Talk:Seven Seas of Rhye
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Seven Seas of Rhye is mentioned in "several" other Queen songs?
The only one I can think of is Lily of the Valley - are there really any others?--feline115:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My Fairy King doesn't outright name it, but if you listen, it does speak of a magical, fictional land. Rhye is both of these, so one can only assume that Freddie meant it to be Rhye...Billvoltage
It is also featured in the songIt's a Beautiful Day on theMade in Heaven album. At the 2:22 mark, the opening piano arpeggio can be heard, then at the 2:26 mark, the opening few chords of the band are played (the second chord is distinctive, as it's in a different key to the outro ofIt's a beautiful day). It would be good for the article to mention all these other songs which contain bits ofRhye. -GilbertoSilvaFan12:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
None of the other Queen songs actually mention Rhye (other than Lily of the Valley) but in addition to My Fairy King, I also believe that Ogre Battle, March of the Black Queen, and The Fairy-Feller's Master-Stroke are set in Rhye (as they are Queen songs set in a fantasy world, and if My Fairy King was set in Rhye, why not these?)Pippin the Mercury (talk)19:03, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think that we need a citation for those songs. Possibly from one of the few lyrics meaning books aroundRhye20 (talk)16:34, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I've seen claims (on this page and onStylophone#Usage ) that the "I do like to be beside the seaside" finish is accompanied by Queen's producerRoy Thomas Barker playing an electronic instrument called aStylophone.
Stylophone#Usage cited no source for this information, butSeven Seas of Rhye citedhttp://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/songs/queenii.htm#seven (retrieved in 2011).
It looks like the page has changed since 2011, because the anchor #seven no longer exists on that page (instead, there is now #Seven%20Seas%20of%20Rhye).
Searching for a better source, I found ain a Queen forum, asking this very question after reading these same Wikipedia articles. One relevant post is byforum user "sebastian":
On the Audio Commentary for AG, Brian said it was Roy.
Now, Brian's not precisely Dr Memory, so that could easily be true, and could easily be false.
Ken Testi said it'd been Brian who'd played the stylophone, but IMO they were too pedantic about credits back then to have that contribution unnamed (they even credit Brian for bells and about twenty seconds of piano), whereasa for a producer it's almost part of the job description to contribute with things that will never be officially recognised... just ask George Martin!
I don't know what "AG" is, but I guess it's a Queen DVD release. I don't know who Ken Testi is either, but I guess his opinion is relevant.
I foundpage in Brian May's biography in which Ken Testi recalls Brian playing the stylophone.
For lack of better evidence, I havethe article to update the source and remove any mention of Roy Thomas Barker involvement beyond producing.
Heavy Joke (talk)07:54, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
How is this glam rock?— Precedingunsigned comment added by108.81.33.59 (talk)02:29, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I find it hard to believe that this can be called glam. If you take a look at the lyrics, it´s obvious that this is art rock - and that the lyrics go very well with the Queen II album.— Precedingunsigned comment added byHalenane (talk •contribs)16:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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