Prince Charles today revealed a new insight into his musical tastes, to the point of naming his favourite popular song, in an official announcement.
At a press conference he said, “yes, I’ve been listening recently to one of those new-fangled rock and roll numbers I think.”
As if sensing our collective surprise, he went on, “I heard the boys listening to it one day, and having a whale of a time. Harry was doing something like playing an imaginary instrument – you know, like Air Baton where you pretend you’re conducting an invisible orchestra.”
That would be Air Guitar then?
“Yes, something like that. I asked who this beat combo was, and they said it was a band called Queen. And well, naturally that name put me right off. But then I heard the chorus to this song, and it talked about tying your mother down, so I stopped and listened a bit more.”
So what was it that appealed to the future king?
“The words,” he explained. “Those four simple words, Tie Your Mother Down, they were like poetry, in that just like a great poem, they did put ideas into one’s head. Not sure about the bit where it says to lock your daddy out of doors – not at his age – but there are times I’d have gladly taken either of my little brothers swimming with a brick.”
So will he be listening to more songs by Queen?
“I think it’s a possibility. Isn’t one of them dead? The singer I think. Or is it the drummer? And interestingly, that guitar chappie, they tell me he’s the lunatic who played on the roof at the Golden Jubilee concert.”
That would be Brian May, who also wrote the song in question.
“Oh he did, did he? In that case, I must invite him round the palace one time to shake his hand, perhaps even give him a knighthood. Sterling work, sterling work that boy.”
Fingers crossed that it’ll soon be Sir Brian then. In the meantime, I wonder what he’ll make of Bohemian Rhapsody, or even Another One Bites The Dust.