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   Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 12:40:16 JST Kim Scheinberg

   At trivia, my 25-yr-old could not correctly identify a particular Queen song. He assured me that he knew half a dozen Queen songs, and no way should I have expected him to know the one he missed.

   The others, he insisted, are way better known. So please help settle this argument:

   Without looking up sales numbers or Billboard charts, intuitively which five Queen songs would you most expect a non-Queen fan to know? Let's take it as read that Bohemian Rhapsody is #1

   Thanks

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 12:52:55 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     With a dozen answers offered already, I'm clearly on the losing side of this argument.

     He knows :

     We Will Rock You / We are the Champions (counts as one song)
     Another One Bites the Dust
     Under Pressure
     Fat Bottomed Girls
     Killer Queen
     Don't Stop Me Now
     Somebody to Love

     The song he missed—which I would have put between UP and FBG—has yet to be listed as an answer.

     This is some serious CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE erasure. If you need me, I'll be walking into the sea

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     Bruce Mirken (brucemirken@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:01:47 JST Bruce Mirken

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     @kims I was never a big Queen fan and didn't recognize a couple songs on your list, but I certainly know "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," which was indeed a no. 1 in the US and several other countries. Fun fact: John Lennon ( has your son heard of him?) cited the success of "Crazy Little Thing..." as one reason he thought there would be an audience for his "comeback" album, "Double Fantasy.:

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     sudo beep (xurizaemon@toot.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:08:07 JST sudo beep

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     @kims
     Crazy Little Thing Called Love, A Kind of Magic, We Will Rock You, Another One Bites The Dust?

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:08:07 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @xurizaemon
     Finally! My people! Thank you.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:31:49 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     Not only was Crazy Little Thing Called Love their FIRST US #1 hit (despite coming out after Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, and Killer Queen), it held the spot even longer than Another One Bites the Dust.

     Maybe the trick to this question was you had to be a 12-year-old in 1979 who spent a lot of time in cars with the radio on.

     Like Savoir Faire, CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE was *everywhere*

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:46:30 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     Kid insists it doesn't even sound like Queen. There's no way for me to hear it with virgin ears to understand why he thinks that, but maybe I'm missing something.

     Seeing as you don't think you've ever heard it, I'd be curious if you give it a listen whether you recognize it as a Queen song before it hits the bridge.

     [I'm not quite as slack-jawed or heartbroken over this as I am about him not recognizing _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ or _Two Out of Three Ain't Bad_ but...]

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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:46:31 JST mcc

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     @kims Gen X knows this song but Gen Y does not! The only reason I even know crazy little thing called love exists is Gen X'ers make jokes about it. I don't think I've even heard it.

     Gen Y'ers would even be more likely to know Bicycle Race (because of Fenslerfilm)

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:48:51 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @kims the thing about Crazy Little Thing is that it’s the least Queen sounding Queen song. i think that’s why it stomps people. i was forever in the charts during our salad years, so it’s just another Queen song. it just doesn’t have that belt it like it’s opera thing that made Queen sound like Queen

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 13:48:51 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @blogdiva
     That was my kid's take. "No way! This doesn't even sound like Queen."

     He couldn't articulate why it doesn't sound like Queen, but I think you nailed it.

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     michael fulgenzi (serpicojam@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-Jan-2025 22:52:12 JST michael fulgenzi

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     @kims

     Or for one of your older sisters to bring The Game LP home from the mall . . . quite a big deal for a 12-year-old me!