Queen, Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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    It would make a perfect companion to Seaside Rendezvous on a single, don’t you think?
    Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
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  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers 9 місяців тому +58

    Loving following this journey, when someone talks about music as passionately as she does you need to stop and listen with all your attention

    • @WarrenNapier
      @WarrenNapier 2 місяці тому +1

      This song sounds inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald lore. The roaring 20s.

  • @Sarvasaha
    @Sarvasaha 9 місяців тому +58

    The great performance by John Deacon on bass also deserves some love.

    • @SteveoGregg
      @SteveoGregg 9 місяців тому +1

      He wrote ,another one bites the dust, that's a serious jam. I agree!!

    • @estebanherrera9918
      @estebanherrera9918 8 місяців тому +4

      Deacy just knew what to play, very much like Ringo did in drums for the Beatles he did in Bass with Queen. Played for the song. Perfect part for the song….Without Deacy there would have been no Queen

    • @estebanherrera9918
      @estebanherrera9918 8 місяців тому +1

      Adding to the above, Brian, Freddie and Roger never made it on their own like they did as a group, proof they it was the sum of the four that made them who they were.

  • @basstian
    @basstian 9 місяців тому +29

    One of Brian's many virtues is that he's both clever and sensitive, and it shows through his work. Solos such as this one are so well-crafted and so full of beauty and attention to detail. In one word: May-estic!

  • @lindieb5278
    @lindieb5278 9 місяців тому +53

    Brian would be so pleased to hear your complements. As others have said he wanted his guitar to sing so you have acknowledged that he has achieved this. Apart from his solos when he is alone on stage I always feel that his contributions to each song are pitched exactly right. He never shows off and tries to take over. His playing always enhances the songs perfectly. Another great critique Amy thank you.

  • @MrBeblis
    @MrBeblis 9 місяців тому +4

    For all you bass players this is how a bass is to be played. He knows his instrument and just knows where to go and what to play.

  • @foxdenham
    @foxdenham 9 місяців тому +27

    Another composition that sits alongside this song, seaside rendezvous and their ilk is, ‘Big Bad Leroy Brown’ from Sheer Heart Attack - Really fun and funny track.

    • @fountains4268
      @fountains4268 9 місяців тому +2

      Sheer Heart Attack is probably the only Queen album that could even be hinted at as being underrated. Most of their catalogue is completely known but this album from *1974*, that's 48 years ago, was an absolute masterpiece. A 40 minute romp of musical styles, A-list song-writing, lyrical poetry together with fantastic guitar and bass playing loveliness that still remains my favorite Queen album.
      If I had to listen to only one album in the world for the rest of my life, this might be it.

    • @foxdenham
      @foxdenham 9 місяців тому +1

      @@fountains4268 I’m with you on everything. Yup my fave too. ✌️

    • @chucklauber9914
      @chucklauber9914 18 днів тому

      Big Bad Leroy Brown is the ultimate ragtime tune... I'm surprised it wasn't included in the Queen 50.

  • @5ilver42
    @5ilver42 9 місяців тому +10

    this is a fun song to play on any instrument

  • @FAGV
    @FAGV 9 місяців тому +12

    I suggest you listen to My Melancholy Blues, by Queen. Great piano, great vocals and very jazzy. You'll be surprised 😊

  • @madmanasaurusRex
    @madmanasaurusRex 9 місяців тому +15

    Bands at this time had a lot of leeway to be able to experiment and use varied styles and sounds, I think, because the audience/individual listeners were VERY open minded and willing to accept /embrace the variety. 😊

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 9 місяців тому +7

      Yes, those '70 - ies were exceptionall, especially in music, it was a period of creativity and efervescence !

  • @alexgarciacarrasco5907
    @alexgarciacarrasco5907 9 місяців тому +12

    What else they have? 😅... Caribean music at "Who needs you", ragtime at "Bring back that leroy brown", rockabilly at "Crazy little thing called love" or " Man on the prowl", Blues at "Dreamers Ball" , Heavy metal at "Princess of the universe", Flamenco at "Innuendo"...... Queen was a genre on his own.

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 9 місяців тому +4

      Innuendo still touches me every time I hear it !

