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Taken from Telangana Today (Nov 08, 2019)
Queen's Made in Heaven still resonates
The song was the band's first release after the death of their lead singer Freddie Mercury and debuted at number 1 in the UK
by Ivan Nischal
Photo: Queen Productions Ltd |
Queen, the British rock band which was formed in London in 1970 was of those uniquely talented bands that genre identification is virtually impossible. Heir classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals) and John Deacon (bass guitar). They had elements of metal, jazz, funk, opera, vaudeville and ragtime in their music but the English band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop-rock.
After the lead singer Freddie Mercury's death, the band decided to return to the studio in 1993 and began to work and finished the tracks. Brian May the lead guitarist of the band in many of his interviews has described Taylor and Deacon had begun some music work in 1992, while May was on tour promoting his Back to the Light album.
After returning in 1993, May felt they were not on the right path with the music and that they more or less started from scratch with the three of them working together with producer David Richards. The band decided to revisit previously recorded music, the idea was to take the existing songs on which Mercury sang and rework them as Queen songs.
Made in Heaven was the fifteenth and the final studio album of the British rock band which was released on 6 November 1995 by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and by Hollywood Records in the United States. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland.
Made in Heaven was the band's first release after the death of their lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. The album debuted at number 1 in the UK, where it went 5× platinum (1.5m copies sold). 5,00,000 copies were shipped in the United States.
Following Mercury's death, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bass guitarist John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. The album not only inspired the makers of the Resident Evil which is known in Japan as Biohazard is a Japanese horror media franchise was series of video games to have certain characters in the game, such as Claire Redfield and Chris Redfield, wearing jackets with the words 'Made in Heaven' written on the back.
Songs in the album: Made in Heaven
It's a Beautiful Day
Made in Heaven
Let Me Live
Mother Love
My Life Has Been Saved
I Was Born to Love You
Heaven for Everyone
Too Much Love Will Kill You
You Don't Fool Me
A Winter's Tale
It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)
Yeah
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Lyrics of Made in Heaven
I'm taking my ride with destiny
Willing to play my part
Living with painful memories
Loving with all my heart
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It was all meant to be, yeah
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what they say
Can't you see
That's what everybody says to me
Can't you see
Oh I know, I know, I know that it's true
Yes it's really meant to be
Deep in my heart
I'm having to learn to pay the price
They're turning me upside down
Waiting for possibilities
Don't see too many around
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It's for all to see
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what everybody says
Everybody says to me
It was really meant to be
Oh can't you see
Yeah everybody, everybody says
Yes it was meant to be
Yeah yeah
When stormy weather comes around
It was made in heaven
When sunny skies break through behind the clouds
I wish it could last forever, yeah
Wish it could last forever, forever
Made in heaven
I'm playing my role in history
Looking to find my goal
Taking in all this misery
But giving it all my soul
Made in heaven, made in heaven
It was all meant to be
Made in heaven, made in heaven
That's what everybody says
Wait and see, it was really meant to be
So plain to see
Yeah, everybody, everybody, everybody tells me so
Yes it was plain to see, yes it was meant to be
Written in the stars
Written in the stars
Written in the stars
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