Queen for a Day - Rain Must Fall

Deacon/Mercury are back! And just as maudlin as ever. The musical cousin to "Who Needs You" and "I Want to Break Free" there is no song in the band's catalog that sounds more "80s" than this one.
In fact, it could be a third rate Culture Club song. And I don't mean that in a good way. This is MOR to the nth degree.

Lazy, uninteresting, this is where the band shows it's true age. Everyone is very good on the song. But, the all, each of them, end up just sounding like session men backing a familiar voice. A Queen cover band, if you will.

But this was happening to all of our heroes in the 80s. McCartney, Jackson. Hell, I can't even name all of them as our cutting edge scions of rock turned themselves into top 40 bands who provided the soundtrack to your cubicle.

Listen if you dare. Calling it "bad" would be an insult to some of the band's worst tracks.

It's worse than "bad". It's uninspired, by the numbers, songcrafting.

Grade: D+