I've often said that when people come to Queen's music, they're initially dazzled by Freddie but, before long, you will fall in love with Brian's soul ❤

Brian May is an outstanding composer. I hope "Who wants to live forever" will be in your reaction list. This is a true masterpiece ✨

John Deacon's bass lines in this song are just astonishingly melodic and inventive. Freddie's vocal interlude is spine-tingling, and the outro is sublime. It could go on and on, and on, and I'd never tire of it. It's a song that gifts many wonderful experiences to the listener for them to cherish, and I'm grateful for the depth of feeling and gratitude that it encourages.

Freddie, Roger and John all had a younger sister but Brian was an only child. Brian has a wide range of song styles from Tie Your Mother Down and Fat Bottomed Girls to '39, All Dead, All Dead, Who Wants To Live Forever, The Show Must Go On, Save Me, It's Late, the Prophet's Song, I could go on and on...There seem to be many sides to him and all of them produce great music!

One of the myriad reasons I have fallen in love with your reactions to the Queen 50 (really looking forward to the second set of Queen 50, coming our way soon, right?) is that while like so many of us you are drawn to the Freddie Mercury aura, but you have also taken the time to get to know the rest of the group a bit, and have realized what special musicians, singers, songwriters and people Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon are (well maybe not so much a singer in John's case). Thank you for all you do, and please continue the Queen journey beyond your first fifty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian May is my favourite composer in Queen. Sadly, Vlad didn't include Teo Torriatte (Let us Cling Together) in the 50. 😒

@Ki11erAce

22 күн бұрын

Teo Toriatte is my personal favorite queen song, but it never gets any recognition.

@79BlackRose

22 күн бұрын

@@Ki11erAce Yeah Vlad dropped the ball by omitting it. It is stunning and a wonderful closer to their best album in my opinion.

@XFLexiconMatt

21 күн бұрын

​@79BlackRose Agreed, one of the highlights of "A Day At The Races".

Brian May, as has been said, has a scientific background, in fact he's qualified to a high level. I think this influences his approach to writing music. Most popular music artists will write from their own experiences, usually in the first person, but Brian May, being a scientist, can look at subjects from different perspectives. The ability to look beyond the obvious is a scientific necessity so it's not that surprising that Brian May can write about a sister he doesn't have. In the Queen song '39', which is written by Brian May, he describes astronauts that leave the Earth to look for a new planet but when they return a whole generation has passed away even though the astronauts were travelling for only a year. This could theoretically happen if the spaceship was travelling at the speed of light (I think) but it's a perfect example of how Brian May's scientific thinking influences how he approaches his songwriting.

One of Brian's finest songs in my book. Everything is so heart-felt and beautiful. The chorus is pure joy but the middle part when Freddie takes over - oh my. Absolute perfection. That high note? Goosebumps every time and the solo is not the most complex but one of his most fitting solos. It fits perfectly to the mood of the song. I could listen to that song over and over again.

"Too much love will kill you" would be a great choice like "only the good dye young" as well

@79BlackRose

22 күн бұрын

Brian's version of Too Much Love Will Kill You is so much better than the Queen cover version.

@michaelkruska6097

22 күн бұрын

@@79BlackRose you're right. I would prefer that version.

@LucTonnerre2000

22 күн бұрын

The song is called "No-one but you" and older people are allowed to dye their hair, too ;)

@michaelkruska6097

22 күн бұрын

@@LucTonnerre2000 🤣 got me

@Quotenwagnerianer

3 күн бұрын

@@79BlackRose One of those cases were it is clear that only the person who wrote the song can really the right performance out of it. To Brian it was personal. To Freddie it was not. And you can hear the difference.

What I like about your reactions, among other things, is that you listen to the end of the songs with great attention. And this one, as always with Queen, deserves it. Thank you Amy.

Lots of great Brian songs to go and go back to, Father to son, 39', long away, Leaving home ain't easy from the latter.

