tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post5584386060615794388..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: A PERSONAL CANON DOUBLE FEATURE: DINO IN SPACETimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-88207394612276330122013-03-19T10:46:26.958-05:002013-03-19T10:46:26.958-05:00It's cool Tim, it's cool. The 'Jazz&#...It's cool Tim, it's cool. The 'Jazz' album was Queen's 'anything for a WTF' album, so it's chock full of loose ends, weirdness and the most outrageously gay lyrics Freddie ever wrote. 'Bicycle Race' is probably the craziest left turn there, so I think it really is just a bunch of nonsense. Awesome, awesome nonsense.<br /><br />Unless you choose to read it as a buried gay rights metaphor, which can be fun.David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-64308346483364977662013-03-19T01:08:05.636-05:002013-03-19T01:08:05.636-05:00I want to make it 100% clear, just so this never, ...I want to make it 100% clear, just so this never, ever comes back to bite me: I absolutely did not mean to imply that I don't love Queen. And I agree that Freddie Mercury was never claiming to be too cool for anything - that's why the lyric has always baffled me.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-90884734819020780432013-03-18T22:55:07.441-05:002013-03-18T22:55:07.441-05:00Ok, Queen is my favorite band ever so I gotta get ...Ok, Queen is my favorite band ever so I gotta get in on this one. The whole point of Bicycle Race is Freddie listing all the stuff he doesn't care about because all he wants to do is BIIIICYCLE. I doubt Queen thought they were "too cool" for anything.David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-5518693389941623772013-03-18T18:41:39.194-05:002013-03-18T18:41:39.194-05:00James- I never did quite understand what he was ge...James- I never did quite understand what he was getting at with that lyric. "I'm too cool for you mainstream sheeple" is plainly not an argument that Queen, of all arena rock bands, has any business advancing.<br /><br />Adam- That honestly surprises me. I'm glad for him, but I'd have loved a bit more purpleness in the villainy, rather than just a sense of moral deadness.<br /><br />David- I've heard something similar, but involving a pay dispute between De Laurentiis. Fun times all around, either way.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-19652133087985715392013-03-18T13:15:37.381-05:002013-03-18T13:15:37.381-05:00I recall reading that Sam J. Jones hated the shoot...I recall reading that Sam J. Jones hated the shoot so much that he didn't bother to show up to dub his lines in post, and another actor redubbed his entire part.<br /><br />Also, "Bring me... the bore worms!"<br />David Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666205737413060006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-1737118802655381722013-03-18T12:38:44.414-05:002013-03-18T12:38:44.414-05:00Actually, ol' Max has referred to Ming the Mer...Actually, ol' Max has referred to Ming the Merciless as one of his favorite roles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-89176676165213795412013-03-18T01:37:17.585-05:002013-03-18T01:37:17.585-05:00Just as a parenthetical detail, I was listening to...Just as a parenthetical detail, I was listening to Queen's Greatest Hits (first volume) last night for the first time in years, and I noticed a line in "Bicycle Race" I'd never picked up on before: "Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars". Their participation in Flash Gordon is thus made even more amusing now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com