It’s hard to believe this song is about a painting. A painting by Richard Dadd. 1855

@crappyaccount

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously

@santiagoaviega6324

3 жыл бұрын

What painting?

@eduardoalcala7628

3 жыл бұрын

why is it hard to believe? it is made in the same feel and compliments perfectly

@amaninamsterdam9016

3 жыл бұрын

And such a tiny painting... Lots to see, though! :-) I once stood in front of it (@Tate Britain) whilst listening to the song and trying to find all the characters Freddie sings about. Had always wanted to do that!

@loshisad3889

3 жыл бұрын

No it's hard to belive that this live rec has been pitch corrected.

If time travel were possible, I would go to that night at the Rainbow

@theresarandall7448

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@dillerson6681

3 жыл бұрын

To see the bootleg

@Danielgomez-sn3ym

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@ondrejmilitky4966

3 жыл бұрын

Rock Montreal too..... :)

@gwenmercury8734

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Thumbs up for John Deacon..

@gaia2322

6 жыл бұрын

captain cow 👍👍👍👍

@mfadli4866

5 жыл бұрын

Big yes. Deacon so good here

@krehetpi

5 жыл бұрын

captain cow Fuckin love Deacon.

@joseph5715

4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE DEACON SO MUCH

@sargunsohal1773

3 жыл бұрын

John Deacon says thanks

I googled this thinking, 'there's no fucking way there's a live version of this...' but queen will always pleasantly surprise you.

@BobHarley

7 жыл бұрын

The audio was released in 2014 on Live at the Rainbow '74 (31/3/1974)

@oliverhitchen3470

5 жыл бұрын

hahahaha fuken same

@notfrances243

5 жыл бұрын

he can always sing his songs live

@notfrances243

5 жыл бұрын

he can always sing his songs live

@mariegrimes8085

5 жыл бұрын

I love when that happens! :)

If rock and roll existed during King Arthur's days, Queen would have been the house band. This is majestic metal!

@stephenlancaster5907

6 жыл бұрын

Wade Harten hell yeah

@wreckofthehesperas8323

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!! The early stuff is part magick!

@jeaninealcantara2182

5 жыл бұрын

I love the epic tales that used to sing Queen

@gsantana3

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeaninealcantara2182 That's why my favorite album is 'Queen II' (1974), especially the 'Dark Side' of it. Tbh, my favorite Queen albums are the ones from 1973-76. The others had great hits, but they weren't masterpieces like Queen II and A Night At The Opera.

@jeaninealcantara2182

5 жыл бұрын

@@gsantana3 yeahhhh 👌👌👌

Absolutely magic. Best Freddie's era, as a composer and singer.

@pedrog.guerrero6843

6 жыл бұрын

For me, best Freddie's era is 1971-1991 ;-]

@discodeaky4627

5 жыл бұрын

And he was damn good-looking in the 70s:))))

@wickedmcjagger7911

5 жыл бұрын

@@discodeaky4627 deep dive to queen songs my deAr

@primepap

4 жыл бұрын

His whole life was his best

@bobbernhardt6751

10 ай бұрын

Freddies Piano Era ....Just spectacular

I don't have words... is a masterpiece

@BobHarley

9 жыл бұрын

I hope someday we will watch real footage of this song. Maybe there are some lost footages of the show, when it was recorded (31/3/1974) or 1/3/1974 (Blackpool), but it isn't very possible.

@DRRwine

9 жыл бұрын

***** That's the thing... there is video footage from this night, but today only for part of the show. Somewhere, in some dusty box somewhere... we hope! : :-)

@BobHarley

9 жыл бұрын

Queen Productions says there's 38 minutes long video recording. Sheetkeeckers bootleg is 38 minutes long. So probably songs included in this bootleg were recorded on video. Too bad there's no Master Stroke. But we shouldn't be sure that it wasn't recorded.

@jamesmcgough7043

4 жыл бұрын

@@BobHarley you can buy the albums queen 1 and queen 2 enjoy.

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

I can listen to them on Spotify

A very strong, unusual and impressive excerpt of the show. There is something magical in Queen's early period.

@bardaaa1483

4 жыл бұрын

Personaly i say that 70's Queen is the best

@divusgaiusjuliuscaesar4657

3 жыл бұрын

Gentelman *Puka* i back this theory

@robertatherley7761

2 жыл бұрын

The first four albums...

