The Queen Thread

[Cyclopssss]

Very well said. Not much more to add. Other than, the intro to ´The seven seas of Rhye´still gives me goosebumps....

[Super Dude]

So I heard on Wikipedia that they were supposed to release some duets between Freddie and Michael Jackson last year. What happened to that?

[Nel]

So after asking about them well over a year ago, I finally ordered the first volume of Queen 40, which is the first five albums. Would have ordered the other two, but god, the raised shipping and handling really kicks me in the teeth now. XD

[Azyiu]

For those of you didn't already know it, Eagle Rock Entertainment is re-releasing the legendary "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" on SD Bluray on 3rd Sept! Although the show is not featured in its entirety, content we've seen on its original LD release in 1992 is all included here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Freddie-Mercury-Tribute-Concert-Blu-ray/76576/

[KevShmev]

You sure it's not the whole concert?  Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours. 

And actually, if you look here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507

I think that IS the whole concert.  Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.

[Azyiu]

You sure it's not the whole concert?  Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours. 

And actually, if you look here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507

I think that IS the whole concert.  Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.

That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.

For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.

[ReaperKK]

You sure it's not the whole concert?  Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours. 

And actually, if you look here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507

I think that IS the whole concert.  Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.

That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.

For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.

I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.

It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.

[Azyiu]

I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.

It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.

There you go, and to me the reason why he asked it to be removed from any future releases is obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7LM9s3Lm4A

[KevShmev]

You sure it's not the whole concert?  Because it does say there that it is 270 minutes, and I remember the concert being 4+ hours. 

And actually, if you look here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11507

I think that IS the whole concert.  Thank God, too, because them leaving the Extreme medley off of the DVD release was absolutely criminal.

That's the setlist from the original LD version released in 1992, and it is NOT the whole concert.

For two things, Extreme's acoustic set of "Love of My Life" + "More Than Words" ain't there, neither is Robert Plant's "Innuendo". And I haven't even mentioned Def Leppard's "Animal" or the entire Spinal Tap set.

Ahhhhh, that's right.  Oh well, at least they are adding the bulk of what was left off of the DVD.

I've seen the extreme love of my life and more than words on youtube but I haven't seen Innuendo, Animal, or Spinal Tap.

It'd be cool if those were on there. I don't think Innuendo will be, I thought I read some where that RP asked for it to be excluded.

There you go, and to me the reason why he asked it to be removed from any future releases is obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7LM9s3Lm4A

Jeez, that was painful to watch.

[Super Dude]

I got the full discography over the weekend, so not including single b-sides or No One But You, or any of the post-'95 stuff. Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.

[Zydar]

Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.

Mother Love from Made In Heaven is so heartbreaking 

[Super Dude]

And the little bit of Seven Seas of Rhye at the end of the Beautiful Day reprise. Nothing's hit me that hard since hearing The End on Abbey Road the first time.

[Azyiu]

I got the full discography over the weekend, so not including single b-sides or No One But You, or any of the post-'95 stuff. Goddammit are those last three albums sad to listen to. It's weird that in a way, towards that end of the career, Queen just becomes the Freddie band.

What exactly do you mean by that? 

[Super Dude]

It means exactly what it says. So much of the energy in that band was channeled towards getting as much music done while Freddie was still alive, and so many of the songs focus on life and death, the state of the world, and things like that. There's this overwhelming sense of urgency, as if Queen becomes singularly identified with Freddie towards the end.

[Azyiu]

It means exactly what it says. So much of the energy in that band was channeled towards getting as much music done while Freddie was still alive, and so many of the songs focus on life and death, the state of the world, and things like that. There's this overwhelming sense of urgency, as if Queen becomes singularly identified with Freddie towards the end.

In hindsight maybe, although I don't entirely agreed.

I honestly do not think the rest of the band knew exactly what was wrong with Freddie between 1986 and 1988, and during the Miracle sessions; and perhaps only during the recordings of Innuendo they knew something wasn't right fully. I think only Freddie knew what was going on during that whole time. Instead, I think he decided to convince the band to truly put together a collaborated efforts in their final two albums in the Miracle and Innuendo, and did something together truly as Queen. I believe the band, for at least parts of this period, thought they were just changing their creative approach.

Made In Heaven, on the other hand, was mainly written during the second half of the recording of Innuendo. The band knew what was coming fully at that time, sadly they couldn't really complete the writing process with Freddie.

