Let Your Heart Rule Your Head", "an unconscious update of...'39....an uplifting, upbeat moment on an album of otherwise bleak and melancholy songs". [25] May’s vocals are emotive and powerful, and you can clearly feel the anguish he is going through in every syllable

Between its layers of sound and dramatic melodic sweep, the song stands as a personal yet expansive declaration of determined belief that the light is out there – and a constant promise, perhaps, that this album would accompany (“I’ll be there”) listeners on the long road towards it. Between its warm, hymnal verses and erupting choruses, the song’s search “for a clearer view” maps out that journey in microcosm. As Brian explains, “the song came at a difficult time in my life. It wasn’t a sunshine time. I had to find a place where I could see a signpost to the journey I had to make. So the song is about that.Just One Life" could be misinterpreted as a tribute to Mercury, "but was actually written for actor Philip Sayer". [26] May was inspired to write the song after attending a memorial concert for Sayer, whom May had never met. Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.196. ISBN 9780857685513. Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.212. ISBN 9780857685513. A donation from each book will be made to THE SAVE ME TRUST, which fights every day of the year for the rights of Britain’s wild animals.

Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.282. ISBN 9780857685513. Album – Classifica settimanale WK 32 (dal 6.8.2021 al 12.8.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 August 2021. Between its warm, hymnal verses and erupting choruses, the song’s search “for a clearer view” maps out that journey in microcosm. As Brian explains, “the song came at a difficult time in my life. It wasn’t a sunshine time. I had to find a place where I could see a signpost to the journey I had to make. So the song is about that. Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.154. ISBN 9780857685513. a b Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.134. ISBN 9780857685513.I had the great fortune of having some wonderful people with me when I was going through this, notably Cozy Powell who was the most fantastic support to me emotionally as well as musically.

Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.258. ISBN 9780857685513.The Dark" is the album's "short keyboard and guitar intro," [10] "an atmospheric opener...recorded during sessions for Flash Gordon in 1980 at Anvil Studios with orchestrations by Howard Blake." [11] The lyrics are reminiscent of a lullaby. [12] There is a nice coda at the end of the song where May repeats the opening lines to ‘The Dark’ giving the listener a sense of closure as they have gone full circle with the record

years later from its original release, Brian May’s first solo album venture (as in not as the lead guitarist and prolific songwriter for Queen, among other things) was a big deal: it peaked at #6 on the UK album charts, and yielded some hits, led by the single release of his song, Too Much Love Will Kill You, not to be confused by the posthumous release on Queen’s last album featuring Freddie Mercury which landed in 1994.This is part of a series. The Brian May Gold Series. Each of them will have a little gold stamp on. And each one of them will give me the opportunity to rediscover the road that I travelled.” The album contains top 10 singles " Too Much Love Will Kill You" and " Driven by You", and peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart and at number 159 on the US Billboard 200. I think Bo Rhap is a bit of a hit-and-miss, on the one hand painting the legacy in pink all over, yes, but underneath that there are some suggestions of them being immature at the time. I think it’s important that people also understand Freddie had fears and struggled with his own identity, because his deeply charismatic aura gave the impression he was totally liberated in life, which was not the case. Likewise, the scene when Freddie says he’s the one giving the other members of Queen that mystical aura that allows them to live a fantasy version of themselves… blew me away. Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. pp.214–215. ISBN 9780857685513. A Top 20 hit on its single release in November 1992, it would open The Brian May Band’s concerts, drawing audiences in before raising the roof with its optimism-fired grandeur. Retooled for solo purposes, the arrangement skills that Brian applied and nurtured in Queen are put on full-bodied display: crunchy guitars and vocals engage in impassioned conversation, harmonies exult in a fashion that builds bridges from May’s ‘Queen II’ classic ‘Father To Son’ all the way down the years.