Queen's albums (from 74's "Sheer Heart Attack" until 1980's "The Game") always boasted that "no synthesizers were used," in showing their allegiance with the post-Zeppelin hard rock movement. However, John Deacon's lovely pop masterpiece "You're My Best Friend" on "A Night at the Opera" features what I believe is a synthesizer (at the very beginning and throughout the song). Someone please tell me; is this a synthesiszer being used? And if not, how are they acheiving that effect?
What I find funny is that people complain a lot about Queen's use of synths, and nobody did any bad comments about Led Zeppelin's and Yes's inclusion of them.
Sebastian wrote: What I find funny is that people complain a lot about Queen's use of synths, and nobody did any bad comments about Led Zeppelin's and Yes's inclusion of them.
Maybe it's because Queen always made a big deal about being synthesizer free, so when they finally incorporated the synths into their music, it was a departure for them.
deleted user 13.07.2004 06:29
People often tend to think that their "no synths"-policy was a sort of anti-synths statement. Instead, it was introduced to stress that all the funny noises come from Brian's guitar, as people often thought it was a synth.