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I knew one of these days I would get around to doing some fan art of one of the best ballads ever written. Brian May is a musical frickin' genius.
I had an idea of what the song meant, but some things didn't quite make sense. After Drake Fenwick explained what the song meant further, I really, really appreciated it even more. Considering I'm a huge science fiction fan, I should have been able to figure it out. Oh, well. Better late than never.
I know I still have much to learn when it comes to painting digitally; I only hope this movie poster idea does such a wonderfully written song a tiny bit of justice. When I grew near to finishing the piece, I listened to the song a couple times and, I must admit, I got a bit teary-eyed while looking at the progress.
I am a sappy fool. ;)
For those who don't fully understand the reference and wish to, please visit this link. And listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7efZyHOLY&feature=related
I had an idea of what the song meant, but some things didn't quite make sense. After Drake Fenwick explained what the song meant further, I really, really appreciated it even more. Considering I'm a huge science fiction fan, I should have been able to figure it out. Oh, well. Better late than never.
I know I still have much to learn when it comes to painting digitally; I only hope this movie poster idea does such a wonderfully written song a tiny bit of justice. When I grew near to finishing the piece, I listened to the song a couple times and, I must admit, I got a bit teary-eyed while looking at the progress.
I am a sappy fool. ;)
For those who don't fully understand the reference and wish to, please visit this link. And listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7efZyHOLY&feature=related
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That was the same album, I believe, that "Bohemian Rhapsody" first appeared on.
All four members of Queen were diehard schience-fiction buffs, and often reflected it in many of their songs, and even, at times, with their whole albums in some fashion- For example, Frank Kelly Freas' cover for "News of the World", which was a redo of one he did for an SF pulp magazine twenty years earlier.... (Was nice to habve met Freas at CF7 before he passed on.. :) )
d.m.f.
All four members of Queen were diehard schience-fiction buffs, and often reflected it in many of their songs, and even, at times, with their whole albums in some fashion- For example, Frank Kelly Freas' cover for "News of the World", which was a redo of one he did for an SF pulp magazine twenty years earlier.... (Was nice to habve met Freas at CF7 before he passed on.. :) )
d.m.f.
Brian May is a genius in many respects-- After all, he is an accredited astrophysicist, not just a damn good guitar player and songwriter... :)
I think in some ways this is a reflection of the year 1939, a defining year in many, many ways, not just the fact it was the year WW2 really started, with Germany's invasion of Poland, but of having the very first World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon"), held that year to coincide with the twin World's Fairs in NYC and San Francisco... It was a year we were truly looking to a gleaming future, that we could make the future today....
I took a look back to '39 in this journal, in part because of my fascination with the NY & SF World's Fairs and the then-futuristic visions and innovations that have since come to pass, for the most part. :)
d.m.f.
I think in some ways this is a reflection of the year 1939, a defining year in many, many ways, not just the fact it was the year WW2 really started, with Germany's invasion of Poland, but of having the very first World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon"), held that year to coincide with the twin World's Fairs in NYC and San Francisco... It was a year we were truly looking to a gleaming future, that we could make the future today....
I took a look back to '39 in this journal, in part because of my fascination with the NY & SF World's Fairs and the then-futuristic visions and innovations that have since come to pass, for the most part. :)
d.m.f.
You know, I bet May kept that in mind when he wrote the song. I'm tellin' you, musicians back in the 70's really knew how to make excellent music, and they did their research, obviously. Look at Rush. I'd love to have heard Queen do a concept album. Their absoulte best stuff was from Queen (first album) to Day at the Races.
I grew up with the music of the '70s- It was one of the more creative times, especially with prog rock and classic rock... Yet good music has never disappeared, regardless of genre- It just doesn't get marketed by the Big Guys. :)
d.m.f.
(music lover for at least 41 of my 43 years... :) )
d.m.f.
