Roger wrote “Tenement Funster” about youth and rebellion, and sang lead vocals which might explain why it sounds like I'm In Love With My Car. "Flick of the Wrist" was written by Freddie and is another stab at a former manager or someone that Freddie feels he and the band have been wronged by. The lyrics are quite kinda hilarious when you consider that they had entered a predatory contract with then-current manager Norman Sheffield, who was the receiver of the hate-letter in “Death on Two Legs”. “Lily of the Valley” again written by Freddie Mercury who also plays the piano and provides all the vocals on the track. The lyrics refer back to “Seven Seas of Rhye” from the album Queen II, with the line “messenger from Seven Seas has flown, to tell the King of Rhye he’s lost his throne.”
When I first purchased the Sheer Attack Album I thought the company that did the pressing made a mistake. I had never owned an album where there wasn’t about a 30 second of nothing before beginning the next song on the record. As far as I know via my experience of years of buying albums, I never had one do this. It’s genius. Sheer Attack was my first Queen album I bought after hearing Killer Queen on the radio. I later bought Queen and Queen 2 which were their first and second albums consecutively. Please don’t forget Killer Queen at the Top of the Pops. It was their first chart buster in US. By the way, I didn’t own any other records that had “panning” while wearing headphones back in day. I swear, someone could write a book on all the “firsts” Queen did - especially Freddie!
Dixie I know what you mean!!! I went back and bought the first two. I had not heard of them here in US until Killer Queen. I heard Seven Seas of Rhye was only on the charts in the UK. I will never ever forget seeing their Live Aid performance live on my TV that Saturday. What a memory. Closest I have to actually getting to be in the audience.
“Lily of the Valley was utterly heartfelt. It's about looking at his girlfriend and realising that his body needed to be somewhere else” - Brian May about Freddie - 1999
Yes! Freddie Mercury wrote and sang some of the most beautiful ballads!! He had a sweet voice and then this powerful God given voice. When Freddie Mercury sang he sounded like a Divine messenger. Most of Queens Music was about love and what should be good in the world.
Brian contradicts himself at times a bit, because he also said that Freddie never discussed his sexuality with them, so I am not sure how Brian would then know the meaning of the song.
@@ZENOBlAmusic true. & he's also said Freddie simply told them 'you may have noticed I've changed in my private life" when addressing his sexuality. See, this is why Brian & Roger should get on and write something on the history of their own band because as time goes on, memories get fuzzy or cleaner, neater & sweeter. I don't need to go in depth on Freddie's or any of their deep secrets, but tales of them getting together and making music happen would be great to read.
Brian is making assumptions He wasn't out to the band until 76 Brian and Roger have said he didn't explain his songs Brian said on the commentries again about a Freddie song,we didn't discuss songs but maybe we should have (Paraphrasing)
This album got me truly hooked on Queen - Brighton Rock got me first, but the sheer variety and complexity of the music really pulled me in. I still love to listen to the layered harmonies of vocals and guitar and follow the individual elements as they weave in and out of each other. Lily Of The Valley is a beautiful lullaby of a track, showcasing the delicacy that Freddie's voice was capable of in the early days.
Yess! I love flip of the wrist and black queen. The darn harmonies and the power in the march of the black queens was just absolutely of this world. Brian was an is an astrophysicist but boy their music was good at the time and it became even better butt cheese Queen crossed all genres and their music was so far ahead of its time. The true Queen fans appreciated the music they made back in the 1970s and could see so much more going for this band. When I heard Killer Queen and then next I saw the video to Bohemian Rhapsody at the age of eight or nine, I knew that ban was going to be on top of the world one day just by watching that video for Bohemian Rhapsody and listening to the song. it's hard to believe that just 4 to 5 short leaders they were on top of the world. Despite what happened in 1982 or even 1984,,they made a huge comeback with Live Aid!! July 1985 and that was on TV for the whole world to see and prove that Queen was in it and still on top of the world. It was just so sad that Freddie Mercury was getting sick. Just recently I was watching a video Brian & Roger we're saying sometime after Freddie Mercury's death that Fred was trying to get out of going on the 1986 tour at the last minute but they pumped him up for it. The band would have lost so much money had they not gone on that tour. Freddie Mercury gave his all in the end and I see him as a performer like Peyton Manning did as a football player. Peyton was injured and the Colts didn't have him back because they thought he would be out. Manning recovered and then he went on to play for the Denver Broncos and had successful seasons for a couple years..I LOVED IT! I love the success story and Peyton retired at a good time before he started to even show signs that his body was deteriorating. Peyton could have gone on and probably played four to five different seasons but he didn't want to risk it. Freddie Mercury could not have done any more tours after 1986 and he barely got through that one. Brian said when they walked off the stage that Fred looked over at him and he said, " I don't want to do this'. He didn't believe him but yet it was unlike Freddy
'Flick of The Wrist' was the precursor to 'Death on Two Legs', and 'Lily of the Valley' was the culmination of the land of Rhye story - "Messenger from Seven Seas has Flown" (Seven Seas of Rhye) "to tell the King of Rhye has lost his throne" (My Fairy King).
