There’s enchantment and dis-enchantment, what we’re taught to believe things are and what they really are." In late 1967, she introduced the song like this: But in this song there are only two sides to things… there’s reality and I guess what you might call fantasy. In most cases there are both sides to things and in a lot of cases there are more than just both. "This is a song that talks about sides to things. Interestingly, she gave the same introduction - word for word - on Octoat the Second Fret in Philadelphia: Joni introduces the song this way at the White Swan in Leicester, England on September 16, 1967. And so I got this idea 'from both sides now.' There are a lot of sides to everything, and so the song is called "From Both Sides, Now." I was reading a book, and I haven't finished it yet, called "Henderson the Rain King." And there's a line in it that I especially got hung up on that was about when he was flying to Africa and searching for something, he said that in an age when people could look up and down at clouds, they shouldn't be afraid to die. It - I should tell people a little bit about it. What have we got here? "Night in the City," "Circle Game" - oh, "From Both Sides, Now." I'm really glad somebody requested that, because that's a very new song, and I've been driving everybody crazy by playing it twice and three times a night. Gene: Want to do some of the requested songs? Joni in conversation with Gene Shay, "Folklore Program" March 12, 1967: Well something's lost, but something's gained They shake their heads, they say I've changed Amazingly, this was 3,000 copies more than McFly's number one hit 'Baby's Coming Back'.I've looked at clouds from both sides now Despite never reaching the Top 75 in all that time, it still sold 53,000 copies and was the 160th best-selling single of 2007.
This song benefitted from the new rules, maintaining a Top 200 presence all the way through 2007. In 2007, UK chart rules changed allowing all digital downloads.
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It surprisingly only reached number 9 in the UK and number 86 in the US.ĭespite this, the song has grown in popularity over the years, thanks to consistent airplay, and by its use in adverts, TV shows and films, and through cover versions. It was kind of a stroke of genius from Freddie."
It's become a massive, massive track and an anthem to people who want to be hedonistic. "That feeling lingers, but it's become almost the most successful Queen track as regards to what people play in their car or at their weddings. It shows how Freddie threw caution to the wind, putting himself in danger: "I am a satellite, I'm out of control" and "I am a sex machine ready to reload".Īfter Freddie died of AIDS-related causes in 1991, Brian May told Mojo that he struggled with the lyrics, as it was about a difficult time in Freddie's life, when he was "taking lots of drugs and having sex with lots of men."īrian May later said: "I thought it was a lot of fun, but I did have an undercurrent feeling of, 'aren't we talking about danger here,' because we were worried about Freddie at this point. The empowering song shows Freddie feeling unstoppable: "floating around in ecstasy," "like a tiger defying the laws of gravity," and "traveling at the speed of light."
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Official Video)
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