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Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me
To me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, oooooooooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooooooooooh (Any way the wind blows)
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo, Galileo
Galileo figaro
Magnifico (oh, oh, oh, oh!)
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go
Will not let you go - let me go - (Never, never, never, never, never let me go!)
Will not let you go - let me go, oh, oh, oh, oh -
No, no, no, no, no, no, no -
Oh, Mama Mia, Mama Mia, Mama Mia, let me go -
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
For me
For me!
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh Baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here
Ooo, ooo yeah
Ooo yeah
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me,
Any way the wind blows...
LONDON, ENGLAND Green Day Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody - Hyde Park July 1st, 2017
The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody
an iPhone sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Try this one...
Drunk in back of squad car.

it was 1975 I found resonances of Genesis, Hackett guitar, or maybe Yes,
who was first? who cares, excellent period for music in general


--Drag a comb across your head? Find your way downstairs and have a cup?

Wait, it doesn't go to 11?
Moving from a 1 > zero. Wait, it doesn't go to zero?
What???
Wait, it doesn't go to 11?
Today I found that the volume on my receiver goes to 70. Way better than the 11 I use for quiet listening.
our dog even wondered what the "noise" was.
LLRP and cranking the tunes...and our 11 rated ones at that!!
LONDON, ENGLAND Green Day Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody - Hyde Park July 1st, 2017
The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody
an iPhone sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Poe thing

Wait, it doesn't go to 11?
A bit.
A circus act with four live, highly trained animals. Classic.

Fact. This can NEVER be overplayed. It is pure genius, and no better example of a 10+.
There are dozens of Queen songs more than worthy of being heard on RP which never get played:
Spread Your Wings
Millionaire Waltz
Let Me Entertain You
Dead On Time
Who Needs You
White Queen
Loser In The End
March Of The Black Queen
Dragon Attack
I'm Going Slightly Mad
Innuendo
Show Must Go On
Don't Stop Me Now
You & I
And basically any track off of the "Live from Wembley '86" double-album.

The verb that is in vogue now is "curate." It used to be that curators were those that organized museum exhibits. Now it means anyone who customizes some kind of arrangement.
Like art museum curators, Bill and Rebecca work hard to "curate" a program of eclectic music for our personal enjoyment and education. Part of that experience is the exposure to music that you would not ordinarily listen to; and by carefully organizing and arranging that music it enhances the overall "listener experience". To those with an open mind, hearing old TOP 40 songs carefully interspersed among a wide variety of alternative music allows one to hear music in a different context - to appreciate the music with a different frame of mind, and to hopefully allow you to enjoy that music to its pure form and for the memories and emotions that it conjures.
Anyway, that is why I enjoy the occasional classic former-TOP40 song!
...now I have one more. :D
IMHO
I hear you, but is Mozart, Bach or Beethoven overplayed ? i don't think so :)
IMHO
The verb that is in vogue now is "curate." It used to be that curators were those that organized museum exhibits. Now it means anyone who customizes some kind of arrangement.
Like art museum curators, Bill and Rebecca work hard to "curate" a program of eclectic music for our personal enjoyment and education. Part of that experience is the exposure to music that you would not ordinarily listen to; and by carefully organizing and arranging that music it enhances the overall "listener experience". To those with an open mind, hearing old TOP 40 songs carefully interspersed among a wide variety of alternative music allows one to hear music in a different context - to appreciate the music with a different frame of mind, and to hopefully allow you to enjoy that music to its pure form and for the memories and emotions that it conjures.
Anyway, that is why I enjoy the occasional classic former-TOP40 song!
There are dozens of Queen songs more than worthy of being heard on RP which never get played:
Spread Your Wings
Millionaire Waltz
Let Me Entertain You
Dead On Time
Who Needs You
White Queen
Loser In The End
March Of The Black Queen
Dragon Attack
I'm Going Slightly Mad
Innuendo
Show Must Go On
Don't Stop Me Now
You & I
You think hybrid cars are better than this?

I don’t mind hearing this and I second that you turn this off and listen to regular radio since it is more your speed
My rating is 9- OUTSTANDING
Scaramucci, Scaramucci, Will you do the fandango?
So we can't hear the odd Top 40 tune from time to time?
And if you have to ask that question as you did, then I suggest you cease listening to RP. I'm sure there's a mainstream station just waiting to capture you.
Hum let me answer that : no....hum......no........hum....can't be........let's see........hum...well here it is: i don't know !
For me this is a 10. No questions on that.
I think the more relevant question is how did 145 people give this a 1?!?
Hum let me answer that : no....hum......no........hum....can't be........let's see........hum...well here it is: i don't know !
A few snippets made me remember the labels on every Queen album. Something like this: "No synthesizers were used in the creation of this music."
Intrigued the living daylights out of me at the time. How can they get that sound out of a guitar without synthesizers?
I think the more relevant question is how did 145 people give this a 1?!?
My rating is 9- O U T S T A N D I N G
What about now?
My rating is 9- O U T S T A N D I N G
Total misscast if there ever was one
we must be on the brink of war like in the 1930s
Holldywood is currently obsessed with musicals
Not sure what "misscast" or "Holldywood" mean, but I'll reserve judgement on Rami's performance until I actually see the film.
On_The_Beach wrote:
Guess I'll have to see the movie now.
Total misscast if there ever was one
we must be on the brink of war like in the 1930s
Holldywood is currently obsessed with musicals

Guess I'll have to see the movie now.

love the poe pun

Says the curmudgeon.
But as others have said, this song is inescapable and a pleasant reminder of my youth. It's aged well, especially the video.
And the in-joke of Mike Meyers reacting to the band on presentation to EMI of the recording in "Bohemian Rhapsody" was hillarious.
Music was all over the board in the 1970s. Bands were trying to out-create each other. The music was superb!
Hmmm, guess we'll have to wait and see . . .

