Queen, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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  • čas přidán 15. 12. 2023
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    It would make a perfect companion to Seaside Rendezvous on a single, don’t you think?
    Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
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  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers Před 6 měsíci +51

    Loving following this journey, when someone talks about music as passionately as she does you need to stop and listen with all your attention

    • @penderyn8794
      @penderyn8794 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Innuendo by Queen is a must towards the end of Queen's career

  • @Sarvasaha
    @Sarvasaha Před 6 měsíci +50

    The great performance by John Deacon on bass also deserves some love.

    • @SteveoGregg
      @SteveoGregg Před 5 měsíci +1

      He wrote ,another one bites the dust, that's a serious jam. I agree!!

    • @estebanherrera9918
      @estebanherrera9918 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Deacy just knew what to play, very much like Ringo did in drums for the Beatles he did in Bass with Queen. Played for the song. Perfect part for the song….Without Deacy there would have been no Queen

    • @estebanherrera9918
      @estebanherrera9918 Před 4 měsíci

      Adding to the above, Brian, Freddie and Roger never made it on their own like they did as a group, proof they it was the sum of the four that made them who they were.

  • @lindieb5278
    @lindieb5278 Před 6 měsíci +48

    Brian would be so pleased to hear your complements. As others have said he wanted his guitar to sing so you have acknowledged that he has achieved this. Apart from his solos when he is alone on stage I always feel that his contributions to each song are pitched exactly right. He never shows off and tries to take over. His playing always enhances the songs perfectly. Another great critique Amy thank you.

  • @AlineDo
    @AlineDo Před 6 měsíci +71

    I am sure your appreciation of Brian will increase further. His human voice is beautiful and his guitar voice is superb. The playing of the instrument, interpreting Freddie’s meaning of the song, accompanying Fred’s voice, it is all so great. On a guitar he and his father made themselves. A unique sound, a voice that is as much the Queen sound as Freddie’s voice is.

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Especially if she hears Bijou

    • @finkiusmaximus
      @finkiusmaximus Před 5 měsíci +4

      Red Special + Deacy Amp, impossible to replicate

    • @MusiCatsKing
      @MusiCatsKing Před 5 měsíci +3

      Yes. I can't wait for her to do '39! I really hope she will.

  • @basstian
    @basstian Před 6 měsíci +25

    One of Brian's many virtues is that he's both clever and sensitive, and it shows through his work. Solos such as this one are so well-crafted and so full of beauty and attention to detail. In one word: May-estic!

  • @seajaytea9340
    @seajaytea9340 Před 6 měsíci +20

    The word that describes this song for me is "charming." And not just in the more modern sense of "delightful," but also referencing the older idea of "enchanting" or "casting a charm" on someone. Maybe that's the nostalgia talking, but it's a damned good tune and lots of fun to listen to! 😊

  • @VolareBasso
    @VolareBasso Před 6 měsíci +18

    the ticking of the hours passing, the single loud sound indicating that it is 9 o'clock... they were simply having fun creating little masterpieces!

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Such a playfull and merry little ,,cappo d' opera" - absolute perfection, but it's not serious !

  • @marblackCanada
    @marblackCanada Před 6 měsíci +17

    That is what Brian always wanted, to be a voice that carries the song from one place to the next part.

  • @andreakormosnekacso4804
    @andreakormosnekacso4804 Před 6 měsíci +20

    According to Freddie's friends he really was an old-fashioned lover boy, very romantic (like Valentino, the Rudolf 😁), by sending postcards, flowers, buying small and great presents, btw. he wrote this song about the relationship with David Minns.
    Listening to Queen's music makes people happy by bringing The Fun. Thank you Amy, hardly waiting for the next experience.

  • @andy2950
    @andy2950 Před 6 měsíci +17

    I'd love it if you could sit down with Brian and talk about the technical issues in their music.

  • @foxdenham
    @foxdenham Před 6 měsíci +26

    Another composition that sits alongside this song, seaside rendezvous and their ilk is, ‘Big Bad Leroy Brown’ from Sheer Heart Attack - Really fun and funny track.

