Queen - The Prophets Song [Official Lyric Video] REACTION! (Brian May Is A Musical GENIUS!)
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Fun fact:
Brian May dreamed the melody of this song and woke up to write it!. In his dream, he envisioned a prophet that was sent to inform the world that the end was coming. Hence the title, “The Prophet’s Song”. This was truly a masterpiece!!!
Brian May is not only a musical genius, he also has his PhD in Astrophysics specializing in star dust. He is Dr. Brian May!
Ya he was a big fan of Sir Patrick Moore too and bought his house so that he was financially secure for his final years, always seems like such a great guy in interviews.
He also makes his own guitars & has worked with NASA
But does he know that the universe is holographic?
Timeless Queen!! This song is more than 40 years old and still relevant.
If you mean lyrically relevant, not at all. It's pretty much about a Noah-like song in which a Prophet warns of a storm that will bring a terrible flood. Don't really see anything that's relevant to today. If you mean musically, then yeah, but I don't think the word "Relevant" is correct.
@@TheBlackQueen Well, yeah if you take it in a completely biblical sense rather than the wider sense that it is relevant to the current climate change/melting ice/rising seas discussion.
That echo effect was made in a very interesting manner, back when reel-to-reel taping was standard. : they literally rigged thing up across the room, where the tape ran through one machine to play, then stretched across the spacing to the next machine, then the next... I believe a total of 3 (maybe 4) reel-to-reel players were jury-rigged in this manner and THAT result in turn recorded.
Every moment of the way, they watched this will held breath, praying the tape wouldn’t snag, tangle, or break. Totally innovative for the time!
Not forgetting of course that Freddie had to be pitch perfect for the delays to come back in harmony with what he's singing at the time.
Not to mention that the effect is basically a 4-part cannon. GENIUS.
Theres a live video of how crazy they got with the vocal effect outside the studio:
czcams.com/video/hqTmTw_WDbo/video.html
Brian has always been my favourite member of Queen, and yes, he IS a musical genius. This song is one of his many masterpieces. 🖤🖤🖤
Not just in music, he's a 180 IQ genius!
@@TheBlackQueen àaÀaaa
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Way to go choosing songs beyond just the radio hits! This is one has always been a favorite of mine. Nice to see it be appreciated by a new generation of music listeners.
Brian got the inspiration for this song in a dream. His song writing often arises spontaneously in him and it's almost like a 'drive' or a 'haunting' - he's said it won't leave him alone! Home stereo just became widely available & affordable in the late 60's. Queen, especially, experimented with ways of taking advantage of it.Thanks!
Absolutely right - he had a dream and it nearly forced him to write this masterpiece. The warning is still relevant today, maybe even more so. Brian is very simply a blessing to us all, one of the kindest people on the planet.
The end is the beginning of LOVE OF MY LIFE. Most beautiful song ever done. Don’t do it live (EVERYONE HAS DONE THE LIVE ONE) The original has SO MANY AMAZING harmonies, too beautiful to explain
Thank you for shouting out the under-appreciated genius Brian May!
Dude, thank you so much for doing this and to whoever prompted you to check it. I heard this as a kid and rediscovered it years later - same album as Bohemian Rhapsody which casts a huge shadow, but the Prophet's Song is a gem in its own right and deserves to be promoted and remembered in its own right. Keep up the good work mate...
I think head phones might have been available, but they were expensive! I recall moving the speakers of my stereo record player onto the floor, a foot apart, and laying with my head between them.
Yes!
There were definitely headphones back then. :)
@Sue Churchill Yeah, they were around then. In fact, as Wikipedia has it, "French engineer Ernest Mercadier patented a set of in-ear headphones in 1891..."
Exactly!! Huge speakers in those days. The best way to listen to music. Total body surround sound!! Pink Floyd was great to listen to this way as well. And Zeppelin. Well, I could go on and on 😅
YUUUP! First album I bought with earned money..used to do the same..2 speakers laying on floor between them
Stereo became industry standard in 1961.
Also, Brian May is not just a musical genius. He's literally an astrophysicist.
