The following is an excerpt from Alex Ross’s blog: ‘The Rest is Noise’. He wrote a book on 20th century music with that same title, and it’s one of the best music guides I’ve read. I just had the urge to share the following:

Listening to the New York Phil play Copland at a Young People’s Concert the other night, I realized I’d omitted a favorite tidbit from the Audio Guide for my book: the derivation of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” from the Fanfare for the Common Man. The sonic evidence is, I believe, incontrovertible:

Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic, Sony 63082.

That’s all… Happy Thursday!