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Tom Sawyer vs Bohemian Rhapsody
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Poll Question: Tom Sawyer vs Bohemian Rhapsody
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I really love both songs, but Bohemian Rhapsody.  Just the audacity of it all astounds me.  A true prog epic in less than six minutes.  I mean, Tom Sawyer's great but...
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Both great songs. Unable to vote on this one.
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Rhapsody for me. Even though Rush is my favorite band, I sure am tired of Tom Sawyer.

Although, I did get pretty sick of Rhapsody when Wayne's World came out. It was played to death.
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I would prefer Rush to Queen. but on this one, Bohemian Rhapsody takes my vote.
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Originally posted by Jeffro Jeffro wrote:

Rhapsody for me. Even though Although, I did get pretty sick of Rhapsody when Wayne's World came out. It was played to death.
Thats what really killed this song for me..........
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Oh, do come along.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ No, not their fault AT ALL. The fault lies with commercial radio stations for constantly spinning the 'same old sh*t', day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.......... You just get tired of it.......

Same old sh*t yeah, but great sh*t, so no problem with that.

I'll take Money and Stairway over any Céline any day.
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No contest. I went with these chicks:
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Would you even still have the early albums in your collection...or did you ever, I don't recall?!
My fave overall. the debut. Then the next best thing they did was Innuendo, with Steve Howe. Hey, they are a fine band, but not my poison......

Yes, I remember `Innuendo' was the first one I got (and sure enough, that title track was a ripper). Strange, don't think I've listened to that album in at least twenty years now. Hell, I've even listened to `Hot Space' more recently than it!

I always felt that `Great King Rat' off the debut would have made a ripper Gabriel-era Genesis song, I could easily imagine Gabriel singing the words! I always loved that lyric `Every second word he swore, yes he was son of a whore, always wanted by the law..."


I don't know that particular song, but really, I can't imagine Gabriel singing Freddy's songs. Freddy Mercury is just one of the very best rock singers.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I don't know that particular song, but really, I can't imagine Gabriel singing Freddy's songs. Freddy Mercury is just one of the very best rock singers.

Here's the particular song I meant, it's a world away from the kind of music Queen became known for, one of their proggiest for sure. Killer guitar soloing from Brian May too on this one:

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Tom Sawyer is great. 

But Bohemian Rhapsody is titanic.
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I used to believe that Bohemian Rhapsody was the "Non Plus Ultra", but it has saturated me.

So I vote for Tom Sawyer.

If it was Somebody to Love....I would change my vote.

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Come to think of it, both of these have been played to death, so they interest me little.
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Queen

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