John Deacon is graduated in eletronics and he built the amplifier that was the most characteristical of Queen. It's called Deacy Amp and John actually gave it to Brian.
@@nesimusic9153 ..They did, however, build one similar (Brian May Deacy Amp Replica)... "The VOX Deacy VBMI" a small amp sounding similar to the Deacy, but with modern amp. controls.. Interesting stuff..
@@deepinsidethemusic 99.99999% is actually just Fred singing so what you think are the four in harmony is just Fred, only in the opera section can you hear the high notes from Roger and others, you'll find how it came together on Queen UA-cam Channel Inside The Rhapsody with Dr Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, might be video of John Deacon. The piano not the one in the video, Fred outfit snake bracelet and lyrics sold last summer in London for around five million pounds Stirling,along with some 30,000 items from Garden Lodge which is also now for sale offers in excess of thirty million pounds sterling
Although the operatic section features three Part harmony. Roger ( Drummer / dog whistle pitch ) Brian ( guitar / midrange vocal. Fred everything else. The acapella open. is Fred harmonizing with himself / stacked vocal.
No, that is not how it worked. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
Brian May built his guitar with his Dad when he was 16 and has always used Vox AC30 amps with a treble booster, a set up used by Rory Gallagher who told BM how to do that set up. He also used the Deacy amp which was built by John Deacon (the bass player) out of bits found in a skip, or dumpster. He uses it still today.
Thank you guys! Freddie is amazing. Also has a superb piano skill. Love his vocal. Genius❤️👑 I'm an avid admirer of Queen especially Freddie Mercury. Love it!!❤
Without a stuido only the 5.1 mixes give a real impression of the drums. The reverb is because the kit is mainly room miced, roy thomas baker special. The drums and more are overdubbed and bounced so much the oxide layer of the tape wore thin so they are distorted after the mid section, a happy accident that made it all pop. They did not use a click track, drums piano and bass recorded the backing first. Source: baker, may and taylor. Brians guitar was about 8 years old here, built by his father and himself at home. It has a floating vibrato system which you can hear. Far superior to anything commercial at that time.
This was great, thanks! Freddie was a self-taught pianist after a couple of years of lessons as a child. I encourage wandering over to Rick Beato's channel as he discusses BoRhap with Brian May. They also break it down, but there's a really cool documentary where Brian May takes it apart similar to what you all did. Brian explains how they did things, why they did it the way they did, and shares so much about the interactions as they were recording. It's called "Inside the Rhapsody" and is in 4 parts. Thanks so much for doing this!
We will definitely check that out! We don’t really know a lot of the stuff we are discovering it as we go, and then we look at these comments, and learn so much more more! Thanks again
Regarding their talking near the end: - Freddie says “f*ck it” -Roger Taylor is talking about John Deacon cracking up and laughing Nice reaction! I always love hearing the the raw real life stuff 👍
I love how Queen and Freddie in the early days never really worried about things like out-of-tune pianos. In a way it adds some nice rawness to the often-overproduced vocal and guitar layers. The piano Freddie recorded on had lots of inharmonicity in its lower strings which adds that out-of-tuneness. Plus he often layered or modified the piano sound which made it sound more rinky-tink-bar-upright. By the "News of the World" and "Jazz" albums the piano started sounding fuller and more in-tune. Not perfect (listen to Jealousy), but less "wiggly" unison strings.
Thank you ! The countdown is Freddie, the beginning of the song is only Freddie. You have to know that John Deacon doesn't sing… And at the end it's Roger speaking about John… If you want to know more you have to see the documentary Insiide the Rhapsody with comments from Brian, a kind of makinng of… Very interesting !
Brian Mays guitar was built by He and his Dad . Burns of London were the manufacturer of the pickups. ( Burns Tri - Sonics) which are still available today. The amp he was using is a VOX AC 30 . In concert 9 of them as a matter of fact. The tone changes you hear on the takes is due to the fact that you only have a small portion of the tracks. What you have are ( A combined track) where Brian did the same take using different pickup settings to create different sounds. (Remember his guitar has the ability to switch any of the three pickups in and out of phase which each other) So he created ONE TRACK , made up of several different tracks playing the same thing in a few different phase settings. It becomes very apparent toward the end of the (Thrash Section) when the guitar very clearly comes in for a few seconds in an entirely different voice.
