Classic Rock N Recall: Queen is King In Big Wallys Re-Collection

Today In Classic Rock History

In 1970
The Doors played its last concert in New Orleans.

In 1973
Mott the Hoople kicked off a tour of Britain in Yorkshire, with Queen along as the opening act.

In 1976
Queen released the album "Somebody To Love" in the UK.

In 1988
Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" broke into the Top 40.

In 1990
Ron Wood was injured after he was hit by a car.  The incident occurred outside London.

In 2002
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band resumed their North American tour with a show in Cincinnati.  The group was forced to take an unplanned break after saxophonist Clarence Clemons needed surgery to repair a detached retina.

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was named the best chart-topping song of the last 50 years in a British poll conducted by the Official UK Charts Company.  John Lennon's "Imagine" came in second and The Beatles' "Hey Jude" took third place.

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'Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead'.....

Ah..... 16 years old, listening to the radio when all of a sudden, a brand new sound emerged from my FM radio as I was listening to 99.1 WAAL at the time.  'Bohemian Rhapsody,' by Queen may not have changed my life, but it sure did open my eyes and ears to a brand new kind of Rock N Roll.

Those were the days when we all new every member of the band and new all the words to all the songs we liked. I have to admit, it was a bit of a task to remember all the lyrics to this rather lenghthy, outa control tune. Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

That song grew and grew and grew on me, and so did the brilliant work of Queen. That song opened the door, to go back and scoop up albums like 'Sheer Heart Attack,' along with Queen's first two efforts.

I missed 'A Day At The Races,' somehow... But when my best friend, Tim Snopek picked up Queen's next mega album, 'News of the World,' I was completely hooked! Tim and I would listen to 'We Will Rock You/We are the Champions,' over and over and over. It's amazing that tune (or tunes) was on the radio at the exact time we were winning another Susquenango League Football Championship for Chenango Forks High. Good Times!

So with that, I get a little upset when the kids at school dances or parties request 'Bohemian Rap!'  Listen you little 9!$$ ants, get the name of the damn song right! I mean, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

You don't have to know all the lyrics, but TWO WORDS, 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' should be easy enought to remember, right? At least that's my opinion but it's the only one that matters to me. In other words....  any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me...