Brian in my mind has been left out vocally until now. In my perfect world, to encapsulate Brian May completely in his writing, his guitar playing, his orchestration including letting Freddie sing two of the songs (the first three tracks flow together as one) plus one just he sings himself, just play Side White of Queen II and for an encore, you'll get yet another Roger masterpiece to close it out. Procession - highlights through layering, many of the features of the Red Special, built with his father, whom he wrote the second song, Father to Son. It's so emotional that he probably could not have sung it himself, my favorite line from that is, "...but the air you breathe I live to give you...." and White Queen (as it began) is written and preformed so well, you many would think it's a Freddie Masterpiece. Incidentally, Roger's song to close out Side White, Loser in the End, was written for his Mother. Then you flip the album to listen to Side Black which is almost all Freddie.

Thx Amy , glad you reviewed this one. A hidden gem in the Queen discography. So many good songs off this album. Hope we get one more! 😊

This song and Save me Are My favourites from this album. Both written by Brian May. Both very sentimental songs. Brian is often regarded as the rockero in the group. But he has this "soft" side. Great composer. Amazing the middle eight sung by Freddie, as well as the guitar counterpoint solo, and the bass solo at the end over the sixth chord. Beautiful!

Brian May is special,simple as that.

Amy might not have to wait long before getting a crack at another heartfelt Brian May composition. Could Save Me be next in line?

@CS-tc4zy

21 күн бұрын

I'm certainly crossing my fingers for it. 🤞

@Asheanae

10 күн бұрын

If they skip Save Me, I'll be livid!

How I so love this song! Brian was always the one that I thought had the major soft spot in his writing. Thanks for the reactions, they are very much appreciated.

I know Amy. I cried hearing it for the first time. In the early 80s.

That instrumental part was Brian on an acoustic guitar and John Deacon playing bass in the higher register. The bass has the more buttery tone.

@DirectDemocrat

21 күн бұрын

Nice bass. Deacon was good at that sort of thing

@naomisanderson8223

15 күн бұрын

Buttery is a great description

Really enjoyed this one, both the song and your reaction. Another great Brian May composition. I'm glad you are drawn to his compositions, I remember "All Dead, All Dead" being one of your favorites. I love both Brian's guitar and John Deacon's bass on this one (particularly the bass outro). Your explanation of the lyrics made me realize that I have always had an image of what my brother would be like if I had one. I had two sisters, so I didn't have to imagine what having sisters was like. I liked my imaginary brother more than my sisters.😉

It would a dream come true a interview wiith Brian himself!!💗💗

@41Forethought

8 күн бұрын

Rick Beato's Brian May interview is by far the best I've heard, especially if you're interested in Queen's creative process. Beato is not only an extremely accomplished musician, professor and producer, and also a great interviewer, one who not only knows what questions to ask but how to really listen to the answers.

@Queenfbrj1

8 күн бұрын

@@41Forethought Thanks !!😀

Brian May is the master at evoking sadness, heartache and joy in the same song. Check out "Dear Friends" another Brian May song in this style.

Reacting to Brian May's solo song Another World is a must. Few more gems on this fantastic album.

OMG Amy has become a BIG Queen fan :)

Brian even constructed his own guitar, with help from his father-- they used wood from an old fireplace. The electronics on the guitar are quite sophisticated, too.

@naomisanderson8223

15 күн бұрын

It was named The Red Special

Yet again you manage to point out something I've never noticed in a song I THOUGHT I knew VERY well - the "sea shanty" aspect! Bravo! I always loved the outro on this track but didn't appreciate just WHY Brian got Freddie to do it; it's absolutely PERFECT as a result of that choice.

Can we have Save Me?

@AlineDo

22 күн бұрын

Yes please.

@iris67si

22 күн бұрын

I would like to hear that also.

