In the Lap of the Pods (Queen podcast)

On our last episode, we finish on a high, discussing Queen's astonishing set at Live Aid on 13th July 1985. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this penultimate episode, we discuss Roger's live album from his 2021 UK tour - Outsider Tour Live. An array of songs from his solo albums and some Queen songs, but for some reason, no fucking Fun in Space songs!!|| X, BlueSky: @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second part of two, we discuss all Freddie's Queen compositions from Jazz to Made in Heaven, assembling a Top 5 along the way. In this part we will pick out ultimate Freddie Queen song from the combined Top 5s. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first part of two, we discuss all Freddie's Queen compositions from Queen to News of the World, assembling a Top 5 along the way. In part two we will pick out ultimate Freddie Queen song. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Funny guy Michael Legge hosts this episode as we discuss the 2018 film, Bohemian Rhapsody. For God's sake, strap yourselves down! Oh...wrong film. However, you should, because this is a bumpy fucking ride!|| Talk to us on X, BlueSky and Threads @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe presents this episode where we talk about Roger Taylor's 5th studio album, Fun on Earth released in 2013.|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go back to Rainbow '74, this time covering the March set. || Talk to us on Twitter, BlueSky, Threads @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Hince, also known as 'Ratty', joins us to discuss his new photography book, Queen Uncovered. Peter was roadie to Queen, primarily Freddie and John, from 1975 to 1986 and was one of the band's most trusted associates. In this interview, Peter discusses the images contained within the book and expands on their stories.If you enjoy this episode, please consider donating to our just giving page, in memory of Peter's father who recently passed away.https://www.justgiving.com/page/queen-uncoveredQueen Uncovered is released on 12th October and can be purchased here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Uncovered-photographs-rarities-insights/dp/1802796274/ref=sr_1_9?crid=2LVDJPMF32VMS&keywords=queen+unseen+peter+hince&qid=1696530645&sprefix=queen+un%2Caps%2C519&sr=8-9Peter is also doing a talk and signing in London on 14th October. You can purchase tickets here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/photographer-talks-in-conversation-with-peter-hince-tickets-727439770937Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul leads this episode in which we discuss our trip down to Sotheby's for the Freddie Mercury exhibition and also discuss the auction that took place during and after the exhibition itself. We hear from listeners; both those who attended and those that didn't. A big thanks to Sarah White for both of her contributions on the podcast.|| Talk to us on Twitter/X @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pank returns with his piano to break down and discuss his favourite Queen song, My Melancholy Blues. We get chatting about other things Queen and also about Pank's recent visit to Sotheby's for the Freddie Mercury auction. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we discuss the song recorded in 1997 by John, Brian and Roger: No One But You (Only the Good Die Young). || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this NOT episode we discuss an album that is highly regarded as one of the best live albums of all time: Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy, released in 1978. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mini-episode discussing the feedback to the Roger Taylor Electric Fire podcast and album in general, featuring audio clips from listeners. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Roger Taylor's fourth studio album, Electric Fire. Released in 1998 and four years after his previous album, Happiness?|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We delve into Brian's Queen compositions from Jazz through to Innuendo picking our favourite from each album. Eventually finding our ultimate Brian-composed Queen song.|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We delve into Brian's Queen compositions from Queen through to News of the World picking our favourite from each album. Eventually finding our ultimate Brian-composed Queen song. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we are on hiatus, we thought we'd put together a compilation of our studio album podcasts, cutting together our overviews of each album. These episodes are released at the time of our three year anniversary. This is part 2: Hot Space to Made in Heaven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we are on hiatus, we thought we'd put together a compilation of our studio album podcasts, cutting together our overviews of each album. These episodes are released at the time of our three year anniversary. This is part 1: Queen to Flash Gordon Soundtrack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We watch through and commentate on Greatest Flix or Greatest Video Hits 1. Depends on your age what you call it! You can watch along using this link on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS2wkin_jnAwCqDOgHNY1L27OZyBllimQ|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode sees all three of us recording in the same room for the first time. We commentate on the 1986 movie Highlander as we watch it through. Of course every Queen fan knows that band do the soundtrack for the movie with Michael Kamen doing the orchestral score. So get the VHS/DVD/Blu Ray/4K/Stream sorted and watch along with us!A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander by Jonathan Melville https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kind-Magic-Making-Original-Highlander/dp/1913538052|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss The Brian May Band Live at The Brixton Academy which was recorded in 1993 and released in 1994. The setlist contains material from Brian's Back to the Light album as well as Queen songs. We break this album down in the only way we know...with brutal honesty. