Classical Composer Reacts to The Prophet's Song (Queen) | The Daily Doug (Episode 166)

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  • #Queen #QueenReaction #TheProphetsSong
    In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to The Prophet's Song by Queen. I was blown away by the use of canon in this work. Wonderful!
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  • @fantus01
    @fantus01 3 роки тому +775

    there is no ending, this song goes seamless to "love of my life"

    • @SoloFalcon1138
      @SoloFalcon1138 3 роки тому +25

      ^this

    • @garanceadrosehn9691
      @garanceadrosehn9691 3 роки тому +126

      ... and while "Love of My Life" is a *completely* different song, the transition is just perfectly smooth.

    • @scottbradbury3924
      @scottbradbury3924 3 роки тому +20

      Absolutely correct

    • @AlfW
      @AlfW 3 роки тому +54

      The ending already sounds like Love of my Life.
      It's just perfect.

    • @molokoko786
      @molokoko786 3 роки тому +28

      Yes it’s transition into Love of My Life with the same key and instrument playing the first bar
      Or two. Masterfully done too.

  • @tbnobs
    @tbnobs 5 місяців тому +6

    A night at the opera is a masterpiece music this good never grows old

  • @GodsUnrulyFriends
    @GodsUnrulyFriends 2 роки тому +60

    One day my first wife and I listened to A Night at the Opera from beginning to end. We sat in silence when the album was finished, then she said "I wonder if they were aware they'd created such a masterpiece?"

    • @fred_derf
      @fred_derf 11 місяців тому +8

      Get a good pair of headphones, put on the CD of _A Night at the Opera_ (not the record or you'll have to flip sides), lay down on your back so that you're not touching anything, close your eyes and enjoy. It's almost an out of body experience.

    • @wintergirl8
      @wintergirl8 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@fred_derf I was ten years old when I bought this album and did exactly that. My parents thought I was insane.

    • @fred_derf
      @fred_derf 11 місяців тому

      @@wintergirl8, _"My parents thought I was insane."_
      And let me guess, your parents wouldn't try it...

  • @Xcorgi
    @Xcorgi 2 роки тому +36

    Every nuance of this song just pulls the listener in deeper and deeper. This was pure genius.

  • @bluebell3720
    @bluebell3720 3 роки тому +54

    'Freddie is singing over his own tape delays, played back into his headphones so he can harmonise with himself right there in the studio.'

  • @scooter2473
    @scooter2473 2 роки тому +7

    The Prophet’s Song - A Brian May MASTERPIECE!! Just as phenomenal as Bohemian Rhapsody!! ❤️

  • @jilldiable8119
    @jilldiable8119 Рік тому +19

    Queen are truly masters of harmonies. All their voices are exquisite.

  • @hellymusic
    @hellymusic 10 місяців тому +8

    Everytime i listen to this song i get the chills, its so good

    • @donnadidomenico4492
      @donnadidomenico4492 10 місяців тому

      easily the best song ever you dont need to have good taste or listening a lot of music

  • @autentyk5735
    @autentyk5735 2 роки тому +61

    Most overlooked song in history. Even those who consider themselves Queen fans often seem not to know it somehow. How? No idea... It is as big a masterpiece as Bohemian Rhapsody.

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H Рік тому +9

      Better. Should’ve been a more recognized number. BR was a great thing, but tPS is the finest example of the kind of musical talent that is QUEEN.
      The hits serve their purpose in bringing to light the many far better songs they have made.

    • @gregbates2844
      @gregbates2844 Рік тому +1

      Bigger, imo. :)

    • @daniellecharles5791
      @daniellecharles5791 6 місяців тому +1

      Bigger! ❤

  • @franciscoferreira4626
    @franciscoferreira4626 3 роки тому +194

    Early queen albums are my favourite albums from all time. They are so different and have such an amazing innovative sound. I love it!

    • @bman8366
      @bman8366 3 роки тому +5

      I couldn't agree more! :-)

    • @jasonpearce6475
      @jasonpearce6475 3 роки тому +3

      Same as me I love them 💋

    • @juttapopp1869
      @juttapopp1869 3 роки тому +8

      Queen 2 is my personal favourite. They were always great, but never again quite as... until Innuendo, of course. And then there's "mother love".

    • @Azabaxe80
      @Azabaxe80 3 роки тому +4

      My two favorite Queen albums are Queen II and News of the World. I like them because they are polar opposites and display pretty well the versatility of this band.

    • @t.mccullough2573
      @t.mccullough2573 3 роки тому +5

      Same
      Early QUEEN is where all the surreal mental vacations are.. So ethereal...
      Takes you away to a different time.. and place!
      A sort of Renaissance Faire! Only you don't have to leave home!

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel Рік тому +5

    Their guitarist, Brian May used the same 2-delay harmonizing for 10+ minute solos in the middle of their shows, it's some amazing stuff

    • @chrissmith7669
      @chrissmith7669 5 місяців тому +2

      His demonstration of the delay on UA-cam makes him worthy of “guitar god” designation. What was I a one beat dealt and a beat and a half delay?

