my god, 50 years on and it never gets old. I frigin adore this just as much now as I did in 1974. NOTHING Queen did after 1979 can come anywhere even CLOSE to this. yeh I said what I said. Freddie we miss you so damn much.
freddie did (mostly) stop composing fantastical progressive music after ADATR but he didn't stop writing music of the highest quality up to his departure. Check out the albums Barcelona and Innuendo to name a few. Lacking is the fantastical youthful exuberance but there is incredible writing and emotion in those works
Lyrics: Now once upon a time an old man told me a fable When the piper is gone and the soup is cold on your table And if the black crow flies to find a new destination That is the sign Come tonight Come to the ogre site Come to the ogre battle fight He gives a great big cry and he can swallow up the ocean With a mighty tongue he catches flies the palm of his hand is incredible size One great big eye has a focus in your direction Now the battle is on Yeah yeah yeah Come tonight Come to the ogre site Come to the ogre battle fight The ogre-men are still inside The two-way mirror mountain Gotta keep down right out of sight You can't see in, but they can see out Keep a look out The ogre-men are coming out From the two-way mirror mountain They're running up behind and they're coming all about Can't go east 'cause you gotta go to south Ogre-men are going home And the great big fight is over Bugle blow, let trumpet cry Ogre battle lives for ever more You can come along You can come along Come to ogre battle He's a fairy feller The fairy folk have gathered round the new-moon shine To see the feller crack a nut at night's noon-time Just bring his axe he swears, as it climbs he dares to deliver The master-stroke Ploughman, Waggoner Will and types Politician with sensational pipe, he's a dilly-dally-o Pedagogue squinting, wears a frown And a satyr peers under lady's gown, dirty fellow What a dirty laddio Tatterdemalion and a junketer There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter, he's my hero Fairy dandy tickling in the fancy of his lady friend The nymph in yellow Can we see the master stroke What a quaere fellow Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboy Waiting to hear the sound And the arch-magician presides He is the leader Oberon and Titania watched by a harridian Mab is the Queen and there's a good apothecary-man Come to say hello Fairy dandy tickling in the fancy of his lady friend The nymph in yellow What a quaere fellow The ostler stands with hands on his knees Come on Mr. Feller, crack it open if you please There's no living in my life anymore The seas have gone dry and the rain stopped falling Please don't you cry anymore Can't you see Listen to the breeze, whisper to me please Don't send me to the path of nevermore Even the vallies below Where the rays of the sun were so warm and tender Now haven't anything to grow Can't you see Why did you have to leave me? Why did you decieve me? You send me to the path of nevermore When you say you didn't love me anymore Nevermore, nevermore
It depends of the editon, I have two different Cds of the Queen II album, and in one of them Nevermore begins at first of the transition and in the other at the end.
Yes You are right, what a lot of people thought were Synths are their Voices. . . All these earlyer Queen albums mention it too: No Synthesizer, or Nobody playing Synths
This is when Queen was good. After A Night at the Opera, they lost a lot and weren't as good. This happens with a number of bands. They have an album which breaks them as a major act and they never really approach their earlier sound or success again. It happened with Elton John after Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
@@sdgakatbkThey took a different route, and although they did reach a more pop oriented audience… those first 3 (and 75% of Night) will always be something special. Brian’s experimentation on guitar eased up, Freddie thought on a more commercial level, and the music paid the price. There are touches of the old feel later on, but for the most part, the later material had an almost gimmicky sense to it. I mean, how can anyone compare Body Language to Ogre Battle?
@@donedwards5150 I agree. I know they had conflicts with original manager Norman Sheffield and I think they were free of him or maybe getting free of him when Night came out. Even though I do not like their later stuff as much, I think maybe they actually had more control and were doing the stuff they wanted to more. This is speculation on my part as bands and musicians also change over time. Their early work is still pretty fresh though.
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John deacon is so underrated, one best bassist in music
I'm so agree !
True
yeah!
Along with Paul McCartney John entwistle
Did anyone ever underrate him?
my god, 50 years on and it never gets old. I frigin adore this just as much now as I did in 1974.
NOTHING Queen did after 1979 can come anywhere even CLOSE to this.
yeh I said what I said.
Freddie we miss you so damn much.
My sentiments exactly 💯
There is a song from hot space that can come close
freddie did (mostly) stop composing fantastical progressive music after ADATR but he didn't stop writing music of the highest quality up to his departure. Check out the albums Barcelona and Innuendo to name a few. Lacking is the fantastical youthful exuberance but there is incredible writing and emotion in those works
That album is a literal masterpiece. Never seen anything like this in my whole life.
