Queen
Queen II Sheer Heart Attack A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races
News of the World
Jazz The Game Flash Gordon Hot Space
The Works
A Kind of Magic The Miracle Innuendo Made in Heaven

NEVERMORE
Index Queen II Nevermore

QUEEN II
Procession
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Father to Son
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White Queen
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Some Day One Day
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The Loser in the End
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Ogre Battle
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...Master-Stroke
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Nevermore
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March of the Black Queen
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Funny How Love Is
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Seven Seas of Rhye
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...Beside the Seaside
JGK

RECORDING SESSIONS
Trident
August 1973

ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL
Robin G. Cable  
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Mike Stone

INSTRUMENTS
Fender Precision Bass
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Steinway Piano

DEVICES
3M 79 16-Track Tape-Recorder
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AKG Microphones
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beyerdinamic Microphones
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Dolby Noise-Reduction System
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Hiwatt Amplifier
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JBL Monitor Speaker
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Lockwood-Tannoy Monitor
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Neumann Microphones
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Sony Microphones
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Trident A-Range Console
QUEEN ARE

John Deacon
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Brian May
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Freddie Mercury
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Roger Taylor

OVERVIEW

Freddie's first proper piano ballad and a long-time favourite of many fans. Gorgeous harmonies. Note that F Major, usually a key for 'new beginnings' or 'transformations' (e.g. Vivaldi's Autumn and Beethoven's Pastoral) was often used by Freddie for things that contrasted the past with the present or future. Of course, that may have been purely coincidental.


SONGWRITING
Intro
Verse
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Intro'/2
Verse'
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Seven chords, two of which are secondary dominants: V/V and V/vi. The second phrase of the verse has three measures instead of the usual four. That's something Freddie would do sometimes in his own compositions (e.g. The Miracle).

INSTRUMENTS

A very simple but very heartfelt piano part supported by the bass and a second (prepared) piano. No synths!

VOCALS

Lead by Freddie, with some very nice falsetto notes. Harmonies by all the three of them. Compare the sound with Love of My Life where it's only Freddie.
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