It opens with a guitar based, quasi japanese theme. It turns into a swirl of sounds that gives way to a massive, Jimmy Page style riff that, according to the liner notes, was labeled “sheer bloody poetry” by The Times.
After the hodgepodge of the last album, and the weak blues rock entry of Sweet Lady, this is most welcome.
The band is more than up for task, especially the writer, Brian, whose solo is the best he’s come up with so far. A true 70s arena rocker of a solo.
But Freddie shows his feathers and flair and crushes this tune. It’s like the back end of BoRhap set free and made into it’s own.
The Times was right. With this song, Queen took it to the next level.
Grade: A+
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