Queen, Tie Your Mother Down - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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Wild, irreverent, and bursting with youthful libido… “don’t think I ever heard a single civil word from those guys”, but… what a wonderfully vibrant, power-rocking song!
Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
• Queen - Tie Your Mothe...
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[@TimothyLafreniere]

Its not a fashion show, dont worry.

[@stevedavis5704]

When my wife was in residency the few guys got nasty comments if they wore the same thing in a month. The guys would wear a white polo shirt and khaki pants every day and it was ok. Her head resident even wore the same things because if he spilled something on it on monday you could still see the on saturday. Besides that we were friends with a girl who dated him for a brief time and she said he never even changed his underwear. Definitely a double standard for what is acceptable.

[@gettingkilt]

Hee Hee! I had assumed that the high - cut top was part of the "Virgin" brand.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Nobody ever mentioned Tom Scott's red t-shirts kn the same way.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

This is Queen in pure rock mode, Tie Your Mother Down features one of the most fun riffs in rock. This song is really best seen live.

[@dianecourtney2724]

Oh yes!! LIVE ✌🏼💛

[@dougcobbokc]

I saw them in 1977, and they opened their show with this. Kicked things off right nicely.

[@Zekais]

Very true. Great rock song on the album, but they are one of those great groups that are usually better live, and the live version I have (Live Killers from '79) just blows the house down.

[@mrvlsmrv]

​@@dougcobbokcsame here, great opening song. Fires up the crowd instantly. Plus we had Cheap Trick open for Queen that night. So we were definitely warmed up. It was fitting since we drove through a blizzard to Madison WI in January. Well worth the tough trip. 🤩

[@PedroLopez-db1ku]

Machinnnnnnnn, the best song in rock & roll history 1976 and for eternity ❤ Queen. Absolutely beautiful, and powerful.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

The continuity of that blouse is reassuring. It feels like a favourite blanket.

[@n.johanness7451]

The intro is basically a melody that returns in another song on the album, White Man.

[@Music-world-20986]

And the harmonium Phrygian thing is the same as on the outro from Teo Torriatte

[@galaxy5539]

The album A Day At The Races is a loop, the harmony of the last song Teo Torriatte is the same as the beginning of Tie Your Mother Down

[@wesleyrodgers886]

Take your little brother swimming with a brick.. One of my favorite queen lines 😊.

[@vespoint]

Mine too! Would play this song constantly for my mother and little brother. They got so tired of it 😂

[@spiritusinfinitus]

A Day at The Races was one of the first albums I bought as a kid and that line always struck me too... Mainly because I was the little brother! 😂

[@kvz9000]

Thats allright.

It's funny people make remarks on your outfit: you could make your videos in your kitchen in a hoody, I wouldn't notice, because the content is so brilliant. I loved to see you grooving to the rhythm in the first listen. Rock is made to dance! 💃 Last, every time I listen to Queen I feel that of course the songs were built to be recorded, may be to be aired on the radio, but most of all to be played on stage, in front of an audience. And that makes a big difference. Best regards!

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Nashville's No.1 session guitarist, Tom Bukovac, makes his video's in his kitchen for his channel. We all love it.

[@kristineschneider9322]

His voice was certainly aggressive in Death on Two Legs. Lol.

[@79BlackRose]

But this is a much better track.

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

Even in Bohemian Rhapsody (rock section) sings Mercury with a distorted voice.

[@netuno60]

The intro was almost like a progressive rock intro. But then the song turns into a very rock & roll style. Great song of a great band.

[@foxdenham]

I don’t know if you have realised Amy, but when describing the music as you are listening to, you tend to do ‘hand movements’ that are very, how can I put it… ‘Freddie’! It just goes to show how you both ‘feel’ the music. Wonderful.

[@dianecourtney2724]

I agree 100%

[@wmason1961]

She does, yes.

[@andreakormosnekacso4804]

This is one of their songs that is even more fun, live. Freddie often said, that he was just the 25% of the group, they appreciated each others talent highly.

