{"id":30811,"date":"2024-11-08T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/in-latest-queen-the-greatest-episode-brian-may-reveals-origin-of-queens-most-enigmatic-song\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:03:18","slug":"in-latest-queen-the-greatest-episode-brian-may-reveals-origin-of-queens-most-enigmatic-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/in-latest-queen-the-greatest-episode-brian-may-reveals-origin-of-queens-most-enigmatic-song\/","title":{"rendered":"In latest ‘Queen: The Greatest’ episode, Brian May reveals origin of Queen’s ‘most enigmatic song’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ahead of the release of the box set focused on Queen<\/strong>‘s 1973 debut album, the band issued a 7-inch vinyl single of “The Night Comes Down<\/a>.” The latest episode of the band’s Queen: The Greatest<\/em><\/a> video series now focuses on the creation of that song.<\/p>\n

According to a press release, the song, written by guitarist Brian May<\/strong>, is “perhaps the most enigmatic song in <\/span>Queen<\/span>\u2019s five-decade catalogue” due to its “otherworldly instrumental,” “soul-baring lyric” and the fact that the band never performed it live.<\/span><\/p>\n

May\u00a0says in the video, “The song, actually, was about those moments when you\u2019re not jolly. When you feel like you’ve lost it. When I look back at it, I was very young to be writing that stuff, but I did get depressed in those days.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds, “It was always about relationships. And I had moments when I thought, \u2018I’m in a great place, I can make music. I’m with great friends … everything’s great.’ And then, somehow, everything would fall apart, and then it’s like the night came down in my head. So that\u2019s what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s not a jolly song.”<\/span><\/p>\n

May then taught the song to singer Freddie Mercury<\/strong>, who he says “as always would make it his own and take it to the next level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

May also digs up the original guitar he used to record the tune, a “very cheap” one he’d restrung with wire strings. That created a unique buzzy sound that he compares to “a sitar but warmer.” May says he used the guitar “all over” the first Queen album.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Queen I<\/em> box set, out now, comprises 63 tracks with 43 brand-new mixes, as well as alternative takes, demos and rare live tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n