Please, listen to '39! Another great Queen song. Sung and written by Brian May. You're will love it! Greetings from northern Germany ♥️🇩🇪

The best song by Brian May, and one of the two my most favourite songs by Queen (both from the "A Night at the Opera" album) is "The Prophet's Song". (Other one is the "Bohemian Rhapsody", of course.) It's a pity, that Vlad decided to omit it and move to next albums.

One of my fav Queen song...Brian May is one of the greatest guitarist/composer...

I really can't wait until she does a listen and analysis of Queen's song '39

I hope you do go listen to every Brian May composition. Taking nothing away from Freddie or John or Roger, I've always liked Brian's songs the best. And I have always said "The Prophet's Song" is the greatest Queen track ever. It's a Brian May composition, but Freddie's vocal contribution is magnificent. I've said it on your comment section before: check that one out!

More queen, please!!!!

Hah. The sound at 7:14 reminds me of Flash Gordon somehow, which makes me think we need to see Amy react to that on the other channel at some (appropriate, in the timing of this journey) point. :)

When in 1977 saw Queen for the first, I was 14 years old and it was on tv, the We Are The Champions video clip. It looked to me that Queen were just Freddie Mercury with three backup musicians. And this because of the special singer's charisma, so different from anything Rock related to that ever listened to or saw. After this, started to buy their previous LPs and noticed how special and good they were, all of them, as a Rock band. The sheer feeling and emotion in their music. I ended up fond of their style. And Brian May still is my favourite guitarist.

I’m absolutely loving your journey through Queen and Freddie ❤️

Brian certainly had his own style when it came to song writing. But then, so did each member of the band. Brian's was pretty standout-ish, though, as it was Queen, but his own little corner, so to speak, where he got to do his own, slightly different way of doing things. And, being Queen, this was well within everyone else's purview. Some other songs that have this Brian trademark on them have already been reacted to, of course, but there's a few others that have been passed or we haven't reached yet. 'Leaving Home Ain't Easy', is one such song, as is, 'Who Wants To Live Forever.' He also did a few solo albums of his own, with the stand-outs being, 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', (which was later covered by Queen), and, 'Driven By You', which was adapted and used to advertise a certain brand of car in the early 90's!

Awesome, I am happy!

@XFLexiconMatt

22 күн бұрын

"Sail Away Sweet Sister (To the Sister I Never Had)" is simply an amazing song, great dynamics, Nice Brian May vocal ,cool Freddie Cameo, cool guitar solo as well.

Love this song and Save Me (from the album´s B Side), Brian has a special feeling to do this kind of songs with sadness and happiness at the same time... Close to end The Game, I really hope you follow with Innuendo, the last Queen's album before the Freddie´s passing, a masterpiece without any filler, just an incredible and amazing album

Brian has always been my favourite composer in Queen although I love them all, but he is special. I’m so glad you appreciate his writing qualities, too. Your reaction to this wonderful song is perfect. ❤ x

Have always loved the chords before the guitar solo. They start low and rise up. After the secondary dominant to the dominant, it would be so easy to go back to the tonic, yet they go even higher. Great progression

Thanks again, VR! Brian is such an amazing songwriter (and singer).. and yes, you get that "maritime" feel.. especially at the end (I'm writing this before you got there.. lol)... Brian always my favorite, so I look forward to more from you featuring him... A couple great ones with Queen are: "Leaving Home ain't Easy" and "Some Day One Day"... both have that beautiful melody and sense of yearning.. As well as do some of his solo works - in particular, "In another World" - written for solo back in the late 80's or early 90's.. not sure of timing.. but "geriatric Brian" (lol) recorded a video for it fairly recently when he was visiting Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain - of course to go the their world-class space observatory... (and of course, the Freddie tribute: "No one but You"...

