Queen, Another One Bites The Dust - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

[@deboraclark5791]

Brian said Freddie wanted to get vocals perfect for John's song, Freddie sang it over and over, his throat began to bleed. Freddie was a perfectionist, he would do anything for the song.

[@DirectDemocrat]

Another John Deacon stroke of genius

[@addickkelders2265]

@@binxbolling which was a sample by Good Times.

[@StevenQ74]

John actualy wrote this after jamming in the studio with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards from Chic, so that's exactly where the inspiration came from

[@StevenQ74]

@@binxbolling Good Times by Chic, you mean to say you never heard of that? it's been sampled in Hip Hop more than 140 times kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoClZKSIotGJoqc

[@DirectDemocrat]

@@addickkelders2265 it wasn't sampled. It is simply a song in the style of,

[@DirectDemocrat]

@@binxbolling you utter ignorance is laughable. Educate yourself: 6.20secs kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmiWq5WtmKqYlZYsi=WATbjKjdLYPTASjo

[@susanp.7954]

John said it was originally about cowboys having a shoot-out... 'another one bites the dust'... then changed it to be about the Valentines day massacre.....he wanted it to be 'simple' ... and it turned out to be a mega-hit for the band.... I love John, as he was/is interested in Funk (just like me) and loved to make different sounds in the studio (he was an electrical engineer)... Thanks for the great reaction❤

[@Sassypaws4927]

True Once the band started laying down the musical tracks, he realized the original lyrics did not match the intensity of the music so he rewrote them.

[@module79l28]

I'm pretty sure John still IS an electrical engineer...

[@Sassypaws4927]

@@module79l28 John obtained a First Class Honors degree in Electronics in 1971 from Chelsea College but was never employed as an Electrical Engineer. Instead, he chose to become the bass guitarist for the band Queen.

[@module79l28]

@@Sassypaws4927 - Just because he never worked in the field doesn't mean he isn't.

[@Sassypaws4927]

​@@module79l28 Obtaining a degree in electrical engineering is a significant step toward becoming an engineer. However, it is just the first stepping stone toward becoming a skilled engineer, equipped to contribute to technological innovations and solve real-world problems.

[@ForbiddTV]

And another comes on and another comes on, another one rides the bus, hey he's gonna sit by you, another one rides the bus.

[@JacoWium]

Another song ruined forever - cheers! 😄 Edit: Oh, I see that's Weird Al...of course!

[@sambirch6784]

The fact John Deacon plays the same bass part for the majority of the song gives away his motivation - it's all about the groove. The drums, the guitar and the vocals are all layered upon the bass groove which we know was the starting point for the song. The repetitive groove is indeed a central element of disco but if you go back to early blues songs they often repeated guitar parts to give the feeling of travelling on train tracks, again creating a continuous groove. John Deacon may have been inspired by disco but he's using a long established technique for creating a driven groove in his song.

[@JacoWium]

Great post. I never imagined any instrumental connection between early blues and disco but what you explained here makes complete sense. Come to think of it, the foot-tappin' style of John Lee Hooker illustrates that point of a driven groove too. I don't think I'll ever take to disco - my tastes are too rootsy for that - but I'll be a bit more open-minded about it from now on. As some of the members of Queen were. Cheers!

[@marthajean50]

Since hearing the bit about Michael Jackson, I now notice some interesting similarities between "Beat It" and "Another one Bites the Dust". Super interesting stuff to think about.

[@hermannschaefer4777]

This song was very popular among non-Rock people, it was played in clubs all around the world. Somehow the first really "dancable" song that brought Queen to the masses.

[@TheWalrusWasPaul23]

Amy talking about the text not matching the upbeat music in Queen and Beatles songs makes me want her to immediately jump to Maxwell‘s Silver Hammer before continuing the rest of the Beatles journey 😂

[@martinconnelly1473]

My thoughts exactly.

[@jason-740]

For more “elemental” but captivating rock, spend some time with AC/DC. Your rock journey won’t be complete without meeting them. I’ve always thought that they’re far more sophisticated than people realize-particularly with their use of syncopation, rests and silence, and lead and rhythmic guitar harmonies that complete each other perfectly. They’re also prime examples of your “ready, set, go” technique-they are masters at building tension, opening with often quite sparse compositions, and then subtly layering additional harmonies and rhythmic flourishes until inevitably crescendoing into their iconic and instantly memorable chorus hooks. Give them a try!

