 The opening two verses and the closing ballad would be played later in the show as part of a piano-based medley with "Killer Queen", "March of the Black Queen", and sometimes "You're My Best Friend".This arrangement allowed the band to avoid the logistical nightmare of performing the entire rhapsody live, and they could simply allow the operatic section to roll from tape.Most of the so-called Christmas Eve gig was broadcast on the Old Grey Whistle Test – a television music show on BBC 2.