    • @fountains4268
      @fountains4268 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Sheer Heart Attack is probably the only Queen album that could even be hinted at as being underrated. Most of their catalogue is completely known but this album from *1974*, that's 48 years ago, was an absolute masterpiece. A 40 minute romp of musical styles, A-list song-writing, lyrical poetry together with fantastic guitar and bass playing loveliness that still remains my favorite Queen album.
      If I had to listen to only one album in the world for the rest of my life, this might be it.

    • @foxdenham
      @foxdenham Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@fountains4268 I’m with you on everything. Yup my fave too. ✌️

  • @blastingweevil2968
    @blastingweevil2968 Před 6 měsíci +13

    this for me is what makes queen and freddie so special it dose not matter what kind of music you listen to you can allways listen to and find enjoyment in a song done by them !!!

  • @konradtomala3580
    @konradtomala3580 Před 6 měsíci +4

    The guitar solo in this number is seriously one of the best arranged guitar playing I heard in my life. It's a real gem!

  • @dianecourtney2724
    @dianecourtney2724 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Hi Amy. I like this song because it makes me happy! Sometimes that’s enough for me. The critics jumped all over Queen and especially Freddie for their ‘ music hall songs’ There are so many Queen songs …why is it a problem for a highly skilled band to play around with every type of music ??

    • @mikes9305
      @mikes9305 Před 6 měsíci

      Don't forget the sheer discomfort that so many persons felt in the 1970s with things that diverged from limited macho heterosexual norms of masculinity.

  • @stigotmarbjelland6819
    @stigotmarbjelland6819 Před 6 měsíci +16

    Only Freddie could write this, and come up with the title! I have always loved this song, his songs, their songs!! And I also have to say, Brian Mays guitar is just fantastic!!! Great reaction!!!!

  • @TomatoFettuccini
    @TomatoFettuccini Před 6 měsíci +22

    What I love about this song is how it shows off Queen's effortless swing from style to style.
    It opens with a piano-voice arrangement reminiscent of something from the Romantic Period, then twists itself into a sublime Ragtime, then into an almost lullaby-like section, then back to Ragtime.
    Queen is possibly the greatest rock band of all time, simply for their ability to sonically transform themselves from one style to another and the sheer breadth of their musical vocabulary. The fact that they can shift from Ragtime to proto-thrash metal on the same album and have it work is a stunning feat.
    Freddie Mercury was very heavily influenced by the Vaudeville era and it shows all throughout Queen's catalogue.
    Love seeing your reactions to where the music goes and your analysis. Vicarious enjoyment for the win!

    • @RobertHanke
      @RobertHanke Před 6 měsíci +1

      Queen from Night Opera Good company is Brian May most intensive guitar track playing sounds like a whole brass section w trombone & flutes.

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Před 5 měsíci +1

      A tribute to Groucho Marx and the Marx brothers with A Night at the he Opera and A Day at th he Races. Groucho Marx was honored in pictures with Queen.

  • @bukeksiansu2112
    @bukeksiansu2112 Před 6 měsíci +12

    The Deacy bass work always enlighten me.

  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers Před 6 měsíci +25

    Everything about this song sounds so perfect, the harmonies and key changes are beautiful.

  • @CeliaMolina20879
    @CeliaMolina20879 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Brian May solos are fantastic like always, it gets the song to other level. But you need to remember that Freddie in his own writing songs wanted to take care of everything from the start to the recording. In some of Brian guitar solo’s Freddie play in piano how he wants Brian to play it.

  • @madmanasaurusRex
    @madmanasaurusRex Před 6 měsíci +14

    Bands at this time had a lot of leeway to be able to experiment and use varied styles and sounds, I think, because the audience/individual listeners were VERY open minded and willing to accept /embrace the variety. 😊

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 Před 6 měsíci +7

      Yes, those '70 - ies were exceptionall, especially in music, it was a period of creativity and efervescence !