Very happy that Vlad included this one in the 50 you are reacting to. A lovely song and your analysis was very enjoyable. You are now entering into what I'd describe as "Queen's second half" of their career, though you could probably parse it even more than that. During the first half, Freddie's songs - in total - represented the very best from the band and were a large part of the band's creative and commercial success. And this is not to take anything away from Brian, whose songwriting was very strong through this whole period as well. In the band's second half, I would argue that Brian's songs - in total - were the best among the band members, especially when you consider quantity of output. The quality of Brian's songwriting throughout Queen's career never dipped, and possibly got better over the years. The same could be said of Roger's and John's, though neither wrote the quantity of songs that Brian and Freddie wrote. For me, the quality of Freddie's songwriting - and perhaps his songwriting choices - declined considerably during this second half. And to me this has always been the difference between 70's and 80's Queen and why I'm so ambivalent about much of their 80's work. Because of how much you identified with the songs Freddie wrote in the 70's, I've wondered when you're finished and reflect back on all 50 if the "second half" Queen will feel like a bit of a letdown (this song of course, would not be part of that - it's excellent but also not one of Freddie's)

I bought this album the day it was released and played it through several times. Sail Away Sweet Sister and Save Me are the ones that immediately got me. I still listen to the whole album, all the way through, from time to time.

For me this is one of the characteristics of Queen songs... ballads with descending, or ascending, scales of 5 or more notes, that are not separated by more than one tone, or tone and a half (in the laps, don't try so hard, lily of the valley, love of my life, save me, life is real, the hero, it's a hard, friends will be friends, Bohemian and a dozen more)....a Brian May album has structure and Queen sound... an album by Freddie (except for some ballads)... by Roger or or the almost only song by the group Deacon alone......all of them...they don't sound like Queen, Brian does have that sound

So glad you did this song. 🙏🏻

“E-motions are energy in motion. If they are not expressed, the energy is repressed. As energy it has to go somewhere. Emotional energy moves us as does all energy...To deny emotion is to deny the ground and vital energy of our life” John Bradshaw

Someday Oneday is a special May song.

THE GAME : A PERFECT LONG PLAY.

Hi Amy. Is it too late for you to review Teo Torriatte also written by Brian ? I believe you would love it He wrote it for the Japanese people when Queen did their concert in Japan in 1975 🌷

I love this song and this reaction. Thanks.

Come sail away with me, yes truly a bit of fantasy Love of the future..

Aw Amy your reaction was just a precious as the end of that song, both quite sublime.

Well, don’t ever forget that he wrote Fat Bottomed Girls as well, lol

You are just the best, love listening to you xx

Happy this one got chosen.

Agora sim...uma ótima música ❤❤❤

This song is about Brians sister he never had because his mother had a miscarriage before Brian was born 😢 so he was the only child.

@WayneKitching

22 күн бұрын

I never knew this! Now this song is really touching me deeply, because my wife had had 3 miscarriages before my daughter was born. My daughter is also an only child and she used to have very vivid dreams of her playing with her siblings who were never born.

@iris67si

22 күн бұрын

@@WayneKitching your daughter is so special. Children (especially in their young age) have the connection with "the other world" they can sense and feel so much more ... Didn't mean to make you sad because I felt just as your daughter when I was a little girl , dreaming about a brother (who was never born). Hug your girl tight. ❤️🌟

@markydw2499

21 күн бұрын

I never knew this. It gives the song even more depth and emotion. Thanks.

@scottreilly41

20 күн бұрын

Er I think your assuming this..? No proof.

@DreamersBall1113

15 күн бұрын

@@scottreilly41Brian has mentioned this.

Save Me! 🙏

So emotional song, in the top ten of my Queen list. I think it has another "brother song", apart from "all dead all dead". It's a solo song from May called "My Boy". You should listen it, really.

You should have really done "Dragon attack" also, it is one one greatest Queen songs from The Game

Please analyze the march of the black queen, thank you!!!

Please, "Save me"

Had a honor to meet Brian May a decade ago. A true gentleman.

