Queenpod Podcast

Wow! I loved it!

I really enjoyed it, it helps that it's been approved by Queen Productions and they can play the songs and some 'rarities'. Well worth a listen.

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

I'm amidst the first part of the first album ep. Interesting and enjoyable.

I've really enjoyed the first two episodes of this, the guys' passion for the music and knowledge of the songs is great. Any in depth discussion of the early albums is catnip for me.

Must say though, a minor niggle, but sometimes none of them know of certain things, that to me they really ought to.. there's a discussion about the drum sounds and "The Night Comes down" and I was tearing my hair out. Surely they should show it's an early demo, not recorded at Trident? It more or less says so on the sleeve! Also that it can therefore have nothing to do with recording late at Trident!? At least someone notes how it sounds less developed and sure footed than the rest of the songs, which is quite nice and perceptive.

Then they're not sure if Modern Times Rock n Roll was played live.. come on guys. It's amazing because the level of knowledge is otherwise so impressive, but these seem like things any dedicated Queen fan would know.

Besides that, it's a great listen. And I'm not that bothered in the end as they seem a good bunch.

Fans aren't a uniform bunch.

To be outright self-centred and utterly narcissistic, as usual, I'll use myself as an example: people tend to think of me as a consummate massive Queen fan, and in some senses I certainly am, but in others that couldn't be further from the truth. I rarely listen to the band (or to music in general, and by and large I'm not into rock at all), but I do often listen to interviews and read magazine articles or books (of which I've got about a dozen) to find out who wrote what, who played what, who sang what, where what was recorded and how many tracks were used, and so on.

I'm not as much a fan of the music (though I admire and respect their skills) as much as I'm a fan of their history - but not all of their history, just the studio part of it: recording facilities, producers, equipment used, timelines, statistics. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people who are far bigger fans than I am in terms of how often they play their records, how much money they've spent on them, the emotion they feel when they listen to them, the fact some of them have named their pets or kids after band members. Do you know how many Queen posters I've got? Zero. How many t-shirts? None. How many vinyls? Nought (my dad's got one, though). I've spent some money on books, though, and I've invested thousands of hours the last two decades to researching them. So, in one sense I'm not at all a fan, and in another I'm a massive die-hard obsessed Queenhead.

Programmes like this one further exemplify that diversity: they're clearly great fans, they know and love the band a lot, they're aware of their wardrobe and haircuts and at least one of them has spoken to Brian in person quite a few times; another one of them learnt drums directly inspired by Roger (I'm a singer myself, but Frederick's not by any means an influence - I tend to separate those fields of my life and they rarely overlap); another one coins lovely puns (I loved the term 'May-spaining' and really wanna find a conversation in which I can organically introduce it). But they're clearly not as hung up on timelines, bootlegs or studio info as many of us are.

They did get one thing right, though: based on the evidence we've got, 'The Night Comes Down' seems to be one of the last songs they wrote for the album.

Since those topics often come up in these forums, they're 'common knowledge' to us. They've other priorities, and that, as you seem to agree, is refreshing.

Sometimes it takes people who aren't megafans to provide insight that traditional megafan types don't.

A thoroughly enjoyable listen so far.

Listening to it right now. Twenty-five minutes to go.

I think the album would be lacking without a Roger-sung track. Perhaps if he'd penned 'Tenement Funster' a year earlier...

Brilliant episode. I have to admit that I never realized how similar Brian's Black Queen guitar solo (at the end) was to the final solo work on Bohemian Rhapsody. I think my head just about exploded.

Enjoyed Side Black, though it felt somehow a bit less involved than previous editions. Another big tick though for the analysis of Freddie's delivery on Funny How Love Is. Plus the outpouring of love for Fairy Feller was nice to hear. Thought Nevermore warranted a bit more discussion - the first of Freddie's piano/love ballads, quite a vital moment in the discography.

The end of MOTBQ being BR-ish, I always thought was fairly obvious, but OK.

What's nice is that I feel like chipping in to their conversation, and it's made me think of things I never would otherwise. Had a mini revelation about Brian's writing, but will save that for another day..

Look forward to doing the 'early years' and Smile eps.

Brilliant discussion this week. Nearly 3 hours talking about the first side of Sheer Heart Attack. It's simply a joy to listen to them talk. Looking forward to next week!

I'd be interested, but I'm usually driving to and from work when listening. So I wouldn't be able to participate in real time.