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому +1

      Calypso with Rain Must Fall in the Miracle album.

  • @willchannelle4874
    @willchannelle4874 9 місяців тому +23

    One of my favorite Queen songs, excellent 👍

  • @WindmillChef
    @WindmillChef 9 місяців тому +8

    Amy describes attributes of a "Great Gatsby" type party entertainment. As a country club Chef I have worked many great Gatsby parties and they include all the things Amy describes.
    The thing is that I recognize musical elements in this song that I also find in Queen's "Killer Queen" song which can be viewed as their "break through" song into massive markets.
    This is turning out to be a great series.

  • @lee_1292
    @lee_1292 9 місяців тому +15

    always pleased to see queen!!!

  • @wendyweilermusic522
    @wendyweilermusic522 9 місяців тому +25

    Amy! This is such a beautiful, insightful interpretation of this classic Freddie song! Thank you for this and for all your reaction videos, in particular your Queen reaction videos! I have so enjoyed your thoughtful, intelligent takes! Especially enjoy your exceptional musical ear, hearing things that many of us perhaps don't, and breaking it all down for us. Thank you! I feel that it's hard NOT to fall in love with Freddie, he shares his whole heart and soul in his music, and in his voice. I love that these 4 exceptional individuals called QUEEN found each other in life. Such a democracy, which allowed them to flourish, share their individuality, branch out into so many different directions and styles, and create so many musical masterpieces. I think they were destined to meet! Take good care Amy, Happy Holidays from Toronto, Canada! xo

    • @chergui77
      @chergui77 9 місяців тому +1

      Excellently stated, Wendy!

    • @wendyweilermusic522
      @wendyweilermusic522 9 місяців тому

      @@chergui77 thank you very much! I speak the truth, especially regarding my words for Amy! She offers so much more than mere reactions (which are delightful in themselves)...I really feel as if I've been educated after watching her videos. She's

    • @wendyweilermusic522
      @wendyweilermusic522 9 місяців тому

      @@chergui77...she's a Gem! Take good care! ❤🎵🎶

  • @benicabanas9793
    @benicabanas9793 9 місяців тому +11

    The next one should be Teo Torriate, is beautiful.

    • @79BlackRose
      @79BlackRose 9 місяців тому +6

      Evidently, Vlad doesn't think so. Strange man!

  • @AlineDo
    @AlineDo 9 місяців тому +82

    I am sure your appreciation of Brian will increase further. His human voice is beautiful and his guitar voice is superb. The playing of the instrument, interpreting Freddie’s meaning of the song, accompanying Fred’s voice, it is all so great. On a guitar he and his father made themselves. A unique sound, a voice that is as much the Queen sound as Freddie’s voice is.

    • @kentl7228
      @kentl7228 9 місяців тому +11

      Especially if she hears Bijou

    • @finkiusmaximus
      @finkiusmaximus 9 місяців тому +5

      Red Special + Deacy Amp, impossible to replicate

    • @MusiCatsKing
      @MusiCatsKing 9 місяців тому +6

      Yes. I can't wait for her to do '39! I really hope she will.

  • @chrisbanks6659
    @chrisbanks6659 9 місяців тому +10

    It's hard not to imagine this as a 1930's Radio Crooner's Melody. At least, that's what I get from it.☺

  • @sikksnakk
    @sikksnakk 9 місяців тому +6

    Composer extraordinar. So much fun, chord and harmony changes in an almost forgotten gem.
    Ad it´s so good 🙂

  • @seagreenspiral
    @seagreenspiral 9 місяців тому +2

    What a fucking song! Freddie was a genius!

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 9 місяців тому +10

    I want this one right now! Love you

  • @HellenKillerProject
    @HellenKillerProject 9 місяців тому +5

    A Day at the Races and A Night at the Opera ... Very cool album set and Brian May is amazing. He wanted to play guitar so his dad took him in the shop and they built one. Then he got classical lessens. After the group he went back to school and has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. He sang what to me is one of the most powerful songwriters and singers. "39" was his song and it makes me cry every time ...

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому

      Grouch Marx and the Marx brothers.

    • @HellenKillerProject
      @HellenKillerProject 9 місяців тому

      @@ManChan-w5p nice how that worked out. Like "Schools Out" by Alice.

