This is a traditional japanese instrument, and you can hear it played here. a lot of work has gone into that track, and he practically went insane trying to get it together."īrian plays a toy koto in the beginning and ending of the song. " is one of the nicest songs on the album. Brian has acquired a new guitar specially built so he can almost make it speak. "Brian has an outrageous mammoth epic track which is one of our heaviest numbers to date. Things had gone much too far and as a kind of reparation, the whole thing had to start again."įreddie Mercury in an interview with Kenny Everett, and a separate interview with Record Mirror. "I had a dream about what seemed like revenge on people, and I couldn't really work out in the dream what is was that people had done wrong. In his best McCartney impression, Brian claims the lyrics came to him in a dream.īrian May (no specific interview, taken from ) This is likely because of the sheer length and heavy prog rock nature of the track. The song is well respected by fans, but falls under the radar to many.
I think many would consider this song Brian May's Bohemian Rhapsody. If you'd like to read the other posts, you can see them on my profile.Īn 8 minute epic written by Brian, The Prophet's Song is certainly a highlight of A Night at the Opera. Hey! This is episode 6 of Queen Deep Cuts discussion.
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