a kind of magic

In the wake of Freddie Mercury’s grandstanding Live Aid performance, Queen has been filling stadiums in Europe. To paraphrase any one of a number of their songs, rock’s reigning champs of bad taste could be ruling the world right now.

Queen has never lacked in the melodrama department since the group was formed in 1971. Involvement in the movie scoring business has just worsened the situation.

Queen’s 14th album, A Kind of Magic, sold 100,000 copies in the seven days after its release, and entered the British chart at number one. A week later Invisible Touch by Genesis replaced it at the top of the chart.