can pretty much tell which one of them just killed a man.
― love is how's life tonight (how's life), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
it's not even remotely possible that ilm is going to rate "carry on wayward son" over both "bohemian rhapsody" and "stairway to heaven," is it? iS IT? IS IT???????????
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Can pretty much tell which one of them just fucked a man
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
lol, that's never been in doubt. xp
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I didn't realize that Dusty was about a half-foot shorter than Billy.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
For ilxors who have a handle on what the culture was like pre-Wayne's World, was Bohemian Rhapsody top-tier Queen or was it elevated to some massive degree by the film?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
it was always a pretty big deal iirc, but WW put it over the top
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
like, I knew most of it by heart pre-WW without ever owning a single Queen album
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
I remember it getting moderate play on cr radio, but it seemed to have vanished by the late 80s.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
The only Queen songs I knew as a kid/adolescent were We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Another One Bites the Dust and One Vision (thanks to Iron Eagle), so getting introduced to Bohemian Rhapsody in 1991 as a 17 year old was quite revelatory.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
It was always the #1 cultural touchstone in the UK, even above Stairway
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link
I heard Bohemian Rhapsody in the 80s cuz it would get video play (sometimes it would be billed as the "first rock and roll music video" which is just ridiculous)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I dunno how that line caught on, I used to hear it constantly too
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
They used to always play the video for Bohemian Rhapsody on Night Flight in the '80s,
― Darin, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
It was neck and neck with "Killer Queen" for a long time, took the lead at the last turn, but got blown out by "Rock You/Champions" when CR playlists started being solidified, imo.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Not only was it the first rock and roll video, but it was also the first ROCK OPERA!
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
So they said.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
invented the internet too
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
and overbites
― Darin, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Bill Brohemian Rhapski
― David Schramm (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
BR #5 for me.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Queen were first rock royalty too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the radio a lot in the '80s. I didn't vote for it, but I do appreciate its subversion of the '70s multi-part rock epic -- like, a "Stairway to Heaven" that knows it's ridiculous and revels in its ridiculousness.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
I was listening to "The Mercy Seat" the other night. Now I'm imagining this going through Nick Cave's head at the big moment.
All the songs people say they don't or didn't hear on Classic Rock Radio, I keep thinking how would 14 or 21 year old me have ever even known of the existence of these songs without Rock or Classic Rock Radio.
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, July 30, 2014 3:18 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah "BR" and "Thick As A Brick" are two of my favorite '70s epics because they're such knowing parodies of the form but still awesome
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
And now, the opening track from our #6 album. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
http://i.imgur.com/fiHR5fj.jpg
48. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee1054 points, 19 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Join us on 107.7 tonight as we dig in to Tom Petty's greatest deep cuts, with and without the Heartbreakers: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2014/07/deep-album-cuts-vol-23-tom-petty-and.html
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
I guessing it was around quite a bit. April-ish 1991 I taped this VH1 "'70s Sunday" thing where they played '70s videos all day, which was my first time hearing the song or seeing the video (the old version). I heard it a few times on classic rock stations afterwards and it turned into one of my favorite songs by the time summer arrived. Wayne's World was released the following February and my obsession felt more vindicated.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
the Wayne's World soundtrack was the first CD i purchased with my own money, but the whole Queen greatest hits album was a staple of my household well before that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
April '91 was also while Freddie was alive. Dang.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOTTA FEEL TO BE TRUUUUUUUUUE
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
Man, 107.7 is all Top 40 and shit here.
https://lh5.ggpht.com/tfevx7jJFMGrU5P9n99rXKXgZULHZVhl-45tJDSE41gYtiREpHhMC-2RmXqY-iXxGu3S=w300
Why would anybody leave Baltimore...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6EpfCzdMoY
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
This poll has me listening to my own CR-ish playlist and remembering so many little-remembered gems that, if they'd become "classics", would've fit seamlessly into the format, like Jo Jo Gunne's "Run Run Run" and "Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch. I'd love to see other people's picks along those lines once all of the legit results have rolled out.
― Slurping Peppers (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOTTA FEEL TO BE TRUUUUUUUUUEyeah man, that part. :)
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
re: the popularity of Bohemian Rhapsody, when I was in fourth grade (c. 1982), cool kids would bring tapes out to recess and play them on those little single-speaker mono tape decks and being the coolest kid of them all I brought a tape recording of Bohemian Rhapsody and spoke enthusiastically to my skeptical audience of how amazing the song was because it had so many different PARTS and that was the last time I was allowed to play my tapes on the playground.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
haha
― sleeve, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
cool kids otm
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
A college friend hated "Refugee" because of the "kidnappedtieduptakenawayandheldforRAN-som" part -- "It has too many words!"
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
"Ebony Eyes" by Bob Welch
is insanely great. and is, like "don't stop believin'," one of those exceptionally rare pop songs where the chorus doesn't appear until the end of the song.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
I distinctly remember Mark Goodman on MTV referring to that Queen song as "The BoHo Rap".
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
The Petty documentary has a bit where the members and Jimmy Iovine failing take after take, pissed off because they knew it was such a great song.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
'Bohemian Rhapsody' was definitely of population-permeating renown over here, from probably the first day it was released. Pretty sure I voted for it, it's just so ridiculous.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
scarves and boots and flowy skirts, oh my
http://i.imgur.com/m97m3pB.jpg
47. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen1065 points, 22 votes
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
fuck yes.
― PORPOISE AND ME (fact checking cuz), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
nice one-two there. "edge" and "refugee" both on fire from the first note. huge radio stopping power.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
(still kicking myself for not also voting for "stand back" though.)
AXIS OF PETTY
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
xp Yeah, "Ebony Eyes" absence from CR playlists is a puzzler. I never hear "Sentimental Lady" anymore either.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
SUDDENLYTHERE WAS NO ONELEFT STANDIN' IN THE HALL
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
i'm a huge stand back stan and didn't vote for "stand back" either fwiw. crushingly good but not so classic rock.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link