The last efforts of Freddie... unfortunately. Because shortly after, we lost not just a pianist (not even a talented one), nor a singer (let alone talented... at levels that humans can hardly imagine) but a legend, an example for any musician. And it's not the lengthy Innuendo that will drive you crazy with how engaging it is, but the indomitable The Show Must Go On (come on... is there anyone who doesn't like it? Really?) that makes you jump from your seat and sing (but you know that voices like Mercury's are born very rarely and surely these are not among us) and then there are These Are the Days of Our Lives, perhaps more "profound" in content (more like Who Wants to Live Forever) and with a veil of melancholy, but equally deserving of a 10 out of 10, as well as the great I'm Going Slightly Mad which marks the arrival of a period that raises many questions about the band's future, yet makes the fans live it with incredible irony and optimism. But it also demonstrates Brian May's skills as a composer, as well as a guitarist, truly beyond words at least from someone who, like me, hasn't taken more than four lessons in electric bass and guitar. Then there's the more "reserved" Deacon, always at a good level, and a drummer who doesn't focus on technicalities but makes cutting-edge sound his priority like Taylor. Overall, I can say, the Queen have given us better, but to speak ill of Innuendo is truly moronic.

Tracklist and Lyrics

01   Innuendo (06:32)

While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land
While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow
Till the mountains crumble into the plain

Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
Tread that fine line
Oh we'll keep on tryin' - yeah
Just passing our time

While we live according to race, colour or creed
While we rule by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion
Through the eons, and on and on

Oh yes we'll keep on tryin'
We'll tread that fine line
Oh oh we'll keep on tryin'
Till the end of time
Till the end of time

Through the sorrow all through our splendour
Don't take offence at my innuendo

You can be anything you want to be
Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be
Be free with your tempo be free be free
Surrender your ego - be free be free to yourself

Oooh, ooh -
If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky
If there's a point, if there's a reason to live or die
If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask
Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask

Oh yes we'll keep on trying
Hey tread that fine line
Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah (yeah yeah yeah)
And whatever will be - will be
We'll just keep on trying
We'll just keep on trying
Till the end of time
Till the end of time
Till the end of time

02   Bijou (03:36)

Words and music by Queen

You and me we are destined you'll agree
To spend the rest of our lives with each other
The rest of our days like two lovers
For ever
Yeah
For ever

My bijou

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By WalterTenio016

 "In six minutes, Queen unleashed a firepower of rare intensity, overwhelming the listener in front of a firing squad."

 "At the end of the video, the singer stares at the camera, looks the listener in the eyes, and whispers 'I still love you.'"


By marcirap

 "Innuendo is for me the best song ever recorded by Queen."

 "The best way, for a complete artist like Freddie Mercury, to close his career."