@danalexpiano

Жыл бұрын

Really? :-D this video is fake :-D don’t you see?

@webuser6286

Жыл бұрын

@@danalexpiano The video is a montage from a live concert, yes. But still, it's an excerpt of that show) And basically I meant the rendition of the song.

This is a great song. It's progressive rock. With his great melodic voice, this IS a masterpiece.

@BobHarley

9 жыл бұрын

Queen have their own style on some songs like this. I want to make a better version of this video (without Freddie at 0:20, and I must replace some clips from old VHS release with new clips).

@nurlindafsihotang49

7 жыл бұрын

+Bob Harley oohh i could only pray you could do it. thank you for the hardwork. that must have been a headache to done. kudos...very much for you

@BrunoDragonYT

2 жыл бұрын

It's not rock, psychedelic or progressive It's Queen 😍

@M1tjakaramazov

Жыл бұрын

This is definitely Not prog rock. Are you deaf or ignorant??

I keep expecting them to go into "Nevermore" at the end! :D

@BobHarley

7 жыл бұрын

Live version of Nevermore would be nice!

@nurlindafsihotang49

7 жыл бұрын

+Bob Harley btw thank you for upload this. were you thd one who remaster the tape to media? how much a headache it would be i imagined

@BobHarley

7 жыл бұрын

Queen Productions remastered it.

@koreantroll7463

5 жыл бұрын

Just watch the hole concert then you will maybe see it. Google for Queen Concert at the Rainbow 1974

@javier8218

4 жыл бұрын

At least we have the BBC "live" version.

All kudos to Freddie, but Roger Taylor playing drums while singing this blows me away. A legend!

@allensaunders449

5 жыл бұрын

Great early queen. if you want to see a young band that reminds me of if early queen in there own way with a great drummer singer check out the warning. The song dust to dust live Lunario . From the warning channel blow you away

@kevinsturges6957

4 жыл бұрын

E. A. : Just like the band “The Raspberries”, I’m always amazed how they could do that live.

QUEEN II , i think is by far their best album

I love this song that unfortunately is unknown or underestimated by many people. For me a masterpiece!

@wreckofthehesperas8323

5 жыл бұрын

Ferrando Giovanna about this time is where I found Queen..good times💖

@theweirdestyoutuberofallti8051

3 жыл бұрын

@@wreckofthehesperas8323 the parody of dont stop me now is where i found queen the parody name is:dont ban me now

Ommggg this voice 0:27 🥵🥵😍it’s amazing how Freddie’s voice changed trough the years, it became “rougher ” with the cig and of course ‘cause he grow up. His voice in the late years was very very powerful, but even in the early stages like here in 74, he already had a beautiful, angelic voice, very « young » voice. He was a genius and a true artist, I think that even people who are not queen stan can admit it. 🤩🤩

@comradeabby3141

4 жыл бұрын

I just learned that this was overdubbed, pitch correction, etc. Its not real. Like 88 percent of Queen concerts are overdubbed. And ESPECIALLY this one.but I am still a HUGE fan 😊

@sciadi7716

4 жыл бұрын

Abby Dreher actually this song has only been pitch corrected, since this was not on the original planned release (which featured 8 songs from the show) they didn’t overdub it, in conclusion, the audio is 100% live, but QP decided to pitch correct it. most of the ovedubs were also removed from the rest of the show and all flubs were adjusted digitally.

@maudtrvn884

4 жыл бұрын

Sciadi abby dreher yeah I also learnt afterwards that this gig is hugely overdubbed. There’s a video on KZread which compares the original vs the overdubbed version ! It’s a shame that most of Queen live albums are like that because without anything Freddie’s voice is amazing. That’s why I usually listen to their live performances via bootlegs on gregsynthbootlegs channel for exemple the quality is often not very good but nothing is corrected and not any part of the show is cropped !!

@bardaaa1483

4 жыл бұрын

He is amazing

@YashSharma-hg2vm

3 жыл бұрын

@@comradeabby3141 most overdubs r unnecessary and dont sound better or worse apart from this song which i think is probs different but i cant find the original

00:50 Do you hear that sutil falsetto at the end of the frase? That's Roger's beautiful voice imitating Freddie's. Perfect voices.

