"out of stuffed shirts and barbecue a few sacred cows, but something got lost in all that MGMness when the screen's ultimate anti-authoritarian team starting working the Andy Hardy side of the street."" The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Stateroom scene Sanity clause General Informational notes Citations Further reading A Night at the Opera (film) A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers, and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made"
"at the Opera"". It again borrowed the name of a Marx Brothers movie, and its cover was similar to that of ""A Night at the Opera"", a variation on the same Queen Crest. The most recognisable of the Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home in March 1977; there the band thanked him in person, and performed ""'39"" ""a cappella"". Musically, ""A Day at the Races"" was by both fans' and critics' standards a strong effort, reaching number one in the UK and Japan, and number five in the US. The major hit"
"A Day at the Races (album) A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 10 December 1976 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. It was the band's first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex Studios in England, ""A Day at the Races"" was engineered by Mike Stone. The album serves as a companion album to the band's previous album, ""A Night at the Opera"", both taking"
"A Day at the Races (album) A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 10 December 1976 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. It was the band's first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex Studios in England, ""A Day at the Races"" was engineered by Mike Stone. The album serves as a companion album to the band's previous album, ""A Night at the Opera"", both taking"
"A Day at the Races Tour The A Day at the Races Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting their late 1976 album ""A Day at the Races"". This tour was the first in which the band played ""Somebody to Love"" and many others. ""Brighton Rock"" and ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" were performed full-length for the first time. Also, singer Freddie Mercury performed a vocal canon between ""White Man"" and ""The Prophet's Song"". ""When people started singing along, we found it kind of annoying…"" recalled Brian May. ""There there was an enormous realisation, at Bingley Hall in"
"""It's a Hard Life"" is based on the line ""Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!"" (Laugh, clown, at your broken love!) from ""Vesti la giubba"", an aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera ""Pagliacci"". The same melody is also quoted in the soundtrack of the movie ""A Night at the Opera"" after which Queen had named their album from the year 1975. Musically, the song recreates the feel of ""Play the Game"" in order to update the story, utilising Mercury's piano playing and the band's characteristic technique of layered harmonies. It is recorded very much with the ethos of earlier Queen albums"
"video so popular) because the band was broke despite the success of the previous album. The second single from the album, ""You're My Best Friend"", the second song composed by John Deacon, and his first single, peaked at number sixteen in the United States and went on to become a worldwide Top Ten hit. The band's A Night at the Opera Tour began in November 1975, and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia. By 1976, Queen were back in the studio recording ""A Day at the Races"", which is often regarded as a sequel album to ""A Night"
"been covered by many artists. Like ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", the major hit from Queen's previous album ""A Night at the Opera"" (1975), ""Somebody to Love"" has a complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. It was the first single from ""A Day at the Races"", on which Mercury, May and Taylor multitracked their voices to create the impression of a 100-voice gospel choir. The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love experienced in his life, and"
"showbiz history to deliver laughs, heartache, grandeur, and spectacle to its audience at precisely the right moments."" He observed that ""it's the realization of such a unique sonic vision that pushes [the album] into the realm of true excellence ... ""A Night at the Opera"" stands as a breathtaking, involving creation, and unequivocally Queen's finest album."" In 1977 ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus and Best Arrangement for Voices. All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury unless noted. Queen Production A Night at the Opera (Queen album) A Night"
"company, Swan Song Records. The band found the contract unacceptable and instead contacted Elton John's manager, John Reid, who accepted the position. In late 1975, Queen recorded and released ""A Night at the Opera"", taking its name from the popular Marx Brothers movie. At the time, it was the most expensive album ever produced. Like its predecessor, the album features diverse musical styles and experimentation with stereo sound. In ""The Prophet's Song"", an eight-minute epic, the middle section is a canon, with simple phrases layered to create a full-choral sound. The Mercury penned ballad, ""Love of My Life"", featured a"
