10 Most Underrated Queen Songs
7. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) - Hot Space
Look...I'm probably going to be the last one to tell you that Hot Space is a great Queen record. Aside from the one saving grace with the duet Under Pressure, this is by far Queen's most uninspired outing, complete with songs that would have been laughed out of the room if they were presented during their glorious run in the '70s. Despite Queen being on autopilot for most of this record, there is at least one other song that will tug at your heartstrings.
Towards the midpoint of the record, we get one slowburn that is indebted to one of the titans of the rock genre. Written after John Lennon was murdered, Freddie Mercury wrote this as a eulogy to the Beatle before eventually setting it to music. In comparison to the rest of the album, this shows Freddie with his heart on his sleeve, ready to pay a musical debt to the man whose message of peace and love touched the lives of so many people.
Even with some of the band members expressing their distaste for Hot Space, this is probably the one thing that they would be the most proud of from that record. It's not exactly an album savior...but as a loving tribute, you can certainly do a lot worse than this.