The Prophet's Song

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The Prophet's Song
Queen
publication 1975
length 8:21
Genre (s) Progressive rock , hard rock , heavy metal
Author (s) Brian May
Label EMI , Elektra , Parlophone , Hollywood
album A Night at the Opera

The Prophet's Song is a rock song by the British rock group Queen and written by guitarist Brian May . It was released in 1975 on the album A Night at the Opera . Originally the song was supposed to be called People of the Earth . Sometimes the song is said to be as good as Bohemian Rhapsody .

Emergence

Brian May was inspired for this song by a dream about a great flood, so he wrote this song in 1974.

music

The song contains several musically often very different parts. The intro begins with a sound similar to the rush of wind, which is followed by a toy koto . Then the chorus follows , which is characterized by the sounds of electric guitars and drums . It is repeated five times in the song, but always slightly modified in text and melody. This is followed by the first verse, which, like the first chorus, is musically shaped by the electric guitar and drums. This is followed by the refrain twice, one of which hardly differs from the first; the other is different in that one can hear the singing particularly clearly. This style then continues until it transitions into an a cappella canon at around 3:30 . This lasts until 6:00 am and then turns back into a hard rock solo part with a lot of electric guitar and drums, which lasts about a minute and then ends again in a chorus. The song ends with an outtro, which is structured like the intro. The song goes seamlessly into the song Love of my Life on the album .

text

The text is about a prophet who warns of the end of the world, but is not taken seriously. With the prophet Zarathustra can be meant, who also predicted earthquakes (also thematized in Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra ).

occupation

Remarks

  1. ↑ Freddy Mercury was Parse

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Prophet’s Song The Prophet's Song ( en ) Ultimatequeen. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b The Prophet's Song ( en ) Allmusic . Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Musical analysis ( s ) queensongs.info. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ The Prophet's Song (Queen) ( en ) wordaroundthe.net. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ Zand-i Vohuman Yasht, 3.4 .
  6. ↑ Sina Vodjani and Gabriele von Kröcher: Zarathustra. Membrane International, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-86562-739-1 , p. 24