@wickedmcjagger7911

4 жыл бұрын

Yeahh but we should use earphones for a better quality

@riondutt913

4 жыл бұрын

*subtle

@emilystandly3212

4 жыл бұрын

TheDancing Queenie English is probably not their first language, it was just one mistake

@orimengu

4 жыл бұрын

@¿ TheRealQueenie ? we love some discrimination

@jakubkopecky483

4 жыл бұрын

most probably a studio overdub, I would say almost surely Freddies line form the original studio version. And all voices heavily autotuned - just look (hear) how strangley they all blend on "down", they phase indeed :-D

So many people don't know just how good Freddie Mercury was.

@ludmilasunsea2227

5 жыл бұрын

Точно, для меня здесь Фредди - открытие Новая грань его таланта- бриллианта Thanks a lot Bob Harley

@kadventure

4 жыл бұрын

And so many people dont know just how pitch corrected and autotuned this song is.

@sebseb8047

4 жыл бұрын

Stupid it is a live

@user-ld6is4ni3d

4 жыл бұрын

@@kadventure u dumb, queen diDnt use auottouen for 70s, this is lIve it has no auto tune, AND COMPARE TO MODERN ARTISTS TODAY THEY ARENLTERRALY A COMPUTER SINGING GO AWAY

@thepacmanface3815

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ld6is4ni3d This concert was realeased in 2014 so yeah prretty much autotune.

Queen II is masterpiece.

the last "fairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friend" is ... wow.

@lycheelian

2 жыл бұрын

chills everytime

A magical, fantastical, extraordinary, literally out-of-this-world Mercury song. One of Queen's most extraordinary creations. The original was brilliant but it shows Freddie's incredible vocal prowess to be able to sing a song like this so brilliantly live. Thanks so much for posting this video it's amazing to see this live performance of this Queen song I've loved for decades.

This song is so underrated! It's a whole BOP

This live version nearly is a different song. So fantastic. I love Queen forever.

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

like most of early Queen songs, like Father to Son

@anij8226

3 жыл бұрын

@@BobHarley I agree. I prefer most of their songs live to the studio versions. Not that I don't like the studio versions, but I almost always like the live versions better. Except '39. I really love the version on the album better, with Brian singing the lead and Roger's soaring falsettos that he was pretty much never able to reproduce live, since he started to lose his range not long after.

@Killer_queen1031

9 күн бұрын

@@anij8226Yeah, Roger does do the falsetto part perfectly at Hyde park and 77 Detroit, but after that he isn’t really able to hold it all the way through though he does still sound beautiful

Best gem of the whole Queen discography, Fairy Feller/Nevermore are the most underrated 4 minutes of the band

@badhabitz69

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!!!! Just brilliant!!

@cathyshaw-kalloo237

10 ай бұрын

YASSSSSS

@stevegarth6902

7 ай бұрын

They last a bit more than 4 mins pal

4 people are a dirty laddio

@leandar

7 жыл бұрын

make that six dirty laddios!

@nurlindafsihotang49

7 жыл бұрын

count me in!

@dexterdog717

7 жыл бұрын

Out of 1100 people only seven gave it a thumbs down. That's pretty incredible.

@RM86RM86

7 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAA

@leandar

7 жыл бұрын

Up to 14 dirty laddioes!

Richard Dadd probably is ready to rise from his grave to listen to his painting being musicalized like this. Beautiful!!

I am speechless...

@theweirdestyoutuberofallti8051

3 жыл бұрын

same

One of their most complex studio masterpieces almost impossible to do live, as is most of Queen II, but I still love it, wish I was there!

@gretelkulupka8704

2 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Do you have any memorabilia from it, did you ever see them again?

@danalexpiano

Жыл бұрын

This is not live and video is not from this audio.

Never knew they ever played this live and what a superb job they made of it.Such a complex song and one of my all time favourite Queen tracks.Amazing that Freddie wrote this after seeing the painting by Richard Dadd.Awesome stuff.

@nomenneskio9677

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, that's really incredible. To make such a song out of a picture and to perform it live like that... unbelievable and unimaginable nowadays. I am overwhelmed by this song. Music in its perfection.

@amazinggrace4507

2 жыл бұрын

Freddie had the painting in his mansion in London. It was his favourite.