  • @headrushindi
    @headrushindi Před 6 měsíci +4

    I grew up on Queen. I was a young teen in the seventies, and played guitar then , and with many bands over the years , also doing studio and other work,
    I Idolized Brian Mays style.
    We played many of the Rock songs of the day . AC -DC, The Stones , The Animals , Zeppelin , etc.. But for all the Mainstream rock . Every Guitarist of that era, would secretly go home and pick apart Brian Mays ingeniously , superbly crafted Guitar parts , just as every rock singer would go home and try to emulate Freddie Mercury by attempting to recreate the nuances and depth of his vocals. These guys influenced MANY Genres of artists going forward from County to Pop , rock, and even R&B , and rap. There was no one who was not influenced in some way by these trailblazers who molded a new way of thinking of Rock -Pop music.Lady GaGa was such a huge fan , that she took her name from their song Radio GaGa (true story)!

  • @WindmillChef
    @WindmillChef Před 6 měsíci +7

    Amy describes attributes of a "Great Gatsby" type party entertainment. As a country club Chef I have worked many great Gatsby parties and they include all the things Amy describes.
    The thing is that I recognize musical elements in this song that I also find in Queen's "Killer Queen" song which can be viewed as their "break through" song into massive markets.
    This is turning out to be a great series.

  • @P.Galore
    @P.Galore Před 6 měsíci +7

    I love when Queen and The Beatles re-created the 1940's motif. " Dining at The Ritz we'll meet at (one two three four five six seven eight) Nine" - just brilliant.

  • @willchannelle4874
    @willchannelle4874 Před 6 měsíci +22

    One of my favorite Queen songs, excellent 👍

  • @alexgarciacarrasco5907
    @alexgarciacarrasco5907 Před 6 měsíci +10

    What else they have? 😅... Caribean music at "Who needs you", ragtime at "Bring back that leroy brown", rockabilly at "Crazy little thing called love" or " Man on the prowl", Blues at "Dreamers Ball" , Heavy metal at "Princess of the universe", Flamenco at "Innuendo"...... Queen was a genre on his own.

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Innuendo still touches me every time I hear it !

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Před 5 měsíci +1

      Calypso with Rain Must Fall in the Miracle album.

  • @lee_1292
    @lee_1292 Před 6 měsíci +14

    always pleased to see queen!!!

  • @FAGV
    @FAGV Před 6 měsíci +11

    I suggest you listen to My Melancholy Blues, by Queen. Great piano, great vocals and very jazzy. You'll be surprised 😊

  • @madmanasaurusRex
    @madmanasaurusRex Před 6 měsíci +13

    A very vibrant and entertaining reaction Amy. It’s obvious Queen/Freddy Mercury has kept your attention and you genuinely seem to enjoy them. Thank you for the great content. 😊

  • @Leo93087
    @Leo93087 Před 6 měsíci +16

    This is a beautiful song. Very melodic and dynamic one

  • @chrisbanks6659
    @chrisbanks6659 Před 6 měsíci +9

    It's hard not to imagine this as a 1930's Radio Crooner's Melody. At least, that's what I get from it.☺

  • @angelahendry6394
    @angelahendry6394 Před 6 měsíci +14

    It's so fun watching you clearly enjoy this piece of music. This is one of my (many) favourite Queen songs for feeling child-like, innocent, playful and freeing. Amy you also show those qualities when you're interpreting this piece 🥰

  • @sikksnakk
    @sikksnakk Před 6 měsíci +6

    Composer extraordinar. So much fun, chord and harmony changes in an almost forgotten gem.
    Ad it´s so good 🙂

  • @roberttaylor8959
    @roberttaylor8959 Před 6 měsíci +8

    great Freedie song

  • @fatimaerdogan8193
    @fatimaerdogan8193 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Rick Beato has a nice talk with Brian on his channel. Brian doesn't tell about his overall thinking, but do tell about the
    special sound of his solo guitar: It's played through a little cheap table-speaker giving it this vocal-like timbre.
    However, most of his soli are made of phrases like the lines of a singer, which certainly gives a distinctive
    impression compared to other guitarists.

  • @MrBeblis
    @MrBeblis Před 5 měsíci +2

    For all you bass players this is how a bass is to be played. He knows his instrument and just knows where to go and what to play.

