Brian May has emulated his iconic 2002 Buckingham Palace guitar solo for a brand new charity single with Kings Daughters.
The Queen guitarist carried out an unforgettable guitar solo of ‘God Save The Queen’ throughout Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee celebrations 18 years in the past, and he is now replicated that second as a part of a brand new music designed to assist individuals get via the coronavirus pandemic.
Brian has joined compelled with feminine group Kings Daughters to file ‘Get Up’, which sees the 72-year-old rocker take to the rooftop of his house in Kensington, West London, to play guitar as a part of the music video.
He mentioned it was evocative of 2002, when he performed from the roof to start out the Party on the Palace live performance.
Speaking in regards to the coronavirus lockdown, he mentioned: ”It’s robust and I believe we cope with it, more often than not. Then we get odd moments once we actually begin to really feel like caged animals and really feel like there is no hope. And that is once you want a little bit of music to choose you up.”
Brian – who has open spoken about his personal psychological well being struggles – hopes ‘Get Up’ will assist ”heal” individuals who really feel remoted on account of new lockdown measures which can be conserving individuals at house.
He added: ”Music is a good healer. So I’m hoping that this music can be such a factor, you understand it’s going to really choose individuals up after they’re on the brink.”
‘Get Up’ – which was additionally produced by Brian, and was launched on Wednesday (15.04.20) – is a charity single, with 10 % of every buy going to psychological well being charity Mind.
The video additionally contains the King’s Daughters band members and lead singer Talia Dean – who co-wrote the music with May and who was a contestant on ‘The X Factor’ in 2017 – showcase a day of their lives underneath isolation.
And members of the general public, together with some NHS workers, have gotten concerned within the video too, as clips could be seen of them doing the particular dance transfer created for the music.
