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

00:04:36 "What do you think?" I said: "You were alright, you're gonna be fine

00:06:21 worldwide hit with "Killer Queen", and we were broke.

00:08:23 can say: "Yeah, look, this is the way I want the song, and it's the

00:10:32 And that is what went to tape.

00:12:13 it was like their wings had spread, they took everything they had learned from

00:14:01 with the producing of the record, the production of the record.

00:16:12 and things going off backwards, and god knows how much overdubbing

00:17:57 "You're My Best Friend", "I Want To Break Free"...

00:19:14 that. So he's very different, I mean, you can never call his songs heavy.

00:20:42 serin quality, Freddie had an incredibly powerfull quality in

00:22:11 by consensus it would be: "Ah, that sounds like the first single"

00:24:21 that went off on a long trip, and nobody ever did anything about a spaceship.

00:26:48 I have to say. - Brian is one of the great rock guitarists, I mean

00:29:31 It either comes quickly, and then you have it, you know, like the basic

00:31:15 My dad used to sit and put this on his knee and get a...

00:33:14 thing about "Night At The Opera", we had the time... that we were given the

00:35:05 it's a different texture or whatever. - Some of them were obviously about Mary

00:37:18 he could play what came from him, inside him, like nobody else, with incredible

00:40:17 choice for a single, 'cause I love the original melody of the, you know

00:42:28 the layers of guitars, and the overdubs of vocals

00:45:00 and in terms of their live shows.

00:47:30 the willingness to go everywhere, from music hall