ALRIGHT...I'm TESTING Out of This Top 10 To See If It STAYS UP...FINGERS CROSSED!--Professor of RocK
9,664Alright, for this episode, we’re flipping the record over to uncover some of the greatest surprise hits of the rock era… That’s right, it’s the revenge of the B-sides. You know, the red-headed stepchildren of rock… songs that were’t good enough to make it onto an album…only good enough to back a hit single. Well, as you’ll see, today’s entries can more than hold their own. In fact, we’ve got a story about Queen's drummer Roger Taylor, who believed in his song so much he locked himself in a cupboard and refused to come out until the band agreed to pair it with Bohemian Rhapsody. And it paid off royally. Then there’s the break-up ballad Silver Springs that Stevie Nicks wrote for her band’s blockbuster album… but her bandmates axed it-2 decades later, it climbed the charts and became on of their most beloved tracks. Then there’s an obscure Pearl Jam B-side Yellow Ledbetter with lyrics that changed every time it was sung. Fans loved it so much, they campaigned to get it airplay, and in the process made it one of its band’s most iconic songs. Next, it’s the Top 10 B-sides that defied the doubters and made it big. NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time to count down the Greatest B-Sides in Rock—those overlooked flip-sides that started in the shadows but found their way into the spotlight. Some were written off by record execs, others by the bands themselves. But these tracks outlasted the naysayers to become fan obsessions, live staples, and even chart toppers. Let’s get into it. So kicking things off at #10, we’re basically starting with a hostage negotiation scenario. The song? It’s Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody B-Side I’m in Love With My Car.
Here’s the story. “I’m in Love with My Car” was written by drummer Roger Taylor as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to roadsters and the gear-head lifestyle… supposedly inspired by Queen roadie Johnathan Harris and his Triumph TR4. Taylor played most of the instruments on the track himself and even sang lead vocals. The song revs up with engine sounds and explodes into a theatrical glam-rock anthem that could easily be a parody… if it weren’t delivered with such sincerity. Said Roger, “It was supposed to be a joke. But it wasn’t really—I really do love cars.” And Roger wanted to make it the B-side of their next single, which just so happened to be Bohemian Rhapsody.
But not everyone in Queen was on the same page. Compared to Freddie’s magnum opus, I’m In Love With My Car felt like a novelty track. Still, Taylor believed in the song so much that he locked himself in a cupboard at the studio… and refused to come out until the band agreed to release it as the B-side. in the end Taylor’s stubbornness paid off… big time. His car-obsessed rocker became the official flip side to one of the biggest hits in rock history. And because Queen split royalties evenly between A-sides and B-sides, Taylor collected a massive chunk of change, riding the coattails of Bohemian Rhapsody’s success.
The royalty split meant he earned just as much as Freddie did for the single. Understandably, that didn’t sit well with Mercury. The tension simmered for years, and “I’m in Love with My Car” became emblematic of the band’s internal rivalries. Freddie reportedly joked about it bitterly, and the incident was even dramatized in the 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody biopic.