Songs of different time

Songs are written at times to change the way people look at things forever; yet some songs seem to exist just to remind us that nothing has ever changed. That's what I feel when I listen a whole host of songs from the past. There are three bands that I lock my time pernially - Queen, Black Sabbath, and Bee Gees. There are few more like Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, and Beetles but none so close as these three.

Queen is my all time favorite. I was Tears filled my eyes the day Freddie died. I knew that was it, albeit his song "The show must go on." Everything about him was unique -- his dress, his style, and of course his vocal chords. I remember that I first got hooked on to "I want to break free." Nothing spoke so poignantly during my adolescant years than yelling with the music right till the last verse "...but life goes on". I never got so hung up in the meanings of the lyrics. The title and few words were all that mattered. "I want it all and I want it now." with Freddie dressed in a tie -- wow, always cue in with those Wall Street types. There was something out there -- "we are the champions" became an anthem for my group of buddies. When we were really in our element - Overall the voice, the tempo, and the beat created a feel that only Queen could create. To say Freddie was irreplacable is stating the obvious.

Till date, Bohemian Raphsody still remains one of my all time favorities, one song that gives me a bit of everything. Again, I remember how many debates we used to have to figure what was this song about. Is it Freddie's repentance of giving someone the AIDS virus or was is a simple shoot out story.

Today, I don't care. Good music is all that matters.