{"id":3686,"date":"2022-02-16T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:35:59","slug":"arachnophonia-queen-greatest-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/02\/arachnophonia-queen-greatest-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia:  Queen Greatest Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a>   (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.richmond.edu\/music\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n<p>All links included in these posts will take you to either the <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma993715343606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenonline.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">additional relevant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/queen-mn0000858827\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">information from<\/a> <a href=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s installment of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/tag\/arachnophonia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student manager Deisy (class of 2024) and features <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma993715343606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">insert title info here<\/a>.  Thanks, Deisy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma993715343606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen &#8211; Greatest Hits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen1.jpg?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"Queen Greatest Hits \" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am ashamed to say that I did not know of Queen until after the movie <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1727824\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Rhapsody<\/a><\/em> came out in 2018. But it was one of the best decisions I ever made when I decided to do my research and listen to their songs. <\/p>\n<p>My favorite Queen song has to be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sUJkCXE4sAA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Love of My Life<\/a>&#8221; which was released in 1975, beginning with the soft piano music, adding Mercury\u2019s vocals, and finishing off with some electric guitar allowing the listeners to feel the emotions of the singer. The Parsons Music Library has access to all of <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01URICH_INST\/191gg5k\/alma993715343606241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the band&#8217;s greatest hits in a CD form<\/a> which contains hits such as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fJ9rUzIMcZQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bohemian Rhapsody<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kijpcUv-b8M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Somebody to Love<\/a>&#8220;, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rY0WxgSXdEE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Another One Bites the Dust<\/a>&#8220;, and much more. <\/p>\n<p>Queen is the type of band that gets you in the mood to take over the world. Listening to these songs first thing in the morning will allow you to finish the day with a sense of accomplishment. Perfect to get you pumped up for the day or before an exam, it is the type of music you must give a try!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen2.jpg?resize=500%2C437\" alt=\"Queen Greatest Hits + logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen2.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen2.jpg?resize=300%2C262&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/02\/Queen2.jpg?resize=343%2C300&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/02\/arachnophonia-queen-greatest-hits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61217,15223],"tags":[61217,206860,191328,206859,92971,206862,120722,15334,206689,37972,61343,206861],"class_list":["post-3686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnophonia","category-collection","tag-arachnophonia","tag-brian-may","tag-deisy","tag-freddie-mercury","tag-greatest-hits","tag-john-deacon","tag-pop-rock","tag-popular-music","tag-queen","tag-rock","tag-rock-music","tag-roger-taylor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-Xs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3686"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3692,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}