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Joe Elliott recommended Sheer Heart Attack by Queen in Music (curated)

 
Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
1974 | Metal
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This is where I came in with Queen — somehow I missed the first two albums. Our bass player always looks at me like I’ve got three heads when I say, “no, I never saw Seven Seas Of Rhye on Top of the Pops. I must have been out playing football that particular week. But when I first heard Killer Queen I thought, “wow, this is different. You could tell they were rock band, but you could also tell they were much more than a rock band. It had elements of vaudeville, which is fantastic to be able to bring on board, and when I heard the album there was even more things, like Bring Back That Leroy Brown, but at the same time you had things like Brighton Rock hammering away but with Freddie Mercury sing away in this weird falsetto that sounded like Sparks. It’s an amazing record. Now I’m Here is still one of the best rock songs ever written. It was very varied, very Queen in the sense of setting a standard that they then had to follow. It wasn’t like an AC/DC record where you get 10 songs that are very similar. This could have been four different bands on one record, with four different personalities making the music."

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Arrow  -  Season 1
Arrow - Season 1
2012 | Drama
Stephen Amell is brilliant as Oliver Queen (3 more)
Great cast
Brilliantly directed with great special effects (CGI & Practical)
Action Sequences are brilliantly choreographed
My name is Oliver Queen.. (every single episode) (1 more)
Everyone seems to want to start an argument with Ollie
My name, is Oliver Queen...
Green Arrow is my favourite character in comic books. A modern day Robin Hood, with greater foes that he manages to overcome. However, this show isn't about the Green Arrow, not exactly anyways. It is about The Arrow.

Oliver Queen brings a vigilante justice that crosses a line, as he lets his arrows fly without a care of the lives he takes, as long as they are on the side of the corrupt, they deserve to die. This is his burden to bare, and eventually with the recruitment of John Diggle, he learns that there are others who share his point of view, about the corruption in the city. Finally, with the third addition to their team, Felicity Smoke, Oliver Queen discovers that whilst his goal is good, his methods are not.

Secrets unfold and each episode leaves you wanting more. However, being a CW show, there is a lot of drama between characters, and a lot of audience members seem to find this an issue, because they want more action and don't like to see their heroes facing real world issues with friends and family.

In this first season, it seems that despite him being gone for 5 years, everyone wants to argue with him over petty things. To me, this just brings out a reality to the show that most audiences wouldn't expect from a comic book show. However, if you read more classic Green Arrow comics, you'll discover that there is in fact a lot of drama between Ollie and other characters that help him to evolve into a better man. This show has a lot of drama, the result of which is a great character development throughout the following episodes and seasons.

With a great cast, great writers and brilliant choreographed action, as well as some great references to the comics, and other DC Characters, this season of the show is one of the better seasons, and had me hooked from episode 1.
  
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
1986 | Rock
Sounds connected and tight - feels like a 'special moment' album, before the band imploded (3 more)
The theme swings from the typically accusatory and the 'tongue in cheek', through to the unamashedly poignant ''There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
Named the 'Greatest Album Of All Time' by the NME
Cemetry Gates, and The Queen Is Dead tracks
The definitive Smiths album
  
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama, Music
Rami Malek (2 more)
Music
Literally everything
This movie was 1000x better than I was hoping it would be. I am a huge Queen fan and wish I was around then. I cried the whole last half of the movie it was brilliant and I don't think they could have found anyone better than Rami to play Freddie! He did a absolutely wonderful job.
  
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama, Music
Rami Malek (3 more)
Music
Live Aid
All of it
Brilliant
I could watch this movie again and again. Rami Malek does a fantastic job as Freddy. I was and still am a big fan of queen, I feel it portrayed not only Freddy for who he really was but the n and as a whole and the love and friendship they all shared.
  
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Sarah Betts (103 KP) rated Tiger Queen in Books

Dec 30, 2019  
Tiger Queen
Tiger Queen
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received a copy of Tiger Queen from Blink through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Admittedly, the first part I had some trouble getting through because I found the main character, Kateri, to be really unsympathetic.

As the book went on I found myself actively cheering her on.

The world building was fantastic in this one and I would definitely recommend!