[@direlyon]

this bass line is amazing, the creativity is so huge and this voice so punchy ! could listen to it 1 hour long

[@eddiejr540]

I heard a jazz guy say that music can never be slower or faster than the human heart beat …maybe thats why it touches our soul!!!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Well if your heartbeat is at 200bpm you should go to the ER asap! ;)

[@eddiejr540]

@@Quotenwagnerianer …. I know right 🤣

[@blastingweevil2968]

i would say John Deacon is very understated when anyone mentions queen they allways talk about freddie, brian, and roger but for me probably John Deacon is the backbone of most of their hit songs...

[@susanp.7954]

Absolutely..he was their rock❤

[@HelenaDax]

Freddie was a huge Hendrix fan too and went to see him performing in England. There's a big difference between Queen in the 70s and Queen in the 80s, musically speaking, but Freddie always needed to try new things and John had never liked hard rock that much, so between that and the influence of pop and techno, Queen's sound changed a lot. They still have great songs, though.

[@HobDobson]

"It's not a copy, it's not an imitation." It's Queen. When "Another One Bites the Dust" came out, I imagine it grew on people who were growing tired of disco but still liked a groove. "Soul Train" was still on the air :) To be fair, mixing social critique with a dance beat might still be something one might expect from punk, ska, and reggae musicians, rather than rock acts suitable for airplay. But the lyrics are also applicable to a lot of personal situations... It's Queen.

[@dianecourtney2724]

It’s so strange but I’ve never thought about whether I really like this song or not 🤔 It’s as iconic as Queen is. It’s always been in the background of my life. I don’t think the words matter … they just had to have words or it would be an instrumental… then it would not have been so iconic. Never thought of this song as being in the disco camp but after all these years I see that it is 😂 Thanks Amy You are amazing !

[@jantonkens9820]

Talking about Freddie being black or not always seem to assume Freddie is white: but that's not true either. Freddie is Indian and even though his parents lived in Zanzibar in Freddie's youth, he was sent to school in India. Only when Zanzibar was released from English rule the family settled in the UK

[@froggy5935]

Bernard Edwards (Chic - Good Times) should get major credit for this song.

[@waldeck325]

I just wanted to type that, thanks

[@marblackCanada]

One of John's best attempts to keep Brian off his songs..

[@denisepallin5316]

😂

[@dianecourtney2724]

😂✌🏼

[@jimcarter2092]

Being a very knowledgeable and hardcore queen fan here..... That's funny!! 😅😅

[@marblackCanada]

@@jimcarter2092 But true.

[@LeeKennison]

A great reaction and analysis of such a great Queen song, with its iconic bassline that many beginning bass players learn fairly early on. The bass line really provides the hook and foundation to this song. A great John Deacon composition and performance. It is amazing they were able to achieve all these sounds without synths, through a combination of effects, harmonizer, and recording techniques. There is a bit of a Michael Jackson feel to this. Great observation on the sounds and tones giving an urban and inner city feel. The music really does paint a picture for the lyrics. You had a lot of great observations on this one.

[@RichardLaurence]

I always forget that John played rhythm guitar on this

[@susanp.7954]

Peter (Ratty) Hince said John was the best rhythm guitarist he’d ever heard…”the best in the band”❤

[@kendallneason3645]

Yay! I’ve been waiting for your reaction to this one. This one makes you move! Brian said in the documentary Days of Our Lives that Freddie sang this over and over until he got it just as John heard it in his head. The sound effects were made by Brian on his Red Special guitar using the Deacy amp. Deacon has made some of the most memorable bass riffs in rock music.

[@basstian]

Right about the guitar, but not the amp. There were many records on which that amplifier was used, this was not one of them.

[@dichotomous9403]

I feel like roller skating.

[@MrCatandMe]

Much of the music of the 60s and 70s was shaped by the Vietnam War, which significantly included a national draft. This song was one of the few that put a light hearted spin on horrific acts committed by soldiers, against their wills. To put the impact of the Vietnam War into modern perspective: Imagine if today, all US males aged 18-40 who are not the primary bread winner of a family or in school, had their social security number entered into a lottery. Every week the government would select a group of "Winners," that could choose either 2 years of combat military service assisting a pro-Israeli solution, or 10 years in prison. Males could avoid the draft by enlisting in the service of their choice for 6 years, or forever leaving the country. The seriousness of the Vietnam War expanded the discourse of popular songs and, if enacted today, music would similarly do the same.

