I have been SO looking forward to this one!! You have a very... wholesome demeanor, and I've been looking forward to seeing your reaction to this in the expectation that it will be hilarious and I'm only ten minutes in, and you haven't diappointed. 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).
Had forgotten this song until about a decade ago. Was visiting my sister. My niece who was about 11 had a group of friends over. Lots of giggling rising to wild peals of laughter. My sister asked me if I would ask them to hold it down. As I knocked on the door I recognized this Queen classic. Then I opened the door to half a dozen skinny preteen girls who had all stuffed pillows in their pants. - doing their best to help the rocking' world go round!
Both songs were on the Jazz album when i bought it in 1978. There was an insert poster in the album sleeve of 100 nude fat bottomed girls riding bicycles. I was barely a teenager and I never stopped playing the record. 🙂
At the same time, they did leave a mistake in it too, though: When you listen closely to the Right channel, straight after the 1st chorus has finished and drums and bass have stopped, you can hear the guitar playing a wrong F note for a short moment, as opposed the correct G 🙂
The 1907 hymn 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' might be what you're thinking of. Many later songs have similar sound...like Daddy Sang Bass, I'll Fly Away, Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, This Little Light of mine....
This was so enjoyable. A purely fun song that doesn't demean or poke fun at fat bottom girls but gives them respect. As someone commented, not every song needs to be serious. And Queen pulls this off brilliantly. It is an absolute joy to watch you react and then hear your insights. These are not just TH-cam videos but classes in music. Thank you.
A truly fun song. I was fortunate to see Queen (Brian, Roger, Adam Lambert) last year in Dallas. During Fat Bottom Girls, all the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders came on stage. So FUN!!!!! And so cool of a band to be 'tuned' in to the local scene, and make it happen.
Queen were promoting inclusiveness before it was even a thing. It was tongue-in-cheek but there was a serious element to it. Who else was singing about fat-bottomed girls at the time? Songs about women, even now, tend to paint women in a narrow set of parameters. While, of course, singing about women's bottoms was always going to be controversial it can be argued that, at the time, putting out a record about women who didn't conform to the stereotype was just as controversial. Queen were so important because they pushed the boundaries, both lyrically and musically, and even in their lighter moments they were doing what others wouldn't dare to.
I know it’s not their usual style, but it has always been one of my favorite Queen songs. The wonderful deep bass, the driving rhythm, the wonderful gospel harmonies….closer to the blues rock genre than normal for Queen….which is my jam. LOVE this song!!! And learning that Brian May wrote it…..That’s the cherry on top! Sit Brian has hidden depths 😁
The beat is “ Delta Dawn” whats that flower you got on could it be that faded rose from days gone by… and did i hear you say you were a meetin me here today to take me to that mansion in the sky Tanya Tucker is who i remember singing it first
It's very similar, rhythmically and harmonically, but that's *mainly* because both songs follow one of the oldest and most common structures in English folk song... But it's the similarities of *melody* that really seal their kinship.
And “Daddy Sang Bass” by Johnny Cash. “I remember when I was a lad / times were hard and things were bad / But there’s a silver lining behind every cloud / Just poor people that’s sll we were / trying to make a living off of black land dirt / we’d get together in the family circle sing it loud”
Delta Dawn is close. Only @VirginRock would know what she was referring too but couldn't remember. I believe Unclouded Day is a spot on match though and it is a religious song. Could be either, only she knows.
I agree with Delta Dawn but I also have a vague memory of this pattern in a film about the US cavalry, possibly one of the John Ford/John Wayne trilogy.
Its always a great pleasure to watch you enjoying and appreciating the music of my favourite band, your zest and enthusiasm for Queen matches my own, I thank you.
Please take this in the positive way I mean it: You are about the straightest, most wholesome looking girl I've ever seen, so seeing you have such a fun reaction and not proclaiming it to be sexist and exploitive to this classic song that really is just a fun song was priceless. Thanks
To me, it sounds like American deep Sothern type of music with a bit of gospel thrown in the mix. If you look at today's beauties you'll notice that they've all got fat bottoms, queen certainly were ahead of their time, and definitely a supergroup. I'm very glad you could get the song on this one.
American deep southern style makes sense, I get a country feel out of it, twangy honky tonky kinda. Think a fun country take on this song would be great.
As upper-class as they were, Queen were no strangers to partying. To celebrate the album’s launch, the band and producer Roy Thomas Baker hosted a Halloween party at Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans; the pics say everything you need to hear.
One of the best reactions. Watching Amy laugh in embarrassment is hilarious and endearing. It's similar to Mozart making the eunoch singer in his opera a baritone (funny back then)
Jazz is an under rated album. Over the years it has really grown to be one of my favourites. This is the first time that I thought this is like HO Down music. I can see people line dancing to it. The raunchiest line dance but that is what comes to mind.
This was a fun one to a song many of us know well. I really enjoyed your reaction. I'm glad you enjoyed the humor of this song. Good observations Amy on all the instruments. I like how you have really been focusing on Brian's guitar, and are noticing his various techniques and signature sounds. He has a big tool chest of different textures he brings to a song, and he does have some signature ones that clearly identify it as being uniquely him. On the drums, when playing the kick (bass) drum on every quarter note downbeat it is called "four on the floor".