  • @marksmodellingmadness
    @marksmodellingmadness 9 місяців тому +2

    At the start of this vid, I could not remember the tune to this song, in fact, I was thinking of "Lazing on a sunday afternoon", but as soon as the music started I was singing along to every other line, it all just suddenly came back to me, all those cheerful little touches- "there he goes again", and counting up the hours to 9 o'clock ding!
    I first heard this song on the album, pretty much played the grooves out of it back in the early 1980's, so much so that when the song ended I pretty much started singing the next song on the album :)
    Good times :)

  • @dariosema8379
    @dariosema8379 9 місяців тому +8

    I love your videos! I'm waiting for The Show Must Go On, though I'm pretty sure it will be one of the, if not the last song from the 50 series.

  • @stevehooley1951
    @stevehooley1951 9 місяців тому +3

    Thanks Amy , glad you enjoyed this song. Please watch the performance of it on UA-cam titled at (Top of the Pops 1977 )to see Queen coming into the height of their success. It's a good close up of seeing them doing it . Many Thanks! 😊🕘🍾🎩❤

  • @kathleenswift7979
    @kathleenswift7979 9 місяців тому +5

    Still got my original vinyl I bought when I was 11😁

  • @bukeksiansu2112
    @bukeksiansu2112 9 місяців тому +14

    The Deacy bass work always enlighten me.

  • @kentnottingham9635
    @kentnottingham9635 9 місяців тому +3

    Seaside, Seven Seas. This and others were always such a nice bit of fun in their albums. Always a great mix of genres when listening to Queen. Thanks for another great show!!!

  • @fatimaerdogan8193
    @fatimaerdogan8193 9 місяців тому +5

    Rick Beato has a nice talk with Brian on his channel. Brian doesn't tell about his overall thinking, but do tell about the
    special sound of his solo guitar: It's played through a little cheap table-speaker giving it this vocal-like timbre.
    However, most of his soli are made of phrases like the lines of a singer, which certainly gives a distinctive
    impression compared to other guitarists.

  • @LeeKennison
    @LeeKennison 9 місяців тому +16

    A really fun and enjoyable reaction. I am glad you made the association with "Seaside Rendezvous" ("Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" also works) since my initial thought was that it sounds like Freddie's 1920s/30s vaudeville/music hall voice. As you show its not just his voice and lyrics, but the music itself that takes us back to that time. Loved your commentary on Brian May's guitar, and how it serves as another voice working with Freddie. Brian has such a unique style(s) and tone(s) so that you always know it is him. He uses a wide variety of guitar tones and voices, often within the same song. At least in the studio versions where he is able to overdub multiple guitar parts.

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 9 місяців тому +2

      But ,,Lazing on a sunny ..." it's not Queen, they were The Kinks, but it's true, these pieces are somehow kindred !

    • @splitimage137.
      @splitimage137. 9 місяців тому +2

      Hey Lee! Aren't you also glad that I made the association with HONEY PIE and YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW since my initial thought that it sounds like Paul's 1920s/30s vaudeville/music hall voice? As I would like to show, it's not just Paul's voice and lyrics, but it's the music itself that takes us back to that time of gaiety and material excess born of an unregulated speculative stock market that everyone else paid for in the following two decades? Or, did I just ruin it by putting some of your own words back into your mouth and twisting them around simply because it pleases my very weird sense of humor? Hmmmm ;)

    • @LeeKennison
      @LeeKennison 9 місяців тому +3

      @@victormarian7889 "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" is a Queen song, and Amy has already reacted to it back on August 26th. But now that you mention the Kink's "Sunny Afternoon" that would be a great one for Amy to do. I wonder if the lyric "Lazing on a sunny afternoon" inspired the name of the Queen song.

    • @LeeKennison
      @LeeKennison 9 місяців тому +3

      @@splitimage137. Yeah, that is another good association. A nice link between the Queen and Beatles series. Can't wait until Amy gets to those songs in the Beatles 150. I think the link is more obvious in "Honey Pie" as far as the voice style, whereas "Your Mother Should Know" maybe from the lyrics. Interesting interpretation on the lyrics. I guess your sense of humor is so weird that I didn't even realize you were twisting my words.😉

    • @victormarian7889
      @victormarian7889 9 місяців тому +3

      @@LeeKennison Thanks, my friend, you ' re right ... fridays I go painting at the Louvre ...

