First Time Ever Reaction to Queen "Dragon Attack"
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2023
- This is our first time ever reaction to Queen - Dragon Attack.
Freddie Mercury is clearly one of the greatest lead singers of all time. We both enjoyed this song and would love additional suggestions for music reactions.
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Nice reaction good start! It is good to start with Queen because they do not block videos. Queen's best songs are really not necessarily the hits, Queen is also great to watch live, they have often been voted as the best live band. Dragon Attack live is quite good. If you like the more guitar rock sound, I suggest some early Queen (and late Queen). There are definitely a few Queen songs that will surprise you guys. Check out, Father To Son - Queen live at the Rainbow 1974 (The HD version) and Liar - Queen live at the Rainbow 1974 also See What A Fool I ve Been - Queen BBC version. For something very different you can listen to the lyric video, My Melancholy Blues - Queen (or My Melancholy Blues live in Houston 1977).
As for Dragon Attack it is a funk rock number written by Brian May. They refer to Mack, their producer at the time and The Shack a bar where they used to drink after recoding. I would guess the song about having a good time, after work, that is perhaps the dragon on my back. Brian May never took drugs, so it is not about drugs. They did not really have tattoos, but that was actually a good explanation of the dragon on my back.
That's some great info and we sincerely appreciate it! We'll definitely keep the suggestions you made in mind. Thanks for the explanation of the meaning of the song. It is a really good one that we both enjoyed and I'll certainly add it to my playlist. I strongly prefer live music to studio versions so I'm looking forward to hearing them live! Thank you for taking time to leave such a thoughtful comment and steering us in the right direction!
For me the show most go on is the best queen song 👍
You need to react to this song live at montreal 1981. Queen performing live, can't be beat!
We just reacted to it and the video will be up within a few more days. Thanks for commenting and watching!
I’m here for Queen .. the Greatest!! Dragon Attack written by guitarist Brian May, from a drunken jam session! 😆 IMO the “dragon on my back” is Brian’s fire-breathing guitar, The Red Special. Anyways, gotta do the live version in Montreal 1981. 🐉🔥 I’m all about Queen’s hidden gems 💎 DEAD ON TIME! Queen is recognized as one of the best live bands EVER! SOMEBODY TO LOVE in Montreal & Milton Keynes!! ❤ 🎉 Subbed 🎉
Queen is a great way to start out my day. Love that bass.
This song is seriously good.
Dragon on My Back. Can also be a metaphor. For working with the producer to finish the record. The Dragon on my back. Is the pressure the band feels / is under. To produce the next album. Quickly.
That makes perfect sense. Thanks for the response!
So glad you've found Queen. Well all I can say is your at the very beginning of a massive list of huge anthems. Next live performance you should watch is queens set at live aid from wembley stadium london in 1985. Renowned for being the best ever live performance in music history.
On the list, so many have said that we need to do it that we trust you guys to know these things.
Great bass line from John! Assuming y’all haven’t heard much early Queen. Suggest “Liar” &”Stone Cold Crazy” at Rainbow 1974 plus anything else others recommend. Cheers!
Agreed on the bass! I am pretty sure we have not heard either of those, so we'll add to the list. Thanks so much!
You need to react to Dragon Attack live In Montreal 81 it’s amazing 😊 thanks for your reaction 😊
I love live music, so that one should go on our list for sure. Thank you for the tip and for watching.
In my opinion, Dragon Attack refers to the experience of a recording session inside the studio and the pressure of business on the songs. There is a mention of Mack, sound engineer on the sessions for The Game (1980) and on some of the band's later albums.
Hi! We have heard a few people say that so you may very well be correct. We appreciate your comment.
This is one you MUST see the video !
Good to know. Thanks for watching!
Check out Dragon Attack live at the Montreal concert - another Queen song where the live is great! Also watch the "Live Aid" concert where they reprise several of their well known songs in a 20 minute slot. This will give you a flavour of their talents.
