Radio Ga Ga [Single, Import]

Electric Six | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B0006SNLKW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #765,827 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Radio Ga Ga

2. Gay Bar (Live At Manumission)

Editorial Reviews

UK single from the Detroit indie rock outfit, a cover of the Queen classic. Four tracks, 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Radio Edit), 'Vibrator' (Download Mix), 'Radio Ga-Ga' (Vertigo Mix & Video). Warner. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quit With the Disrespect Crap and Enjoy It, February 27, 2005

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GaragePunkHippieMan42 (Detroit, the home of garage rock) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radio Ga Ga (Audio CD)

I've heard about all of the angry Queen fans around the world who are outraged by the video of this song. Give me a break. Queen is one of my favorite bands and this song is just a fun paean to the kind of absurdity that Queen, particularly Freddie Mercury, fully endorsed. One of my best friends worships Queen as the greatest band in history, but he enjoyed this song! I'm sure that Freddie Mercury is laughing in rock heaven right now, and that he would definitely enjoy seeing Dick Valentine doing a parody of him. Electric Six is just good, rocking fun, and the whole homophobia thing is just music critic B.S.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lighten up already, February 7, 2005

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Michael Paulsen (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radio Ga Ga (Audio CD)

While nothing can hope to surpass Queen's original, Electric Six's cover is respectable though perhaps not wholly inspired, and I actually consider the video to be not tasteless but (gasp!) a touching and appropriately cheeky homage to Frederick (Faroukh) Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury. I think Freddie would have approved. To go off making accusations of homophobia smacks of self-righteous PC and is seriously missing the point (are you making some reference to their song "Gay Bar" which is actually quite fun and tongue in cheek ... even one of my gay friends is a big fan). Electric Six are still one of the few bands making it safe for rockers and dancers, gays and straights alike to unite start nuclear war on the dance floor!

1 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bile., January 23, 2005

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Mail-order Christ "A Prince Among Maggots" (England.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radio Ga Ga (Audio CD)

If you're going to cover a song by the most influencial British rock band in the history of music, you need to make sure you have the talent to back it up. Electric Six have not only covered the Queen song Radio Ga Ga, but have made a music video that depicts Freddie Mercury dancing on his own grave, which is the most disgusting and disrespectful thing I have ever known in music. What's worse, Electric Six are perhaps one of the very worst bands ever formed. A group of people (there are five of them, by the way) who have no interest in the business, who are only making alledged 'music' to poke fun at homosexuals, and generally p!ss off anyone who takes anything seriously.

Even just one star seems to understate just how pathetic this single is. The best phrase for it is 'audible diarrhoea'. At least diarrhoea is passing.

So there you have it. Electric Six - not so much 'legends' as 'bell-ends'.

Do yourself a favour and ignore this cringe-inducing bilge.

Or do someone else a favour - buy it, then set fire to it so that nobody else need suffer listening to it.