| 词条 | '39 |
| 释义 |
| name = '39 | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Queen | album = A Night at the Opera | EP = | A-side = You're My Best Friend | written = | published = | released = 21 November 1975 | format = | recorded = August–November 1975 | studio = | venue = | genre = *Progressive rock[1]
| length = 3:30 | label =
| writer = Brian May | composer = | lyricist = | producer =
| prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = | prev_track = | track_no = | next_track = | tracks = {{A Night at the Opera tracks}} }} "'39" is a song by British rock band Queen. Composed by lead guitarist Brian May, it is the fifth track on their fourth studio album A Night at the Opera. The song was also the B-side to "You're My Best Friend". The song relates the tale of a group of space explorers who embark on what is, from their perspective, a year-long voyage. Upon their return, however, they realise that a hundred years have passed, because of the time dilation effect in Einstein's special theory of relativity, and the loved ones they left behind are now all dead or aged.[6] RecordingMay sings lead vocal on the studio recording of the song, one of his few lead vocals on Queen recordings. May had asked bassist John Deacon to play double bass as a joke but a couple of days later he found Deacon in the studio with the instrument, and he had already learned to play it.[7] May had been working on his thesis in astrophysics, but eventually abandoned his studies to pursue his career with Queen. In 2006, he resumed his studies and eventually completed his thesis, titled "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud", and received his PhD in 2008.[8] Since Queen had named their albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races after two of the Marx Brothers' most popular films, surviving brother Groucho Marx invited Queen to visit him at his Los Angeles home in March 1977 (five months before he died). The band thanked him and performed "'39" a cappella.[9] Live performancesThe song was a live favourite throughout the 1970s, often being used as a singalong in concert.[10] It was first performed in Edinburgh in September 1976 and remained in set lists until December 1979, although the song was briefly performed in 1984. Instead of May singing the lead vocals live, Mercury did. The Guardian later commented that live performances of the song were played as "a raucous, rollicking sea shanty."[11] The song is featured on the live album Live Killers. George Michael performed "'39" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992.[12][13] Michael cited this song as his favourite Queen song, claiming he used to busk it on the London Underground.[14]Recently, Queen have included the song on the setlists of their Queen + Adam Lambert tours in 2012 & 2014-2015[15] & both Queen + Paul Rodgers Tours which were Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour & Rock the Cosmos featuring Paul Rodgers; as on the album, it is sung by May. Comments{{bquote|I felt a little like that about my home at the time, having been away and seen this vastly different world of rock music which was totally different from the way I was brought up. People may not generally admit it but I think that when most people write songs there is more than one level to them – they'll be about one thing on the surface, but underneath they're probably trying, maybe even unconsciously, to say something about their own life, their own experience – and in nearly all my stuff, there is a personal feeling.|Brian May, on the meaning of "'39"[11]}}Personnel
References1. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-at-the-opera-mw0000391519 | title= A Night at the Opera | publisher=AllMusic }} 2. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/a-night-at-the-opera-19760408 | title= A Night At The Opera | publisher=Rolling Stone }} 3. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-day-at-the-races-mw0000182727 | title= A Day at the Races - Queen | publisher=AllMusic | quote="The pastoral folk of "'39"," }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_10-14-2004_-_A_Night_at_the_Opera_-_Daily_Vault|title=A Night at the Opera|publisher=Daily Vault|author=Jason Warburg|quote="...the folk-tinged historical romance of May's "'39."|date=14 October 2004|accessdate=19 November 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-a-night-at-the-opera/ | title= Revisiting Queen's Masterpiece, 'A Night at the Opera' | publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock | quote="a mutation of skiffle and science fiction called "'39"," }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2891|title='39|publisher=songfacts.com|accessdate=2016-03-30}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://queen.musichall.cz/index_en.php?s=fc&d=facts|title=Queen Legends|author=Brian May}} 8. ^[https://bestclassicbands.com/queen-39-song-facts-3-14-188/ Queen’s Homage to Space Exploration: ’39’] Best Classic Bands. Retrieved 14 November 2018 9. ^Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock. p.96. Voyageur Press, 2009 10. ^[https://www.allmusic.com/song/39-mt0041538301 '39 - Queen] AllMusic. Bruce Eder. Retrieved 14 November 2018 11. ^1 [https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/20/old-music-queen-39 Old Music: Queen - '39] The Guardian. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018 12. ^The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Ultimate Queen Retrieved 6 July 2011 13. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIZvd1wt1-k Queen & George Michael – '39 (Freddie Mercury Tribute)] Retrieved 6 July 2011 14. ^A Night At The Opera {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510152854/http://www.queenzone.com/news/a-night-at-the-opera.aspx |date=10 May 2015 }} QueenZone.com Retrieved 6 July 2011 15. ^{{cite web|title=Queen + Adam Lambert Set List: Calgary, Saddledome|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/queen-adam-lambert-set-list-calgary-saddledome/|website=Queen Online|accessdate=22 October 2014}} External links
9 : Queen (band) songs|1975 songs|British progressive rock songs|Outer space themed songs|Song recordings produced by Roy Thomas Baker|Songs written by Brian May|Fiction about time travel|1976 singles|British pop rock songs |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。