Barcelona

wasnt this song just by freddie mercury not queen

Olympics

this os one of my fav songs - im surprised more ppl havent commented on it! written in one night with freddie and monserrat caballe beside a piano. thought it was a very fitting tribute that it was played as the theme of the 1992 olympics. its just a brilliant song, her voice is awesome too.

OK, it's on Greatest hits III, but can this actually be classed as a Queen song? Did Brian, Roger and John play a part in it?

I'm not sure about this song i know that Brian and John had parts on a few songs. Everyone comes down hard on GH3 for containing solo works by the guys (there are some Brian and Roger solo stuff as well) But a greatest hits album is designed to get you familiar and acquainted with a group so you can then go out and get the actual albums that are represented by the singles. And this greatest hits 3 represents where Queen was at that point in time, and i must say i've gotten the Album Barcelona because of this, not to mention Hot Space (because of Las Palabras de Amor).

However, this song in particular just seems to be a simple love duet about lovers meeting in the title city, perhaps one was a tourist...

I implore people to listen to the Barcelona album in its entirety. It's a series of songs that tell a simple love story between a Rock star and a fan which comes to nothing. It is an extraordinarily beautiful piece of work which gives us a tantilising glimpse of what may have been had this incredibly talented man lived.

It's a nice song, not my favorite though...I think I'm still a bit too immature to appreciate opera! Well, I know that Freddie did this opera album with Monserrat Caballe and he wrote this song with Mike Moran when Monserrat asked Freddie to write a song about her home village.

blasphem,y, this is trully a great album of pure vocal virtuosism. The fact it's not by Queen doesn't mean we should not explore more widely other song's from the album.

Track Barcelona is first of all an awesome melody. This is not really about the town of Barcelona but a tribute to Montserratt Caballe. Freddie truly loved this woman...no of course not sexually but they certainly shared a love.
Listening to the lyrics of the entire album I sense our Freddie Mercury venting is fears and praying to God for mercy and some comfort. Remember this magnificent man knew his time was ending soon.

Queen Greatest Hits 3, of course, was a cheap cash in.

As for the song, its good stuff. Even if Caballe had long since passed her peak. Freddie, of course, kept his beautiful voice right to the end.

Sadly, most of the album is throwaway filler.