queen a night at the opera record covers

This group had been founded by drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May, who soon impressed many with his exclusive guitar-sound. They had been around since 1971, when bass-player John Deacon joined a group called Smile. Queen appeared to be more than a one-off hit-group. Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as the album where it was taken of, A Night At The Opera, are the subject of this edition of Counting Out Time. This record was only to be broken 16 years later by Brian Adams' Everything I Do. This almost 6 minutes-long song meant the definite breakthrough of a group called Queen and stayed on top of the UK-charts for a stunning 17 weeks. If you have to explain the concept of symphonic rock to anyone completely unfamiliar with Genesis, Pink Floyd or Marillion (yes, these people exist), you have to mention just one song: Bohemian Rhapsody. This group managed to cross the borders of many musical genres, including both opera and hard-rock in an unprecedented way. Pop or rock bands adapted symphonic elements in their music. Sometimes this happened the other way round. Progressive elements have been mixed with elements of metal, jazz, pop and even new age. A definition has never been made fortunately, because it wouldn't do any justice to the many styles and cross-overs between styles. Some say it's about keyboards, some say it's about length of songs, others state it's about certain topics (myths and legends). Over the last 30 years, discussions have been going on about 'what progressive or symphonic rock is about'.

Queen a night at the opera record covers