Talk:Seven Seas of Rhye

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?--feline1 15:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

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 song It's a Beautiful Day on the Made 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 of It's a beautiful day). It would be good for the article to mention all these other songs which contain bits of Rhye. -GilbertoSilvaFan 12:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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)

I think that we need a citation for those songs. Possibly from one of the few lyrics meaning books around Rhye20 (talk) 16:34, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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Who played the stylophone?

I've seen claims (on this page and on Stylophone#Usage ) that the "I do like to be beside the seaside" finish is accompanied by Queen's producer Roy Thomas Barker playing an electronic instrument called a Stylophone.

Stylophone#Usage cited no source for this information, but Seven Seas of Rhye cited http://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 a in a Queen forum, asking this very question after reading these same Wikipedia articles. One relevant post is by forum 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 found page in Brian May's biography in which Ken Testi recalls Brian playing the stylophone.

For lack of better evidence, I have the 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)

Glam rock? What??

How is this glam rock? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 (talk) 02:29, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Agreed, no sources for glam or art. Removed. Rodericksilly (talk) 07:29, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Glam Rock?? Really?

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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halenane (talk • contribs) 16:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

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