Trivia for the day.
yep and already the Beatles used that effect extensively.
Roy Thomas Baker added regarding Mercury's vocal: "He starts off singing in the center, and then the first delay starts to the left, then the second delay goes to the right, then he can sing and make 3-part harmonies just by harmonizing with himself as it comes back around into his headphones.
The delay was done by using two stereo Studer machines - they were still running the tape from one reel to the other the way you'd normally run a tape machine, whereas you run it from one reel through and then off the machine and then straight to a different machine, and then playing back on a different machine, so the tape would actually be laying across the room. There were a few chairs and lamps and coat hooks around that we hooked it over until we ended up with the right delay. He had to perform it live, so it's being performed live with the delays in his headphones and he could hear it so he could sing along with it and then harmonize with the vocals when it came back to him."
Haven't read all comments, so I'm sorry if it's a repeat: The very last notes you hear lead right into "Love of my life" (written by Freddie Mercury). On the album, it's not the guitar that takes that song away, so it switches over to piano. But those very last guitar notes are exactly how Brian always starts Love of my life when they're playing it live.
You are correct sir. BHM don’t miss. And this is undoubtedly his masterpiece. I have heard it now for the thousandth time and my reaction is still the same as the first... I’m in tears. It turns me inside out.
I had a copy of "A Night At The Opera" back in 1975 the same week it was released. So it's been 45 years since this song blew open my mind through a set of high-end headphones. And watching your reaction to it brought that memory back to me. The early 1970s had an explosion of epic music that holds up decades later.
My favourite Queen song of all time! Thank you for enjoying it too.
This song sounds better on surround sound, not head phones. It is also a great song to check your speakers in your car.
This song was recorded 45 years ago! Crazy!
Yes, we had headphones in the '70's 😂 They were invented in the early 1900's. It was quite common throughout the '70's for songs to pan left and right. Queen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush and many others did it
Love all things Brian May. He’s part philosopher if you ask me. He has said he had a dream about people not connecting with the each other or the natural world. Seems like it has only gotten worse.😟 Their music is truly timeless.
This is the best track on A Night At The Opera, hands down. Don't get me wrong -- Bohemian Rhapsody is a classic, but this track was absolute GENIUS, and no mistake.
Try "Seven Seas of Rhye" written by Freddie Murcury and Brian May
Were you listening to "A Night At The Opera"? The last part you played featuring the harp was an introduction to the next song on the album "Love Of My Life" which is a beautiful song featuring Freddie Mercury's voice and May's guitar sweetly crying along in between the words. It makes me want to cry every time I hear it.
That’s what STEREO is for! Queen, Pink Floyd, Beatles, so many bands played with stereo tricks!!!! That’s what made it so…, OVER THE TOP, BADDASS!!!!
Dr Brian Harold May in Astrophysics & is on tenure for NASA truly a genius, they all are masters of harmonies. Lovely reaction to this,the album with this & Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 1975,47yrs ago. I bought all their albums from their 1st in 73. Check out Roger's vocals in My Fairy King. Their 1st album. Will blow ur mind.xx
He's a musical genius I grew up listening to queen what talent
When I listened to a Queen album I often wondered "How are they going to transfer this to a live concert setting" since they were so well known as an amazing live band. They always seemed to find a way.
Possibly their very best.
And an excellent job taking this “epic” in as the reviewer. You nailed it.
this song has so many great little nuances. Like at the beginning of the song. That noise was created by putting a microphone near an air vent and hearing the air going through it.
You're absolutely right that Brian May, and all the members of Queen, are geniuses. May's guitar work is unique among rock guitarists. While he was not the first (or last) to incorporate elements of European classical music into rock guitar, he did so in a way nobody did before or since. All of the members of Queen were highly skilled and very imaginative and talented.
Your comment about the cinematic effect of the song is very accurate. Good music should communicate a story and a real visceral feeling to the listener - it should paint pictures in the mind and tell a real story. You doubtless also noticed that the song's lyrics and music combined evoke a religious / spiritual essence. May was attempting to recreate the relationship between a (largely fictional) Prophet and the people he was trying to communicate his message to.
