"The Prophet's Song" was composed by Brian May. On the show In the Studio with Redbeard, which spotlighted A Night at the Opera, May explained that he wrote the song after a dream he'd had while he was recovering from falling seriously ill while recording Queen's 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack and is the source of some of the lyrics. He spent several days putting it together, and it includes a vocal canon sung first by Freddie Mercury, then by Mercury, Roger Taylor and May. The vocal, and later instrumental canon was produced by early tape delay devices. It … read more
"The Prophet's Song" was composed by Brian May. On the show In the Studio with Redbeard, which spotlighted A Night at the Opera, May explained that he wrote the song after… read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylor's former band Smile split after having released an album and single. Freddie replaced lead vocalist Tim Staffell, after the latter's departure from the original trio. There was much deliberation as to what the band's name would be. May and Taylor had settled upon the Grand Dance, derived from a C.S. Lewis Trilogy of books Out Of The S… read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylo… read more