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why does this song always feel like Heavy Metal to me? I'm pretty sure metal didn't exist as a genre yet when this song came out, but...damn... (www.youtube.com)
posted 2 years ago by yeldarb1983 2 years ago by yeldarb1983 +10 / -0
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– AccountWasFree 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

Because Queen absolutely had moments that dipped a toe into the mix that would be metal. Razorfist, as divisive as he can sometimes be here, does a pretty good job with his Music Mythos videos, and his Queen video is no different. Queen strived to go everywhere, and do it well.

As for why this song in particular hits notes of feeling like metal, it's probably because of thematic elements to a certain extent due to Power Metal often having those fantasy themes they play into that leads into Metal that isn't as heavy as other metal sub-genres, so it makes sense this would be a track that would bridge that gap a little.

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– yeldarb1983 [S] 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

The heavy use of reverb int he vocals probably doesn't hurt either, nor the guitar work.

The only things that really feel like they might be out of place in a metal song, honestly, are the sea-shanty the song transitions into at the end, and the piano work, which is still marvelous

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– yeldarb1983 [S] 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

okay, I just watched the razorstyx (I know, shush) video, and I had an incredibly stupid thought that still makes me giggle like an idiot;

Can you imagine if Queen made a hiphop album?

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– Assassin47 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

Hey maybe not hiphop but we're almost there.

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– yeldarb1983 [S] 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

lol, pretty cool when you consider freddy mercury and michael jackson were supposedly friends...

damn...can you imagine if they did a duet on this, like freddy did with david bowie on under pressure?

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