Get a kick out of the line in Tenement Funster “got a way with the girls on my block”. What an understatement 😜. Only Queen would put these 3 songs together! Genius.
I thought you might like another quote from Roger: "His (Freddie Mercury) words got better quickly. There were some very overt lyrics. Don’t Stop Me Now is a good example. He was having a good time, and that was very much a cri de coeur. Some lyrics we wrote together like I’m Going Slightly Mad, which was funny. We had fun coming up with daft things, all those ridiculous phrases. I’d say it was Freddie’s actual musicality which was the cleverest thing of all, the notes, and his harmonic structure was quite brilliant. When he wrote The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke, on the second album, he was crossing sections of six-part harmonies, and I thought: Bloody hell, that is tricky stuff. Then there’s The March Of The Black Queen, which is almost like prog-rock, and so outrageously complicated that I can’t even remember the arrangement myself. When you write songs that complex, you have to work hard at it, and it did invoke a lot of head-scratching. But then he’d come up with Killer Queen or, later on, lots of simple things like Crazy Little Thing. He had it on all sides. Freddie evolved. I always called him the man who invented himself’. I think the talent was innate, but he dug deep inside himself and forced it out. His determination was quite something. ~Roger Taylor
What an intelligent , and well thought out reaction. Your insights give even the most seasoned of Queen fans food for thought, and a new perspective. I've always loved this trio of songs played in this sequence, and now I love it even more ! Thank you Hap.
Lily of the valley is Freddies composition. So dear friends off the same album is Brians. Love your first time reviews Hap3speakz. I first heard this album when I was 14 , it was my birthday present back in 1981! Thanks for brightening my day!
Hap - you have become a Queen fan!!! for real!!! I have a few ideas of songs I think you need to react to: "Get Down Make Love" (News of the World album 1977). "Mustapha" (Jazz album 1978) - I absolutely love this surprise song! "Play the Game" (The Game album 1980). The official video is fun and the live performance (Milton Keynes 1982) is the best! "It's a Kind of Magic" (A Kind of Magic album 1986) - another fun video. "Don't Try So Hard" (1991 Innuendo album), I love this song. "You Don't Fool Me" (1995 Made in Heaven album). I really enjoy your reactions - I listen to Queen every single day. I'm either smiling, laughing or crying when listening to Freddie, lol. 💜👑🎼🎤🎹🥰
I absolutely LOVE the low octave harmony in Flick of the Wrist 😱❤️I don't know why but it is just super satisfying to me and I just love harmonies in general 😂also love this triad of Songs.
One of the things I noticed that Freddie does in many songs is a little vocal riff. For Example in I want to Break Free the "God knows I've fallen in love" during "love" he sings the note then the 3 notes leading up to it. Also in You and I, and in some of his solo work. I don't know if that Explanation made sense but I noticed he has that little riff in many of his songs.
Waiting this one for a long time !! Absolutely great ! Back to back reaction marvellous idea for Queen, especially for the first abums. So after 1) Ogre Battle + The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke + Nevermore, then 2) this one , perhaps next one => Queen II album "Procession + Father to Son + White Queen" (wonderful transitions as well and for this last song very different from the live version you already did) .... and even if already done as as simple version (long time ago!) I can only insist on the very good feeling we have while listening the very stimulating "The March of the Black Queen + Funny How Love is" still in Queen II, this last song almost never listened for reaction, never performed live and nearly impossible to be correctly appreciated without The March of the Black Queen first as mandatory & glorious introduction !
Yeah baby More Queen!! Thank you! this song sounds better than I'm in love with my car. Damn, I love the vocals! It's Queen music so I'm sure it's going to change at some point. Tenement does have that VIBE of "i'm in love with my car" , but I like Roger's vocalz better in this song. Flick of the wrist is awesome!!!! It's that Sudden Change in Queens Music going from the song. Roger was singing into the flick of the wrist, and it's just freaking incredible. Both songs but the change makes it even better. It's like going from we will rock you in to We Are the Champions but of course a different sound.