  • @wendyweilermusic522
    @wendyweilermusic522 Před 6 měsíci +24

    Amy! This is such a beautiful, insightful interpretation of this classic Freddie song! Thank you for this and for all your reaction videos, in particular your Queen reaction videos! I have so enjoyed your thoughtful, intelligent takes! Especially enjoy your exceptional musical ear, hearing things that many of us perhaps don't, and breaking it all down for us. Thank you! I feel that it's hard NOT to fall in love with Freddie, he shares his whole heart and soul in his music, and in his voice. I love that these 4 exceptional individuals called QUEEN found each other in life. Such a democracy, which allowed them to flourish, share their individuality, branch out into so many different directions and styles, and create so many musical masterpieces. I think they were destined to meet! Take good care Amy, Happy Holidays from Toronto, Canada! xo

    • @chergui77
      @chergui77 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Excellently stated, Wendy!

    • @wendyweilermusic522
      @wendyweilermusic522 Před 5 měsíci

      @@chergui77 thank you very much! I speak the truth, especially regarding my words for Amy! She offers so much more than mere reactions (which are delightful in themselves)...I really feel as if I've been educated after watching her videos. She's

    • @wendyweilermusic522
      @wendyweilermusic522 Před 5 měsíci

      @@chergui77...she's a Gem! Take good care! ❤🎵🎶

  • @dsanford12
    @dsanford12 Před 6 měsíci +10

    A night at the opera , A day at the races. 2 Of the best albums ever created , Would be cool if you did both of them back to back with a fine toothcomb, like you do , Thank you

  • @delsouls76
    @delsouls76 Před 6 měsíci +2

    What was in the water in the UK in the early to mid 70s that produced the greatest era of (prog) rock music with Queen, Floyd, and Genesis. It’s mind boggling.

    • @andymccabe6712
      @andymccabe6712 Před 6 měsíci

      It's just another phase in the evolution of contemporary pop/rock etc ....not mind boggling at all!!
      ...people attach themselves to a particular musical style at a particular time in their life.......and then believe that's the best music ever.....!
      It never is ......

  • @5ilver42
    @5ilver42 Před 6 měsíci +7

    this is a fun song to play on any instrument

  • @kathleenswift7979
    @kathleenswift7979 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Still got my original vinyl I bought when I was 11😁

  • @LaserRockShow
    @LaserRockShow Před 6 měsíci +8

    i always liked this song from the first time i heard it, and its sooo freddie. the next album will be my favourite queen album and spread your wings my favourite song. will be a tough choice for you ami, because who needs you, its late and my melancholy blues deserves to be listened too.

  • @pjt1974
    @pjt1974 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The day after Freddie died, Nicky Campbell on Radio One played this at the start of his show as part of a tribute, I got to "Let me feel your heart beat" and I was bawling, crying my eyes out.

  • @j0hnf_uk
    @j0hnf_uk Před 6 měsíci +2

    I get the impression of the clock counting upward to 9 o'clock as a form of anticipation. Where they're doing a, 'count-up', to the time they've arranged to meet. Obviously, sped-up quite a bit in the song! I do believe this being a single back in 1976-7, as I remember hearing it several times on the radio, and instantly recognising it as being by Queen. Something that was quite common, back in the day. You could tell which group of band you were listening to almost immediately, as they each had their own signature sound, even if the songs themselves were completely different. And that was generally even before the singer started to sing. In this case, the song starts off with Freddie singing, but the overall sound told you immediately that it was Queen. Songs by bands in later years seemed to lose their individuality, with them becoming more homogenised, I feel. But maybe that's just me getting a bit older and less enamoured by the incumbent styles in music.

  • @joanradicchi4073
    @joanradicchi4073 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I felt it's in the style of the 20's and quite flirtatious! It's the joy of new love!

  • @stevehooley1951
    @stevehooley1951 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Thanks Amy , glad you enjoyed this song. Please watch the performance of it on CZcams titled at (Top of the Pops 1977 )to see Queen coming into the height of their success. It's a good close up of seeing them doing it . Many Thanks! 😊🕘🍾🎩❤

  • @breadmoth6443
    @breadmoth6443 Před 6 měsíci +12

    I hope she does '39 at some point , that is such an underrated song from Queen!

