But the finished article was so good – a supercharged rock’n’roll number, played the way only Queen could, with Taylor the star of the show – that I’m In Love With My Car turned into a genuine Queen anthem. Im from Canada and so I have followed his career pretty closely. You need to take a look at what happened before the release of this album. Bryan Adams is an incredible writer and can take many themes and bring them together cohesively. Indeed, Brian May had dismissed the song as a joke when Taylor first played a demo for him. General CommentThis song is not really about love at its core. It was inspired by a Queen roadie who considered his Triumph sports car the love of his life, hence the note in the album credits: ‘Dedicated to Jonathan Harris, boy racer to the end.’ Taylor’s lyrics included much joking on this theme: “Told my girl I had to forget her/Rather buy me a new carburettor.”
Famously, when Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single, I’m In Love With My Car was the b-side, so earning Taylor an equal split of the royalties with Mercury: the source of some friction between the two.įor all that, I’m In Love With My Car was a great song in its own right. Roger Taylor didn’t have his own hit song until Radio Ga Ga in 1984, but he certainly made a few quid out of the one he wrote for A Night At The Opera.
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