Great songs! I really like Lily of the Valley. So soft, beautiful. A whole different side of Queen on the other two. Especially Flick of the wrist. We all know who that was directed towards lol
Thanks Hap! Roger makes me head bang here 😂 but musically I really like Flick of the Wrist and how Freddie sang it. This video also shows how versatile Freddie is when it comes to singing. He depends his singing style on the message or the emotion of the song. That’s what truly separates him from other best singers. ☺️ Now I’m also waiting for your reaction of “Killer Queen”. 😉👍🏻
Thanks for this reaction...taken from my favourite Queen album. It wasn't until this album was released that John truly believed they were going to be a success when Killer Queen became a major hit. In the lap of the gods and in the lap of the gods revisited are both worth checking out from this album, the revisited version being their first anthemic sing a long track! Keep up the good work my friend!
I clicked fast when I saw what you were doing. I’ve tried to get different ones to react to these songs. The minute I say they have to be played together they don’t want to do it.🤘🏼My favorite Roger song. You should see him do it live. ❤️Thank you
And if you run the songs together it creates a story of small beginnings great ambition and goals, mistakes made (flick of the wrist)and soul searching(Lilly of the valley)
That’s right HAP, they had no time for monkey business 😂. I have heard Flick of the Wrist before. I heard it was a prelude to death on two legs. I think it’s all the same manager that they don’t like so much. 😂😂😂. I liked all three songs and how they transition. I’m partial to flick of the wrist probably because I’ve heard it before. Awesome reaction!!
Fantastic review of these amazing songs off yet another favourite Queen album of mine. I just love all three songs so much. One thing I always love is the way they put their wonderful harmonies in these songs - Rogers Tenement Funster excluded in this case - even in diss tracks or slow , beautiful tracks - those harmonies are there and I love that. Sheer Heart Attack is a brilliant album and these three tracks are a real highlight. Thanks for another great reaction to Queen.
Hey Hap every concert has what would be called a medley. It usually 3 songs in a row and the songs arent a full song just either the first half of it or the last half. I think Roger has a beautiful voice. Great reaction keep them Queen songs a coming my friend. Much love to ya my brother. QUEEN BEE.
The seamless thing was first done by the Beatles. Set peppers is the first album to have every song go into the next. It’s designed to be a psychedelic live performance. And the Beatles did it again on Abbey Road with their side two medley of 8 songs.
You're on point with yr observations Hap. Flick of the wrist is indeed a diss track. As for Lily of the valley it's actor's Rami Malek fav Queen track. He's the actor who played Freddie.
they use to do songs as "presa diretta" because for the first 3 albums, all recorded between 1971 and 1973, they uses the same studios of bowie but they can use that studios only in his(of the studios) death time.. it's mean at 01:00 since 04:00 of the night..
Morning brother, awesome reactions. Again I think the craftsmanship involved in earlier years by these artists was in another level...tour 6 months, write a story - break it up via 4 contributors, release the story - then tour again...🇿🇦
Trex used to do it, Genesis were another they flowed into the next song, artistically perfect : ) Flick of the wrist is about agents squeezing artists dry, multi layered tracks were rife in the 70s, now they have pitch perfect and auto tune, great vid HAP !!!
Oh yes! Nice one. It's great to hear you listen to classic Queen. Shear Heart Attack was the first ever album I bought as a 14 year old kid. It wasn't long before I added Queen and Queen II to my collection. I'm loving your reactions to Queen and Freddie. I'm going to check out your previous stuff. Subscribed. Thanks for sharing.
Many other artists had one song bleed to the next. Most of the entire back half of Abbey Road by The Beatles is one long medley. As usual, though, Queen does it better than most (well...maybe not better than Abbey Road. 😉). Love the groove of Tenement Funster. And a Flick of the Wrist has fantastic lyrics, a great vocal, and 21 straight measures of Roger doing 32nd notes on the toms. Lily of the Valley is beautiful. LOVE IT! ❤️. Thanks for listening to them together.
Freddie Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song was not based on anyone in particular: "I wrote it as a sort of tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men and rip-off artists we're always running into. Our manager would like to think it's about him, but it's not." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flick_of_the_Wrist
I think the Beatles were first with the creative studio ideas like running songs into each other. Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, they were all doing it back in the day. They don't call it classic rock for nothing. Those were great artists. There was an interview in Venezuela with Roger in 1981 where the interviewer said Queen got together when the Beatles broke up and the fans in Venezuela felt that Queen is a replacement for the Beatles. Roger hugged the reporter and thanked him very much, of course. The Beatles were a huge influence for Queen. This is a great album, still Roger's favourite I think. Roger has Tenement Funster in his Instagram description. Flick of the Wrist means signing a contract and is about the greedy, low down record executives. Freddie hated them. Lily of the Valley is also a Freddie song. Brian was in hospital for most of the recording of this album. He wrote songs in hospital and the guys would visit him and he rewrote the harmonies on Killer Queen. He was worried that the band would get another guitarist but Freddie told him they would wait until he was well. Brian ended up contributing two of his best songs, Brighton Rock and Now I'm Here. Apparently Brian usually put together the harmonies. Thanks Hap!
