LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 8, 2019…45 YEARS AGO MARKED THE RELEASE OF QUEEN’S SECOND STUDIO ALBUM ‘QUEEN II’
SOME QUICK TRIVIA ABOUT THE RECORD:
-THE ACTUAL RELEASE DATE OF THE ALBUM WAS DELAYED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE 1973 OIL CRISIS
-ON THE 2 SIDES OF THE ALBUM, INSTEAD OF THE CONVENTIONAL LABELING OF “A” AND “B” IT WAS LABELLED “SIDE WHITE” AND “SIDE BLACK” WITH CORRESPONDING PICTURES OF THE BAND DRESSED IN WHITE OR BLACK ON EITHER FACE OF THE RECORD
-ROGER TAYLOR OF QUEEN SAID HE HATED THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM
BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS “SO UNIMAGINATIVE”
-GUITARIST BRIAN MAY SAID THE WHEN THE RECORD WAS RELEASED
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE BAND HAD “FORSAKEN ROCK N’ ROLL MUSIC . THEY SAID “WHY DON’T YOU PLAY THINGS LIKE ‘KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE’ AND HE’D TELL THEM ‘IT’S THERE,BUT IT’S LAYERED, IT’S A NEW APPROACH”
HERE’S A BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO ON THE MAKING OF QUEEN II