What a song-story and leave it to Queen to make such a hilarious song. You couldn’t do that anymore 😂, but Freddie made it sound like a rockstar’s story and so fun to sing and dance to. Love your magic ears pointing out cool sounds and tricks as always thanks you.
This song is another example of how amazing Roger's drums sounded on all the Queen records from the 70s. Those toms on the fill sound clear and shine through.
Every member of Queen was absolutely, positively brilliant! They're all college educated, not just Brian! John is an electronics engineer; you know about Brian! Freddy had an art degree, and Roger was going to be a dentist! And speaking of gospel choirs, I haven't looked all the way through yours posts yet, but have you listened to somebody to love yet? They have a 165 piece choir on that song! That's 55 takes of them recording all of the parts!
Your reactions were delightful, joyous and hilarious in equal measure! Also as insightful as ever. I genuinely hadn't picked up on the "gospel" sound in all these years, but as soon as you explained it, it's obvious!
Thanks for this.. it's so much fun! (the word "raunchy" comes to mind.. lol) You should also see them perform it live.. Freddie is awesome.. I read a quote somewhere, and I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like this: "in the 1970's, astrophysicist Brian May, assisted by F. Mercury, posited that the earth's rotation is in fact due to "Fat Bottomed Girls".. after nearly fifty years without being disproven - or even disputed - it must now be accepted as scientific fact" -- lol (p.s. the melody in the "verse" is very like "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy.. and also Tanya Tucker remake when you think about it...never did think it until you brought it up .. but a whole different style.. lol)
I always felt that this song as more bluesy basis than a gospel one. Brian definitely had a naughty streak, since he is also the composer of the song "Tie Your Mother Down". Brian wrote the guitar riff for the song, 'Tie Your Mother Down" in the first place when, he was staying at his place in Tenerife, preparing for his Ph.D. dissertation. Late one night, he was lying in bed reviewing the details of one of his assignments when a particular guitar riff suddenly popped into his head. He immediately got up and started playing it. Before he knew it, he had been playing that same riff for hours. He had the entire piece down as far as playing the guitar went, but he couldn’t come up with any words except for just a few-- tie your mother down. He thought it was absurd, but those words popped into his head. It wasn’t that he had tried to force anything, it just happened. When he got back with the band, he started telling Freddie about this guitar riff he had thought of. He also told him that he couldn’t come up with any words except for “tie your mother down'. Brian said that he told Freddie that there was no way we could possibly use those words in a song because it was just wrong to do so. But he claims that Freddie responded with, “Yes we can,” and then proceeded to do exactly that. What emerged was this rocking tune about wanting some privacy with your girl,, even if it means taking some aggressive measures… Freddie once said when referring to "Tie Your Mother Down", "Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he’s trying to outdo me after “Death On Two Legs” actually." "Tie Your Mother Down" begins with the lyrics: Get your party gown, get your pigtail down Get your heart beatin', baby Got my timin' right, I got my act all tight It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe Your momma says you don't, and your daddy says you won't And I'm burnin' up inside Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time, oh n Elsewhere in the song, you will hear: Tie your mother down, tie your mother down Take your little brother swimmin' with a brick (that's all right) Tie your mother down, tie your mother down Or you ain't no friend of mine FYI - It's a great rock 'n roll song! If you do "Bicycle Race" you must watch the video. Queen hired 65 female models to ride in the bicycle race at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in southwest London completely nude. The group rented the stadium and several dozen bicycles for one day to film the scene; however, when the renting company became aware of the way their bikes were used, they requested that the group purchase all the bicycle seats.
Using alternative tunings like open or as this half open, always gives more static and modal harmonies often over a drone. With Queens usual fond of transpositions there's a reason BM mostly stay in standard tuning. Again fun to watch!
A great song in combination with this one is Big Bottom by Spinal Tap lol... I expect it was heavily inspired by this one, although I've never heard it said... That I remember anyway... Spinal Tap might be a fun project to do sometime ^_^;;
Also, dropped D guitar brings a perfect 5th dyad to the two deepest strings. It is versatile to use and deep notes with distortion brings a bit of a thrill. It is why the song says on the D sound. Deep distorted notes like this are a bit of a primal thrill, like hearing a roaring V8 or watching a fighter plane.
Drop D tuning is when you tune your guitar in the regular way but you tune down the low E string to D; ergo "drop D". So the rest of the instrument remains in regular tuning, but the guitarist can play one note lower.
Loved your reaction; not sure if I've ever seen you laugh this much-lol. It's a tribute to Queen's talents to be able to make a tongue-in-cheek song but also to add a serious Rock song to the lyrics. Firmly in Queen's wheelhouse and another reason why they are adored by so many fans, young and old alike.
Love this song 😂 I was in my college marching band and this was on our playlist. A great fun song. Best memory of it was when the announcer at the game said “and now the XX Marching Band will perform Fat Bottom Girls with the XX cheer leaders” and the cheer squad got an attitude and refused to dance! Funny, I never took offense to this song! It’s fun and cheeky
Brian wrote it with Freddy in mind yes, however there is also a backstory of Freddy in it. He said when he was very young he did indeed have a big nanny who , when aline with him did some not very nice things to him, and that includes sexually. There's more to it but he said that somewhat shaped his view of things growing up . He said it made me pissed at the world for a number of years . Later as he spoke about it with the band that's when Brian wrote the song. Changing some things of course to make it more palatable for consumption, giving it more of the appearance of Freddy having kind of a devious mind, which of course he did. Self admittedly.
