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最近有好多謠言 說Queen要解散了
你們覺得呢
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都是屁話
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別管那些謠言
我肯定 我們要一起搖滾到他媽死為止
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INTRO TO: "One Vision"
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Hey!
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沒那麼多性...
也沒那麼多毒品
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今天你無法再那樣了
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♪ One man
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♪ One goal
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♪ One mission... ♪
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那一刻 我們好像擁有了世界
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- 你們就不謙虛點兒?
- 才不
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♪ One solution... ♪
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媒體從不了解
很多媒體不喜歡他們
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♪ Yeah, one God... ♪
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英格蘭覺得我們不酷
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但我才不要那些傻逼評論家說三道四
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你還不如在腦門上掛個靶子
說，"向我開炮!"
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如果你一直都在上坡
剩下的就只有下坡路了
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太陽城 - 真希望我從沒聽說過這個地方
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♪ I'm gonna tell you there's
no black and no white... ♪
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當一支樂隊面臨這種壓力
接下來就是離隊，解散，劃清界限了
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♪ One worldwide vision... ♪
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那是個關鍵時刻
我們可能就此解散
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這些爭論剛開始還算有建設性
後來就越來越情緒化了
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他們這是羡慕嫉妒恨
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他們都想看看
我的個人專輯會不會超過Queen的上張專輯
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Freddie越來越向同性戀的方向行進
就好像David Attenborough 拍攝野生動物節目一樣
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我只想投身生活 盡情享受人生
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倫敦 帝國理工學院
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來自50個國家的天文學家專用會場
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那些能夠用自己的研究
推動航太探索新紀元的專家
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吉他手是Brian May
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我在這兒的本科專業是物理
不過我對天文一直很感興趣
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所以我考了天文學的研究生
想借此讀博士
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在校期間
我和我同學組了一個叫1984的樂隊
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上大學後，主唱變成了Tim Staffell
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我決定組一個新樂隊，取名Smile
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鼓手是Roger Meddows-Taylor
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這裡有個佈告欄，你可以釘東西在上面
好比樂手招募啟事
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我就貼了個啟事，寫了"招募鼓手"
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“我們需要 Ginger Baker和
Mitch Mitchel那種類型的鼓手”
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我在爵士酒吧定了個房間
Roger帶了裝備箱 我則帶了一把吉他過去
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那是我們第一次合奏
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♪ When she was done
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♪ She hung them up... ♪
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當時彼此就有了火花
我們覺得“這旋律還挺特別的”
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♪ Goodbye, April Lady... ♪
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我們的音樂理念一拍即合
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♪ Goodbye, April Lady
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♪ You've done a lot for the folks
in this town... ♪
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主唱是 Freddie Mercury
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Freddie來自殖民地區
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他出生在Zanzibar(非洲小島)
在印度念的寄宿學校
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1968年，我在Ealing藝術學校第一次見到Freddie
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那裡有架鋼琴
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Freddie會在鋼琴上彈些華麗的段子
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技巧是不折不扣的古典派 但感覺又很特別
你從沒看過別人像那樣彈鋼琴
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他第一次唱歌時
我的感覺就是 聲音太驚豔了
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♪ The minute you walked in the joint
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♪ I could see
you were a man of distinction
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♪ A real big spender
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♪ Good-looking, so refined
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♪ Say, wouldn't you like to know
what's going on in my mind...? ♪
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我那時候老跟著Smile 我們是朋友
我經常去看他們的演出
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Freddie簡直在時刻準備著
時不時提些建議給我們，哪裡該怎樣處理之類的
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他會說 “你們棒極了
不過你們該這樣，或者這樣...”
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你對Brian和Roger 在Smile時代的音樂有什麼看法?
沒看法
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我覺得他當時暗中
應該是想和我們合作的
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Freddie滿世界的說他會成為一個流行巨星
不過沒人把這話當回事兒
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他當時就坐在那裡 我走進來
看到他把頭埋進手心 看起來悶悶不樂
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我問，“你怎麼了?”
