Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera

00:00:25 - It took off like a rocket. Suddenly we were

00:03:15 and hadn't really heard anything about them. Put the needle on

00:04:39 "'cause you got songs."

00:06:25 And, um, and we wanted to know why.

00:09:10 - To cut a very long story short, we... we agreed that we would

00:10:45 and they should be coming in about now.

00:12:25 and that's what makes that record so magic.

00:14:12 the kind of blues background that was, sorta the usual influence of bands

00:16:28 And I think he at this point, is coming into his own just the way the band did

00:18:12 it was a kind of friendlier, more accesible song, to some of the stuff Queen was doing.

00:19:34 And I don't think he's probably in the mood to answer, at this point.

00:21:03 sang a line, it already sounded quite big. You double track that, it sounds

00:22:34 - And if you miss that opportunity, it's kind of gone forever, and in my case...

00:24:45 to light speed, so his perception of time is

00:28:07 you know, ah, you know, music hall, you know, is what drew him

00:29:59 with his mouth, you know... it was like

00:32:29 kind of revived when I was a kid, and there was a wonderfull group called

00:34:21 a Queen song, it's not until you hear them trying

00:36:11 phase... one take would phase with another, because he would sing it

00:39:19 and that sort of pisses me off sometimes, 'cause, I mean, the say: "He's a great showman"

00:41:54 'cause it's not gonna go away, it's just gonna go where it supposed to go.

00:43:39 So with Freddie's stuff, I always could hear the solo long before I played it

00:45:45 about small enough a stage for him to feel comfortable on.

100:00:00 our imagining. It was a major