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.
If you want to get involved in the Kofi Klub, head over to our Ko-Fi page (linked below) and let us know which song you want us to add to the wheel! We also have a private channel in our Discord community for donors.
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