BOOhemian Rhapsody

October 31, 2015 7:20 AM

Lake Street Dive covers Queen for Halloween. Gets even better than the original at 2:35 or so. Wait for it.
posted by Stewriffic (24 comments total)

And what I apparently missed is that Halloween tribute covers are a tradition for the band.
posted by Stewriffic at 7:25 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

I loled.
posted by Uncle at 7:38 AM on October 31, 2015

I will never get tired of Bohemian Rhapsody covers. This is a good one - and man, the lead singer has some pipes. And cats, lots of cats.
posted by Elly Vortex at 7:40 AM on October 31, 2015 [2 favorites]

I hate that song but that was fun.
posted by octothorpe at 7:51 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

I love that song and that was fun.
posted by Martijn at 8:03 AM on October 31, 2015 [4 favorites]

I'm ambivalent about that song and that was fun.
posted by Wretch729 at 8:14 AM on October 31, 2015 [2 favorites]

I don't know that song and that was fun.
posted by parki at 8:19 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

Forever more will I sing Meow Meow Meow during the guitar solo. Heck, all guitar solos.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 8:24 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

I love that the lead singer is rockin' Freddie's bottomless mic stand. This is great.
posted by xedrik at 8:29 AM on October 31, 2015

Love LSD. Thank you for posting that. Bridget and Rachael are amazing, and the fellas ain't so bad either.
posted by the sobsister at 8:31 AM on October 31, 2015

I love fun and that was a song.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:31 AM on October 31, 2015 [3 favorites]

The pastiches and references were nice. Rachael Price's voice is amazing. But the band's instrumentation is way too thin to pull off this faithful a cover. Should have gone in a direction more fitting their instruments.
posted by aureliobuendia at 8:33 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

You had me at Freddie Mercury mustache. The meowtar solo sealed the deal.
posted by carsonb at 8:40 AM on October 31, 2015 [2 favorites]

and man, the lead singer has some pipes

Hell, yeah, she does.
posted by Ipsifendus at 10:08 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

Happy 40th anniversary, Bohemian Rhapsody! Aren't you glad the critics were wrong?
posted by Etrigan at 10:47 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

I somehow managed to mix up this post and the Donald Duck one in my RSS feed, and so I kept going to 4:11 and looking for a paint gag that never materialized.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:10 AM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

Thanks for this... I wasn't aware of these folks... good stuff...
posted by HuronBob at 12:25 PM on October 31, 2015

And pretty much anything with upright bass makes me happy.
posted by Samizdata at 2:05 PM on October 31, 2015

Great band!
posted by mumimor at 7:03 PM on October 31, 2015

I went to see these folks a year ago or so. And lost my wedding band at the venue. A few hours after making jokes about how the SYMBOL doesn't really matter. What matters is my love.

That was a long, uncomfortable walk home. But hey, I bought a copy of their albums. That was nice.

(The wife's forgiven me, mostly)
posted by DigDoug at 8:06 PM on October 31, 2015

Watching that was the best thing that happened to me all week.
posted by homunculus at 11:12 PM on October 31, 2015 [1 favorite]

“10 Things You May Not Know About Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’” Fraser McAlpine, BBC America, 30 October 2015
posted by ob1quixote at 1:19 AM on November 1, 2015

Ipsifendus: “and man, the lead singer has some pipes

Hell , yeah, she does .”

My favorite is, “Rich Girl.”
posted by ob1quixote at 1:30 AM on November 1, 2015 [2 favorites]

I went to see these folks a year ago or so. And lost my wedding band at the venue.

It took me a few minutes to realize you weren't saying that the musicians you hired to play at your wedding quit music after seeing this band play.
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:52 AM on November 2, 2015 [2 favorites]