DZUBOKS, 1976 Translated article About "A Night at the Opera".
Nov 16, 2020 15:36:56 GMT
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My first encounter with the band Queen took place in 1974, quite by accident in one of London's largest record stores. Entering a room with "rock music" written on the door, I heard a sound unknown to me from all four corners of the room, the walls of which were made up of several thousand discs (what a beautiful sight). I asked the saleswoman whose music we were listening to. She suddenly (as if I have to know everything in this world) answers me: "Queen".
After a short time listening, I bought two nice looking records, "Queen II" and "Sheer Heart Attack", which I found quite interesting, because even then you could feel their originality, that the group promises a lot, by the way, One of my hobbies is discovering groups that are not so well known to the general public.
And indeed, with the Latest Successes especially earlier this year, as well as the latest album "A Night At The Opera", everyone was surprised, amazed and delighted - music critics, the audience and even themselves, Freddie Mercury - singer, Brian May - guitarist and singer, Roger Taylor drums and vocals, then John Deacon the bass guitarist, together the band Queen became one of the most sought after bands in the world. It took the Queen a full five years to become independent and achieve what many admire.
The story of the band Queen is not similar to many from rock music. Four good friends from the northern part of London, delighted with rock 'n' roll, so much so that they made their own instruments, one day decided to take music more seriously. Freddie went to art school and prepared as an illustrator and fashion designer. It was at this time that he met Brian and Roger and they agreed to form a group. Some time later, they met John, and when they passed all their necessary exams, full attention was paid to their desire to become a big name in rock music. At first, they played mostly in small halls on the outskirts of London, waiting for their chance. They suffered from what Roger Taylor called an "acute shortage of money" for a long time.
They were lucky that there was a studio in the neighbourhood and that the owner often allowed his neighbours to record in vain. In return, they cleaned the studio and took care of it. After a while, they rehearsed so much and made some great demos. They took them to the world-famous disco house EMI and the producers of this company became very interested in this group. Shortly afterwards, their lucky star was launched. Under the leadership of producer John Reid, who also runs Elton John's business, Queen became the monarch of British rock.
Just a few weeks ago, "Bohemian Rhapsody", a six-minute hit, hit the tops of all European and world charts. In just forty days after its release their fourth album "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" crossed the million mark in worldwide record sales. According to the latest data from "NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS", this album has so far sold more than 1250,000 copies in England alone.
Theatricality complemented by musical innovation containing elements of beautiful ballads, as well as songs done in heavy hard rock style mixed with the unique sound Queen's audience have grown accustomed to. --- We are now a bigger group than we used to be and we can afford to do more in the show. We have always lived in the shadow of our means. Still, the music is first in everything and if we add a unifying effect or a spectacle it is used only to emphasize what we want to say and show with the music. We like to have fun just like the audience that listens and watches us, we regret some older people [fans?] may not like that, but some others will. It’s a different feeling in the studio, and a different one on stage. When we are in front of an audience, we allow ourselves to play, sing, act, get lost in the performance ... says Roger.
Queen are currently one of Britain’s most theatrical groups. Their concerts are small rock shows. The impressions of a critic who attended the group's performance will tell us the best about it: - It was hellishly hot, the venue was an eminent London club, the famous "The Marquee" theatre. Almost all known top groups and singers have performed there, and in the background you can meet many other famous names of show business. I suddenly became aware that everyone was turning in one direction. I wondered if the ceiling had collapsed but when the crowd moved I saw no one but Queen standing on the stage. Hissing machines cover the stage with colorful smoke, creating a mystical medieval atmosphere. Saints and costumes with chains are in the dark. Freddie Mercury in a satin suit, swaying in the middle of this musical storm, slowly emerges from the smoke while the first sounds of Queen's music create real euphoria, screaming, chanting ...
Parents growl, children are thrilled and a new star is born. In all the humour however, the original music of the group dominates and that is what sets this group so much above the others at the moment. "No! It's not HU [Maybe The Who?], it's not Genesis, it's not David Bowie or Ken Russell, we're just Queen," says Mercury. May adds, "We're not trying to copy anyone else's style."
