Queen- A Night at the Opera 50th- Brian May, Roger Taylor 11-1

There has never been a day in the last fifty years when some American radio station has not played “Bohemian Rhapsody” from Queen’s fourth album A Night at the Opera. And who can forget the car radio scene immortalizing the ubiquitous response in Wayne’s World? But none of this universal acclaim can begin to explain  just how close the London-based quartet came to being dropped from their record label and drowning in debt.

For the golden anniversary of Queen’s A Night at the Opera, Brian May and Roger Taylor issue your formal invitation to join them In the Studio for the truth behind “You’re My Best Friend”, “I’m in Love with My Car”, the progressive rock epic “The Prophet’s Song”, Brian May’s skiffle sci-fi change of pace ” ’39”, and the indescribable “Bohemian Rhapsody” this week. –Redbeard