When I find connections between two things I love, my heart overflows with joy. In particular, there are a few links between two legendary (and my favorite) bands, Foo Fighters and Queen, and one of them is the song “Tie Your Mother Down”.
“Tie Your Mother Down” is the first track on Queen’s fifth studio album, A Day at the Races, and I’d rank it among my top three favorite Queen songs of all time because, in my opinion, it sounds so wild and heavy even for a Queen song. Most notably, Sir Brian May’s guitar riffs on this song are high-octane. (This is perhaps my favorite guitar performance from him.) Queen is a very versatile band, and “Tie Your Mother Down” shows their crazy rock n’ roll side.
I also love that the Foo Fighters performed the song live several times, and sometimes they were joined by Queen’s active members themselves, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor. Now that’s a supergroup.
Side note: Imagine if all members of Queen (including the late, great Freddie Mercury and John Deacon) joined the Foo Fighters for just one song. Oh, man… I don’t think any stadium could handle all that rock energy.
See you in the next post.
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