Not sure if my first comment is showing, because I put a link in it. Unclouded Day is the religious song that has this melody. As others have stated, Delta Dawn is also very similar, but not a religious song.
well, that was the tanya tucker version, but wiki says: "Delta Dawn" is a song written by musician Larry Collins and country songwriter Alex Harvey.[a] The first notable recording of the song was in 1971 by American singer and actress Bette Midler for her debut album. However it is best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker[1] and a 1973 US number one hit for Helen Reddy. however, Uncloudy Day, also known as Unclouded Day, is a gospel song. Originally popular in church hymnals, it has come to be recorded many times over the years since, including being an early attention-getter for future star act the Staple Singers. In 1956, their version served as an inspiration to Bob Dylan, who called it "the most mysterious thing I'd ever heard". & "Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African American spiritual song of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans.
So fun that you chose to do this one and in such a good humoured way. Listening to it, I can't help thinking that this is an(maybe deliberate) homage to Rod Stewart and the Faces. They were the bad boys of rock in the early 70s, with many songs in this "naughty" vein. ( Followed of course by AC/DC) It is very much the Faces sound and attitude. Freddie even sings like Rod Stewart at times. Great playing from Brian May. As you have pointed out Queen are able to play in many styles. 🙂
There is a Peanuts meme with Charlie Brown and Lucy contemplating life. Lucy asks, "What makes the world go 'round, Charlie Brown?" Charlie replies, "Fat Bottomed Girls."
I really enjoyed your resction to this somewhat atypical Queen tune, almost as much as I enjoy John Deacon's pulsing, insistent bass! 😉 BTW, you're almost certainly being reminded of "May The Circle Be Unbroken." Keep on rockin' it, Amy!
@@pulsarlights2825Yes honestly if you dive into it. Songs like Stray Cat Blues from Rolling Stones, Christine Sixteen from KISS and She’s Only Seventeen from Winger are examples. I’m less familiar with Elvis but a certain Chuck Berry song is an example.
@@pulsarlights2825It’s no surprise that Rock n Roll is filled with dysfunctional themes and cringe. No shortage of documentaries on the topic going back to Elvis, Chuck Berry and others. Sex Drugs Rock n Roll trifecta. Rap and Country music likewise often in more subtle language.
@@josedinis9418 I wasn’t implying that that you make value judgements about people you don’t know! Yikes. I was agreeing with your comment. It tickles me when we see this side of her.
You’re right. Queen is a very educated band. Brian has his PhD in Astro physics, John has an honors degree in Engineering, Roger has a degree in Biology and, of course, Freddie’s degree is in Graphic Design. Interestingly, one of their favorite pastimes while on tour was to play Scrabble. I wonder, will Vlad have Amy watch the official video for Bicycle Race??
I love the straightforward stomping beat of this song. I don‘t know any other song witch has a similarly consequent beat. I don‘t even imagine it as 1-2-3-4 but as 1-1-1-1.
Listening to your reaction I'd *LOVE* to see your reaction to the film THIS IS SPINAL TAP - a fake fly on the wall documentary of a British metal band touring the States. 😁
Bit late, but the tune you are thinking it sounds like is She'll be coming round the mountain. Been a Queen fan for a very long time and I've never noticed it before.
My wife and I have this little retort between us; She will say, "Does this [incongruous object] make my a$$ look fat?" And I always respond with, "You betcha!" Sometimes it is reversed.
I dated a woman who'd asked me, one time (and one time only, I might add...!) "Do these pants make my a$$ look big?" I replied "Don't blame all of that on those poor pants". Hey - if you don't want the truth, don't ask me questions...
I have some recommendations: Fleedwood Mac - Dreams The beach boys - God only knows Neil Young - old man Prince - Purple rain Oasis - Don’t look back in anger A$ap rocky - everyday Strokes - someday the white stripes - seven nation army The libertines - can’t stand me now Pearl Jam - Black Red hot chilli peppers - otherside Linkin Park - in the end queens of the stone age - no one knows the verve bitter sweet symphony
Vlad, please explain to Amy about that point in adolescence-young adulthood where all young people's hormones kick in. It seems growing up in Amish country she missed out on it. But seriously, the big imputus for Rock's insertion into dominence in the 60's 70's was the Hippie Movement "Peace, Love and Rock and Roll", and when we were talking "Love" back then we meant Sex. Sure, Rock also carried the message of the heavier sides of life and important ideals, but under it all Rock, being a popular music form, is based on Love, Sex, and all those emotions that are basic to adolescent-young adult life. Songs like this are much more prominent in Rock than what you've listened to so far. That melody that you were so entranced in is the base to all old traditional folk music. Check out most Irish, Scottish, English folk music.
It's worth remembering that all of them put into these songs. When asked about the song writing process, Roger Taylor said, "Well, someone comes up with a basic song and then everyone else tries to change it." Which really why they started just putting "Queen" on every song as the writer.
I haven't listened to this in years and upon listening to it here it's clearly that it has a strong southern rock influence, with what I'm going to call Scottish drums, which of course makes sense given the Scots-Irish influence on southern music whether country, bluegrass or southern rock, along with blues and folk and other kinds of Celtic and British music. And who better to interpret and expand upon classic American popular music than a British rock band fronted by a Zoroastran Persian lead singer and astrophysicist!