Fascinating breakdown that really helps to appreciate the brilliance of what they achieved. Thank you 🙏 other comments point to Brian’s documentary. Def worthwhile watching. Great work guys. Bravo 🙌
This was enjoyable. Just to be clear, the intro multi-tracked vocals are all Freddie. In this section starting at 20:07, you should stop yourself, It's all Freddie on the harmonies/BV's (he wasn't instructing anyone). Also, it was never the four of them. Freddie, Brian, and Roger all sang...John did not. The middle, operatic section are all three of them. During the intro, main verse, and outro, all of the vocals are Freddie. If you want to hear amazing, multi-tracked Freddie harmonies after this one, listen to the STUDIO recordings of You Take My Breath Away and Love of My Life.
Nope! The intro multi-tracked vocals are not all Freddie. "It's all Freddie on the harmonies/BV's (he wasn't instructing anyone)" is also incorrect. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They then placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
@@moosic2i Sounds technical...but also wrong. What's your source? Mine is the man who was in the studio when it was recorded and not singing. Have a listen, starting at 7:41 of the link below. I can send you a link to another analsyis of the song that says the same thing if this isn't enough ua-cam.com/video/v15oIktGJOo/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this one. Although I'm not an avid fan of Queen, this song has been one of my favorites since it was first released and hearing it like this was beyond thrilling.
Nope! All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
John NEVER Sang on any recording! It was ALWAYS only Freddie, Brian, and Roger! And that's just Brian's AC 30 with the tone turned off, and his treble booster with his neck and middle pickup on, out of phase! The chime you heard was Brian using his sixpence across the strings up near the headstock, above the nut! In that end part where you were wondering if there were filters, they were NOT! Ryan just used virtually every switching combination on his guitar to get every possible sound out of it... something like 13 or so overdubs! The deacon cracking and laughing a lot is obviously Roger!
The acapella beginning is all Freddie, as is the counting in. Plus only 3 sang, Fred, Brian and Roger, Deacy wasn't a singer other than the occasional backing vocals on stage.
"The acapella beginning is all Freddie". No it is'nt. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. Then they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also sang the high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
@@moosic2i Well if you watch the video of Brian May going through, in great detail, how Bo Rap was made he clearly states that the intro acapella part is all Fred, plus if you know Fred's voice well enough you can hear that is the case. Unless you were there at the time and know otherwise. I think you'll find Fred was actually a baritone.
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John Deacon is graduated in eletronics and he built the amplifier that was the most characteristical of Queen. It's called Deacy Amp and John actually gave it to Brian.
That’s AWESOME! Thank you
I did not know that!
Yes,and a team of technical experts wanted to biult the Same amplifier but they couldn't!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊
@@nesimusic9153 ..They did, however, build one similar (Brian May Deacy Amp Replica)... "The VOX Deacy VBMI" a small amp sounding similar to the Deacy, but with modern amp. controls.. Interesting stuff..
@@deepinsidethemusic 99.99999% is actually just Fred singing so what you think are the four in harmony is just Fred, only in the opera section can you hear the high notes from Roger and others, you'll find how it came together on Queen UA-cam Channel Inside The Rhapsody with Dr Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, might be video of John Deacon. The piano not the one in the video, Fred outfit snake bracelet and lyrics sold last summer in London for around five million pounds Stirling,along with some 30,000 items from Garden Lodge which is also now for sale offers in excess of thirty million pounds sterling
Although the operatic section features three Part harmony. Roger ( Drummer / dog whistle pitch ) Brian ( guitar / midrange vocal. Fred everything else. The acapella open. is Fred harmonizing with himself / stacked vocal.
It’s amazing! Thanks!
No, that is not how it worked. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
No it is'nt, that's not how it worked!
Brian May built his guitar with his Dad when he was 16 and has always used Vox AC30 amps with a treble booster, a set up used by Rory Gallagher who told BM how to do that set up. He also used the Deacy amp which was built by John Deacon (the bass player) out of bits found in a skip, or dumpster. He uses it still today.
It’s Amazing! Thanks!!!
Thank you guys! Freddie is amazing. Also has a superb piano skill. Love his vocal. Genius❤️👑 I'm an avid admirer of Queen especially Freddie Mercury. Love it!!❤
ThankYOU!
Without a stuido only the 5.1 mixes give a real impression of the drums.
The reverb is because the kit is mainly room miced, roy thomas baker special. The drums and more are overdubbed and bounced so much the oxide layer of the tape wore thin so they are distorted after the mid section, a happy accident that made it all pop. They did not use a click track, drums piano and bass recorded the backing first. Source: baker, may and taylor.