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go through the 14 studio albums and discuss all of Roger Taylor's compositions including collaborations with Brian and Freddie. We whittle the tracks down to a top 5 and ultimately a number one. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat with journalist, author, screenwriter David Quantick. David covered the Queen shows in Newcastle and Budapest for the NME in 1986, meeting and interviewing the band in the process. David has won many awards, most notably an Emmy for his writing on Veep. We chat about Queen, music in general and The Thick of It.David's latest book Ricky's Hand is out now and can be purchased as a download or paper copy from all good retailers. We recommend it!|| Get more on David at davidquantick.com ||| Chat with us on Twitter @LapPods || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods || Get more content at lappods.scot ||Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat about the 1977 BBC Sessions as well as Feelings, Feelings and the It's Late edit. All of which appear on the News of the World anniversary boxset. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss the raw sessions for the News of the World album. These were released as part of the 40th anniversary of the album in 2017. We also take some of your questions. Special thanks to Lynn Davidson for providing the research notes. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we chat with listener Alex Small who discusses his life as a Queen fan since 1985, giving his opinions along the way. Alex also plays us some clips from radio broadcasts he had recorded on tape. Queen Discussion Forumqueenchat.boards.netRoof Gardens Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5keWFXWYP-4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this is episode we discuss songs not featured on Freddie's studio albums: Mr. Bad Guy and Barcelona, including collaborations with Giorgio Moroder and Dave Clarke. We also discuss Freddie's duets with Billy Squire and Jo Dare.|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this NOT episode, we discuss Grunge's 'Big 4': Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice In Chains and Pearl Jam and their respective biggest albums: Badmotorfinger, Nevermind, Dirt and Ten. All albums were released from 1991 - 1992. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Xmas episode we talk about the many Queen compilations that exist. Andrew O'Neil and Michael Legge join us to add their take in their unique and really fucking funny way!Merry Xmas everybody! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We revisit The Miracle via The Miracle Collector's Box Set, discussing the outtakes and demo versions of songs form The Miracle sessions from 1987 to 1989. Listen until the end to hear a witty little number Pank provided for the episode.Thanks for listening. Please leave a review and subscribe.|| Get us on Twitter and Instagram @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods || Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this epsiode we present a 10 track Queen playlist for two poeple who consider/considered themselves not to be Queen fans, Lucy and Sam. Lucy and Sam record their reactions to each song in turn, we then react to their reactions.Can we turn Lucy and Sam into Queen fans? Will we push them towards hate? Listen to find out...Get us on Twitter and Instagram @lappods. Get more content at lappods.scot. Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods. Thanks for listening. Please leave a review and subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we listen to and discuss Tom Waits' 1985 album, Rain Dogs. Considered by many to be Waits' best album. What do we think?Thanks for listening.Get us on Twitter and Instagram @lappods Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we talk about John Deacon, the quiet genius of Queen. We go through his Queen compositions and narrow them down to the Top 5 and deciding on the ultimate John Deacon song.|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss the 14 studio album covers and agree on the greatest of them all. