"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Quotes
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Source: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Speaker: Queen
This thing called love, I just can't handle it.
Context
This line is from the song "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by the band Queen, from the album The Game (1980).
This is the first line of a song about how love is nuts. The singer "just can't handle it," which is great because who wants to hear a song about love that is totally easy to deal with? No one, because that would be incredibly boring. Freddie Mercury wrote it as a tribute to Elvis Presley, so the song has a definite Elvis rock n' roll vibe.
Where you've heard it
Once you take a listen, you'll be singing it for days. It's a catchy little tune that's been covered by everyone from The Chipmunks (really) to country singer Dwight Yoakam and every Elvis impersonator out there. Even the legendary Diana Ross gets in on the action.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Even people who have somehow managed to never hear this song in any of its many variations have heard this line. Plus, how pretentious is it to admit you can't handle love?