I was 13 when this album was realist and my parents gave me this wonderful album for Christmas not knowing in the inside cover of the album was a poster of beautiful stark naked women riding around on push bikes on an athletic track of which I hung on my bedroom wall as a thirteen year old boy I thought all my birthdays and Christmases had come together ❤😂
lol your thumbnail expression. Yup Brian isn’t as innocent as he appears. This track is straight up fun, & the video & live are Sassy Freddie at his best. At its heart, rock & roll is all about fun.
I took the single of this and Bicycle Race into school when I was young and the Head Mistress confiscated it!!! There was also a rather interesting fold-out poster on the album and a racy video for Bicycle Race where nude women were bicycling around a stadium.
I still have that poster tucked neatly beside the album in the album jacket. It is in pristine condition since I am a girl and am into hot dudes (like Roger) and not into other chicks. I think I'll pass this album down to my son - he'll appreciate the poster 😊
I'm intrigued by the theory (which I first heard many years ago) that FBG is Brian's homage to his guitar (or perhaps guitars in general.) First of all, a guitar has the general shape of a fat-bottomed girl. Then there is the line "down beside that red firelight." Part of Brian's Red Special guitar is made of a very old piece of wood from a fireplace mantel. Next, consider the line "Fat-bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round." What instrument, more than any other, is most strongly associated with rock music? The electric guitar, of course. This next one might be a stretch, but what about "I've been singin' with my band, across the wire, across the land." Aren't guitar strings a kind of wire? Finally, there is the fact that the song is in Drop D tuning, which produces a sound sometimes described as having a "fat bottom."
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I have been SO looking forward to this one!! You have a very... wholesome demeanor, and I've been looking forward to seeing your reaction to this in the expectation that it will be hilarious and I'm only ten minutes in, and you haven't diappointed.
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).
were you thinking of AC/DC's 'Big Balls' perhaps?
@@UKJesterVidsYou can throw Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" in with that as well.
@@UKJesterVids LOL, perhaps. Just their overall vibe.
Oh, I would love to see and hear her reaction to the triple bass magic of Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom." Genius!!
I really want to watch her listen to "Big Balls" or "Dinah Moe Humm"
As an Astrophysicist, Brian May should know what makes the world go round.
It definitely isn't the conservation of angular momentum! 🤣
😅😂😂😂😂😂❤
You could say he's an ass-trophysicist.
It's been 46 years and this hypothesis has yet to be refuted. I think we have to assume it's correct at this point.
Had forgotten this song until about a decade ago. Was visiting my sister. My niece who was about 11 had a group of friends over. Lots of giggling rising to wild peals of laughter. My sister asked me if I would ask them to hold it down. As I knocked on the door I recognized this Queen classic. Then I opened the door to half a dozen skinny preteen girls who had all stuffed pillows in their pants. - doing their best to help the rocking' world go round!
Awe!! She's blushing! 🤭
Sooo cute!
Both songs were on the Jazz album when i bought it in 1978. There was an insert poster in the album sleeve of 100 nude fat bottomed girls riding bicycles. I was barely a teenager and I never stopped playing the record. 🙂
I went steady with that poster for at least two years.
Amy, we 70s Queen fans are the old folk now🤣 Cheers ✌
I have watched many, many of your reaction videos, but I've never laughed so hard as I have at this video. 😂🤣👍
I can confirm that I do indeed make the rockin’ world go round and you’re welcome. 👍
Get on your bike and ride 😘
Fun Music!!!!! There's not enough fun music!! It doesn't have to be serious all the time. Celebrate the fun, that's why we do it after all!!
Absolutely!
As tight as Queen is, they still didn’t take themselves too seriously. The silliest Queen song was a massive production. What a band!
At the same time, they did leave a mistake in it too, though: When you listen closely to the Right channel, straight after the 1st chorus has finished and drums and bass have stopped, you can hear the guitar playing a wrong F note for a short moment, as opposed the correct G 🙂
The 1907 hymn 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' might be what you're thinking of. Many later songs have similar sound...like Daddy Sang Bass, I'll Fly Away, Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, This Little Light of mine....
Drop D tuning gives the guitar a fatter bottom.
Amy blushed all through this. So adorable.
Great A Capella intro. For me, the 'cheekiest' of Queen's songs!! Such fun to see Amy unashamedly giggling throughout.
True… pretty cheeky
lol, admit it; Mozart would have loved it
Mozart and Bach would
I imagine Mozart at a Queen concert saying: "Yes, yes! They doth make the globe spin!"
😂😂 Yes, I believe he referred to them as " Ample Bottomed Ladies "
@@guillermozamudio6293Baby Got Bach
Yeah finally!
The song that makes the world go round
The rockin' world.
@@teknikel no the whole world!
The word you're looking for is _cheeky_ ;-)
😅😅😅Naughty works🎉WHOOOOP ❤
What this song has is what the best Rock music has in spades…ATTITUDE!
This was so enjoyable. A purely fun song that doesn't demean or poke fun at fat bottom girls but gives them respect. As someone commented, not every song needs to be serious. And Queen pulls this off brilliantly. It is an absolute joy to watch you react and then hear your insights. These are not just TH-cam videos but classes in music. Thank you.
He's seen every blue eye floozy on the road.
A truly fun song. I was fortunate to see Queen (Brian, Roger, Adam Lambert) last year in Dallas. During Fat Bottom Girls, all the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders came on stage. So FUN!!!!! And so cool of a band to be 'tuned' in to the local scene, and make it happen.