[@LukelearMissile]

So glad you listened to the album version of this song, with the dramatic Japanese-esque intro segueing into the ascending shepherd's tone - all done with Brian's guitar. It's amazing how he was able to produce so many different sounds with his unique Red Special. One thing I love about Queen is that even when they go hard, they make it fun. They never took themselves too seriously, while also being great musicians.

[@79BlackRose]

"A Day at the Races" was their best album in my opinion. What a start to the album this was! Absolute fire from Brian May!

[@AlineDo]

I agree!

[@aslehovda4661]

Me too

[@splitimage137.]

This isn't the most suggestive Queen song title. That one belongs to "Get Down, Make Love," from News Of The World. But this one is a definite runner-up!

[@nortski78]

This title isn't referring to literally tying someone's mother to a bed or anything, it just means get your mother out of the way from us.

[@splitimage137.]

@@nortski78 Well, okay. But I guess I'll stick to what I've been imagining for the past 45+ years.

[@stephenbryan219]

I think "Misfire" is way more suggestive than "Get Down, Make Love"

[@79BlackRose]

@@splitimage137. What about "Body Language"?

[@nortski78]

@@stephenbryan219 I think you're reading way too much into that song haha No way would john write a sexually suggestive song.

[@notanotherenigma7759]

The intro is not the intro for the song, it's the intro for the album. The song starts when Brian starts with the D maj and adding the G. (The riff)

[@aifdc]

You're lovely and brilliant! Keep that blouse, it's you trademark, like Bono wearing glasses or Aoki throwing cakes! I know nothing about music but I love your analysis on Queen's music. And I think it's quite remarkable that a person with your knowledge takes time to do it. Perhaps it shows that true music has no boundaries.

[@eightballsidepocket9467]

Love the album! Queen was still proud that no one played synthesizer. The opening harkens back to their first albums and songs like “March Of The Black Queen” or “White Queen”. One of the music critics called Tie Your Mother Down: “sheer bloody poetry” Well said.

[@jdbroders64]

My two favorite Queen albums, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, and yes, they are complimentary basically a double album released separately. I was a teenager when they were released and was absolutely blown away. Queen was so different yet compelling. I can't tell you how many times I laid on the couch with headphones on and the vinyl LP's playing over and over again. Great memories. It's great to hear you appreciate their music and diving into these albums from my early years.

[@tplouffe9226]

Please please please react to The Millionaire Waltz and Teo Toriatte from this album, id say those are the most important 2 musically for her to hear

[@ChemloWright]

Every couple years I remember how great The Millionaire Waltz is and I listen to it several times a day for weeks until next time.

[@kendallneason3645]

Yay I adore hearing your reactions to Queen! Thanks Amy. Btw you can wear whatever you like! Just keep sharing your brilliant ear and reactions! Thank you so much. I adore anything sung by Freddie Mercury and played by Queen members too! ❤

[@PedroLopez-db1ku]

You are absolutely right.

[@Suzismymom]

Excellent reaction to an excellent song! Tie Your Mother Down is one of the few cover songs my band does, as a female lead singer I prefer to cover songs sung by men. At the end of your Queen journey, I think it would be perfect if you reacted to Queen's set at Live Aid. They stole the show! Please Vlad, make it so, not just for us, but for Amy ❤

[@VirginRock]

Watch tomorrow’s Premiere “The Piano Story”! You’ll have a surprise:)

[@Frank-pb2rh]

We do this song too!I love this song ,my favorite along with "Sheer heart attack!

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

One of Queens best rockers. Brian May is great on this!

[@jmichaelbell5434]

To be completely honest, your comments, observations and enthusiastic expressions of your love for music are what keep me coming back. A very close second is your blouse. A very dear friend of mine, whom I lost a few years ago, had a similar one; when I see you wearing it, it is almost as if you are bringing her back in a way that makes me feel more at peace with her departure.

[@breadmoth6443]

I really hope to see her reaction to Queen's '39 that is such an underrated song!