他說，“我成不了流行巨星了”
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然後他慢慢站起來，說
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“我會成為一個傳奇”
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♪ Hey, big spender
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♪ Spend a little time with me... ♪
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儘管幾場演唱會辦的都不錯
我們也經常在學校，酒吧
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全國各地裡演出
但是，也就僅此而已，沒什麼大起色
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Smile發行了一首毫無反響的單曲
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然後我們的主唱Tim
從一個叫Humpy Bong的人那裡得到了一張合約
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所以Tim就走人了
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Freddie找到我們，說
“喂，可別放棄啊，我想當主唱”
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所以我們就決定試試看了
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也就是那時
我想出了Queen這個名字
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為什麼叫Queen?
我哪知道 ，當時就這麼靈光一閃而已
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這是大廳.
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1973年Queen曾在這裡演出
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那是我們第一場有宣傳的正式演唱會
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也就是那時 Rosemary Horide給我們首次攝影
那些照片後來用在唱片上了
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從一開始 Freddie就颱風出眾
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他的舞臺風格和我見過的任何一個都不一樣
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Freddie從那時就很擅長和觀眾互動
叫他們吃他手裡的東西都行
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他就像這樣翻翻手掌 然後再這樣
觀眾就站起來了
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♪ I have sinned, dear Father
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♪ Father, I have sinned
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♪ Try and help me, Father
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♪ Won't you let me in?
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♪ Liar!
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♪ Oh, nobody... ♪
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那是我第一次覺得
“這是個重要的開始 我們開始嶄露頭角了”
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他們剛入行時 正趕上denim搖滾運動
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當時火的都是Status Quo
和Uriah Heep這樣的樂隊
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我覺得Queen真的為搖滾樂
帶來了一股美妙的新鮮空氣
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他們擁有出色的歌曲
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Freddie Mercury 是個魅力四射的領頭人
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♪ Liar... ♪
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Brian May 是個優秀的吉他手
而Roger Taylor則是個非凡的鼓手
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而且，貝斯手可是那傢伙啊
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我們花了好幾年來找貝斯手
很難找到合適的人選
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然後我們找到了John
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然後我們找到了John
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剛來的時候我還像個外人
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我花了好些時間才融入這支樂隊
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後來就找到家的感覺了
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在我們和唱片廠牌簽約前
我們簽了Trident公司
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那是Sheffield兄弟旗下的一家管理公司
它在索霍區中部有個錄音棚
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錄製第一張專輯時
我們還是初出茅廬的大學生
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可以用的時間很有限
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因為錄音棚老是被別人預定了
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有時我們淩晨兩點就得過去
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然後早上六點收工
都是些別人不會去的時候
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夜裡你能透過那些蕾絲窗簾
看到那些上班女郎
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所以我們混音時
注意力老是不集中
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專輯發行後有一定反響
但談不上轟動
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當你剛出首張專輯時 你走進家唱片店就會覺得
“我們的歌可算進入市場了呢”
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你走進去問 “你們這兒進了Queen的新專輯了嗎”
他們回答，“什麼?”很長時間都是如此
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我不敢相信 我們對《Queen II》這張專輯下了多少工夫
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我們覺得我們開始獨創自己的音樂了
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我們首創了多音軌錄製法
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它給你的音效製作創造了巨大的空間
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你可以把我們三個人的合聲
弄出大型唱詩班的效果
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♪ Voice from behind... ♪
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我們可算出了成果
而且效果驚人
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這首歌叫《March Of The Black Queen》
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♪ I'll be a bad boy,
I'll be your bad boy
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♪ I'll do the march
of the Black Queen... ♪
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這首歌很長 總共由11個部分組成
繁複得令人吃驚
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錄音帶幾乎都給磨透明了
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這個十六軌，兩英尺的磁帶
上面的磁粉幾乎給磨光了
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我們重來了無數遍
帶子幾乎透明了
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♪ Walking true to style
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♪ She's vulgar abuse and vile
Fi-fo the Black Queen
tattoos all her pies... ♪
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在《Queen II》這張專輯
和《Seven Seas Of Rhye》這首歌上
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我們有了突破
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我們發現，想出一張熱門專輯
最簡單的方法就是
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有一首膾炙人口的熱門單曲
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這也是為什麼他們被邀請
參加《流行之巔》節目(英國音樂節目)
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原定上節目的David Bowie中途退出
間接造成了這支單曲的走紅
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第一次參加節目我們就不怎麼走運