[@keithlego8057]

Best Roller Skating song of all time.😁

[@GinMae]

Thanks, VR! This was very fun LIVE.. hope you watch sometime.... appreciate your reaction!

[@PT9546]

I think it’s more funk than disco.

[@mayLibertyprevail1a]

That bass line sure is funky!

[@roberthurless4615]

The other song you were thinking of for CPR is Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gee's. This song was also parodied by Weird Al who changed it to Another One Rides The Bus. I believe it was the second one he did after My Bologna.

[@gbsailing9436]

Staying Alive or Tragedy? I've always thought it was Tragedy...

[@bicho5393]

@@gbsailing9436Is staying alive. That was the one the instructor sang in my last CPR-reanimation revalidation course

[@lilianlaudouar6430]

​@@bicho5393 yeah even here in France we use staying alive as a reference to keep the beat for heart ressucitation

[@TheAAGuy]

I put this in the live chat but I was so late to the game I'm not sure anybody saw it. - so I'll repeat here Another song used in CPR training is the BeeGee's disco hit "Stayin' Alive". It has 103 bpm which also puts it in the 100-120 range. Of course one could argue that a song titled Staying' Alive would be much more appropriate for use in CPR. ;) OTOH Another one bites the dust, at 110 bpm, is more perfectly centered in the 100-120 range. So...

[@DavidLindes]

And, hey, maybe it helps prepare you for the potentiality of losing the person? :D (I mean, by some definitions, if you're doing CPR, it's because they're technically already dead, so...)

[@BillTubbs]

Your analysis of this, in particular the crescendoing ‘drone’ sounds, made me recall the Rolling Stones’ track Undercover of the Night which I realize now is quite similar in its theme and musical features.

[@peterliljeholmen5703]

Wouldn’t mind if Amy did “Another one rides the bus” by Weird Al Yankovic as a ‘cover’ of this piece 😅

[@fatimaerdogan8193]

😄😂🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovOoKirqZJsiLM

[@BlindGordie]

I believe that the drone Amy is talking about is a couple of piano chords played backwards, E minor and G minor.

[@michavandam]

Those sound effects ("drones that fade in and suddenly break off") are piano attacks played back backwards (playing the tape backwards).

[@-R.Gray-]

The reason those sounds swell and cut off abruptly is that they are backwards piano notes. The cutting off of the sound is actually when the note is being struck in the beginning. Backwards guitar is similar, with the backwards sound of the pick being abrupt.

[@PT9546]

It’s funny how you mention Freddie’s English accent because when people watch the live performances of the band and Freddie talks to the audiences people are alway saying wait a minute are they British?

[@a.k.1740]

Yes, Amy, there can be a dichotomy between dark lyrics and upbeat music, but isn't that just a reflection of life, which mixes happy and dramatic moments (sometimes at the same moment)?

[@styrloc]

The other song used to teach CPR is "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees

[@peterkoller3761]

Side note: Thats a cultural difference: we Austrians (Germans as well?) use the Radetzkymarsch (Strauss OP 228) to time compressions in CPR.

[@LemmyD_from_Germany]

The guitar rhythm is very much based on the funk music genre. Here Brian only used it sparingly in certain places. The beat and bass take the lead for the dance floor, and it still works today. 💃🕺 Greetings from northern germany ♥️🇩🇪

[@basstian]

Except that Brian wasn't the one who played it. I mean, Brian did take part of the song, but only adding some of the distorted chords. The funky rhythm on a clean Telecaster was played by John.

[@jca111]

The rhythm guitar is all John in this tho.

[@basstian]

@@jca111 There are four rhythm guitars. Two of them (the one doubling the bass and the one doing the double-stops) are John, the other two (distorted power chords and harmoniser effects) are Brian. A fifth one, acoustic, was presumably also recorded by John but muted for the final mix.

[@Zundfolge]

We used the Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" in CPR class, but I could see "Another One Bite's The Dust" working.

