Play The Game

Look for sparseness, an unnatural sameness. Restraint exposes only the strongest. Freddie advises drag queens to do "only half" what they want to do onstage. Finally taking one's own hindrance to heart.

The lost Andy Gibb backing track, legendarily uninteresting. Hounding melody in the classic style, following another's lead. Perhaps the first true Munich session, he wears the tight pants of another.[1]

"The first appearance of a synthesizer (an Oberheim OBX) on a Queen album."[2]




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[1] "A Human Body," non-album B-side of this single, refers to Captain Robert F. Scott, leader of the failed 1911-12 Antarctic expedition. He and his "heroes-to-be," as Roger sings it, died less than thirteen miles from the South Pole on March 29, 1912 while returning to base camp. The causes of death were starvation, exposure, and hypothermia. Scott often described himself as "absent-minded," just like Roger, the song's author.
[2] Liner notes, The Game (Elektra, 1980).


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