@danalexpiano

Жыл бұрын

This is a compilation of video fragments from different shows. Recording is also not live.

The first two albums are very heavy, prototype metal with a medieval theme with songs like March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle, White Queen, Nevermore, My Fairy King, Great King Rat......and still my favourites.

@user-ky5tp7fz1h

2 жыл бұрын

So true

1:53 there is like a little “tremble” in freddie’s voice when he sings the word “he” (... is the leader) and i LOVE it, i keep rewinding it because it sounds so amazing even though it’s only a fraction of a second

@dugl

26 күн бұрын

I think It's called melisma or vocal ornamentation

Fancy being up there playing this and knowing you are the bollocks. Knowing you are fucking perfection. These guys were this.

Legends 😊

The piano 🎹 and guitar 🎸 at 1:25 is amazing

Freddie delivering his master stroke with that falsetto live! Best Freddie here in 74

I'm totaly blown away, did'nt think theycould do it live - fantastic

Very hard to sing live, for Mercury and above all for taylor at the peak of its counter tenor effort (and playing drums at the same time). The ogre battle/master stroke/nevermore combo is one of my fav rock moment ever. Incredible artisits!

@justsomeonewhopopsupeveryw1444

5 жыл бұрын

not to mention all the falsettos roger had to do

@anij8226

3 жыл бұрын

Roger was asked about this and he said he didn't find it particularly difficult to sing and play drums, even when singing harmonies and such. He said he gets asked about that a lot and he just never found it the least bit difficult. I think that speaks volumes about hiss musical talents.

1:46 Freddie with pitch correction: 🤖🎤

La canción es tan pero tan exigente q es muy difícil tocarla en vivo hasta para el.propio Queen, que maravilla de canción.

queen is legendary but their 70s era is the best

Love, love, love, love this song. Perfect song by a perfect band.

What I love about this particular performance is that you just get the three voices harmonising together without any double/triple tracking which they did on their albums. They sound so great with just Roger on the higher line, Freddie middle and Brian on the lower. I’m a particular fan of unedited harmonising voices which is why I love the Beatles and especially the Eagles. I heard this for the first time and got such chills, brought a huge smile to my face. God Save Queen.

@danalexpiano

Жыл бұрын

You are just wrong. This is a studio record.

very difficult composition to play live.....excellent video!

They could all sing and all could play their instrument like bosses.... what a band.

One of the songs I instantly fell in love with and made me buy Queen II as a 13 year old.

@cathyshaw-kalloo237

10 ай бұрын

SAME

This is my favorite Queen song and they are playing this live it's like impossible.

Jaw droppingly brilliant

This is supernatural, extreme fantastic good!

My favorite Queen tune!!! I can't believe they pulled this off so effortlessly.

"The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" was only sung in the first concert in the Rainbow Theatre. This concert was recorded partially and the video of this song doesn't exist. The second, this time, was recorded completlly. If my capacity for read lips works I would say that the material that we see in the video is "Killer Queen", also of the second concert. Likewise you did a great work with the synchronization and the other things. Pd: If you see something wrong, sorry, I doesn't speak english, I writed this with the little I know

@luixpaproductions

5 жыл бұрын

It was also performed in Blackpool in the same tour, according to a fan, but no recording exists

@muc_michi

4 жыл бұрын

But a short time of the first concert at the rainbow was recorded on video, I think...

@LaSayakaMaizonoXdUwU

4 жыл бұрын

@@muc_michi Son and Daugther, and Modern time rock 'n Roll

@crappyaccount

4 жыл бұрын

You may not speak English but judging by this comment you can write it.

@SittingUnder3

4 жыл бұрын

It was performed in Blackpool 1/3/1974, Sunderland 8/3/1974, rainbow 31/3/1974 and 2/4/1974

Great live band. Long live Queen

MAGNIFECENT!!!

Right comrades, i think this whole album wipes the floor with Live Killers, thumbs up if you agree, comment why you don't!

@marriusmal

9 жыл бұрын

Live is a shitty album. They should have put the song of the gigs from the crazy tour in this album instead of the ones from the killers tour.

@arturoquinto8585

6 жыл бұрын

marriusmal i concur. Freddie sounded waaay better in any other of their concerts. However, i must say that listening to the Live Killer's opener We Will Rock You (fast) for the first time, converted me into a Queen fan for life. So Killers has a special place in mu heart.

