DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Queen 

14:06 My favorite part of the Sid Vicious story is the fact that Freddie insistently called him “Simon Ferocious”.

Queen's probably the only band where the Greatest Hits album is worth mentioning in its own right. That thing is and was ubiquitous in a way that no other Greatest Hits has ever been. As Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman wrote in Good Omens, "All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums."

The thing I've always been most impressed by with Queen, is how they always felt like a complete band, even with a frontman like Freddie Mercury. You'd imagine they would feel like Freddie Mercury and some randos but the efforts of May, Deacon and Taylor are clear and important in their discography.

As someone who isn't a huge Queen fan, I had no idea their biggest hits were so spread apart. I thought they all came from one or two albums, but damn they have at least one banger on every release

I'm surprised you didn't touch on The Show Must Go On off Innuendo. Incredibly powerful song, especially given what Freddie was going through. The story goes that Brian May told him he wasn't sure if it would be possible for him to sing the song, but then Freddie just put his vodka down, said "I'll fucking do it, darling", and nailed it in one take.

It was just quickly mentioned in the beginning, but Brian May went back and got his PhD in Astrophysics. In addition to music work, he continues to do scientific work.

You're 27? Um....try to avoid airplanes and heavy drugs until you're 28, and then you're immortal.

Innuendo is honestly my favorite Queen album, and it’s very disappointing to see that The Show Must Go On wasn’t even mentioned. It’s an extremely powerful song, and I like to see it as Freddie’s goodbye to the world, saying that even after he passes, the show must go on.

"They're night and day" is a fucking amazing line.

Okay, so this video revealed something particularly interesting to me. In the film Bohemian Rhapsody, the low point of Freddie's life and career ('cause you have to have one of those in a music biopic) centers around his manager/maybe lover coercing him into signing on for a solo album and ripping his bandmates' hearts out in the process. It's simple, obvious film writing, but I can see why it'd be effective with a lot of the audience. But while watching this video, I learned something interesting. That solo album, Mr. Bad Guy, came out in 1985. The year before that, Roger Taylor released his *second* solo album. He already had two of 'em! The movie doesn't mention that at all, and that's understandable given how it'd completely break the narrative structure of the film, but the more I learn about Queen, the more fascinated I am by just how much of the movie feels like a complete fabrication. It's not quite out of whole cloth, but it's consistently deceptive about so much of the history of the band and Freddie. I also really don't like the film for a host of other reasons but I've gone on long enough already. Lovely video as always!

Surprised that Mic didn’t mention “Save Me”. It’s one of the most beautiful Queen’s songs imo

Queen’s deeper discography is what truly solidifies them as one of (if not THE) greatest band of all time. Their hits are just the icing on the cake.

A Talking Heads DDD would be sick! Their discography and evolution would be cool to hear broken down.

A Stevie Wonder episode would perfect for this series. One of the best and vast discographies in music.

Yessss, I've been looking forward to this DDD. Nice to finally see someone go in-depth about Queen's discography.

This dropping during pride can't be a coincidence. You know what you're doing ;)

I didn't particularly like the Bohemian Rhapsody movie either, but I watched it in the cinema with my friends and I just started crying at the Live Aid recreation. I know it's just a pantomime, but the music blaring out of the speakers and literally shaking me to my core really dislodged something in me and the tears just kept coming.

I love how the 2 songs that have gotten their own segment in a DDD are Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen…and I’m Ready by AJR 😂

Fun fact: I’m in Bohemian Rhapsody. They ran this thing where you could record your voice singing We Are The Champions / Some other song, and they would use it in the film.

I remember freddie once said that he never wanted his songs to be something you think about or dwell over. He said he wanted his music to be heard, enjoyed and then forgotten about the next second. And in a weird way it's true. After hearing a queen song you do quickly move on. But there's never a bad time for a queen song, and you can always count on a queen song to make you feel better, to pump you up. To just appreciate music at its loudest, most outrageous, most cocky and confident, heck even overconfident. Their melodies are so insanely complex, and in my opinion you can't sing queen songs, cause you are always comparing yourself to freddie and you know no one in this galaxy will ever hold a candle to him. But at the same time they are remarkably easy to sing along to. And that is my favourite thing about queen. Are they the best band ever? In my opinion yes, but I know people will rightfully disagree. But the way a queen song makes you feel is something no other band can emulate. And the amount of hits that they made that broke into the mainstream and can still be heard on the radio today is probably the greatest compliment that queen can get. Queen truly is timeless.