    • @79BlackRose
      @79BlackRose Před 6 měsíci +3

      Vlad didn't rate it. 🙄

    • @AliT0555
      @AliT0555 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Yes, Queen’s contribution to folk.

    • @basstian
      @basstian Před 6 měsíci +2

      That's my favourite one!

  • @HellenKillerProject
    @HellenKillerProject Před 6 měsíci +5

    A Day at the Races and A Night at the Opera ... Very cool album set and Brian May is amazing. He wanted to play guitar so his dad took him in the shop and they built one. Then he got classical lessens. After the group he went back to school and has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. He sang what to me is one of the most powerful songwriters and singers. "39" was his song and it makes me cry every time ...

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Před 5 měsíci

      Grouch Marx and the Marx brothers.

    • @HellenKillerProject
      @HellenKillerProject Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-er3ri6sc3j nice how that worked out. Like "Schools Out" by Alice.

  • @marksmodellingmadness
    @marksmodellingmadness Před 6 měsíci +2

    At the start of this vid, I could not remember the tune to this song, in fact, I was thinking of "Lazing on a sunday afternoon", but as soon as the music started I was singing along to every other line, it all just suddenly came back to me, all those cheerful little touches- "there he goes again", and counting up the hours to 9 o'clock ding!
    I first heard this song on the album, pretty much played the grooves out of it back in the early 1980's, so much so that when the song ended I pretty much started singing the next song on the album :)
    Good times :)

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 Před 6 měsíci +10

    I want this one right now! Love you

  • @axeman3d
    @axeman3d Před 6 měsíci +7

    Panache! Thank you, I could not think of a better word to describe Freddie and this song. I think of art deco posters of early air travel and sea liners when I hear this.

  • @kuntumlaleanqueezer
    @kuntumlaleanqueezer Před 6 měsíci +10

    Love this song ❤

  • @mikatile
    @mikatile Před 6 měsíci +9

    Freddies Noel Coward phase.

  • @seagreenspiral
    @seagreenspiral Před 5 měsíci +2

    What a fucking song! Freddie was a genius!

  • @kentnottingham9635
    @kentnottingham9635 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Seaside, Seven Seas. This and others were always such a nice bit of fun in their albums. Always a great mix of genres when listening to Queen. Thanks for another great show!!!

  • @karentargaryen7959
    @karentargaryen7959 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Great reaction and breakdown. This is indeed a fun song. I love how you describe Brian's guitar as another voice, it fits perfectly.

  • @benicabanas9793
    @benicabanas9793 Před 6 měsíci +9

    The next one should be Teo Torriate, is beautiful.

    • @79BlackRose
      @79BlackRose Před 6 měsíci +5

      Evidently, Vlad doesn't think so. Strange man!

  • @kentl7228
    @kentl7228 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I hope they do White Man. News of the World is incredible with the one-two punch of the start of the album. Spread You Wings and It's Late are good too.
    I like to think that Brian May would see one off these videos

  • @voodooacidman
    @voodooacidman Před 6 měsíci +2

    this is probably my favourite queen song! thanks for featuring it :) big love to all people :)

  • @keymack2477
    @keymack2477 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Thanks once again, Amy, for taking us to school!! I wish all of my teachers had been as great at what they do as you are! It is good you are going through their different styles of music, and will hit the hits later, so to speak, but please don't forget there are many more great songs on their first three albums that you have missed that are not hits, but wonderful examples of their music, including "White Queen", "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke", "Nevermore", "March of the Black Queen", "in The Lap of the Gods", "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" and "She Makes Me" among many others!!

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley Před 6 měsíci +11

    I loved this video. Great insights into an amazing song and recording. Queen embraced the emerging studio technology and took their songs to another level, I’m in awe honestly. Thank you Virgin Rock

  • @dariosema8379
    @dariosema8379 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I love your videos! I'm waiting for The Show Must Go On, though I'm pretty sure it will be one of the, if not the last song from the 50 series.

