Welcome back, music lovers. It’s Wednesday somewhere, yeah? I have another hectic week that is only half behind me So it goes anymore.
I promised some themed diaries. Last week featured ABBA (I hope an ABBA fan or two appreciated it). This week it is Queen. Reviews of the biopic (Bohemian Rhapsody) have been decidedly mixed. I have not had a chance to see it, or really any other films due to a lot of time constraints. Whatever the shortcomings of that film may be, the band itself was solid, especially at its peak.
Let me start with a hit from the early 1980s (which seems to be my go-to decade), featuring David Bowie:
The 1980s was unkind to a lot of progressive rock bands. Somehow Queen seemed to make the transition from the 1970s to the 1980s with their artistic integrity essentially intact. There was always a bit of creative curiosity among that lot, and that helped a good deal. Their later LPs didn’t always hit their marks, but it was obvious a lot of care went into whatever was on those later recordings. To this day, I urge caution to anyone who dares to cover a Queen song.