The live version will drop tomorrow, hope you will come back and check it out. Thanks for the tip about the Live Aid concert. That sounds like fun!
Hey Guys!
This song is utterly FANTASTIC (and FUN) performed LIVE… The best live version is at:
MONTREAL in 1981
Several people have recommended this, so we are definitely adding to our list of upcoming reactions. Thanks for watching!
@@CoachCastTV FYI, It's part of a medley/there's a BETTER/LITTLE BIT LONGER version of the video that no one seems to know about: "DRAGON ATTACK" REPRISE VERSION... This longer version just does NOT cut off suddenly at the end, but continues a couple more minutes thru to the ACTUAL end of the performance segment.
We'll have to look that one up. I'm not an expert on Queen, only knowing a handful of their songs, but I loved Dragon Attack!
As an avid Coach Cast TV fan I thought I should come back to where it all began and at least familiarize myself the formative years of a future YouTubing great. To give you some idea of the significance of Queen in my music life, my first car (a 1966 Triumph Herald which I owned for 10 years) was dubbed Fredrick in honor of Mr Mercury. The girl who was to become my fiancé was such a huge fangirl, she named my car on our second date. Although I was very familiar with Queen, those years are signposted with Queen albums, Queen DVD's (VHS's) and Freddy biographies and yet I too was unfamiliar with this track. Not much of an opinion on the song itself but obviously some great guitaring.
Very cool to go back to our first one. We did a thing! Great story. Thanks for sharing.
Take me to the Shack refers to their favorite place to get something to eat while recording in Munich. The owner let them come anytime day or night. It's gotta be Mac refers to their producer. Freddie and John Deacon, the bassist, became Godfathers to one of his sons, who was named John Frederick. The guys used to spend tome at Mac's home emjoying being in a family environment. Mac's wife had said it took less time from conception to birth than to finish the album they were working on. It turned out that she was correct. Brian May's "red special" guitar, which he made from bits and pieces, including part of a fireplace mantel as a teen with his dad, is believed to be the dragon on his back and the pressure of finishing an extended time finishing the tracks for the album. They did a lot of innovative things musically and with lighting to make the stage performances more exciting. During the live performances. At Montreal, notice when they said take me to the room where the reds are red, the lighting washed the band in red, the same with green. All done with an engineer able to control them in time with the phrasing, and all brand new to stage performances. A lot of that innovation was due to John Deacon who has advanced degrees in electrical engineering and who created the one of a kind amp, called the Deaky amp, that allows unreplicatable sounds from Brian's guitar. Brian was recently knighted by King Charles and has a doctorate degree in astronomy and has contributed to NASA, specializing in 3 dementional photography of the universe. All 4 band members are creative musicians, lyracists, very intelligent, and highly educated. Freddie's degree is in graphic design and fashion, and Roger has a degree in biology. Together, they are Queen, and the only band whose members have each written hit songs and are in the Song Writer's Hall of Fame individually.
That's an amazing list of great facts! 👍 Thank you for taking time to write that.
You need to watch the Montreal concert to get the full effect. 1981-great recording-very clear.
We've done several reactions now from that concert including Dragon Attack. Thanks for watching!
One thing I enjoy about this song and most Queen songs, you can always hear new things in the layers of sound. Love the rhythm track on this one. On the album it is right before Another One Bites the Dust. Great placement.
If you really want to hear Brian May's guitar take front stage, you have to listen to Brighton Rock! Great reaction. I agree with other comments, this is great live in Montreal 1981.
Then we'll have to add that one to the list, because I love a good guitar. We did Dragon Attack live recently due to the suggestions and it will be published this week. Thanks for watching!
John Deacons favorite to play…bass is so Funky!..❤️all Queen songs are written for individual interpretation…this song written after a night out drinking. Live performances of this are so much better…Montreal 81’ or Budapest are on Fire.!.Welcome to the Queen rabbit hole!❤️
Thank you so much! We just recently recorded a reaction to the live version and it should post in the next few days. This song is amazing!
