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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: it's like a disease, son |
| Date | Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:30:51 -0500 |
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The general public has always associated Freddy as THE lead singer of Queen -
and if you look at their biggest worldwide hits Freddy was always the lead
singer on every one. Brian and Roger had good voices but Freddy's charismatic
voice cut through the airwaves like a switchblade and made every listener pay
attention.
"IIm In Love With My Car" was the b-side of the "Bohemian Rapsody" 45 so
millions upon millions heard it, but its strange its always been
overlooked. It
really should be a classic rock radio staple.
Brian's "Long Away" was issued as a single here in America in June1977 on
Elektra - but it failed to chart which is strange because "Somebody To Love"
hit #13 and "Tie Your Mother Down" made it to #49 in Billboard. The USA was
the
only country where it was issued as a A-side. I always thought "Mustafa" could
have been a single here in the USA - just to screw with Top 40 programmers
heads.
Another favorite B-side is "Flick Of The Wrist" which was the flip of "Killer
Queen" and I think it has a different mix or edit than the LP version.
Billy
At 08:35 AM 6/7/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>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
>www.jtgimplosion.com
>www.kingfriday.com
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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