  • @christimanley13
    @christimanley13 Před 6 měsíci +5

    The character is like Cary Grant in one of his Madcap Romances: Bringing up Baby, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Philadelphia Story and so on

  • @coreywilliams923
    @coreywilliams923 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Wow, I've been listening to Queen for almost 40 years, and I always thought the additional vocal was Brian! To find out it's Mike Stone blew my mind. Brian credited Mike with teaching them all the studio tricks they would need to pull off this album. He said if there ever was a fifth member, it was Mike. As usual, you're reactions are the most informative.👍

  • @deboraclark5791
    @deboraclark5791 Před 6 měsíci +6

    A very sweet song.

  • @YourBeingParanoid
    @YourBeingParanoid Před 6 měsíci +3

    The date night song you play twice - once when getting ready to go out and once when you get your date home on the sofa

  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers Před 6 měsíci +10

    Oh my god, anxious

  • @sigcola
    @sigcola Před 6 měsíci +2

    i propose you the very last one of Freddie about this type of music. The thema is very different. Here in the mid '70s he's about love basically, but the next one i propose for you is onne of the 1984, called 'It's a hard life', where basically his thema is about all the mistakes he did that ended with his sieropositiveness. He did'nt know it at that time but his counsciousness knows it and you can discover it exactly in this song... try it, if you like ok, if you don't, fine. I anyway appreciate your fabolous job

  • @mikebrgcd
    @mikebrgcd Před 6 měsíci +8

    Great song, quite underrated in the context of their singles I think. As you say, it's almost Seaside Rendezvous cranked up to 11, and the bridge transition really makes the song which as a whole is gloriously bonkers. Another underrated track on the album is John Deacon's You and I, a fantastically uplifting pop song with echoes of Freddie's later Don't Stop Me Now, especially in terms of Freddie's vocal delivery. Probably my joint-favourite song on A Day at the Races, alongside Somebody to Love.

    • @chergui77
      @chergui77 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks for mentioning "You and I" by John. I had to go and listen again, and again, and again. ❤

  • @LeeKennison
    @LeeKennison Před 6 měsíci +16

    A really fun and enjoyable reaction. I am glad you made the association with "Seaside Rendezvous" ("Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" also works) since my initial thought was that it sounds like Freddie's 1920s/30s vaudeville/music hall voice. As you show its not just his voice and lyrics, but the music itself that takes us back to that time. Loved your commentary on Brian May's guitar, and how it serves as another voice working with Freddie. Brian has such a unique style(s) and tone(s) so that you always know it is him. He uses a wide variety of guitar tones and voices, often within the same song. At least in the studio versions where he is able to overdub multiple guitar parts.

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 Před 6 měsíci +2

      But ,,Lazing on a sunny ..." it's not Queen, they were The Kinks, but it's true, these pieces are somehow kindred !

    • @splitimage137.
      @splitimage137. Před 6 měsíci +2

      Hey Lee! Aren't you also glad that I made the association with HONEY PIE and YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW since my initial thought that it sounds like Paul's 1920s/30s vaudeville/music hall voice? As I would like to show, it's not just Paul's voice and lyrics, but it's the music itself that takes us back to that time of gaiety and material excess born of an unregulated speculative stock market that everyone else paid for in the following two decades? Or, did I just ruin it by putting some of your own words back into your mouth and twisting them around simply because it pleases my very weird sense of humor? Hmmmm ;)

    • @LeeKennison
      @LeeKennison Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@victormarian7889 "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" is a Queen song, and Amy has already reacted to it back on August 26th. But now that you mention the Kink's "Sunny Afternoon" that would be a great one for Amy to do. I wonder if the lyric "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" inspired the name of the Queen song.

    • @LeeKennison
      @LeeKennison Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@splitimage137. Yeah, that is another good association. A nice link between the Queen and Beatles series. Can't wait until Amy gets to those songs in the Beatles 150. I think the link is more obvious in "Honey Pie" as far as the voice style, whereas "Your Mother Should Know" maybe from the lyrics. Interesting interpretation on the lyrics. I guess your sense of humor is so weird that I didn't even realize you were twisting my words.😉

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@LeeKennison Thanks, my friend, you ' re right ... fridays I go painting at the Louvre ...

  • @RG-ih8yd
    @RG-ih8yd Před 6 měsíci +6

    Queen gemius😅😅😅

  • @jamalicon1
    @jamalicon1 Před měsícem

    The great things about Queens is that every song has different singing style. There are also songs for different mood. "Living on my own" became one of my favourite when listening to it by accident when I was very sad and lonely.

