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| Cover = Queen Queen II.png |
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| Artist = [[Queen (band)|Queen]] |
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| Album = [[Queen II]] |
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| Released = [[March 8]] / [[April 9]] [[1974]] |
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| track_no = 9 |
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| Recorded = August 1973 |
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| Genre = [[Progressive rock]] <br/> [[Hard rock]] |
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| Length = 6:33 |
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| Writer = [[Freddie Mercury]] |
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| Label = [[EMI]]/[[Parlophone]] (Europe)<br/>[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]/[[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]] (USA) |
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| Producer = [[Roy Thomas Baker]] <br/> Queen |
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| prev = "Nevermore" |
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| prev_no = 8 |
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| next = "Funny How Love Is" |
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| next_no = 10 |
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''''The March of the Black Queen'''' is a song by [[England|English]] musician [[Freddie Mercury]] recorded by his band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] for their album ''[[Queen II]]'' in [[1974 in music|1974]]. Mercury composed it at the piano in 1973, and the song is the only Queen song containing polyrhythm (two different time signatures simultaneously 8/8 and 12/8), which is very rare for popular music. |
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Many point to this song as evidence that Queen has always been a progressive rock band; it changes mood and tempo numerous times throughout, contains fantastic lyrical themes and is over six minutes long. Because of this and the complex vocal and guitar harmonies many compare it to their hit "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]". |
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The full piece was too complicated to perform live by the band, however the uptempo section containing the lines (sung by Taylor) "My life is in your hands, I'll foe and I'll fie..." etc was sometimes included in a live medley during the 1970s. Also the riff before the end of the song thats lead to "Forget your sing-alongs..." was also used in Bohemian Rhapsody |
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The song segues into the next track, "Funny How Love Is". This song ends with an ascending note progression, which climaxes in the first second of the following track. |
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{{Queen}} |
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[[Category:Queen (band) songs]] |
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[[Category:1974 songs]] |
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Revision as of 01:31, 12 February 2008
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