Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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Funny, naughty, and “picturesque” — not just in the lyrics, but the music as well!
Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version / Remas...
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Credits: Music written and performed by Queen
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Queen, Fat Bottomed Girls - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
Virgin Rock
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#queen #freddiemercury #johndeacon #rogertaylor #brianmay
Funny, naughty, and “picturesque” — not just in the lyrics, but the music as well!
Here’s the link to the original song by Queen:
Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version / Remas...
_________________________
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Amy Shafer, LRSM, FRSM, RYC, is a classical harpist, pianist, and music teacher, Director of Piano Studies and Assistant Director of Harp Studies for The Harp School, Inc., holds multiple degrees in harp and piano performance and teaching, and is active as a solo and collaborative performer. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, she teaches privately, presents masterclasses and coaching sessions, and has performed and taught in Europe and USA.
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Personally, I think the real reason Dr. May wrote this song is because he thought it would be really funny to hear Freddy sing it. And if you're gonna go lowbrow, you should really commit to it. Listen to all of Freddies little macho, James Brown-style guttural grunts and stuff. Freddie is totally owning it. And as Frank Zappa wrote, "Sometimes you just have to put on the lampshade and play stooge rock." An interesting band parallel here is AC/DC.
Obviously it's not meant to be taken too seriously or thought about too deeply, but they took it seriously enough to give it a great performance and phenomenal studio production. The guitar sound made an entire generation of guitarists buy Vox AC-30 amp (as if The Beatles hadn't given Vox enough business by then).
Side trip for you: "Big Bottom" by Spinal Tap. (If you're not familiar, "This is Spinal Tap" is a film by Rob Reiner that follows a fictitious band through a disastrous tour.) Also "Brick House" by the Commodores (A rock-adjacent R&B/funk band).