Once again, Queen turns to a 1940’s sounding melody and arrangement in the song “Good Company.” Looking back, what’s interesting is the 1940s were closer to the 1970s than the 1970’s are to us in 2019. And now you know!!!īrian May’s “Good Company,” serves as the track that falls in between the two emotional high points on the album. So in the end songs like “The Prophet’s Song,” gets overlooked. Bands released one or two singles and than bang! out comes the next album. No one milked albums for every song to be released as a single. Bands and artist like The Beatles, Elton John, etc were putting out albums every six months. In the 1970’s rock artists put out albums on a consistent basis. It was simply overshadowed by the album’s hit singles. This is probably one of the most underrated songs in the Queen catalogue. Side Two of Queen’s album A Night At The Opera opens with the epic masterpiece The Prophet’s Song. However Paul McCartney’s seemed to be more of a respectful spoof while Freddie Mercury’s 1940’s sounding songs seemed to be just Freddie Mercury being Freddie Mercury. Songs such as “You Gave Me The Answer,” from Venus and Mars were always a tribute to the 1940’s. Paul McCartney used to write a song like this every once in a while on his solo albums. The band seems to having a blast playing in this one. Side two closes with another cabaret sounding Freddie Mercury tune entitled “ Seaside Rendezvous.” It’s a party song sounding once again like it was written in the 1940’s. However it always was connected by the personality of each member of the band working together in union to make it all work. Every song had a completely different feel. Nonetheless, it’s also what made listening to the album so enjoyable. “You’re My Best Friend,” was followed on side one by Brian May’s “Sweet Lady.”The musical differences between each track on the album were incredible. The song lyrics were filled with anger towards Queen’s first manager Norman Sheffield. Queen’s A Night At The Opera album opens up with the intense track “Death On Two Legs.” The opening piano riff performed by Freddie Mercury is quickly kidnapped by Brian May’s sci-fi sounding doom filled guitar lick that sounds like nothing the listener has ever heard before. It was a record that defined how the band as a whole became a powerful rock and roll machine composing and producing legendary rock tracks that would stand the test of time. While the song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” has become symbolic of Queen’s breakthrough success to a mass audience in 1976 and once again in 2019, the album A Night At The Opera was a magnificent record that showcased the talents of every member of the band Queen. However, it was nothing compared to the mass audience the band would capture with the success of the song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” from A Night At The Opera. Four incredible rock albums released over a span of just three years.īy the time A NIght At The Opera was released, Queen had already generated a huge following. Later that year Queen released Sheer Heart Attack. In 1975, Queen released A Night At The Opera. The follow-up album appropriately titled Queen II was released in 1974. The band’s debut album entitled Queen was released in 1973. Queen’s album A Night At The Opera was the band’s fourth official studio album release.
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