Why not love Queen by playing its hits on trombone?

April 2, 2016 1:46 AM

A trombone player loves - LOVES - Queen, and does the band proud by playing it all. It makes sense to do this, once you've heard it.
posted by goofyfoot (15 comments total)

Bohemian Embouchure!

(That's the first time I've ever enjoyed "Flash!")
posted by chavenet at 2:53 AM on April 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

Pretty good. It's no Mambo Number 5 though.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 3:44 AM on April 2, 2016 [4 favorites]

Hah, you said "A Trombone Player" and I knew you meant Christopher Bill. He's my jam!
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:10 AM on April 2, 2016

This is great.

Until "Under Pressure" and just realized...
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and that is a lot to deal with.
posted by Hicksu at 5:32 AM on April 2, 2016 [5 favorites]

.. life is so wonderful. I'm happy for what we get, but once a species becomes aware of the whole thing and all it would be nice if there was something to look forward to.


I just really wish they were both still here.
posted by Hicksu at 5:38 AM on April 2, 2016 [2 favorites]

I, too, love Queen Beyonce, but I don't recognize any of her songs here
posted by beerperson at 5:40 AM on April 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

bonus for building your own trombone from scrap wood
posted by thelonius at 7:09 AM on April 2, 2016 [2 favorites]

I like how much this brings out just how great a combo of harmonic arrangement and metric swagger there is in so many Queen tracks; strip away the massive charisma of Freddy's vocals and Brian May's guitar and there's still just a ton of texture to these. And the timbre of the quad-trombone mix does some really nice stuff with that.

I'm also incredibly happy he put the hero theme from Flash Gordon in there.
posted by cortex at 9:00 AM on April 2, 2016 [4 favorites]

I, too, love Queen Beyonce, but I don't recognize any of her songs here

The trombone is not really her instrument. First position is concert Bey Flat.
posted by kurumi at 10:22 AM on April 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

This was great!

The medley is taking a bit to get used to; I keep anticipating sections he doesn't get to.

Also I was going to say that it felt weird treating the four corners as different people, but he is playing several different trombones, so they are distinct.
posted by mountmccabe at 12:10 PM on April 2, 2016

Thank you so much for posting this! This video is making me cry with happiness. I'm not even kidding. I love Queen so much and this guy is so good, it's wonderful to hear his renditions of all these songs I adore.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:38 PM on April 2, 2016 [4 favorites]

Somehow makes me feel like I should be stood up stock straight and saluting something.
posted by lucidium at 7:25 PM on April 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

That melody from "Don't Stop Me Now" just works so great on any instrument doesn't it?
posted by Brainy at 9:14 PM on April 2, 2016

I also heard about the flaming trombone today
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:55 PM on April 2, 2016

His tone is beautiful, it lends itself well to small ensemble playing.
His pedal notes are also fantastic.
posted by plinth at 7:34 AM on April 4, 2016