“THE MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN
Freddie Mercury / 6:34
Musicians
Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, backing vocals, piano
Brian May: guitars, tubular bells, backing vocals
John Deacon: bass
Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals
Roy Thomas Baker: castanets
Recorded
Trident Studios, London: August 1973
Technical Team
Producers: Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable
Sound Engineer: Mike Stone”
“In his December 1974 interview with Caroline Coon from Melody Maker, Freddie Mercury said, “‘March of the Black Queen,’ that took ages.”
Quite a mysterious song that conjures up all sort of mental images.
With a structure as complex as Bohemian Rhapsody,” it probably has more musical twists and turns than the latter. Not as radio friendly as Rhapsody but definitely defines the Queen sound and marked a bench mark for complexity.
One of the guitar solos was featured and explained in the `Brian May Star Licks guitar tuition video.
Personally, when l played this on guitar it felt like learning 3 or 4 songs rolled into one.
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