@@HAP3SPEAKZThe day after John Lennon's murder Queen sang Imagine as a tribute to him. The band members were asked in an interview once who would they have liked to meet who is dead. Roger said John Lennon. Freddie, ever the jokester, said Marie Antoinette so they could talk about jewels. Lol.
Has anyone ever mentioned to you, or have you spotted, that Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack were released just 8 months apart? It's pretty rare for 2 studio albums to be released so close together, particularly when the character of Sheer Heart Attack differs quite a lot from its predecessor.
The Moody Blues did there amvim songs minus tracks between tracks but most bands had spaces between album orxEP tracks. Sorry for typos I have severe cataracts in both eyes and am nearly blond I can barely see to type and write and cannot see to read anything so no umcyustiom I hope this s maießcsense PS it is Tenement Not Tenement which you said twice. Tenement Finder
1973 their first album made no impact and the singles didn't chart 74 they were really busy and did well Feb 74 they ended up on tv top of the pops when they had nothing on the charts! because Bowie couldn't no one explained how they got involved but had to film in the weather studio due to partial BBC strike! such a good reception that they released seven seas a few days later which was Freddies/their first single to chart Queen 2 album released in march went to no 5 uk they had another two performances on TOP for the song their uk tour had done well supporting Hoople in 73 so in 74 they headlined in the uk but were still support to Hoople for the world tour march to May, which they had to abandon due to Brian being very ill July to sept they were recording Sheer Heart Attack released in Nov 74 which got to no 2 uk 12 us freddie/their hit Killer queen uk no 2 and their first us chart at no 12 on TOP again 3 performances Brians now Im here off the album was released jan 75 no 11 also on TOP 74 Oct touring again until may 75 this time headlining the whole tour yeah they started Queen in 1970 John joined 71 and they recorded their demo in Dec with Trident 72 recording their first album which wasn't released until june 73 which didn't do well on a role in 74 two albums released,two top ten and their first hit their albums did well on tv again inc on a christmas show with Killer Queen but no royalties because they had made a bad deal with Trident 75 new manager,a lawyer ditched Trident night of the opera,still their most successful normal album greatest hits 1 is their best seller Bo Rap ! first no 1 for 9 weeks slow start then they were off!
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Flick of the Wrist was the warning shot Death on 2 Legs was the direct aim
Yeah it was lol
Yep… the crap from the industry almost ended the band… these songs expressed their anger and frustration beautifully
Roger wrote “Tenement Funster” about youth and rebellion, and sang lead vocals which might explain why it sounds like I'm In Love With My Car.
"Flick of the Wrist" was written by Freddie and is another stab at a former manager or someone that Freddie feels he and the band have been wronged by. The lyrics are quite kinda hilarious when you consider that they had entered a predatory contract with then-current manager Norman Sheffield, who was the receiver of the hate-letter in “Death on Two Legs”.
“Lily of the Valley” again written by Freddie Mercury who also plays the piano and provides all the vocals on the track. The lyrics refer back to “Seven Seas of Rhye” from the album Queen II, with the line “messenger from Seven Seas has flown, to tell the King of Rhye he’s lost his throne.”
When I first purchased the Sheer Attack Album I thought the company that did the pressing made a mistake. I had never owned an album where there wasn’t about a 30 second of nothing before beginning the next song on the record. As far as I know via my experience of years of buying albums, I never had one do this. It’s genius. Sheer Attack was my first Queen album I bought after hearing Killer Queen on the radio. I later bought Queen and Queen 2 which were their first and second albums consecutively.
Please don’t forget Killer Queen at the Top of the Pops. It was their first chart buster in US.
By the way, I didn’t own any other records that had “panning” while wearing headphones back in day. I swear, someone could write a book on all the “firsts” Queen did - especially Freddie!
Dixie I know what you mean!!! I went back and bought the first two. I had not heard of them here in US until Killer Queen. I heard Seven Seas of Rhye was only on the charts in the UK.
