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Roger Taylor is a bit fed up of Bohemian Rhapsody
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 30 November 2015
Brian May might still be happy to listen to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in his spare time, but Queen drummer Roger Taylor is not quite so keen.
As previously reported, the 40th anniversary of the song’s release recently passed, with various celebrations to mark the occasion. One of which was it being handed the Classic Song trophy at the Q Awards last month.
Asked by Q if he was sick of the song now, he said: “I am. When the video came on [at the ceremony] I thought, ‘Oh, Christ, don’t let the audience sit through the whole thing!’ They’ve all seen it. Certainly I’ve seen it a thousand times. It’s like a bit of wallpaper. We did a lot of other records as well. It’s an albatross. But it was a good song. It put us on another level and enabled us to keep making lots of records”.
He added: “I thought ‘Under Pressure’ was one of our better songs – although not one of our best recordings. I think if we had recorded it more beautifully it would have been greater than it turned out”.
More news on things about Queen songs that annoy Queen’s Roger Taylor as we get it.
