Seaside Pod Review (A Queen Podcast)

There's lots of chat on this week's episode but fear not, we do eventually get to this week's song! Lots of discussion about wurlitzers, lyric sheets, Yamaha baby grands... you obviously know why! Randy also educates Kev on where bass players come from before marching his heels to the sea. We still don't know what the strangest thing is that Randy has found in his fridge, but one thing is for cert...

Hey you lovely old lot. We're heading back to Queen II today and there's more Steven Seagull in this week's episode. Look, don't blame us, we just go where the social media comments take us! We discuss whether the French should be allowed to have passports, cookie monster metal, we're accused of being rude by a man name Ruud, which is a bit rich, and The Cardinal chows down into a hearty bowl of m...

"You're alive. Why didn't you die?" "Hey. It's a kind of magic." If Randy were to title this episode, he'd call it "I hate real drums and I wish Roger Taylor was never in Queen!" That's what he gets for shirking his responsibilities! It's another late, long episode folks, but that's at least partially your fault. You keep talking to us and we have to keep talking back! We get into all sorts of uns...

If Randy were to title this episode, he'd call it "Oh oh, take it, take another little piece of my heart now baby. You know you've got it if it makes you feel good" The episode is late, it's fucking long (sorry, it just is!) and Kevin is starting to hallucinate because he's been awake for almost 24 hours... The Cardinal provides an intensive sports update as per a listener request. We learn that o...

If Kevin were to title this episode, he'd call it "Save Me" but that would be really lame, so Randy's gonna call it "Sir Brian May needs no saving because he wrote Save Me!" There's more pre in the preamble this week folks because Kev needed closure after the shitstorm that last week's episode created. For his part, Randy is very keen to keep the vendetta against his supposed friend alive and was...

If Randy were to stitch Kev up and put words in his mouth, he'd title this episode "It's all condiments and no main course" The boys were close in their assessment of this one but split the vote! We talk Bugs Bunny, the gravy and cheese based abuse of the Kurds, and listen to the 39th album track in the Queen catalogue; '39. Space faring shenanigans ensue, the thirteen bar boogie rears its ugly he...

If Kev were to title this episode he'd call it "Please sir, can I have another solo?" or possibly, "Hey Randy, quit swanning around in Edmonton and write the damned outro!" Rats, Brahms, toms, solos, ostentatiousness. It's all in this week's episode folks. We roll back all the way to the first album and even before that. Brian goes apeshit, Roger goes apeshit, John goes apeshit... and weirdly, Fre...

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "Hey. Hey. Hey, Hey. It was the DNA." Squealy guitars, racist American douchebags, a Beatles homage, and a game of scrabble that almost ended a marriage! It's all in this week's episode folks! Kev and Randy talk about vocal effects, epic drum fills, and crrrrrrrrunchy guitars and there's a distinct lack of Deacy on today's track. We're talking about...

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "What number did John call to phone in his bassline?", or possibly "Hey Fred, can you make this cool?!" Hoop diddy diddy, hoop diddy who the hell writes this shit? Kev is crestfallen at the lack of lyrical imagination from the usually brilliant Brian May. Randy finds the concept of a man with a stick in his hand and a woman with a hotdog stand almos...

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "To fall in love was my first mistake", or possibly "Where's the fucking kick drum!?" Our third song from Jazz is the plaintive ballad, Jealousy. Kev is pretty sure Freddie didn't play to click tracks, Randy doesn't own a fretless bass, and who's that tap, tap, tapping at the window? Bloody Greta Garbo! Sitar schmitar we say!!! Some excellent tweets...

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "This is the world we created", or possibly "We need a ballad for the live show". Another unanimous decision from this pair of idiots who can't bear to disagree. Seriously, why do they bother? Why continue? Why speak in the third person when I'm one of the idiots? Only the Cardinal has the answer. We skirt the subject of Sun City, we talk about nylo...

If Randy were to title this episode he'd call it "Mutual Masturbation", or possibly, "Nice licks Eddie!". Just a short ep for you this week with the boys talking about 1983's Starfleet project. We looked at the single edit and this one was recorded live in person so it was a challenge to put this one together months later, as we had to splice the song in as best we could! Hopefully you still enjoy...