A review of the movie was published in this morning's NY Times. The critic A.O. Scott trashed it, saying "it feels interminable."
I never hated this song but thought it was way OTT when it came out. It was still a lot of fun. There were similarly idiosyncratic and , impossible-to-categorize songs during that era. They broke the plodding regularity of FM radio.
I had a epiphany similar to yours on that school field trip--except mine was with my parents. Amazing that despite raising three boys with very LOUD tastes in music, Mom and Dad never listened that much to our music. Years later, my parents are in their 80s and somehow hear of Freddie Mercury. I showed them the Queen video for this song. They were astonished by Mercury's voice and range.
Hmmm, guess we'll have to wait and see . . .



https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/bohemian-rhapsody
I suppose I have to disagree with you that RP "rebels against" the hits. The term 'eclectic' does not exclude the hits in anyway. And just because something is pop-music (remember, POP comes from POPULAR) doesn't mean it's good or bad; just that it's 'en vogue' or 'a la mode' - and I'm sure that's part of why the ratings are so high for those tracks. Besides, a lot of us believe that the late 60s to late 70s (pre-disco) were the height of Rock-Pop just like the 30s were the height of big band-Pop or the 2000s the height of 'auto-tune crap-Pop' LOL
And I say LONG LIVE RP and thanks to BnR for continuing to play what they want...it is THEIR station, and they'll play what they wanna play.... Otherwise, I don't think we'd hear ANYTHING at all.
Of course, I agree with that, especially the gratitude. That's why I listen. What I'm on about is the ratings, which absurdly overrate the familiar.
I know it verges on sacrilege but I’ve never liked this song. Back in the days when I still cared what was in the charts it was number one for months and played endlessly. I didn’t even care for the video. I liked Queens early stuff but grew to hate this tune. However I had to keep my feelings to myself as all my crowd thought it was a masterwork and I didn’t have the strength of character to stand up and declare my dislike. However I’m 60 on my next birthday and I now feel I can ‘out’ myself and say I think this song is overblown, overlong, overplayed pretentious crap!
I feel so much better for that.
I suppose I have to disagree with you that RP "rebels against" the hits. The term 'eclectic' does not exclude the hits in anyway. And just because something is pop-music (remember, POP comes from POPULAR) doesn't mean it's good or bad; just that it's 'en vogue' or 'a la mode' - and I'm sure that's part of why the ratings are so high for those tracks. Besides, a lot of us believe that the late 60s to late 70s (pre-disco) were the height of Rock-Pop just like the 30s were the height of big band-Pop or the 2000s the height of 'auto-tune crap-Pop' LOL
And I say LONG LIVE RP and thanks to BnR for continuing to play what they want...it is THEIR station, and they'll play what they wanna play.... Otherwise, I don't think we'd hear ANYTHING at all.

Thank you!!!! I really needed this today!!!!

Exactly the same feeling !!!

Thank you!!!! I really needed this today!!!!

It's not that Bill is rebelling against hit/classic rock. He's promoting music that deserves airplay. Often the "classics" are deserving of airplay, even if you can hear them elsewhere. For people like me who avoid terrestrial radio whenever possible, it's nice to hear a great old song thrown in with the new ones.
LONDON, ENGLAND Green Day Crowd Singing Bohemian Rhapsody - Hyde Park July 1st, 2017
The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody
an iPhone sings Bohemian Rhapsody

Now, although it's still great, it makes me wish I could hear more 10cc.
Seconded; a great song that I never need to hear again.
Now 10cc, I could think of lots of their tunes I'd like to hear!
This song is forever linked in my mind to Wayne's World.
I have a friend now. :) Me too. Car scene!
Now, although it's still great, it makes me wish I could hear more 10cc.
bm.deavenport613 wrote:
Agreed, There were lots of gems from their first three albums and many after this album. Most got no air play so if you didn't listen to the entire LP you missed out on them.

A Br Ba reference, Nice!
Millionaire Waltz (A Day AT The Races)
March Of The Black Queen (Queen II)
Spread Your Wings (News Of The World, although my fave version is on Live Killers)
You Take My Breath Away (A Day At The Races - not as layered, but immeasurably tender).
Innuendo - (Innuendo)
Agreed, There were lots of gems from their first three albums and many after this album. Most got no air play so if you didn't listen to the entire LP you missed out on them.
Millionaire Waltz (A Day AT The Races)
March Of The Black Queen (Queen II)
Spread Your Wings (News Of The World, although my fave version is on Live Killers)
You Take My Breath Away (A Day At The Races - not as layered, but immeasurably tender).
Innuendo - (Innuendo)
Ditto
This song is forever linked in my mind to Wayne's World.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqymcJRSbxI
Too bad Freddy went so yearly imagine the stuff he still had in him.
"Got a moose, got a moose, will you do the fandango?"
What a perfect way to end my workday......

would love to know all about the writing, producing, recording etc
sounds good today
in the past i would not pay much attention to it
Moving from 10 > 11.
Wait, it doesn't go to 11? Today I found that the volume on my receiver goes to 70. Way better than the 11 I use for quiet listening.
our dog even wondered what the "noise" was.
LLRP and cranking the tunes...and our 11 rated ones at that!!
End of last month I saw the five-day weather forecast for a friend in the Yukon and it said it will be 27, then 28, then 29, and then even 30!
Then, my friend figured out I was actually seeing the dates, not the temps
The real temps were even way less than 11...