Let it snow, man! It’s been almost two years since we’ve seen the powdery stuff here in 1977 and with this being Chicagoland, you gotta have some snow now and then. I am not trying to be too logical in the timeline with the comic, but obviously most of 1977 has taken place thus far during the warmer weather, so now it’s time for a little cold. I don’t intend on dwelling on the cold, but since it *is* winter-time for a lot of us around the world (except those crazies down under who celebrate Christmas on the beach) I figured why not let it snow.
I was always a day late and a dollar short in my younger years. Mostly as I was drinking and watching TV, just like Bud. “Hey, rent’s due.” “Man, ‘Star Trek’ is on!” That sort of stuff. Kinda true to this day, but luckily I have my little pocket PC that keeps me on target (most of the time).
In 1974, Queen released it’s third album and I can remember not being thrilled with it as I was with their first two releases. This album headed them into the multi-track production that would be the basis of nearly all their works to follow and gone were the real rockers that had dominated the first two albums. So, it is natural for me to pick the one of the more rocked out tunes for today’s comic title. You can bet our duo is a little stoned, a little cold and certainly a lot of crazy! It was the 70s…
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Great strip today, Byron. Queen were the first group I listened to as a kid. It started with ‘We Will Rock You’ and it went from there. I remember in the mid 80’s after they released ‘Hot Space’ the crap I heard about being a Queen fan. People were so down on Queen after that until they were ‘revived’ by the Wayne’s World movie. Now everyone loves them again, lol. Btw, Brighton Rock from that ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ album was my all-time favorite rocking Queen tune… 🙂
Don’t forget Fat Bottom Girls.
Hammer to Fall! Not to mention Tear it Up. And for that matter, I’m in Love with my Car.
Eek! I forgot Now I’m Here!!!
AAAAAA, (i know),you gonna take me home tonight (please)
AAAAAA, down beside that red firelight
AAAAAA, you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin’ world go round
GET ON YOUR BIKES AND RIDE!
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Queen II was FANTASTIC! It’s funny, because I just converted my CDs over to MP3s. Most albums I just pulled off the songs that I liked. Queen II I converted as the full album. I couldn’t bring myself to break that one up… 🙂
For me, it’s Queen II’s “Father to Son” that tops my favorite list. I think it was what Queen did best… a complex song that features great vocal arrangements and some of Brian May’s heaviest playing. Heavy metal indeed…
Plus, now as a father to three of sons myself, the lyrics ring home even more then they did in 1974 when I was *my* father’s only son.
‘STONE COLD CRAZY, YA KNOW…’
Ah, I remember Chicago in the wintertime. Nuff said!
They don’t call it the windy city for nothin’ you know…
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Oooops. 🙂
Yeah, the old saying is if you don’t like the weather in Chicago, wait an hour.
I once went into a movie and came out with about 6 inches of snow on the ground. It wasn’t *even* snowing when we went in. What the heck? Fun ride home for sure.
I was all about doing donuts in the snow. I should have been a dirt track racer…
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you know, its sickening…
parking lots are now designed so that people will be discouraged from even THINKING of doing donuts in them…what with lamp posts every 25 feet, shopping cart corrals, parking blocks, cement space borders / dividers / decorative curbs…
there isn’t even room to hardly turn a car around, let alone get crazy with the donuts…
at least, i haven’t seen a parking lot in at least 10 years that was suitable for donut’ing.
THINK OF WHAT THE YOUTH OF TODAY ARE MISSING, MAN!!!! *slaps back of left hand on palm of right hand incessantly*
its a crime, i say.
its so unbelievably fun taking a 60’s era galaxie 500 out and sliding that sucker around in the snow a bit.
–dee!
In all seriousness, my doing donuts in the rain and/or snow has saved my ass more than once! My wife and I were driving, slowly, on this snowy highway not long after we were married and all of a sudden the back end of the car just got thrown into the oncoming lane. It was very windy and we think a nasty gust pushed us. Instead of panicking and having a huge accident, I turned into the spin, brought the car back into our lane, hit some more ice and ended up with the car ass-end into the ditch. The good thing, and I planned this, the car was front wheel drive and since I took it into the ditch rear wheels first, I was able to put it into first gear and drive it out.
If not for all those donuts and knowing how a car handles in those types of turns, I really do believe we could have been killed. The worst thing that day was the car got dirty from the mud in the ditch.
So, get out there and so some donuts… it will save your ass someday.
man, i totally agree with this. i think everyone should have to take a course in driving in a snowy parking lot just to learn and understand how to control a car on that shit. and doing donuts would be mandatory, since it can teach you the right way to regain control of an out-of-control car…the whole point/act of doing donuts is to purposely thrust the car outta control…
lots of accidents can’t be prevented in the snow, but some very easily could with just an afternoon of purposely sliding a car around in a controlled environment…yer story is proof of that. and words in a manual just don’t accurately describe how to control a skid, etc. they describe them adequately, but not adequately enough to seep through someone’s feeling of utter panic as they feel that they’re suddenly lost control of their car…
if only there were actually parking lots to DO donuts in, man.
seriously, scope out the next grocery store parking lot you park yer car in when you next venture out to get some mountain dew. you’ll be astounded. there just isn’t enough “outta control” space to do it without wrecking yer car.
–dee!
I relate to Bud’s attitude,I always figures if you hid from a problem long enough,it went away.
LOL! Yeah, they generally do. We’re such good role models…
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Looks just like my street! Well..okay actually not so much this year. My part of Canada isn’t living up to it’s snowy reputation. ;P
Procrastination never makes winners out of anyone. 😀
It’s a snowmobile!!!