[@vespoint]

The Brian-penned songs are my favorites

[@breadmoth6443]

@@vespoint I am wondering did Brian sing that song or was it the bassist, it certainly wasn't Mercury , but still it is just such a great song!

[@ChemloWright]

​@@breadmoth6443 It's absolutely Brian's voice. Deacon didn't like to sing very much.

[@breadmoth6443]

@@ChemloWright i figured it would be Brian, but I wasn't sure.

[@mrvlsmrv]

'39' was a cool song live . With Roger coming out front on a bass drum and tambourine.

[@jay-remedy-plz]

Queen was my Beatles. Thx

[@danielfox6907]

Brian May plays with a characteristic style all his own and is very recognizable.

[@timfeeley714-25]

"Te o toriatte konomama ikou Aisurihito yo Shizukana yoi ni Hikari o tomoshi Itoshiki oshie o daki"- Japanese chorus from Brian's beautiful song Teo Toriatte (let us cling together) I sure hope you get to it,(Freddy plays a toy koto). For an even more aggressive side of Freddy's vocals I recommend the song sheer heart attack from the news of the world album it's Queen's punk song written in response to the sex pistols album never mind the bollocks here's the sex pistols which had exploded onto the world music scene and taken it by storms a few months prior taking a lot of attention away from mainstream music(including godley and cremes great album consequences) it was written by Rodger Taylor and he played bass on it, According to the liner notes John Deacon didn't play on this song, it may be my favorite Queen song. One thing that Queen was very proud of was that they didn't use synthesizers, it stated so in the liner notes of their albums.

[@babyfacemichael1]

The only piece of Japanese i know LOL

[@timfeeley714-25]

@@babyfacemichael1 same here, I can sing it in my head!

[@babyfacemichael1]

I shocked people at work once with it @@timfeeley714-25

[@Lodur_66]

"Dead on time" from "Jazz" album is even more aggresive. But "Sheer heart attack" is legitimate example of Queen' contribution to Hard Rock classics.

[@WayneKitching]

Brian is playing slide guitar. He is using a slide (metal or glass tube) on over his finger. This way it is possible to slide up and down without being limited to the 12 notes of the chromatic scale (because of the frets). With a slide, it is possible to slide chords or double stops up and down. Players tend to idea upwards on string beats. Sliding down sounds a bit cartoony. This song reminds me of the band Status Quo. Same type of shuffle rhythm and bass walk-ups. See the song "Whatever you Want."

[@karentargaryen7959]

This is a real infectious song, especially a live version. Seeing the audience just pulsing and jumping in time with the beat is spectacular.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

I think after you do your Queen 50 - you should put all the other tracks on a poll, and do a fan's top 50 of the ones you missed (there will be lots, trust me, people will want them :) )

[@boretti1307]

Agree with that

[@pavlagebouska7849]

Hello! The blouse is lovely and being a mother of two myself, I can definitely appreciate the fact that it's always clean! :) You look great and I love your insight into these songs which mean a lot to me. I have grown up with Queen and it's my comfort music to go to whenever I feel bad or down. I enjoy your videos, I enjoy your expertise, your personality and the blouse too!

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Well, after being starved of Queen for so long, I'm really happy you're back again. Fingers crossed for what's coming next after the skipping of The Prophet's Song) and hopefully your husband chose well. You know 50 songs isn't enough for the task - hopefully you'll be back to complete the rest once you finish.

[@foxdenham]

Another great vid on a fab song. And by the way, I love that you don’t dress like a diva.😉 You’re classy and understated. Keep being you. X

[@MJScrivens89]

Whenever I get a new guitar, amp or any piece of gear really, this is always the first thing I play to test it out. It’s a simple main riff, but it’s so much fun to play.

[@peaceofiona9198]

Next song on the album You Take My Breath and Millionaire Waltz are must to react to and you're gonna love both . And I think you are going to break your record in reaction length with these ones. Can't wait.

