“ALL DEAD, ALL DEAD
Brian May / 3:10
Musicians
Brian May: lead vocals, piano, electric guitar
Freddie Mercury: backing vocals
John Deacon: bass
Roger Taylor: drums
Recorded
Basing Street Studios, London: July 27, 1977
Sarm East Studios, London: September 1977 (mixing)
Technical Team
Producers: Queen, Mike Stone
Sound Engineer: Mike Stone
Assistant Sound Engineers: Robert Ash (Basing Street), Gary Lyons (Sarm), Gary Langan (Sarm)”
From the first piano chord Fmaj7 the mood is set for quite a sad melancholy song. The song is in fact about Brian Mays childhood cat and discusses the idea of loss and nostalgia.
Songs don’t come with an explanation and this is a great example how the listener will put their own interpretation on a song. Then when you know the subject matter it all makes sense.
Brian May played the piano and sang lead vocals for this track, supported by Freddie Mercury on the backing vocals on the choruses. At 1:44, guitar multi layers come in beautifully.
A completely new version of the song, entitled “All Dead, All Dead” (Original Rough Mix), is on the anniversary edition of the album, which was released in 2017. This version is sung by Freddie Mercury, who added a few lyrics to his introduction.
Personally I prefer the original version with Brian singing, which seems to have a more emotional quality. But it’s still interesting to hear Freddie singing the song.
The a new video was made featuring a cartoon cat.
Freddie version
Arranged for acoustic guitar with guitar tab
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