The back and forth between speakers is a recording technique called panning. Many records from the 60s and 70s used this. Check out the studio work of Jimi Hendrix.
Here's some more history for you. Stereo recording was invented in 1931 by a man named Alan Blumlein. Headphones were invented in 1910 by a man named Nathanial Baldwin.
30 years....make that 45 years ago.
J Williams exactly!
Omg I'm dead ☠️😂
I felt so old right there
This song is just such a masterpiece!❤ in the delaying part fred recorded that in one take! Bri and Fred are true legends
Brian May is a genius full stop. No matter what he does
👌🎼🔥
Deep lyrics! Bible references, etc.
LOL love the glasses 👍🏻🤗
Brian explains in a studio just how they pulled off the effects with single and double delay using multiple tape machines. Search
Making of the Prophets Song
And on the record, this song fades into one you reacted to live, Love of My Life. The original where Freddie Plays piano.
This song doesn't speak to me but I can appreciate it's magnitude...and the technical wizardry for it's time - but that's what it feels like too. Millionaire's message is sweetly simple - love makes you rich.
They were ahead of their time in not only musical talent , but maximum use of available technology as well.
You will never guess how they made the echo-effect back then ... hint: they had no (!) computers, only tapes! ;-) Use your imagination!!! +gg
Yea no shit sherlock
Please react to Queen - It's A Hard Life !
Yes!
LIVE please at Montreal or Milton Keynes!
I have heard this song since it's beginning, but only now after seeing the lyrics, do I realize there were a few references to the time of Noah "fly and find the new green bough - return like the white dove". And later, "and two by two my human zoo - they'll be running for to come out of the rain"
Thanks, LFR - this has been characterized as "Brian's Bo-Rap" -- I would not say that myself - he is unique in his compositions... I hope to hear more from you!
On the LP sleeve is the notation of NO SYNTHESIZERS! One of my favourite Queen songs. Please give your reaction to "The Year of '39 ' . About time relativity in long range space travel.
mate I'm In Love With My Car live in Montreal is epic!! the talent and his voice!! watch it it's lit🔥
Hey, (speaking of Brian May genius) there’s a song he did (sings it too)on this same album, “Good Company” where he uses his guitar to make a old time jazz band. Growing up, I always thought it was a bunch of trombones and other instruments, gotta check it!!!!
On "Good Company" he played a ukulele not a guitar.
Manni.. he played a George Formby “ukulele/Banjo to be exact but I’m speaking of the Dixieland Jazz band part. He made all the jazz band horns, trombones, every instrument, even bells on his guitar. He’s quite famous for this, check it out!
this song does feel like a movie!!!! a masterpiece.
also, this song came out nearly 50 years ago 😲 not 30 years ago.
Yes Freddie died almost 30 years ago
Love your reaction videos. Also love your comment on Brian, "He goes crazy, he's like two different personalities", wonderful.
If you want a song that's very in the vein of this one, go "White Man" from Queen's 1976 album "A Day At The Races". If you want a really fun, newer video: "The Mircale" from the album of the same name from 1989.
Watching you reacting to Queen brings much joy to me . I was 3 years old when I became a fan of Queen ( I am 30 years old now ) so its nice to see how you react to these joints as I cant remember because I was so young lol . I remember only listening to their second album which includes " March Of The Black Queen " , " White Queen ..( as it begans) " and I was thinking ... where the hell is the begining and end of this album as most of the songs were combined together ... listen to the album buddy :) QUEEN 2 ! When I heard this album I was propably ... 8 years old ?? Maybe younger ..
They swung the received back and forth, you see that in the movie...when they are making their first tapes at Delay lea studios
Brian May also wrote "Keep Yourself Alive", "Brighton Rock", "Now I'm Here", "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", & "Fat-Bottomed Girls".
