Pentagram - Forever My Queen

Sunday, time for a classic!

"Forever My Queen" is a tune written by PENTAGRAM lead singer Bobby Liebling. The tune is one of the more popular tracks from the band, which was the subject of the 2011 documentary Last Days Here. Popularity is relative, however, and in PENTAGRAMs case only a handful of fans heard the band when they were active in the '70s and performing this song. Most of PENTAGRAMs fans came from renewed interest decades later and the release of some compilation albums that gave many of their songs, including this one, a proper release. In many cases, the songs were newly recorded with different musicians, although Liebling remained a constant.

In an interview with Bobby Liebling, he talked about the inspiration for the song: "I was broken up over a Dear John letter I got from a high school sweetheart, from Morocco, whose parents sent her there to get away from a bad boy - who was me. Who ain't s--t for bad boys, but, you know, I did wear a leather jacket. So that's where that song comes from."

Jack White's band THE DEAD WEATHER released a cover version of this song as a single in 2009. White overnighted five copies of it to Bobby Liebling after they recorded it. Bobby told us that it was the best cover he's heard of the song, even though he doesn't like girls in Rock bands (Alison Mosshart sings in DEAD WEATHER). "I'm prejudiced, but she did a bang up job," he said. (A tune that will be played in the future as a Thursday Cover).

"Forever My Queen" can be found on the Vintage Collection "First Daze Here" from 2001. This is the first of two compilations of 1970s material by Virginia doom metal band PENTAGRAM released on Relapse Records. It was followed by "First Daze Here Too" (2006). It marked the first time that these early PENTAGRAM recordings were officially released with worldwide distribution. The vinyl version came with a bonus 7", a replica of the 1972 Macabre single containing the songs "Be Forewarned" and "Lazylady". Many of the songs were re-recorded for PENTAGRAMs 1980s and 1990s albums.

Enjoy today's classic.



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