Brian May said it once, it is a kind of a Queen trade mark to have bits in a song that has such a good melody on its own, that you could build a whole new song with that one bit. For me there are many songs that have parts in it of which I wish they would use it more often in that song or build a song around that part. Hard to explain, but let me give an example:
-The last part of The Miracle 'that time will come, one day you'll see, when we can all be friends'
-In Scandal 'today the headlines tomorrow hard times, and no one ever really knows the truth from the lies'
-In Let me Live: the piano part at the very end
-The part in The invisible man: Never had a real good friend, not a boy or a girl, no one knows what i've been through, (etc.) until the guitar solo.
-The part in The Hitman: 'Love me baby, don't be so cool, love me love me baby, I've been to the hitman school'
And there is a lot more. For those who understand what I mean, any more suggestions?
Roger's part in "Keep yourself alive", the very end of "seven seas of rhye", the beggining of Rock it, Backing vocals of Freddie in "Machine Back to Humans...and a lot more...
That might be to do with the fact that nearly every worthwhile song ever written is built up of contrasting sections (classical sonata form is based around two contrasting themes, and it is not unusual for a composition, classical or otherwise, to have more).
knakenrudi wrote:
You could name the bridge section in any song by anybody that way.
practically every suggestion mentioned so far is either
a. intro
b. bridge
c. coda
i dont think that's what Brian was talking about, i think his reference was more toward songs that were mini symphonies...ie having distinct "moevements" that would stand alone as a song
the two songs that immediately spring to mind in that respect are fairly obvious.....Bo Rhap and Somebody to Love, but once you think about it there are others....Liar, Doin' Alright, It's Late
The best example i can think of to fit Brian's description of "songs within songs" is an old Wings hit - Band On The Run