Written by Brian May for Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The bassline of "Dancer" was played on a synthesiser (a Oberheim OB-Xa) by May. The song itself — a fusion of rock and disco — is something of a follow-up to "Dragon Attack" from the band's 1980 album The Game in that it fuses heavy elements of music with danceable ones, as Led Zeppelin did. The phone message at the end of "Dancer" is in German, and was recorded in a hotel room in Munich; it roughly translates to "good morning, this is your wake-up call". The lyrics of "Dan… read more
Written by Brian May for Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The bassline of "Dancer" was played on a synthesiser (a Oberheim OB-Xa) by May… read more
Written by Brian May for Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The bassline of "Dancer" was played on a synthesiser (a Oberheim OB-Xa) by May. The song itself — a fusion of rock … read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylor's former band Smile split after having released an album and single. Freddie replaced lead vocalist Tim Staffell, after the latter's departure from the original trio. There was much deliberation as to what the band's name would be. May and Taylor had settled upon the Grand Dance, derived from a C.S. Lewis Trilogy of books Out Of The S… read more
Queen is an English rock band originally consisting of four members: vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bass guitarist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. The band formed in London in 1970 after May and Taylo… read more