  • @attichatchsound-bobkowal5328
    @attichatchsound-bobkowal5328 3 роки тому +203

    Brian May uses that delay live to create layered guitars. Freddie performed that "round" live in the studio listening to the delay - no auto-tune back then - amazing pitch control!

    • @OldMusicOnVinyl1
      @OldMusicOnVinyl1 2 роки тому +5

      Now that you mention it-is the vocal section a 'sequel' to the guitar solo in "Brighton Rock" ?

    • @attichatchsound-bobkowal5328
      @attichatchsound-bobkowal5328 2 роки тому +5

      @@OldMusicOnVinyl1 Using the same method anyhow. Brian also would use the delay live to make layers on songs like "Keep Yourself Alive, White Man, Millionaire's Waltz, and Sheer Heat Attack. (that I know of)

    • @talastra
      @talastra 2 роки тому

      @@OldMusicOnVinyl1 Especially the live version, yes :)

    • @buckmurdock2025
      @buckmurdock2025 2 роки тому +1

      What's even more amazing is that at some points you would say Freddy was slightly out of tune, yet the delays melt together seamlessly.

    • @BifMcAwesome
      @BifMcAwesome 2 роки тому +2

      @@buckmurdock2025 Being slightly out of tune gives music humanity. To autotune Freddy Mercury would make him a robot. If anybody would be considered the definition of the opposite of a robot it would Freddy Mercury

  • @ChickenatorJr
    @ChickenatorJr 3 роки тому +153

    Yes! Freddy sung the cannon part all in one complete take, hearing the delay and sing along with himself.
    Pretty incredible. Freddy was king.

    • @joecristino161
      @joecristino161 2 роки тому +26

      They created a loop machine ( with I think 2 to 3 tape machines and a length of tape. where the tape would record then play back and record while he sang a along …it’s unfreakin real they came up with that back then

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 2 роки тому +2

      @@joecristino161 - YES! I just heard about that in this following clip! Not just a delay effect unit (There wouldn't have been any stereo ones yet at that time anyway) but three different tape machines! Mind-blowing! 🤯 ua-cam.com/video/JOTf8GbD-oE/v-deo.html

    • @DavieJones_Lockr
      @DavieJones_Lockr 2 роки тому +4

      Ahhh.... the origin of the tape delay.

    • @leelee4291
      @leelee4291 Рік тому

      Truth! Freddie Mercury is a man amongst gods. RIP

    • @luciaortiz3933
      @luciaortiz3933 Рік тому +2

      But I think that Roger sing in some fragments at the last part of that section too....cos you can clearly hear Rog's high falsetto at the fragments at the ending of that section....but yeah, clearly that section was like almost compleatly just Freddie singing...

  • @73challenger5031
    @73challenger5031 3 роки тому +34

    Now, imagine being a 13 year old burgeoning rock fan who thought he'd heard everything and then hearing THIS in his headphones! Better than Bohemian Rhapsody any day! Brian May is the Man!

    • @wumbomandlx
      @wumbomandlx 3 місяці тому

      ​@@edwardvincentlaybournwalle4991 Another one you might like is Innuendo

  • @mayamaia3130
    @mayamaia3130 2 роки тому +7

    This was a JOY to watch! And you clicked into their use of the echoplex! I’m a physics tutor, and I actually use this song to teach students too! I have a frequency analysis of the canon section that I use to show them the physics of harmony and how the overtones line up.

  • @thomasmalatesta7331
    @thomasmalatesta7331 3 роки тому +34

    I saw Queen perform this song ( Prophets Song ) live way back in the mid 70's. It was amazing !

  • @elifaudio1472
    @elifaudio1472 2 роки тому +10

    That last guitar sequence was what Brian is using for Love of My Life in live versions.

  • @MrDocninja
    @MrDocninja Рік тому +3

    Such an underrated iconic song, I love 70’s Queen songs much more than the “older Queen”

  • @chadbennett7873
    @chadbennett7873 2 роки тому +19

    Everybody has their favorite Queen song, a most fall into the big hits, but this is not only my personal favorite, but also one I consider one of the greatest compositions of all time. It gets buried because it's on one of the greatest albums of all time, loaded with popular hits ... especially the monster classic of Freddie's. This, to me, is Brian's magnum opus and, in my mind, outshines BoRhap. We so frequently fail to hear the prophet's voice in our own time, and most certainly fail to heed the warning. Most of it is due to our ignoring Copernicus and believing we are the center of the universe. Brian at his brilliant best. Shouldn't surprise us ... an anagram of his name is Brain. I was fortunate to live in his time.

  • @benbermusics
    @benbermusics 3 роки тому +10

    The ending is the bridge to Love of my Life! You should hear that smooth transition to that beautiful balad.

  • @johnplaster4536
    @johnplaster4536 3 роки тому +232

    The Millionaire Waltz is just as good as this and around the same era in Queen's epic operatic prog masterpiece of a journey. Please give it a listen!

