Music Roundup 7
A Night at the Opera
I hadn’t really listened to Queen much before this, my abiding impression was of a band with incredibly talented individual members, who for some reason came together to write bullshit novelty songs. There is some of that, mainly Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon and Seaside Rendezvous, but it’s a lot more palatable when there’s actually other stuff around.
As a side note, before I get anywhere, Bohemian Rhapsody is on this album. Everyone knows it, it’s incredible. It almost feels like cheating this project to listen to it a half dozen times.
And back. Didn’t foresee a wee little acoustic sci-fi story by noted PhD astrophysicist Brian May. I don’t know where to categorise I'm in Love with my Car, a fairly straightforward tune, but about really liking a car, complete with engine noise at the end. I read a little about the backstory of the (very good) Death on Two Legs, about Freddie Mercury writing a fuck off note to the band’s former manager.
Also in there, I didn’t even realise it was Queen, but I must have heard You're my Best Friend in about two hundred romcom trailers.
The Slow Rush
Yeah, sorry Tame Impala, but I didn’t really make much headway with this. Was pleasant to listen to, but nothing really stuck. Except, for some reason, Posthumous Forgiveness, which was completely awesome.