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這時候趕上英國廣播公司的罷工
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♪ Fear me,
you lords and lady preachers... ♪
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所以節目只能在露天錄影棚拍攝
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♪ I command your very souls,
you unbelievers
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♪ Bring before me what is mine
The seven seas of Rhye... ♪
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參加《流行之巔》節目的錄製很有意思
總之就這麼發生了
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你會感覺 你終於進入公眾視野了
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♪ I will destroy any man
who dares abuse my trust... ♪
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《流行之巔》很沒意思
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那次節目就是垃圾
大家的表演都不在狀態
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大概有75個少男少女在那兒當觀眾
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一切都由一堆過時的DJ主持
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“潘神一族”(英國舞蹈團)也在現場
有一群靚妹大舞特舞 超有意思
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英國廣播公司準備了一套塑膠鈸
他們就不吵了
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我想一切不言自明
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對於參加《流行之巔》節目這事兒
我們感覺很複雜 因為這沒那麼酷
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不過這有利於專輯大賣
所以你還有什麼說的?
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這次節目影響不小
我們的專輯直接進入了榜單前十
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換句話說，影響重大
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♪ Storm the master marathon
I'll fly through
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♪ By flash and thunder fire
and I'll survive
I'll survive, I'll survive
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♪ Then I'll defy the laws of nature
and come out ali-i-ive
Then I'll get you... ♪
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我們這首歌叫《Seven Seas Of Rhye》
不過眾所周知 大多數樂隊解散
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都是因為歌曲創作上的分歧
你寫的歌就像你的孩子一樣
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寫這首歌的人往往會參與
這首歌前後的所有制作
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從腦海中有這首歌的雛形開始
到最終成型，聲效和混音.
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大多數時候
我都很清楚一首歌整個的脈絡
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我會有很多考慮... 比如Roger的鼓點部分
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Brian的吉他該怎麼走...
一切都很明瞭
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我以前大概從沒提過這個
不過《Seven Seas Of Rhye》一開始是Freddie的主意
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他創作出了美妙的鋼琴部分
中間八小節都是我的功勞
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所以這首歌是我們合作的
不過到專輯發行時 Freddie說 “這歌是我寫的”
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而我們說 “行啊”
好像沒什麼大不了的
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Freddie說 “歌詞是我寫的
主意也是我想的，所以這是我的歌”
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從此就有了個不成文的規定
誰想出這個點子的 誰就有權創作這首歌
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這首歌的版稅也就歸誰
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到很久很久之後
我們才意識到這一點
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♪ Here I stand
Here I stand
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♪ Look around, around
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♪ Around, around, around... ♪
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我們很幸運地認識了Mott The Hoople
我們成了他們的暖場嘉賓
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♪ Now I'm here
Now I'm here... ♪
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我們跟著他們跑遍了全國
一直合作的不錯
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♪ Now I'm there
Now I'm there... ♪
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然後Mott The Hoople的成員問
“你們想在美國試試水嗎?”
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♪ Just a new man
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♪ Yes, you made me live again... ♪
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幾場演出下來，我感覺有些不舒服
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我身體哪塊兒肯定出了毛病 我不確定是頭還是哪兒
但感覺越來越難受
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然後有天早上，我在波士頓醒來
那時候巡演就要進入高潮了
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我醒來後發現自己面色蠟黃
醫生診斷後說，“你得了肝炎 得回家休養了”
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當時在紐約甘迺迪機場
我們得穿過移民隊伍，把他護送回去
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這個可憐蟲站都站不穩了
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我是被架上飛機的
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巡演不得不臨時中止，大家都沮喪極了
這可是我們第一次來美國
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少了一個人 ，我們還是繼續進棚錄歌
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我花了很長時間才恢復健康
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病好了後
我看到Freddie把我不在時錄的東西都淘汰不用了
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我想 我還沒恢復到開工狀態呢
那時真的開始擔心了
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♪ She keeps her Moet et Chandon
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♪ In her pretty cabinet
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♪ "Let them eat cake" she says
just like Marie Antoinette... ♪
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《Queen I》和《Queen II》都是徹頭徹尾的搖滾專輯
讓旋律變得動聽討巧一點 只是時間問題
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《Sheer Heart Attack》的出現印證了這點
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Mercury的出色嗓音在《Killer Queen》這首歌中
發揮到了極致
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♪ She's a killer queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
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♪ Dynamite with a laser beam
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♪ Guaranteed to blow your mind
Any time... ♪
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我記得我對《Killer Queen》的確是持過保留態度
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我想 “為了商業考慮
我們是不是把音樂做輕佻了?”
