Coming up, Queen's classic rock standard Killer Queen, a song that will certainly rearrange your mind, or most likely it already has. But here’s the thing, it’s a song story that got taken down by the powers that be. In fact, I tried to do this video a few times, and because I use a word that... isn’t really a bad word per se… but because I used that word from a story told by Freddie Mercury, I got in trouble. So I’m going to try this again and use a replacement word to tell this story, cuz Killer Queen is a great song from a legendary band. So when Queen put this song out, they didn’t have anything to show for their efforts. They had put out two albums, but almost nobody knew who they were outside of their native UK. They had toured across America to try and break through, but their famous guitarist, Brian May, had to be hospitalized, not once but twice. And it stopped all their momentum. They desperately needed a hit song. So Freddie Mercury wrote one in the bathtub. He was bathing, and it just fell into his lap. Freddie was trying to put pen to paper with soapy suds everywhere. And he wrote the song to prove that classy people can be… This is where I got in trouble last time. How do I say this? Freddie wrote it to prove that classic people can be… Uh… Let’s try to explain it next on Professor of Rock.
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I’m excited to return to another one of my favorite shows that we do on this channel. It’s called Breakthrough. In this show, we break down songs, albums, or events that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long-term success. On previous episodes, we have covered Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin, School’s Out by Alice Cooper, and The Joker by the gangsters of love, Steve Miller Band.
We are taking a closer look at the origins of a landmark band that we’ve covered several times on our channel: It’s the one and only Queen with their first successful single in America… Killer Queen. Of course, Queen is a band that really needs no introduction, but I’m going to give you one anyway… because I think the contrast between where they began and what they became is pretty pronounced. The group’s classic line-up consisted of regal frontman Freddie Mercury, guitar great Brian May, John Deacon on bass, and Roger Taylor on drums. Together, this foursome launched a legacy that boasts over 125 million albums sold, has garnered multiple Hall of Fame inductions, stockpiled numerous awards and nominations, and has given us some of the ultimate powerhouse rock and pop classics of all time.
And that’s only scratching the surface. Just soak that in for a second. Still, this kind of mega-success didn’t happen overnight… although curiously, the song that launched their career actually did. More on that coming up. But to begin, let’s talk about what wasn’t working. Signed to EMI in late 1972, Queen commenced their campaign to rule the world with a failed single: ‘Keep Yourself Alive.’ It was released a week before their self-titled debut record, which came out on July 13, 1973, in the UK. The song was basically ignored and completely missed the charts altogether… in the UK and the US. ‘Queen, the album’, did score a noteworthy #24 ranking in the UK… although in the US its #83 ranking was more of a bust. A second single, ‘Liar’, was released in February 1974, but that also failed to chart.
But this was still early on, and Queen was paying their dues. After touring to get their name out there, the band then recorded their second album.
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