I will never ever forget seeing their Live Aid performance live on my TV that Saturday. What a memory. Closest I have to actually getting to be in the audience.
“Lily of the Valley was utterly heartfelt. It's about looking at his girlfriend and realising that his body needed to be somewhere else” - Brian May about Freddie - 1999
Yes! Freddie Mercury wrote and sang some of the most beautiful ballads!! He had a sweet voice and then this powerful God given voice. When Freddie Mercury sang he sounded like a Divine messenger. Most of Queens Music was about love and what should be good in the world.
Brian contradicts himself at times a bit, because he also said that Freddie never discussed his sexuality with them, so I am not sure how Brian would then know the meaning of the song.
@@ZENOBlAmusic true. & he's also said Freddie simply told them 'you may have noticed I've changed in my private life" when addressing his sexuality. See, this is why Brian & Roger should get on and write something on the history of their own band because as time goes on, memories get fuzzy or cleaner, neater & sweeter. I don't need to go in depth on Freddie's or any of their deep secrets, but tales of them getting together and making music happen would be great to read.
Brian is making assumptions
He wasn't out to the band until 76
Brian and Roger have said he didn't explain his songs
Brian said on the commentries again about a Freddie song,we didn't discuss songs but maybe we should have
(Paraphrasing)
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They met Freddie partner David Minns in 76
John Reid encouraged him to tell them
I love Lily Of The Valley, so beautiful little gem 🌸
I'm so glad you did this, "Lily of the Valley" has always been special to me, so short but like a fairytale..
Lily of the Valley was written by Freddie too. Shows the versatility between Flick and Lily. This took me back to my youth, thanks ❤️Freddie❤️
This album got me truly hooked on Queen - Brighton Rock got me first, but the sheer variety and complexity of the music really pulled me in. I still love to listen to the layered harmonies of vocals and guitar and follow the individual elements as they weave in and out of each other.
Lily Of The Valley is a beautiful lullaby of a track, showcasing the delicacy that Freddie's voice was capable of in the early days.
Some little moments from Flick Of The Wrist make me thing of The March Of The Black Queen. Great reaction, loved what you said about the transitions.
Yess! I love flip of the wrist and black queen. The darn harmonies and the power in the march of the black queens was just absolutely of this world. Brian was an is an astrophysicist but boy their music was good at the time and it became even better butt cheese Queen crossed all genres and their music was so far ahead of its time. The true Queen fans appreciated the music they made back in the 1970s and could see so much more going for this band. When I heard Killer Queen and then next I saw the video to Bohemian Rhapsody at the age of eight or nine, I knew that ban was going to be on top of the world one day just by watching that video for Bohemian Rhapsody and listening to the song. it's hard to believe that just 4 to 5 short leaders they were on top of the world. Despite what happened in 1982 or even 1984,,they made a huge comeback with Live Aid!! July 1985 and that was on TV for the whole world to see and prove that Queen was in it and still on top of the world.
It was just so sad that Freddie Mercury was getting sick. Just recently I was watching a video Brian & Roger we're saying sometime after Freddie Mercury's death that Fred was trying to get out of going on the 1986 tour at the last minute but they pumped him up for it. The band would have lost so much money had they not gone on that tour. Freddie Mercury gave his all in the end and I see him as a performer like Peyton Manning did as a football player. Peyton was injured and the Colts didn't have him back because they thought he would be out. Manning recovered and then he went on to play for the Denver Broncos and had successful seasons for a couple years..I LOVED IT! I love the success story and Peyton retired at a good time before he started to even show signs that his body was deteriorating. Peyton could have gone on and probably played four to five different seasons but he didn't want to risk it.
Freddie Mercury could not have done any more tours after 1986 and he barely got through that one. Brian said when they walked off the stage that Fred looked over at him and he said, " I don't want to do this'. He didn't believe him but yet it was unlike Freddy
Lily of the Valley was Freddie on piano and all vocals.
Freddie really shows off his vocal ability going from an angry voice in FOTW to his tender breathy voice in Lily of the Valley. He was phenomenal!
'Flick of The Wrist' was the precursor to 'Death on Two Legs', and 'Lily of the Valley' was the culmination of the land of Rhye story - "Messenger from Seven Seas has Flown" (Seven Seas of Rhye) "to tell the King of Rhye has lost his throne" (My Fairy King).
Get a kick out of the line in Tenement Funster “got a way with the girls on my block”. What an understatement 😜. Only Queen would put these 3 songs together! Genius.