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但那張專輯的每一個細節都精緻無比
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都是靈光一閃的產物
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RINGING SOUND
# In conversation
she spoke just like a baroness
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♪ Met a man from China
Went down to Geisha Minah
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♪ Then again incidentally
if you're that way inclined... ♪
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《Killer Queen》是首特別的歌
它很精緻成熟，典型的Freddie風格
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隨著專輯製作的進行 歌曲創作也亦步亦趨
我們開始在不同領域進行大膽嘗試
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♪ Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind... ♪
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我喜歡嘗試創作不同風格的歌曲
我們討厭自我重複
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它有點Noel Coward的風格...
有那種元素在裡面
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當你注意歌詞部分時 你會想 “妙極了！”
因為寫的實在太有靈氣了
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♪ Drop of a hat, she's as willing as
Playful as a pussycat
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♪ Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
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♪ To absolutely drive you wild
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♪ She's all out to get you
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♪ She's a killer queen
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♪ Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
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♪ Guaranteed to blow your mind
Any time
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♪ Oh, recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
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♪ Wanna try?
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♪ You wanna try... ♪
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我們在日本和美國舉辦了很多場大型巡演
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那時候我們已經聲名大噪 成績出色
唱片銷量也非常高 但是卻拿不到錢
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我們決定不再和唱片公司合作
直接和製作公司合作
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我們的想法就是 讓製作公司
負責把專輯賣給唱片公司
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這差不多是我們最糟糕的決定了
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他們的付出無法獲得物質回報
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他們意識到了這點
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並以此為題材創作了《Death On Two Legs》
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♪ You suck my blood like a leech
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♪ You break the law and you breach
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♪ Screw my brain till it hurts
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♪ You've taken all my money
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♪ And you want more... ♪
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我每次去採訪他們時
總會帶上幾瓶葡萄酒
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酒錢是我掏的腰包，因為他們沒錢
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我們沒奢望一夜暴富
但是總不能一個子兒不拿吧
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Roger打鼓時太用力
弄斷了好多鼓槌
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管理說，“別再搞壞鼓槌了" ”
我們沒錢買新的
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管理層裡的一個人有次開了輛勞斯萊斯
我們想 “等等 這事不對頭”
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這件事對Freddie衝擊很大
他一針見血地說
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“我不幹了，沒辦法做了”
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長話短說，我們隨即找到了John Reid
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他當時是Elton的經紀人，非常成功
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我記得我這麼說的
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你們只管把專輯創作好
生意上的事交給我
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我們和John合作非常順利
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他暴躁又固執，不過我們也一樣
我們才不怕他
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那是我第一次和Freddie一起吃晚餐
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我說 “這麼說吧 我和其他人都坦白過了
我希望你知道我是同性戀 希望你別介意”
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然後他把刀叉放下來說 ，“我也是!”