This makes me smile to see you giggling and enjoying this so much.
Queen were promoting inclusiveness before it was even a thing. It was tongue-in-cheek but there was a serious element to it. Who else was singing about fat-bottomed girls at the time? Songs about women, even now, tend to paint women in a narrow set of parameters. While, of course, singing about women's bottoms was always going to be controversial it can be argued that, at the time, putting out a record about women who didn't conform to the stereotype was just as controversial. Queen were so important because they pushed the boundaries, both lyrically and musically, and even in their lighter moments they were doing what others wouldn't dare to.
I thought this also. The song despite its funny lyrics had a more meaningful message.
I know it’s not their usual style, but it has always been one of my favorite Queen songs. The wonderful deep bass, the driving rhythm, the wonderful gospel harmonies….closer to the blues rock genre than normal for Queen….which is my jam. LOVE this song!!!
And learning that Brian May wrote it…..That’s the cherry on top! Sit Brian has hidden depths 😁
When the drums kick in that bass is wonderfully deep.
The beat is “ Delta Dawn” whats that flower you got on could it be that faded rose from days gone by… and did i hear you say you were a meetin me here today to take me to that mansion in the sky
Tanya Tucker is who i remember singing it first
It's very similar, rhythmically and harmonically, but that's *mainly* because both songs follow one of the oldest and most common structures in English folk song... But it's the similarities of *melody* that really seal their kinship.
Thank you for this.
And “Daddy Sang Bass” by Johnny Cash.
“I remember when I was a lad / times were hard and things were bad / But there’s a silver lining behind every cloud / Just poor people that’s sll we were / trying to make a living off of black land dirt / we’d get together in the family circle sing it loud”
Delta Dawn is close. Only @VirginRock would know what she was referring too but couldn't remember. I believe Unclouded Day is a spot on match though and it is a religious song. Could be either, only she knows.
I agree with Delta Dawn but I also have a vague memory of this pattern in a film about the US cavalry, possibly one of the John Ford/John Wayne trilogy.
We 'older folks' (66) grew up with this music.
Its always a great pleasure to watch you enjoying and appreciating the music of my favourite band, your zest and enthusiasm for Queen matches my own, I thank you.
The most delicious drum fills on this one
Please take this in the positive way I mean it: You are about the straightest, most wholesome looking girl I've ever seen, so seeing you have such a fun reaction and not proclaiming it to be sexist and exploitive to this classic song that really is just a fun song was priceless. Thanks
Don't be embarrassed. This song makes everyone smile.
To me, it sounds like American deep Sothern type of music with a bit of gospel thrown in the mix. If you look at today's beauties you'll notice that they've all got fat bottoms, queen certainly were ahead of their time, and definitely a supergroup. I'm very glad you could get the song on this one.
American deep southern style makes sense, I get a country feel out of it, twangy honky tonky kinda. Think a fun country take on this song would be great.
As upper-class as they were, Queen were no strangers to partying.
To celebrate the album’s launch, the band and producer Roy Thomas Baker hosted a Halloween party at Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans; the pics say everything you need to hear.
One of the best reactions. Watching Amy laugh in embarrassment is hilarious and endearing. It's similar to Mozart making the eunoch singer in his opera a baritone (funny back then)
Jazz is an under rated album. Over the years it has really grown to be one of my favourites. This is the first time that I thought this is like HO Down music. I can see people line dancing to it. The raunchiest line dance but that is what comes to mind.
Nothing better than a song that expresses the PLAYFULNESS that music IS, and Queen is a level up on PLAY :)
Yes exactly. I always say rock & roll is essentially about having fun.
One of my top Queen favorites. Living in the South, this reminds me of Southern Rock and positively “cheeky.”
I just love the breadth of Queens music 😂. From the beautiful and intricate to the cheeky, silly and simple
They have a harder heavier sound in songs like The Prophets Song and White Man. Truly a band of such a huge ability to cover so many bases.
This was a fun one to a song many of us know well. I really enjoyed your reaction. I'm glad you enjoyed the humor of this song. Good observations Amy on all the instruments. I like how you have really been focusing on Brian's guitar, and are noticing his various techniques and signature sounds. He has a big tool chest of different textures he brings to a song, and he does have some signature ones that clearly identify it as being uniquely him. On the drums, when playing the kick (bass) drum on every quarter note downbeat it is called "four on the floor".
This song always made me smile. Often that's all you need 🙂
What a song-story and leave it to Queen to make such a hilarious song. You couldn’t do that anymore 😂, but Freddie made it sound like a rockstar’s story and so fun to sing and dance to. Love your magic ears pointing out cool sounds and tricks as always thanks you.
Love the way that John slides in with the bass half way through :-)
This song is another example of how amazing Roger's drums sounded on all the Queen records from the 70s. Those toms on the fill sound clear and shine through.
Amy's reactions are priceless 😂
Nice to see you appreciate the silliness of the song. It always makes me grin.
Every member of Queen was absolutely, positively brilliant! They're all college educated, not just Brian! John is an electronics engineer; you know about Brian! Freddy had an art degree, and Roger was going to be a dentist! And speaking of gospel choirs, I haven't looked all the way through yours posts yet, but have you listened to somebody to love yet? They have a 165 piece choir on that song! That's 55 takes of them recording all of the parts!