"received his PhD in 2008. Since Queen had named their albums ""A Night at the Opera"" and ""A Day at the Races"" after two of the Marx Brothers' most popular films, surviving brother Groucho Marx invited Queen to visit him at his Los Angeles home in March 1977 (five months before he died). The band thanked him, and performed ""'39"" a cappella. The song was a live favourite throughout the 1970s, often being used a singalong in concert. It was first performed in Edinburgh in September 1976 and remained in setlists until December 1979, although the song was briefly performed"
"""A Night at the Opera"" was Queen at the top of the mountain"". AJ Ramirez of ""PopMatters"" wrote, ""Kicking off with the downright ominous high-drama of 'Death on Two Legs' (a retort against the group's recently deposed management where Mercury spits out venomous invectives at the targets of his ire), the album gives way to a kaleidoscope of styles, from 1920 jazz to space-folk narratives to top-of-the-line contemporary pop-rock. Amazingly, while the transitions between genres would conceivably throw listeners for a loop, none are jarring. Instead, Queen succeeds because it pulls from all the best tricks in the library of"
"The Crown Jewels The Crown Jewels is a box set by Queen which comprises their first eight studio albums; ""Queen"", ""Queen II"", ""Sheer Heart Attack"", ""A Night at the Opera"", ""A Day at the Races"", ""News of the World"", ""Jazz"" and ""The Game""; in sleeves replicating the original vinyl packaging. The last three albums in the set, (""News of the World"", ""Jazz"" and ""The Game"") all have modified packaging with alternative covers. A lyric booklet is also included. All the albums have been remastered. The box set marks the 25th anniversary of the group's existence dated to the release of"
"was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques. Mercury joined in 1970, suggested the name ""Queen"", and adopted his familiar stage name. Deacon was recruited before the band recorded their eponymous debut album in 1973. Queen first charted in the UK with their second album, ""Queen II"", in 1974, but it was the release of ""Sheer Heart Attack"" later that year and ""A Night at the Opera"" in 1975 which brought them international success. The latter featured ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks and"
"16 in ""Q Magazine's"" ""The 50 Best British Albums Ever"" in 2004, and number 11 in ""Rolling Stone's"" ""The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time"" as featured in their Mexican edition in 2004. It was also placed at No. 230 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of ""The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"" in 2003. ""A Night at the Opera"" is the third and final Queen album to be featured in the book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". The album also featured the hit single ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which was number one in the UK for nine weeks."
"their first album. Disc 1 - Queen Disc 2 - Queen II Disc 3 - Sheer Heart Attack Disc 4 - A Night At The Opera Disc 5 - A Day At The Races Disc 6 - News Of The World Disc 7 - Jazz Disc 8 - The Game The Crown Jewels The Crown Jewels is a box set by Queen which comprises their first eight studio albums; ""Queen"", ""Queen II"", ""Sheer Heart Attack"", ""A Night at the Opera"", ""A Day at the Races"", ""News of the World"", ""Jazz"" and ""The Game""; in sleeves replicating the original vinyl packaging."
"up his hands and replying, ""Don't shoot me! I'm only the piano player!"" was so amusing that Elton John reused it as the title of a 1973 album. An added Marx homage was that a poster for the Marx Brothers' movie ""Go West"" was included on the cover art. Two albums by British rock band Queen, ""A Night at the Opera"" (1975) and ""A Day at the Races"" (1976), are named after Marx Brothers films. In March 1977, Groucho invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home; there they performed ""'39"" a cappella. A long-running ad campaign for"
"Days of Our Lives""). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life (""Bicycle Race"", ""Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"", ""Killer Queen"", ""Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy""). May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of ""Love of My Life"" from 1975's ""A Night at the Opera"", the finger-picked solo of ""White Queen"" and the skiffle-influenced ""'39"". In January 2007, the readers of ""Guitar World"" voted May's guitar solos ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", ""Brighton Rock"" into the ""top 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time"" (""Bohemian"
"Music writer Tom Reynolds described the song as ""seriously, one of the greatest and most passionate love songs I've heard during the last thirty-plus years"". AllMusic appreciated it as a ""solid, hard hitting rocker"" from Taylor. They observed, ""The music lives up to the macho tone of the lyrics by matching up verses that swagger in a midtempo hard rock style"", regarding it as an ""album highlight"". I'm in Love with My Car ""I'm in Love with My Car"" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released on their fourth album ""A Night at the Opera"" in 1975."
