Does he mean “You’re sweet like a type of cheese, because in my opinion cheese is sweet and not savory”, does he mean “You’re sweet like a specific type of cheese which is sweet” (???) or does he mean “You try to sweet talk me as if I’m a cheesy corny man, but I’m actually a cynic and I know you are in fact the worst”???? Jury is not even in the courthouse. Jury is gone.
This song actually makes 0 sense, to be honest. The entire chorus is just “Sweet lady, stay sweet” but all the verses are about how she’s the worst. How is she supposed to stay sweet if she apparently never was sweet? Brian please.
Fully support anyone who wants to weigh in about this conundrum
I am absolutely obsessed with this take @scandalacious, you are god-tier and I think this warrants a deep dive. The verse in question:
You say You call me up and feed me all the lines You call me sweet like I’m some kind of cheese Waiting on the shelf You eat me up, you hold me down I’m just a fool to make you a home Ooh, you really do me
First of all, this has to be the only verse of a rock song that discusses the aging process of fine dairy products. Second, I’m interested by the fact that despite him not being an aged cheese, she apparently eats him up anyway. Does she care? We have to wonder. Third, and this is important: he suggests that she is also sweet. Are we meant to assume that in the context of this song he means she is also immature and unexperienced? Is the chorus meant to be taken flippantly, rather than the earnest wish I previously assumed it to be?
Fascinated by the implications of all of this, and I would love to hear all of your thoughts
I agree with this reading but can we all take a minute to contemplate that Brian either consciously or unconsciously wanted to be some kind of old mature sharp ripe cheese
I’m sure if I go into the tags SOMEbody will point out that having cheap food makes it easier to stay in the store longer and shop more. …right?
That’s literally the point. Same with their $5 rotisserie chickens. They’re known as “loss leaders.” Costco takes the loss knowing they will make up the difference + a profit by getting butts into the store.
Why is it that whenever Brian and Roger do Queen related stuff people complain that they’re being disrespectful to Freddie, and complain that they clearly don’t care about HIS legacy (like Queen isn’t just as much THIER legacy too) etc…
and yet when either of them do their own stuff that isn’t Queen, it suddenly IS all about Freddie. Like on Brian’s solo stuff on youtube there’ll be comments about how much better it would be if Freddie was singing it, or complaining if they don’t mention him in every interview that, again, they aren’t respecting him.
THIS. People hate so hard on Brian and Roger, but I feel like Brian receives even more hate, like they’re wrong to do stuff without Freddie.
They are always 100% clear that they’re not replacing Freddie; they’re keeping Freddie’s memory alive.
Because of social media and tours and Queen + Adam Lambert and Bohemian Rhapsody, younger generations are able to discover Queen. And the higher demand/popularity means more chances for rereleases and merch and stuff. It’s a win for younger people and the older fans. Would you rather have Queen fade into obscurity?
On a similar but different note, I’m sick to death of people bitching about Brian May mentoring/promoting King’s Daughters and Kerry Ellis on his Instagram. Guess what? It’s his Instagram. He can post whatever the fuck he wants. And the fact that he’s 73 years old and has a social media presence, much less an active one, is pretty damn special. He doesn’t have to put anything on social media, and yet he does.
I literally read a comment that “Brian hasn’t made a good post in like 8 weeks.” Okay, come on. He has far more important things to do than brainstorm social media content that gen Zers consider “quality.” Not every post is going to be a meme or a thirst trap or both.
So… you don’t want Queen stuff because you think that’s disrespectful to Freddie (even though Freddie continued to record stuff that he knew would be released posthumously). But then when Brian May uses his experience and clout to mentor other artists, you get upset because it’s not what you want to see.
