On episode 9 of Past Prime, Steve helps Matty confront the shame he has lived with for turning his back on Queen in the late 1980s. "The Miracle," was released in 1989 amid a very public divorce for Brian May and, more importantly, private, terminal suffering for Freddie. Steve has the revelation that Queen was the sort of band that would strike out nine times in a row before hitting an unthinkable home run in their tenth at bat. Together, he and Matty try to understand how a band could make timeless hits out of opera, foot stomps and laser beams.

Along the way, and in an effort to redeem his former self, Matty digs in and tries his best suggest that "The Miracle," while not a good album, is an above average Queen album. Steve demurs and suggests that there may actually be nine terrible songs on the record and that the best of them ("I Want it All") is only redeemable as a clear statement of purpose. Matty takes a couple of cheap shots, appealing to Steve's love of Meat Loaf and Michael Jackson. But Steve rebuffs the comparison while kindly granting Matty forgiveness for dumping Queen in favor of The Clash.

To read more about Queen's "The Miracle" check out the full essay at Past Prime.