Queen – A Night at the Opera

Aural Fixation

If you’re a human being with ears under the age of 40, Queen have never not existed. For decades the iconic four-piece – fronted by the frontman to end all frontmen – pumped out hit after hit after hit. So much so that when Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 from AIDS-related bronchopneumonia, he had left us with ten careers-worth of music despite only being 45.
Our gateway drug into the land of rock royalty is 1975’s A Night at the Opera. The band’s fourth studio album, and home to their definitive classic Bohemian Rhapsody, is part 70’s stadium concert, part-honky tonk romp by the sea, and part acid-laced chaotic trip.
This episode sees the boys back together in socially distant Studio 1A for the first time since the beginning of this cycle and asking ALL of the important questions. What is it about Queen that resonated with our dads so much? Did they really know what “queen” meant? And what percentage of royalties was awarded to Brian May’s weave?
Check out our companion slaylist which has more Queen songs than karaoke with Elizabeth, Charles and co.
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