QueenZone discussion #1541220
The Night Comes Down
| philip storey 20.02.2019 16:48 |
I find this song really beautiful and my kitchen window faces towards the sun as it goes down.I sometimes sit looking at the sun as it goes down with The Night Comes Down playing. I find it relaxing and haunting at the same time and we have had some really good sun sets recently.I also sometimes like to listen to Queen with the lights off ,I think ANATO/Q 2 work best.I like to do this before going to bed.I find it helps me relax,reflect and remember Freddie and all the pleasure he has brought into my life. |
| dysan 20.02.2019 16:54 |
Lovely. We share the same kind of eerie tranquility reminiscing about listening to Queen's music. I fully agree with those qualities in TNCD. Queen 1 takes me right back to being very very young and unsure of the world and entranced by this strange music made in such a distant time and place (actually, less than 10 years before and 70 miles up the road but you get the idea) |
| . 20.02.2019 17:53 |
Nice posts. Am I on the right forum? |
| Stick 20.02.2019 21:34 |
Certain pieces of music can underscore a subjective experience of a human being and elevate that experience to a beautiful subjective level for that human. It's one of the most wonderful aspects of the relation of the mind to music. It can make something nice into something beautiful just by being there in the background. That's why I consider music to be the ultimate art. The feeling that exposes itself when related to something being elevated by a certain piece of music is simply wonderful. Almost fairy tale like. But, however one describes it, the relation between the beauty of certain pieces of music and the underscoring of life's experiences when combined is just wonderful. Also, a couple of beers thrown in the mix might help! |
| Iron Butterfly 20.02.2019 22:34 |
Stick wrote: Certain pieces of music can underscore a subjective experience of a human being and elevate that experience to a beautiful subjective level for that human. It's one of the most wonderful aspects of the relation of the mind to music. It can make something nice into something beautiful just by being there in the background. That's why I consider music to be the ultimate art. The feeling that exposes itself when related to something being elevated by a certain piece of music is simply wonderful. Almost fairy tale like. But, however one describes it, the relation between the beauty of certain pieces of music and the underscoring of life's experiences when combined is just wonderful. Also, a couple of beers thrown in the mix might help!Absolutely. You nailed it. |
| Thistle 20.02.2019 23:20 |
Beautiful :) |
| Makka 21.02.2019 05:21 |
Stick wrote: Certain pieces of music can underscore a subjective experience of a human being and elevate that experience to a beautiful subjective level for that human. It's one of the most wonderful aspects of the relation of the mind to music. It can make something nice into something beautiful just by being there in the background. That's why I consider music to be the ultimate art. The feeling that exposes itself when related to something being elevated by a certain piece of music is simply wonderful. Almost fairy tale like. But, however one describes it, the relation between the beauty of certain pieces of music and the underscoring of life's experiences when combined is just wonderful. Also, a couple of beers thrown in the mix might help!Spot on! And yes, this is a beautiful song. |
| spiralstatic 21.02.2019 07:38 |
Beautifully expressed Stick. :) And I am glad The Night Comes Down can be part of such a moment for you Philip. It has a simple beauty, made almost ethereal with the purity of Freddie's voice back then and the mystical feel of the track. I love a good sunset. For me, The Night Comes down has a kind of yearning poignancy which is inherent in the song, but which has increased with the weight of time and the place of Queen's first album as the beginning of their story. I can imagine this feeling fitting well with watching the sun go down. |
| oligneisti 21.02.2019 07:47 |
I remember listening to the song when I was probably 13 and mishearing the lyrics, there were none with the album, and I thought Freddie sang Tanzani(a) when he really says Dazzling. Great song though I did feel foolish when I realized my mistake. |
| dysan 21.02.2019 08:34 |
Stick is correct and this is what I try to say every time there is a discussion about bass drum compression, mastering, crackling acetate demos and muddy mixes |
| Iron Butterfly 21.02.2019 08:35 |
I just listened to it for the time in a while just then. I still get goosebumps. Amazing after all this time. |
| master marathon runner 21.02.2019 10:56 |
Oh yes yes YES !!! - I've loved the night comes down since I first heard it in '75. - it's always been my 'special Queen track' - I feel quite possessive about it ! ?? |
| dysan 21.02.2019 12:50 |
Of course, worth added that the way Modern Times crashes in at the end is up there with the best Queen sequencing tricks. |
| Stick 21.02.2019 15:54 |
Thanks for the positive feedback! |
| philip storey 21.02.2019 17:58 |
I think The night comes down would work on tour now with Brian on vocals ,with Keep yourself alive and Modern times rock 'n' roll.These songs are very important and would make new fans realise its not all about Radio GA GA,WWRY and WATC.Those first five albums hold such brilliant music it's criminal that they are neglected like they are. |
| Iron Butterfly 21.02.2019 19:25 |
philip storey wrote: I think The night comes down would work on tour now with Brian on vocals ,with Keep yourself alive and Modern times rock 'n' roll.These songs are very important and would make new fans realise its not all about Radio GA GA,WWRY and WATC.Those first five albums hold such brilliant music it's criminal that they are neglected like they are.With you on this. |
| Fireplace 21.02.2019 22:26 |
Eventually what it comes down to is atmosphere, and Queen's early albums had that in spades. The old songs had a sense of adventure that was largely lost by the time of The Game. Don't underestimate nostalgia as a driving force behind your tastes in music though! |
| spiralstatic 22.02.2019 08:17 |
Fireplace wrote: Eventually what it comes down to is atmosphere, and Queen's early albums had that in spades. The old songs had a sense of adventure that was largely lost by the time of The Game. Don't underestimate nostalgia as a driving force behind your tastes in music though!I think there is something you can't put your finger on which really comes across in the work of a band who are still striving for something they haven't achieved yet. I guess it is a feeling we all feel in life as who of us ever reach completely where we want to be. But in great bands I often feel it most in their first few albums - this yearning for want of a better way to put it. I think it's in fact rather extraordinary that to some degree, Queen retain something of this in their music and creativity throughout their SEVEN '70's albums! Maybe it's a reason why Innuendo is so great again. The hand of time came in and gave the band a time limit which must have given them an urgency and yearning to create all they could in what they knew was so limited a time? Maybe creatively and psychologically this moved them to a place similar to how it was is the early days? |
| Wilki Amieva 22.02.2019 14:54 |
Excellent post! And I heartily agree with Stick here. |
| Khizzy 22.02.2019 17:20 |
My favourite song on the first album and one of my favourite Queen songs ever. Absolutely amazing, just wish that there was a live recording of it. |
| RobbyBloodshed 23.02.2019 01:45 |
One of my all time favorite songs...hopefully one day a live recording of it drops or they remix the version that was supposed to be released on Q1, that they weren’t too thrilled how it came out because of the drums (I believe?) ... |
| The Fairy King 28.02.2019 12:19 |
Yes! One of my instant favorites on the album. I absolutely loved the inclusion on the soundtrack of the series VINYL (alas cancelled after only one season). :( |