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Sleeping on the Sidewalk

Season 13, Ep. 5

Ten songs down on News of the World and only one to go after this week's episode! There's no Freddie. We're Freddieless. Bereft of Fred. There is a death, an absence, verily a Freddie-sized vacuum on this song. So, the question needs to be answered, will that dickhead Randy champion or dust it??? You're just gonna have to wait to find out I guess! We had a great little question, from our pal Dan Flett, about how hard it is to write lyrics without music or music without lyrics, a la Elton John and Bernie Taupin, so we get into that at the end of this week's show.


If Randy were to title this episode, he'd probably call it "Napping on the pavement" or possibly, "City boy with trumpet sleeps rough!"


Today's episode looks at another Brian song and one that he takes lead vocals on, in that dark, bleak Freddie-less void! It's "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" from "News of the World"!


NOTE: Skip forward to 20:30 if wanna get straight into the manifestations and wheel spin.


The song at the end of the episode is "Be in the Light" by the wonderful Randy Woods Band; check it out here! https://youtu.be/AU6NBvXxLNE


Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the last episode and left us some comments on Facebook, Bluesky, and Discord! And while we're at it, come join us on Discord, we'd be glad to have you! We'll always try to answer any questions you have and seriously appreciate any corrections you make to anything we get wrong. And thanks so much for all your support as usual. We're loving diving into the Queen fandom as much as we're enjoying recording the podcasts!


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Facebook: @seasidepodreview

Discord: https://discord.gg/nrzr2mQj

Bluesky: @seasidepodreview.bsky.social


Also, check out Kev's other podcasts

The Tom Petty Project: https://tompettyproject.com

The Ultimate Catalogue Clash: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ultimate-catalogue-clash


And if you want to check out Randy's music, you can find it here:

https://randywoodsband.com

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