Track 20: “Killer Queen of the Night” by The Phoenix Orchestra (1977)

Track 20 (Ultimate Finale): “Killer Queen of the Night” by The Phoenix Orchestra (1977) Fictional act: The Phoenix Orchestra – twenty-five silver-clad, mascara-streaked maniacs led by the operatic, six-octave, champagne-sipping tyrant Lucien Stardust. This is the unholy love-child of Bohemian Rhapsody’s theatrical insanity, Killer Queen’s razor-sharp decadence, and Tie Your Mother Down’s raw riff power. The song that ends the album, the decade, and reality itself. The 1977 three-minute, four-movement, zero-fucks-given, gatefold-sleeve, lights-out, arms-aloft, tear-in-every-eye, greatest finale that never was. The needle lifts. The house lights come up. The 1970s are officially over. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- She’s a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatine Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind… anytime Recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try? Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning Very very frightening me! Galileo Figaro – magnifico-o-o-o! But I’m just a poor boy, nobody loves me (Spare him his life from this monstrosity!) Give me your money, give me your jewels Give me every damn thing, baby, break all the rules Tie your mother down, tie your mother down Lock up your daughters, we’re burning the town! Drop of a hat she’s as willing as Playful as a kitten in a Cadillac Perfume came naturally from Par-ree (naturally!) Caviar for breakfast, champagne on ice Then she’ll devastate you with a wink of her eye! Tie your mother down! Tie your mother down! Take your little brother, drag him by the hair Tie your mother down, lock the door, beware! Bismillah! No – we will not let you go! (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go! (Let me go!) Never never never let me go-o-o-o! Mama mia!, let me go! Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me… FOR MEEEEEE!!! Any way the wind blows… She’s a killer queen… Dynamite with a laser beam… Any way the wind blows… "Any way the wind blowwwssss"