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Always a deep dive analysis love you

  • @kendallneason3645
    @kendallneason3645 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I’ve been recommending you to every one of my musician friends. You really have such a good ear! I adore this song! It’s so Freddie isn’t it? Playfully brilliant, fun and he is using his fellow Queen band mates’ talents to create, unafraid and try new ways of expressing themselves by taking us back in time. I love the heart beat comment. With Freddie’s gorgeous voice and charisma it’s easy to overlook the talents of the others. I’m glad you hear how beautifully Brian was able to pair his guitar playing with Freddie’s voice. It’s part of what makes Queen so special. Each member was incredibly talented. This song just makes me feel like smiling. Thanks ❤

  • @shhhhhh62
    @shhhhhh62 Před 6 měsíci +7

    This song is so much fun I can’t wait to hear it and Amy’s reaction!

  • @kirkhassett8726
    @kirkhassett8726 Před 6 měsíci +4

    The band got a lot of flak from the criticis of the day, who complained that Freddie’s cabaret-period took up valuable vinyl space, that would have been better used for rock n’ roll songs.
    But they missed the point entirely, as that wouldn’t have been Queen in the mid 1970’s. His Music Hall songs beautifully put on display their wide diversity of styles and genres. Just as the Beatles before them, their music was informed by many influences.

    • @mikes9305
      @mikes9305 Před 6 měsíci

      Part of it was that hard rock was "safely" masculine. Many people weren't comfortable with this kind of flamboyance, under the gender norms of the 1970s.

  • @mori1bund
    @mori1bund Před 5 měsíci +2

    "A Night at the Opera" and "A Day at the Races" are companion albums. This is the companion song to "Seaside Rendezvous". 🙂

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Před 5 měsíci

      Grouch Marx and his brothers. Queen was inspired by them.

  • @lulugurl6547
    @lulugurl6547 Před 28 dny

    It’s very much the same feeling as Seaside Rendezvous. Whimsical. ❤️

  • @WilliamAlanPhoto
    @WilliamAlanPhoto Před 5 měsíci

    I completely agree, I've been a queen fan since the mid 70's, and Brian's unique sounding guitar approach and execution was the main reason.

  • @paulduran9917
    @paulduran9917 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Love the Queen reactions. Might be time for a Queensryche reaction !!!

  • @fercus_inc
    @fercus_inc Před 6 měsíci +1

    Such a journey that we're having with you, thank you

  • @WoodyGamesUK
    @WoodyGamesUK Před 6 měsíci +8

    This song is better than Seaside Rendez-vous, this song is a major Queen song, a masterpiece.

  • @adrianrc102
    @adrianrc102 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Please react to 39. It's a masterpiece!!! 🙌🏼❤️

  • @solino2002andrea
    @solino2002andrea Před 6 měsíci +1

    good evening Mrs Amy, this song is masterful in every nuance and Brian's guitar has a unique tone in the world: sometimes it recalls the finest arch instruments, whose sound coincidentally is the transfiguration of the human voice. When I was a boy I listened to this song hundreds of times and each time I discovered a small, perhaps tiny detail. If there was a sound museum of music, Brian's solos would certainly be on full display in the main hall. that man is a genius. When he improvises in the recording studio on the riff of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water, David Gilmour "takes his hat off" in amazement. You can find the video on CZcams.
    Thanks for your amazing review

  • @atleengelstad5303
    @atleengelstad5303 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This is a pastiche, but brilliantly done..., and the instruments and arrangement are SO well done...

  • @fermionspin3968
    @fermionspin3968 Před 6 měsíci +4

    another companion could be 'bring back that Leroy Brown' from Sheer Heart Attack album

  • @bucklberryreturns
    @bucklberryreturns Před 5 měsíci +2

    I can hear these style Queen songs in the adaptation of P G Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, excellently portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

  • @foxdenham
    @foxdenham Před 6 měsíci +4

    Hi Amy and Vlad… have fun xx

  • @BostonBobby1961
    @BostonBobby1961 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells uses a heart beat rhythm during the mainframe of the piece.