Amazing can't wait to watch, and a LED ZEPPELIN deep discog dive is also long overdue!

Glad to see one of my favorite bands covered on the DDD. A suggestion for an artist/band to cover for the future is Electric Light Orchestra (ELO for short). They have been dubbed by John Lennon as “sons of the Beatles,” taking into consideration they have a Beatlesesque influence to them. Their history is also interesting to get into.

I know there's a jukebox musical called 'We Will Rock You' that uses Queen's music, but as a theater person, the fact that we never got and will never get a musical with music/lyrics written by Freddie.......devastating.

Also worth noting, Brian May said recently that they've found and restored an old track with Freddie Mercury and it's set to release in September!

Had it not been for live aid, Queen would've had their last show in Japan a few months earlier. They were ready to quit, a lot of problems backstage between the members of the band and individual problems. Listening to brian's speech right before love of my life at that concert is a bit telling. But luckily live aid happened, which gave new energy to the members and caused them to stzy together. Yes, they were planning on splitting the band and quitting with it, but luckily the timeline worked in our favor

1. Captions are still being worked on, they should be available by the end of the weekend. (EDIT: They're available now!) 2. Thanks to everyone who voted in last month's poll! I’m picking the DDD for next time, but feel free to suggest artists to cover in the comments. Thanks for watching!

I've always been a big fan of '39, which is weird considering it was sung by Brian May; there's something great about Queen recording a sci-fi rock opera.

can’t believe he didn’t talk about queen’s best song, I’m in love with my car.

I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. The effort and quality of your videos are insane. Keep up the incredible work!

How do you not mention the show must go on? That is the most powerful ending for an album like innuendo

You should do britney spears discography at some point. She has a very interesting discography and evolved quite a bit through her career

never heard that song "don't try suicide" but i have to agree with them, "no one cares about you" is pretty much the truth.

What do you mean by "dated" in relation to A Kind of Magic? This album, as any other, was a product of its time, of course it sounds like the 80s! Not everything has to have the "timeless sound", whatever that might mean. I, for one, adore the sound of the 80s emanating from some of its tracks, and personally consider the latter Queen era their best period. Still, a very good and, may I say, deep inspection of Queen's discography. Can't wait for more!

Queen made their best music in the 70s, but they gave their best live performances in the 80s

Now that you've done Queen, you should absolutely do Elton John! It would be quite the undertaking with over 30 studio albums, but there is so much to talk about and especially the first couple of albums are masterpieces.

forgetting the apostrophe on "'39" will forever haunt me, snare man.

In the UK it was quite difficult to judge how good Queen actually were due to the varying quality of their singles. Even songs like Somebody To Love was lukewarm at best as it followed Bohemian Rhapsody and was viewed as a copy of the former. However when QGH was released and the tracks were sequenced in the way that they were people were able to stand back and see just how good they were as songwriters. It probably the best greatest hits album ever put together. Hits II is none too shabby either. Everybody had a copy of Queens Greatest Hits growing up.

hi ! just wanted to add about Freddie's real name : Farrokh Bulsara and his stage name during smile which was Larry Lurex. The song titled "going back" on smile's album queen in nuce is one of my fav hidden gems!

Love these dives on older rock artists, especially giving context to the changes in sound and style over the years. Would kill to see an Aerosmith or Genesis deep dive!!

One of the best underground rock bands of the 70s.

LMAO i'm glad you mentioned the Dave Mars Rolling Stone review of Jazz when you got to that section, I remember reading that infamous line and laughing my ass off for a solid 5 minutes. What a truly bizarre review, like he was trying to be Robert Christgau there

For the last few years I've been trying to delve into Queen's deep cuts a lot more, and it granted some amazing findings. Exploring its bootleg/live recording scene also helped a lot in appreciating more of their discography as well as different takes of their popular songs. And it's quite easy to look up various Queen live recordings here on RU-vid nowadays. Shootouts to "Hangman" though, an early and unreleased song that currently only exists in Live recording form. The one from April 1st, 1976 at the Nippon Budokan might be the best performance of it to look up.

Great to see you cover this band! I'm not sure if you like their stuff but could you cover Rush?