And indeed today, in the flood of world wide ensembles, there are very few who could stand out and boast of their special style and Creativity. Many famous world groups simply burn out and disappear due to their lack of new ideas. This is not the case with Queen. They are one of the few bands for whom each album (they have released four so far) has brought something new, always showing significant progress.
In making this album Queen are one of the most unusual bands of today’s music scene. They need a lot of time to record an album. They treat the album as art and pay a lot of attention to it. Large sums of money were imprinted to make everything look and sound the way they wanted. The information about the recording of their third album "Sheer Heart Attack" (which was also published by the Zagreb record company "jugoton"), which cost 15,000 pounds to produce, tells us the best. "They strive for perfection and want everything to be perfect from start to finish. This is especially evident on their latest album "A Night At The Opera". At present, this is certainly Queen's most valuable work.
Even those most disinterested listeners of rock music are rocking out to this quartet, Mercury with the music and lyrics, form a whole that cannot go unnoticed by any listener. For example, May is not only a good guitarist but an excellent songwriter as well as a composer, giving as much as Freddie Mercury to Queen. The two songs on the album "A Night At The Opera" which are the best illustration of the thoughtfulness of his lyrics are "39" and "The prophet Song". "39" is a science fiction folk song - as May himself says. It's a song - about a man who goes on a journey to find a new world, because the earth becomes desolate and the planet's natural resources are depleted. When he returns, he discovers that time has passed, his family is dead as are all his friends. The realization is horrible.
- It was an intimate song, not just the story itself but the music. My insecure feeling about wandering and wondering what will happen if you are left in search of something you are constantly looking for in your life ... From this album, the greatest success was achieved by the composition "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was released as a single to the world charts. The unusual style of Queen, as well as the almost "chapel vocal harmonies" that are most pronounced on "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Prophet Song", they are simply breathtaking. Their music gives the same pleasure to middle-aged enthusiasts as it does to the teenagers. If this is the way Queen begins to rule, then it is impossible to say how long these boys will reign for.
Zelimir Altarac - Cicak
I thought other people might want to read the translation:
My first encounter with the band Queen took place in 1974, quite by accident in one of London's largest record stores. Entering a room with "rock music" written on the door, I heard a sound unknown to me from all four corners of the room, the walls of which were made up of several thousand discs (what a beautiful sight). I asked the saleswoman whose music we were listening to. She suddenly (as if I have to know everything in this world) answers me: "Queen".
After a short time listening, I bought two nice looking records, "Queen II" and "Sheer Heart Attack", which I found quite interesting, because even then you could feel their originality, that the group promises a lot, by the way, One of my hobbies is discovering groups that are not so well known to the general public.
And indeed, with the Latest Successes especially earlier this year, as well as the latest album "A Night At The Opera", everyone was surprised, amazed and delighted - music critics, the audience and even themselves, Freddie Mercury - singer, Brian May - guitarist and singer, Roger Taylor drums and vocals, then John Deacon the bass guitarist, together the band Queen became one of the most sought after bands in the world. It took the Queen a full five years to become independent and achieve what many admire.
The story of the band Queen is not similar to many from rock music. Four good friends from the northern part of London, delighted with rock 'n' roll, so much so that they made their own instruments, one day decided to take music more seriously. Freddie went to art school and prepared as an illustrator and fashion designer. It was at this time that he met Brian and Roger and they agreed to form a group. Some time later, they met John, and when they passed all their necessary exams, full attention was paid to their desire to become a big name in rock music. At first, they played mostly in small halls on the outskirts of London, waiting for their chance. They suffered from what Roger Taylor called an "acute shortage of money" for a long time.
They were lucky that there was a studio in the neighbourhood and that the owner often allowed his neighbours to record in vain. In return, they cleaned the studio and took care of it. After a while, they rehearsed so much and made some great demos. They took them to the world-famous disco house EMI and the producers of this company became very interested in this group. Shortly afterwards, their lucky star was launched. Under the leadership of producer John Reid, who also runs Elton John's business, Queen became the monarch of British rock.