"today as the romantic lead opposite Kitty Carlisle and Maureen O'Sullivan respectively, in the first two films the Marx Brothers starred in for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: ""A Night at the Opera"" (1935) and ""A Day at the Races"" (1937). On the strength of his appearance in ""A Night at the Opera"", he won the coveted role of Gaylord Ravenal in the 1936 film version of ""Show Boat"" (opposite Irene Dunne) over such screen musical favorites as Nelson Eddy and John Boles. It would be Jones's most distinguished screen role in which, under the direction of James Whale, he displayed fine dramatic acting"
"symphonic rock sound and gearing towards a more spontaneous hard rock sound. The album subsequently went 4x platinum in the United States, and achieved high certifications around the world, selling over 10 million copies and became the band's best-selling studio album to date. Having received some criticism that their first completely self-produced project, ""A Day at the Races"", was a ""boring"" album, Queen decided to shift their musical focus towards the mainstream but remain as the producers of the next album. ""Races"" garnered criticism as many critics felt that it was too similar to ""A Night at the Opera"", something"
"good friends with the film's star Groucho Marx, to the point where Marx sent the band a letter praising their 1976 album ""A Day at the Races"". The cover artwork features the band's logo, which was designed by Mercury, on a white background. The band's next album, ""A Day at the Races"", featured a similar design but on a black background. ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" was released as the lead single on 31 October 1975, with ""I'm in Love with My Car"" as its B-side. Their management initially refused to release it; however, Kenny Everett played a copy of the song on"
"custom-built his signature guitar Red Special, which was purposely designed to feedback. May has used Vox AC30 amplifiers almost exclusively since a meeting with his long-time hero Rory Gallagher at a gig in London during the late 1960s/early 1970s. Sonic experimentation figured heavily in Queen's songs. A distinctive characteristic of Queen's music are the vocal harmonies which are usually composed of the voices of May, Mercury, and Taylor best heard on the studio albums ""A Night at the Opera"" and ""A Day at the Races"". Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to"
"in the studios was Dave Edmunds' ""I Hear You Knocking"" in 1970. Following that success, the studios were used in the early 1970s to record seven albums by Budgie, several by Hawkwind, one by Hobo, Peter Hammill's second solo album ""Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night"" in 1973, Ace's hit single ""How Long"" in 1974, and Queen's album ""Sheer Heart Attack"". In 1975, Queen spent the summer rehearsing at Ridge Farm Studio, Surrey, to begin recording the album ""A Night at the Opera"", including ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" Motörhead made their first recordings at the studios in 1975 and were, briefly,"
"written out of the film, ""Mooning"" and ""Rock'n'Roll Party Queen"" (both given to St. Louis; ""Mooning"" was replaced in function in the film by the 1930s standard ""Blue Moon,"" performed by the Gamblers). The most successful songs from the soundtrack were written specifically for the film. They included the ""Billboard"" number-one hits ""Grease"", ""You're the One That I Want"" and the number-three, Academy Award-nominated ""Hopelessly Devoted to You"". In the UK, the album proved even more successful where ""You're the One That I Want"" and ""Summer Nights"" (a song carried over from the original musical) reached No.1 for nine and"
"and a 22-minute documentary featuring interviews from May, Roger Taylor and Harris entitled ""Looking Back at the Odeon"". Live in Japan '75 Looking Back at the OdeonA previously unreleased 22 minute documentary featuring interviews from Brian May, Roger Taylor and Bob Harris. A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975 A Night at the Odeon is a live album by the British rock band Queen. The album is the first official release of the band's Christmas Eve performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1975, taped by the BBC. The show was broadcast on BBC2 and BBC Radio 1, and included"
