This song, was wrotten by Freddie Mercury, for A Night in the Opera disc, in 1975. This was the most expensive single ever made at the time. It was a comercial succes, because in January 1976, it sold more than a million copies, and became the third best selling single from United Kingdom, in all the time. According to Brian May, the guitar player in Queen, this song was created in Freddie's mind, before than any studio. The song is composed in a very characteristic way, with very unusual parts. It starts with acapella introduction, then it comes the ballad part. Then, May appears with the guitar solo (considered as one of the best solos of all the time), growing in intensity, until they reach a new key, and everything stops suddenly. Now, it comes a very characteristic opera part, with very quick series of harmonic and rythmic changes. The voices here, were a really hard job from the 4 members of the band. When the opera finished, comes a agressive Hard Rock part, with three ascending guitars, until they reached the end with a ritardando. Finally, a last one ballad part (similar to the first ballad) makes that the whole tension expels at the end. It is a master piece, and you won't understand it until you listen it for the first time.
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