Siapa yang tak kenal dengan gitaris istimewa dari Group Band Rock legendaris Queen ini? Dia seorang pemain gitar yang memiliki keahlian khusus dimana tak satu pun gitaris lain dapat meniru dan menyamai kemahirannya.
Siapa lagi kalau bukan Brian Harold May. Seorang lelaki yang dilahirkan di Hampton, Inggris, pada 19 Juli 1947. Lantas apa kelebihannya selain daripada kepiawaian memetik senar gitar?
Brian May bukan cuma seorang musisi biasa. Lelaki kharismatik ini juga seorang "doktor" dengan gelar Ph.D pada bidang Astrofisika (Astrophysics) setelah pada tahun 2007 silam; thesisnya yang berjudul A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud berhasil diselesaikannya. Penelitiannya ini telah berlangsung dalam bilangan waktu yang cukup panjang, yang mana sempat ditundanya pada tahun 1974 karena mengejar karirnya di seni musik sebagai gitaris pencipta lagu yang handal untuk Queen. Rentang waktu selama 33 tahun itu merupakan jalan panjang penelitiannya untuk melengkapi thesis yang akhirnya berhasil diserahkannya untuk almamaternya di University of Imperial College London.
Pada bidang seni musik tak usah ditanyakan lagi bagaimana keahliannya. Sejak semua orang tahu bahwa para personil group musik rock Queen sangat mahir memadu-padankan antara bisingnya musik beraliran rock dengan melodiusnya musik klasik dan opera. Semua lagu-lagu yang dibawakan kelompok musisi ini senantiasa berkesan unik dan filosofis. Ambillah salah satu contohnya saja, lagu Bohemian Rhapsody yang melegenda itu.
Berikut ini sebuah tembang yang liriknya ditulis oleh Brian May, sekaligus juga dinyanyikan secara solo.
Too Much Love Will Kill You
Words and music by Brian May,
Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers
Words and music by Brian May,
Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you
Every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you
Every time
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end...
In the end.
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone
For much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find
Where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you
Every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you
Every time
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end...
In the end.
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