I have a confession to make. I don’t like Queen.
Now I Really WANT to like Queen. I’m amazed by the talent of Freddy Mercury, and the range of their song catalog is amazing. There is no one Queen song…but even with that diversity they sound like the world’s greatest Broadway Musical, and IMHO a bad day at work is better than the best day watching a musical. (Not entirely true, but it was fun typing it)
Still I found that LaWeer’da LOVES music, but her and my tastes vary a good bit. I like growly dissonant music that challenges my ear. She REALLY likes sweet sounding vocals.
She’s like a Hipster, she likes Tom Waits, but prefers his more harmonious early work to his more bizarre later stuff.
There are lots of music we like together. She’s a HUGE Warren Zevon fan, we share a love for The Toasters, and Cherry Poppin Daddies (Tho when she starts talking I might want to avoid letting her learn the lyrics to the latter group’s catalog)
On a whim one morning I decided that she needed to listen to a little Queen. Immediately I thought it was a mistake.
I SO WANT TO LOVE QUEEN, but I don’t. Little LaWeer’da…HUGE FAN!
So this tune goes out to her!
Their catalog can be pretty hit or miss for me, but NO ONE can deny how epic Freddie is.
You really can’t! LOOK AT THAT PERFORMANCE! Listen to the quality of his VOICE!
He was an amazing artist!
Just not for me. I’m saddened that I can’t get past whatever that is.
Still if art was enjoyed by all, what’s the point of it?
I know how you feel- turns out Danger (15 mo) likes Wham!, and some other questionable stuff My Lovely Wife has introduced. Still, its not all bad. He likes Zevon, too, and Elton John, and early Pantera. Variety is the spice of life, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEStsLJZhzo
This is all I have to say about this, Weerd!
Blasphemy!
Still, I understand. I feel the same way about the Grateful Dead and the Beatles.
That happens to be my favorite Queen song, and one that’s been stuck in my head for days.