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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 44m

#QueenWorldCup

ONE VISION knocking the ball about with confidence, happy to know DRAGON ATTACK only pose a threat in possession.

9-4 Taylor leads.

C’mon, lads, one of the most famous bands in the world made a song called Dragon Attack.

Vote #OV or #DA by 10pm!

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Alt: a close up of Vision from the Marvel films, a man with a red mask

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 5h

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

ONE VISION, the other song Roger Taylor wrote on A Kind Of Magic, and your dad's car journey favourite.

vs

DRAGON ATTACK, like an early Queen track which Brian May deliberately made funky so it would fit in with Another One Bites The Dust.

Reply-vote #OV or #DA

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Alt: toothless from how to train your dragon says blep in front of a forest

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 17h

#QueenWorldCup

12-7 it finishes!

Fans of The Miracle are delighted, both of them.

Another mad, brilliant slice of Queen II is history.

Breakthru?

Is through.

a man with a mustache is sticking out his tongue

Alt: Freddie Mercury of Queen pops up his collar

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 17h

#QueenWorldCup

12-7, but 10 minutes left.

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Alt: A scene from the Sopranos. A man wearing a maroon shirt takes off his train driver's hat.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 20h

#QueenWorldCup

10-5, mind the gap.

Vote #Break or #March!

But give both a listen! Come join us in the love for the second Queen album! (This train is never leaving the station.)

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Alt: an animation of a London Underground train going back and forth

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 23h

#QueenWorldCup

The late Queen train rolls on, but the early Queen aficionados have woken up.

9-2, with more than five hours to go.

Vote #Break or #March by 11pm!

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Alt: A scene from Coming To America. Prince Akeem, played by Eddie Murphy, wearing a fine suit, tie, overcoat, gloves and Karakul-like hat stands in a New York subway train and declares "I renounce my throne!" to onlookers.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

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#QueenWorldCup

Lunchtime kick off!

BREAKTHRU (the one with the train in the video)
vs
THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN (idiosyncratic first go at Bohemian Rhapsody off Queen II)

Early score is already 7-0 to Breakthru.

Vote #Break or #March, depending on which you like better!

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Alt: A man sits beside a steam train, pretending to pull the horn. The words TOOT TOOT are written above him.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t worry…

[slaps existing spreadsheet]

I can fit another column in here.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

Also, remember this isn’t Flash, which beat Death On Two Legs earlier, this is Flash To The Rescue. It’s another song off the OST and I don’t think it was on any Greatest Hits.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

But sure, now you two are into it, guess what my brain has to do.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

[Ron Howard v/o]

There wasn’t.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

#QueenWorldCup

The final whistle brings some respite, not rescue to the Flash tune.

Brighton Rock rolls away with a comfortable win, lap of honour on the mopeds, 17-5.

It'll face Somebody To Love in the next round.

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Alt: Flash Gordon is clapping

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

#QueenWorldCup

Delight in the Quadrophenia stands, all manner of songs thrown at the Flash Gordon away end.

15-4 the score, with 90 minutes still to go.

Brighton #Rock or #Flash To The Rescue?

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Alt: Phil Daniels in the film Quadrophenia announcing to a supermarket, "What do you mean, 'Going to be?' I am one of the faces"

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

Right, it's Saturday night, you're on BlueSky. You literally have nothing better to do than listen to Brighton Rock and Flash To The Rescue (not Flash, the title track) by Queen.

Then tell me which is better by voting #Rock or #Flash in reply.

We go to 11pm BST.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 1d

As with the Beatles last year, I asked a dozen music-loving friends, to give me their top 10 Queen songs.

Happily, they nominated 63 songs. And another friend, a big Queen fan, said I had to have Mustapha.

Done. Bosh. Etc.

(And the songs were seeded based on how many top 10s they featured on.)

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Alex Murray @leguape.bsky.social · 2d

#Flash is a cinematic masterpiece. A masterpiece. Hear me? DIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

Wake up! Get up!

The OG party tune vs the other song off the Flash Gordon OST!

BRIGHTON ROCK
v
FLASH TO THE RESCUE!

Vote #Rock or #Flash, in replies, by 11pm!

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Alt: a man in a black shirt is standing in front of a slayer sign and crying the name Slayer as loudly as possible

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

#QueenWorldCup

My wonderful friend Holly has put together all 64 of the nominated songs in this World Cup in a handy playlist.

Other mates and streaming services are available.

(And remember to vote for Brighton #Rock or #Flash To The Rescue today!)

open.spotify.com/playlist/35a...

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup

Wake up! Get up!

The OG party tune vs the other song off the Flash Gordon OST!

BRIGHTON ROCK
v
FLASH TO THE RESCUE!

Vote #Rock or #Flash, in replies, by 11pm!

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Alt: a man in a black shirt is standing in front of a slayer sign and crying the name Slayer as loudly as possible

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

#QueenWorldCup

13-9, the hype was limited and the game is over.

Too Much Love Will Kill You is through to face Under Pressure in round 2.

The Deacon Army, maybe including you and I, wanders home. Probably having a think about flat fifths and the minor seventh.

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

[cries a single tear into his Earl Grey]

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

#QueenWorldCup

13-8, get hype

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

#QueenWorldCup

13-7, the John Deacon Barmy Army are, well, probably accepting of what's happening, but willing to express themselves with a low-end groove.

There is still an hour left in this one, and anything* can happen in the Queen World Cup.

*eh

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Alt: John Deacon of Queen is playing a bass guitar on a stage while Brian May stands behind him .

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

Never apologise!

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Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

No worries, we're going until (at least) 11pm tonight!

(I started late.)

Richard Irvine-Brown @richib.bsky.social · 2d

#QueenWorldCup

11-7

Is this an unassailable lead for #Too Much Love Will Kill You (with 100% of my BBC pals' votes)?

Or can #You And I (with 100% of my muso friends' votes) mount a comeback?

BlueSky seems pretty split.

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