I love this song and the bassline totally rocks, John said it is his favorite song to play live. Brian really lets it rip on the guitar, too. This song is so much better live. Brian wrote this so I am wondering if he is referring to his guitar as the dragon or maybe it is just the music business in general. Brian never took drugs so I don't think that is what it is about. Great choice for your first reaction.
Thanks, it was recommended by a friend.
Barcelona is a good freddie mercury song
For a first reaction to Queen, you already showed taste and insight. Sorry, I never saw this until now,
BTW Roger has listed Dragon Attack as one of his favorite songs from Queen’s catalog but noted that it was very hard on his right wrist.
Most of the Dragon Attack track evolved from a jam session the band had at the studio while they were probably very drunk. That's how the basic loop of bass and drums was created. Then Brian added lyrics and melody, the latter being surprisingly similar to "We Will Rock You" (try comparing the lyrics and rhythm of "Buddy you're a boy make a big noise playing in the street" to "Take me to the room where the red's all red").
The song appears to be about addiction. Some believe it is about hard drugs but I think it is about Brian's "addiction" to music.
Truth is, there was no deep meaning. The song was more about the groove and melody than the lyrics. They were in Munich recording with Mack,. got drunk and just began jamming.
Brian mentions the studio,:
"Take me to the room
Where the beat's all round
Gonna eat that sound
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
Also his amp stack:
"I'm gonna use my stack"
Of course, Mack (Reinhold Mack), their German friend, producer, and engineer gets a mention:
"It's gotta be Mack"
Also, the Sugar Shack (a place they would go clubbing in Munich) is referenced:
"Take me back to the shack, shack"
And any reference to "she" is his Red Special guitar. The dragon on his back was literal:
"She don't take no prisoners
She gonna give me the business
Got a dragon on my back
Hey it's a dragon attack"
In vino veritas...
BTW - The Queen song that I listen to on those mornings that I am just having a hard time "getting going', is "Breakthru". There is no live performance of Freddie performing it since his illness made live performance impossible at this point but the video is definitely worth watching and listening to -- ua-cam.com/video/CEjU9KVABao/v-deo.html.
Warning - it does start slow with a "mystery woman" who is supermodel, Debbie Lang, Roger's girlfriend at the time and mother of his three youngest children but quickly switches to take you on a rock 'n roll train ride.
This is great information. Thank you so much for taking time to tell us this and the recommendation. Dragon Attack remains one of our favorites. It's fantastic!
My suspicion is that it was based on a video game that was out at the time called Adventure. It had rooms of different colors, castles (shacks) and a dragon chasing you wherever you went. When it would catch you, it would eat you and make a sound. You controlled it with a joystick (gonna use my stack). Mack was their engineer at the time and my suspicion is that maybe he was the one to beat (it's gotta be Mack). Look up Atari Adventure and check out screenshots and or videos of the game and it kind of all fits...
That's an interesting perspective on it. Nobody has mentioned that yet. Thanks for watching!
Oh John Deacon is sadly missed, he wrote thier biggest world wide hit and they nearly scrapped it off the album, you have to thank Michael Jackson for convincing them to keep it.
Born of a jam session in which much alcohol was imbibed 🤪🥴
LOL.. it's a great tune.
Drugs?
Not according to the some of the comments we've received.
I’m here for Queen .. the Greatest!! Dragon Attack written by guitarist Brian May, from a drunken jam session! 😆 IMO the “dragon on my back” is Brian’s fire-breathing guitar, The Red Special. Anyways, gotta do the live version in Montreal 1981. 🐉🔥 I’m all about Queen’s hidden gems 💎 DEAD ON TIME! Queen is recognized as one of the best live bands EVER! SOMEBODY TO LOVE in Montreal & Milton Keynes!! ❤ 🎉 Subbed 🎉
We appreciate the sub, and the info. The live version is coming this week. Stay tuned!