I thought you might like another quote from Roger: "His (Freddie Mercury) words got better quickly. There were some very overt lyrics. Don’t Stop Me Now is a good example. He was having a good time, and that was very much a cri de coeur. Some lyrics we wrote together like I’m Going Slightly Mad, which was funny. We had fun coming up with daft things, all those ridiculous phrases. I’d say it was Freddie’s actual musicality which was the cleverest thing of all, the notes, and his harmonic structure was quite brilliant. When he wrote The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke, on the second album, he was crossing sections of six-part harmonies, and I thought: Bloody hell, that is tricky stuff. Then there’s The March Of The Black Queen, which is almost like prog-rock, and so outrageously complicated that I can’t even remember the arrangement myself. When you write songs that complex, you have to work hard at it, and it did invoke a lot of head-scratching. But then he’d come up with Killer Queen or, later on, lots of simple things like Crazy Little Thing. He had it on all sides. Freddie evolved. I always called him the man who invented himself’. I think the talent was innate, but he dug deep inside himself and forced it out. His determination was quite something. ~Roger Taylor
What an intelligent , and well thought out reaction. Your insights give even the most seasoned of Queen fans food for thought, and a new perspective. I've always loved this trio of songs played in this sequence, and now I love it even more ! Thank you Hap.
Lily of the valley is Freddies composition. So dear friends off the same album is Brians. Love your first time reviews Hap3speakz.
I first heard this album when I was 14 , it was my birthday present back in 1981! Thanks for brightening my day!
Flick of the wrist is one of the best songs that never got released as a single is you ask me.
Hap - you have become a Queen fan!!! for real!!! I have a few ideas of songs I think you need to react to: "Get Down Make Love" (News of the World album 1977). "Mustapha" (Jazz album 1978) - I absolutely love this surprise song! "Play the Game" (The Game album 1980). The official video is fun and the live performance (Milton Keynes 1982) is the best! "It's a Kind of Magic" (A Kind of Magic album 1986) - another fun video. "Don't Try So Hard" (1991 Innuendo album), I love this song. "You Don't Fool Me" (1995 Made in Heaven album). I really enjoy your reactions - I listen to Queen every single day. I'm either smiling, laughing or crying when listening to Freddie, lol. 💜👑🎼🎤🎹🥰
Roger had a great voice seldom heard
I absolutely LOVE the low octave harmony in Flick of the Wrist 😱❤️I don't know why but it is just super satisfying to me and I just love harmonies in general 😂also love this triad of Songs.
One of the things I noticed that Freddie does in many songs is a little vocal riff. For Example in I want to Break Free the "God knows I've fallen in love" during "love" he sings the note then the 3 notes leading up to it. Also in You and I, and in some of his solo work. I don't know if that Explanation made sense but I noticed he has that little riff in many of his songs.
Waiting this one for a long time !! Absolutely great ! Back to back reaction marvellous idea for Queen, especially for the first abums. So after 1) Ogre Battle + The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke + Nevermore, then 2) this one , perhaps next one => Queen II album "Procession + Father to Son + White Queen" (wonderful transitions as well and for this last song very different from the live version you already did) .... and even if already done as as simple version (long time ago!) I can only insist on the very good feeling we have while listening the very stimulating "The March of the Black Queen + Funny How Love is" still in Queen II, this last song almost never listened for reaction, never performed live and nearly impossible to be correctly appreciated without The March of the Black Queen first as mandatory & glorious introduction !
Today was the first time I noticed (on the album cover) JOHN pointing to the band name while Roger gives Sheer Heart Attack a "thumb-up".
Yeah baby More Queen!! Thank you! this song sounds better than I'm in love with my car. Damn, I love the vocals! It's Queen music so I'm sure it's going to change at some point.
Tenement does have that VIBE of "i'm in love with my car" , but I like Roger's vocalz better in this song.
Flick of the wrist is awesome!!!! It's that Sudden Change in Queens Music going from the song. Roger was singing into the flick of the wrist, and it's just freaking incredible. Both songs but the change makes it even better. It's like going from we will rock you in to We Are the Champions but of course a different sound.
Great songs! I really like Lily of the Valley. So soft, beautiful. A whole different side of Queen on the other two. Especially Flick of the wrist. We all know who that was directed towards lol
Nice reaction. Thank you!
Thanks Hap! Roger makes me head bang here 😂 but musically I really like Flick of the Wrist and how Freddie sang it. This video also shows how versatile Freddie is when it comes to singing. He depends his singing style on the message or the emotion of the song. That’s what truly separates him from other best singers. ☺️ Now I’m also waiting for your reaction of “Killer Queen”. 😉👍🏻
Thanks for this reaction...taken from my favourite Queen album. It wasn't until this album was released that John truly believed they were going to be a success when Killer Queen became a major hit. In the lap of the gods and in the lap of the gods revisited are both worth checking out from this album, the revisited version being their first anthemic sing a long track! Keep up the good work my friend!