If Kevin were to title this episode he'd call it "Randy forgot to title this episode", or maybe "passive aggressive podcast prose". The boys are unanimous in their assessment of this late-era Queen track; the second from The Miracle in the last three episodes! They talk about whether the synths make sense on this one, why bass players are just so darned overlooked, and Randy pitches a new podcast...

If the Cardinal's wife were to title this episode she'd call it "How long is this podcast gonna go?" Take your little brother swimming with a brick and get ready for some unexpected hot Bramley apple pie action in another episode that drags on way too long. The boys talk about harmonies, drum fills, and Randy's urgent need for ablutions in Moose Jaw. You're also gonna hear a little bit of music fr...

If we were to title this episode we'd call it "Synth Bass on a Train" Air humping, a discussion about the metric system, and a first appearance of our new cohost, Frank the Robot! It's all happening as usual over at Seaside Pod Review headquarters as Kev strolls down memory lane and regales Randy with tales of picking up cassette tapes. Randy seems fairly bored by this and is much more interested...

If we were to title this episode we'd call it "Freddie does funk" Cardinal Woods wants you to all stop fiddling with your EQs, Kev is adamant about the cheese and pickle sandwiches, and the boys are once again aligned in their appraisal of this track. A nod to Joe from in the Lap of the Pods - for his rocked up cover of this one. The boys also debated the merits of synth bass, Kev's eagle ear (is...

If we were to title this episode we'd call it "Polish all your shiny buttons dressed as lamb instead of mutton" There's more chat about sandwiches than you might expect in this episode. Kev was also really quite drunk during the recording and couldn't figure out how to end it, so it's probably longer than it needs to be. Randy put up with the shenanigans with his usual good grace however and deftl...

If we were to title this episode we'd call it "Where's Freddie?" Today we get a classic deep cut from a classic album. Good Company is a Brian May tour-de-force, in which he labours for days to assemble a New Orleans style ragtime band using only his Red Special. The silly goose could have just brought in some session players instead! But then we wouldn't have this brilliant bit of technical virtu...

If we were to title this episode we'd call it "Brian May got his way!" I Go Crazy is a discarded idea from the Hot Space sessions that Brian revamped for The Works, but alas, John, Freddie, and Roger simply we're crazy about it (you see what I did there?) and consigned it to the B-side of Radio Gaga. The Cardinal of the Church of Go Fuck Yourself delivers a sermon in his church, Metallica make a s...

If Randy were to title this episode, and he did, he'd call it "Leave well enough alone!" Queen's rearrangement of 1985's I Was Born To Love You is the topic of conversation today and Kev and Randy dig into both the Queen version and the original Freddie version. Earnest lyrics, full Freddie harmonies, and some interesting choices from Brian make this song an interesting one to dig into. The boys w...

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre you gonna take me home tonight?" "No chance. You look like you're gonna puke and I don't want to clean up two pints of Rum and black!" Few know that this was the original line, but Freddie wisely convinced Brian to change it. Let's be honest, there are issues with the lyrics in this one but you have to love the music. Randy and Kev are unanimous once again after not being una...

Back to the start. Actually, back before the start in some ways, with a song written by Smile, the precursor band to both Queen and the much bigger and more influential Humpy Bong. Don't hump bongs folks, you could burn your pee pee and that's never good! Speaking of burning pee pees, Randy and Kev are back with another episode, talking about track two from Queen's debut album, "Doing All Right"....

This episode is titled "Ballad salad", so get yer tissues out folks. It's another tear-jerker! Kev and Randy agree again on "Too Much Love Will Kill You", the heart-wrenching autopsy of Brian May's failing marriage. Yeh we know, it's getting boring, there's not enough conflict.... maybe we should just have a game of slaps to introduce some authentic tension into the show... but look, we're just tw...

Don't talk back! Don't talk back! Don't talk back! LEAVE US ALONE! Jesus Murphy, what do you people want from us? Another season of the highly acclaimed (in Kev's mind) and award-winning (in Randy's delusional fantasies) Queen podcast? We gotcha back Jack. And speaking of Backs, this episode covers the chatty kind. This one covers the John Deacon-penned third track from side one of Hot Space, the...

Kev's in Ottawa, Randy was in Flin Flon, but by the grace of all the gods that ever existed (and there have been a lot!) they managed to get together to spin the accursed wheel and talk, at inordinate length, about another song in the Queen catalogue. This week it's an outtake from The Miracle sessions that is included on the Collector's Edition release of the album. We get into Jesus Murphy, arug...