Just a few weeks ago, "Bohemian Rhapsody", a six-minute hit, hit the tops of all European and world charts. In just forty days after its release their fourth album "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" crossed the million mark in worldwide record sales. According to the latest data from "NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS", this album has so far sold more than 1250,000 copies in England alone.
Theatricality complemented by musical innovation containing elements of beautiful ballads, as well as songs done in heavy hard rock style mixed with the unique sound Queen's audience have grown accustomed to. --- We are now a bigger group than we used to be and we can afford to do more in the show. We have always lived in the shadow of our means. Still, the music is first in everything and if we add a unifying effect or a spectacle it is used only to emphasize what we want to say and show with the music. We like to have fun just like the audience that listens and watches us, we regret some older people [fans?] may not like that, but some others will. It’s a different feeling in the studio, and a different one on stage. When we are in front of an audience, we allow ourselves to play, sing, act, get lost in the performance ... says Roger.
Queen are currently one of Britain’s most theatrical groups. Their concerts are small rock shows. The impressions of a critic who attended the group's performance will tell us the best about it: - It was hellishly hot, the venue was an eminent London club, the famous "The Marquee" theatre. Almost all known top groups and singers have performed there, and in the background you can meet many other famous names of show business. I suddenly became aware that everyone was turning in one direction. I wondered if the ceiling had collapsed but when the crowd moved I saw no one but Queen standing on the stage. Hissing machines cover the stage with colorful smoke, creating a mystical medieval atmosphere. Saints and costumes with chains are in the dark. Freddie Mercury in a satin suit, swaying in the middle of this musical storm, slowly emerges from the smoke while the first sounds of Queen's music create real euphoria, screaming, chanting ...
Parents growl, children are thrilled and a new star is born. In all the humour however, the original music of the group dominates and that is what sets this group so much above the others at the moment. "No! It's not HU [Maybe The Who?], it's not Genesis, it's not David Bowie or Ken Russell, we're just Queen," says Mercury. May adds, "We're not trying to copy anyone else's style."
And indeed today, in the flood of world wide ensembles, there are very few who could stand out and boast of their special style and Creativity. Many famous world groups simply burn out and disappear due to their lack of new ideas. This is not the case with Queen. They are one of the few bands for whom each album (they have released four so far) has brought something new, always showing significant progress.
In making this album Queen are one of the most unusual bands of today’s music scene. They need a lot of time to record an album. They treat the album as art and pay a lot of attention to it. Large sums of money were imprinted to make everything look and sound the way they wanted. The information about the recording of their third album "Sheer Heart Attack" (which was also published by the Zagreb record company "jugoton"), which cost 15,000 pounds to produce, tells us the best. "They strive for perfection and want everything to be perfect from start to finish. This is especially evident on their latest album "A Night At The Opera". At present, this is certainly Queen's most valuable work.
Even those most disinterested listeners of rock music are rocking out to this quartet, Mercury with the music and lyrics, form a whole that cannot go unnoticed by any listener. For example, May is not only a good guitarist but an excellent songwriter as well as a composer, giving as much as Freddie Mercury to Queen. The two songs on the album "A Night At The Opera" which are the best illustration of the thoughtfulness of his lyrics are "39" and "The prophet Song". "39" is a science fiction folk song - as May himself says. It's a song - about a man who goes on a journey to find a new world, because the earth becomes desolate and the planet's natural resources are depleted. When he returns, he discovers that time has passed, his family is dead as are all his friends. The realization is horrible.
- It was an intimate song, not just the story itself but the music. My insecure feeling about wandering and wondering what will happen if you are left in search of something you are constantly looking for in your life ... From this album, the greatest success was achieved by the composition "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was released as a single to the world charts. The unusual style of Queen, as well as the almost "chapel vocal harmonies" that are most pronounced on "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Prophet Song", they are simply breathtaking. Their music gives the same pleasure to middle-aged enthusiasts as it does to the teenagers. If this is the way Queen begins to rule, then it is impossible to say how long these boys will reign for.
Zelimir Altarac - Cicak
