So where does my passion for Queen go here at Cornell? Today’s subject is Queen’s fifth album, A Day at the Races (1976) — it only feels right to honor the band that got me through the most trying of my teenage years. I guess Queen grew up to emulate their idols, who were crossing Abbey Road in 1969, right around the time the young Queen members began to rehearse. With the simple ease of May’s lead vocals, we get a glimpse of how the band might have looked without the added dynamism of a roaring Freddie Mercury. The bassist, although self-effacing, loved Queen with a fervor that distanced him from the band after Mercury’s death.
