“MY SONGS ARE ALWAYS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS”

EVEN TODAY, OBSERVATORIO DEL Teide’s towers – shining brilliant white against the Tenerifian sky – resemble a Giorgio de Chirico painting brought to life. It was here that 22-year-old Brian May spent spring 1970 with professors and fellow students from Imperial College, Kensington. Together the island’s clear skies and the observatory’s telescopes allowed an unhindered view of the zodiacal dust Brian was studying for his PhD thesis. Back in London, May played guitar in Smile, a trio who’d shared a bill with Pink Floyd and Free but were struggling to make any serious headway. May bought a Spanish guitar in Tenerife, hoping to experience a musical big bang moment when he wasn’t pondering the cosmos. One night, perched on the volcanic rocks of Mount Teide, May watched the sun rise…

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