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我第一次見到Freddie時
他還沒跟其他成員坦白他的取向
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因為他自己內心也還在掙扎當中
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Freddie來自一個非常
非常傳統的索羅亞斯德教背景
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我想他十分在意家人的感受
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我記得我們錄製《A Night At The Opera》時
那感覺就是，成敗在此一舉
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我們不僅窮
還欠了一大筆債
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聲效燈光公司
以及隨行工作人員的薪水都沒付
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所以那是個決定成敗的時刻
這張專輯不成功的話可能我們就得解散了
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這張專輯製作費用十分之高昂
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就是現在 我都無法想像當時是怎麼做出來的
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那是一種近似饑渴的創作欲
我們想傳達的東西太多了
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所有想法都被收納了進去
所以我們有各種風格的歌
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《Bohemian Rhapsody》最初像是三首獨立的歌曲
但我把它們並在了一起
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我想很多歌曲最初的靈感
早在Freddie伊令學院時期就出現了
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Freddie做出了很多歌曲片段
我們負責把它們串聯起來
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其中一個片段 我記得原本來自《The Cowboy Song》
是這麼唱的，“Mama, I just killed a man”
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♪ Mama
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♪ Just killed a man... ♪
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我第一次聽到的是Freddie彈奏
"Mama, just killed a man..."
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“你覺得怎樣？”“我愛死它了，棒極了”
我這麼說，儘管只聽了這個開頭
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我們用了六個錄音室錄完了這首歌
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因為他們這裡錄點兒 那裡錄點兒
所以你不知道這歌的全貌
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你可能在一個錄音室裡錄吉他部分
另一個裡錄主音部分之類的
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♪ Galileo
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♪ Galileo
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♪ Galileo, Figaro... ♪
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Freddie會忽然冒出來說
“我要多加幾句Galileo進去”
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為了聽完整首歌
我們輾轉好幾個錄音室
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♪ Thunderbolt and lightning
Very, very frightening me
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HIGHER PITCH:
♪ Lightning, very, very frightening,
very, very frightening me... ♪
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只有Fred清楚這歌該怎麼往下走
我們一邊進行錄製 他一邊往里加新花樣
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我想，“我要按我自己的意思來”
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♪ Thunderbolt and lightning,
very, very frightening me... ♪
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和聲的層次越多越好
做到極致為止
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說著容易，不過
“我打賭你做不到”
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♪ He's just a poor boy
from a poor family
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♪ Spare him his life
from this monstrosity... ♪
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但唱片公司作為大多數的代表 跟我們說
“別這麼幹，這首歌太長了 沒人會放它的”
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當時我把它放給Elton John聽
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他說，“你瘋了嗎?
那玩意兒電臺不會放的”
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我說，“要麼保留這整首歌
要麼乾脆不要它”
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00:23:49,580 --> 00:23:53,620
在這千鈞一髮的時刻
有個叫Kenny Everett的年輕人進來了
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他很愛這首歌 於是偷了一卷樣帶
在他自己的電臺節目上播放
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Kenny一整個週末把它放了14遍
當然，引起轟動了
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我記得接下來出現的
就是史上第一支真正的MV了
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♪ We will not let you go
Let him go! Bismillah!
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♪ We will not let you go
Let him go! Bismillah... ♪
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我覺得MV這東西前無古人
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00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:21,100
MV把Queen提升了一個層次
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00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:24,700
他們終於有一覽眾山小的感覺了
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♪ Mamma mia, mamma mia
Mamma mia, let me go... ♪
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《A Night At The Opera》是一張里程碑般的專輯
也奠定了他們的地位
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那個時候
你終於有這個資格在海德公園開演唱會什麼的
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♪ So you think you can stone me
and spit in my eye
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♪ So you think you can love me
and leave me to die... ♪
326
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:12,540
Richard Branson告訴我們
“我們覺得可以讓你們來海德公園演出”
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非常感謝 各位晚上好
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CHEERING
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歡迎來到九曲湖邊的野餐
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我當時就想，“太好了!
我們在世界樂壇終於有一席之地了”
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但是此前英國觀眾還不買我們的賬
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而這場演出好的難以想像
我們終於感覺衣錦還鄉了
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THRASHING GUITARS
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♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhh... ♪
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和家鄉的歌迷有這種互動
感覺就是這麼振奮
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00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:09,020
當要創作《A Day At The Races》這張專輯時
我們想“我們要按自己的風格來”
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00:26:09,020 --> 00:26:14,060
我們在《A Day At The Races》裡面
加入了更多自由的元素
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因為我們總算走出了往日的陰影
賬都理清了 我們也不欠人錢了
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我們不用為維持溫飽而掙扎了
所以更多感覺到的是自由和愉悅
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♪ Ca-a-an
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♪ Anybody... ♪
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It was almost like we were still
making A Night At The Opera.
