Or youth's obsession with Roger? Whatever, so before we begin, here are a few pictures to indulge ourselves with. Go go go...

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Well, after doing a bit of research on my page, for my underestimated songs section, I noticed that most of Roger's songs were strangely similar. They were all about rebellion, youth, and the angst and pain of being young. I thought to myself, well that IS normal, he is the drummer, and he looks pretty young. I noticed that Roger continued to be persistant with the theme up until the Works. Upon closer inspection of this trend, Roger's first song, Modern Times Rock'n'Roll was written when he was 24. I think the reason that he kept this as a trend was he had a fear of growing old, even at 24.

So upon becoming a rock star, he adapted to that persona, I would imagine and this inspired newer songs, like Coming Soon and Rock It. Don't believe me? Here are his songs...

Roger songs

Modern Times Rock'n'Roll
The Loser In The End
Tenement Funster
I'm In Love With My Car
Drowse
Sheer Heart Attack
Fight From The Inside
Fun It
More Of That Jazz
Rock It (prime jive)
Coming Soon
A Human Body (b-side to Play The Game)
In The Space Capsule
In The Death Cell
Escape From The Swamp
Marriage Of Dale And Ming (with Brian)
Action This Day
Calling All Girls
Radio Ga Ga
Machines or Back To Humans (with Brian)
A Kind Of Magic
Don't Lose Your Head
Heaven For Everyone

What do you think? There is a pattern, but it's just interesting to think about. They all had their limits. Freddie was scared of not living and Roger was scared of living. At the beginning of the 70's, his songs were about chewy young bums, in the late 70's, most of his songs were about how uninspired he was. Take the classic verse from "More of that Jazz"

"If you're feelin' tired and lonely
Uninspired and lonely
If you're thinkin' how the days seem long
All you're given
Is what you've been given
A thousand times before
Just more more
More of that jazz
More no more of that jazz
Give me no more
No more of that jazz"

The 80's were obviously more boppy, 'come on lets grab that hammock' style music, eg"Rock It". Then suddenly, it was kind of proclaimed for Roger, with Radio Gaga, it was like he was a parent. Queen were annoyed at music videos because they created a monster and they couldn't really keep up with it. It's like today, you can have untalented saps as musos like just because of their video clips. People are today more involved with the videos and their image per se, than the actual music. Roger was looking at their creation (the Borap video) in a bitter way. He was finally growing up.

I think near the end, he started to hate youth. Look at his solo song "Bad Attitude". I don't have any of his solo stuff, have go get some btw... On Electric Fire, "Pressure On" is all about letting go of youth. Here's an excerpt:

"....We grew up but we don't feel free....

It's a signal, it's a sign
It's a symptom of the time
It's a warning, it's a gauge
It's a feature of the age"

and

"You better never grow old in a nation of haircuts.."

Happiness and Electric Fire didn't feature the normal chaos of Roger accusing youth of anything. He was attacking Mr. Murdoch, Nazis and his own loneliness; but yet there was still a remnant of young destruction in Lennon's "Working Class Hero". Breathe on!

To end this fantastic thing, if you have anything to say or conclude just mail me @ elle.gray@lycos.com and tell me what you think. BTW I mean no offense, harm, uprest, insomniacism, depression, chocolate binging or any such thing as a result of this. I know certain people (Cryst and the Rog God himself) might want to crack my skull but please have mercy and a nice day. *their fist touched my face!* eek