QueenZone discussion #668470

STELIOS wrote: I always come back to THE SHOW, trying to understand that Mega-effect it has to most of us. Well as I was listening to the first lines it hit me. John’s bass line almost cries for Freddie. If you listen carefully is like it’s supporting the brave/angry lament of Fred’s with a mellower touch. On the other hand the way the keyboard sequence goes is like underlying the inevitability of things. It is both epic and anxious, like trying to make the feeling of the up-coming death, a sound. The pattern of the keyboards is repeating itself like saying …whatever the singer cries out, things are going to come the way it was planned to come, sooner or later. It is like Freddie is hooked to that sequence, the way he was hooked to his determined fate, the time he sang that song… In other words fate is represented by that famous re-cycling pattern Roger and John wrote…. O.V.E.R - B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T.

By the way, who sings the chorus? Freddie, Brian & Roger? Or simply Freddie and Brian?

STELIOS wrote: I always come back to THE SHOW, trying to understand that Mega-effect it has to most of us. Well as I was listening to the first lines it hit me. John’s bass line almost cries for Freddie. If you listen carefully is like it’s supporting the brave/angry lament of Fred’s with a mellower touch. On the other hand the way the keyboard sequence goes is like underlying the inevitability of things. It is both epic and anxious, like trying to make the feeling of the up-coming death, a sound. The pattern of the keyboards is repeating itself like saying …whatever the singer cries out, things are going to come the way it was planned to come, sooner or later. It is like Freddie is hooked to that sequence, the way he was hooked to his determined fate, the time he sang that song… In other words fate is represented by that famous re-cycling pattern Roger and John wrote…. O.V.E.R - B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T.

Madman007 wrote:

STELIOS wrote: I always come back to THE SHOW, trying to understand that Mega-effect it has to most of us. Well as I was listening to the first lines it hit me. John’s bass line almost cries for Freddie. If you listen carefully is like it’s supporting the brave/angry lament of Fred’s with a mellower touch. On the other hand the way the keyboard sequence goes is like underlying the inevitability of things. It is both epic and anxious, like trying to make the feeling of the up-coming death, a sound. The pattern of the keyboards is repeating itself like saying …whatever the singer cries out, things are going to come the way it was planned to come, sooner or later. It is like Freddie is hooked to that sequence, the way he was hooked to his determined fate, the time he sang that song… In other words fate is represented by that famous re-cycling pattern Roger and John wrote…. O.V.E.R - B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T.

Although I do agree that this song is pure genius, I think you’re looking at it the wrong way. Even though Freddie sang it and the lyrics where attributed to Queen, according to the QMS, Brian holds the 'credit' for this song mainly because the majority of the lyrics were his work. The song is mainly about Brian’s failed marriage and any links to Freddie’s last days and/or death are purely coincidental.

Asterik wrote:

Madman007 wrote:

STELIOS wrote: I always come back to THE SHOW, trying to understand that Mega-effect it has to most of us. Well as I was listening to the first lines it hit me. John’s bass line almost cries for Freddie. If you listen carefully is like it’s supporting the brave/angry lament of Fred’s with a mellower touch. On the other hand the way the keyboard sequence goes is like underlying the inevitability of things. It is both epic and anxious, like trying to make the feeling of the up-coming death, a sound. The pattern of the keyboards is repeating itself like saying …whatever the singer cries out, things are going to come the way it was planned to come, sooner or later. It is like Freddie is hooked to that sequence, the way he was hooked to his determined fate, the time he sang that song… In other words fate is represented by that famous re-cycling pattern Roger and John wrote…. O.V.E.R - B.R.I.L.L.I.A.N.T.

Although I do agree that this song is pure genius, I think you’re looking at it the wrong way. Even though Freddie sang it and the lyrics where attributed to Queen, according to the QMS, Brian holds the 'credit' for this song mainly because the majority of the lyrics were his work. The song is mainly about Brian’s failed marriage and any links to Freddie’s last days and/or death are purely coincidental.

Purely co-incidental? I've heard it all now...