Variations on a cliche: "Bicycle Race" naked!

RE: Queen's "Bicycle Race"


Remember how we used to stroll over to YouTube and see which video had been watched more often -- Monty Python's "Bicycle Repairman" or Queen's legendary (and much overplayed) viddy?

We sorta gave that gag a rest for awhile, but I noticed today that some thoughtful young man has posted the uncensored version of the original music video. I didn't even know there were uncensored music videos in the Paleolithic age, but there you go.

Still can't believe Freddy Mercury wore that weird Brooks Brothers shirt, sort of the opposite of seeing your grandma in a knit tube-top. Course, maybe it was the undue influence of the Bay City Rollers.

Blood, sweat, and energy gel: Pedal-powered rock 'n' roll

The energetic folks at the Magnificent Revolutionary Cycling Cinema have powered their first rock 'n' roll show: Using three bikes with special generators capable of pushing more than 250 watts, three bands played the bill in a Cambridge (UK) pub. Audience members lined up to help pedal the gig, and there was apparently enough Red Bull going around to power a post-party DJ.

We'd love to see AC/DC play a trainer tour: They could replace the $100 seats with 100 stationary bikes and a steady flow of Gu. Metaphorically speaking, it would be roughly the same experience its always been, minus the power drain: "I feel like I pedaled 50 miles, and I'm covered with something sticky and white. But dude, they played Dirty Deeds'!"

Are bikes the new punk rock? YesNo! Here's proof!

Love this band, hate the name (Be Your Own Pet, ack). But this music video is hellsex on wheels, which, incidentally is our new motto... soon to replace "Dura-Ace insights in a Tiagra world."

"We're on two wheels, baby!"