Put out the fire

“Put Out the Fire” is a song by the British rock band Queen from the album Hot Space . It is the only "heavy" track on the album, included in the Queen Rocks compilation. Was released as party “B” of the single “ Calling All Girls ”.

According to May, it was difficult for him to write a guitar solo for the composition. According to him, he created many different solos, but he did not like any of them. The final solo was written by him after he returned from the club, where he drank a lot. Everyone was tipsy, and May became interested in the echo effect created by Reinhold Mack using cans. May really liked this sound, and he wanted to try to use it in all the songs from the album, and then Mack advised him to use it for guitar solo in “Put Out the Fire”. The recording of the song was released by car, and May played solo on this record. It was this option that ended up on the album. May said that "he barely heard how it sounded, but it sounded good and he was drunk." However, he does not consider this solo successful ^[1] .

An alternative version of this song was presented at the fan convention in Prestatin , it has a slightly different percussion.

The song calls for abandoning the weapon and shows what the use of it by unprepared citizens can lead to: “ They called him a hero In the land of the free But he wouldn't shake my hand boy He disappointed me So I got my handgun And I blew him away That critter was a bad guy I had to make him pay "(translated from English. - " They called him a hero in the land of freedom, but he did not want to shake my hand, he disappointed me. I had my gun and I shot him: he was a bad guy, and I made him pay. ”)