“Cool Cat” on Hot Space being glossed over reaaaally genuinely peeved me! The bassline is funky, and most notably Freddie’s vocals in that high head voice register is sooooo good.

OMG YESSS! Now I want a Beyoncé DDD because there’s a lot of great things to dissect in Self-Titled and Lemonade

I am one of those people Queen II is their best album for me Although A Night At The Opera and Innuendo are not far behind Also,shame on you for not mentioning Back Chat,that song is stellar

Joke's on you Michael Thesseus Snare, I always sing Bohemian Rhapsody at Karaoke, in full, whether people like it or not.

The thing with Queen, you can find something on every album to like. There's no album I would just completely forget about.

Young man, you have done your homework! I have been a fan of Queen since I first heard "Killer Queen" back in '74. The first time I heard "Bohemian Rhapsody", it was on my tinny little AM radio (because Top-40 radio was on AM in those days), and it sounded different from everything else I'd heard to that point. Then, I went to the library, discovered their record bin (because they had records then, albeit in mediocre shape at best), and listened to the entire A Night at the Opera album, end to end. I. Was. Hooked! I went on to collect every Queen album I could. I still enjoy their music today, and I thank the gods (of whom I am in their lap) I was alive during the span of this band's career. My biggest regret is that I never saw them live in their classic lineup. In 1982, I was a senior in high school, and Queen were touring in support of Hot Space. I wanted to go to their concert, but no money, no job, no license, no cool parents, you get the idea. "Oh, well," I thought. "I'll catch them the next tour." This brings me to the one thing you did not mention in your video: Freddie famously refused to tour the USA again after Hot Space. Ask any musician, and they will tell you that touring across the United States is a logistical nightmare. Not enough cities, you piss off your fan base. Too many cities, you get exhausted. The American leg of Queen's Hot Space Tour was 29 concerts, at 25 venues, in 54 days, plus a live performance on Saturday Night Live ten days later. This, combined with the poor reception of their new material, upset Freddie. A lot. I know there's a quote somewhere, but I could not track it down. In essence, the adversarial reception of American audiences during that tour led Freddie to declare that he would never tour the USA again. Sadly, he ended up being right, and I never got to see Freddie Mercury sing live, in person. I did, however, watch Live Aid, and it was spectacular! In more recent years, I did see Queen + Adam Lambert live three times. The first was a pre-tour warm-up show in 2014, at the iHeartRadio Theater, in Burbank, CA (Intimate setting bonus!). The next time was at Hollywood Bowl in 2017 (Iconic venue bonus!). And the third time was July 20, 2019, at the Forum in Inglewood (Brian May birthday bonus! Okay, it was the day after, but still...). Adam Lambert is an excellent fit with Brian and Roger, and I hope they continue on together in the years to come. About that crest... I did some digging, and I can tell you that yes, all four band members are represented via Zodiac symbols. Brian May is the "duh" as the crab, as his birthday is July 19 (Cancer). Roger Taylor (July 26) and John Deacon (August 19) are both Leos, and the lions represent them, but in the original crest, each lion is unique. the left lion had fish scales, while the right had wings. Roger is from Cornwall, which is known for its fishing, and John is from Leicester, which had a Royal Air Force training base during World War II. The fairies represent Freddie's sign, Virgo (September 5). They are Molpadia and Rhoio, the sisters of Parthenos. Their father, Staphylos, had a mean streak, and when Parthenos became pregnant by Apollo, he shoved her into a box and cast her into a river. One night, he went out, trusting a cask of wine to his remaining daughters. A swine wandered in, knocked the wine over, and it spilled everywhere. Rather than face their father's wrath, they threw themselves off a cliff. Apollo intervened at the last minute, and sent them to faraway villages, where they were local goddesses. Today, the word "παρθένα" ("parthena") is Greek for "virgin". Anyway, thought I'd share my $.02. Again, a really good job on this video. Even the jokes worked, and that could only happen if you understand the material, which you very obviously did. Excellent work! (A-, Liked and Subscribed)

My dad grew up loving disco and funk in the late 70s and early 80s, so although he loves Queen, his favorite albums of theirs are The Game and Hot Space, and I’ve come to love them too It’s funny and interesting how approaching music from a different perspective/background will influence your opinions

Finally!! I’ve voted for this in every single DDDD and I’m so glad to see this. Queen II is underrated (though there’s a questionable lyric in March of the Black Queen that I’m not cool with)

