Favorite part in a Queen song.

Forgot one (how could I !!) :
In Tie Your Mother Down, in the choruses, some of the "down" come in earlier than the others, they're not all tight. I like the kind of "live" feel it gives to the song, since usually the backing vocals are so tight they're near perfect.

The piano ending in Let me live,
The intro of Fight from the inside,
The BBC version of Nevermore, the part when the drum starts,
The way Freddie sings "gentle rain beating beatin' on my face" in A winters tale,

These are the first that come to mind....

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

Spanish guitar in Innuendo.[/QUOTE]

strange that you choose the one piece of Queen guitar work that ISN'T Brian May playing

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]British Man wrote:[/b]

Spanish guitar in Innuendo.[/QUOTE]

strange that you choose the one piece of Queen guitar work that ISN'T Brian May playing[/QUOTE]

Actually, Brian does play most of it.

First iteration is just Dr May except the chromatic run at the very end.

Second iteration is mostly Dr May (harmonising with himself) until Steve takes over for the fills in the end (when the metre changes).

Third iteration is Steve indeed.

i think you're nitpicking - you know the point that i'm making:
of all the great guitar solos/pieces Brian played - one gets chosen that's not recognisable for Brian's playing per se - moreover, for the flamenco skills of Steve Howe
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“Brian had his shot with it and had done what he’d wanted to do with it but thought that someone else could race about with it and add some excitement to those structures,” Howe tells Chronicle Live. “They jokingly said I could do a bit of [iconic Spanish flamenco guitarist] Paco De Lucia with it. I could see what they were after so I did some improvising and they loved it. I was so proud to be on that record.”

Innuendo Guitars:
All electric guitars are played on the Red Special plugged directly into the desk. Effects are by Zoom. All guitars are played by Brian, with the exception of the solo guitar in the flamenco-part, which is done by Steve Howe.

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

i think you're nitpicking
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I agree to disagree.

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

one gets chosen that's not recognisable for Brian's playing per se - moreover, for the flamenco skills of Steve Howe
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Except that the bit that most people recognise is indeed played by Brian.

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

Innuendo Guitars:
All electric guitars are played on the Red Special plugged directly into the desk. Effects are by Zoom. All guitars are played by Brian, with the exception of the solo guitar in the flamenco-part, which is done by Steve Howe.
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That's from an analysis done about a decade and a half ago. It was very good considering what was available at the time, but technology and research march on and now there's far more available information, which allows us to conclude much more accurately that, as I wrote earlier: First iteration is just Dr May except the chromatic run at the very end. Second iteration is mostly Dr May (harmonising with himself) until Steve takes over for the fills in the end (when the metre changes). Third iteration is Steve indeed.

There's not just one solo guitar in the flamenco part, but instead three of them: Brian plays two of them, Steve plays the other one.

Sebastian, i haven't disagreed with you - regardless of what was there before it Steve came along - his final touches gave the song it's true flamenco feel - all i have said is that the solo is recognisable for Steve Howe's playing

something backed up by comments by Steve and Brian

Well, I do disagree.

Steve's final touches, magnificent as they were, added up to the flamenco feel it already had.

I hope, should multi's or stems ever leak/surface, I can make a Howe-less remix of the song one day, and in my opinion it retains ca. 80% of its flamenco feel, even without his bits.

Moreover, I'd argue that, subjectively, I think the most memorable aspect of that solo is the transposed motif, which is the one played by Brian (twice), rather than the chromatic run and the third iteration, which are the best part of the song (in my opinion) but which are not as widely recognised, and those are the bits Steve played.

Sebastian - can you please use a youtube video and put the time of the parts that you have mentioned so that we can hear it specifically ? Thank you.

I'd go as far as calling Innuendo the best thing I have heard. it has everything, But my favorite thing is the spanish guitar.
It's not to exclude may, though.
I love the Guitar work in The Prophet's Song.
Also the wah-wah solo in Great King Rat.

Hmm....I got a few I never really hear anyone talking about....the little piano part at about 2:04 in We Are The Champions, for one. Just a simple little lick, but I always really liked that for some reason. :D

Also, I guess it'd be Brian's version of that, the riff in Father To Son, right after "take it sonny, hold it high". It never repeats in the song, but it just kicks butt....for about a few seconds.

...and the drum fill after the guitar solo in Tenement Funster. Like the other ones I said, simple but so effective. Hmm, not sure what would be John's example of such a thing, might have to do some further research on that....

Yes, that Father to Son bit is great! It incorporates that bluesy tritone interval that Brian seemed fond of in the early 70's. The Brighton Rock lick (the on he does two times in the beginning of the solo part) is another prominent example.

[QUOTE] [b]tcc wrote:[/b]

Sebastian - can you please use a youtube video and put the time of the parts that you have mentioned so that we can hear it specifically ? Thank you. [/QUOTE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rztzDR3dmo

3.31 - 3.40: There are two lead guitars (playing the solo in octaves) and a rhythm one (strumming chords in the background). Brian's playing all three, no Steve involvement yet.

3.41 - 3.43: Steve adds one guitar doing a two-octave+ chromatic run (ascending).It finishes at 3.43 and Brian's left alone again.

3.44 - 3.46: Brian's playing all three guitars again, but this time the two solo guitars are in thirds rather than octaves.

3.47 - 3.49: Steve adds an ornament, but he's still not doing the lead.

3.50 - 3.53: Brian's left alone again and he's playing all three.

3.54 - 4.04: There are two solo parts going on at the same time. Brian's doing the 'easy one' (same melody as the first and second solos) and Steve's doing the more technically demanding one, which finishes on a descending chromatic run. Brian's also doing the rhythm bit there (strummed).

4.05 - 4.08: Brian's left on his own and finishes it off (and he also adds a three-part electric harmony in the background).

The whole bit lasts 38 seconds, out of which 21 (55.26%) are exclusively Brian, 6 (15.79%) feature Steve adding ornaments to Brian's lead and the remaining 11 (28.95%) have the two of them playing lead (plus Brian doing rhythm as well).

The "run" at 4:02 doesn't sound very chromatic to me. Interesting breakdown though - where did you find all this information?

At 1.45 of My Fairy King Queen at the Beeb version is an awesome little piece of guitar for only a few seconds that isnt on the album version but is just great.