Seven Seas of Rhye

noorie wrote:

The King Of Rhye wrote:

catqueen wrote:

Thanks again for the replies, everyone!  I guess if Roger couldn't understand it, there's not much hope for me!  :)  But it sure makes more sense then it did the first time i heard it - "Fear me you sharp and shady secateurs".  (Secateurs, however its spelled, are a type of scissors used for gardening, trimming plants, etc!)

I used to think it was 'shod and shady scimitars'.......not that makes any more sense..............

The word is 'senators'! Not secateurs or scimitars. :)

We know that..............now! lol...........that could be another topic right there............misheard Queen lyrics............I used to think the line in The Miracle was 'deaths to babies being born'............(kinda morbid, I know.....)

As for who's performing ... it's the band plus some studio crew, including Roy Baker on stylophone... which incidentally is a type of synthesiser, therefore they DID use synths before The Game!

Seb , A stylophone is not a bloody synthesiser in the accepted definition of the word both then and now. Its a toy, a noisemaker . Yes it makes sounds but it doesn't "synthesise" them" its a tuned buzzer.. You may as well say a doorbell is a synthesiser

Freddie himself labelt "Rhye" as a fantasy land were only good and nice things happen.

scallyuk wrote:

Seb , A stylophone is not a bloody synthesiser in the accepted definition of the word both then and now. Its a toy, a noisemaker . Yes it makes sounds but it doesn't "synthesise" them" its a tuned buzzer.. You may as well say a doorbell is a synthesiser

A stylophone creates notes by means of VCOs (voltage-controlled oscillators) linked to a metal keyboard. A circuit is closed by touching a 'key' with a stylus, generating a note by means of a VCO and a resistor. A larger model of the stylophone, the 350S, allowed for different voices by means of a multi-oscillator setup.

Sebastian is right - it's a synthesizer. The way a stylophone generates notes is exactly the same as any other analogue synthesizer, only with far fewer filters and other ways to tweak the sound.

musicland munich wrote:

Freddie himself labelt "Rhye" as a fantasy land were only good and nice things happen.

Hey I lost my throne there, that wasnt nice.......LOL

^^^^^^ very funny!

noorie wrote:

The King Of Rhye wrote:

catqueen wrote:
"Fear me you sharp and shady secateurs".  (Secateurs, however its spelled, are a type of scissors used for gardening, trimming plants, etc!)

I used to think it was 'shod and shady scimitars'.......not that makes any more sense..............

The word is 'senators'! Not secateurs or scimitars. :)

you'd think that...but then this kinda fits the theme:

"shear me you shearing privet counsellors"

Using both "shear" and "shearing" in the same line is a stylistic no-no, second only to letting a word rhyme with itself in terms of how much grief it would inflict on Lord Byron to read said line. I like to believe Freddie was above that.

brENsKi wrote:


you'd think that...but then this kinda fits the theme:

"shear me you shearing privet counsellors"

Or perhaps, 'Shear me you secateur wielding senators'..?

thomasquinn 32989 wrote:

Using both "shear" and "shearing" in the same line is a stylistic no-no, second only to letting a word rhyme with itself in terms of how much grief it would inflict on Lord Byron to read said line. I like to believe Freddie was above that.

LOL..........I was just listening to War Pigs by Black Sabbath the other day.............always thought it was kinda weird how they rhymed 'masses' with 'masses'....................

What are you guys talking about? These lyrics aren't anywhere in the song.

^^^ Just being silly!
How about, 'Smite me you scimitar wielding saboteurs'...

In the horror movie, Funny Man (1994), they sing Beside the Seaside in a creepy way (took me by surprise).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109858/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The King Of Rhye wrote:

thomasquinn 32989 wrote:

Using both "shear" and "shearing" in the same line is a stylistic no-no, second only to letting a word rhyme with itself in terms of how much grief it would inflict on Lord Byron to read said line. I like to believe Freddie was above that.

LOL..........I was just listening to War Pigs by Black Sabbath the other day.............always thought it was kinda weird how they rhymed 'masses' with 'masses'....................

Yeah, really nice song, but a couple of...awkward...moments lyrically :)