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz, The Game, Flash Gordon, Hot Space, The Works, A Kind of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo. || Chat to us on Twitter @LapPods || More content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We get together at short notice to review the 'new' Queen track Face it Alone, recorded during The Miracle sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode we are joined by Pank who has been studying Freddie's piano style and in particular his love of dimished chords. Listen to us pretend we know anything more about chords than a power chord as Pank breaks it all down and we have lots of fun!Thanks for listening!Please subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat with Stephen Pitalo who has launched a new online magazine called Music Video Time Machine. In the first edition, Stephen spoke to Queen music video director David Mallet, so of course we discuss Queen videos as well as music videos in general. Check out Music Video Time Machine www.musicvideotimemachine.com now!Stephen will also be at New York Comic Con on Ocgtober 6th www.newyorkcomiccon.com|| Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at www.lappods.scot |p| Donate via Paypal paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Roger's first music since the death of Freddie: his third solo album Happiness? || Chat to us on Twitter @LapPods || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/paypal || Get additional content at lappods.scot ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the request of one of the show's listeners we check out Riding the Low for the first time. We listen through their 2022 album Death of Gobshite Rambo and give our thoughts. The singer for the band is actor Paddy Considine.|| Chat to us via Twitter @LapPods |Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Queen's last ever tour: The Magic Tour of 1986. The tour saw them play to over 400,000 people and riding on the success of Live Aid the previous year. We take a deep dive into the tour and promise to be honest and objective!|| Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about Judas Priest's career from album to album with new fanboy Michael Legge. This episode features a lovely message for Michael from our Deep Dive Podcast Network colleagues at the Metal Gods podcast. We go Hot Rockin' on this one!Turn it it up and enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have the pleasure of presenting an interview with Peter Hince, also known as Ratty. Peter was roadie for Queen from 1974 to 1986 for both Freddie and John. He was a trusted friend to both and has never abused that trust at any point, endearing himself to Queen fans the world over as a result. For this episode our listeners at this point have raised over £750 for Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you. If you enjoy the episode and are able to donate, please do so via: justgiving.com/lappodsmacThanks you for listening and please enjoy.9CrByVA9noc8IZvCKhY5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss Brian May's second solo album, Another World, released in 1998. || Talk to us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss one of our favourite bands, Rush. We explore four albums released from 1978 - 1982 and discuss how the band's sound had changed over such a short space of time. This episode is for Kim. || Talk to us on Twitter @lappods || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods |Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the 2 sessions Queen did for the BBC in 1974. How do they compare to the album versions? We wade in.|| Get us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the 3 sessions Queen did for the BBC in 1973. How do they compare to the album versions? We wade in.|| Get us on Twitter @LapPods || Get more at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go back to discuss Queen II in more detail than we did originally and have tons of fun along the way.| The Fae - Fairy Feller's Master Stroke || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAjJM3cGUrc || String Quartet - Fairy Feller's Master Stroke || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ly3k8jpLE || Talk to us on Twitter and Instagram @LapPods || More content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods |Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go back to Queen's first album and the album that started the podcast off for us. The reason? Well we didn't break down the full album on our first episode as we were still working it all out. So we wanted to go back and talk about all of the tracks and in more detail. We found that we had even changed our minds a little since that first pod.|| Join the chat on Twitter or Instagram @LapPods || More content at www.lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods ||Thanks for listening. Please leave a review and subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this NOT episode we take a request from a Twitter follower JournoJoolz, who requested we do an episode on Alice Cooper's 4th solo album From the Inside. The album is a concept about Alice's time in a New York asylum while recovering from alcoholism and was worked up with Bernie Taupin. We dive into this album that is barnd new to us, despite coming out in 1978. || Join the chat on Twitter or Instagram @LapPods ||Thanks for listening and please subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss Brian May's first proper solo album, Back to the Light. Released in 1992, the music for the album was assembled over the previous 5 years. After a failed attempt to record this podcast a few months back, we make another attempt and finish it off this time! Get our honest and objective opinions as ever. P.S. If easily offended, this maybe isn't for you!|| Get us on Twitter and Instagram @LapPods || Get more content at lappods.scot || Donate via Paypal at paypal.me/lappods |Thanks for listening and please subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.