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"Hammer to Fall" is a 1984 song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song is the eighth track on their 1984 album ''The Works''.〔(The Works ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 July 2011〕 It was the fourth and final single to be released from that album, although the single version was edited down by thirty seconds in contrast to the version on the album. Different sleeves were used to package this single and the live picture sleeve is now a collector's item. The song harks back to the Queen of old, with a song being built around a hard angular and muscular riff. The song features Freddie Mercury on lead vocals. "Hammer to Fall" was a concert favourite, and was the third song the band performed at Live Aid in 1985.〔Peter Stanford (24 Sep 2011). (Queen: their finest moment at Live Aid ). The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2012〕〔〔(Live Aid: Hammer to Fall ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 July 2011〕 The song features in the setlist of both The Works Tour and The Magic Tour.〔〔 The full album version of the song appears on ''Queen Rocks'' while the single version appears on ''Greatest Hits II'' and ''Classic Queen''.〔 ==Interpretation== The lyrics at several points refer to the Cold War era in which the band members grew up, fuelling the popular conception that the song was about nuclear war:
The term "waiting for the hammer to fall" in the song was taken to refer to the anticipation by the public that Cold War would turn "hot" - or, alternatively, as a reference to the Soviet Hammer and Sickle. The song also contains references to death and its inevitability:
The question of the meaning of the song was effectively settled when May wrote on his website that "Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life", and that "the Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!"〔Brian May: ''Brian's Soapbox'', April 2004, (brianmay.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hammer to Fall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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