One of my favorite bands from the 1990s and beyond.
Music producer Rick Beato got a hold of the multitrack masters of this song for his YouTube series What Makes This Song Great. In his video, Rick breaks down the song so you can hear exactly what's going on.
The band liked the result so much they posted it on the official Tool website!
Guitarist Brian May sits down with music producer Rick Beato for this entertaining and informative breakdown of Queen's most famous song.
Although Queen is known to block a lot of YouTube content that features its music, in the case of Rick Beato, it's done the opposite, actually supplying him with the 24-track master recordings. Smart move.
Musicians will love this, and even though it's a little bit geeky, I think many non-musicians will as well.Hearing the layered vocals—isolated from the music—is a revelation, as are the myriad details supplied by Brian May.
There must be something about bass players and lip-synching.They just won't get with the program.
Here is a link to Jack Casady performing with Jefferson Airplane on American Bandstand.The dude's got his cords all wrapped around the neck of his bass guitar! The message seems to be: I'm not plugged in!
Equally entertaining is the reply Paul Kantner gives to this question from Dick Clark:
DC: Older people worry. They see the way you're dressed. They hear your music.They don't understand. Do parents have anything to worry about?
Speaking of bassists… get a load of poor Ollie (Rammstein’s bassist) looking so dejected.
Backstory is that at a concert in Vienna, the power went out citywide, right in the middle of the concert, yet. So while the emergency lights were still on, the band decided to keep playing, and did an acoustic version of “Ohne Dich”.