth album.
An eclectic mix everything Taylor does best; rock with acerbic observations (‘No More Fun,’ ‘Nation of Haircuts,’ ‘Pressure On’), ballads (‘Tonight,’ ‘ Where are You Now’) and powerful protest songs (his attack on domestic violence in ‘Surrender’ and the stunning, version ‘Working Class Hero’).
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drums by Taylor, vocals by Freddie Mercury, guitar by Brian May Both songs are also part of the box set Freddie Mercury - The Solo Collection (2000) and the compilation album Lover of Life, Singer of Songs - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo (2006).
