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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Queen

 

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alainPP
5 stars A masterpiece! 1. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) dark spatial intro, good intro equals prog!! ah how nice to write it; the sound of the QUEEN first period which is consumed, its used but so spleen memory in the box, in short grandiloquent kiiiiiiissss you remember, Freddy on one side, the choirs on the other, the guitar which roars we'll talk about it a little later on the last side! A dirty sound, grunge before its time and a nice appetizer, I feel good 2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon and its piano arpeggio from the Belle Epoque, a crazy title, nasal voice, in the Charisma universe that I particularly like, a fabulous interlude 3. I'm In Love With My Car like when I said we were going to talk about a roaring guitar again... in the family we have the title with Roger belching; well you know of course so I leave on my reflection: at the time when I said that there were 3 singers I was laughed in my face... laugh now there were indeed 3 and that's not why Freddy was singing badly, vroummmm! 4. You're My Best Friend ... yes you're my best friend to follow me talking about an album that you know much better than me; John's bass setting the tone, Roger's pads dusting off the speakers and that's how you start to sing, you who promised God prog that those who sing are not progs, traitor I am and hold on 5. '39 ooh there acoustic guitar and choirs of angelic castrati, the country air that will make me dance decades later to continue to seduce my beautiful, then my girlfriend then my girlfriend, a title, the title... that everything the world resumes in unison! so prog not prog of course we know; in the year of 39' it was like that; don't you hear my call, brief for my life still ahead pity me!! and this final arpeggio that freezes you 6. Sweet Lady for the rock title of the album, the one that reconciles QUEEN with QUEEN; rhythmic, riffing, powerful, screaming Freddy; the chorus that disturbs you as if it were out of place, in short Brian writes and plays his solo on it for this.. little lady and this crazy, crazy break that breaks the codes, a marker of the group 7. Seaside Rendezvous for the 2nd gift title after Lazing; a title made for Freddy sung by Freddy and sung... c'est la vie ladies and gentlemen, I said sung by the said singer; the good old days of Charleston and total freedom between the two wars, surely an argument, so adorable my dear 8. Prophet's Song side B you got up, you ran to sit down and make more noises... the arpeggio, the Japanese harp, the oh oh people of the earth and the explosion; yes the title that will mark the lambda listener ... but what is that? rock, hard, choirs, down with the benchmarks; and fear for your life comes to you suddenly, you recover from this blow and... the opera arrives, finally the opera of QUEEN; Now I know what it is, the prog-retro-futuristic-convoluted break in a capella, the voices coming out from everywhere around you, the moment when you pleasantly drown in it ah ah ahahhhhh! The deliverance or the outlet arrives with a strafing of pads and Brian who lets the notes of his future legendary guitar flow; listen to the Madman and the final arpeggio and the wind and the harp and this launch that brings you to 9. Love Of My Life chained yes sir, the title you sing in your head; how to do something so beautiful just with a voice and a guitar... I still love you in fact! Well who doesn't love fate! 10. Good Company and the more I immerse myself in this album, the more I tell myself that there is a link between everything and with everything; yes the banjo, the country I had to like before and the hat then the cap could only be obvious for my head; in short Brian does everything, vocals, ukulele and that's good too; if you take the time to remember the titles, so many different sounds, ah this bucolic finale... which introduces 11. Bohemian Rhapsody... is this the real life? is just fantasy? Freddy at the piano and off we go, the poor boy and tutti franti; ah I forgot ... the clip, yes the clip that played on a loop and left me speechless, haggard, enthusiastic and perplexed; yes a great title, yes sweet madness 3 minutes and shh it's gone oh oh shh...... OK, I'll be back, do you realize the slap in the face at the time, this title that couldn't work and that you now listen to in a religious way, do you realize? go a gong and 12. God Save The Queen is coming, yes not terrible my best friend told me... at the time I knew that I was going to use this slightly weird outro to write... but it's dumb prog it finally!! and Bam.
alainPP | 5/5 |

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