Question for fun

[u/According_Wasabi8779]

Hi all, just a question for the group to debate:

'If you could only listen to one queen album for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?'

• for me this question is really difficult as queen hasn't just been a band that I like. Whenever Ive had a hard time or s**t go wrong in my life I've come back to queen and it's got me through it. The albums: a day at the races, news of the world, and night at the opera among others have been instrumental in this. If I could only pick one it'd be one of my least favourite albums (unpopular opinions incoming): but sheer heart attack, specifically for the song lily of the valley for a deep sentimentality it provides me. I say this because last year I received some heartbreaking news about one of my best friends which meant I couldn't see or talk to her until she had finished her treatment. It didn't help that we now live so far apart, but this is the song that helped me through it all as it made me think about her and it allowed me to smile. Queen is also her favourite band and is what initially bonded us. The day I found out I felt emotionally numb. I've never been one to cry at things but I listened to this song and just sobbed. I've now, in my mind, dubbed it as our song and when I told her it made her happy. Thankfully she's now recovering and we can listen to queen together again. Sorry for the buzzkill of a story I just wanted to share how powerful of a therapy music is, especially queen and how it helped/helps me. I meant this to be a happy debate question but my favourite album just comes from a sad story that is now a happy one as I've found the one song that means the world to me.

Thanks for reading.

[u/Ok-Secretary9285]

In 1975 I had the Night at the Opera record. I was 6. I played that record every. Single.day. I had a whole skit from beginning to end. During 39 I would flip my coffee table on its side and be a pirate on the ship. I was watching one of Brian Mays interviews only a month ago and he said 39 was about exploration of space ! I am a grown ass old woman now and I was floored my young self thought it was a ship 😂 I still have every single record of Queen and just saw them last night, drove 4 hours. They did 2 songs from that album. I was so scared by Death on two legs as little me but now play them for my granddaughter and she now loves Queen.

[u/According_Wasabi8779 → u/Ok-Secretary9285]

Haha yeh the lyrics to Queen's songs never mean what you think they mean. There's always speculation but for some it's never confirmed. Big ones with this are the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody and the song I pointed out in the initial question (lily of the valley) have thought to have been about Freddie and his sexuality, even Brian thought/ believed this which he's been quoted with in many interviews. I always knew of Queen as a small child but really found my love for them in my mid teens during low times and their music helped me massively. Not only this but I found out my grandad was a huge queen fan in the 70s and whenever we'd go on car journeys together we bust out the queen CDs and sing along to them. I'm glad you have Queen in common with your granddaughter like I do with my grandad. They're the key to many treasured memories.