Queen Discussion Thread
Dec 9, 2013 8:04:34 GMT -5
Post by talon on Dec 9, 2013 8:04:34 GMT -5
No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
Written by: Brian May
Musicians:
Brian May - lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar
Roger Taylor - lead and backing vocals, drums
John Deacon - bass guitar
- Issued as a single backed with ‘Princes of The Universe’ but was withdrawn and then after demand released as a Double-A single with ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ backed with ‘We Will Rock You (Ruined By Rick Rubin)’ and ‘Gimme The Prize (Instrumental Remix)’ in January 1998 in the UK (where it hit #13).
- Originally intended for a Brian solo project. Brian gave a copy to Roger who proceeded to put it in a drawer and forget about it for a few months. When Roger finally listened to it, he felt it was important to do it as Queen. He convinced Brian and the three surviving members then recorded it and released it on the Queen Rocks compilation
- Performed live by Brian during his Another World tour and on several occasions with Roger during various Queen reincarnations.
- The final studio recording by the three surviving members of Queen. John Deacon's last released studio effort to date.
QUOTES:
"I kind of thought that everybody knew that story, but I should perhaps mention it, because it was part of the inspiration of the song really. It's a Greek myth in which Daedalus and Icarus, his son, are imprisoned in a castle, and the only way out is upwards, as they're in the middle of the sea. So they make wings out of feathers, birds feathers and wax, and attach them to themselves, and they fly out and escape the castle. I think it's on Crete, and the legend says that Icarus was so excited and exulted, that he flew too high, too close to the sun, and his wax melted and he fell into the sea. So it's a very interesting symbolic tale that has a lot to do with the song, as you will realise when you hear it."
– Brian May – 11/16/97 – Pop On The Line
“It was written as sort of a tribute to Freddie and before long I became aware I was trying to make it sound very Queen-like. There are some musical and verbal quotes in there and I thought, ‘if it’s going to sound like Queen, maybe it ought to be Queen.’ I sent the track to Roger and he loved it and said we had to do it. Although I lost that track from my album, it worked out alright in the end; it was the final thing that made me realize I was on the wrong track for my album anyway.”
– Brian May – Guitarist – 1998
“(Roger) put it away in a drawer somewhere cause he was busy or whatever, and it was months later when he phoned up suddenly, excited and said ‘I just listened to the track and it’s amazing, and we have to do it as a Queen song!’”
– Brian May
THE MAKING OF:
LIVE VERSIONS
BRIAN MAY - LIVE 1998 - WARSAW
- On his Another World Tour - this vid also includes Brian's cover of Mott The Hoople's All The Way From Memphis
QUEEN - LIVE 2002 - AMSTERDAM
- Really the only time that Queen did it. Brian did it a lot on his solo tour and of course resurrected it with Kerry Ellis (that's a different project though) but this is a great time with Roger actually singing with Brian so it's a nice one off.
PERSONAL NOTES: This is an amazing song. It's simple but beautiful. It would gain even more life later on with Kerry and in the musical. I would love to see QAL do this with perhaps each of them taking a verse!
NEXT? 1997 LIVE! Another year of non-touring but some interesting miscellaneous appearances including John's last stand!
Written by: Brian May
Musicians:
Brian May - lead and backing vocals, piano, guitar
Roger Taylor - lead and backing vocals, drums
John Deacon - bass guitar
A hand above the water
An angel reaching for the sky
Is it raining in heaven
Do you want us to cry?
And everywhere the broken-hearted
On every lonely avenue
No-one could reach them
No-one but you
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on
Without you
Another tricky situation
I get to drowning in the blues
And I find myself thinking
Well, what would you do?
Yes, it was such an operation
Forever paying every due
Hell, you made a sensation (sensation)
You found a way through (found a way through)
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
We'll remember
Forever
And now the party must be over
I guess we'll never understand
The sense of your leaving
Was it the way it was planned?
So we grace another table
And raise our glasses one more time
There's a face at the window
And I ain't never, never saying goodbye
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
Crying for nothing
Crying for no-one
No-one but you
An angel reaching for the sky
Is it raining in heaven
Do you want us to cry?
And everywhere the broken-hearted
On every lonely avenue
No-one could reach them
No-one but you
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on
Without you
Another tricky situation
I get to drowning in the blues
And I find myself thinking
Well, what would you do?
Yes, it was such an operation
Forever paying every due
Hell, you made a sensation (sensation)
You found a way through (found a way through)
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
We'll remember
Forever
And now the party must be over
I guess we'll never understand
The sense of your leaving
Was it the way it was planned?
So we grace another table
And raise our glasses one more time
There's a face at the window
And I ain't never, never saying goodbye
One by one
Only the good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
Crying for nothing
Crying for no-one
No-one but you
- Issued as a single backed with ‘Princes of The Universe’ but was withdrawn and then after demand released as a Double-A single with ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ backed with ‘We Will Rock You (Ruined By Rick Rubin)’ and ‘Gimme The Prize (Instrumental Remix)’ in January 1998 in the UK (where it hit #13).
- Originally intended for a Brian solo project. Brian gave a copy to Roger who proceeded to put it in a drawer and forget about it for a few months. When Roger finally listened to it, he felt it was important to do it as Queen. He convinced Brian and the three surviving members then recorded it and released it on the Queen Rocks compilation
- Performed live by Brian during his Another World tour and on several occasions with Roger during various Queen reincarnations.
- The final studio recording by the three surviving members of Queen. John Deacon's last released studio effort to date.
QUOTES:
"I kind of thought that everybody knew that story, but I should perhaps mention it, because it was part of the inspiration of the song really. It's a Greek myth in which Daedalus and Icarus, his son, are imprisoned in a castle, and the only way out is upwards, as they're in the middle of the sea. So they make wings out of feathers, birds feathers and wax, and attach them to themselves, and they fly out and escape the castle. I think it's on Crete, and the legend says that Icarus was so excited and exulted, that he flew too high, too close to the sun, and his wax melted and he fell into the sea. So it's a very interesting symbolic tale that has a lot to do with the song, as you will realise when you hear it."
– Brian May – 11/16/97 – Pop On The Line
“It was written as sort of a tribute to Freddie and before long I became aware I was trying to make it sound very Queen-like. There are some musical and verbal quotes in there and I thought, ‘if it’s going to sound like Queen, maybe it ought to be Queen.’ I sent the track to Roger and he loved it and said we had to do it. Although I lost that track from my album, it worked out alright in the end; it was the final thing that made me realize I was on the wrong track for my album anyway.”
– Brian May – Guitarist – 1998
“(Roger) put it away in a drawer somewhere cause he was busy or whatever, and it was months later when he phoned up suddenly, excited and said ‘I just listened to the track and it’s amazing, and we have to do it as a Queen song!’”
– Brian May
THE MAKING OF:
LIVE VERSIONS
BRIAN MAY - LIVE 1998 - WARSAW
- On his Another World Tour - this vid also includes Brian's cover of Mott The Hoople's All The Way From Memphis
QUEEN - LIVE 2002 - AMSTERDAM
- Really the only time that Queen did it. Brian did it a lot on his solo tour and of course resurrected it with Kerry Ellis (that's a different project though) but this is a great time with Roger actually singing with Brian so it's a nice one off.
PERSONAL NOTES: This is an amazing song. It's simple but beautiful. It would gain even more life later on with Kerry and in the musical. I would love to see QAL do this with perhaps each of them taking a verse!
NEXT? 1997 LIVE! Another year of non-touring but some interesting miscellaneous appearances including John's last stand!