I like you reacted queen songs😍
I clicked fast when I saw what you were doing. I’ve tried to get different ones to react to these songs. The minute I say they have to be played together they don’t want to do it.🤘🏼My favorite Roger song. You should see him do it live. ❤️Thank you
And if you run the songs together it creates a story of small beginnings great ambition and goals, mistakes made (flick of the wrist)and soul searching(Lilly of the valley)
That’s right HAP, they had no time for monkey business 😂. I have heard Flick of the Wrist before. I heard it was a prelude to death on two legs. I think it’s all the same manager that they don’t like so much. 😂😂😂. I liked all three songs and how they transition. I’m partial to flick of the wrist probably because I’ve heard it before. Awesome reaction!!
Fantastic review of these amazing songs off yet another favourite Queen album of mine. I just love all three songs so much. One thing I always love is the way they put their wonderful harmonies in these songs - Rogers Tenement Funster excluded in this case - even in diss tracks or slow , beautiful tracks - those harmonies are there and I love that. Sheer Heart Attack is a brilliant album and these three tracks are a real highlight.
Thanks for another great reaction to Queen.
Thanks Hap, another great reaction
The brilliance of Queen.
Hey Hap every concert has what would be called a medley. It usually 3 songs in a row and the songs arent a full song just either the first half of it or the last half. I think Roger has a beautiful voice. Great reaction keep them Queen songs a coming my friend. Much love to ya my brother. QUEEN BEE.
Sheer Heart Attack was released in 1974, when Queen didn’t want to do Top of the Pops because they weren’t playing live.
The seamless thing was first done by the Beatles. Set peppers is the first album to have every song go into the next. It’s designed to be a psychedelic live performance. And the Beatles did it again on Abbey Road with their side two medley of 8 songs.
You're on point with yr observations Hap. Flick of the wrist is indeed a diss track. As for Lily of the valley it's actor's Rami Malek fav Queen track. He's the actor who played Freddie.
The first five albums of the Queen vere great.
And nobody layers guitars more beautifully than Brian May!
they use to do songs as "presa diretta" because for the first 3 albums, all recorded between 1971 and 1973, they uses the same studios of bowie but they can use that studios only in his(of the studios) death time.. it's mean at 01:00 since 04:00 of the night..
Today I've listened to Tenement funster... Cause it's roger bdayyy! Great reaction as always!
Morning brother, awesome reactions. Again I think the craftsmanship involved in earlier years by these artists was in another level...tour 6 months, write a story - break it up via 4 contributors, release the story - then tour again...🇿🇦
Cheers Fella.............Tentement Funkster made me laugh...............I guess Roger singing made the connection with I'm in love with my car.
Yeee love that song he sang!!
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Trex used to do it, Genesis were another they flowed into the next song, artistically perfect : ) Flick of the wrist is about agents squeezing artists dry, multi layered tracks were rife in the 70s, now they have pitch perfect and auto tune, great vid HAP !!!
Oh yes! Nice one. It's great to hear you listen to classic Queen. Shear Heart Attack was the first ever album I bought as a 14 year old kid. It wasn't long before I added Queen and Queen II to my collection. I'm loving your reactions to Queen and Freddie. I'm going to check out your previous stuff. Subscribed. Thanks for sharing.
Great reaction Hap.😍❤️💥
Many other artists had one song bleed to the next. Most of the entire back half of Abbey Road by The Beatles is one long medley. As usual, though, Queen does it better than most (well...maybe not better than Abbey Road. 😉). Love the groove of Tenement Funster. And a Flick of the Wrist has fantastic lyrics, a great vocal, and 21 straight measures of Roger doing 32nd notes on the toms. Lily of the Valley is beautiful. LOVE IT! ❤️. Thanks for listening to them together.
Freddie Mercury explained that the unpleasant character in the song was not based on anyone in particular: "I wrote it as a sort of tongue-in-cheek story about the con-men and rip-off artists we're always running into. Our manager would like to think it's about him, but it's not." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flick_of_the_Wrist
I know the Moody Blues were doing that back in the sixties, probably other bands too. All the songs on their albums ran into the next one.
Tenement Funster, like Bohemian Rhapsody, the title is not in the song
That is preety cool.
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ahhh queen,that is all,good 3 songs
i remembered freddie sang the song Killer Queen he mentioned Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France and freddie's favorite queen..
