#A NIGHT AT THE OPERA SERIES#

The lyrics filled me with a warm fuzzy feeling when listening. “Ooo, you make me live,” a line consistently repeated throughout the song resonated with me: sappy, but true. It was unusual for the band to have a pop song in their album, but it works along with the different styles of songs. This pop track is like an earworm that I’m constantly tapping my foot to or humming along to. Deacon didn’t compose many songs, but when he did, the songs were absolutely amazing. “You’re My Best Friend” was written by bass guitarist John Deacon as a love letter to his wife, Veronica Tetzlaff. Despite the simplicity and shorter length of the songs, both are just so much fun and whimsical.Ĭontinuing on the note songs that fill me with joy, these two beautifully written love songs, “You’re My Best Friend” and “Love of My Life,” are by far the top two songs on the album. Mercury and Taylor mimicked tubas and trumpets (and yes, even a kazoo). In reality, it was Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor making the noises all from their mouths, no instruments played. This section sounds like multiple jazz instruments were played. Both songs are on the lighter side, expressing joyous emotions about young love near the sea and a man’s “normal” weekly activities.īetween these two though, “Seaside Rendezvous” stands out the most due to its creative mock instrumental interlude. Both songs written by lead singer Freddie Mercury have a “vaudevillian” style to them (said in Mercury’s own words) with a 1920’s sounding piano track that transport listeners back to that time period. “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon” and “Seaside Rendezvous” both captured that for me. When listening to albums, I always found myself attracted to happier, uplifting songs that made me smile anytime I heard it. The mesh of different styles creates a whole experience when listening that makes me want to put the entire album on repeat for hours. Just like at an opera, one experiences the highest and lows of a play all in one when listening. The album, released in 1975, covers multiple genres in one “rock” album without sounding jumbled and unorganized. More specifically, the one album that caught my attention was A Night at the Opera. Since then, I found myself diving head first into their wide range of albums from their two decades active as a band. I never found myself as a huge fan till the band’s biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was released back in 2018. Whether you’ve stomped your feet to “We Will Rock You,” happily screamed “We Are The Champions” upon your favorite sports team winning a game or hummed the bass line to “Under Pressure,” somehow you’ve come across their music. Their songs are nearly everywhere in modern media. It’s nearly impossible to not have heard of the British rock band Queen.

#A NIGHT AT THE OPERA SERIES#

This review is part of a new RHSToday series where we review albums from before 2000 as if they were just released.

A night at the opera