  • @mikebrgcd
    @mikebrgcd 9 місяців тому +8

    Great song, quite underrated in the context of their singles I think. As you say, it's almost Seaside Rendezvous cranked up to 11, and the bridge transition really makes the song which as a whole is gloriously bonkers. Another underrated track on the album is John Deacon's You and I, a fantastically uplifting pop song with echoes of Freddie's later Don't Stop Me Now, especially in terms of Freddie's vocal delivery. Probably my joint-favourite song on A Day at the Races, alongside Somebody to Love.

    • @chergui77
      @chergui77 9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for mentioning "You and I" by John. I had to go and listen again, and again, and again. ❤

  • @WoodyGamesUK
    @WoodyGamesUK 9 місяців тому +8

    This song is better than Seaside Rendez-vous, this song is a major Queen song, a masterpiece.

  • @mori1bund
    @mori1bund 9 місяців тому +2

    "A Night at the Opera" and "A Day at the Races" are companion albums. This is the companion song to "Seaside Rendezvous". 🙂

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому

      Grouch Marx and his brothers. Queen was inspired by them.

  • @coreywilliams923
    @coreywilliams923 9 місяців тому +2

    Wow, I've been listening to Queen for almost 40 years, and I always thought the additional vocal was Brian! To find out it's Mike Stone blew my mind. Brian credited Mike with teaching them all the studio tricks they would need to pull off this album. He said if there ever was a fifth member, it was Mike. As usual, you're reactions are the most informative.👍

  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers 9 місяців тому +10

    Oh my god, anxious

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 9 місяців тому +6

    Always a deep dive analysis love you

  • @fercus_inc
    @fercus_inc 9 місяців тому +1

    Such a journey that we're having with you, thank you

  • @ChemloWright
    @ChemloWright 9 місяців тому +4

    I know there are Queen songs that are better, but this one is possibly my favorite. I can't communicate the feeling I get from the first 8 measures. All I can do is ramble about the amateur analysis I just did, feel free to ignore.
    The melody of "I can dim the lights and sing you" starts on the 1st degree and climbs to the major 3rd on "dim" and outlines the major I chord. Sounds pretty cheery so far, but the note on "songs" is the 6th scale degree. 6 is very important, it's a sad note and vi is a sad chord. Second measure. "Songs full of sad things" almost feels like we're establishing the relative minor with Freddie's melody walking down to the 6th over the strong IV-iii-vi motion (I to vi by itself is very weak motion, the chords share two of the same notes). "Sing you songs full of sad things" while subverting my expectations of harmonic movement to make it sound sad is good stuff, very satisfying, love it. The 6th over the vi, same note, a small amount of resolution but we're clearly not done with this phrase.
    Third measure. "We can do the tango" melody calls back to "I can dim the lights" but it starts on the root note of the the minor ii chord so when it reaches the 3rd of the chord it's minor as well, it climbs to the 6th again and lingers there. Harmonically we're about to pull a ii-V7-I maneuver (usually something that sounds VERY final) into the fourth measure but Freddie is going to sing the 3rd scale degree over the I chord (the "two" in "just for two") and the pitch is lower than where we started in the first measure. It's all very melancholy, we don't sound QUITE finished, these first 4 measures need an answer.
    Measures 5-8. Do it over again but go up in pitch instead of down, hit the 1st scale degree instead of the sad 6th so much, throw a minor iv chord in there before the big V7 to I resolution (chromatic voice leading, 6, b6, 5, this chord progression is EXTRA resolved) and finish the melody with the subtonic leading tone resolving to the same 1st scale degree we started on. Meanwhile Brian May is doing whatever he does with his guitar counter-melody, nearly makes me cry, no big deal business as usual.
    Nothing here is groundbreaking, it follows established conventions, but it's perfect anyway.

