Dynamite on a Laser Beam
That’s the rockingest, hard rock, title for a rock song in the history of rock.
My son, age 6, was playing around with his cousin and he said they had made a video for his new rock song, actually rock opera according to the boy. We watched the video, made with a webcam, and it was mostly him singing lines from Bohemian Rhapsody. A few minutes later he brought me a pencil and paper and dictated the following:
Bohemian Rhapsody 2
“Dynamite on a Laser Beam”
Any way the wind blows,
Doesn’t really matter to me.
If I could see you when I was walking by
Dynamite on a Laser Beam
My time has come
Body’s achin’ all the time
Momma, just kicked killd* a man off the dock
Momma mia, Momma mia let me go-o-o-o-o-o-o
We smell a No!** We will not let you go!
Let me go.
No!
Me oh me.
I’ve got to get right out of here.
Any way the wind blows
Doesn’t really matter to me.
* I convinced him to change it to “Kicked” to be slightly more age appropriate. When I got the paper to type this post he had changed it to “Killd”
**His mishearing of “Bismillah”
Regardless of the derivative lyrics the title is really the best thing I’ve ever heard.
Which my daughter, age 13, just pointed out is a line from “Killer Queen.” Disappointed, but impressed with the coolness of my kids.