[@robertoeduardoguerreromora9765]

the bass line of billy jean...that´s my lover... gracias

[@BillTubbs]

I didn’t know this was recommended as a song to do CPR to. It’s funny because you pointed out that “another one bites the dust” is hardly the phrase you want in your head when doing CPR and the song I was told to use as a regulator for CPR timing is the much more appropriately titled “staying alive” by the Bee Gees.

[@samueldolphin2607]

Lol true fact

[@gettingkilt]

That long building sound was probably a backwards piano!

[@mightyV444]

It definitely was! 😊👍

[@johnmclaughlin1371]

I think that the fun beat/dark lyric gives an aggressive, confident edge to having fun that people enjoy. The story I imagine from this combination (and that I get from a lot of rap music) acknowledges a life filled with danger and the pride and confidence that comes from not only surviving but thriving in such an environment. It's that feeling of I'm/we're "the one(s)," I'm/we're "the badass(es)." Another one bites the dust, but not us!

[@WayneKitching]

The sounds that fade in sound like a reversed piano. Roundabout by Yes starts with the same effect.

[@calichamber]

I agree.

[@deanroddey2881]

Also one of Duran Duran's tunes starts with a long one. In that case, I think he threw some metal roads into the piano.

[@DavidLindes]

You know, I've never particularly thought about the Disco style connection for this song, though, like Amy, as soon as I hear it with that notion in mind, it's immediately obvious. And also: it causes some of these sounds to bring to mind another song, that I'd love to see Amy react to: Rapture, by Blondie.

[@JacoWium]

Same here. In my mind, my reference was merely "pop-rock song with a hypnotic beat". But once the disco (and funk) connection is mentioned, it does seem quite obvious. It's only fairly recently that the disco element in, of all bands, Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" was pointed out to me and yes, I must admit, it is there. It's a nice illustration of how artists are open and perceptive to outside influences in general.

[@DavidLindes]

@@JacoWium Well, I'm going to go and have to listen for that, now. :) Part 2, I presume?

[@DavidLindes]

And actually, just letting some of it come into my mind, yeah, I can tell it's there!

[@dexter2433]

can not wait because this will be eye opening

[@lmalb77]

As a high school cheerleader, this song was part of every pep rally and halftime routine, so very familiar but as usual your ability to pick up all the layers and sounds brings a great new awareness to a classic..

[@stevebennett9750]

I'd love to see her react to Dragon Attack. Killer bass in that one.

[@79BlackRose]

Evidently, Vlad doesn't want her too.

[@NickSBailey]

Freddie's vocals can be quite rhythmic and percussive which is often a trait of black singers, I can imagine Michael Jackson singing it and a video like the more urban stagey gang kind of stuff he did

[@JacoWium]

Yep, you can play 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'Beat It' back to back, and the uninitiated may suspect that it's the same artists. The differences may be obvious for those of us fortunate enough to have lived through that era, but there are notable overlaps between Michael Jackson and the 1980s permutation of Queen.

[@AlastairTown]

When ever I hear this I just picture Freddie super strutting across the stage, full on posing. Brilliant.

[@Zundfolge]

You should review the 1980 film "Flash Gordon" on your movie channel. Then you could do sort of a crossover reacting to the music which was done by Queen. The movie is campy fun and the soundtrack is full of some real fun music from Queen.

[@soundofnellody262]

I loved "I'm outta love" by Anastacia when I heard it on the radio for the first time. By her voice I imagined a black woman. But I was wrong 🤭

[@blgeiger71]

This was the first song that I remember hearing from Queen. I believe MJ enjoyed the beat and tempo so much that he used it for his smash hit, "Billie Jean". Coincidentally, my first MJ album was "Off the Wall" which came out right around the same time as "The Game", if my memory serves correctly (also still my favorite of his).

[@mightyV444]

'Off The Wall' is from 1979, 'The Game' from 1980 🙂

[@SCHHHa]

with the 80s Queen changed a lot. I just wanted to say that Freddie, with this song, Hit his hightest note in a 'non falsetto', or 'falsettone' too, voice. If i well remember it was a 'Mi' over (E4)... or maybe Re over (D4).. i have to say, what you could think like a synth at minute 15:40 , that's just a piano note recorded backwards😉

[@profeh3346]

Two things: 1. I think people thought Freddie was black because the song was played on black stations and this was the first time Queen had been played on those stations. 2. Queen were HUGE Hendrix fans; Freddie reportedly followed his Britain tour and the whole band mourned his passing consequently botching a performance the next day. It is also said that Freddie was so enthralled by Hendrix because he was a black rock star and had so many white fans making it feasible that “a Persian Poppinjay” could also be a rock star.