  • @sootikins
    @sootikins 3 роки тому +65

    "A small koto". Yep, in the liner notes Brian May is credited as playing the "Toy Koto". Also, this song to this day gives me chills when played loudly enough. And I still vividly remember listening to this with headphones in '76, stoned out of my gourd tripping on the "canon" part. Good times!

    • @karolyn8644
      @karolyn8644 3 роки тому +13

      I remember seeing Brian in an interview where he talks about receiving the toy koto as a gift and teaching himself to play it.

    • @JosephHuntelvisnspiders
      @JosephHuntelvisnspiders 2 роки тому +4

      Yup! me too!

    • @garanceadrosehn9691
      @garanceadrosehn9691 2 роки тому +5

      This is an amazing song to listen to on headphones.

  • @QuiveringNow
    @QuiveringNow Рік тому +5

    Deep track reaction on this one. Impressive. The vocal breakdown section is amazing.

  • @paulsimmons5726
    @paulsimmons5726 3 роки тому +8

    8:50 "This is so cool..." Yeah, that's my highschool band mates and I all thought in '75, LOL!
    Opera and Races, the Marx Brothers albums, were the complete highlights of the over-the-top Queen arrangements!
    If you've never listened to A Night At The Opera and A Day At The Races in their entireties, get those two CD's and put on your headphones ready! Stellar performances from every member on their best writing and arranging!
    Get them and be amazed!

  • @garethjmsaunders
    @garethjmsaunders 3 роки тому +7

    Someone may already have said this but it was a common Queen practice to not repeat themselves. Doug points out that they ended the main theme on a different chord each time through. They did this a lot, or used different lyrics on each pass. This depth of variety and the layers that they created is one of the reason that I love Queen so much.

  • @centaurus5676
    @centaurus5676 3 роки тому +67

    I love how everyone who hears a Queen song for the first time, assumes they think where the chords are going and then...Oh! didn't expect that! True master song writers that cannot be replicated in this day and age.

    • @phil12323
      @phil12323 3 роки тому +5

      The were true master songwriters...but those harmonic techniques are used a lot by other composers.

    • @debramoore7513
      @debramoore7513 3 роки тому +3

      Brilliant composers!

    • @aussiebloke609
      @aussiebloke609 Рік тому +3

      Sting has said he strives for the same effect - whenever he has a theme that repeats itself, he consciously tries to end it on a different chord each time. To him, anything predictable would also be bland - and I agree. And Queen were the early masters of this.

    • @knyazigorthe8617
      @knyazigorthe8617 Рік тому +2

      👍

  • @StockportJambo
    @StockportJambo 3 роки тому +20

    It ends on the V chord because it goes straight into "Love of my Life" on the album. The songs are seamless.

  • @loicdearaujo8557
    @loicdearaujo8557 3 роки тому +66

    70s Queen epics worth a listen
    - My fairy king (from their first album - by the way, The ShowMust Go On somehow mirrors the former by referring to its lyrics)
    - Great King Rat
    - Procession / Father to Son / White Queen (their first albums include a lot of segues fragmented to different "tracks")
    - Ogre battle
    - The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke / Nevermore / The March of the Black Queen / Funny how love is
    - Tenemunt Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley
    - Bring Back That Leroy Brown (an addictive ragtime song)
    - The Prophet's Song / Love of my Life
    so many pthers indeed

    • @galaxy5539
      @galaxy5539 2 роки тому

      And the bucle of the A Day at the Races album: End of Teo Torriate / Tie Your Mother Down

  • @AbimaelRuizBetancourt
    @AbimaelRuizBetancourt 3 роки тому +72

    To understand the ending you need to listen to the next song of the album: Love of my Life.

    • @frankroos1167
      @frankroos1167 3 роки тому +6

      Or rather, you would have to listen to these songs back to back. The guitar bit actually extends into the start Love of my Life.

    • @sordel5866
      @sordel5866 3 роки тому +3

      Almost the entire album is "played attacca" (well, it would have to be if it were performed live). It always hurts when you see this sort of studio brilliance broken in YT reaction videos, but it's just nice to see someone tackle "The Prophet's Song".

    • @Marctull66
      @Marctull66 2 роки тому +3

      I think Doug needs to BUY and to listen to *the whole album*, anyway !! That one and A Day At the Races too. and I hope he did so with "Queen II", as he reviewed March of The Black Queen.

  • @sVieira151
    @sVieira151 3 роки тому +71

    Ooh. there aren't enough reactions to this song. An absolutely underrated song by Queen that more people should know! Thanks for the reaction, Doug. Millionaire Waltz is also a phenomenal track!

  • @cavatti15
    @cavatti15 3 роки тому +71

    My personal fav from A Night at the Opera, along with Death on Two Legs. Total masterpiece! Nice pick Doug! Cheers!

    • @SoloFalcon1138
      @SoloFalcon1138 3 роки тому +4

      That is a beast of a song!

