I got a response from my local radio station anyway!
There has been more interest here in suggesting that Paul Rodgers gets blown up.
matt z · Member since
I made certain to sing it at the pub I work at. And made sure to tell people it was 40 years old that day, to which no one really cared
master marathon runner · Member since
Phillistines!!! /\
Double-U · Member since
At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Double-U wrote:[/b]
At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.
[/QUOTE]
That's really fascinating, and it confirms what Kenny said a few months later: he played it *twice* on his Saturday programme. Then, presumably, he played it *twice* again on Sunday, adding up to *four*. Not *fourteen*, but *four*.
Bike It 80 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Double-U wrote:[/b]
At least on youtube you can find the first broadcast of the song by Kenny Everett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1-5q_IIA0
It is told that the tape from which this share came wa sowned by Freddie.
Best regards,
W.
[/QUOTE]
That's really fascinating, and it confirms what Kenny said a few months later: he played it *twice* on his Saturday programme. Then, presumably, he played it *twice* again on Sunday, adding up to *four*. Not *fourteen*, but *four*.[/QUOTE]
Apart from the fact that Bo Rhap was still officially unreleased at that time, was it unusual for a song to be played on the radio four times in two days in 1975? Nowadays, you can easily hear a song four times in a single day but what was it like back then?