[@DaT0nkee]

They did the Flash Gordon soundtrack in the same year. Somehow similar.

[@eldesvandelripo]

First listen,mis cojones... XD Es imposible que una canción tan mítica no la hayas escuchado hasta ahora...

[@andymccabe6712]

Oh, give it a rest... You fool ...!!! That ship has LONG sailed .......

[@DavidJacobsvo]

Give her some Smiths or Moressey so she can hear the master of happy sounding songs with dark lyrics.

[@jackmaddox4960]

I'm sure many others have mentioned this before me, but the increasing volume crescendo 'drone' at the beginning Amy references is quite easy to decipher, if you consider the clues: in her reading at the beginning she mentions that in an interview, when talking about the sounds, they did weird processing to common instruments, including running the tape backwards... If one were to picture that particular sound in the reverse of what it is in the song, it becomes, quite obviously, a piano chord! Especially with the abrupt cutoff of the sound that she mentions; exactly the aural reverse of the initial striking of they hammers in a piano. I think there's another example of a reverse-tape sound in there, but I can't think of it right now. Phasing, modulation, reverb, and delay, along with the reversing of sounds, is probably all they really had at their disposal at the time; well, some distortion and maybe Wah on the guitar, but I don't think of those in the same category. I think I was 9 or 10 when this song came out, and it actually scared me a bit...! This driving rythm, the relentless and hard-edged bass line, and Freddy's angry, rough voice shouting almost at me about killing people, and bullets flying, the first listen for a shy kid growing up in a super-rural area, an actual farm town in fact, well, it sounded like something green and purple gang members from Pluto were singing at each other! But after I had sex to it as a teen, I totally felt different about it... Gotta love Queen! And our illustrious regent of Rock research & reviews, Amy! Diggin' the Queen journey, I gotta go thru The Beatles with her next, being a lifelong HUGE Beatles fan I can't wait... Oh, quick P.S., the reason Amy can't reconcile that reverse piano tone with the country is because in nature, sounds that start from silence and then grow in volume at a very even, precise way, are almost non-existent; sounds are almost universally loud at the start, then fade in volume on a curve. Hence, un-natural! And if anyone read this far, I hope it was at least a bit interesting, and thanks!

[@waywrdsun]

Jimmy "Spiderman" Allen of the Detroit Lions recorded a cover of this song and it was used as a theme for the Lions during their 1980 football season. It was a fun time to be a Lions fan, even though they didn't even make the playoffs that year. I was 8 years old. :)

[@celt67]

A little different from 'Lily Of The Valley' , isn't it Amy !?😂

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Yeah…I can really see in my mind Michael Jackson dancing to this. Very much in his style.

[@jamesgilmour3267]

Does the rapid drum beat and the abrupt end of the song indicate that Freddie went down in a hail of bullets?

[@altair8598]

Around 9:43 the brief guitar phrasing reminds me of Nile Rodgers' style. Great fun!

[@TheFamilyman7]

I believe you're correct. I think there's a story that Queen was touring in the U.S. in '79 at MSG in NYC around the time Chic was recording Good Times and I Want Your Love. Deacon, supposedly visited them in their studio and liked the bass line. If you listen carefully, the bass lines for all 3 tunes are very similar. If you ask me, not a coincidence.

[@jj-xt1yz]

In live performances, there was a clap machine being played by one of Roger's roadies Roger has said that the guy had all the rhythm of a three-legged spider! (Montreal commentary)

[@Tupavada]

El baile es un rito ancestral, tribal. No fué creado cómo método de diversión. Quizá, aún muchos conservamos esas costumbres de utilizar el baile cómo herramienta de instrospección, espiritualmente, o simplemente cómo método terapéutico. La relación de la música de "baile" con letras oscuras conserva la lógica más milenaria. La del baile cómo un rezo. Saludos!

[@PT9546]

I enjoyed your reaction. But you know Cole Porter used to write music that had sort of a bit of a dark story like Love for sale and My Heart Belongs to Daddy(not about the singer’s father) and they had upbeat arrangements. And let’s not forget Bobby Darren And Mack. The Knife.

