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That opening section, with piano in one ear and bass in the other = MASTERFUL, Freddie’s piano is always beautiful, but John Deacon’s bass is perfect, delicately placed with absolute precision. I have heard of music teachers actually playing that for students to appreciate how awesome that interplay is, especially the oft-ignored/underrated bass.
Tempo switch? You haven't listened to anywhere near enough Queen - it is what they do! They are the undisputed masters of the transition, and almost every one of their songs has some sort of switch. Some major, some not so discernable, but pretty much an intrinsic feature of their entire catalogue of music mastery.
It's quite a bit different here, though. It's a waltz (3/4), but the middle, rock part is 4/4, so it's not just "a little quicker" or "a little slower" in some parts...
John is really owning that bass line. Tempo and mood switches are a signature move for QUEEN, they keep the music interesting and entertaining. There is no synth on this, those sounds of other instruments are Brian on his guitar some with the amp built by John Deacon that allows Brian to create interesting instrument sounds out of his guitar. This is the perfect song for an album called A Day At The Races.
I read that Freddie wrote this for their manager who got them out of a bad contract and made them all millionaires (not sure if you have done Death on Two Legs which is about the previous manager, if not you should. Freddie does not hold back on that one). Also the “My fine friend” part is a nod to Marlene Dietrich an old German singer. Love how Brian makes his guitar sound sort of like an orchestra too. It’s in my top 10 also.
“What kind of mood do you have to be in, to put this on...?” Me: “Obviously, a Dive Deep and Appreciate mood!” It’s a listener’s song, not a jamming song to me. It’s a song in which, when you listen enough to it, there are moments to appreciate each member’s delicate, masterful skills AND to enjoy how they fit together as an amazing whole.
You win the bet! This is certainly written by Freddie Mercury. The cool part of this Millionaire Waltz is that it really is written in a slow waltz tempo. Yes to your headphones or earphones comment. In order to appreciate Freddie's lovely piano in one ear & John's beautifully balanced bass in the other.
"Take me Wiz you" was how Marlena Deirtrich would speak and where Freddie got the pose from with his arms crossed for Bohemian Rhapsody. It was an almost black picture. She did a photograph in that pose.
Nailed it. And what a nice touch that her photo was featured in the film Bohemian Rhapsody when they cut to Freddie's new home in 1980. (At least I think that's the part of the film where it can be seen. Dunno. Only seen it a few million times.)
You don't have to try for any specific 'mood' or 'meaning' when you listen to anything Queen has done. You just sit back and go with the flow. If you come with no expectations, the music will speak to you in its own time. Freddie once said " Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there." What he meant, I think, is the music is whatever you want it to be, and each of us interprets it just a bit differently according to our own worldview. This is what Queen does so well - takes you on a journey. Which is why, I dare say, Queen has endured to this day.
I love Queen music being with me as do what I must throughout the day. Queen music lightens my mood -, inspires me to love life. Queen music makes me happy people wanted to be musicians cause music touches my heart and soul. I never had a Music Appreciation class but I truly appreciate Queen music.
The intro to the song is one of my favourite intros to any song ever - the way the bass and piano dance around eachother **chefs kiss** 👌 That bassline would be hard AF to play
A lot of folks talk about how you should listen to this with earphones. Another great way to listen is in an older Volvo XC90 with the Dynaudio 18-speaker sound system. Not only will you hear the partitions, right, left, and overhead, but it can get loud enough to burst your eardrums in the process...you won’t be sure if your tears are from the emotive power of the music or the sheer volume!
A Waltz is an old ballroom dance style of music in which the accents are on beats 2 and 3 of a 3/4 time signature. What that means is a rhythm that sounds like this; Boom Click Click Boom Click Click Boom Click Click Boom Click Click
Queen and Led Zeppelin are masters of this - key changes, time changes, due to their backgrounds in classical music. If you want to freak out, listen to Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love. At around 1:50 you hear what sounds like a swam of bees. That's Jimmy Page bowing his guitar.
One of Queen's secret weapons in their armoury was not being afraid to experiment with different time signatures. This song is in 3/4 time giving it a swing feel. They actually have a few songs in this time signature. I don't think any other rock band would have dared trying this.