"Good Day at the Races ""Good Day at the Races"" is the first single from Canadian band Hollerado's LP, """". Hollerado frontman Menno Versteeg has stated that Good Day at the Races is ""a song about Freddie Mercury,"" lead singer of the British rock band Queen. Queen's fifth album, A Day at the Races, included the song Somebody to Love in which Mercury, who was bisexual, pleaded, ""Can anybody find me somebody to love?"" Good Day at the Races alludes to that song with the line, ""Way down low but I got somebody to love."" The single version is quite"
"days, had been in the set list for years, but was held back and reworked for the third album, ""Sheer Heart Attack"". Portions of ""The Prophet’s Song"" were also rehearsed during the ""Queen II"" sessions, but the song was not completed until the fourth album, ""A Night At The Opera"". Queen demanded that Trident Studios allow them to record at more convenient hours instead of down-time, as they had for the first album. The band approached David Bowie to produce, but he declined because he was then recording ""Pin Ups"" and working on songs for ""Diamond Dogs"". Robin Geoffrey Cable,"
"in the television film ""Wings Over the World"" (1979) and a cinema release, ""Rockshow"" (1980). The setlist for much of the tour featured material from Wings' bestselling studios albums ""Band on the Run"" (1973), ""Venus and Mars"" (1975) and ""Wings at the Speed of Sound"" (1976), as well as some of McCartney's compositions from the Beatles era, including ""Yesterday"", ""Lady Madonna"" and ""The Long and Winding Road"". The inclusion of the latter songs proved especially popular and marked the first time that McCartney had performed material from the Beatles' catalogue in concert since their break-up. Aside from McCartney, the line-up"
"time, resulting in graphic elements that already seemed outdated by the time of release. Under the supervision of May and Taylor, numerous restoration projects have been under way involving Queen's lengthy audio and video catalogue. DVD releases of their 1986 Wembley concert (titled ""Live at Wembley Stadium""), 1982 Milton Keynes concert (""Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl""), and two Greatest Video Hits (Volumes 1 and 2, spanning the 1970s and 1980s) have seen the band's music remixed into 5.1 and DTS surround sound. So far, only two of the band's albums, ""A Night at the Opera"" and ""The"
"ragtime and Jimi Hendrix. ""A Night at the Opera"" was to add opera, trad jazz, heavy metal and more to the mix."" He concluded that the album ""remains their finest hour"". In 2011, remastered versions of the earlier Queen albums were released, prompting another batch of reviews. ""Uncut"" said that the record ""proved there was no limit to their capabilities"" and concluded, ""Containing not one but two monumental epics ('Bohemian Rhapsody', 'The Prophet's Song'), and gorging on grandiose gestures galore, ""A Night at the Opera"" secured itself instant classic status"". ""Pitchfork""s Dominique Leone stated, ""No punches pulled, no expense spared:"
"named after a dream of Sting's. Although the single ""If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"" reached No. 3 in the US, it only reached 26 in the UK, where the album's track ""Russians"" (about Cold War nuclear anxieties, which had peaked in the 1980s) proved more popular. In the UK the album was kept off No. 1 in the week of its release by Marillion's ""Misplaced Childhood"" and ""Born in the U.S.A."" by Bruce Springsteen occupying the top two places. However, in the US, the album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The movie ""Bring on the Night"""
"A Night at the Opera Tour The A Night at the Opera Tour was a concert tour in 1975 by Queen to promote ""A Night at the Opera"". It spanned 1975 and 1976, and covered the UK, the US, Japan, and Australia. It marked the debut of ""Bohemian Rhapsody"", which would be played at every Queen gig thereafter. The DVD ""A Night at the Odeon"" is taken from the Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. ""It's quite something to watch"", said Brian May. ""We were just a four-piece, but we made a lot of noise. I'm quite shocked at"