[@victorperucich172]

Didn't know Joe Cocker was white til I saw him! & when my sister-in-law was having an operation this is song that was played in the room!

[@martinconnelly1473]

Ram Jam were a surprise to me.

[@craigwells3655]

It always felt like they were making fun of the 'shoot em up' movies, where the hero stays safe while all the baddies bite the dust. A look inside the comic book world of cowboys or gangsters with a beat to safely dance to .. and survive.

[@hd9700]

#HighschoolBandMember it was our anthem ❤

[@crazycrofty6507]

When I was a kid playing space invaders this is the song I was singing in my head… I genuinely thought that the song was just for me, and also don’t stop me now was a song for me when I was running round school play ground.. no one ever needed to know these things but I’m glad I shared them with you 😂

[@CrazyTony65]

I always took it as a metaphor, king of the hill attitude, winner of the race, male bravado, etc.

[@ElCentralScrutinizer]

yes, this is often used in my first aid training at work. i remember when this came out (I'm 56 years old) when I was in Jr. High. It was everywhere.

[@ForbiddTV]

I'm surprised as a piano player you would describe a 1/8 speed backwards piano as a "drone".

[@andymccabe6712]

Can't imagine why ......it DOES sound like a drone..... .....how it was produced is irrelevant....!!!

[@ForbiddTV]

@@andymccabe6712 Sounds like a piano to me. From the taxt she read it was even mentioned that a technique of backwards instruments slowed down was used.

[@babyfacemichael1]

This is such fun live, i remember being at the front of a queen concert , and so into this bass line , i stopped watching the band completely , wonderfully. Astonishingly this isnt the best bass line on the album , despite being so iconic.

[@TheFireMonkey]

Have you listened to Maxwell's Silver Hammer [Beatles] - with some of what you said here about music and lyrics it made me think of that song. I think for many who assumed Freddie was Black comes from the lyrics and mood as it is similar to a lot of Rap lyrics. For many people that sort of thing drives their assumptions. Sometimes it is musical style that creates these misassumptions, such as people who assumed Charlie Pride was White.

[@mayLibertyprevail1a]

Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the ultimate juxtaposition of upbeat music with macabre lyrics. Hope to see her react to it!

[@TheFireMonkey]

@@mayLibertyprevail1a That one is a wild ride indeed.

[@KristaMenzel]

This song was a hit when I was in middle school, and some of the members of our concert band kept playing the riff over and over. Our director got tired of this and decided that he would get the score and we would play it for a concert. Our poor parents! On the rehearsal list on the board, our director just listed it as AOBTD. I always sing "AOBTD" when I hear it now. Great memories!

[@gbsailing9436]

I think "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees is the other song with the correct beat for Resuss.

[@jj-xt1yz]

The rhythm guitars were played by John Deacon. Brian may is quoted as saying that that riff was one of the most difficult things to do in the Queen live arena

[@Sassypaws4927]

The sound you describe as a hand clap is Bassist John Deacon slapping his bass guitar. The rest of the 'effects' are produced by Brian May's Red Special Guitar connected to a treble blaster to the "Deacy" amp (John Deacon created the Deacy amp).

[@basstian]

Not really. The video shows that but the actual record has a Linn LM-1 drum computer, which may have generated those handclap sounds.

[@chrisbanks6659]

My remaining brain cell has reminded me that Kenny Everett once got fired from Capital Radio, way back when, for playing this and then dedicating it to Ronnie Raygun (sic) after the assassination attempt on him in 1981. The man had class. LOLZZZZZ.

[@detroitpolak9904]

At 6yo, I fell in love with this song because the Detroit Lions started out 5-0 in 1980 and played this after their home wins. Then came the 3-8 record for the rest of the season. They didn’t play it much after the 5-0 start. Typical life of a Lions fan LOL.

[@waldmeister0815]

As a guitarist, this is the absolute very coolest bass line ever.

[@ElCentralScrutinizer]

"The drone, they way if faded in and then ended abruptly" is an effect many call a "reverse echo" and is a commonly done on keyed instrument (piano/keyboards) but can also be done on guitar. It's essentially played in revers time. The abrupt ending is actually the initial "strike'.

[@brettnipps7205]

Thanks Amie another great breakdown.