I believe that this was recorded in a way that if you had 8 speakers the music would chase through them in a circle. I only managed it on four speakers but it was fun. Partof this song is in the style of Victorian age love songs, and Freddie's voice sounds as if his vocals were recorded on a pre-radio victrola stereo. You dont understand the styles here because you've never heard Victorian or Early torch songs. The fact that itcan eho hrough different eras is amazing.
Check out the bluesy tune of "Sleeping on the sidewalk" from Queens "News of the world"-LP. It's sung by guitarist Brian May and I like the story he tells ... *cheers
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You're now ready for the contrasting songs from different albums. Melancholy Blues (99% Freddie and the piano) and Dreamer's Ball, written by Brian but sung by Freddie. Brian does some tricks with his guitar to make it sound like different horns, like he does on this song.
Richard Bexborn....Love Stone Cold Crazy!! Nobody reacts to it.....LFR JOJO. PLEASE react to Stone Cold Crazy....Please!! I’m loving your reactions.....keep up the great work 😁😘👍
Yeah Brighton Rock has the delayed effect on his guitar. Be has an obsession with the sound that effect makes. Start with the album version then try a live one. It’s about 11 minutes live and 6 on the album. Father and Son is another fantastic early Brian big song. From their second album with ogre battle and white/black queen.
You Sir, have encapsulated Queen, and therefore Freddie Mercury in one paragraph. I have read many words in comments on Utube of various Queen songs that have had me both pulling my hair out to agreeing that's a reasonable comment. I have never posted myself until now, and have done so out of admiration of your rational. 👍
Great vid! Love your queen reactions. You should check out, the hitman, in only seven days, great king rat, white man, keep passing the open windows, gimme the prize
Great reaction! Yes, this is a Freddie song he liked mixing genres of music, the waltz is more of classical element. Another very epic song from Queen's last album is Innuendo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g2N0TkfrQhY.html
Go to track one on this album. DEATH ON TWO LEGS. It's an attack on their former boss at trident records who shafted them financially in the early days. If Boh Rhap hadn't been a success queen were bankrupt.
Enjoying your content so far mang. I'd like to see your reaction to the band Def Leppard. They've been around 43 years and are in the Guinness world book of records for a reason. It's all gold. Pick a few and enjoy!
You said twice in the video that you were sure that Freddie wrote this. And you are so right. His fingerprints are all over this song. This was the direct sequel to Bohemian Rhapsody with the similar 3 songs in one feel and featuring the piano, but more of waltz than a rhapsody and a similar bridge that reminded you of a play/musical. This was the fourth of Freddie's compositional "babies", the first two being My Fairy King and The March Of The Black Queen. Sadly, after the Millionaire Waltz, Freddie (and Queen) stopped writing songs like this, with their fantastical and overproduced quality. It wouldn't be until Innuendo (written by the entire band), that another epic and elaborate song would appear again, unless you count The Miracle (written by Freddie and John), which was still many years later...
you can't go wrong with most of the old Queen songs. If you ever listen to Get Down, Make Love make sure you put a warning in the title because of the lyrics
I think it’s time to listen to some newer ones. I will suggest INNUENDO, one of the best and most underrated songs in Queen’s history .Here is the ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g2N0TkfrQhY.html
This song perfectly illustrates the post I made in your march of the black queen review about variety in styles being mixed not just boring one thump repeated club anthems. Can you say that this song style and lyrics could be done by a rap artist? No. Wouldn't work. Looking at today's styles grime, rap, grunge, modern pop etc.... Just couldn't be done. It's like asking thrash metal to sing nursery rhymes and sound credible. Or Drum and Bass to play without dubbing onto or over joni Mitchell. I'm not anti rap etc it's just to me it doesn't have that ability to morph into another direction or style and yet maintain what it's meant to come across as. An example..... Let's take Eminem track Lose Yourself. It starts, builds but essentially doesn't change once the drum kicks in. The vocal style sticks to the same pattern. Don't listen to the lyrics, listen to the sound pattern the words fall into. It's just rinse and repeat every verse. No pace change. I do think it's one of his better offerings in its own catagory I am not trying to attack the artist etc simply offering it up as an example of older music versus more recent. Compare contrast. Listen to the patterns.
This is very campy. It is tongue in check. They are known for their switch ups. It’s a waltz at the end. You have to be in the mood that lets you go with the flow.
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