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Let Me Entertain You Lyrics
Hey, it's a sell out! Hey!
Let me welcome you, ladies and gentlemen
I would like to say hello
Are you ready for some entertainment?
Are you ready for a show?
Gonna rock you, gonna roll you
Get you dancing in the aisles
Jazz you, razzmatazz you
With a little bit of style
C'mon, let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
I've come here to sell you my body
I can show you some good merchandise
I'll pull you and I'll pill you
I'll Cruella-de-Vil you
And to thrill you, I'll use any device
A ha ha ha haa
We'll give you crazy performance
We'll give you grounds for divorce
We'll give you piece de resistance
And a tour de force, of course!
We found the right location
Got a lot of pretty lights
The sound and the amplification listen
Hey, if you need a fix, if you want a high
Stickells see to that
With Elektra and EMI
We'll show you where it's at
So, c'mon, let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Just take a look at the menu
We give you rock à la carte
We'll breakfast at Tiffany's
We'll sing to you in Japanese
We're only here to entertain you
If you want to see some action
You get nothing but the best
The "S" and "M" attraction
We've got the pleasure chest
Chicago down to New Orleans
We get you on the line
If you dig the New York scene
We'll have a son of a bitch of a time
C'mon, let me entertain, let me entertain
Let me entertain you tonight
Hey, where's my backstage pass ?
Hey, that Brian May, he's outta sight, man
(People speaking somewhat indistinctly)
Hey, that was a bit of... alright, wasn't it?
Outrageous costumes
Not many, not many
And I always wanted to be in opera
Oh, man, I could give you lessons if you like
Let me welcome you, ladies and gentlemen
I would like to say hello
Are you ready for some entertainment?
Are you ready for a show?
Get you dancing in the aisles
Jazz you, razzmatazz you
With a little bit of style
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
I can show you some good merchandise
I'll pull you and I'll pill you
I'll Cruella-de-Vil you
And to thrill you, I'll use any device
We'll give you grounds for divorce
We'll give you piece de resistance
And a tour de force, of course!
Got a lot of pretty lights
The sound and the amplification listen
Hey, if you need a fix, if you want a high
Stickells see to that
With Elektra and EMI
We'll show you where it's at
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
We give you rock à la carte
We'll breakfast at Tiffany's
We'll sing to you in Japanese
We're only here to entertain you
You get nothing but the best
The "S" and "M" attraction
We've got the pleasure chest
We get you on the line
If you dig the New York scene
We'll have a son of a bitch of a time
Let me entertain you tonight
Hey, that Brian May, he's outta sight, man
Hey, that was a bit of... alright, wasn't it?
Outrageous costumes
Not many, not many
And I always wanted to be in opera
Oh, man, I could give you lessons if you like
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Rarely does a song that talks about the music playing along sound so good. This has to be my facourite song on Jazz. I love the line: "The Sound and Amplification listen" then does a short and sweet guitar lick.
I don't know why anyone hates jazz. I like it better then News of The World
This song written to parody there live shows in late 70's. When it was all leather, grand live shows, Freddie been attracted by New York and it's decadence, mentioning Queen's tourmanager Gerry Stickells and both recordlabels oversees shows Freddie's sheer humour and camp. So it's obvious that's it's about Queen's grandiose Crazy/Live Killers tour and written to entertain on stage.
I don't think it's a parody, I think it's about their whole attidute to music: we're just entertainment. Good song nontheless.
I don't think it's a parody, I think it's about their whole attidute to music: we're just entertainment. Good song nontheless.
we'll sing to you in Japanese..when teo torriate comes along,those guys do sing in japanese.or was it after teo?
I wonder how much Freddie got paid for mentioning his tour manager and the record labels??????? lol
"Jazz" to me was very disappointing "News of the World" is my favourite album
Hmmm. I always thought Jazz was one of, if not their best, albums. Each to their own.
Hmmm. I always thought Jazz was one of, if not their best, albums. Each to their own.
To--greatpretender = Teo Torriatte was 2 years and 2 albums prior to Jazz/Let Me Entertain You And this is one of Queens songs that just prove no other band is above them in the realm of music. Most bands just write lyrics then add music or vice versa...this tune sounds like Freddie & Brian sat in a room and figured out how every word and rift would flow with each other.
ENTERTAINMENT DARLING!!!!! amazing song,funny lyrics and a lot of power xxxxxx
In many ways, this reminds me of Pink Floyd's, "Have a Cigar." Paying intentional tribute to themselves. I can see why Jimmy Kane (above) thought this was a parody --- but I think parody isn't the right term. It's more about them just talking about their music, and the relation of it to their fans, in an outlandish large way.
I think Freddie's line about, "Cruela-de-ville" is Freddie's way of comparing his outlandish performances with something from 101 Dalmatians. The way Cruella DeVille tended to prance around. And the "wicked" connotation of the loud, heavy music.
"Rock a la carte" is referring to the broad stylistic varieties in their music -- if you don't like heavy metal, go for a ballad. If that isn't your thing, here's a nice bouncy little number on a piano. Still not into it? Here's some operatic rock. Almost like Freddie is saying that he's willing to do anything he can to entertain the crowd. Breakfast at Tiffany's was a musical movie from decades ago, and a lot of Queen's softer music resembles music from those old movies. Singing in Japanese was a clear reference to Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together).
This one is better than Robbie Williams LMEY.