    • @rubentullenaar2934
      @rubentullenaar2934 3 роки тому

      @@SoloFalcon1138 yes it is🤘🏻

    • @bobchurunkle9921
      @bobchurunkle9921 3 роки тому +4

      Again how they merge songs was great,, death on two legs into lazing on a Sunday afternoon into I'm in love with my car what a way to open an album,,, genius

    • @cavatti15
      @cavatti15 3 роки тому +1

      @@bobchurunkle9921 Doug got the message from the ending of this one as well, merging into Love Of My Life....i was actually expecting it coming at the end ;D

    • @jus10kase
      @jus10kase 2 роки тому +1

      Heading into a Foo Fighters concert the preshow music played Death on Two Legs ! I knew then that would be a good show. Saw Queen on the Jazz tour and opened with Death on Two Legs, the whole Spectrum just vibrated.

  • @gregcraddock1765
    @gregcraddock1765 3 роки тому +83

    Finally!! I've requested this song with every reactor after they've done Queen. You are the first I've seen do it. Excellent job!!

    • @ruisilvafaria
      @ruisilvafaria 3 роки тому +4

      I agree with you 👍👍
      Doug now you must react to "The Millionaire Waltz"
      Thanks for bringing more Queen

    • @ellesee7079
      @ellesee7079 3 роки тому +3

      @Greg Craddock Check out JGK Productions. He let's it run right through Love of my Life too!

    • @burpie3258
      @burpie3258 2 роки тому +1

      aladdin sane pfp 🌝

  • @Silber7
    @Silber7 3 роки тому +26

    That harmony via delay is a staple of Brian May's guitar improvisation, he uses three amplifiers each with a different timed delay.
    Cool they had vocal sections with that too

    • @Essin62
      @Essin62 3 роки тому +3

      Brighton Rock is the perfect example of this

  • @MattKrogmeier
    @MattKrogmeier 3 роки тому +136

    I think you’d really get a kick out of “Seaside Rendezvous” - hear an entire brass band, created on multi-track by Brian May and his guitar. It’s a fun, short song on “A Night At The Opera.” “‘39” is another gem. That whole album is so much more than “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

    • @iancunningham5576
      @iancunningham5576 3 роки тому +12

      Lazing on a Sunday afternoon.

    • @chrisross1703
      @chrisross1703 3 роки тому +3

      'Brass band' :)

    • @MattKrogmeier
      @MattKrogmeier 3 роки тому +1

      @@chrisross1703 whoops….can’t believe I did that! Thanks!

    • @ninagray4441
      @ninagray4441 3 роки тому +12

      On Good Company, Brian makes every sound on his guitar, trying to make it sound like many differing instruments. Mostly sucseeding.

    • @franki68
      @franki68 3 роки тому +1

      Didn’t they do the ‘brass’ by blowing into paper cones ?

  • @ElIn1064
    @ElIn1064 3 роки тому +15

    This song ends weird because the last chords you hear belong to "Love of my Life", which is the song it fades into. It's such an interesting piece and it's overlooked because there's Bohemian Rhapsody in the same album 🤣 It's amazing, unique and so particular, especially because of that canon part.
    BTW, yes, you're right they did use a Koto, only it was a toy Koto. That's why it sounds "small" ✌🏻

  • @brianorzel1873
    @brianorzel1873 3 роки тому +13

    It flows into the next song "Love Of My Life". There was no good place to stop.

  • @TheBlackQueen
    @TheBlackQueen 3 роки тому +19

    You are correct that is a delay...except they didn't have delays that could repeat at 100% feadback twice and switching between left, right, and center channels in 1975.
    What they did was they took three tape machines, and fed one reel of tape through all three of them and split the signal through a Mult, sending it to one channel on each tape machine and panning one left, one right, and one center.

    • @richardsanders3567
      @richardsanders3567 3 роки тому

      Yeah I knew that 😆

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo 3 роки тому +1

      My headcanon says that this is basically Brian May's guitar rig (used on Brighton Rock, amongst others) and Freddie one day said "Hey - what would happen if I *sang* into that thing?". And that's how that middle segment happened. Probably completely wrong - but I don't want to Google it to be told it is. I'm happy with my headcanon. ;)

    • @TheBlackQueen
      @TheBlackQueen 3 роки тому +1

      @@StockportJambo Yeah, it wasn't as simple as that but you do you!

  • @randyhammill9021
    @randyhammill9021 3 роки тому +28

    Brian May made extensive use of the two delays for his live guitar solos like the middle of A Prophet’s Song. While still a Canon, he tended to really focus on the harmonic structures.
    From Highlander, I think Who Wants to Live Forever is one of Brian’s best songs. In general, the songs he wrote are all pretty epic.

    • @danielmoonen1891
      @danielmoonen1891 3 роки тому +2

      I agree. "Who Wants To Live Forever" is such a moving piece of music. When it comes to emotional quality that song is BIG. ❤️

  • @davidstorm4015
    @davidstorm4015 Рік тому +2

    Listen to 'Love of My Life', the transition from the 'Prophets Song'. A classic ballad, one of Queen's finest works

  • @OldMusicOnVinyl1
    @OldMusicOnVinyl1 2 роки тому +1

    The entire 'canon' with Freddie Mercury self-harmonizing over his own tape delay...it has left me utterly spellbound every time. Going back years. To think that's one vocal track-and then when he MULTITRACKS!