9:30 - wait, has Amy encountered Sting yet? Or the Police, in general??? I just did a search and didn't see anything... and can't remember anything... I think this might be a gap that needs filling! (I know there's tons of stuff to cover, so, yeah, it'll come when it comes, and that's fine. Here's expressing desire for it, though!)

@DavidLindes

10 күн бұрын

And Amy, if you're reading, I feel a little guilty referencing you obliquely. I just know (or at least anticipate) you won't quite know what I'm referencing, so... I don't quite know how to say something meaningful to you. suffice it to say, you all but quoted the title of a Sting song there, and it struck me as amusing. :)

'listened to lots of your vids for quite some time now... 'really feel 'The Divine Comedy' would make a great series for the future - and I think one Amy would enjoy...

I always though this was about a lost love but never presumed it was an actual (or imagined) sibling, more sister in the colloquial reference to a woman.... If your enjoying Brian's emotional expressiveness can we know what you think of She Makes Me....

Please do a Blur song!

Oh I meant the Styx song, 'Come Sail Away'....Sorry.

I rekommend a couple of songs by Brian May called Water (demo) and Another world and Otro lugar.

I strongly recommend “WHITE QUEEN” by Brian May from the album “QUEEN2 “.

Not to be confused with Brian May, the British musician and Queen (band) guitarist. Brian May (28 July 1934 - 25 April 1997) was an Australian film composer and conductor who was a prominent figure during the Australian New Wave. He is perhaps best known for his scores to Mad Max and Mad Max 2.

@fromchomleystreet

21 күн бұрын

Why are you cut-and-pasting a paragraph from a Wikipedia entry on a completely unrelated person who happens to share Brian May’s name? How is this relevant to discussion of a Queen song?

@tonytjandra4798

21 күн бұрын

Sorry, menurut saya nama besar Brian May tidak hanya di bidang musik saja tetapi juga di bidang film. Bukankah itu menarik ?

I know Sir Brian is an only child, he's always been close with Freddie sister and his parents during their lifetime and Fred sister will always be consulted on what they're doing. Roger has siblings not sure about John, although he's got six children and grandchildren now and must be married almost 50 years now, and he has a couple of his own children in music not surprisingly playing Bass and other instruments

Amy, would you react to The Prophet song and Innuendo, please.

Brian has many different types of songs... It might be worth it to look back over your list at this point and group the songs you've already done by writer. :) we will rock you, tie your mother down, fat bottomed girls, keep yourself alive... All Brian. So is The Prophet's Song, which you skipped, and is very different (their longest, I think); so is probably their hardest song, Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme), which is on a later album... He is heart-wrenching singing "Too much love will kill you" (about his divorce). It is interesting that you hear the positivity in this so strongly, which is not something I really associate with Brian - I've heard him talk about his depression multiple times. He seems very sensitive an quietly passionate. But you are right, he does have an ability to focus on the beauty as well.

To the sister i never had , it is defenitely written by Brian cause Freddie has a sister.

Last Horizon by Brian May ? or There Must Be More To Life Than This by Freddie Mercury ? Thank's

Brian was an only child.

@iris67si

22 күн бұрын

Yes, sadly his mother had a miscarriage before having Brian, so this is a song for his sweet sister he never had. 💔

It is a mortal sin, for a man not to have a sister!

For me this is the album where Queens music steps around the corner into a slightly more dodgy area of town. I think at this point it sounds like Freddie was getting bored of this type of music. The production on The Game is also very different to previous albums: A producer called Reinhold Mack who was hastily drafted in by Freddie, persuaded the band not to play with each other while recording anymore, the parts were "punched in" together, and it sounds like it. A lot of much more B-grade material on this album. Better songs on it are Save Me, The Game, Crazy Little Thing and their pop disco hit. The rest is 'filler', but 'filler' made by an A1 rock band of course .

I don't think he is singing about a real sister. I believe he is singing about a girlfriend (sister) who is leaving him

As a gay man - this song is probably why my sister left on a boat