You are hilarious and so intuitive, probably in relation to your knowledge of music
Your reactions were delightful, joyous and hilarious in equal measure! Also as insightful as ever. I genuinely hadn't picked up on the "gospel" sound in all these years, but as soon as you explained it, it's obvious!
Yeah, this could be considered a classier version of "Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC, lol.
I loved that a song brought out your humor. Nice to see your 'naughty' side of music!! xo
Thanks for this.. it's so much fun! (the word "raunchy" comes to mind.. lol) You should also see them perform it live.. Freddie is awesome.. I read a quote somewhere, and I'm paraphrasing, but it went something like this: "in the 1970's, astrophysicist Brian May, assisted by F. Mercury, posited that the earth's rotation is in fact due to "Fat Bottomed Girls".. after nearly fifty years without being disproven - or even disputed - it must now be accepted as scientific fact" -- lol (p.s. the melody in the "verse" is very like "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy.. and also Tanya Tucker remake when you think about it...never did think it until you brought it up .. but a whole different style.. lol)
Fat Bottom Girls, on bicycles is a reference to Fellini"s penchant for displaying them, as seen in some of his films.
I think the song you’re thinking of is Delta Dawn, sung in the 70s by Helen Reddy. So, so glad you had fun with this 🚴♀️😊
I always felt that this song as more bluesy basis than a gospel one.
Brian definitely had a naughty streak, since he is also the composer of the song "Tie Your Mother Down".
Brian wrote the guitar riff for the song, 'Tie Your Mother Down" in the first place when, he was staying at his place in Tenerife, preparing for his Ph.D. dissertation. Late one night, he was lying in bed reviewing the details of one of his assignments when a particular guitar riff suddenly popped into his head. He immediately got up and started playing it. Before he knew it, he had been playing that same riff for hours. He had the entire piece down as far as playing the guitar went, but he couldn’t come up with any words except for just a few-- tie your mother down. He thought it was absurd, but those words popped into his head. It wasn’t that he had tried to force anything, it just happened.
When he got back with the band, he started telling Freddie about this guitar riff he had thought of. He also told him that he couldn’t come up with any words except for “tie your mother down'. Brian said that he told Freddie that there was no way we could possibly use those words in a song because it was just wrong to do so. But he claims that Freddie responded with, “Yes we can,” and then proceeded to do exactly that. What emerged was this rocking tune about wanting some privacy with your girl,, even if it means taking some aggressive measures…
Freddie once said when referring to "Tie Your Mother Down", "Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he’s trying to outdo me after “Death On Two Legs” actually."
"Tie Your Mother Down" begins with the lyrics:
Get your party gown, get your pigtail down
Get your heart beatin', baby
Got my timin' right, I got my act all tight
It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe
Your momma says you don't, and your daddy says you won't
And I'm burnin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time, oh n
Elsewhere in the song, you will hear:
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down
Take your little brother swimmin' with a brick (that's all right)
Tie your mother down, tie your mother down
Or you ain't no friend of mine
FYI - It's a great rock 'n roll song!
If you do "Bicycle Race" you must watch the video. Queen hired 65 female models to ride in the bicycle race at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in southwest London completely nude. The group rented the stadium and several dozen bicycles for one day to film the scene; however, when the renting company became aware of the way their bikes were used, they requested that the group purchase all the bicycle seats.
Shortsighted of them.. they could have made a fortune…😂
Listening to Queen's songs brings us so much fun. Freddie was able to adapt anybody's songs, and put his own fingerprints onto them.
It’s sophistication is in its simplicity.
Using alternative tunings like open or as this half open, always gives more static and modal harmonies
often over a drone. With Queens usual fond of transpositions there's a reason BM mostly stay in standard tuning.
Again fun to watch!
A great song in combination with this one is Big Bottom by Spinal Tap lol... I expect it was heavily inspired by this one, although I've never heard it said... That I remember anyway... Spinal Tap might be a fun project to do sometime ^_^;;
I find Big Bottom the "cheekier" of the two
I only wish that you could have analyzed "Get Down Make Love" from the previous album.
Also, dropped D guitar brings a perfect 5th dyad to the two deepest strings. It is versatile to use and deep notes with distortion brings a bit of a thrill. It is why the song says on the D sound. Deep distorted notes like this are a bit of a primal thrill, like hearing a roaring V8 or watching a fighter plane.
Drop D tuning is when you tune your guitar in the regular way but you tune down the low E string to D; ergo "drop D". So the rest of the instrument remains in regular tuning, but the guitarist can play one note lower.
Loved your reaction; not sure if I've ever seen you laugh this much-lol. It's a tribute to Queen's talents to be able to make a tongue-in-cheek song but also to add a serious Rock song to the lyrics. Firmly in Queen's wheelhouse and another reason why they are adored by so many fans, young and old alike.
Delta Dawn is the melody. Maybe a little Amazing Grace thrown in.
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Love this song 😂 I was in my college marching band and this was on our playlist. A great fun song. Best memory of it was when the announcer at the game said “and now the XX Marching Band will perform Fat Bottom Girls with the XX cheer leaders” and the cheer squad got an attitude and refused to dance! Funny, I never took offense to this song! It’s fun and cheeky
Brian wrote it with Freddy in mind yes, however there is also a backstory of Freddy in it. He said when he was very young he did indeed have a big nanny who , when aline with him did some not very nice things to him, and that includes sexually. There's more to it but he said that somewhat shaped his view of things growing up . He said it made me pissed at the world for a number of years . Later as he spoke about it with the band that's when Brian wrote the song. Changing some things of course to make it more palatable for consumption, giving it more of the appearance of Freddy having kind of a devious mind, which of course he did. Self admittedly.