  • @caroleann_2142
    @caroleann_2142 Před 5 měsíci +2

    RAGTIME 🎉I just love the entire Album.❤

  • @ChemloWright
    @ChemloWright Před 6 měsíci +3

    I know there are Queen songs that are better, but this one is possibly my favorite. I can't communicate the feeling I get from the first 8 measures. All I can do is ramble about the amateur analysis I just did, feel free to ignore.
    The melody of "I can dim the lights and sing you" starts on the 1st degree and climbs to the major 3rd on "dim" and outlines the major I chord. Sounds pretty cheery so far, but the note on "songs" is the 6th scale degree. 6 is very important, it's a sad note and vi is a sad chord. Second measure. "Songs full of sad things" almost feels like we're establishing the relative minor with Freddie's melody walking down to the 6th over the strong IV-iii-vi motion (I to vi by itself is very weak motion, the chords share two of the same notes). "Sing you songs full of sad things" while subverting my expectations of harmonic movement to make it sound sad is good stuff, very satisfying, love it. The 6th over the vi, same note, a small amount of resolution but we're clearly not done with this phrase.
    Third measure. "We can do the tango" melody calls back to "I can dim the lights" but it starts on the root note of the the minor ii chord so when it reaches the 3rd of the chord it's minor as well, it climbs to the 6th again and lingers there. Harmonically we're about to pull a ii-V7-I maneuver (usually something that sounds VERY final) into the fourth measure but Freddie is going to sing the 3rd scale degree over the I chord (the "two" in "just for two") and the pitch is lower than where we started in the first measure. It's all very melancholy, we don't sound QUITE finished, these first 4 measures need an answer.
    Measures 5-8. Do it over again but go up in pitch instead of down, hit the 1st scale degree instead of the sad 6th so much, throw a minor iv chord in there before the big V7 to I resolution (chromatic voice leading, 6, b6, 5, this chord progression is EXTRA resolved) and finish the melody with the subtonic leading tone resolving to the same 1st scale degree we started on. Meanwhile Brian May is doing whatever he does with his guitar counter-melody, nearly makes me cry, no big deal business as usual.
    Nothing here is groundbreaking, it follows established conventions, but it's perfect anyway.

  • @sandirobinson6966
    @sandirobinson6966 Před 6 měsíci +3

    If you dig around on CZcams, you can find the conversation where Brian May explains/shows how he accomplished that guitar solo.

  • @DropAnchor1978
    @DropAnchor1978 Před 6 měsíci

    I love the "Rock-A-Bye-Baby" quote in the bridge.

  • @DanielSnyder-bz8kp
    @DanielSnyder-bz8kp Před 6 měsíci +2

    Amy this type of song reminds me of early Genesis with songs like Harold the Barrel, or a middle section of Supper's Ready (Willow Farm from about 11:00 to 16:00)

  • @lovelycats456
    @lovelycats456 Před 4 měsíci

    this song is one of my absolute favorites. i am only 13, but queen is my all time favorite band EVERRR and i just love the music so much, i guess i am old soul lol

  • @phillipharrison7283
    @phillipharrison7283 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Amy, you have to do 'Drowse' which is the next track which also follows immediately on from the end of GOFLB half a beat break. Sung by Roger Taylor, the drummer. One of my favs. Cheers ✌

  • @rjart4
    @rjart4 Před 3 měsíci

    The Harp is such a wonderful instrument

  • @MikeBruno-qt5es
    @MikeBruno-qt5es Před 6 měsíci +1

    I think you would enjoy the song Good Company from A Night At The Opera. Brian May does an amazing job of turning his guitar into a Dixieland jazz performance. He makes his guitar sound like a clarinet, the gliss of a trombone etc.

  • @cazgerald9471
    @cazgerald9471 Před 5 měsíci

    This was released as a single in 1977 - it was on their album "A Day at the Races" released at the end of 1976.

  • @jimwilcox2964
    @jimwilcox2964 Před 6 měsíci +4

    On your sidenote, i believe what. You were thinking if was a Candlestick phone

  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers Před 5 měsíci +1

    Não consigo parar de voltar nessa análise