We just loved it. We revelled in it.
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♪ Somebody to lo-o-ove... ♪
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Freddie came up with a magnificent,
little sort of foray into white
Gospel, if you want to call it that.
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♪ Ooh
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♪ Each morning I get up... ♪
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We really worked our harmonies
on Somebody To Love.
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♪ Take a look at yourself
Take a look in the mirror
and cry... ♪
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Freddie's great inspiration
for Somebody To Love
was Aretha Franklin.
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He absolutely loved Aretha.
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He would like to have been
Aretha Franklin!
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♪ Somebody! Somebody!
Ooh, somebody! Somebody!
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♪ Can anybody find me
somebody to love...? ♪
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From that point of view,
OK, Bohemian Rhapsody, a big hit,
355
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but a song like Somebody To Love is
in my estimation a better sort of...
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from the writing aspect,
a better song.
357
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:33,020
♪ I work till I ache in my bones
358
00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:36,060
♪ At the end
At the end of the day
359
00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:39,940
♪ I take home my hard-earned pay
all on my own
360
00:27:39,940 --> 00:27:43,660
♪ I get down on my knees
and I start to pray
361
00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:46,780
♪ Till the tears run down
from my eyes
362
00:27:46,780 --> 00:27:50,300
♪ Lord, somebody! Somebody!
Ooh, somebody
363
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:53,420
♪ Can anybody find me... ♪
364
00:27:53,420 --> 00:27:59,180
We were using the studio
to its maximum capacity, painting
a picture like on a huge canvas.
365
00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:02,300
♪ Find me somebody to love
366
00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,420
♪ Find me somebody to love... ♪
367
00:28:05,420 --> 00:28:10,100
We had a gift. We had three voices
which really blended instantly.
368
00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:12,140
♪ Find me somebody to love... ♪
369
00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:16,180
Freddie has this wonderful,
crystal-clear, sharp vocal sound.
370
00:28:16,180 --> 00:28:20,740
♪ Find me somebody to love,
find me somebody to love... ♪
371
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:24,060
Naturally, I've got
the powerful high voice.
372
00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:27,380
He's got the dog whistle pitch,
a very high voice.
373
00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:29,620
♪ Find me somebody to love... ♪
374
00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:32,020
And I had quite a warm sound.
375
00:28:32,020 --> 00:28:35,020
♪ Somebody! Somebody!
Somebody! Somebody!
376
00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:39,740
♪ Somebody! Find me...
Somebody find me somebody to love
377
00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:42,780
♪ Can anybody find me... ♪
378
00:28:42,780 --> 00:28:47,700
Put the three together
and you have something
which sounds sort of Panavision.
379
00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:51,460
♪ Find me
380
00:28:51,460 --> 00:28:53,100
♪ Somebody
381
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:55,700
♪ To-o-o love
382
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:57,700
♪ Find me... ♪
383
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:01,260
To keep their attention,
you've got to really tempt them.
384
00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:04,900
Like, "You can have a break.
Have a coffee and biscuits."
385
00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:09,940
While they're in a good mood,
grab them and do
another 50 million overdubs!
386
00:29:09,940 --> 00:29:14,700
♪ Anybody find me somebody to love
Somebody to love... ♪
387
00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:17,860
We used to call it
the sausage factory in the end
388
00:29:17,860 --> 00:29:21,700
because we got so good at it,
we could just bang 'em out.
389
00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:26,540
A Day At The Races,
390
00:29:26,540 --> 00:29:31,740
as the follow-up to
Night At The Opera, was clearly...
It had a hard act to follow.
391
00:29:31,740 --> 00:29:37,580
People who wanted to have a go
at Queen could quite readily say,
"It's not as good as the last one."
392
00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:40,180
A lot of the press took
against them.
393
00:29:40,180 --> 00:29:43,220
Maybe if you got too successful
too quick,
394
00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:49,700
there was a resentment there
that they hadn't made you,
therefore they wanted to break you.
