Love's Such an Old Fashioned Word

Okay--so that title is obviously part of "Under Pressure" by Queen with David Bowie.  I heard it this evening on Alice Cooper's show (once again--I listen to this program every night because it is awesome!).  I was pleased to find that the song was released in 1981--because for some reason I thought it might have been earlier.  I can't remember when I first heard this song, but I certainly don't remember it from '81.  I must have heard it much later when I was in high school or college.  Anyway, it is truly an amazing song.  Freddie Mercury and David Bowie's voices are so unique, and the qualities are hard to describe.  I think of Bowie's voice as a rich, deeply colored jewel--because it is truly deep, pure, and very rich.  Freddie Mercury's voice is a gift that he left to the world.  It has a timbre that is very powerful yet inviting and very distinctive.  Hard to place exactly, but again, it is very pure.  I think of it more like a focused laser--brilliant and bright.  I'm not sure why I am babbling on about the quality of their voices, but the vocal quality is what strikes me the most about this song.  The video frightens me and makes me feel a bit anxious.  But, the lyrics really are terrific.  Obviously, it is about the pressures of life.  Let's face it, life is not easy.  This tune sums things up perfectly.  But, the good thing is that there is a message in the song about love and how love can help with the pressures in life.  I agree. "'Cause love's such an old fashioned word, and love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night, and love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves...this is our last dance...this is our last dance...this is ourselves..."  Yes, please, let us change our way of caring about ourselves and the world.  I think the world could use much more love.