"Tie Your Mother Down" is a riff-driven rock song by Queen and is the opening track to their 1976 album A Day At The Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it was released as a single a year later to moderate success on the charts. On the album, the song is preceded by a one-minute instrumental intro, which is actually a reprise of the ending of "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of Pink Floyd's albums. May started writing the song in Tenerife, while he was working fo… read more
"Tie Your Mother Down" is a riff-driven rock song by Queen and is the opening track to their 1976 album A Day At The Races. Written by guit… read more
"Tie Your Mother Down" is a riff-driven rock song by Queen and is the opening track to their 1976 album A Day At The Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it was released as a… 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