Sir Brian Might says Queen II “wasn’t that effectively obtained” by rock followers.
Brian Might and Roger Taylor each loved attending to experiment extra on Queen II
In a brand new YouTube collection celebrating the A Evening At The Opera vinyl reissue and fiftieth anniversary of Bohemian Rhapsody, the 78-year-old guitar god has admitted that whereas he has at all times been a fan of the 1974 report as a result of it was the primary time they felt they might really experiment, not everybody was a fan of the heavier sound.
Talking on episode two of Queen The Biggest, he mentioned: “Queen II wasn’t that effectively obtained within the rock fraternity… in some locations.
“I’ve at all times been an enormous advocate of that album as a result of I feel it was an enormous step. We’re going from a band that’s hardly allowed within the studio – besides a number of hours in lifeless time – to a band that really has studio time. We are able to indulge ourselves. We are able to experiment, and we make an enormous leap with portray footage on the canvas of the tapes on Queen II. I like that album.”
Drummer Roger Taylor added: “Actually, I feel Queen II was the primary time we had been allowed a specific amount of freedom within the studio, whereas with the primary album we weren’t, so mainly it sounds higher and extra like the best way we needed it to sound. I don’t suppose it is good by a good distance, however we had been constructing our confidence within the studio. It had much more gentle and shade.”
Whatever the reception, Queen II made it to quantity 5 within the UK.
Late frontman Freddie Mercury was happy that the report made it into the charts.
He as soon as mentioned: “A very powerful factor to me was the Queen II album going into the charts – particularly satisfying that, for the reason that first one did not accomplish that effectively. It is good to see some recognition in your work although I do not often fear an excessive amount of. Roger tends to fret extra about what’s taking place on that aspect.”
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