  • @EnricoCicilloni
    @EnricoCicilloni 3 роки тому +5

    This song is simply a masterpiece! So underrated

  • @johnmiller0000
    @johnmiller0000 3 роки тому +14

    I love your excitement at Freddy's harmonies flying across your head.

  • @cody95
    @cody95 6 місяців тому +1

    Brian May's use of delay in Freddie's vocal solo in the middle of the song to create a three part harmony is nothing short of brilliant. One of the most overlooked and underrated songs in Queen's entire catalogue

  • @venndiagram5981
    @venndiagram5981 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for covering this one. I bought “A Night at The Opera” when I first heard “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in 1975. I thought the opening track “Death on Two Legs” was better thank “Bohemian Rhapsody”, but immediately thought that “The Prophet’s Song” was a hundred times better than that. In over 47 years, my opinion hasn’t changed.

  • @jeanninedoyle9523
    @jeanninedoyle9523 3 роки тому +93

    Fairy Feller Master Stroke is another classic to avoid Queen fans

    • @clarewebber288
      @clarewebber288 3 роки тому +23

      Do you mean "avid"?? Anyway, it's my favourite, and needs to be heard! It's on Queen II,.

    • @Someonelser1
      @Someonelser1 3 роки тому +19

      YES, and it transitions into 'Nevermore,' quirky into sublime!

    • @jeanninedoyle9523
      @jeanninedoyle9523 3 роки тому +4

      @@clarewebber288 yes, I’m old, my eyes aren’t what they used to be LOL

    • @daisho13
      @daisho13 3 роки тому

      @@jeanninedoyle9523 lol, happens to all of us.

    • @kirvergalarragacastro1448
      @kirvergalarragacastro1448 3 роки тому +7

      John Deacon is SO underrated.

  • @Sparrowman-jv3nk
    @Sparrowman-jv3nk 3 роки тому +18

    Some of the later Queen songs to perhaps consider, 'Innuendo' and 'The Show Must Go On'?

  • @susaneuliano7692
    @susaneuliano7692 Рік тому

    It shows how deeply they were so poetic and way before their time. Genius!.

  • @sethkaicer319
    @sethkaicer319 3 роки тому +7

    I was jamming out on my guitar on a Sunday afternoon. And then Doug came with this awesome Queen track at me. Needless to say time stands still right now.

    • @TorIverWilhelmsen
      @TorIverWilhelmsen 3 роки тому +2

      No, Time Stand Still is by Rush. :)

    • @phred23
      @phred23 3 роки тому +2

      @@TorIverWilhelmsen Unless it stands still [at the Iron Hill], and then it's Blind Guardian.

    • @kathyscoppettuolo7168
      @kathyscoppettuolo7168 2 роки тому +1

      You weren't lazing? 😉

  • @AlfW
    @AlfW 3 роки тому +7

    Wow, this song came earlier than expected. Love it so much! For a totally different Queen, you should now try something from News of the World. Maybe "All Dead, All Dead" or "Spread your wings".

  • @neilslater1182
    @neilslater1182 3 роки тому +41

    I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you doing a Queen song today of all days. 5 years ago my dad died on Father's day, so it's always a bittersweet time of year for me. But one thing I always find myself doing is listening to his favourite music around fathers day. I would go as far as to say Queen were his favourite band, and this year more then ever I've delved more and more into their work. So thank you for this video. I know it's just coincidence, but means a lot.
    I've actually found myself listening to the Innuendo album more than any other lately, and I think if you were considering more queen, that the title track is definitely worth your time.

    • @StockportJambo
      @StockportJambo 3 роки тому +5

      Definitely +1 for Innuendo. Sorry to hear about your Dad.

    • @golddalekwho5944
      @golddalekwho5944 3 роки тому

      ♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @mnnnw
      @mnnnw 3 роки тому +1

      Wow I'm in the same boat. My dad didn't listen to Queen but he was born in '39 which is yet another great track on this album. My dad liked skiffle music which was popular in the UK during the 40s. Its what the Beatles listened to growing up as well. Doug you NEED to hear the whole album.

  • @tbnobs
    @tbnobs 6 місяців тому +1

    When I bought the 8 track tape in my teens this was one of my favorite songs on this masterpiece creation of enduring songs

  • @tbnobs
    @tbnobs 6 місяців тому +2

    These guys were true musical genius

  • @eyeonit469
    @eyeonit469 3 роки тому +4

    In one documentary, Roy Thomas Baker explains how Brian put this together. Considering the technology of the time, they wonder how they did some of what they did. Roy said this was his favourite song over everything. Brian was always fascinated with canon and made delay boxes they used when playing live.

  • @lacapsuladeltiempo9040
    @lacapsuladeltiempo9040 3 роки тому +86

    Great song.
    Now you must react to "Brighton Rock" or "The Millionaire Waltz".