[rumborak]

From what I remember from interviews of the band, they were fully aware of Freddie's condition during the Innuendo recordings.

[Super Dude]

Based on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbMvkf6NJRY, I actually think they did know at least from the time of Innuendo.

[King Postwhore]

They knew something was going on and Freddie did talk to them. They kept it out of the press until the very end.  The band members knew for a while about Freddie being sick.

[Jaq]

As I recall, how it went with public knowledge of it was the band announced he had AIDS one day, and he died the next. They kept that under wraps that just seem so unlikely in the social media era. It probably should have been obvious since they just suddenly stopped touring, and it might have even been speculated on, but really, as far as I remember, no one in the general public knew until right before he died.

[rumborak]

I very much remember those two days.

[Orbert]

Me too.  Information about bands and musicians wasn't the total saturation we often have these days.  We'd noticed that Queen wasn't out and about, then it was announced that Freddie had AIDS, then the next day we heard he'd died.  Pretty shocking.  They did a great job of keeping it from the public, and I think they only announced his illness because they knew they were gonna be announcing his death soon, and, I don't know, it helped cushion the blow at least a little bit.

[Azyiu]

IMHO, even until these days, Freddie is STILL one of the best (if not THE best) rock singer ever! There can be only one, Freddie Mercury!

[Zydar]

I was watching a clip of Queen at Live Aid the other night and it still amazes me how one guy can control such a massive audience. I got chills during Radio Ga Ga.

[Azyiu]

I was watching a clip of Queen at Live Aid the other night and it still amazes me how one guy can control such a massive audience. I got chills during Radio Ga Ga.

That performance was regarded as THE BEST performance during the entire Live Aid event. Queen literally stole the show and established themselves as a legit stadium band!

[Jaq]

Queen did steal the show at Live Aid, and would have regardless, but speaking as someone who watched it live...that wasn't very hard to do. Live Aid was a bit of a hot mess in terms of performances-I mean, dozens of acts across two stages across two continents, none of them being able to properly soundcheck or really do anything to get ready, you can't really expect anything but a mess. Queen though, absolutely none of that mattered; they just came out and kicked ass. They didn't just steal the show, they were head and shoulders the best act of the day on either stage.

[ReaperKK]

Looks like Sacha Baron Cohen isn't doing the Freddie Mercury biopic anymore: https://www.deadline.com/2013/07/sacha-baron-cohen-exits-freddie-mercury-biopic/

Apparently there are creative differences with Roger and Brian, they want to keep it a PG movie.

[Orbert]

That's too bad; he would've been great.  Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material.  They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.

[Cool Chris]

Am I correct in recalling the tribute concert was on a Saturday? Or at least aired on a Saturday? I remember watching it through a cloudy fog of drugs as I had just got my wisdom teeth pulled the previous day and was encouraged by my parents to spend the day on the couch watching TV. Fortunately I had a glorious concert to watch.

Queen literally stole the show

Were they charged with grand theft? Sorry, couldn't resist.

[ReaperKK]

That's too bad; he would've been great.  Also, I'm not sure how you'd do a biopic of Freddie and not at least venture into PG-13 material.  They might be able to stay this side of R, but if they want to be even halfway realistic and honest about Freddie's lifestyle off stage, it's not going to be a squeaky-clean movie.

Yea I find it hard to believe they can do a PG movie of Freddie's life. Sacha was perfect for Freddie too.

[Super Dude]

I think Sacha made the right call, if that's really what it was going to come down to.

[Azyiu]

Yea I find it hard to believe they can do a PG movie of Freddie's life. Sacha was perfect for Freddie too.

Well, Cohen isn't exactly "perfect", per se. He is a much taller dude then Freddie, and I can imagine they might have to hire a 6'6" or above dude to play Dr. Brian May. 

[ReaperKK]

I don't think height is that big of an issue, there are many camera tricks that can be done to change the height appearance of an actor.

[Orbert]

Agreed.  They could have worked with/around that.

[Zydar]

For those of you didn't already know it, Eagle Rock Entertainment is re-releasing the legendary "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" on SD Bluray on 3rd Sept! Although the show is not featured in its entirety, content we've seen on its original LD release in 1992 is all included here:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Freddie-Mercury-Tribute-Concert-Blu-ray/76576/

Bumping this to share a preview of the release.

Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ~Trailer

[Azyiu]

Thanks for sharing.

The concert as a whole was great, but somehow that trailer didn't do much for me.