In my opinion Jazz is my favorite Queen album because it has so many great hits. But “Jealousy” and “ More Of That Jazz” are my favorite tracks off the album

Queen is an all time favorite of mine and Freddie is one of my biggest inspirations as a vocalist; much respect. I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider putting BRANDY on your voting list DDD or to be the next one. She's one of the most influential figures in R&B in the past 25 years as well as being an OG teen pop sensation long before Nysync, Britney Spears, Etc. She is often described as the Vocal Bible when it comes to modern day R&B Vocalists. She has influenced countless artists such as Rihanna, Kehlani, Kelly Rowland, Ariana Grande, Solange, Erykah Badu, India Arie, Etc. She was also the first to work with Rodney Jenkins and Frank Oceans Before they became sought after sensations. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I BEG YOU DO BRANDY

my fairy kings gotta be one of my queen favs, im so happy youve made this, i LOVE queens discography, especially their younger 5 albums! i just cannot get over their fantasy rock genre, though everytime i get the itch to listen to the first album, i CANT not listen to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th…

Queen has been my favorite band and enormous part of my life since the seventh grade. Finding out that Mercury also suffered from severe anxiety caused me to cry because for the first time in my life, I felt capable of doing something fabulous despite my fear of pretty much everything. The deprivations of Rhye across the first three albums also inspired me in my creation of a homebrew D&D world named for it. Across every creative facet in my life and personal moment, there is a bit of Queen, either getting me through it, or inspiring me to create.

one of my first records I ever bought was the Queen’s Greatest Hits album. I fell in love with music because of Queen. The sheer theatrics, the variety of instruments, Freddie’s incredible range. One of the few artists almost everyone can agree is one of the greats.

Wayne's world (one of my absolute favorite movies) was my first experience with bohemian rhapsody. both the scene and the song hold a special place in my heart.

46 seconds in and (I can't believe I'm that person but screw it) you've switched Roger and Tim. Roger is the one standing in the Smile picture.

Way to make me cry about it all over again. I was raised on Queen. A Night at the Opera came out the same year I did, and I used to play it on the 8 track whilst lying on a pallet on the floor my mom made for me to lie on the floor before I could walk or talk. It was ingrained into me. When Freddie died, this queer teenager cried for a week. No shit. I couldn’t console myself and nobody else could either. Seeing Tabitha Soren announcing it on the clip you showed here hit me deep down. But, like, thank you. That was awesome. You did good.

I recently finished my own Queen DDD, after being raised on their music and been a fan my whole life. For me A Night at the Opera is undoubtedly their magnum opus, but it's nice to see someone giving News of the World the time of day! It blows me away that Spread Your Wings was never a bigger hit, its one of my favourite Queen songs and an incredible performance from all members

I was waiting for you to mention Cool Cat (from Hot Space) because in my opinion it’s an underrated hit. Sadly you didn’t 🥹 but even so, amazing work!! Thank you so much for this! Growing up, we had Queen’s Greatest Hits albums in the car and we would listen to them nonstop during roadtrips. Never changed the discs lol. I’m happy I was initiated into the world of Queen at a young age. Gonna make sure to pass the mantle when I have kids of my own one day.

My favourite Queen album has always been jazz, favourite song fat bottomed girls. I just love the mix of driving, hard drums and the dame near holy vocals, also its Queens baby got back.

Mr. The Snare, I know this sounds like a terrible idea but I would love to see you dive into the discog of Imagine Dragons. I know you didn’t care for Origins or Mercury, but I’m curious to see what you’d think of the rest of their albums.

This was a great one. In the later years, I have always been partial to "I want it all" and the title cut to "Innuendo" I do find later released songs like "too much love will kill you" to be haunting after his passing. There was and never will be anyone quite like him again.