    • @shawnstuff
      @shawnstuff 3 роки тому +6

      Definitely, The Millionaire Waltz... and maybe the live version of Love of My Life.

    • @bman8366
      @bman8366 3 роки тому +1

      Hell yeah! I love both of these ones!!!

    • @yinoveryang4246
      @yinoveryang4246 3 роки тому +2

      Brighton Rock is guitar cannon.

    • @debramoore7513
      @debramoore7513 3 роки тому +3

      Brighton Rock in my top three Queen songs.

    • @barrycharlton6228
      @barrycharlton6228 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, definitely Brighton Rock next.

  • @crescentfreshbret
    @crescentfreshbret 2 роки тому +1

    The instrument Brian was playing at the beginning is a toy koto that he bought during Queen’s first tour of Japan.

  • @ARrocks12
    @ARrocks12 2 роки тому +1

    There are so many interesting things: Brian tuned his acoustic guitar in Drop D in order to play the 'high d minor' with 'low D' from the open E-String (tuned down to D) . This was many years before the Metal guys tuned theit guitars in Drop D. Then the canon thing that Freddie did was the on the same echo tape machine Brian uses on the Brighton Rock guitar solo (studio version one delay/live version 2 delays - e.g. on the Live Killers album). Brian created the harmonic thing with the delay one year before The Prophet Song (A night at the opera/1975) song on Brighton Rock (Sheer heart attack / 1974).

  • @Russelisgod90
    @Russelisgod90 3 роки тому +54

    More interesting and majestic than the always immense Bohemian Rhapsody. Next, try listening to Innuendo by the Queen.

    • @kippsguitar6539
      @kippsguitar6539 2 роки тому +4

      Inuendo, love it, Very Spanish and dripping in minor 6 chords

  • @leemays1323
    @leemays1323 3 роки тому +65

    Check out Black Sabbath’s “progressive” album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, particularly the song “Spiral Architect.” The album features Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.

    • @loicdearaujo8557
      @loicdearaujo8557 3 роки тому

      great suggestion

    • @Sam_Utah
      @Sam_Utah 3 роки тому

      It seems strange that Sabbath and Yes were such friends given their different directions. But I saw them together in 1974 in Berkeley and later found out they were good friends as well. Might explain Rick Wakeman sitting in with them. Not sure.

    • @stringemup5941
      @stringemup5941 3 роки тому

      I’ve always felt “Sabotage” was a tad more progressive. BUT, I’ve always viewed those two albums as a set, so it’s six of one/half a dozen of the other…. But yeah, “Spiral Architect”!! First heard it when I was 15. Actually HEARD it when I was about 26, 27. I wept. Was at slow point and it was such a profound and, dare I say, joyous experience to hear:
      “Of all the things I value most of all
      I look upon my Earth
      And feel the warmth
      And know that it is good”
      Was not prepared to truly hear that. Broke me down. Hard. What an amazing song!! Sabbath is the best! (Followed closely by Maiden)!

    • @buddygripple7512
      @buddygripple7512 3 роки тому

      Rick's only playing piano on "Sabbra Cadabra", and even then he's only in the jam section. The rest of the time it's Tony playing synths, piano, and mellotron, with Ozzy playing the synths on Who Are You.

    • @zdenkonouzovsky6947
      @zdenkonouzovsky6947 3 роки тому +1

      Megalomania would be great to react to

  • @bettybutterbean5759
    @bettybutterbean5759 2 роки тому +4

    Hurrah! Somebody who knows about music talking about music. This entire album is worth going into in minute detail and I'm here for that.
    Thanks for this...and for not blabbing tripe all over it. 💚

  • @TheRagzzz
    @TheRagzzz 2 роки тому +1

    Doug, loved watching your reaction to this. I was given this on my 15th birthday, December 1975 and probably had listened to The Prophet's Song about 500 times the first week i had it...i was blown away by the intricacies just as you were. Keep up the great work on the channel.

  • @jasminegj
    @jasminegj 3 роки тому +6

    i’m pretty sure when queen went to japan brian learnt how to play a toy koto and then played it for this song

  • @Dogbarkssome
    @Dogbarkssome 3 роки тому +9

    Would recommend going straight on to 'Love of My Life' - it's such a great seamless transition from this song. Almost everyone on UA-cam reacts to the live version, which is frustrating - the studio version is amazing.

  • @joecristino161
    @joecristino161 2 роки тому +1

    This is one of queen’s all time greatest tunes… the way they created the loop is pure genius … first time I heard it …blew my mind

  • @namethestars
    @namethestars 3 роки тому +8

    So glad you covered this song, not just one of my favourite Queen songs but my absolute #1. Lyrically beautiful and just grabs you by the heart ❤

  • @richardbeaune9158
    @richardbeaune9158 2 роки тому +3

    As a ritual, this is always the first song that I play when I set up my turntable in a new location. So much fun.

  • @michaelcostner3623
    @michaelcostner3623 3 роки тому +18

    Better than Bohemian Rhapsody. Amazing piece of music. No other band could've come up with this song, like so many early Queen songs.