  • @SCHHHa
    @SCHHHa 9 місяців тому +2

    i propose you the very last one of Freddie about this type of music. The thema is very different. Here in the mid '70s he's about love basically, but the next one i propose for you is onne of the 1984, called 'It's a hard life', where basically his thema is about all the mistakes he did that ended with his sieropositiveness. He did'nt know it at that time but his counsciousness knows it and you can discover it exactly in this song... try it, if you like ok, if you don't, fine. I anyway appreciate your fabolous job

  • @jamalicon1
    @jamalicon1 5 місяців тому

    The great things about Queens is that every song has different singing style. There are also songs for different mood. "Living on my own" became one of my favourite when listening to it by accident when I was very sad and lonely.

  • @paulduran9917
    @paulduran9917 9 місяців тому +4

    Love the Queen reactions. Might be time for a Queensryche reaction !!!

  • @deboraclark5791
    @deboraclark5791 9 місяців тому +6

    A very sweet song.

  • @solino2002andrea
    @solino2002andrea 9 місяців тому +1

    good evening Mrs Amy, this song is masterful in every nuance and Brian's guitar has a unique tone in the world: sometimes it recalls the finest arch instruments, whose sound coincidentally is the transfiguration of the human voice. When I was a boy I listened to this song hundreds of times and each time I discovered a small, perhaps tiny detail. If there was a sound museum of music, Brian's solos would certainly be on full display in the main hall. that man is a genius. When he improvises in the recording studio on the riff of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water, David Gilmour "takes his hat off" in amazement. You can find the video on UA-cam.
    Thanks for your amazing review

  • @christimanley13
    @christimanley13 9 місяців тому +6

    The character is like Cary Grant in one of his Madcap Romances: Bringing up Baby, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Philadelphia Story and so on

  • @WilliamAlanPhoto
    @WilliamAlanPhoto 9 місяців тому

    I completely agree, I've been a queen fan since the mid 70's, and Brian's unique sounding guitar approach and execution was the main reason.

  • @41Forethought
    @41Forethought 9 місяців тому +11

    I've always thought that Brian May was and is a seriously underrated guitarist. Even in his big hard rock solos, his precision and subtlety comes through and, in songs like this, his playing is sublime. But Queen is more than Freddie Mercury or Brian May... it's a textbook example of a band that, together, is far greater than the sum of its parts. Each member brings their own expertise and varied musical sensibilities to every one of their songs.

    • @mikes9305
      @mikes9305 9 місяців тому +1

      I can't think of anyone else who produced a guitar sound like we hear in this song. So unique and creative!

    • @markstevenson1646
      @markstevenson1646 9 місяців тому +2

      He's actually very highly rated by almost everyone in the music industry

    • @gerardoaguayozamorano5660
      @gerardoaguayozamorano5660 4 місяці тому

      WTF are You saying?

    • @emanuelediiorio-gp7wl
      @emanuelediiorio-gp7wl 3 місяці тому +1

      Your comment gives me the impression that you must be young. I was born in 1976, by Queen standards even i am young. But i can vividly remember how Brian May was considered one of the greatest guitarists of his time. I believe a couple of times on some poll he was rated second best behind Steve Lukather from Toto, for example (i'm just reporting here. I'm not talking about my personal taste). That's why i believe you must be young. Only a young person would think that Brian May is underrated as a guitarist. If you lived through the 80's you know that's absolutely not true. Now i really wonder, how old you are 😅

    • @41Forethought
      @41Forethought 3 місяці тому +1

      @@emanuelediiorio-gp7wl Actually, I'm 73! LOL I vividly remember the 70s and 80s. While you're absolutely correct that industry pundits and sophisticated listeners always considered Dr May one of the greats, the listening public raved about Clapton, Hendricks, Townsend, and a bit later, Knopfler, Prince and Vaughan, but May flew under their radar. May's style served the music, melodically supporting and playing with Deacon's bass line and Freddie's vocals. Sure he could shred it, but only when a particular song called for it. His style was quite similar to, but perhaps not as forward as, Knopfler's guitar work.
      Needless to say, as a fellow, but far less accomplished guitarist, I'm in awe of Brian May's musicality, guitar skills, and intellect - he's truly one of the greats!

