I checked it, it's not audible on the Jazz album, but if you listen to the song on Rocks, it can be heard right during the second 'oooooh' on the line "oooooh, down beside that red fire light".
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Does anyone know what that sound is? Anyone..?
I'd say they're snappin fingers...
that sound is the result of a mastering error found on a few official releases of the Jazz album and all versions of Queen Rocks. so no, unless Brian found it amusing and insisted on not fixing it, I don't think it's intentional.
I noticed that the piano Freddie played for Millionaire Waltz slightly, well, pretty audiblely, clicked every time the soft pedal was pressed. This is most hearable in the beginning, after the first four measures of staccato rhythm and the bass comes in. (click, click, click) But that's not really a human error.
Liar, in the begining
While listening to 'Don't Stop Me Now', I noticed two piano flubs - one at 1:54 and again at 1:58. It's next to impossible to hear the second flub, as there are multitudes of overdubbed voices, but if you listen hard enough, the 1:54 flub is all I'll ever hear now.
I can't hear the 2nd 'flub'. But i'm pretty sure the first one is intentional
I can't hear the 2nd 'flub'. But i'm pretty sure the first one is intentional
check this page for information on the fbg glitch:
http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/jason/songs/queen/jazz.htm
http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/jason/songs/queen/jazz.htm
If you listen out for glitches then you will hear them, then thats all you will ever hear and it ruins the song.
I never look/listen out for errors, just enjoy the music. My friend, sharp-eyed little bugger that she is though, noticed that Roger misses the first no of no,no,no,no etc in the video for Bohemian Rhapsody. It's natural that she was only watching him, as Roger is her favourite member!
Obviously this isn't an error in the actual recording though, as they are miming. It is just funny to watch. I'm glad I don't know of any other errors (I have refused to read the posts on this topic ;P), because it's all I look out for in the video now. :(
Obviously this isn't an error in the actual recording though, as they are miming. It is just funny to watch. I'm glad I don't know of any other errors (I have refused to read the posts on this topic ;P), because it's all I look out for in the video now. :(
...what errors and glitches have you noticed in a Queen recording?
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For years I've noticed what seems to be a recording "punch-in" glitch on Brian May's guitar solo in "Sweet Lady" toward the end of the song (3:39 - 3:40) He's playing lower on the neck and then bam! a high note is wailing as if he were already playing higher up on the neck at the moment they punched Record.
There's a spot in Good Old Fashioned Loverboy where John is pretty clearly late when Freddie sings "how do you feel right after all" - John's late on the quarter note at the word "all".
I've always wondered about the seemingly arbitrary floor-tom hit on the first verse of Good Company when the line is sung "don't fool with fools who. . " Intentional?? Really odd.
. . and most of all, in Bohemian Rhapsody, after the big opera and rock section (5:10 - 5:15), the entire piano is tuned slightly FLAT (or the guitars were tuned too sharp) but it's just clearly evident at that point that tuning is NOT good.
King of Rhye: YES! I've always heard that on "Father To Son", but have never seen it mentioned here. I only hear it on my vinyl US Elektra version though (I bought it in 1981) and not the CD.
It happens like this toward the end of the song:
"Father to father to father to sooooAAAAAAAooon! Joyful the sound...."
The "AAAAAA" part is where it sounds like the tape speeds up for a second. I always just thought this was a little studio effect they were going for and liked it, but the Hollywood CD doesn't have it.
Also my US Jazz album from 1979 sounds like it has a tape that was erased and used again (I've noticed this on other non-Queen records too). I can vaguely hear FBG start in the background before it really starts, and I hear Mustapha end in the background after it actually ends. It sounds like maybe they decided to make the blank space between the two songs longer after the initial recording.
And there's also the pause between WWRY/WATC on CD that is way longer than the vinyl version, and Live Killers on CD fades out at the very end later than the album (and sounds like a door is slamming shut...that wasn't on the vinyl).
I guess these are all just mastering errors though rather than actual permanent band/mix mistakes.
Oh yes a permanent error: On Radio Ga-Ga at 4:32 in there is a slight pitch variation, probably a tape problem. It's on every version I've ever heard (even the single), and even though it seems small it has irritated me since 1984 :)
It happens like this toward the end of the song:
"Father to father to father to sooooAAAAAAAooon! Joyful the sound...."
The "AAAAAA" part is where it sounds like the tape speeds up for a second. I always just thought this was a little studio effect they were going for and liked it, but the Hollywood CD doesn't have it.
Also my US Jazz album from 1979 sounds like it has a tape that was erased and used again (I've noticed this on other non-Queen records too). I can vaguely hear FBG start in the background before it really starts, and I hear Mustapha end in the background after it actually ends. It sounds like maybe they decided to make the blank space between the two songs longer after the initial recording.
And there's also the pause between WWRY/WATC on CD that is way longer than the vinyl version, and Live Killers on CD fades out at the very end later than the album (and sounds like a door is slamming shut...that wasn't on the vinyl).
I guess these are all just mastering errors though rather than actual permanent band/mix mistakes.
Oh yes a permanent error: On Radio Ga-Ga at 4:32 in there is a slight pitch variation, probably a tape problem. It's on every version I've ever heard (even the single), and even though it seems small it has irritated me since 1984 :)
Appologies if it has been mentioned before...
I know that it is live so glitches are generally more accepted but at the start of Under Pressure on Live At The Bowl, John makes a bass error and you can hear this when comparing it to how the Under Pressure intro should sound.
I also hate the remastering of Fat Bottomed Girls! I hate the way the whole first verse comes out of one speaker. It has done this on every remastered version I've heard and I know it's not my equipment.
I also find the white noise section at the start of Somebody To Love very irritating!
I know that it is live so glitches are generally more accepted but at the start of Under Pressure on Live At The Bowl, John makes a bass error and you can hear this when comparing it to how the Under Pressure intro should sound.
I also hate the remastering of Fat Bottomed Girls! I hate the way the whole first verse comes out of one speaker. It has done this on every remastered version I've heard and I know it's not my equipment.
I also find the white noise section at the start of Somebody To Love very irritating!
at the start of Under Pressure on Live At The Bowl, John makes a bass error
I don't know whether it is what you are talking about, but John does miss out a note of the bass in Under Pressure - because he trips over a wire!
Well thats quite likely because it's not the first thing I've noticed. In the same concert, I noticed John has to dodge something that comes flying across the stage.