    • @jimilove7773
      @jimilove7773 3 роки тому +1

      Not better than bo rap epic no doubt.

    • @dianethompson6816
      @dianethompson6816 Рік тому +1

      I agree. I always preferred this song over Bohemian Rhapsody , it's such an epic song . I was mesmerised from the very first time I heard it when I bought Night at the Opera in the 70s .

  • @10CentHead
    @10CentHead 3 роки тому +36

    Thanks for this one Doug - The entire album is chock full of interesting composition. No song is like the next one, but it's all still got the QUEEN stamp. Do yourself a favor sometime, and just put this album on in a darkened room with headphones (a must), and lay back. Nobody - and I mean NOBODY - makes anything this diverse anymore.

    • @maryellenazack4466
      @maryellenazack4466 3 роки тому +1

      👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @t.mccullough2573
      @t.mccullough2573 3 роки тому +1

      Sadly, you are right.

    • @GinMae
      @GinMae 3 роки тому +2

      Oh, yeah - headphones! when I bought this album as a teenager, and played it on my very cheap, scratchy turntable, it was AMAZING.. but I was so focused on every note, I think I got a lot out of it... years later, listening with headphones, I found it quite... relaxing(?) - Queen's music is so much more full and gorgeous that way.. and I really appreciate it.. but a part of me is, like: I think I heard that even without the "tech" -- well, I was kinda obsessed ... lol

    • @johnfloyd4166
      @johnfloyd4166 2 роки тому

      Oh man I moved to scarborough 3 years ago. I feel lot better than in hull..35 years. .fuck sake xx

    • @davecole2561
      @davecole2561 4 місяці тому +1

      The daring and invention on their first 6 albums was, is and will always be breathtaking. Those boys could produce anything from their fecund imaginations.

  • @funlovingvoyeur
    @funlovingvoyeur 3 роки тому +1

    One of the songs that I love to listen in a dark room (no, not a dark room, but in a room with all my lights turned off). The canon part is so intense, and when that riff kicks back in it is bliss.

  • @TheAnalyst79
    @TheAnalyst79 3 роки тому +26

    The Highlander soundtrack is basically the "A kind of magic" album. I would recommend "Princes of the universe" where they reach back into their 70s roots a bit. Personally, I like their early stuff better. If you want to keep including Queen I would also recommend the "Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley" trio from the "Sheer Heart Attack" album

    • @danielmoonen1891
      @danielmoonen1891 3 роки тому

      Great recommendations. I would add Innuendo to that. 🙂

    • @MetalDragon42
      @MetalDragon42 3 роки тому

      SHA is probably my fave album next to Queen II, would so recommend those 3 tracks.

  • @danielmoonen1891
    @danielmoonen1891 3 роки тому +7

    "The Millionaire Waltz" deserves a reaction.

  • @cjf5747
    @cjf5747 2 роки тому +2

    Look into May's use of the echoplex for the middle dream section. He's astounding.

  • @chrisbr1969
    @chrisbr1969 Рік тому +1

    It’s incredible to know that’s all Freddie on vocals. Amazing!

    • @oscarfernald9402
      @oscarfernald9402 Рік тому

      It’s also incorrect: Brian and Roger are clearly doing some of the background vocals… not to take away from Freddie’s achievement, he obviously did the bulk of the vocals, it’s just not ‘all’ Freddie :)

    • @davechapman5815
      @davechapman5815 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/5qGG0cMMiEM/v-deo.html

  • @tmauro386
    @tmauro386 3 роки тому +9

    Love these lesser known Queen tunes
    Great pick!

  • @dac2007
    @dac2007 3 роки тому +12

    This song is absolutely incredible! I wonder how they even played it live (if they did)
    Also the end of this song links directly with Love of my Life, which is the next song in the album

    • @mihohobaba
      @mihohobaba 3 роки тому +4

      Oh yeah, they absolutely did play it live! And made a damn fine job of it too!

    • @ThibautKurt23
      @ThibautKurt23 3 роки тому +2

      They did you can find it on UA-cam. Freddie did the part with al the voices with a recording /delay system he used live . Great performer!

  • @stevecraig5494
    @stevecraig5494 3 роки тому +1

    One of my favourite Queen songs from my favourite Queen album.

  • @EamonnMcGonigle
    @EamonnMcGonigle 2 роки тому +1

    I'm so delighted to find this. I just discovered your channel this morning, listening to the Pink Floyd songs (I think Shine On You Crazy Diamond is one of the greatest songs of all time and that people will still be listening to it 100 years from now). As I was listening, I was thinking that I would love to hear your reactions to The Prophet's Song...and here I find that you have already done it. Imagine how challenging it must have been to do that canon thing with 1975 technology...it is creative and technical masterpiece. If you are looking to do another Queen song, I see others here have proposed the Millionaire Waltz and I would like to add another vote for that.

  • @andrewouellette4998
    @andrewouellette4998 3 роки тому +3

    You had mentioned the "Highlander" sound track, which is basically the Queen album "It's a kind of Magic". Some of the tracks would be "Who wants to live forever" and "Princes of the Universe"

  • @andrewjaman4697
    @andrewjaman4697 3 роки тому +5

    If memory serves, May is credited on the song for playing a "toy koto".

