when the album first came out i didn't really like it ,but it has grown on me over the years.Do any other members of the band play on this track? Or is it Freddie out on his own.I cant remember, its been a while since i have heard it.
Beatiful song. One of my favourites. Freddie's voice shines in this particular one.
It is also further evidence of the great ability of Queen (and particularly Freddie) when composing various genres. Queen was a
truly eclectic band, and that's what makes them such a big band.
It's a great number. While the most noticeable things are of course the piano and the vocal/melody/lyrics, I think the drum-part's amazing, very simple but very hard to get right.
I never really liked the studio version, but a live version or the BBC version are OK. Freddie's mispronouciation of "melancholy" on the studio version always rubbed me the wrong way.
I love this song. While it's not one of my absolute favourite songs from NOTW, I do regard it as a truly beautiful *'quiet' song with magnificent vocals from Freddie, as well as some terrific piano.
It's interesting because I've been listening to Curtis Mayfield alot recently, and Mayfield's voice and style was such that one has to listen to him attentively; he couldn't be treated as background music. The same goes for My Melancholy Blues. When I listen to it (which admittedly is not all that much), I need to be fully attentive. Which is probably why I don't listen to it as much as some other NOTW songs; I can't always ensure that I'm able to give the music I'm listening to my full attention.
BTW, while My Melancholy Blues is a wonderful song and a fine album closer, I've often wondered whether We Are The Champions would have been a better album closer.
*a song which doesn't come across to me as a hit and would probably not be known by non-Queen fans