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About This Track
The Invisible Man” is a song by English rock band Queen, written by drummer Roger Taylor but credited to the band as a whole.
Originally released on the band’s 1989 album The Miracle, it was also released as a single that same year. Taylor claims that he got the inspiration to create the song while reading a book, and the bass line suddenly came into his head
This song marks the only time in any of Queen’s songs that all four band members names are mentioned in the lyrics. Taylor calls out his bandmate’s names, the first being Freddie Mercury, followed by John Deacon. Brian May’s name is then mentioned twice,just before his guitar solo starts, perhaps as a nod to his technique of using delays, and lastly Mercury sings “RRRoger Taylor”, rolling the “r” to emulate the drums at the end of the verse.
In the music video, a video game called “The Invisible Man” plays a large part, as a small child is playing a game while the band (all dressed in black), who are the “bad guys” in the game, enter the real world and perform the song in his room, while the boy is trying to shoot them with the game controller. From time to time, Mercury appears in various places in the child’s room, vanishing before the boy can shoot him with the video controller.
Originally released on the band’s 1989 album The Miracle, it was also released as a single that same year. Taylor claims that he got the inspiration to create the song while reading a book, and the bass line suddenly came into his head
This song marks the only time in any of Queen’s songs that all four band members names are mentioned in the lyrics. Taylor calls out his bandmate’s names, the first being Freddie Mercury, followed by John Deacon. Brian May’s name is then mentioned twice,just before his guitar solo starts, perhaps as a nod to his technique of using delays, and lastly Mercury sings “RRRoger Taylor”, rolling the “r” to emulate the drums at the end of the verse.
In the music video, a video game called “The Invisible Man” plays a large part, as a small child is playing a game while the band (all dressed in black), who are the “bad guys” in the game, enter the real world and perform the song in his room, while the boy is trying to shoot them with the game controller. From time to time, Mercury appears in various places in the child’s room, vanishing before the boy can shoot him with the video controller.
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goldengriffin90 wrote:
The whispering at the beginning used to scare the hell out of me.
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xpldng_hlcptr wrote:
12" version kicks ass.
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saciu wrote:
When I was young, I was hoping that the whole team will jump out of my closet as well as in the video. To tell the truth... Until now, I hope.
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ClassicRockMan wrote:
SHES A QUEEN KILLER
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schlauchi wrote:
The first Queen song i ever listened to when i was a small boy ;-)
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Hah, it was mine 12,345th song on last.fm :D
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Funny song, at least for me
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TheUndeadMamba wrote:
LOL, lempea
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ArquestQ wrote:
Queen - The Invisible Man ('Drum' Remix by Arquest): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7ks6_-nhT s
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Lempea wrote:
I'm the invisible man, I'm the invisible man, Ghosbusters!
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sammybaby54 wrote:
Queen’s self-titled debut album was released in 1973 ,wow 37 years now
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funnyfarmer wrote:
do you here mj
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MatthieuBelAmi wrote:
Definitively one of their most underrated tracks...A shame they could not play it live in wembley....It would have been something....Freddie Mercuuury ! Rooogeerrrrr Taylooooor ! Bwan May Bwan May !
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PartySanCTG wrote:
I wouldn't call this underrated. It's... er... well, it's something.
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AlwinWinnie wrote:
Brian May!!
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Hugo12317 wrote:
Great bass!!!John rocks
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MatthieuBelAmi wrote:
Amazing bass line and vintage brian may riffage
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backtothelight wrote:
Who you gonna call?! :p
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huligaane wrote:
i love how they say each others names in this, the way they say them is just so cool!!! [2]
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jordan3606 wrote:
sounds like ghostbusters theme. [2]
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