Dragon Attack Lyrics
Take me out of my head-'s what I said
Take me to the room where the green's all green
And from what I've seen it's hot, it's mean
Gonna eat that sound -(yeah yeah yeah)
Take me to the room where the blacks all white
And the white's are black, take me back to the shack
Go Down-Gonna give me the business
No time-Yeah chained to the rack!
Show time-Got a Dragon on my back
Show down-Go find another customer
Slow down-I gotta make my way
The dragon on his back (May's) is his guitar. He's about to go onstage and can't wait to make it breathe fire and roar!!
@williamkferro The Red Special is referenced in the "She's gonna..." part. The rest of the song, dragon included, was noting things going on around them at Musicaland Studio in Munich. The dragon on his back was literal. Many of Brian's stage clothes (and some of his casual clothes) had a dragon on them. It was a signature thing and it is very possible he was wearing an item of clothing with a dragon on the back when he wrote this.
@williamkferro The Red Special is referenced in the "She's gonna..." part. The rest of the song, dragon included, was noting things going on around them at Musicaland Studio in Munich. The dragon on his back was literal. Many of Brian's stage clothes (and some of his casual clothes) had a dragon on them. It was a signature thing and it is very possible he was wearing an item of clothing with a dragon on the back when he wrote this.
DRAGON ATTACK! contains one of my favorite guitar solos of all time :]
Yeah, but like most Queen songs, Freddie didn't write it. People always seem to attribute all of the good Queen songs to Freddie. They shared song writing duties. Brian May wrote this song. It's about a love of music.
"Take me to the room where the beat's all round" The studio. This was written during the time when they were losing their fans because they weren't playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" type music, this was a new sound for them.
Go down- Gonna give me the business (fans screaming 'play Bohemian Rhapsody!')
Low down- Gonna give me the business (people giving them a hard time about changing their style)
Showtime- Got a Dragon on my back (their past, people wanted them to play the old stuff, but they have to change as artists)
Showdown- Go find another customer (It's time for a new audience)
That's one helluva guitar track. I think the best word to describe the guitar work is 'searing'. And no its not about heroin
Funkiest thing Brian May ever wrote, brilliant live.
hey ozonefiller I never thought of it like that! Wow! That makes so much more sense! Thanks! x x x
A great song to listen to when stoned and drunk! It almost sounds like it's a black funk rock band playing and singing it.
@jokingkong They were drunk when the wrote and recorded it so it makes sense it would sound like that.
@jokingkong They were drunk when the wrote and recorded it so it makes sense it would sound like that.
Gonna use my stack It's gotta be Mack
Marshall speaker stacks, perhaps?
Anyway - I love the bass on this one.
@Paul364486 Vox was Brian's preference
@Paul364486 Vox was Brian's preference
This song cracks me up because it is obvious Brian was just bringing up things around him for the lyrics. There was no deep meaning. The song was more about the groove and melody than the lyrics. They were in Munich recording with Mack. He mentions the studio, his amp stack, Mack, the Sugar Shack (a place they would go clubbing in Munich), and any reference to "she" is his Red Special. The dragon on his back was literal. Many of Brian's stage clothes had dragons on them, including black jacket he wore casually and white vest he wore on stage with a literal dragon on the back.
^^ I meant in the breakdown before the bass kicks in.