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The 2014 "Part-of-the-World" Queen + Adam Lambert Tour Countdown!
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The countdown moves on and the start of this epic tour gets closer. Only 41 days to go!
#41 “Brighton Rock” (1968-1974)
Written by Brian May.
Released on Sheer Heart Attack November 8, 1974.
This is one of the seminal Queen songs.
I am kicking off this countdown entry with an early performance of “Brighton Rock” because this song was meant to be performed.
“Son & Daughter”/”Brighton Rock” Live at the Rainbow, London, 1974
Recorded November 20, 1974.
youtu.be/rQjLwspAyX8
….and a recent performance of “Brighton Rock”
Brian May “Brighton Rock” Queen + Adam Lambert Moscow, July 3, 2012
youtu.be/MUIEBp1tIIo
Brian May wrote "Brighton Rock" in 1973 before the completion of Queen II (variations of the solo were often played live as part of “Son And Daughter”), but time restrictions meant that the song was not ready for inclusion on an album until Sheer Heart Attack.
Working Titles
Original Working Titles: Happy Little Fuck, Happy Little Day, Blackpool Rock, Bognor Ballad, Southend Sea Scout, Skiffle Rock and Herne Bay. Session engineer Mike Stone is the likely culprit of some of the titles, though the band members themselves frequently employed working titles during the song development process.
Original Working Titles: Happy Little Fuck, Happy Little Day, Blackpool Rock, Bognor Ballad, Southend Sea Scout, Skiffle Rock and Herne Bay. Session engineer Mike Stone is the likely culprit of some of the titles, though the band members themselves frequently employed working titles during the song development process.
The song, the first track on Sheer Heart Attack, tells the story of two young lovers named Jenny and Jimmy meeting in Brighton on a public holiday. Jenny cannot linger because she is afraid her mother will find out "how I spent my holiday", but afterwards "writes a letter every day"; Jimmy, eager on the day, is not so happy with her "nothing can my love erase": now he is the one afraid of discovery by "my lady".
The song is probably best known for its lengthy guitar solo interlude, which was rather similar to the solo of 1968 Smile song "Blag". This featured Brian's technique of using multiple echoes used to build up guitar harmony and contrapuntal melodic lines. The studio version only contains one "main" guitar and one "echoed" guitar for a short section, but live, he would usually split his guitar signal into "main" and two "echoed", with each going to a separate bank of amplifiers.
Brian's response when asked about Hendrix influences on 'Brighton Rock':
"They might be although, I’d got away from listening to Hendrix quite a bit by that time and I’d like to think that that was more sort of developing my style really. Particularly the solo bit in the middle, which I’d been doing on the ‘Mott The Hoople’ tour and sort of gradually expanded and has got more and more ever since. Although, I keep trying to throw it out it keeps creeping back in. That involves the repeat device actually using it in time, which I don’t think, had been done before up to that time. It’s a very nice device to work with because you can build up harmonies or cross rhythms and it’s not a multiple repeat like Hendrix used or even The Shadows used, which is fairly indiscriminate, sort of makes a nice noise. But this is a single repeat, which comes back, and sometimes I’ll add a second one too. So you can actually plan or else experiment and do a sort of “Phew” type effect. So that was at it’s very beginnings on ‘Brighton Rock’, and became more developed after that."
Brian May - 1983, BBC Radio One
"They might be although, I’d got away from listening to Hendrix quite a bit by that time and I’d like to think that that was more sort of developing my style really. Particularly the solo bit in the middle, which I’d been doing on the ‘Mott The Hoople’ tour and sort of gradually expanded and has got more and more ever since. Although, I keep trying to throw it out it keeps creeping back in. That involves the repeat device actually using it in time, which I don’t think, had been done before up to that time. It’s a very nice device to work with because you can build up harmonies or cross rhythms and it’s not a multiple repeat like Hendrix used or even The Shadows used, which is fairly indiscriminate, sort of makes a nice noise. But this is a single repeat, which comes back, and sometimes I’ll add a second one too. So you can actually plan or else experiment and do a sort of “Phew” type effect. So that was at it’s very beginnings on ‘Brighton Rock’, and became more developed after that."