Brians guitar was about 8 years old here, built by his father and himself at home. It has a floating vibrato system which you can hear. Far superior to anything commercial at that time.
Thank you this is awesome!
This was great, thanks! Freddie was a self-taught pianist after a couple of years of lessons as a child. I encourage wandering over to Rick Beato's channel as he discusses BoRhap with Brian May. They also break it down, but there's a really cool documentary where Brian May takes it apart similar to what you all did. Brian explains how they did things, why they did it the way they did, and shares so much about the interactions as they were recording. It's called "Inside the Rhapsody" and is in 4 parts. Thanks so much for doing this!
We will definitely check that out!
We don’t really know a lot of the stuff we are discovering it as we go, and then we look at these comments, and learn so much more more! Thanks again
Regarding their talking near the end:
- Freddie says “f*ck it”
-Roger Taylor is talking about John Deacon cracking up and laughing
Nice reaction! I always love hearing the the raw real life stuff 👍
Thanks for watching!!!
The chimes part was actually done using a guitar
Yes! Willy told us !
I love how Queen and Freddie in the early days never really worried about things like out-of-tune pianos. In a way it adds some nice rawness to the often-overproduced vocal and guitar layers. The piano Freddie recorded on had lots of inharmonicity in its lower strings which adds that out-of-tuneness. Plus he often layered or modified the piano sound which made it sound more rinky-tink-bar-upright. By the "News of the World" and "Jazz" albums the piano started sounding fuller and more in-tune. Not perfect (listen to Jealousy), but less "wiggly" unison strings.
Whoa!?! Mind blown. THANKYOU!!!
Sup guys. Those vocals in the beginning was all Freddie. Just him doing those vocals. Amazing ❤
Sup! Freddie = GOAT. thanks for watching! Tell your friends!
Roy Thomas Baker had them sing every note in unison, one at a time, on each track! That was his technique! It's not just Freddie...
They overdubbed so many times to achieve Freddie’s vision that the tape the were using was nearly transparent and in danger of breaking
Crazy!!!
Thank you guys for doing one of my favorite songs of all time! A post-Christmas gift
Thank YOU!
53:13 "Deacon cracking about for the last ten minutes -oh!!!-"
it consumed us!
Thank you ! The countdown is Freddie, the beginning of the song is only Freddie. You have to know that John Deacon doesn't sing… And at the end it's Roger speaking about John… If you want to know more you have to see the documentary Insiide the Rhapsody with comments from Brian, a kind of makinng of… Very interesting !
Thank you!!!
They marked the wrong guitar parts for the main solo 😂😂😂
Believable
That was Roger Taylor talking of John Deacon in the end
Thanks!
Brian has a frictionless vibrato on his guitar, so the pitch fluctuation on the harmonics was absolutely done by that!
Brian Mays guitar was built by He and his Dad . Burns of London were the manufacturer of the pickups. ( Burns Tri - Sonics) which are still available today. The amp he was using is a VOX AC 30 . In concert 9 of them as a matter of fact.
The tone changes you hear on the takes is due to the fact that you only have a small portion of the tracks. What you have are ( A combined track) where Brian did the same take using different pickup settings to create different sounds. (Remember his guitar has the ability to switch any of the three pickups in and out of phase which each other) So he created ONE TRACK , made up of several different tracks playing the same thing in a few different phase settings. It becomes very apparent toward the end of the (Thrash Section) when the guitar very clearly comes in for a few seconds in an entirely different voice.
Thank you for the lesson! This is awesome!
The bell chimes you hear is Brian striking the strings behind the bridge, he's often spoke of this technique
We LOVE this!
Absolutely Fantastic!
Many thanks!
Fascinating breakdown that really helps to appreciate the brilliance of what they achieved. Thank you 🙏 other comments point to Brian’s documentary. Def worthwhile watching. Great work guys. Bravo 🙌
Our pleasure! Thank you so much for the compliments and for watching! We just absolutely love this stuff🤩
Say, how about some Boston songs? the songs from their debut album are one of my all time favs!
Will look!
That “chime” you hear is actually Brian May on the Red Special.
SWEET!
This was enjoyable. Just to be clear, the intro multi-tracked vocals are all Freddie. In this section starting at 20:07, you should stop yourself, It's all Freddie on the harmonies/BV's (he wasn't instructing anyone). Also, it was never the four of them. Freddie, Brian, and Roger all sang...John did not. The middle, operatic section are all three of them. During the intro, main verse, and outro, all of the vocals are Freddie. If you want to hear amazing, multi-tracked Freddie harmonies after this one, listen to the STUDIO recordings of You Take My Breath Away and Love of My Life.
