It is what you make of it.
I personally think of it as what Freddie's last message to his band and his fans would've been. (keep in mind the following bits are my interpretation)
"Are you running?" Are you moving on? Are you still recording? Are you finishing what I started?
The laughter is sort of the idea that somehow, everything will work out in the end. That Freddie enjoyed his life to the fullest, and is now spending eternity in happiness for what he's done and his influence on people. Or it could just be that Freddie's gotten the last laugh on us again.
The "fab" at the end, I can imagine, would be Freddie putting down the headphones, and slowly nodding his head, giving his approval of the band's work.
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This is one of those meaningless mysterys. David was looping the tape with some kind of new toy in the studio, the the band heard that and liked it. It suited the mood from the album so they did a 22 minute version of the album to fill the CD.
About the length of the music i think it`s casual and wasn`t meant to mean a thing (in my opinion), because i heard in the past that each minute was to represent a year in the life of Queen and so forth!
For me the meaning is to meditate about Freddie and Queen, and it`s well donne because for a fan you can`t help to thing about Freddie throghout the music.
By the end of the song you will wake up because of a big noise. The first time i heard it i just jumped out of my bed...
Take care
About the length of the music i think it`s casual and wasn`t meant to mean a thing (in my opinion), because i heard in the past that each minute was to represent a year in the life of Queen and so forth!
For me the meaning is to meditate about Freddie and Queen, and it`s well donne because for a fan you can`t help to thing about Freddie throghout the music.
By the end of the song you will wake up because of a big noise. The first time i heard it i just jumped out of my bed...
Take care
i find it very hard to read everyone writing if someone can please tell me a little what is this all about in japanise thank you
You're being too literal.
The last SONG is "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)" That song is mastered into 3 tracks on the cd ONLY. The whole song, all three tracks, is "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)", with a complete running time of 25 minutes and 37 seconds.
The cassette and LP releases of the album edit the song down to 3 minutes and 9 seconds (give or take a second), cutting it off after the second "Yeah".
Put another way, imagine that when "A Night At The Opera" was first issued on CD and Queen decided to mess with people's heads, they mastered "Rhapsody" into three tracks (for whatever reason). It would still be just ONE COMPLETE SONG, not three. It's the same idea here. "Beautiful Day (Reprise)" (tracks 11, 12 & 13 on the CD) are ONE COMPLETE SONG.
We were never meant to consider them seperate songs.
The confusion comes about be cause Queen were notorious on their early albums for seguing from one song to the next (Ogre Battle into Fairy Feller into Nevermore), but those were each their own songs, except they overlapped start and end points.
"Beautiful Day (Reprise)" was never meant to be taken this way (three songs) and for ten years its significance has been blown out of proportion.
As to why it ends with a long instrumental section...it means whatever you want it to mean. There are no wrong answers when it comes to such a subjective art form as instrumental music.
Patrick Lemieux
The last SONG is "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)" That song is mastered into 3 tracks on the cd ONLY. The whole song, all three tracks, is "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)", with a complete running time of 25 minutes and 37 seconds.
The cassette and LP releases of the album edit the song down to 3 minutes and 9 seconds (give or take a second), cutting it off after the second "Yeah".
Put another way, imagine that when "A Night At The Opera" was first issued on CD and Queen decided to mess with people's heads, they mastered "Rhapsody" into three tracks (for whatever reason). It would still be just ONE COMPLETE SONG, not three. It's the same idea here. "Beautiful Day (Reprise)" (tracks 11, 12 & 13 on the CD) are ONE COMPLETE SONG.
We were never meant to consider them seperate songs.
The confusion comes about be cause Queen were notorious on their early albums for seguing from one song to the next (Ogre Battle into Fairy Feller into Nevermore), but those were each their own songs, except they overlapped start and end points.
"Beautiful Day (Reprise)" was never meant to be taken this way (three songs) and for ten years its significance has been blown out of proportion.
As to why it ends with a long instrumental section...it means whatever you want it to mean. There are no wrong answers when it comes to such a subjective art form as instrumental music.
Patrick Lemieux
Or not. You could be wrong!
I totally scared my nephew the other day (ok, he's only 7) but I said to him "Freddie Mercury's ghost is coming to haunt you" and I made a knocking sound like someone was trying to get in the house.
When that didn't freak him out enough, I played (in quick succession):
"HaHAAA!" (from the end of Headlong)
"Fab!" (from Track 13)
So you think it's the easy way out (from Don't Try Suicide).
He SHAT HIS PANTS! It was really loud on the stereo, he was crying his nuts off.
I totally scared my nephew the other day (ok, he's only 7) but I said to him "Freddie Mercury's ghost is coming to haunt you" and I made a knocking sound like someone was trying to get in the house.
When that didn't freak him out enough, I played (in quick succession):
"HaHAAA!" (from the end of Headlong)
"Fab!" (from Track 13)
So you think it's the easy way out (from Don't Try Suicide).