  • @jimmysaviano4950
    @jimmysaviano4950 2 місяці тому +2

    Her explanations of the guitar solo, GETS what Queen were often all about. Doing all they could to evoke a feeling…and of course May’s mini opera just in the solo, is classic May at his best. But it’s notable, that May never did any bit like this, post Queen. After Freddie died, I figured Brian would do at least a few tunes like Good Company, Leaving Home Ain’t Easy, 39, She Makes Me, etc. Post Freddie for the most part, it’s all bang your head rock tunes….Yes, there were a few instrumental ballad tunes, (w that soft touch playing ala Jeff Beck) But post Freddie, there simply are zero guitar orchestrations. Just noting that.

  • @caroleann_2142
    @caroleann_2142 9 місяців тому +2

    RAGTIME 🎉I just love the entire Album.❤

  • @jimwilcox2964
    @jimwilcox2964 9 місяців тому +4

    On your sidenote, i believe what. You were thinking if was a Candlestick phone

  • @foxdenham
    @foxdenham 9 місяців тому +4

    Hi Amy and Vlad… have fun xx

  • @adrianrc102
    @adrianrc102 9 місяців тому +4

    Please react to 39. It's a masterpiece!!! 🙌🏼❤️

  • @atleengelstad5303
    @atleengelstad5303 9 місяців тому +1

    This is a pastiche, but brilliantly done..., and the instruments and arrangement are SO well done...

  • @bucklberryreturns
    @bucklberryreturns 9 місяців тому +2

    I can hear these style Queen songs in the adaptation of P G Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, excellently portrayed by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

  • @eduardocervantesaca
    @eduardocervantesaca 13 днів тому

    The bassline is so pretty. It is great!

  • @SteveoGregg
    @SteveoGregg 9 місяців тому

    I could listen to you talk all day.😊

  • @edelcorrallira
    @edelcorrallira 9 місяців тому +1

    There is a reason why Al chose Brian May when showing Sam Beckett the ropes on playing guitar ..
    (Quantum Leap reference)
    Very interesting in-depth. I believe we the audience are enjoying this series as much as Amy herself.

  • @babyfacemichael1
    @babyfacemichael1 9 місяців тому +1

    I think if your going to show Queens versatility on this album, i think you should do, Sheer Heart Attack ,Melancholy Blues , Sleeping on the Sidewalk , and Spread Your Wings

  • @felipecoutinho3125
    @felipecoutinho3125 9 місяців тому +1

    Great review! One important aspect of this songs is that it references a homosexual relation. Even thought he's a old-fashioned lover boy, the traditional roles of the male and female partners in the courtship are been shared by both boys. One pays the bill the other chooses the wine. One drives but is taken to the other's. Great lyrics.

  • @thundernels
    @thundernels 9 місяців тому

    The opening of the Bach piece on the harp vaguely reminded me of “Words” by The Bee Gees.

  • @Lodur_66
    @Lodur_66 9 місяців тому +1

    Amy, thanks for your reaction to another great song by Queen.
    If you don't mind, let me ask a question, I'm curious. When you talked about the heartbeat, and demonstrated it with a passage from classical music, was it the andante from Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor? When you first started playing, I thought: “this is Mary Magdalene’s aria (aka "I Don't Know How to Love Him") from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock-opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.” (I think it’s familiar to every experienced rock-music fan, so I was slightly confused, why you reffered to it as the classical music. To be honest, I don’t think it’s real rock music, rather, the view of a composer who writes musicals on rock and jazz. But since the author himself called it a rock-opera, who am I to argue?) But when you started playing for the second time, I realized that the melody is very similar , but still not the same. I've looked at Wikipedia, and there it was written about this melody that the author was accused, if not of plagiarism, then of being strongly influenced by this theme from Mendelssohn’s concerto. I myself am very little familiar with his work (I only knew, like everyone else, his Wedding March), so, of course, I didn’t know before that these two melodies were so similar.

  • @brucer2152
    @brucer2152 6 місяців тому

    The heartbeat is why cats love to sleep on your chest. It reminds them of their mothers.

  • @getexis8685
    @getexis8685 2 місяці тому

    Perfect song.