  • @davidburn4601
    @davidburn4601 Рік тому +1

    You absolutely hit it ... "They don't just take the easy road ... they're not that kind of rock band. Every one of their songs feel like they have something to say, and as you are going along it's a journey". Wow. Profound insight into their psyche, and applicable to pretty much every track in every album they produced. How fortunate are we to have lived in their time 😃😃

  • @gr4ndv1ll3
    @gr4ndv1ll3 3 роки тому +2

    YES! Great one, Doug. I was pleased to hear you mention the Highlander soundtrack because that may indicate that my request for Princes of the Universe maaay be on the horizon. Looking forward!!

  • @manuelbarros4898
    @manuelbarros4898 3 роки тому +3

    8:08 Brian May did the same thing on some live Queen tracks. Brighton Rock in particular.

  • @kasztaniarz
    @kasztaniarz 3 роки тому +4

    This one goes into Love of my life. The outro of this song is basically an intro to it.

  • @CesarJuarezVargas
    @CesarJuarezVargas Рік тому +1

    Surprised of having had discovered it? Try having listened to it when you were 11 years old… one of my best childhood memories.

  • @davehinz4598
    @davehinz4598 11 місяців тому

    Delightful response to an amazing talent that is hardly describable.

  • @Nekativo
    @Nekativo 3 роки тому +4

    It does end on another piece, the famous "Love of my life". Good one!!!

  • @Dug6666666
    @Dug6666666 3 роки тому +5

    Pretty sure the song follow straight into "Love of my life"
    A song with some lovely harmonies.

  • @crazyoldworld7946
    @crazyoldworld7946 3 роки тому

    So pleased you looked at this song, it's my favourite Queen song and it bought a smile to your face.

  • @guydelorme8641
    @guydelorme8641 3 роки тому

    Brillant song!A night at the opera was unique and still is,i was blown away when it comes out and i feel the same today...

  • @caramanico1
    @caramanico1 3 роки тому +8

    Doug - as impressed as you were, imagine being a 15 year old (with very little musical knowledge/experience) transitioning from The Partridge Family to this (and throw in Zeppelin, Yes, ELP and others of the day)! They also get my vote (easily) as best live band ever, and I've seen almost everybody.

  • @VibratorDefibrilator
    @VibratorDefibrilator 3 роки тому +3

    Mr. Helvering: "Every time they end this little section on different chord!"
    Me (hearing this song again after 30 years): "Oh, I know it, I know it, they will end the song on major! Can't wait for it!"

  • @ioncewas
    @ioncewas 2 роки тому

    I was looking for this. The light-up on your face in the canon ... *Chef's kiss*

  • @nemoanonymous6595
    @nemoanonymous6595 2 роки тому +2

    The delay/canon section closely resembles the way Brian does his guitar soloes, layering motives using delay. Would be interesting for you to review one of them.

  • @pedrorocha9722
    @pedrorocha9722 3 роки тому +3

    I always found this one way cooler than Bohemian, two songs away. Never really noticed the« different chord«, so thanks! This whole album is exquisite, as the one before.

  • @Laurasiana
    @Laurasiana 3 роки тому +7

    Takes me back to when I was 10, sharing a room with my older brother. He played the hell out of those Queen albums. Of course they were new back then. 😉
    Since you enjoy musical challenges, and idiosyncratic writing, let me recommend Gentle Giant to you. “Proclamation” or “Knots” or “Raconteur Troubadour” (for starters!) come to mind as songs you’d likely enjoy analyzing.

  • @janettesinclair6279
    @janettesinclair6279 2 роки тому +1

    Amazingly talented, that only four guys could create this epic sound!

  • @luvbasses5487
    @luvbasses5487 2 роки тому +1

    Look up the Queen Earl’s Court ‘77 concert film. They present this song live. Freddie does the middle vocal bit with his voice octave harmonizer. It’s quite something to watch and hear. I love your picking apart of songs! Excellent channel Doug! Thank you!

  • @michajuszkiewicz8520
    @michajuszkiewicz8520 3 роки тому +3

    Hi Doug, love your channel! By way of suggestion, how about even deeper Queen cut: Was It All Worth It from the Miracle? It's not only one of the best Queen riffs, guitar-wise, but a suggestive, thoughtful lyrics and some really inventive arrangements and editing.

  • @Dimentius1
    @Dimentius1 3 роки тому +5

    Brian uses delay (canon delay) till now, so Freddie used a delay machine that brian used at that time! And please Sir react to Queen - The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke

  • @queenmiriam3058
    @queenmiriam3058 3 роки тому +2

    Yessss, amazing!!!! Hope to see some more Queen stuff. Much bless ♥️♥️

  • @dcsabi1
    @dcsabi1 3 роки тому

    was good to see the joy on your face, the joy of listening to their music....so Queen did it again, they entertain in a clever sofisticated way.