Queen - 'The March Of The Black Queen' (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1975)

[Intro]
Do you mean it?
Do you mean it?
Do you mean it?
Why don't you mean it?
Why do I follow you
And where do you go?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
You've never seen nothing like it, no never in your life
Like going up to heaven and then coming back alive
Let me tell you all about it (and the world will so allow it)
Ooh, give me a little time to choose
Water babies singing in a lily-pool delight
Blue powder monkeys praying in the dead of night

[Chorus]
Here comes the Black Queen, poking in the pile
Fie-Fo the Black Queen, marching single file
Take this, take that, bring them down to size
(March to the Black Queen)

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Put them in the cellar
With the naughty boys
A little niggah sugar
Then a rub-a dub-a baby oil

[Chorus]
Black on, black on
Every finger nail and toe, we've only begun, begun
Make this, make that, keep making all that noise
(Oooh, march to the Black Queen)

[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, now I've got a belly-full
You can be my sugar-baby
You can be my honey-chile, yes

[Guitar Solo]

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3] A voice from behind me reminds me
Spread out your wings, you are an angel
Remember to deliver with the speed of light
(A little bit of love and joy)
Everything you do bears a will
And a why and a wherefore
(A little bit of love and joy)
In each and every soul
Lies a man and very soon
He'll deceive and discover
But even 'till the end of his life
He'll bring a little love

[Verse 4]
I reign with my left hand, I rule with my right
I'm lord of all darkness, I'm Queen of the night
I've got the power
Now do the march of the black Queen
My life is in your hands, I'll fo and I'll fie
I'll be what you make me, I'll do what you like
I'll be a bad boy, I'll be your bad boy
I'll do the march of the black Queen
Ah, ah, ah, ah
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]
Walking true to style
She's vulgar, 'buse, and vile
Fie-fo the black Queen, tattoos all her pies
She boils and she bakes and she never dots her i's
(She's our leader)

[Fake Ending]

[Outro]
Forget your singalongs and your lullabies
Surrender to the city of the fireflies
Dance with the devil in beat with the band
To hell with all of you hand-in-hand
But now it's time to be gone
(La la la la forever) forever
Ah ah ah ah ah

Μισό αιώνα πίσω μας γυρίζει το τραγούδι των Queen "The March Of The Black Queen" (το οποίο ξεκίνησε να συνθέτει ο Freddie Mercury πριν την δημιουργία των Queen). Αποτέλεσε μέρος του δεύτερου δίσκου της Βρετανικής μπάντας ("Queen II") που κυκλοφόρησε τον Μάρτιο του 1974 (το τέταρτο τραγούδι της δεύτερης πλευράς του βινυλίου).

Στην παρούσα ανάρτηση θα παρακολουθήσουμε τον (συνθέτη του τραγουδιού) Freddie Mercury και την παρέα του να το αποδίδουν "ζωντανά" στο Hammersmith Odeon στις 24 Δεκεμβρίου 1975 (κατά την τελευταία ημέρα της περιοδείας τους για την προώθηση του άλμπουμ "A Night at the Opera").

Το βίντεο της σημερινής ανάρτησης το βρίσκουμε στο "ζωντανά" ηχογραφημένο album των Queen "A Night at the Odeon - Hammersmith 1975" που κυκλοφόρησε (σε cd, dvd / blu-ray και βινύλιο) τον Νοέμβριο του 2015...