Killer Queen
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==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
- | * Written by: '''Freddie Mercury''' | + | * Written by: '''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' |
- | * Produced by: | + | * Produced by: '''[[Band History | Queen]]''' and '''[[Roy Thomas Baker]]''' |
* Musicians: | * Musicians: | ||
- | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - | + | :'''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - lead and backing vocals, piano, jangle piano, finger snaps |
- | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - | + | :'''[[Brian May]]''' - guitars, backing vocals |
- | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - | + | :'''[[John Deacon]]''' - bass guitar |
- | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - | + | :'''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - drums, triangle, Aeolian chimes, backing vocals |
- | * Length: 2: | + | * Length: 2:59 |
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
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* Backing Track 1 - Guitar Techniques November 2001 | * Backing Track 1 - Guitar Techniques November 2001 | ||
* Backing Track 2 - Guitar Techniques November 2001 | * Backing Track 2 - Guitar Techniques November 2001 | ||
+ | * 7" Acetate (0:10 Finger Click Intro) - Unreleased | ||
==Queen Talks== | ==Queen Talks== | ||
+ | {{Freddie Quote | ||
+ | | quote = "Well, 'Killer Queen' I wrote in one night. I'm not being conceited or anything, but it just fell into place. Certain songs do. Now, [[The March Of The Black Queen |March Of The Black Queen]], that took ages. I had to give it everything, to be self indulgent or whatever. But with 'Killer Queen', I scribbled down the words in the dark one Saturday night and the next morning I got them all together and I worked all day Sunday and that was it. I'd got it. It gelled. It was great. Certain things just come together, but other things you have to work for. The whole band is very particular. We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate. You can see that in my paintings. I love painters like Richard Dadd, Mucha and Dali, and I love Arthur Rackham."<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Freddie Mercury]] - 21/12/1974, [http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_12-21-1974_-_Melody_Maker ''Melody Maker'']''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
- | '''[[Freddie Mercury]] | + | {{Freddie Quote |
+ | | quote = "It's about a high class call girl. I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. That's what the song is about, though I'd prefer people to put their interpretation upon it - to read into it what they like."<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Freddie Mercury]] - 02/11/1974, [http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_11-02-1974_-_NME ''NME'']''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
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- | + | | quote = "We're very proud of that number. It's done me a lot of proud. It's just one of the tracks I wrote for the album to be honest. It wasn't written as a single. I just wrote a batch of songs for the Sheer Heart Attack album and when I finished writing it, and when we recorded it, we found it was a very, very strong single. It really was. At that time it was very, very unlike Queen. They all said: 'Awwwwwww.' It was another risk that we took you know. Every risk we've taken so far has paid off."<br><br> | |
- | '''[[Freddie Mercury]] - | + | | source = '''[[Freddie Mercury]] - 21/05/1976, ''Record Mirror''''' |
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==Chords & Tabs== | ==Chords & Tabs== |
Current revision as of 18:07, 21 August 2009
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Queen Talks
"Well, 'Killer Queen' I wrote in one night. I'm not being conceited or anything, but it just fell into place. Certain songs do. Now, March Of The Black Queen, that took ages. I had to give it everything, to be self indulgent or whatever. But with 'Killer Queen', I scribbled down the words in the dark one Saturday night and the next morning I got them all together and I worked all day Sunday and that was it. I'd got it. It gelled. It was great. Certain things just come together, but other things you have to work for. The whole band is very particular. We don't go in for half measures and I'm very hard with myself. There're no compromises. If I thought a song wasn't quite right, I'd discard it. I'm very intricate and delicate. You can see that in my paintings. I love painters like Richard Dadd, Mucha and Dali, and I love Arthur Rackham." Freddie Mercury - 21/12/1974, Melody Maker
"It's about a high class call girl. I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. That's what the song is about, though I'd prefer people to put their interpretation upon it - to read into it what they like." Freddie Mercury - 02/11/1974, NME
"We're very proud of that number. It's done me a lot of proud. It's just one of the tracks I wrote for the album to be honest. It wasn't written as a single. I just wrote a batch of songs for the Sheer Heart Attack album and when I finished writing it, and when we recorded it, we found it was a very, very strong single. It really was. At that time it was very, very unlike Queen. They all said: 'Awwwwwww.' It was another risk that we took you know. Every risk we've taken so far has paid off." Freddie Mercury - 21/05/1976, Record Mirror CoversChords & Tabs
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