MILLER: Queen and politics mix? Who knew
And then there were four.
On Thursday, Rick Perry finally decided he was going to drop out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
And just like that, everyone in America started to hear the band Queen sing “Another One Bites the Dust.”
Sure, Queen’s music is usually associated with sporting events, but with the way things have been the past few months, watching these candidates bow out is almost as exciting as watching the Dallas Mavericks be mathematically eliminated from the NBA playoffs.
But just like former Republican nominees Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry is another in a line of politicians who have “bitten the dust” in this race.
But what makes “Another One Bites the Dust,” or any Queen song for that matter, so good? Is it Brian May’s use of his signature Red Special that was purposely designed to feedback? Or is it John Deacon and Roger Taylor’s ability to create a solid bass line? Or, and just might possibly, it could have been Freddie Mercury’s flamboyant style and his wide vocal range?
Seriously, that guy could hit a high F. Most of us guys couldn’t hit that note even if we took an unfortunate hit to the baby maker. Whatever it is, the songs are awesome. And you could apply them to just about anything, not just sporting events.
“Dreamer’s Ball,” “Under Pressure,” “You Won’t Fool Me” and “I Want it All” may not specifically relate to politics, but the titles could easily be turned and used to describe a candidate’s run for president.
Even “Stone Cold Crazy” fits. Especially for Perry.
Mercury sings that he was sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning and dreaming was he was Al Capone. If you substitute the lyric where Al Capone is with the word “president,” I think Rick could have run around the country with that song as his campaign theme.
But alas, things did not work for Perry, and now, unfortunately, he’s coming back to Texas.
And just like “Another One Bites the Dust,” there’s so many ways you can hit a man and bring him to the ground.
So Rick, just because you’re done trying to be president, doesn’t mean we have forgotten some of the things you’ve done here.
“I ran for president because I love America,” Perry is quoted as saying while he dropped out of the race.
I guess he forgot about all that talk about Texas seceding a while back.
And how the “Texas model” of doing things had the Bureau of Labor list the state 28th in unemployment in November because of our unemployment rate at 8.1 percent. Yep, that means there were statistically 27 other states doing better than us.
Oops.
So just like the New Orleans Saints of the 90s, we eagerly await the day when we can finally take these bags off our heads and proclaim we’re Texans.
And Perry, when you finally come back down to Earth from that national spotlight high you’ve been riding, make sure you have a talk with that guy from my hometown, Lamar Smith about his SOPA crusade.
Just like Peter, we Texans have been denying being associated with any part of that act. The only difference is that when the sun rises, no regret is felt.