(music lover for at least 41 of my 43 years... :) )
Well, fortunately, we still have those creatives around that really make a difference in these overly-commercialized times. Nowadays they just seem fewer and farther between.
Examples: Les Claypool, Tool, The Melvins, Mike Patton. I can't think of too many offhand for some reason.
Examples: Les Claypool, Tool, The Melvins, Mike Patton. I can't think of too many offhand for some reason.
That, indeed, he does have. :) Oh, and his first band (and still based here, if they're still together- Haven't heard them in years, though) was Mr. Bungle-- I was going to produce an album for them on 2-track 8mm videotape, audio-only mode, back in the late '80s, but things didn't gel... Would've been fun, though. :)
(Where am I, you may ask? Eureka, California... Mike, at the time, was working at the local record store as his day job, before the FNM gig- He's from McKinleyville, across Humboldt Bay from Eureka...)
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(Where am I, you may ask? Eureka, California... Mike, at the time, was working at the local record store as his day job, before the FNM gig- He's from McKinleyville, across Humboldt Bay from Eureka...)
d.m.f.
Yeah, I know about Mr. Bungle. Trevor Dunn was also in Mr. Bungle with Mike.
I got Fantomas and their tour manager to sign the Book of Rock when I saw them at Stubb's BBQ in Austin (I think it was Stubb's...)
Look for my next update. I'll post the picture i gave the band.
-D!
I got Fantomas and their tour manager to sign the Book of Rock when I saw them at Stubb's BBQ in Austin (I think it was Stubb's...)
Look for my next update. I'll post the picture i gave the band.
-D!
Essentially, it breaks sown like this:
Two people in love (in this case I used raccoons), one of them has a mission to complete, which is to get on a spaceship with other people to explore this new planet that's been discovered. Due to the nature of traveling to another star system it would take the crew of the ship only one year to get there and back if they go at the speed of light. When they get back, time would have passed for those on Earth for close to a century.
In the year of '39 means whatever year in the future it falls under where the story begins. Could be 2139 or 2239. Who knows.
"Write your letters in the sand". I assume this lyric means her love letters to her husband while she's on the beach, a place where she goes to find solace and comfort. The letters she'd later transcribe to her husband and send to him via radio transmissions since radio signals travel pretty fast.
"I am older but a year" means he's only aged one year where everyone on Earth has aged significantly.
"Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me" means when he gets back to Earth he sees his daughter who would be around his wife's age when he gets back to Earth. Apparently, she looks like his wife, which is typical of genetics.
"For my life still ahead. Pity me" means he's still got his life ahead of him, but no one to share it with.
Yeah, before Drake explained it to me, I thought it was about sea faring people off to explore the New World, so some of the lyrics didn't make sense to me either. I thought maybe his wife died and only his daughter was left. I wondered why the song wasn't called '92. :)
Two people in love (in this case I used raccoons), one of them has a mission to complete, which is to get on a spaceship with other people to explore this new planet that's been discovered. Due to the nature of traveling to another star system it would take the crew of the ship only one year to get there and back if they go at the speed of light. When they get back, time would have passed for those on Earth for close to a century.
In the year of '39 means whatever year in the future it falls under where the story begins. Could be 2139 or 2239. Who knows.
"Write your letters in the sand". I assume this lyric means her love letters to her husband while she's on the beach, a place where she goes to find solace and comfort. The letters she'd later transcribe to her husband and send to him via radio transmissions since radio signals travel pretty fast.
"I am older but a year" means he's only aged one year where everyone on Earth has aged significantly.
"Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me" means when he gets back to Earth he sees his daughter who would be around his wife's age when he gets back to Earth. Apparently, she looks like his wife, which is typical of genetics.
"For my life still ahead. Pity me" means he's still got his life ahead of him, but no one to share it with.
Yeah, before Drake explained it to me, I thought it was about sea faring people off to explore the New World, so some of the lyrics didn't make sense to me either. I thought maybe his wife died and only his daughter was left. I wondered why the song wasn't called '92. :)
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