  • @MusiCatsKing
    @MusiCatsKing 9 місяців тому

    If you want songs with different styles and changes, It would be hard to go past Innuendo's flamenco segment featuring the spanish guitar. I would also highly recommend My Fairy King going straight into Liar, and March of the Black Queen going straight into Funny How Love is. You've already heard Bohemian Rhapsody, but those (not innuendo) are the precursors.

  • @citizenkane4831
    @citizenkane4831 9 місяців тому +3

    Speaking of excrel. You must listen to Brigton rock where Bryan May proves what a great guitarist he is. And another song. I hope yoo will listen to, is Bring back LeRoy Brown. The lyrics are fun

  • @IanHodgetts
    @IanHodgetts 9 місяців тому +1

    That's the track from "A Day at the Races" that harks back to the Marx Brothers film of the same name as it's got that Vaudeville feel about it. Again it puts me in mind of Oscar Wilde.

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому +1

      Groucho Marx was at the launch party for A Night at the Opera. Pictures are online.

  • @yvonnewinters9699
    @yvonnewinters9699 9 місяців тому

    In line of heartbeats: Niels Geusebroek (a Dutch artist) actually used the heartbeat of a pregnant newsreaders baby (with permission of course) in a song called take your time girl

  • @RobertHanke
    @RobertHanke 9 місяців тому

    Virgin Rock to hear the best of Brian Mays guitar versatility that he wrote I know you & Vlad shall like is "Good company" his guitarlike brass section / clarinet.

  • @blindazabat9527
    @blindazabat9527 9 місяців тому +5

    You rarely - if ever - mention the bass. How can we ignore such an important part of Queen's personality?

  • @fretlessfender
    @fretlessfender 9 місяців тому

    @brianmayforreal If you ever doubt yourself again, just look at this video...
    This is how it is! You are a wonderful man and musician.
    Thank you Amy for telling him!

  • @timfeeley714-25
    @timfeeley714-25 9 місяців тому

    You must react to the song Sheer Heart Attack, it was Queen's response to punk rock.

  • @killerbeuk
    @killerbeuk 7 місяців тому

    Never knew so many songs were done by Brian May.

  • @saramaya3302
    @saramaya3302 8 місяців тому

    Within the rock genre , prior to Queen the Beatles did this 30s style pastiche within the rock format.honey pie , when I’m 64 etc. it would interesting to know if it was actually Freddie who wrote out the guitar solo arrangement. Hard to say

  • @ericolson326
    @ericolson326 8 місяців тому

    Brian May's pseudo-Dixieland arrangements are the only jazz I enjoy. 😄

  • @raymondstephan6234
    @raymondstephan6234 9 місяців тому +1

    Is the bridge part taken from old lalluby "rock a bye baby", or am I crazy ?

  • @PaddyDixieTheMinerva82
    @PaddyDixieTheMinerva82 9 місяців тому +2

    That middle section is similar to the beginning

  • @brucer2152
    @brucer2152 6 місяців тому

    They are in love with being IN love....

  • @jay-remedy-plz
    @jay-remedy-plz 9 місяців тому +2

    Contrast? Time for “Sheer Heart Attack”

  • @edirib2004
    @edirib2004 8 місяців тому

    FREDDIE MERCURY!!!!

  • @ManChan-w5p
    @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 all good children goes to heaven.

  • @kellywolffis5916
    @kellywolffis5916 9 місяців тому +2

    Keep going if you haven’t already….Drowse,Prophet’s Song,Teo Torriatte,White Boy,It’s Late.

  • @filipw3
    @filipw3 9 місяців тому

    I can't stop headbanging! I'll leave you with a request. You have to react to October Ends' new song, it's mind-blowing!

  • @davidvitale9338
    @davidvitale9338 9 місяців тому

    You should follow up with Ogre Battle 😊

  • @stuartmiller7419
    @stuartmiller7419 9 місяців тому +3

    ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o'clock...

  • @naomisanderson8223
    @naomisanderson8223 7 місяців тому

    Anybody else get Jesus Christ Superstar vibes when Amy plays the harp?

  • @andy2950
    @andy2950 9 місяців тому +2

    It's a show tune.
    Most of their later pop songs are, hence, the success of We Will Rock You.

