Sat 4 Jan 2014
15:00 - 16:00
BBC Radio 2
Queen drummer, Roger Taylor, delves into his record collection and plays some of his favourite rock tracks and tell us the stories behind them. There'll be songs from The Kinks, Foo Fighters, The Pretenders, AC/DC and Joe Walsh, as well as Roger's all-time favourite Queen track. link
^ so what was it? Under Pressure, methinks ?
The reason I think he will claim it is Days is because it gives him a chance to mention Freddie's final video, etc. He may very well hate the song. I'm In Love With My Car bought him his mansion in the country since it was BoRhap's b-side, though, didn't it?
shannaschaffer wrote:
The reason I think he will claim it is Days is because it gives him a chance to mention Freddie's final video, etc. He may very well hate the song. I'm In Love With My Car bought him his mansion in the country since it was BoRhap's b-side, though, didn't it?
Don't know where you're coming from, really. What do you mean about the final video bit? I think it's "a bit unfair" to accuse him of being so cynical, especially if you saw how genuinely shaken he was when speaking about Freddie's last days in the Days of Our Lives documentary. For your information, he actually named UP as his favorite Queen track.
Sorry - didn't mean to make it sound like I thought he was cynical, though in reading it now I can see your point. I definitely should have worded that better. What I mean (and I still may not be articulating it well) is that I see him mentioning Days as his favorite as it gives him an opportunity to bring up the video and mention what a trooper Freddie was all the way until the end and what lengths he went to in order to give his fans a proper good-bye. I hope that clarifies my meaning. I agree that he has always seemed genuinely heartbroken about Freddie.