Nevermore, nevermore 😭🙏
Lyrics:
Now once upon a time an old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone and the soup is cold on your table
And if the black crow flies to find a new destination
That is the sign
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
He gives a great big cry and he can swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies the palm of his hand is incredible size
One great big eye has a focus in your direction
Now the battle is on
Yeah yeah yeah
Come tonight
Come to the ogre site
Come to the ogre battle fight
The ogre-men are still inside
The two-way mirror mountain
Gotta keep down right out of sight
You can't see in, but they can see out
Keep a look out
The ogre-men are coming out
From the two-way mirror mountain
They're running up behind and they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cause you gotta go to south
Ogre-men are going home
And the great big fight is over
Bugle blow, let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for ever more
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle
He's a fairy feller
The fairy folk have gathered round the new-moon shine
To see the feller crack a nut at night's noon-time
Just bring his axe he swears, as it climbs he dares to deliver
The master-stroke
Ploughman, Waggoner Will and types
Politician with sensational pipe, he's a dilly-dally-o
Pedagogue squinting, wears a frown
And a satyr peers under lady's gown, dirty fellow
What a dirty laddio
Tatterdemalion and a junketer
There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter, he's my hero
Fairy dandy tickling in the fancy of his lady friend
The nymph in yellow
Can we see the master stroke
What a quaere fellow
Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboy
Waiting to hear the sound
And the arch-magician presides
He is the leader
Oberon and Titania watched by a harridian
Mab is the Queen and there's a good apothecary-man
Come to say hello
Fairy dandy tickling in the fancy of his lady friend
The nymph in yellow
What a quaere fellow
The ostler stands with hands on his knees
Come on Mr. Feller, crack it open if you please
There's no living in my life anymore
The seas have gone dry and the rain stopped falling
Please don't you cry anymore
Can't you see
Listen to the breeze, whisper to me please
Don't send me to the path of nevermore
Even the vallies below
Where the rays of the sun were so warm and tender
Now haven't anything to grow
Can't you see
Why did you have to leave me?
Why did you decieve me?
You send me to the path of nevermore
When you say you didn't love me anymore
Nevermore, nevermore
What a unbelievable guitarist Brian May is, just perfection
Deacon was the secret weapon in a greatest arsenal of music
All three songs wrote by freddie.. What a genius
you have to be very eccentric to write like that. I would give anything to be able to write Fantasy Rock/pop/opera like that
What a talent.
Don't forget about The March of The Black Queen.... Masterpiece as well...
All 6 songs on the Black side, the second half, written by Freddie Mercury
Nevermore and lily of the valley (and dear friends) some of the most beautiful music ever recorded
If ever there was a band to rival The Beatles in creativity, it is definitely Queen.
Queen had the edge that's for sure, And don't forget Paul McCartney and Wings, They were brilliant ❤
0:00 Ogre Battle
4:08 The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
6:40 Nevermore
you're wrong, nevermore starts at 6:50
as there is a transition in the fairy feller's master-stroke and nevermore.
It depends of the editon, I have two different Cds of the Queen II album, and in one of them Nevermore begins at first of the transition and in the other at the end.
John Deacon totally rules.
Queen Totally awesome! Best ever Freddie greatest rock performer singer by miles!!! So freakin Awesome
Uno de las Canciones Menos Conocidas Y Tan Maravillosas y Increíbles
One of the Lesser Known Songs And So Wonderful and Incredible
The fantastic four. And nobody played synthesizer. Side Black is one of the best pieces in music history.
Yes You are right, what a lot of people thought were Synths are their Voices. . . All these earlyer Queen albums mention it too: No Synthesizer, or Nobody playing Synths
Listening to this fills me with an intense feeling of warmth. These songs are permanently etched into my brain.
(Screaming) aaaaaaaaaaahh Orge battle is my rock 'n' drive outta my mind kind!!!!! My base, my drive, my liiiivvvvaaa love it!!!! xDDD
Orge? Orgy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Love "Queen II", very much. Bought it on LP in late 1984. And on CD in 1997.
majestuoso
Freddie mercury Must have been incredibly intelligent to compose amazing lyrics like this. Astonishing.
Fairy dandy tickiling the fancy of his lady friend...the nymph in yellow !!!
What a Line! 😂
Gracias por el video ...MIL GRACIAS QUEEN FOREVER ❤️💋💋💋 ILOVEYOU REINA 👑👑👑👑 FREDDIE MERCURY 😢 ILOVEYOU TE EXTRAÑAMOS
Pure Gold 👌😊
never be another band like early queen
early Genesis...
perfeito
I'm dying
❤❤❤😢😢😢😢
Queen were only a pop singles band lol.
This is when Queen was good. After A Night at the Opera, they lost a lot and weren't as good. This happens with a number of bands. They have an album which breaks them as a major act and they never really approach their earlier sound or success again. It happened with Elton John after Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Well we'll forgive you for never hearing about JAZZ (and a number of other albums).
@@zigmonger6646 Lol. Hey, I had Jazz back in the day. I stand by what I wrote above.
@@sdgakatbk you can stand, sit, run, jump, climb, slide, roll, skip, dance , whatever by what you said.... you're still WRONG!!!
@@sdgakatbkThey took a different route, and although they did reach a more pop oriented audience… those first 3 (and 75% of Night) will always be something special. Brian’s experimentation on guitar eased up, Freddie thought on a more commercial level, and the music paid the price. There are touches of the old feel later on, but for the most part, the later material had an almost gimmicky sense to it. I mean, how can anyone compare Body Language to Ogre Battle?
@@donedwards5150 I agree.
I know they had conflicts with original manager Norman Sheffield and I think they were free of him or maybe getting free of him when Night came out. Even though I do not like their later stuff as much, I think maybe they actually had more control and were doing the stuff they wanted to more. This is speculation on my part as bands and musicians also change over time. Their early work is still pretty fresh though.
There's A Sub And TY (Workman's Wife)