  • @KelliViti
    @KelliViti 9 місяців тому +3

    Did you run short on time? You usually play the song in it's entirety. Before pausing / breaking it down. I hope this isn't a permanent change in format. A big part of my enjoyment. Comes from watching you take it all in. Before you begin to process / analyze what you heard.

  • @G310590
    @G310590 9 місяців тому

    🇵🇪

  • @JiTiAr35
    @JiTiAr35 9 місяців тому

    Silent Lucidity next

  • @waynehalpin9797
    @waynehalpin9797 Місяць тому

    Wish you would listen to the music first and then give your opinion

  • @binxbolling
    @binxbolling Місяць тому

    Brian uses a coin as a guitar pick.

  • @Arturo.H.M
    @Arturo.H.M 9 місяців тому +2

    It's cabaret music.

  • @donwest5387
    @donwest5387 9 місяців тому +2

    infatuation

  • @davidshattock9522
    @davidshattock9522 Місяць тому

    But the "geniae that are or were the press critics had lots of scorn for this type of thing yet would not.produce anything superior to this we noted one in particular.who i note is as musical as a brick thrown .down a liftshaft.

  • @ianbotha9912
    @ianbotha9912 9 місяців тому +2

    I always thought the song was about a gigolo. Mostly because the guy goes out to romance the girl but in fact does not have the place to take his lady. He also does not offer everlasting devotion, just seduction.

    • @79BlackRose
      @79BlackRose 9 місяців тому +5

      This song (along with You Take My Breath Away) is about David Minns, Freddie's lover at the time.

  • @johnsilva9139
    @johnsilva9139 9 місяців тому +2

    Sorry, not a fan of Queen. Never have been, but I thought Amy might help me appreciate them. Too overwrought and theatrical or " Music Hall ", as Amy put it. Just a matter of taste I guess. So though I didn't enjoy the music, I did enjoy Amy's insights and analysis of the music.

    • @Inverse_to_Chaos
      @Inverse_to_Chaos 9 місяців тому

      I’m pleased to hear your thoughts on both the band and the video. That said, do you enjoy the heavier raw rockers such as:
      - Now I’m Here
      - Stone Cold Crazy
      - Tie Your Mother Down
      - Sheer Heart Attack
      - It’s Late
      - Let Me Entertain You
      - Hammer to Fall

    • @ManChan-w5p
      @ManChan-w5p 9 місяців тому

      It's that moustache thing. It's a real turn off.

    • @johnsilva9139
      @johnsilva9139 9 місяців тому

      True that! But it's really the music that turns me off. Not a fan of show tunes. I guess if you analyze the music objectively, the way Amy does, I can appreciate the craftsmanship of the music, but I'm just not a fan of show tunes. For that matter, I'm not a fan of classical music either. I guess I'm a Philistine ( like many rock music fans ).@@ManChan-w5p

  • @seajaytea9340
    @seajaytea9340 9 місяців тому +24

    The word that describes this song for me is "charming." And not just in the more modern sense of "delightful," but also referencing the older idea of "enchanting" or "casting a charm" on someone. Maybe that's the nostalgia talking, but it's a damned good tune and lots of fun to listen to! 😊

  • @andreakormosnekacso4804
    @andreakormosnekacso4804 9 місяців тому +24

    According to Freddie's friends he really was an old-fashioned lover boy, very romantic (like Valentino, the Rudolf 😁), by sending postcards, flowers, buying small and great presents, btw. he wrote this song about the relationship with David Minns.
    Listening to Queen's music makes people happy by bringing The Fun. Thank you Amy, hardly waiting for the next experience.

  • @GuimaraesDreamers
    @GuimaraesDreamers 9 місяців тому +27

    Everything about this song sounds so perfect, the harmonies and key changes are beautiful.

  • @stigotmarbjelland6819
    @stigotmarbjelland6819 9 місяців тому +20

    Only Freddie could write this, and come up with the title! I have always loved this song, his songs, their songs!! And I also have to say, Brian Mays guitar is just fantastic!!! Great reaction!!!!

  • @andy2950
    @andy2950 9 місяців тому +19

    I'd love it if you could sit down with Brian and talk about the technical issues in their music.

  • @mikatile
    @mikatile 9 місяців тому +11

    Freddies Noel Coward phase.