To be honest I always really classed the electronic piano in You're My Best Friend as a type of synth... even though I guess it's not officially one.[/QUOTE]
Not just officially, but in terms of its mechanics. It's like categorising Brian's guitar as a balalaika.[/QUOTE]
Probably true... ha
Didn't I read somewhere Freddie refused to play the electronic piano Deacon used because he hated the sound? or was that Brian? Either way I think they all felt the sounds generated at the time by electronic keyboards were pretty poor
Sebastian · Member since
That point's been taken out of proportion to say the least. What Fred said was that he wouldn't like to play that when he had access to 'a superb grand piano' (he probably meant the white Bechstein he played on 'Bo Rhap').
Still, Fred had no problem in playing a Wurly on stage when he was given one (http://queenlive.ca/queen/live%20pics/74-03-22_Canvey%20Island_13.jpg) and, of course, recorded loads and loads of synthesisers from 1979 onwards.
Brian had no problem with playing e-pianos as he played one on 'Teo Torriatte,' as well as harmonium... and other types of keyboards elsewhere (e.g., organ on 'Now I'm Here' and 'Marriage of Dale and Ming,' synths and digital pianos here and there).
Oscar J · Member since
There's an organ on Now I'm Here? Is that the high pitched sound in the "explosive" parts of the song?
ludwigs · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
There's an organ on Now I'm Here? Is that the high pitched sound in the "explosive" parts of the song? [/QUOTE]
No, that's sped-up slide guitars.
The organ enters just at the, "whatever comes of you and me" after the guitar solos and continues holding the D chord under the guitar intro 'theme' reprise.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]ludwigs wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
There's an organ on Now I'm Here? Is that the high pitched sound in the "explosive" parts of the song? [/QUOTE]
No, that's sped-up slide guitars.
The organ enters just at the, "whatever comes of you and me" after the guitar solos and continues holding the D chord under the guitar intro 'theme' reprise.[/QUOTE]
Pertinent audio is attached :)
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
Still, Fred had no problem in playing a Wurly on stage when he was given one (http://queenlive.ca/queen/live%20pics/74-03-22_Canvey%20Island_13.jpg)[/QUOTE]
Ha, yes ... but he wasn't given much of a choice in that case.
They had to play their hit song Seven Seas Of Rhye, and that was what the room provided for them.
Oh, to have a tape of that..
Oscar J · Member since
Wow, cool! Never heard the organ before, it's pretty deeply buried in the mix.
The Real Wizard · Member since
The multi-track stuff is incredible. It's like learning how the pyramids were built.
ludwigs · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
The multi-track stuff is incredible. It's like learning how the pyramids were built.[/QUOTE]
Who needs multi-tracks? ha ha ;-)
cmsdrums · Member since
It does amaze me, and make me wonder what people have been listening to all these years if they've never heard that organ on Now I'm Here....:-/
ludwigs · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
It does amaze me, and make me wonder what people have been listening to all these years if they've never heard that organ on Now I'm Here....:-/[/QUOTE]
^^^
Yes.
It takes over where the piano stabs end during the guitar solo.
This was like a topic posted on a Red Special forum years back (and also here, if I recall)
Sounds that people hadn't been aware of on Queen tracks.
(Door slam in 'Loser in the End' and all that)
Oscar J · Member since
Hilarious, I hear it so clearly now listening to the song.
ludwigs · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
Hilarious, I hear it so clearly now listening to the song. [/QUOTE]
And that is how your ears get trained. For those of us that are really 'anal' about listening it seems strange how other don't hear these things. That's NOT in any way a slate or bad thing.
It's good that people do now start to alter their listening to hone in on smaller. less noticeable sounds.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
I remember a thread here a long long time ago (in a Queenzone far far away) about stuff like that......one thing I always noticed was that theres a stray piano note or something in the middle of the acapella section of The Prophets song....
Oscar J · Member since
It is indeed a bad thing having "untrained" ears after taking classical piano and guitar lessons for 3/4 of your life. I must say I feel a little uncomfortable being spoken to like a musical novice here. But indeed, I've never listened to NIH with earphones looking for details. It's a rather trivial rock piece to me, a grab-a-beer-crank-up-the-volume-on-your-cheap-stereo sort of song. Guess it's slightly more layered than I thought, so thanks for the insight.