Thank you very much for the info! We learned so much from these comments. 🤟🏻
Nope! The intro multi-tracked vocals are not all Freddie. "It's all Freddie on the harmonies/BV's (he wasn't instructing anyone)" is also incorrect. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They then placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
@@moosic2i Sounds technical...but also wrong. What's your source? Mine is the man who was in the studio when it was recorded and not singing. Have a listen, starting at 7:41 of the link below. I can send you a link to another analsyis of the song that says the same thing if this isn't enough ua-cam.com/video/v15oIktGJOo/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this one. Although I'm not an avid fan of Queen, this song has been one of my favorites since it was first released and hearing it like this was beyond thrilling.
Thank you!!! This song is incredible. Agreed.
Deacon crackin it out for the last 10 minutes
lol it’s astounding!
The Black Queen bows!
Thanks???
Best song ever.
EVER!
Brian and his dad built the red special when he was 16 out of scapes like a fireplace mantle, tabetop,motorbike valve springs etc
Thanks!!! It’s incredible!!!
Yep! The whammy bar is a repurposed 50's knitting needle.
Brian actually uses a pence for a pick....about the size of a dime. But an awesome pick!!
We are gonna try it with Willy Bells.
Not quite, it's actually a six'pence. A pre decimal {1971} coin.
the boys are back!
HELL YES! Thanks for being in the circus with us.
Can you guys make a video on the isolated tracks for Eye In The Sky by The Alan Parsons Project?
That would be awesome. We will look for it!
what an amazing video my friends!
Thank you 🤗
Nice one guys!
Thanks!
Freddie counts off the song
FRED!!!
It's very interesting!!!!! Thank You!!!!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
You're welcome 😊 thank you for watching! It blows our mind every. Single. Time.
29:44 Roger’s “for meeeee” is priceless
Yes!!!
Shivers down my spine...maybe glasses of water??
It’s wild!
What program do you use to separate piano tracks? 😍😍
There are lots of A. I. programs, and also raw tracks out there!
Well Above my pay grade but enjoy so so much cheers lads 🍻 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Thanks! CHEERS
John Deakon is the bass player ..sorry about the spelling
Thanks!
That intro is only Freddie on his own
It’s CRAZY! Thanks!
Nope! All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. They they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also does high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
John NEVER Sang on any recording! It was ALWAYS only Freddie, Brian, and Roger! And that's just Brian's AC 30 with the tone turned off, and his treble booster with his neck and middle pickup on, out of phase! The chime you heard was Brian using his sixpence across the strings up near the headstock, above the nut! In that end part where you were wondering if there were filters, they were NOT! Ryan just used virtually every switching combination on his guitar to get every possible sound out of it... something like 13 or so overdubs! The deacon cracking and laughing a lot is obviously Roger!
I think you should do some Pink Floyd.
We will! Thanks!
Freddy Counts it off..
FRED!😊
The acapella beginning is all Freddie, as is the counting in. Plus only 3 sang, Fred, Brian and Roger, Deacy wasn't a singer other than the occasional backing vocals on stage.
Thanks!!!
"The acapella beginning is all Freddie". No it is'nt. All 3 sang the low part, the middle part and the high part. Then they placed it all together. There are some extra low parts down to G2 that Freddie did and of the the Bb5 extra high note that Roger did. Roger and Freddie also sang the high parts at G5. But all of them sang low parts, middle parts and high parts. Freddie's range in this section from G2 - G5 that 3 octaves, Brian also added extra low parts on Bb2 and G2. But all of them were tenors, so they never sang spectacularly low.
@@moosic2i Well if you watch the video of Brian May going through, in great detail, how Bo Rap was made he clearly states that the intro acapella part is all Fred, plus if you know Fred's voice well enough you can hear that is the case. Unless you were there at the time and know otherwise. I think you'll find Fred was actually a baritone.
Can you do more of michael jackson please
YES! 💜🤘🏼
sounds like Roger Taylor.
Yes! He’s amaaaaaazing!
They actually sang every according to what is here, not speed changes.
Superheroes!
shame about that childish stuff, otherwise well done
lol thanks?
Too much...almost 😮
Thanks? They are the best! This song! The tracks!!! Just mind blowing.