Not sure if my first comment is showing, because I put a link in it. Unclouded Day is the religious song that has this melody. As others have stated, Delta Dawn is also very similar, but not a religious song.
I think the song you were talking about is Delta Dawn --Helen Reddy
Yes! That's the exact song I thought of!
Delta Dawn is very close to it. Also, the religious song that has the melody is Unclouded Day. th-cam.com/video/2J6RSS_Qkeg/w-d-xo.html
or Kumbaya, my Lord - or Unclouded Day
but my vote is with Delta Dawn: th-cam.com/video/Ir3gAak9LkY/w-d-xo.html
well, that was the tanya tucker version, but wiki says:
"Delta Dawn" is a song written by musician Larry Collins and country songwriter Alex Harvey.[a] The first notable recording of the song was in 1971 by American singer and actress Bette Midler for her debut album. However it is best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker[1] and a 1973 US number one hit for Helen Reddy.
however,
Uncloudy Day, also known as Unclouded Day, is a gospel song. Originally popular in church hymnals, it has come to be recorded many times over the years since, including being an early attention-getter for future star act the Staple Singers. In 1956, their version served as an inspiration to Bob Dylan, who called it "the most mysterious thing I'd ever heard".
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"Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African American spiritual song of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans.
@@stephencolbertcheese7354impressive analysis. Cheers
So fun that you chose to do this one and in such a good humoured way. Listening to it, I can't help thinking that this is an(maybe deliberate) homage to Rod Stewart and the Faces. They were the bad boys of rock in the early 70s, with many songs in this "naughty" vein. ( Followed of course by AC/DC) It is very much the Faces sound and attitude. Freddie even sings like Rod Stewart at times. Great playing from Brian May. As you have pointed out Queen are able to play in many styles. 🙂
I love your intellectual point of view.Of course, I love anything that Queen does and Freddie Mercury.Thank you so much nice video
There is a Peanuts meme with Charlie Brown and Lucy contemplating life. Lucy asks, "What makes the world go 'round, Charlie Brown?" Charlie replies, "Fat Bottomed Girls."
I really enjoyed your resction to this somewhat atypical Queen tune, almost as much as I enjoy John Deacon's pulsing, insistent bass! 😉
BTW, you're almost certainly being reminded of "May The Circle Be Unbroken." Keep on rockin' it, Amy!
I knew your facial expressions would be priceless for this reaction. And you did not disappoint. Thank you! You are such a sweetheart.
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This is actually a core part of the rock attitude, in your face, no apologies
The song is about childhood sexual abuse and the the lifetime of dysfunction that follows....that is the "rock attitude"
@@pulsarlights2825Yes honestly if you dive into it. Songs like Stray Cat Blues from Rolling Stones, Christine Sixteen from KISS and She’s Only Seventeen from Winger are examples. I’m less familiar with Elvis but a certain Chuck Berry song is an example.
@@pulsarlights2825It’s no surprise that Rock n Roll is filled with dysfunctional themes and cringe. No shortage of documentaries on the topic going back to Elvis, Chuck Berry and others. Sex Drugs Rock n Roll trifecta. Rap and Country music likewise often in more subtle language.
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Abuse is non-consensual.
@@pulsarlights2825 It's just a joke. Sounds like Bryan May making up a silly story to make fun of Freddie's love of fat bottoms.
Sang in Bars all over America 😊
Put this on the jukebox and you're virtually guaranteed to get everyone singing, and possibly a few ladies up on tables.
It amazes me, all these music lovers and their first listens to hit songs that have been around for decades!
With this album it ends classic Queen style (the best, for me). In the 80s' they were more pop/rock oriented.
It always reminds me of highland reels and bagpipes
I do believe your blushing Amy
This is by far the most amazing and hilarious reaction I saw from you.
Hilarious for sure. I don’t think Amy is as “straight-laced” as some here might think’ 😜
o @helenespaulding7562 I don't make value judgments, much less about people I don't know, just referring to this vide
@@josedinis9418 I wasn’t implying that that you make value judgements about people you don’t know! Yikes. I was agreeing with your comment. It tickles me when we see this side of her.
0:27 - "Just put it all out there..." Yep, more accurate than you knew at that point! 🤣
The tune/progression I'm hearing in there is "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" -- Is that what you're thinking of?
Please, please, please explore early AC/DC, Bon Scott era 🙏
The way you are singing it the melody looks a lot like the Schotish Loch Loch Lomond.
That's exactly what I was thinking: "O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, And I'll be in Scotland afore ye,"
You’re right. Queen is a very educated band. Brian has his PhD in Astro physics, John has an honors degree in Engineering, Roger has a degree in Biology and, of course, Freddie’s degree is in Graphic Design. Interestingly, one of their favorite pastimes while on tour was to play Scrabble. I wonder, will Vlad have Amy watch the official video for Bicycle Race??
Roger's also studied dentistry, before getting the bio degree.
Electronic Engineering
Yes the video clip for Bicycle Race is great
Well bred stock bloodline.
I love the straightforward stomping beat of this song. I don‘t know any other song witch has a similarly consequent beat.
