Top 5 Driving Songs
I am stealing this idea directly from Chris Read (Canadian Dad) and while it wasn’t an original idea of his, it was because of his post that I’m creating this one. Top 5 Driving Songs His were summer...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Queen
I was always aware of Queen, I imagine, in the background of my life, but it was 1980’s “Another One Bites The Dust” that brought the band to the forefront of my attention. Another One Bites the Dust...
View ArticleFirst Place
This past Saturday was the championships for Dela’s gymnastics group. It is a pretty big deal because only two teams from her division were invited to the competition. I think there was something like...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Queen – A Kind Of Magic (Queen Part 2)
Queen’s 1986 A Kind Of Magic album is probably my favorite from the band. I was already a fan of the band, and had a vinyl copy of News Of The World, a cassettes of A Night At The Opera and one other....
View ArticleMusic Monday: “New” Music Purchases
For Christmas this year Laura received from the kids (and me) Adele’s three (so far) albums. They are quite good. The quality of the singles she has released from each are matched by the remaining...
View ArticleTie Your Mother Down (or Parenting Success)
We are driving to… somewhere, I don’t remember, and it is not important to this story. Anyway, I place Queen’s Day At The Races in the CD player. As the first song “Tie Your Mother Down” finishes...
View ArticleMusic Monday: 12 Albums
Since he doesn’t blog anymore it was through his Facebook status update I was made aware of this idea. Here is the introduction as I initially saw it posted: Rules of the Game: Copy this and post as...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Queen (Part 3)
I now have all of Queen’s released studio recordings, which may not seem like a big deal, but it is not as clear cut a prospect as you might initially imagine. There are of course the fifteen albums...
View ArticleMusic Monday – Artist Of The Year: Queen (Week 1)
I had previously mentioned that Queen was my “artist of the year” a couple of years ago, but I only gave the band cursory attention. Since collecting the band’s albums on reissued CD recently I have...
View ArticleMusic Monday – Artist Of The Year: Queen (Week 2)
Songs from the bands early days, pre-Queen even, were constantly being worked on and when it came time to work on the band’s sophomore album some of those found their way into the recording studio....
View ArticleMusic Monday – Artist Of The Year: Sheer Heart Attack (Queen Week 3)
After Queen II was released the band went on tour again, and unfortunately their trip was cut short as Brian May fell ill. That afforded Queen the opportunity to write songs and get back into the...
View ArticleMusic Monday: A Night At The Opera – Queen: Artist Of The Year Week 4
This was, of course, the big album that changed everything for Queen. Bolstered by the success of Sheer Heart Attack, but frustrated with the lack of monetary compensation (the band was broke) Queen...
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