History Music / Jazz

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Get on your bikes and ride!"'']]

->''"Don't stop me now!\\
I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball!\\
Don't stop me now!\\
If you wanna have a good time, just give me a call!"''
-->--"Don't Stop Me Now"

''Jazz'' is the seventh studio album by ''Music/{{Queen}}'', and was released on 10 November 1978. Its hit singles included "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race" and "Don't Stop Me Now".

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!! Tracklist:

[[AC:Side One]]
# "Mustapha" (3:03)
# "Fat Bottomed Girls" (4:14)
# "Jealousy" (3:14)
# "Bicycle Race" (3:14)
# "If You Can't Beat Them" (4:15)
# "Let Me Entertain You" (3:01)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Dead on Time" (3:23)
# "In Only Seven Days" (2:30)
# "Dreamer's Ball" (3:30)
# "Fun It" (3:29)
# "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" (3:15)
# "Don't Stop Me Now" (3:29)
# "More of the Jazz" (4:12)
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!!Principal Members:
* John Deacon – bass, guitars
* Music/BrianMay – guitars, lead vocals ("Leaving Home Ain't Easy"), backing vocals
* Music/FreddieMercury – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano
* Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, lead vocals ("Fun It", "More of the Jazz"), backing vocals, electric guitar, bass
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!!Fat bottomed tropes, they make the rockin' world go round:

* ChubbyChaser: "Fat Bottomed Girls" was about the attraction to full-figured women.
* ContinuityNod:
** Given that "Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" were both simultaneously released as a "Double-A" single, they both contain nods to each other:
-->(''"Bicycle Race"'') ''"Fat bottomed girls will be riding today..."''\\
(''"Fat Bottomed Girls"'') ''"Get on your bikes and ride!"''
** Since the final track of ''Music/ADayAtTheRaces'' ("Teo Torriatte") has the chorus sung in Japanese, "Let Me Entertain You" contains a reference to that:
-->"We'll breakfast at Tiffany's, we'll sing to you in Japanese."
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: The middle of "Bicycle Race" solely consisted of the chimes of bicycle bells.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: "Mustapha" contains lyrics in Farsi.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Mustapha", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race".
* NonIndicativeName: Queen played various musical styles for this album. Jazz is not one of them.
* ShoutOut:
** "Bicycle Race"
--->"''Film/{{Jaws}}'' was never my scene, and I don't like ''Franchise/StarWars''.\\
...\\
I don't believe in Literature/PeterPan, Literature/{{Frankenstein}} or ComicBook/{{Superman}}."
** "Let Me Entertain You"
--->I'll pull you and I'll pill you, I'll [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella [=DeVil=]]] you.\\
...\\
We'll [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys breakfast at Tiffany's]], we'll sing to you in Japanese."
* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "Fat bottomed girls, they make the rockin' world go round."
* TalksLikeASimile: "Don't Stop Me Now" consisted of a lot of these.
-->"I'm a rocket ship on the way to Mars,\\
On a collision course.\\
I am a satellite, I'm out of control.\\
I'm a sex machine ready to reload\\
Like an atom bomb, about to whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa EXPLODE!"

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''Jazz'' is the seventh studio album by ''Music/{{Queen}}'', and was released on 10 November 1978. Its hit singles included "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race" and "Don't Stop Me Now". Although at the time of release it was met by mixed reviews, with Magazine/RollingStone notoriously panning it, the album was another commercial success and retrospective reviews give it high regards, including the aforementioned publication.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike! I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like!"'']]

* John Deacon – drums, lead vocals, percussion
* Music/BrianMay – drums, lead vocals, percussion
* Music/FreddieMercury – keyboards, synth bass
* Roger Taylor – guitars, bass guitar

(''Fat Bottomed Girls'') ''"Get on your bikes and ride!"''