[@AdriePothuizen]

I realy love your reactions on the Queen songs. I've been a Queen fan since 1975, and you make me listen to their music like I never did before. And I thank you for that. Metallica covered Stone Called Crazy from Queen. If you want to compare these two great bands you might use this song.

[@marblackCanada]

Still think they are missing some great songs .

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Stone *Cold Crazy.

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

Stone Called Crazy… 😆

[@xtiants]

Another great reaction, filled with wonderful insights. Now that you've reached A Day At The Races, I do hope that you will check out "Millionaire Waltz" from that album. It's a masterful Freddie Mercury composition, which I think is particularly suited to your skillful style of analysis. I also believe you would enjoy it immensely.

[@SteveSmith-wk9dx]

Millionaire Waltz has some peak Queen elements and is rarely given the credit it deserves. Freddie's vocals and piano, John Deacon's bass, Brian's guitar, and the playful manner they weave around each other is very special to me (especially the piano & bass interactions). John Taylor's drumming is side-lined until the full-on rock sections, but it really steps in when needed.

[@yvrkid7070]

The one minute intro:. From wikipedia: It is a Shepard tone melody. It creates the auditory illusion of a tone that seems to continually ascend or descend in pitch, yet which ultimately gets no higher or lower. It is reprised after Teo Torriatte to create a circle within the album. Please react to Teo Torriatte as well. It is a thank you to the Queen fans in Japan. I went to the Day At The Races concert in '77 and they opened with this song. It is best live. A real head banger. Love your reactions, Amy!

[@mrvlsmrv]

This was the first song Queen played the 1st time I saw them. The prelude, the opening shredded riff, the pyrotechnics when the drums kicked in. Then Freddie seemingly coming out of nowhere to blaze on those great lyrics. All this in quad sound. The place is going nuts! And they just keep going for 3 songs before taking a breath to greet us. Wow!

[@markfilla9305]

I was wondering if you were going to react to this one. One of my favorites! Just an absolute head banger - although I would never expect to see you vigorously bouncing your head up and down to any song, let alone this one. But that be quite a sight to behold!

[@securityscorpion8687]

Amy, you look FANTASTIC. To hell with those people. Your show IS GREAT. Those loser-trolls are messing with your head. Keep going strong.

[@Frank-pb2rh]

Sweetheart,your awesome!!!I don't care what you wear your the best ,don't listen to those wierd comments we love you and congratulations on your young baby

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Ah some good old rock and roll. Wish Queen recorded more like this one. Great commentary and insight. Thank Virgin Rock, have a great weekend

[@CasioGreg]

It's going to turn into "if you don't wear that same outfit the reactions won't be the same"...lol. There's many here that appreciate you. 🎉🎉

[@wmason1961]

Your description of the teenage angst in this song sent me straight back to 1976 when I was a 15 year old boy alone in my room with my headphones on.

[@neilloughran4437]

My fav Queen album - you will love Take My Breath Away... Chopin Prelude inspired (even same key) and then some...

[@konstantinplotnikov8910]

What is the Prelude? In B minor?

[@neilloughran4437]

@@konstantinplotnikov8910 C Minor... it doesn't sound directly like it per se but the basic idea/chord vocabulary/inspiration is coming from it. If you arpeggiate the chords it sounds cool and in the same spirit... Many songs in the 70s took from it... from Barry Manilow to even Weather Report...

[@konstantinplotnikov8910]

@@neilloughran4437 Thank you very much for the interesting information!

[@normanrose2711]

hoping you will dive deep on this album. The song You Take My Breath Away is a masterpiece !

[@flyingardilla143]

This song hits different when not heard through a car radio.

[@markfilla9305]

You are so right! When I'm in the car and this song comes on, the volume gets turned up to 11.

[@AlbertoJorgeSoares]

This album is full of great songs.

[@unshaken95]

HER MAJESTY IS BACK 👑

[@marblackCanada]

The reason you find this song so hard rock compared to the rest you have listened to,is because you missed most of Queen One and two.

