Tater Thoughts

I wasn't planning this little episode, but as I got home from a great day and began unwinding, I simply had to talk about that wonderful feeling of coming home and sinking in.

3 Jul 20217min

Roger's sole contribution to Queen's A Night at the Opera is one of their most enduring numbers, and easily Roger's greatest lead vocal moment. "I'm in Love with My Car" is an ode to ones automobile a...

29 Jun 202120min

As an additional facet of my Queen obsession, I thought it would be fun to pick a member of Queen who steals my attention the most on every album. Yes, there are breathtaking moments of skill and expr...

23 Jun 202119min

Bouncy, bubbly, totally vaudevillian happy..."Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" feels nothing like the vicious number before it, which was also Freddie's composition. But this wasn't just a silly joke of ...

23 Jun 202113min

What do you do when you're finally (sort of) free from a constricting contract? You write a song about it. Freddie didn't hold back on this one. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" is vicious and te...

19 Jun 202128min

This is one of the best albums ever. That's all I really need to write about this episode. But there's so much more. A Night at the Opera has been recognized, praised, and celebrated as a massive insp...

17 Jun 202137min

Yep, it's all coffee talk (literally) today. I'm procrastinating kicking off my next set of Queen Deep Dives (A Night at the Opera, I'm freaking out!) so I decided to talk about a light and happy thin...

11 Jun 202119min

Cheez Whiz. Sitar. A shuffling beat. Termites. Doesn't make sense, does it? That's the brilliance of "Loser". When this song came out, there was nothing else like it. And who would have thought a song...

10 Jun 202126min