Today's episode covers the big cahuna. The monster. The behemoth. None more Queen. The song that didn't just put Queen on the map, but also tore the map up into tiny little shreds and force fed the pieces to an ungrateful music press who just didn't get it.

"Unfortunately, Queen’s lyrics are not the stuff of sonnets." - TIME magazine

"...a brazen hodgepodge..." - Rolling Stone

"A superficially impressive pastiche of incongruous musical styles..." - Melody Maker

"It has no immediate selling point whatsoever" - Record Mirror

"They sound extremely self-important" - NME

"The critics can go fuck themselves" - Cardinal Woods

If Randy were to title this episode, he'd probably call it "Nothing really matters" or possibly, "I wonder who played gong on this track?"

It's Bo Rhap time.

NOTES: Skip forward to 38:47 if you want to skip the preamble.

The song featured at the end of the episode is "Hint of Grey" written and recorded by our very own Ian Winick in his former duo, John Loves Julie. You can find all the music over on SoundCloud, here: https://soundcloud.com/johnlovesjulie.

Also, check Ian and Michael J Smith on their fantastic podcast, Lord of Adders Black, discussing all things Blackadder here:

Apple: https://tinyurl.com/5n9yb54a

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/ynj42uew

Acast: https://tinyurl.com/yp3abvjp

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the last episode and left us some comments on Twitter, Facebook, and BlueSky! Also, come join us on our Discord server, we'd be glad to have you! We'll always try to answer any questions you have and seriously appreciate any corrections you make to anything we get wrong. And thanks so much for all your support as usual. We're loving diving into the Queen fandom as much as we're enjoying recording the podcasts!

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Also, check out Kev's other podcasts

The Tom Petty Project: https://tompettyproject.com

The Ultimate Catalogue Clash: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ultimate-catalogue-clash

And if you want to check out Randy's music, you can find it here:

https://randywoodsband.com

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