[@stephenbryan219]

Too true. I think of Queen 2 as being an early progressive metal album.

[@AlbertoJorgeSoares]

And the Sheer Heart Attack album.

[@helenespaulding7562]

I just had to laugh when you mentioned the sartorial comments. I’ve been thinking the same thing but didn’t feel appropriate to comment. 😁 I was thinking “”well, fall Is upon us, and I know she has lovely sweaters, so perhaps…?” Your explanation was so utterly logical and a reality check for your life beyond the camera. Thanks for just being yourself.

[@lonhoss324]

I so love your breakdown of Queen songs. Such a unique approach & perspective.

[@audiofile8833]

A Day at the Races was my very first Queen album, and perhaps because of that, it remains my favorite.

[@79BlackRose]

As it happens, it is their best album.

[@mysteryelv]

Just a small thing, but I like that the declaration '(Or)You ain't no friend of mine...' is a reference to the quintessential rock 'n' roll song 'Hound Dog': 'You ain't never caught a rabbit and...'

[@Suzismymom]

There's also "give me every inch of your love" and Led Zepplin's Whole Lotta Love

[@profeh3346]

Sounds like you’ve got a handle on the mothering, teaching and podcasting thing! ❤. Love the QUEEN videos!

[@AliT0555]

I like your reaction “uniform “. It’s lovely. It would be interesting to hear Amy’s thoughts on Queen’s Stone Cold Crazy vs Metallica’s cover. Enjoyed your reaction.

[@smilerpink]

So glad you get Queen’s humor. A great deal of their music is done with a wink. As you said, this song is about adolescent sexual tension that is very exaggerated and over the top. Just as “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a send up of the overly dramatic emotionality of both opera and rock music, this does the same for adolescent male sexual frustration. None of it taken too seriously. And it really rocks! Also right about energy. Uptempo, loud, propulsive and the lyrics; Get your party gown Let your pigtails down Get your heart beating, baby!

[@grahamokeefe9406]

A band I played bass in did this song. It's a lot of fun to play. There's not a lot of intellectualism in it, but it's a real crowd pleaser. Also, I really love the fact that this song was written by a guy with a Ph.D. (Fat Bottom Girls even moreso)

[@lindieb5278]

You made a song that is not my favourite interesting, thank you Amy. There is so much versatility on this album, you are spoilt for choice! I hope Vlad has included 'You Take my Breath Away'(a tender love song especially when sung live),'Millionaire Waltz'(a 1920's Noel Coward type number with a few surprises!)Somebody to love' (a homage to Aretha Franklin);and 'Teo Torriate' (a song with the chorus sung in Japanese). All great songs that show Queen's incredible range. PS. I agree with a previous posting, when you have completed your 50, go back and ask the fans to vote on some other songs. With over 300 to choose from you will inevitably miss some fan favourites! Keep up the great work.

[@janettesinclair6279]

I can’t believe that some people are commenting on your clothes! What is important is what you have to share with us, so thank you for that.

[@DaCatz_FurEver]

I love your blouse! It looks great on you !❤

[@dianecourtney2724]

Amy You are a writer as well as a musician. …sliding from underneath… so repetitive yet never monotonous… humorous happy…… ( joyful facetious … my 2 cents ) BIG BIG BIG BIG … So Freddie and they all go BIG IN THAT PART TOGETHER 😂 This song is slightly different for Queen only because they never copied themselves. And that BEAT that stays through the whole song… all four of them bring IT 🤣 but for me they always have👑💛👑 Thank you. You are fabulous ! ( and I love your outfit 💕🤣 )

[@alejandropalmapastrana8527]

You don’t have to explain anything 😮😮😮😮You are and Artist ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉......Keep going we love You and Congratulations for such a Beautiful Program the Análisis is just Diferent and Outregus ......❤🎉

[@thatveganchick668]

It doesn’t matter what you wear. I simply enjoy the content of your videos. And I will add that I love that top and don’t mind seeing it often. It looks especially nice with the pearls. 😊

[@jennifertaylor6197]

Metallica covered one of Queen's songs, "Stone Cold Crazy" and won a Grammy for it. You ought to compare both side by side!

