Battle of the classics Queen vs. Van Halen

Which song is better?

  • Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls (1978)

    Votes: 9 52.9%
  • Van Halen - Jamie's Crying (1978)

    Votes: 8 47.1%

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That 70s Guy

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Jamie's Crying is a album track off the first VH album from memory a song that I haven't heard for years.

Fat Bottomed Girl's is a Queen song that I also haven't heard for a long'ish time either but it was a hit single in it's own right from from memory.

Out of the two I'll go for Fat Bottomed Girl's.
 

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Fat Bottomed Girls, but I prefer the version that is on the Greatest Hits from 1981

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The reason being, is that I knew that version well before the original album version. To this day, i still much prefer it over the album version.
 

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Both bands were eclectic and could it off with panache. However, VH were so coool too. Huge love to May, Mercury et al. BUT VH in their prime (‘78 - ‘85) were untouchable. Jamie’s Cryin’ isn’t in my top five VH songs but it has lots of the ingredients that made VH such a classic band: Dave’s witty vocals which had that bittersweet Motownesque (apparently) contrast of ‘up’ music and unhappy lyrical narrative; Ed’s guitar (natch), Mike Anthony’s Beach Boys-style harmonies, and the tight Mike’n Al rhythm section thrusting the song forward. Virtuosity, great songwriting, spunky attitude and the coolest image - that was Van Halen in their prime.
 

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