It basically doesn’t suit my style.’ But ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ was such a period piece, it seemed to need that period sound. I said, ‘I don’t want to play a Telecaster. “I used one of Roger’s really old, beat-up, natural-wood Telecaster. Mack was also instrumental in keeping the song true to the rock n’ roll vibe from the ’50s by convincing May to play the solo on a Fender Tele, instead of his usual Red Special. Sound engineer Reinhold Mack recalls getting the studio ready in a matter of minutes, where Mercury said to have them record the song asap, or else Brian May would “make things take a little longer.” The frontman feared that inspiration would soon leak out just as quickly as it came, and arranged for the band to hurry into the studio to record it. I did that on the guitar, which I can’t play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing, because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords,” Mercury shared in a 1981 interview with Melody Maker. “’Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ took me five or 10 minutes.
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