[@DirectorCalva]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@spiritusinfinitus]

Keeping the same outfit is fine.. Lex Fridman has made it part of his brand to wear the same suit, shirt and tie in every podcast. It's like his work outfit. It's familiar and allows the audience to focus on the content of his interviews rather than his fashion choices!

[@stevedavis5704]

I had a job where my bosses brother owned a funeral home. He had five suits that were all identical and that’s what he wore all the time except when golfing. The only thing that he changed was his tie. He felt he had an image and was always trying to show it.

[@schmoosmith]

I would absolutely love to see you talk about the song All Dead, All Dead written and sang by Brian May from their 1977 album News Of The World.

[@mauriziomogno9270]

I follow this channel since the beginning or close but never wrote a comment until now. If I did, it would have been similar to many other, saying how much pleasure is to hear your precise and deep analysis on music that I know so well and still I never noticed some of its fine details or meanings. Thanks for this precious gift! I'm not a native english speaker so I'd rather put my thumb up when someone express my same point of view. Because it seems nobody wrote about that, the strange intro to this song is in fact the end of the previous "white man" followed by the strange interlude that seems to rise in pitch forever. Speaking about your dress, it's both funny and sad that many people nowadays seem to believe that anyone on KZbin spend their whole life creating content in front of the camera, that someone with a house like yours with a harp and a piano is in need, and that the outfit is the most important aspect of a person. But let's forget and just think that at least most of them were pushed by good will. One last thing (now that I decided to write a comment I have to say it all). I really hoped you'd listen to "The prophet's song" which is in "A night at the opera". Because I like it of course, but it seems many others consider it a masterpiece. It's also linked to "Love of my life" by the intro/outro performed with the harp and the Japanese koto (I think). And because you mentioned the canon in a couple of recent reactions ... I think you can find it very interesting.

[@Frank-pb2rh]

I love This song ,excellent heavy rock song,Queen at their best!

[@alanduncan1067]

Just a quick comment from someone who is elder to you, lol. I noted your attire as well, but literally thought nothing odd about it. You always present well, your content is most enjoyable, and your clothing is clean and surely comfortable (otherwise you wouldn’t wear it, since filming surely is stressful enough). 😊 The fact that you’ve got a young child in the family makes it even more of a non-issue. I’ve always preferred to wear familiar and comfy clothes myself, wash them, and rewear them. It’s not uncommon, so just continue own being you and posting your interesting videos, please. As a mother, your plate is full anyway. ✌🖖👍

[@pedroascensao1554]

F* the critics! You are Top! And congratulations for be a Mother and that piece of cloth is wonderfull🥨

[@timnotbrianmay]

The beginning of It is all the Deacy amp!!! Amazing! And I think it's Japanese inspired And one of the Cardinal rules of writing a hit song, as to never, ever change the speed of the song! Did you notice that the second transition under the chorus was much, MUCH SHORTER than the first one?

[@johnnymegabyte]

this wss THE guitar riff to learn in the late 70's

[@nuanda7402]

Brian May said that the intro scale was written to "build" a neverending stairway, inspiered by the Escher's works

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

Hello Amy, I'm sure all of us rock lovers watching your channel from its beginnings recognize you have evolved your "acceptance", let's call it that for the lack of a better term, of "harder" sounds. I say this not only because I see you having increasingly fun and enjoying listening to this kind of music, but your commentaries are more and more mentioning the timbres and rhythms being used, and how they a produce this or that effect, that requires some attention and insight. So, it is a journey, you learn some things along the way, you start to draw connections with those things you already know, and all in all, I think you are enjoying it for the most part. So are we. And yes, I think you should have a second listen to that Metallica song. I'm pretty sure you'll hear it differently.