[@mechachrist]

My dad was a (relatively) famous DJ from the 60's to the early 90's. He was a lover of music, from rock to blues to the almost unclassifiable Exuma (a musician you should check out. Tropical voodoo folk rock. His song seance in the Sixth Fret is him calling upon the spirits of the dead by name, then speaking for them. It's haunting) and he brought these records home. One day he brought home a new one and excitedly told my mom that she HAD to hear it because it was unlike anything else. It was Queen's first album.

[@JS-TexanJeff]

For your CPR course, the other possible song for beats per minute, is most likely the BeeGees Staying Alive....both have the same bpm. And the same humor for CPR. I've heard/sung both in CPR courses :)

[@juttapopp1869]

Lol. They fought all the time, because they were 4 very different personalities, equally strong and driven, but with different tastes. Brian is the "metal" guy, Deaky loved funk. Dunno how to define Freddie's or Roger's stand.

[@martinconnelly1473]

Freddie loved opera.

[@juttapopp1869]

@@martinconnelly1473 among many other things, but des, he was the most theatrical among them

[@susanp.7954]

Roger was a ‘rocker’..but then he wrote radio Gaga..who knew❤

[@CarlosNunez6673]

A couple of prime examples of the music and the lyrics going in different directions are" "I took a pill in Ibiza" by Mike Posner, and "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen.

[@catsara9114]

I found it so interesting how you interpreted the sounds! 😀 I cannot unhear the shadow now 😄👍👍

[@chrisfox3161]

A great tune to have in your head when performing CPR. Same beat as Staying Alive but far more cynical.

[@jamessomers8808]

I bought this album with my own money when I was 10 or 11 years old, which was 1980 or 81, I was living on Sylvan Street. No, it had to be 1980, I don’t know.😂 in that same purchase I bought Billy Joel‘s glass houses, and the robot album by Queen and Pete Townsends solo album, and the Cars panorama.🎉 I inherited my good taste from my parents.❤

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

I appreciate your knowledge of cultural standards within various racial/ethnic groups (an important part of understanding such communities), and how a particular genre of music is associated with a particular group of people, even when whites dive into funk/disco or a Parsi experiments with British music hall and heavy metal. It’s not really an analysis on the individual songs but rather the societal expectations and cultural identities based on historically established conventions, right before the era of globalisation commenced. As always, great work!

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

P.S. Deacon’s signature bass line for the song was borrowed from Chic’s “Good Times”, though the members of Chic also claimed that said bass line was not wholly original in their song, either.

[@carcarjinks1430]

the other song used for cpr is 'staying alive' by the beegees. the tempo is close to this one.

[@brianjohnson5789]

I love John, this is brilliant work by him

[@yvrkid7070]

My memory of this song was that it was overplayed on the radio and I got thoroughly sick of it. I don't like that "dead" drum sound either. I enjoy it much more live. Reinhold Mack, their producer, said it barely made the album, the band didn't have much confidence in it. Apparently, it was picked up by DJ's on the black radio stations in New York before it was a single. Michael Jackson convinced them to release it and the rest is history! Personally I like Dragon Attack much better, which was John's favourite song to play live. I hope you react to it next!

[@79BlackRose]

I love Dragon Attack! Sadly, Vlad doesn't.

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

I'm of the belief that it's not helpful to question "Is this really rock-n-roll?' or "Is this really what we do as a band?". If it's good, just go for it. Pigeon holing and drawing boundaries on creative ventures serves no productive purpose, in my opinion...it just limits creativity.

[@maisana663]

The other song used to rythm the CPR is "Staing Alive" (and it's a bit more appropriate) 😂😂

[@79BlackRose]

Vlad has dropped the damn ball yet again! He has overlooked Dragon Attack - one of the best songs on the album.

[@keithbk]

I agree; the song stuck with me after ONE LISTEN.

[@susanp.7954]

Yep, jam session gone wild❤

[@madmanasaurusRex]

One of the great things about your journey is not being “fixed” for too long on an era of a specific band. With Queen as a great example, you don’t even know yet what your favourite era is yet! A lot of Rock fans get hooked on what they first heard by a band and compare any new releases to that (often to their disappointment). Thus you often hear “not as good as their earlier stuff “. The artists may change and evolve but the sentimental inklings of the listener sometimes locks them into a kind of stagnation. NOT with you though! Blessings. 😊