Brian May was the rock AND the roll in Queen...'nuff said
There is no synth on this song so those sounds you hear that sound like bells, etc. are Brian's guitar. This was intended to be Brian's Bohemian Rhapsody but didn't do as well. I think it is too musically intricate for many audiences which is my opinion as to why it didn't receive that kind of acclaim. It is a massive song with so many inovative technology employed. That repetitive echo was something Brian presented to the band. He explained it to Freddie and told him what he wanted. Freddie tried it with vocals and was intrigued with it giving Brian even more than he has hoped for. Brian was surprised and excited by Freddie's additions to his song. Things were recorded in Stereo back then. Brian used something called a Bell Technique which first records one side, then overlays it to the other side then to the middle so you get that triple echo when you overlay it on the tape. Yes there were headphones but stereo was unique in the way it split the sound in two to give a more realistic sound. Prior to stereo, there was just one piece of music and it was the same throughout. I love this song.
My Melencholy Blues is my favorite slow (no rock) Queen song.
Probably the best Queen song ever. An epos.
Thank you for playing my suggestions. If you ever want to hear Brian May do more traditional sounding rock. Checkout Driven by you, & Resurrection, off of his solo album sometime.
"Transported" is the word that always comes to my mind when listening to Queen songs. You should give the song "39" a go, written and performend by Brian May. Talks about the first settlers heading out to the Americas. A different vibe, but so amazing. The lyrics alone are incredibly beautiful. Your observations are very astute & to the point btw!
This is what happens when a literal genius writes a song and 4 musical geniuses play it
Go back 1 year from this song to 1974. Brian May solos mostly but not all originate from the track BRIGHTON ROCK. Using the echo delay to make 1 guitar sound like 3. This song was made to reflect and contrast that if you can make the guitar do it then why not a vocal delay? You need to look at all queen albums in sequence to see how what they started with developed into what was to come especially up to the Jazz album in1978. Check out album from 1980 THE Game specifically track called SAVE ME. Also have a look at and listen to their 1980 ALBUM soundtrack to the biggest film of that year FLASH GORDON. The guitar work is genius.
This song blends into the next on the album which is Love Of My Life.
Always loved this MASTERPIECE ❤❤❤
Came out in 1974 they were pure musicians with talent before auto tune
The song is about the prophet and wise man Noah, although most people thought he was mad. There are so many other references in the song. The white dove finding the green bough, two by two, the human zoo, kings of beasts counting their days, death all around for people of the shaking and breaking earth, to listen to the warning, running for to come out the rain, fleeing for their life until God purged the place...
Check out these other Brain May Songs, '39, Brighton Rock, Dead on Time, Dragon Attack & White Man all awesome songs
Amazing song! Thankyou for reacting to this one, beautiful 🔥This song could've been easily used in an old movie. I really really hope you want to check out Innuendo. Strong lyrics, still actual. Although Freddie was very sick, he sang bloody good. Much love and bless dear ❤
Innuendo? Song better be good no cap
@@LFRJojo Only if you listen close to the lyrics, you hear a powerfull message. Freddie was very sick, but the way he sings, amazing! So much respect for him, and the band offcourse. They stood by him till the end. Innuendo has a influence by Led Zeppelins Kashmir I believe. The video itself is made of many little clips, Freddie was to sick to perform in the video. Big hug from the Netherlands and much bless ❤
You should really see the video documentary of The Making Of Queen's A Night At The Opera. It is well worth watching!
It baffles my mind too.
Awesome! Totally another gem of their genius! There so many underrated songs, its just tragic! I totally agree, Brian is brilliant, also Leonardo da Vinci level genius! Speaking of Einstein, check out 39- a space travel folk song Brian wrote with Einstein's clock paradox theory woven in. In the Prophet's song, I think there are veiled references to Noah's Ark, such as the subject of storms, "two by two my human zoo", "running for to come out of the rain", "return like the white dove." Alongside the guitar, the instrument played in the intro and finale is called a Japanese toy koto. Queen was deeply influenced by Japan. When Queen went on tour there in 1973/74, no joke, it was like Beatlemania. The Japanese were the first to acknowledge Queen as the rock Gods they still are! As a huge gesture of gratitude and love, they wrote the song "Teo Toriatte" which is sung in English and Japanese which was released on the album "A day at the races". Check out the studio version.