I don‘t even imagine it as 1-2-3-4 but as 1-1-1-1.
Which....not Witch
@23:30 the hidden melody is Amazing Grace.
Listening to your reaction I'd *LOVE* to see your reaction to the film THIS IS SPINAL TAP - a fake fly on the wall documentary of a British metal band touring the States. 😁
Bit late, but the tune you are thinking it sounds like is She'll be coming round the mountain. Been a Queen fan for a very long time and I've never noticed it before.
Ha! I came here to say just that. Exact same chord structure.
@@keithanderson6127 Crazy isn't it? lol
What does a truly honest man say when his wife asks him, "Does my 'bottom' look fat in these pants?"......?
My wife and I have this little retort between us;
She will say, "Does this [incongruous object] make my a$$ look fat?"
And I always respond with, "You betcha!"
Sometimes it is reversed.
I dated a woman who'd asked me, one time (and one time only, I might add...!) "Do these pants make my a$$ look big?" I replied "Don't blame all of that on those poor pants". Hey - if you don't want the truth, don't ask me questions...
Apparently, "why don't you go in the other room so I can see it all" is not the correct answer.
No it not the pants - but i love it
I have some recommendations:
Fleedwood Mac - Dreams
The beach boys - God only knows
Neil Young - old man
Prince - Purple rain
Oasis - Don’t look back in anger
A$ap rocky - everyday
Strokes - someday
the white stripes - seven nation army
The libertines - can’t stand me now
Pearl Jam - Black
Red hot chilli peppers - otherside
Linkin Park - in the end
queens of the stone age - no one knows
the verve bitter sweet symphony
Don’t forget to add Electric light orchestra this channels biggest miss and my fave band Marillion
@@jmurray2018 Fugazi and Script are my favs.
Vlad, please explain to Amy about that point in adolescence-young adulthood where all young people's hormones kick in. It seems growing up in Amish country she missed out on it. But seriously, the big imputus for Rock's insertion into dominence in the 60's 70's was the Hippie Movement "Peace, Love and Rock and Roll", and when we were talking "Love" back then we meant Sex. Sure, Rock also carried the message of the heavier sides of life and important ideals, but under it all Rock, being a popular music form, is based on Love, Sex, and all those emotions that are basic to adolescent-young adult life. Songs like this are much more prominent in Rock than what you've listened to so far. That melody that you were so entranced in is the base to all old traditional folk music. Check out most Irish, Scottish, English folk music.
Thought this would be the Spinal Tap song. Yet again, a Queen song that sounds like it should be in a stage musical.
It's worth remembering that all of them put into these songs.
When asked about the song writing process, Roger Taylor said, "Well, someone comes up with a basic song and then everyone else tries to change it."
Which really why they started just putting "Queen" on every song as the writer.
I haven't listened to this in years and upon listening to it here it's clearly that it has a strong southern rock influence, with what I'm going to call Scottish drums, which of course makes sense given the Scots-Irish influence on southern music whether country, bluegrass or southern rock, along with blues and folk and other kinds of Celtic and British music. And who better to interpret and expand upon classic American popular music than a British rock band fronted by a Zoroastran Persian lead singer and astrophysicist!
I was 13 when this album was realist and my parents gave me this wonderful album for Christmas not knowing in the inside cover of the album was a poster of beautiful stark naked women riding around on push bikes on an athletic track of which I hung on my bedroom wall as a thirteen year old boy I thought all my birthdays and Christmases had come together ❤😂
Enjoyed that Guys, that was fun.
This is by far my favorite reaction you've done!
lol your thumbnail expression.
Yup Brian isn’t as innocent as he appears. This track is straight up fun, & the video & live are Sassy Freddie at his best.
At its heart, rock & roll is all about fun.
Their Wembley Stadium gig, promoting this album, featured a bevy of naked women riding bicycles around the stadium track, at one point.
Fun Stuff...
I took the single of this and Bicycle Race into school when I was young and the Head Mistress confiscated it!!! There was also a rather interesting fold-out poster on the album and a racy video for Bicycle Race where nude women were bicycling around a stadium.
I was 12 and my Sister not quite 11 when she bought the LP - and we both felt a bit shocked when unfolding that poster 😅
I still have that poster tucked neatly beside the album in the album jacket. It is in pristine condition since I am a girl and am into hot dudes (like Roger) and not into other chicks.
I think I'll pass this album down to my son - he'll appreciate the poster 😊
I'm intrigued by the theory (which I first heard many years ago) that FBG is Brian's homage to his guitar (or perhaps guitars in general.) First of all, a guitar has the general shape of a fat-bottomed girl. Then there is the line "down beside that red firelight." Part of Brian's Red Special guitar is made of a very old piece of wood from a fireplace mantel. Next, consider the line "Fat-bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round." What instrument, more than any other, is most strongly associated with rock music? The electric guitar, of course. This next one might be a stretch, but what about "I've been singin' with my band, across the wire, across the land." Aren't guitar strings a kind of wire? Finally, there is the fact that the song is in Drop D tuning, which produces a sound sometimes described as having a "fat bottom."
Fascinating. I think you might be on to something.
On the other hand maybe it's a song bout fat-bottomed girls.
Your enthusiam is infectous? I almost snorted beer on my keyboard? Naughty girl? lol. Good Luck and God Bless.
They may have fat bottoms, but they make the rockin world go round. That is a complement of the highest order?