@PS2013

5 жыл бұрын

The band was not happy with LK mix; however, imho, LKs has the best version of Brighton rock outside baby driver of course:)

@musicfromval

5 жыл бұрын

@@PS2013 How is the Baby Driver version distinguished from the original? It's the same version, not to be compared with a live one.

@PS2013

5 жыл бұрын

Valery Lurex Yes I know. No need to try and prove your right with semantics on a KZread Rock & roll video. Yes Baby Driver version is same BR track off Sheer Heart Attack. Maybe remastered

In terms of singing this is one of Freddies best live performances!!

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

It was nice, but, there's a lot of autotune so you can't really know how should it sound

@m.ak.s.1298

4 жыл бұрын

@@BobHarley Oh I forgot, I also heard that some Queen live stuff is overdubt with samples of other live performances or some passages tuned to the right notes.Thanks for reminding.

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

you're welcome! actually there's a lot of autotune on every Queen Productions live release since 2014

Wow incredible, it's so strange to see him perform such an amazingly complex song live, singing all these great high notes like that, something I wouldn't have expected considering he gets pretty tired sometimes. Fantastic!

Greatest live band ever amazing harmonies

Just read the comments! WOW! SOOOOOOOOOoooo much love to this magical musical band of geniuses. And rightfully so! There really is something magical about 70s Queen

2019 👐👐

This is the title of a fairy panting by mad artist Richard Dadd, who was confined to a mental hospital and painted paintings as part of his recovery.

@nurlindafsihotang49

7 жыл бұрын

very Freddie indeed. if not been a singer, i would imagined he would be a designer or a painter

@stevehawker8042

7 жыл бұрын

Not much of a stretch seeing as everyone knows he has a diploma in Art and Graphic Design

@AreBelongToUs1

6 жыл бұрын

This is not only the title but the song describes the painting in details

@harveyabel1354

6 жыл бұрын

Most QUEEN fans already know this, thank you.

@TheMarlinspike

6 жыл бұрын

No, he murdered him with a knife.

You people are all missing how good John Deacon's bass is. Man, he is so much better than I thought.

mi canción favorita de Queen... aún recuerdo haber buscado muchas veces si existía alguna versión en vivo y supuestamente nunca la habían tocado... y lloré el día que la escuché por primera vez en vivo 🤗

@marcovidelavergara6562

2 жыл бұрын

Te entiendo perfectamente

@ivan321pum

Жыл бұрын

Parece que esta editada con autotune

@Ridepay12

Жыл бұрын

@@ivan321pum 😳igual lo pensé

@ddedavid

Жыл бұрын

@@ivan321pum lo está, una pena la verdad

@ivan321pum

Жыл бұрын

@@ddedavid Que monstruo le pondría auto tune a el mismísimo Freddie Mercury, es un insulto.

this song is pure magic and shows what great musicians they are! you don't find something like that anymore today. One of the greatest songs EVER (in my opinion)! I think I am a musician. After I heard this song I realized I am only a small four chord song maker. THIS is music in perfection and nothing less. Thank god that there is music like this in this world. Thank you Queen for writing this song for us!

Thanks for posting this, Queen brilliance....

Absolute GENIUS ❤ .. the way she plays the piano is absolutely fantastic FREDDIE ❤

adoro i primi Queen ovvero quelli degli anni 70. I love the first Queen songs of 70's !!

yes this is queen!!!

This is definitely Queen at there best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful stuff! I remember feeling overwhelmed when I first saw Richard Dadd's painting, so much going on, and a feeling of how Freddie felt as he gazed upon it...almost a feeling of Freddie was there sharing the same time and place....it was at the Tate Liverpool at the time....

fantastica

Los AMO!! excelente versión, Que hermosa Voz Juvenil!!

wow!!!! high quality!!!!!! its a masterpiece

That piano!!! My God!!!! Beautiful!!!

Very awesome. Nothing like early Queen. I remember first buying Queen II in the military on vinyl and getting it REAL cheap (maybe 3 dollars) having never heard it before. Musicianship at its finest. They were obviously at their peak music wise and I HIGHLY recommend any casual fan to pony up and buy Queen II as it is above the cut in SO many ways with harmonizing and every band member brings so much to the table with each and every track. Just a masterpiece.

