Random Deep Dive: When you're "Stoned"
There are so many songs and albums and artists on my favorites lists, I simply can't not talk about them. So as much as I love Queen, I'm venturing into other musical territory, starting with this gem...
17 Helmi 202120min
Queen Deep Dive: Listen to me baby, let me tell you what it's all about..."Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"
For the first time, Roger Taylor takes the helm as songwriter and lead singer on a Queen track with "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll". It's appropriately rowdy, a big riot, and a lot of fun. There's no ser...
16 Helmi 202114min
When your second life starts...
“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” ― Confucius For some of us, there is a definitive moment where our lives are split into a before and after. We go through ...
12 Helmi 202118min
Queen Deep Dive: You gotta believe it, "The Night Comes Down"
Clearly this is "different". I didn't realize just how often I used that word talking about "The Night Comes Down". But this melodic, crooning, hummable and lyrical rock ballad truly is a unique Queen...
10 Helmi 202116min
Queen Deep Dive: Nobody believes me..."LIAR"
There's a reason this dive title is ALL CAPS. This song is an unrelenting and driving force to be reckoned with: A declaration of certain evil and death, despite your intent to be good, pure and focus...
6 Helmi 202124min
Queen Deep Dive: "My Fairy King" (He rules the air and turns the tides)
Sparkling, gorgeous and one of the best examples of Freddie's elaborate storytelling, "My Fairy King" takes the opulence of a typical Mercury composition and extends and enhances it; creating a singul...
4 Helmi 202117min
Positive Power & Why You Need It
My promise to keep the randomness and mental tangents continues as I open with another totally irrelevant song lyric. But my focus here isn't music; it's running. Running is freedom. It's my happy pla...
26 Tammi 202118min
Queen Deep Dive: People! "Great King Rat" was a dirty old man...
For the first time, I pick apart a fully Freddie Mercury composition; "Great King Rat", track number three on Queen's debut album. Long, loud, dramatic, it's a progressive early heavy metal track. And...
23 Tammi 202120min