I've voted for Queen every time since April, 2020. So glad to see them finally get covered

Great DDD! So many memories. Queen taught me how to read. I am dead serious. I still remember, I was 2 and I would get to listen to my uncle's "old" albums with my Fisher Price record player and massive old headphones (also previously my uncle's). While looking through the fold of A Night At The Opera at some point something in my mind just clicked and I realized that what was on the page is what was being said. I proceeded to dash through my house, reading things. I started with my Cheerios box, and words on commercials. I then sat down and read along with every album that had its lyrics with it. This actually became a long standing habit of mine, even when I got tapes or CDs, the first thing I still do is follow along with the words. 🥰 It's funny that you mentioned how Grunge, and specifically Nirvana changed the rock landscape in 91. Kurt was such a huge fan of Queen and Bowie. Losing Freddie and Kurt within a couple of years was just terrible. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. 💖 So Freddie and Kurt both had a great love of Ireland, so maybe I could make an eclectic suggestion of doing a DDD on an Irish band? Such as Clannad, Del Amitri, or The Cranberries? Provided you're interested of course. I've had the good fortune of seeing all of these bands play and I think they might surprise you.

I first listened to Queen (properly) in 2012. Up until then I only knew We are the Champions, We Will Rock You and I Want to Break Free. I liked this band called fun.(famous for We Are Young), and listening to their albums online, i always saw comments saying that he sounds a bit similar to Freddie Mercury. So I googled Freddie to check out his songs and found out that oh...its that We Will Rock You band. Listened to Bohemian Rhapsody halfway through, then listened to the whole song and was surprised by the "changes". Wanted to see how they would pull this off live, and instead of clicking the live version, I clicked on a video of the Prophet's Song. I wanted to go back, but my computer screen froze and i could only hear the audio. And I stayed for the entire 8 mins of that song, stunned by them. The Prophet's Song made me a Queen fan, even though i was a beginner in listening to rock songs. A proper introduction to the band's sound was thanks to their Greatest Hits album (found out about my soon-to-be fave song, Save Me). After that, i listened to each album and fell in love with them. Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack, News of the World, Innuendo and their live album, Rock Montreal are my favs.

Man i was obsessed with bohemian rhapsody for the longest when i first heard it, i felt the same way as you did, it really opened my mind

Once more, Mr the snare has brought me another well made interesting video about a band I like. Yet continues to deny me a Deep Discog Dive on The Killers I truly want. Why must Mr the snare torture me in this way.

Queen is the band I often point to as the "best rock band". Freddy always spoke to me in a way I never understood, Brian's guitar playing was a massive inspiration, and John and Rodger show the incredible power of a tight back-line. Every member of the band is independently exceptional, and the band is so much more than the sum of it's parts. Hot takes from a queen fan who wasn't even alive for most of their career: Somebody to Love is the best queen song. Made in Heaven's "untitled" always felt like a send off to freddy in the afterlife. Like "hey we're not the same band without you, I hope heaven's cool. We don't really know what to do without you" Princes of the Universe absolutely slaps and I won't hear a word otherwise "Hammer to Fall" and "Tie your mother down" are under appreciated And finally, "Another one bites the dust" is the song that inspired me to buy my first bass and get lessons 15 years ago, and now I can't really imagine a life without a bass in my hand. Queen is in my pantheon. They're a perfect band with a god tier catalogue and I don't think I'm ever going to grow tired of their music. Thanks for this deep dive Mic, it's always fun falling back into some of my favorite music

IMO Hot Space by Queen is one of the most over-hated albums of all time. It's great, campy fun with lots of catchy songs. It's sad they got so much push-back for it because they used synths, because I love it and would have liked to hear more. It was ahead of its time.

YES! Was literally just watching the other DDDs, and had hoped this one would win the poll

I would've probably talked a longer time about "Show must go on" the story of an Ill Freddie just downing a shot of vodka and doing that in one take is both funny and inspiring.

Suggestion: The cure, the fall, siouxsie and the banshees, the replacements, the who, dead can dance, husker du, cocteau twins, public image limited, morrisey, talking heads, blondie, madness, depeche mode, christian death.

How legendary you have to be to have a section dedicated to your biggest song...

queen are my favourite band and i saw them with adam lambert on the rhapsody tour in february 2020. it was the best concert i've ever been to - they played all the hits as well as some album cuts (including my favourite song, '39), adam is an incredible vocalist and performer, and brian and roger were somehow still so vibrant and clearly just love performing so much. this was such a great retrospective. thank you for reminding me how much i love this band, and why.