Los primeros albunes de los 70's los mejores. Sublime 🌹💞

@meyllingbrito4780

Жыл бұрын

Real Queen fan

What gets me is they give a great performance and go into another one like no big deal. Love love ❤️ them !

@dianecourtney2724

3 жыл бұрын

IKR

This is one of the most complicated and amazing fascinating song of queen

First 2 albums exquisite!! Brian May phenomenal!!

This is so amazingly awesome.

brilliant!

Shot where John is visible: Me: THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT

Exceptionnels Queen !

OMGOSH! !! I played there in a band a few years ago! !! Had no idea Queen was ever there!!!! That was such an odd song, but one of my favorites always! I'm stunned by this performance! !!!!

@nurlindafsihotang49

7 жыл бұрын

ah darling, what song do they have were not oddly fabolous?

Master piece!!

Literally every song on Queen II is a banger

Damn. It's rare to see Freddie so perfectly pulling out full-on falsetto singing as it's quite difficult to pull off when you've been singing constantly on tour, but he really did that one phrase at the beginning perfect. And that bit at 1:46 is insane.

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

i'm sorry, this was autotuned by Queen Productions

@TheaterPup

4 жыл бұрын

@@BobHarley Their corrections are pretty subtle, it doesn't take away from Freddie's performance.

@MushroomVortex

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Harley Do u know if they did overdubbing tho?

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheaterPup It's not subtle at all, his voice sounds very unnatural.

@BobHarley

4 жыл бұрын

@@MushroomVortex 1992 VHS release was heavily overdubbed, this one is just autotuned, I think

This is a good song I love freddie ❤️

I think that version is even better than the album version! Thank you for posting! It is the only live version I have ever heard of this amazing song..

@nadir7467

9 жыл бұрын

pigglescreep because it is the only live performance of this song www.setlist.fm/stats/queen-43d6e37f.html

@ryannewton1202

6 жыл бұрын

It was played 3 times during the Queen II tour. March 1st (The opening concert for the tour) in Blackpool, March 8th (Queen II's Release Day) in Sunderland, and March 31st in London.

@anij8226

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryannewton1202 Thanks for the heads up! I'm going to see if you have those gigs posted right now.

@elatetunic

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryannewton1202 HELLO THERE

Loved his voice in this

Stunning, just stunning...! Goosebumps! Love it!

this is perfection!

Эта композиция завораживает ! Невероятно красиво Thanks a lot Freddie, Queen

Essa música é uma obra prima, amo!

@daniellesoares5040

4 жыл бұрын

Brasil!! O álbum Queen II do Queen na minha opinião é a obra-prima da banda ♥

i LOVE how they were able to transform the classic music they heard and learned into something even MORE transformative!!!...all without crossing ANY copyrights!!

it amazes me that they did this live holy hell they have to be like the most talented group of people ever

Ohhh genial... Nunca había visto un registro de esta canción en vivo, Grande Queen!!!!!

this. now this is the most underrated queen song.

This is EXACTLY what I came for! thanks ever so much

The audio performance is great. Thanks for posting it.

Thank You God for putting these 4 genius guys together

The fairy folk have gathered 'round the new moon shine To see the feller crack a nut at night's noon time To swing his axe he swears, as he climbs he dares To deliver The master stroke Ploughman, "waggoner will" and types Politician with senatorial pipe, he's a dilly-dally-o Pedagogue squinting, wears a frown And a satyr peers under lady's gown, dirty fellow What a dirty laddio Tatterdemalion and the junketer There's a thief and a dragonfly trumpeter, he's my hero Fairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friend The nymph in yellow (can we see the master stroke) What a quaere fellow Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, ploughboy Waiting to hear the sound And the arch-magician presides He is the leader Oberon and Titania watched by a harridan Mab is the queen and there's a good apothecary-man Come to say hello Fairy dandy tickling the fancy of his lady friend The nymph in yellow What a quaere fellow The ostler stares with hands on his knees Come on mister feller, crack it open if you please

An entire subcategory of metal arose in the neoclassical genre. The Who were the first to do a rock opera (Tommy); which was a collection of rock songs telling a coherent story. But Queen stands alone in a perfect blend of rock and traditional opera. Nobody did it better. There will never be another group like them.

Geniaal..