Did Brain May and Roger say anything about this very interesting track? What is the main idea behind this ambient piece?
I always like ambient music, this track made me to imagine the after life of Freddie, traveling back and forth in another dimension.....
Both of the above.
Otherwise, Brian May foresaw my need to disturb people in bars while playing this 30 minute ambient track. (*feels like 30 minutes to those who don't like it)
Usually gets compliments from people who like music. Not the pinheads.
And that's not just cause they've found out I've played it. (No personal agenda) people find it calming and therapeutic
I remember vividly hearing this for the first time. I was listening to it through my headphones and i had the volume cranked up pretty high. And then suddenly around 9 minutes there was this unexpected hard high sound. And there i was sitting with my headphones on in a sort of trance. I never listened to this track with high volume again.
But if i'm not mistaken it was David Richards fiddling around with a synthesizer. Brian and Roger came in, heard it and added some effects and things. Many people describes this as Freddie's trip to heaven. FAB!
My first copy of the album was on cassette, and after the "yeah" track there was a very brief D drone and it faded out.
It wasn't until many years later that I got a CD copy, and the full track appeared, much to my delight !
Brian said that track 13 was a journey, when asked if it was Freddie's journey he said that was up to the listener to decide.
I think it's a great ending to the last Queen album. If I can find the magazine I'll post the exact quote
I have to say that, on the day I got my CD, I was VERY excited and blown away to discover that my CD player was showing that the final Queen album was an amazing 70 minutes long.
Imagine my utter disappointment to then discover that almost a third of that was, and still is, the biggest load of SHITE ever to grace a Queen album: and some people say "The Cosmos Rocks" was rubbish!
TRIBUTE TO DAVID RICHARDS (link:
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One of my favourite moments with him was the creation of "Track 13" for that album. David and I lit up joss sticks and candles in the control room, powered up every machine in the building, and sat 'painting pictures’ with synthesisers and samplers against a slowly changing backdrop of drones - for the whole night - something like 8 hours, by the time it had evolved. Roger wafted in, enjoyed the vibe, and played a 'solo' half way through, and wafted out. Then somehow we got to a place where it seemed like the music had taken us all the way through some kind of worm-hole and out the other side. In the refreshing emergence we thought we could hear Freddie laughing - still not sure where that particular sample came from, but we left it in ... it's all mixed in with echoes of classical themes - the music seemed to have a life of its own. And - no - we didn't take any drugs !!!
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I remember this was used prior to Q+PR coming on stage at Brixton - not a single person I spoke to thought it was an even half-decent idea to employ it to work the audience up.
Utter tosh and a waste of CD time.
I remember this was used prior to Q+PR coming on stage at Brixton - not a single person I spoke to thought it was an even half-decent idea to employ it to work the audience up.
Utter tosh and a waste of CD time.
I really like this and have done since I first heard it. Its something to be listened to at a certain time not a track to play at a party. At the gigs it acts as background music nobody's really listening they are generally chatting but I guess it gives the band a good countdown to stage time? For me it beats playing crap AOR rock songs before the band come on...........