Yes yes and yes! We were on the same path at the same time. Although I am just a bit older. I could not explain the song as well as you have, it was a visit to the past with perfect narration. Unbelievable I found this.
Remembered my late aunt who was a big fan of The Carpenters. I’m a big convert myself. I loved their music as I remembered my young er days. Thanks for the music
it is lightweight. it sounds like a lesser john hughes movie ending credits theme, slightly tranquilized. as a pop song it's kind of shit. it has no energy and no lift. and it was colossally overplayed. thier subsequent singles were so much better. they were right. it is bland as hell.
I remember watching the show when it originally aired when I was a very young boy in Southern California. I had a copy of their greatest hits which I loaded onto my computer then sold the CD. Need to find another copy in case the file gets corrupted somehow.
Thank you for featuring this song and the incomparable Brad Delp...both -- and Boston -- are underrated. Delp's vocals are striking not only for its range, but his control and consistency. "More than a Feeling" stops me in my tracks every single time, even to this day. It's a masterpiece. RIP...
39 is my favorite song... ever ( Night at the Opera). As a teen in the late 80s, I listened to this song over and over. I have no idea why it isn't more popular.
I wish you would include enough time in your talks to play the full version of the song you're talking about. I think a lot of your people would agree.
This is what nobody seems to understand when they go on and on about Taylor Swift is that she doesn't have very much competition. I wonder how well she really would have done in the 1980s with so much talent and competition
The vocal tone doesn’t sound like anything other than Freddie BUT this is a song that I have consistently misremembered and filed in my brain as being an Elvis song, until I hear it come on the radio and have a reality check of “ oh yeah, of course this is Queen… why do I always think of it as Elvis?” And I think it’s partly the melody/ production being so completely spot on of that era and style that Elvis did, and also Freddie’s vocal timing, the way it bounces alongside the bass is spot on Elvis… except he does sing it in his own voice, just with an Elvis delivery. It’s very cool how he’s done it… incorporated a style without losing his own vocal identity
The Guess Who aren't the only band touring and performing without original members. That's what tribute bands are for and they should be labelled as such. It's a scam on both the original members and the ticket buying public. Randy Bachman also had a band named Iron Horse and now there is a totally unrelated group of musicians performing under that name that have nothing to do with the original Iron Horse, not even performing the same style of music. And then there is the performing version of BTO which is just a cover band now. The original Guess Who lineup should be honoured by the R&R Hall of Fame without question. But there are other bands that have been ignored by the Hall of Fame that should also be included.
I was playing this song while driving with one of my sisters a couple years ago… and she was absolutely convinced that this was an Elvis song originally. She figured Queen must have done a cover lol. It took a lot to convince her otherwise. She was shocked. (to be fair to her though… she’s a classical pianist, so she wasn’t as absorbed in Rock and Pop music as most people)
I was 15 when “Moonlight” came out; a freshman in HS. I remember the song bringing a unique upbeat, happy feeling to me. On my next trip to the record store (Sam Goody’s”, I bought the single for about $1.29. I guess I was naive, but didn’t catch on to the sexual innuendos of “…make the tide rise” but never, until now, did I associate French Connection with the movie-I thought it meant French kissing. Regardless, I will now know better. I do some DJ gigs in Florida and usually include this song which brings smiles to people’s faces!….God bless Bruce Blackman. Seems like a pleasant, classy man.
This is going to be unpopular, but clearly I don’t give a shite…I would like to see a song get covered on this channel (or just about any other music channel for that matter) and have it be the one that DIDN’T save someone from offing themselves. I get it, teenage angst and this bad thing and that bad thing, yada, yada…I just think that social media has become some breeding ground for an unhealthy level of over sharing, where said over sharing can get you a healthy amount of attention and well wishers and others who “can relate,maaaaan.” Maybe don’t share about the time you were ready to do it, but the radio just happened to play, “Whoop Der It Is,” and something clicked, and then happily ever after and here I am. FFS…
Maybe he doesn't like "I Don't Want to Live Without You," but I would die if he sang it to me. He's so romantic without even trying. That is why he's a better singer than Steve Perry. Technically they are impeccable, but Lou sings like he's sharing his personal story - on every single song. He sells the message. It's like in figure skating there's a technical score and an artistic score. He tops both of them. You either have that charisma, or you don't. He's got it.
I love the thought that Queen helped inspire John Lennon to come out of retirement, but correct me if i'm wrong, I've always heard that his return to music was inspired by Paul McCartney's song "Coming Up"
I was 11 in 1987 and my mom and dad were getting a divorce. I would sit in my room and play this song over and over and cry. I'm now 48 and both of my parents have passed. They never got back together.
Jeff Tweedy’s (from Wilco) new book World Within a Song writes about Dancing Queen. He used to hate it growing up. Years later as an adult, while in a store, in came on the store’s music. It dawned on him how good a song it actually was. He realized he didn’t like it growing up because it wasn’t cool to like it. It’s a great explanation as to why so many seem to hate this song. The New York Times published this excerpt recently so if you subscribe to, it’s worth a read. Better yet the whole book itself is also good.
It may have been a huge hit but it was pretty mediocre lightweight pop. Nesmith was right, he could do much better. Selling records has NEVER been the measure of a great rock song or a great rock band.
