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| From | J&J Giddings <jandjgiddings@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: it's like a disease, son |
| Date | Mon, 7 Jun 2004 08:35:23 -0400 (GMT-04:00) |
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It's such an obvious choice for a car ad soundtrack that I can't figure out
why it's taken thirty years for a company to adopt it. It's not as though
Queen has some sort of ethical code that keeps them from renting out their
songs for commercial purposes; I've heard their songs used for that purpose
before.
The obvious retort is, "Well, 'I'm In Love With My Car' was never a single."
The retort to that retort is, "Half the population of the planet has owned a
copy of *A Night At the Opera* at one time or another, so it's not as though
this song is in any way obscure."
Just wonderin', that's all.
Gregory Sager
Hey... the single for Bohemian Rhapsody had "IILWMC" on the b-side.
THink of all the kids/people who bought that 45!
I wonder if Hearing Roger Taylor might've confused
some of 'em. Not exactly the same voice as on "...Rhapsody"
I actually performed "I'm in love with..." acousticly once at a "car themed" event.
I saw alot of blank faces, but it's still an excellent song.
I also know in the past "...Car" has been maligned as the "Ugly sibling" on Night at the Opera,
mostly becase it comes on right after the lovely "Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon."
However, I love the way the timing and the key smack strangely together.
It's obvious to me that they put alot of thought into the sequence of songs.
Sometimes the sequence alone can make songs more memorable.
Regardless..I think it's awesome to hear a more obscure Queen song that rocks
instead of "We are the Champions", or "We Will Rock You", Or "Bohemian Rhapsody" in a commercial.
later, joe
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