Brian May - 1983, BBC Radio One
Personnel
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals
Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals
Produced by: Roy Thomas Baker and Queen
“Brighton Rock” Album track (1974)
youtu.be/jwxB6eCBB20
“Brighton Rock” DEMO (Alternative Long Guitar Version, 1973)
youtu.be/E1qLzeW6BzA
Releases and Versions
Albums:
Sheer Heart Attack, 1974
Singles:
Killer Queen, 1988 3" CD Single
Alternate Versions:
1998 eYe “10 Edit - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
Intro: 06” - Total Guitar CD Magazine
Early Take Version - Unreleased
“Brighton Rock” Live
Variations of this solo often featured during live Queen concerts, either as part of a rendition of “Brighton Rock”, a medley of it with some other songs (as witnessed on the News of the World tour where it segued after Freddie Mercury's multiple echoed vocal solo at the end of "White Man" and May's solo would segue into "The Prophet's Song" or "Now I'm Here"), or on its own as a guitar solo.
In the late '70s, the guitar solo was adapted to include some bass and drums, including a timpani solo by Roger Taylor (from October 1978 to November 1981).
In 1980 and 1981, the solo was included as a medley with "Keep Yourself Alive", before becoming a performance in its own right. During the recent tour of Queen + Paul Rodgers, a modified version, incorporating bits of "Chinese Torture" (from The Miracle) and the introduction from "Now I'm Here" was featured in the concerts. The Queen + Paul Rodgers version is featured on their live album Return of the Champions, simply titled "Guitar Solo". The live piece is often between nine to thirteen minutes long. May performed part of the "Brighton Rock" solo at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
“Brighton Rock” Official Live releases
Brighton Rock “Live Killers”
Queen first live album.
Recorded: January–March 1979
Released: June 22, 1979
youtu.be/9OVi16_oFOs
“Brighton Rock” Live In Rio, 1985
Released May 13, 1985
youtu.be/1zzgB_uIS_A
“Brighton Rock” Solo, Live at Wembley, 1986
Recorded: 12 July 1986
Released: 26 May 1992
youtu.be/NF5WOiRXYUM
“Brighton Rock” Live
“Brighton Rock” Live At The Hammersmith, December 24, 1975
youtu.be/pYVK12Zk9UE
“Brighton Rock” Live at Earl’s Court, London, 1977
youtu.be/1At4EROSF00
“Brighton Rock” Live In Houston, 1977
youtu.be/2y34XH-WwFw
“Brighton Rock” Lyrics
Brighton Rock
Happy little day Jimmy went away
Met his little Jenny on a public holiday
A happy pair they made so decorously laid
'Neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade
It's so good to know there's still a little magic in the air
I'll weave my spell
Jenny will you stay tarry with me pray
Nothing 'ere need come between us
Tell me love what do you say?
Oh no I must away to my mum in disarray
If my mother should discover how I spent my holiday
It would be of small avail to talk of magic in the air
I'll say farewell
Oh rock of ages do not crumble
Love is breathing still
Oh lady moon shine down
A little people magic if you will
Jenny pines away writes a letter every day
We must ever be together
Nothing can my love erase
Oh no I'm compromised
I must apologize if my lady should discover
How I spent my holidays
Smile "Blag" (1969)
Before Queen, Brian and Roger were in a band called “Smile”. This track is the basis for what we now know as “Brighton Rock.” It evolved a lot from here.
Smile:
Tim Staffell - Bass and vocals
Brian May - Guitar and vocals
Roger Taylor - Drums and vocals
LYRICS:
Take away my sunshine
You take away my rain
I can see it in you eyes
There must be a dance floor somewhere
You can find a way
I can see it in your eye
youtu.be/UnjY2f7G-zs
Before Queen, Brian and Roger were in a band called “Smile”. This track is the basis for what we now know as “Brighton Rock.” It evolved a lot from here.
Smile:
Tim Staffell - Bass and vocals
Brian May - Guitar and vocals
Roger Taylor - Drums and vocals
LYRICS:
Take away my sunshine
You take away my rain
I can see it in you eyes
There must be a dance floor somewhere
You can find a way
I can see it in your eye
youtu.be/UnjY2f7G-zs
Queen and Jessie J. London Olympics 2012
This performance includes vocals or video Freddie (wonderfully integrated) and Jessie J. but performance “Brighton Rock” was for me the most awesome part of this performance.
youtu.be/YzoyDILKlhY
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