We Will Rock You Indeed
NPR ran a great piece the other day on Brian May, the guitar player from the classic rock group Queen. The dude is now an astrophysicist studying the origins of the universe. From writing songs with Freddy Mercury to the Big Bang Theory. Badass. So of course I quickly went to YouTube to find the perfect companion video for illustrative purposes when -- snap! -- I remembered: Queen En Espanol: Tributo a Queen, the 1997 tribute album of Queen songs by various roc en espanol groups. This must-have CD included El General doing We Will Rock You (Nosotros Te Conmoveremos), Fobia doing Under Pressure (Presionando, video here), and my absolute fave cover song of the bunch, Molotov and their sly, transgressive, and delightfully irreverent version of Bohemian Rhapsody...
Aside from the General and Molotov covers, my personal fave from that record is Aterciopelados' "Juegale," "Play the Game," which I think fits rather nicely with all yr Hillary comments of late.
Posted by: Caro | 09 May 2008 at 09:31 AM