I’m writing this before I even hear your reaction because I am SO EXCITED YOU ARE HEARING PROPHET SONG!!!!! Absolutely one of my favorite all-time Queen songs. If you want to hear a kick-ass rock Queen song next, listen to Stone Cold Crazy. It’s almost metal, way before metal existed.
The way they did left right separation is explained in the video " The Making of The Prophet's Song"
This is Brian May's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Used to listen to this on a boombox, drunk with the gang at night in the local cemetery. Awwwwwwsooooom. Now you know.
loved your review. interesting to see how something i grew up listening to is perceived by people today. i totally agree that it feels like a movie or a saga. very immersive
Queen for me is the greatest Rock Band in a time when Rock ruled the World's Music.
Another earlier biblical track they did appears on their first album. Simply about the life of Jesus...... If you want to hear some pre Freddie queen stuff look for GETTIN SMILE by Smile on CZcams. The Original album title was Ghost of a smile released in 1969.
Your listening to 4 well educated rock stars, son
How many bands can boast having all lead capable musicians.
@@mjrol19 Only very elite bands ... Rush, The Who and a few more. They all play lead and it fits together like the finest of puzzles.
@@chadbennett7873 Even though, Marc Martel and The Extravaganza could play this song live much better than Queen ever did.
This song rules!!
Brian May IS a genius.......
Queen - The Prophets Song [Official Lyric Video] REACTION! (Brian May Is A Musical GENIUS!)
Oh there is a video about the making of this song.
You might enjoy March of the Black Queen. It's a Ferddie Mercury composition. Another awesome Brian may riff is Father to Son.
I have heard that Freddie did most of the Vox on this in one take.
30 years ago? More like 45 years ago. And they weren’t echoes. They were the other band members harmonising!
I love the way the songs refers to him as a wise man, a prophet, a madman. Yes, the difference between a madman and a prophet is whether their words come to truth. And many are often written off as Madmen from the get go.
This song always makes me envision a greek prophet trying to speak to the people.
You should react to some of Brian Mays solo work. The album Back to the Light was just rereleased
The song is about a Prophet who sees a coming storm that will bring death and destruction to many. It's a very similar story to Noah.
La mejor banda de la historia.....así de simple
Good Reaction!
great video!!!
One of my favs
You got it JoJo
thanks, again LFR - I already commented below - but don't know if I mentioned that the "transition" from song-to-song on Queen albums was so smooth that there was not the usual "blank space" - and in this case... the transition went straight into "Love of my Life" -- where Brian also played cello and harp.. sorry, but been in love with Brian for a very long time... lol
Queen/White Man from the album A Day At The Races
Like your reactions and try to catch all the ones you do for Queen. I would love to see you react to Dragon Attack from the '81 Montreal concert. So fun to watch them work together as a band and you will see some more of John on the bass.
They had 24 tracks and stereo, Yeah, it would be a lot easier now, but it was doable back then.
this song is brian mays unfinished symphony literally its actually unfinished
This is a Masterpiece so big, I have no words....Yes Brian is really a genius....omg. Boh Raph is altso a big Masterpiece, but in an outher way. Whos the best I’m not sure.....I always thinking of that this are how the world is to day, death all around.....and DONT LAF AT THE MAD MAN and is a GOOD PLAN noooo nothing is a good plan in this time! I dont think only at the Covid 19, but the world, and all thing, and all the mad men whos sitting around and shall lead eich contry......haha they are crazy all of them, who come to tuch the button?
When you made this video the song was 45 years old, released in 1975. Crazy isn’t it?
That is all Freddie, multi tracked
That’s Freddie and Brian
Come on now dude the use of stereo recording has been around a lot longer than 30 years it's not like it came from the days before the light bulb was invented! Love the line about being in a viking movie that actually made me laugh out loud I never thought of it that way but you're right. In my opinion no one made better use of stereo recording than Queen especially on their older albums
God, I love this song!