I think the Beatles were first with the creative studio ideas like running songs into each other. Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, they were all doing it back in the day. They don't call it classic rock for nothing. Those were great artists. There was an interview in Venezuela with Roger in 1981 where the interviewer said Queen got together when the Beatles broke up and the fans in Venezuela felt that Queen is a replacement for the Beatles. Roger hugged the reporter and thanked him very much, of course. The Beatles were a huge influence for Queen. This is a great album, still Roger's favourite I think. Roger has Tenement Funster in his Instagram description. Flick of the Wrist means signing a contract and is about the greedy, low down record executives. Freddie hated them. Lily of the Valley is also a Freddie song. Brian was in hospital for most of the recording of this album. He wrote songs in hospital and the guys would visit him and he rewrote the harmonies on Killer Queen. He was worried that the band would get another guitarist but Freddie told him they would wait until he was well. Brian ended up contributing two of his best songs, Brighton Rock and Now I'm Here. Apparently Brian usually put together the harmonies. Thanks Hap!
whoa thanks for the details. Never heard anyone mention that the Beatles were a huge influence on Queen, but I can see some connections.
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@@HAP3SPEAKZThe day after John Lennon's murder Queen sang Imagine as a tribute to him. The band members were asked in an interview once who would they have liked to meet who is dead. Roger said John Lennon. Freddie, ever the jokester, said Marie Antoinette so they could talk about jewels. Lol.
Another 3x1...👌👌👌
Flick of the Wrist reminds me of an early version of Bohemian Rhapsody with the oohs and aahs..
Has anyone ever mentioned to you, or have you spotted, that Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack were released just 8 months apart? It's pretty rare for 2 studio albums to be released so close together, particularly when the character of Sheer Heart Attack differs quite a lot from its predecessor.
On the earliest albums whoever wrote the song would sing lead.
How about Killer Queen from Sheer Heart Attack??!!
try the song Seven seas of rhye by queen old one but a great one xxxx
Find Rock It when you can, when I hear that rock and roll 🔥❤️you are so cool 👍
Please do the last video from ptxs ep. Like I said you might put your headphones down 3 times it's that good lol.
This is getting edited now! Lol. I didn't do a shout out but will display your comment. 🎭
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@@HAP3SPEAKZ thanks that's very sweet. I don't need the credit, I just know you'll love it. Did you love it?
Can anyone explain Freddie's "Serpent of the Nile" reference? Cleopatra? Julie Newmar? ua-cam.com/video/CG8JcOxBZZc/v-deo.html
The Cars did it a lot
The Moody Blues did there amvim songs minus tracks between tracks but most bands had spaces between album orxEP tracks.
Sorry for typos
I have severe cataracts in both eyes and am nearly blond
I can barely see to type and write and cannot see to read anything so no umcyustiom
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PS it is Tenement
Not Tenement which you said twice.
Tenement Finder
1973 their first album made no impact and the singles didn't chart
74 they were really busy and did well
Feb 74 they ended up on tv top of the pops when they had nothing on the charts! because Bowie couldn't
no one explained how they got involved but had to film in the weather studio due to partial BBC strike!
such a good reception that they released seven seas a few days later which was Freddies/their first single to chart
Queen 2 album released in march went to no 5 uk
they had another two performances on TOP for the song
their uk tour had done well supporting Hoople in 73 so in 74 they headlined in the uk
but were still support to Hoople for the world tour march to May, which they had to abandon due to Brian being very ill
July to sept they were recording Sheer Heart Attack released in Nov 74 which got to no 2 uk 12 us
freddie/their hit Killer queen uk no 2 and their first us chart at no 12
on TOP again 3 performances
Brians now Im here off the album was released jan 75 no 11 also on TOP
74 Oct touring again until may 75 this time headlining the whole tour
yeah they started Queen in 1970
John joined 71 and they recorded their demo in Dec
with Trident 72 recording their first album which wasn't released until june 73 which didn't do well
on a role in 74
two albums released,two top ten and their first hit
their albums did well
on tv again inc on a christmas show with Killer Queen
but no royalties because they had made a bad deal with Trident
75 new manager,a lawyer ditched Trident
night of the opera,still their most successful normal album
greatest hits 1 is their best seller
Bo Rap ! first no 1 for 9 weeks
slow start then they were off!
Can you react to = SHEER HEART! ATTACK=BY QUEEN?
do one thing my friend... listen to flick of the wrist first, and i want'it all then... then tell me what you feels ;)
Hap just reacted to it. Go check it out. 👍🏼