http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34651067
Nothing really new here but confirms a number of things we already know.
Holly2003
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Sebastian
[QUOTE] [b]Brian May claimed:[/b]
If we'd tried to do Good Company, for instance, or The Prophet's Song, it would have been much harder.
[/QUOTE]
Really? Now, 'Good Company' is, harmonically speaking, quite a simple song, and it's got a very straightforward structure. The arrangement is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live, but they could've easily performed a stripped-down version of the song. In fact, Brian has done it recently, on his own...
And on that very tour they did perform 'The Prophet's Song'. Dr Memory strikes again!
If we'd tried to do Good Company, for instance, or The Prophet's Song, it would have been much harder.
[/QUOTE]
Really? Now, 'Good Company' is, harmonically speaking, quite a simple song, and it's got a very straightforward structure. The arrangement is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live, but they could've easily performed a stripped-down version of the song. In fact, Brian has done it recently, on his own...
And on that very tour they did perform 'The Prophet's Song'. Dr Memory strikes again!
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Brian May claimed:[/b]
If we'd tried to do Good Company, for instance, or The Prophet's Song, it would have been much harder.
[/QUOTE]
Really? Now, 'Good Company' is, harmonically speaking, quite a simple song, and it's got a very straightforward structure. The arrangement is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live, but they could've easily performed a stripped-down version of the song. In fact, Brian has done it
recently, on his own...
And on that very tour they did perform 'The
Prophet's Song'. Dr Memory strikes again![/QUOTE]
"the arrangment is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live" I couldn't agree more. But I think you should apply that line of thought to what BM was talking about. There is no way that the original could be performed live by a four piece
[QUOTE] [b]Brian May claimed:[/b]
If we'd tried to do Good Company, for instance, or The Prophet's Song, it would have been much harder.
[/QUOTE]
Really? Now, 'Good Company' is, harmonically speaking, quite a simple song, and it's got a very straightforward structure. The arrangement is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live, but they could've easily performed a stripped-down version of the song. In fact, Brian has done it
recently, on his own...
And on that very tour they did perform 'The
Prophet's Song'. Dr Memory strikes again![/QUOTE]
"the arrangment is genius and it'd be ridiculous to even try to replicate it live" I couldn't agree more. But I think you should apply that line of thought to what BM was talking about. There is no way that the original could be performed live by a four piece
Holly2003
Another BBC interview with Roger about Bo Rap
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/25l6rjBBwfjvx0pZlPkZtBC/i-was-there-recording-of-bohemian-rhapsody-1975
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/25l6rjBBwfjvx0pZlPkZtBC/i-was-there-recording-of-bohemian-rhapsody-1975