Dude I wanna live in an alternative universe where Queen's actual name is Humpy Bong

My melancholy blues! Love that song, freddies vocals on that one are really something

Queen- Live at Wembley. I wore the Hell outta that tape. I had the vhs as well. Awesome stuff

"Innuendo" is also the Italian word for "suppository". Seriously though, this was a very well done episode. The only major thing that I felt was left out was the song "No One But You". After the death of Princess Diana in 1997, Brian, Roger, & John got together to record one last song which not only served as a tribute to Diana, but also to Freddie. If "Made In Heaven" was the final chapter for Queen, "No One But You" is the epilogue.

Another excellent video! Always appreciate the amount of research gone into these and the amount of music you consume for each video! Happy how timeless these videos are and how they will feel just as relevant 5 years from now as they do now.

Given that you mentioned Steve Howe, you should do a DDD on Yes. They are the best band of the progressive rock era in my opinion (although not by far) and their later work, while not too good, would be interesting to check out.

I was hoping you’d mention that iconic moment in Glee history

I know it is coming. I was told about it when I was six in 1991. I can't avoid it... but Freddie's passing, just hearing about.... it ALWAYS makes me cry. 😭 I feel like you should have gone a little more indepth, like for instance you never spoke of It's a Hard Life. What a tour de force that is!! Or Let Me Entertain You! Drowse also comes to mind and Was It All Worth It. Is This The World We Created? Still, this is the most comprehensive look I have seen into Queen's discography, and I thank you for it!! 💖

Amazing DDD!!! Queen has always been one of my favorites. Nirvana would be AMAZING

Bohemian Rhapsody was a very good movie. Queen is a fearless creative and campy band that is unique and deserves admiration.

Thank you so much for mentioning the collab Freddie did with Montserrat Caballe. I grew up with my parents having "Barcelona" on their Queen mixtape and it's been my favorite ever since!

A really good deep dive. Apart from not bringing up The Show Must Go On, my only wish is that you could've mentioned Johns final project with Queen: the track No-one But You, dedicated to princess Diana after her death in 1997.

Thank you Mic, absolutely loved this. Queen is genuinely one of the greatest bands of all time, and their work has been something that I’ve come back to throughout my time studying music, and in my working life in entertainment as well. Was lucky enough to be in training to duty manage at my work in October when Roger Taylor played at my venue, was such an incredible night, managed to get in the auditorium during Radio Gaga and shed a tear.

I know it’s such a weirdly specific thing, but as for me, I first discovered the concept of text painting through my first listens of Bohemian Rhapsody, at the part where Freddie said “shivers down my spine” and the chimes come immediately after, I don’t know why, but that moment blew my mind

How could you not mention The Show Must Go On? Powerful, heartbreaking and a show of force by all four members. A true anthem

SO HAPPY YOU DID QUEEN!! definitely one of my favorite bands!!

One thing I've never understood is how their record label was so concerned they made a 6 minute long operatic rock piece when the album came out years after songs like Roundabout and In the Court of the Crimson King were critical and financial successes. The early to late 70s were the era of long songs with experimental music and complex lyricism. It just doesn't seem like a huge stretch to me.

Queen has and will forever be the soundtrack to my life, I love consuming any media about them. Even though there are bands that sound better sonically (Sorry but objectively Pink Floyd is better than Queen, at least in songwriting), Queen is still my favorite band of all time, I will never get sick of listening to them. They've helped me graduate and get me through really hard times in my life. I have also had the privilege of seeing them live with Adam Lambert. Even though I was born a full 30 years after their first album was released, they still feel contemporary and not at all dated. If I were to meet any one person who has passed, it would be Freddie, no 2nd thoughts. Thank you for a stellar video, I love your content

These videos are extremely great and I want to thank you for all your hard work! I've learned so much from these and I really appreciate it!

Thanks. Now I’m gonna go through each of their albums one day at a time. I’ve been meaning to and now I’m motivated to. Love your content!!

Live Killers is not only Queen's best, but arguably, one of the best live LP's ever.

Aside from being literal dopamine in the form of a song, I've always found it amusing how in the "Don't Stop Me Now" video, the entire 2nd verse is just a close-up of Freddie's mouth! Also John Deacon may be the only person ever to be in a rock band while wearing a sweater vest.

My favorite band of all time, thanks for this, you could just mention Cool Cat, the coolest song ever! Cheers!

Fun fact: during those controversial tour dates in South Africa, Queen stayed at the hotel my dad worked at. He was tasked with being Freddie Mercury's driver. He didn't know who Freddie Mercury was or why he was famous until later.