{"id":868,"date":"2007-05-04T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/05\/04\/friday-night-videos-i-want-to-be-queen-some-day\/"},"modified":"2007-05-04T20:08:22","modified_gmt":"2007-05-05T01:08:22","slug":"friday-night-videos-i-want-to-be-queen-some-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: I Want to Be Queen Some Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mika: Grace Kelly (2007)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uzA0nG_PurQ\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uzA0nG_PurQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes, Mika <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starpulse.com\/news\/index.php\/2007\/03\/27\/mika_doesn_t_like_being_compared_to_quee\">doesn&#8217;t like the comparisons to Queen<\/a>. Perhaps if you sang fewer lyrics like &#8220;I tried a little Freddy&#8221; and used your clear falsetto less. Anyway, the video is fun in a goofy kind of way, though I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up with the women bringing over cakes.<\/p>\n<p><b>McFly: Transylvania (2007)<\/b><embed src=\"http:\/\/lads.myspace.com\/videos\/vplayer.swf\" flashvars=\"m=1900069751&#038;type=video\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"430\" height=\"346\"><\/embed>Aah! Scary floating Queen-like heads! Actually, come to think of it, aping silent films will give you the chance for the kind of histrionic over-acting that goes well with the Queen vibe. My main complaint is that the video uses some of the tropes of silent films &#8212; dialogue cards, women tied to train tracks, flickering light &#8212; but then undermines the conceit by showing the band <i>singing<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>And for all of you wondering: day three. Still not a new dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mika: Grace Kelly (2007) Yes, yes, Mika doesn&#8217;t like the comparisons to Queen. Perhaps if you sang fewer lyrics like &#8220;I tried a little Freddy&#8221; and used your clear falsetto less. Anyway, the video is fun in a goofy kind of way, though I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up with the women bringing over cakes. McFly: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=868\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Night Videos: I Want to Be Queen Some Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}