He SHAT HIS PANTS! It was really loud on the stereo, he was crying his nuts off.
aww ur evil =o
HAH you think that's evil? Once I set up a cardboard cut out of Freddie Mercury (in his spooky Going Slightly Mad getup) outside my bedroom window. My nephew was playing some games and I subtly put on Another one Bites the Dust on the stereo. He told me to turn it off...
ME: but I didn't touch the stereo! See?
KID: (whimpers)
ME: It must be... THA GHOST!!!! (I shout as loud as I can, then flip the blinds on the window - my partner in crime is outside making the cardboard cutout dance).
ME: TAKE IT KID! IS THIS SPOOKY ENOUGH FOR YOU!
KID: (runs for his mother)
ME: but I didn't touch the stereo! See?
KID: (whimpers)
ME: It must be... THA GHOST!!!! (I shout as loud as I can, then flip the blinds on the window - my partner in crime is outside making the cardboard cutout dance).
ME: TAKE IT KID! IS THIS SPOOKY ENOUGH FOR YOU!
KID: (runs for his mother)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]HAH you think that's evil? Once I set up a cardboard cut out of Freddie Mercury (in his spooky Going Slightly Mad getup) outside my bedroom window. My nephew was playing some games and I subtly put on Another one Bites the Dust on the stereo. He told me to turn it off...
ME: but I didn't touch the stereo! See?
KID: (whimpers)
ME: It must be... THA GHOST!!!! (I shout as loud as I can, then flip the blinds on the window - my partner in crime is outside making the cardboard cutout dance).
ME: TAKE IT KID! IS THIS SPOOKY ENOUGH FOR YOU!
KID: (runs for his mother)[/QUOTE]
Haahahahahah, that's really kind of you...he'll probably have nightmares for the rest of his life...ahahahaha :-P ;-)
ME: but I didn't touch the stereo! See?
KID: (whimpers)
ME: It must be... THA GHOST!!!! (I shout as loud as I can, then flip the blinds on the window - my partner in crime is outside making the cardboard cutout dance).
ME: TAKE IT KID! IS THIS SPOOKY ENOUGH FOR YOU!
KID: (runs for his mother)[/QUOTE]
Haahahahahah, that's really kind of you...he'll probably have nightmares for the rest of his life...ahahahaha :-P ;-)
Track 1 is a continuation of trek 13. Put you WM player in repeat mode and see how 13 flows into 1. You get the impression, as if there is no ending to track 13 and thus to this cd.
HAH you think that's mean... the mother did far worse! She told him we'd lock him in a coffin overnight for a sleepover at Freddie's grave.
And uh... Track 13 does end. It ends with the ghost going "Fab!". Then silence. I mean, you can loop the Made in Heaven album quite easily because it begins with silence and ends with silence. But, I think it plainly ends.
And uh... Track 13 does end. It ends with the ghost going "Fab!". Then silence. I mean, you can loop the Made in Heaven album quite easily because it begins with silence and ends with silence. But, I think it plainly ends.
Someone's been listening to too much Pink Floyd, as both Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall are loopable.
I looked on the brianmay.com website to see if this was ever discussed, but I couldn't find anything useful. Can any of you Brian fans find anything he might have said about it? Thanks!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]carboengine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]As a lot of Queen's lyrics started and stopped rather suddenly such as BoRhap, I wish MIH's last sound was "yeah". [/QUOTE]
MIH's last sound is Freddie's voice saying "Fab'", and I personally think this is genius.
I love this Track 13. Personally, I see it as a symbol of Freddie's transition in somewhere else, but whatever the real meaning of this is, I just love it, it's simply beautiful and soft. The first time I heard it was a year ago... on November 24th, 2004, and I was overwhelmed when I did. At the last second, when Freddie says "Fab", I almost cried. This track was genius.
MIH's last sound is Freddie's voice saying "Fab'", and I personally think this is genius.
I love this Track 13. Personally, I see it as a symbol of Freddie's transition in somewhere else, but whatever the real meaning of this is, I just love it, it's simply beautiful and soft. The first time I heard it was a year ago... on November 24th, 2004, and I was overwhelmed when I did. At the last second, when Freddie says "Fab", I almost cried. This track was genius.
Well when i first heard it I was listening to it on my walkman and I was drifting off to sleep (often listen to Queen before I go to bed to cheer me up if in need) then it came on and I thought i had strayed into a dream. I didn't know where the sound was coming from, then I realised but couldn't remember seeing a track listing for it.
Anyway I think it is Freddie's assent to hell (because that's where all the interesting people are) and then his rebirth at the end with the 'boom boom boom boom' of the drums like on space odecy or maybe i'm mistaken about that.
Anyway I think it is Freddie's assent to hell (because that's where all the interesting people are) and then his rebirth at the end with the 'boom boom boom boom' of the drums like on space odecy or maybe i'm mistaken about that.
Track 13 also syncs nicely to the last 24 minutes of the movie 2001 (as does Pink Floyd's "Echoes" :)