[@anthonybrancaleone9816]

You are fabulous and this series is wonderful. Your clothing looks great and is consistent with the enjoyable content at hand - Do Not listen to these critics … BTW: in the states, as Brian and Roger, will explain, the critics were always dismissive - fortunately, they pressed on … As should you!

[@barbarjinx3802]

I like the one outfit look. I wear the same exact looking thing every day.

[@scottlindsay841]

One of their best ...

[@pablolazaromartinez3541]

People who complain about your outfit must be the same who don't watch the In Depth videos 😂😂😂😂

[@johnnymegabyte]

Metallica. They covered and made a hit out of covering Queen song Stone Cold Crazy, Queen's "heavy metal" song

[@dianecourtney2724]

Great that Metallica admitted their love of Queen and that Queen inspired them

[@GinMae]

thanks, V-rock.. this was the opening song in the first Queen concert I heard as a teenager.. it was amazing! appreciate your listen & reaction...

[@karlsmith2570]

1:00 I was actually wondering what the deal was with that. I appreciate that you'd took the opportunity to clarify what that's all about

[@augustineirigoyen4400]

I've always said that when they wanted to rock, they could do it better than most.

[@babyfacemichael1]

Well done Amy another great video. I would have loved the Prophets Song , but maybe one for the future . I will be content with whatever Vlad chooses , because you cant please all the people all the time. This song is fantastic live, luckily i am old enough to have seen it , in the days when eyes were our cameras and memory our database, Machines or Back to Humans ?

[@dugferd2266]

The first part to me, I almost consider it a miniature overture to the album, because those are parts of other songs on the album. The Tie Your Mother Down song starts with that sudden repeating riff.

[@stephenbryan219]

That's exactly what I was thinking, it does serve as an overture.

[@maplechill75]

The intro for this song, and of course the song itself, is an absolutely perfect way to start a show! 🤘

[@user-hm1ef4oq9c]

La versione live è fantastica

[@kentnottingham9635]

Love your show, wear what every it takes to keep making videos!

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

Now I’m Here has a killer intro. Dragon Attack has a killer guitar riff. Save Me has killer lyrics. Fat Bottomed Girls has a killer chorus. THIS song is killer ALL THE WAY; perhaps my fave composition by Sir Dr. Brian May of Queen! P.S. The “peace-loving guy” line is the song’s saving grace for me.

[@ellet6560]

Fingers crossed for "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"!!

[@cogline]

My favorite Queen albums are Jazz and News Of The World. I hope these are analyzed

[@christianrosales2934]

you´re genial ...you must to see the march of the black queen - the phrophet song - inuenndo

[@craenor]

The static outfit is actually great branding.

[@venomdust1]

Ignore them be yourself . Some people would complain about the noise if it was raining gold.

[@MrJonnytownsend]

I have gone on a deep dive of your journey, loving your assessments, please listen to Bowie or the Kinks! Wild Eyed Boy from Free Cloud or Waterloo sunset would be great starts! for both

[@petrared100]

After the initial guitar "fanfare" , there is an ascending (is it?!) sequence before the riff comes in. In an interview , Brian May explained that this was meant to be a musical representation of an Escher drawing ; drawings , of stairs ,for example ,which seem to be going up and down at the same time.A clever idea and often overlooked.

[@buca505]

Amy, there is urban legend that in one interview Jimmy Hendrix said: "Blues is simple music, everyone can play, but not everyone can feel" and since "rock" music is mostly based on blues, there is other influences too of course, looks like you started to feel the blues ;) Nothing more to add except, great analysis as always and lots of love for family! P.S. The blouse is cool, and every marketing expert will tell you that you are doing the right thing, cause creating the certain image that is recognizable is essence to create brand lol no seriously you are right on spot, and if you find time to change in to something more versatile in your media presence, stay in same style, your style, it suits you well. I like it.

[@DavidThomas-vj3eu]

Queen came back for sure.

[@lonhoss324]

Amy, try "It's Late" from the album "News of the World"