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Queen:
Don't Try Suicide
stupid chord: xx6600 (tuning: half step down)
solo: -3- -3-
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Dillon Rhythm Player |
#1 by Dillon H. at Jul 2, 1979 at 2:14 PM EST |
| Isn't this song about BM's depression? - I read somewhere that when his wife left him and his father died (didn't he?) he had be that depressed that he had been thinking of committing a suicide? | |
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#2 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Jul 18, 1979 at 12:54 AM EST |
| I know Brian does sing most of it and I think parts are of all of them singing in a harmony | |
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drw Average |
#3 by drw drw at Apr 14, 1980 at 8:21 AM EST |
| I think this song is saying that when you commit suicide that nobody cares because it such a selfish act. It is not fair to the people you leave behind. | |
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` niki * Average |
#4 by ` niki * at Aug 1, 1980 at 8:18 PM EST |
| To start off, this song was firmly tounge-in-cheek. The real meaning is seen as a joke. First it says "Don't Try Suicide"...then "Nobody cares." Simply put, if someone said they were going to commit suicide, you wouldn't say "Nobody cares." The song is just a morbid joke, thats why I love it. | |
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julian Average |
#5 by julian at Jun 7, 1981 at 7:23 AM EST |
| Hey! I know how we can win the war in Iraq! Fill Baghdad up with speakers, and play a never-ending loop consisting of just this song! | |
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dimebag 66' Average |
#6 by dimebag 66' at Aug 24, 1984 at 6:04 AM EST |
| Dark humor at its finest. Never fails to make me smile. | |
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Ryan Rhythm Player |
#7 by Ryan Ruegemer at Jun 25, 1988 at 2:49 AM EST |
| my friend is a mixed up kid, she really needs help and i'm always telling her that i love her and she knows that I'm always there for here, yada yada yada, i wagged school to go to the airport and get her to come home (if you knew my parents thatd b a huge huge huge thing) so when i first heard this song, i got my best guy mates band to sing it at their first gig, which i knew she'd be at. shes now okay, and is addicted to queen! this song really did save lives, dont underrate it. | |
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Matt Average |
#8 by Matt at Jan 29, 1989 at 2:18 PM EST |
| Ok well this is pretty straight forward. Don't Try Suicide people! | |
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Jesse Professional |
#9 by Jesse Garcia at Oct 30, 1989 at 11:14 PM EST |
| Strangely enough, while thinking about my love of Freddie, about to commit suicide to join him, I heard this song, and even though I had sworn a blood oath (over my shrine) to kill myself before the age he was when he died, hearing his voice sing, 'Don't try suicide,' I couldn't. And soon after, my best friend came up to me and started saying, 'you shouldn't be so obsessed with something, seriously. You're wasting your life away, and if you keep this up, it's going to kill you.' But it was virtually wat saved me. | |
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John Lead Player |
#10 by John Fitch at Jul 10, 1993 at 8:24 AM EST |
| Kick A** song! | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#11 by jessie sinanan at Sep 3, 1994 at 2:49 PM EST |
| it means suicide sux!!!!!!!!!1 | |
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SLUT Badass |
#12 by SLUT at Jan 14, 1996 at 8:19 PM EST |
| No, it's not about Brian's depression...that didn't happen for another ten years. I think the "nobody's worth it," "nobody cares" things apply to the thing the person is committing suicide over and not to the person him/herself. For example, this song could apply to a girl about to commit suicide because her boyfriend broke up with her. "Nobody's worth it" means "There is no boy worth killing yourself over" and "Nobody cares" means "Your situation isn't as big of a deal as you think it is; it'll pass." There's also an implication of, "Stop threatening to commit suicide--it's annoying and people will think you're an idiot! It's ok, there are people who will help you." | |
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duncan_player Wanna Be |
#13 by duncan_player at May 16, 1999 at 11:48 AM EST |
| I think this is funny. In a bit sick way I guess but I can't honestly say this song wouldn't make me smile. When you think about teenagers in general, quite a many of them at some point, insist they want to die just to get some attention. Of course there are exceptions who really mean it and that's a sad thing. | |
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Carly Average |
#14 by Carly at May 28, 1999 at 1:34 AM EST |
| I always assumed it was a parody of over-simple "inspirational" songs such as "Just Say No", although I think it predates that specific example by some years. | |
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Guitar FrE@k Average |
#15 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Feb 11, 2000 at 1:04 PM EST |
| i think this song is really funny! i mean my dad killed himself but this song isnt out there 2 ofend people its just a joke. some1 shud give this song to all the emos out there who have perfectly good lives n r worryin there friends by threatenin 2 kill themselves, its silli!!!! xxxxxxx | |
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simon Average |
#16 by simon cody simon at Feb 13, 2000 at 12:25 AM EST |
| This song certainly isn't one of their best toput it mildly. The album it is off, The Game is pretty dire as well (except for a few singles). It is like they couldn't be bothered to write decent songs. Forget about Don't Try Suicide, it makes me want to commit suicide it is so bad... | |
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żJosh Rhythm Player |
#17 by żJosh Kirkpatrick? at Jun 2, 2000 at 3:10 AM EST |
| This song is awesome, and just two parts confuse me...the " all you do is get on my tits" i don't get that at all..and the prick teaser part, who in general are they talking about? | |
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Eric Average |
#18 by Eric at Aug 13, 2000 at 10:43 AM EST |
| my friend is a mixed up kid, she really needs help and i'm always telling her that i love her and she knows that I'm always there for here, yada yada yada, i wagged school to go to the airport and get her to come home (if you knew my parents thatd b a huge huge huge thing) so when i first heard this song, i got my best guy mates band to sing it at their first gig, which i knew she'd be at. shes now okay, and is addicted to queen! this song really did save lives, dont underrate it. | |
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jordan Average |
#19 by jordan roberts at Nov 24, 2000 at 7:30 PM EST |
| No, not very strait forward at all... It seems to be a relationship of some sort, whether romantic, familial, or just a friendship, but the verses are one member of the relationship, seemingly a male telling the other (presumably female) that [she] should not kill [her]self,"When you do it, all you do is get on my tits" then the chorus brings in a dialogue of some sort, perhaps between the two, but more likely the person considering suicide with themself, [she] hears "Don't try suicide, nobody's worth it" and then within says, "Nobody cares...Nobody Gives a damn" Its all about the internal conflict, and how ridiculous it can sometimes be, with such a serious subject the arrangement is almost humorous, as if it were actually satirizing the melodramatic progressive rock bands of the time... my rambling thoughts | |
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Hey Retard Wanna Be |
#20 by Hey Retard at May 14, 2007 at 2:51 AM EST |
| Well, this song made me laugh when I first heard it, to be honest. Suicide gets on Freddy Mercury's tits, eh? 'You can't be a prick-teaser all of the time.' Classic. Absolute classic. This song deserves more credit as an example of Queen's genius. | |