Jesus is a track found on the 1973 self titled debut album by Queen
A quite straight forward song to learn in terms of structure.
The main riff is Bm F# Bm I’ve seen it played with F#7 which also sounds quite nice. I’ll let you be the judge.
The solo on the record is quite an involved piece so I’ve stuck to what’s going on underneath all the improvised guitar bits.
The Brian May Star licks video famously explains one of the end licks from the solo which is mentioned in this video and the very end Lick is found in the Queen Band Score Book see link below
The song begins with a F Dm chord progression before moving to a Am Bb C progression
The chorus is F Dm and the Bridge Gm Am Bb C
wiki info
Mad; Bad; and Dangerous to Know was the second album released by The Cross, appearing in 1990. Unlike the previous album, which contained some dance influences, this one is a straight rock album. This was the first album to which each member of the band contributed, though Roger Taylor’s contribution was considerably smaller because he was busy promoting The Miracle.[citation needed] Unusually, (Clayton Moss) sang lead vocals on one track, instead of Taylor.
Like Shove it, the album sold poorly and EMI Records decided to drop them so they had no label anymore in the UK.
In Germany, a limited box set (only 50 were made) was released which contained a CD single, video, stickers and press
The Cross – Liar – Roger Taylor of Queen fronted this band in the late 80’s and early 90’s and the song was written by Peter Noone their bass player
In this video I play guitar along with the song. Added Guitar Chords and Lyrics to the screen to make learning the track easier
Mad; Bad; and Dangerous to Know was the second album released by The Cross, appearing in 1990. Unlike the previous album, which contained some dance influences, this one is a straight rock album. This was the first album to which each member of the band contributed, though Roger Taylor’s contribution was considerably smaller because he was busy promoting The Miracle.[citation needed] Unusually, (Clayton Moss) sang lead vocals on one track, instead of Taylor.
Like Shove it, the album sold poorly and EMI Records decided to drop them so they had no label anymore in the UK.
In Germany, a limited box set (only 50 were made) was released which contained a CD single, video, stickers and press information
Roger Taylor – lead & backing vocals, guitar
Spike Edney – keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
Clayton Moss – lead guitar, backing vocals (lead vocals on “Better Things”)
Peter Noone – bass guitar, backing vocals
Josh Macrae – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Roger Taylor band The Cross – Power To Love from the 1990 album Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know
In this video I play guitar along with the record. The video has on screen guitar tablature to make learning easier.
The song was also performed by Queen and Paul Rogers Live
After finishing Queen’s 1989 album The Miracle, Taylor went into the studio with the rest of The Cross for the first time to record Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. The band composed the opening track “Top Of The World Ma”. The rest of the album consisted mainly of individually written songs, except for “Power To Love” which was a joint venture by Macrae, Noone and Moss. Clayton Moss sang lead vocals on his own track “Better Things”, and Spike Edney played mandolin on “Final Destination”, which was written by Taylor. “Final Destination” was released as a single, as were “Liar” and “Power To Love”, the latter being the last single to be released in the UK by the group. “Final Destination” came with a live rendition of Taylor’s song “Man On Fire” as a B-side, and “Liar” (Noone) had a brand new track, “In Charge Of My Heart”, which was also penned by Taylor. The song based on improvisations by Freddie of 2nd part of the song “Stealin'” – B-Side of “The Miracle (album)”. The 12″ single and CD of “Liar” also included extended remixes of both “Liar” and “In Charge Of My Heart”. The instrumental section at the beginning of “In Charge Of My Heart” was used as the opening to concerts on the accompanying tour. “Closer To You” (Edney) had been planned to be released in America, but the idea was never discussed again. The group having seemingly given up on the UK market, the accompanying tour only included dates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ibiza. Unusual for such tours, every song from the new album was played live.
Guitar by James Rundle of Rock Licks Guitar Tuition in South Shields
Larry Lurex aka Freddie Mercury of Queen – I Can Hear Music guitar cover with on screen chords
I can Hear Music & Goin’ back.These songs were recorded during Summer 73 by Freddie,Roger and Brian to kill time when they were waiting for any available studio to work at their debut album. A Trident producer Robin Cable was working at this Beach boy song and thought Freddie’s voice was perfect for that song.Goin’ Back was an old Goffin & King song.
Goin’ Back Acoustic Guitar Cover with on screen chords
This is a simple guitar strum along with the rare Freddie Mercury track
Larry Lurex was an artist name used by Freddie Mercury for a musical project by Trident Studios’ house engineer Robin Geoffrey Cable, in 1972.
The name is a pun on the stage name of glam rock star Gary Glitter and the metallic yarn Lurex.
Cable was experimenting with re-creating the “Wall of Sound” style favoured by Phil Spector. He recorded cover versions of the following two songs:
“I Can Hear Music” (1973) (written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, which had been a hit for The Ronettes and The Beach Boys)
“Goin’ Back” (written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, which had been a hit for Dusty Springfield and The Byrds )
Cable enlisted singer Freddie Mercury from the band Queen to perform lead vocals on these tracks. (Queen were recording their debut album in Trident Studios at the time.) Mercury in turn suggested bringing his band-mates Roger Taylor and Brian May to add percussion, guitar and backing vocals to the recordings.
The tracks were released as a 7″ vinyl single on EMI in 1973 (catalogue number EMI 2030); it did not chart in the UK, but it did manage to hit #115 on the US Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart. This pre-dated the release of the first Queen album. They have subsequently been included on the 1995 Italian bootleg Queen In Nuce and the Freddie Mercury solo compilation albums The Solo Collection and Lover of Life, Singer of Songs.
Part of the song, “goin’ back” was used on the track “Mother Love” on the final Queen album Made In Heaven.
“Goin’ Back” (aka “Going Back”) is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King in 1966.[1] It describes the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood along with an attempt, on the part of the singer, to recapture that youthful innocence.[2][3] The song has been recorded by many different artists, including Dusty Springfield, Goldie Zelkowitz, The Byrds, Elkie Brooks, Deacon Blue, Marianne Faithfull, Bill Drummond (of The KLF), Nils Lofgren, Freddie Mercury (on a Larry Lurex single), The Move, The New Seekers, The Pretenders, Diana Ross, Richard Thompson, Phil Collins and Bon Jovi as well as by Carole King herself.[4]