395
00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:53,460
♪ Oh, take my breath away... ♪
396
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:57,500
Shortly after I started
to manage them,
397
00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:04,180
I had told all the band one of the
ground rules is don't do any press
without clearing it with me.
398
00:30:04,180 --> 00:30:08,140
You open yourself up to all kinds
of things. Usually, they turn on you.
399
00:30:08,140 --> 00:30:12,180
I went out to dinner with Freddie in
The White Elephant in Curzon Street.
400
00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:17,540
Casually, he said,
"I did an interview with David Wigg
from the Express today."
401
00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:22,580
I said, "I told you no interviews
without clearing it with me."
"Oh, never mind."
402
00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:28,060
I said, "Well, fuck you!
If you don't work within my rules,
you don't work with me."
403
00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:30,620
I got up and left
and I left him there.
404
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:36,460
I came home, I went upstairs, turned
on the TV and the next thing I knew,
405
00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:38,660
a brick came through the window.
406
00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:44,180
And I looked outside here and there's
Freddie standing in the street,
hands on his hips,
407
00:30:44,180 --> 00:30:47,700
"Don't you ever fucking leave me
in a restaurant..."
408
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:49,940
I said, "You'd better come in."
409
00:30:51,260 --> 00:30:54,100
Queen didn't have particular respect
410
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:58,260
from the critics during the '70s,
which is when they had so many hits.
411
00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:03,700
And then punk happened
in the late '70s,
412
00:31:03,700 --> 00:31:07,900
which made the standard rock group
seem passe.
413
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:10,460
♪ God save the Queen
414
00:31:10,460 --> 00:31:13,260
♪ We mean it, man
415
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:20,480
The punk stuff, as opposed
to what Queen did, they were coming
from two different points of view.
416
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,640
It was anarchy on one side
and monarchy on the other.
417
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,160
NME was one of
the most vocal proponents of punk.
418
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,800
We were taking, if you like,
music icons at that time
419
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,440
and we were rubbishing them,
basically.
420
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,920
It was thought we should interview
Freddie Mercury, in particular,
421
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:46,480
and they asked me to go over
to a house in Knightsbridge
owned by John Reid
422
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,880
and there's Freddie
sitting on the patio.
423
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,520
The whole house was
very ostentatious, it must be said.
424
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,720
We did an interview here
with the NME
425
00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,640
and, you know,
we were very nice to the guy.
426
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,160
I had a butler, we gave him lunch.
427
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,000
There was a butler,
there was a bodyguard.
428
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:11,200
There was probably other people
going round with feather dusters
and what have you.
429
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,920
Then the story slagged off Freddie.
430
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:21,400
Freddie Mercury, when the whole
of the punk new wave movement
was going on around him,
431
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:29,160
had focused in on something that was
kind of a bit of an alien concept
in some ways which was ballet.
432
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:40,400
I just feel that there are sort of
balletic moments in our repertoire.
433
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,280
One of the things that he said to me
434
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:52,000
was that his mission in life
was to bring ballet to the masses.
435
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,600
Well, when the NME piece came out,
Freddie was furious.
436
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,160
They called him "a prat".
437
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,800
You'd be furious.
438
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:12,000
I think we realised that talking
to the press gets you nowhere.
439
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,760
You might as well paint a target
on your head and go, "Shoot me."
440
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:23,400
We all have our ups and downs
and our limitations and we know there
are certain things you can't do,
441
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,680
but I don't want some arsehole critic
to tell me that.
442
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,600
I love posing.
443
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,160
That's for the press.
444
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,640
Well, we met The Sex Pistols
in Wessex Studios
445
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,680
and, uh...
446
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,320
I thought it was fascinating.
447
00:33:51,020 --> 00:33:53,360
Can you imagine it just a whole
thing about punk rock
448
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:59,720
And anti establishment...
under one roof.
449
00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:03,740
Sid came in. Sid was a moron.
You know, he was an idiot.
450
00:34:03,740 --> 00:34:10,340
And he called in to the room,
"Have you succeeded in bringing
ballet to the masses yet?"
451
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:15,820
I called him "Simon Ferocious"
and he didn't like it. I said,
"What are you going to do about it?"
452
00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:28,820
He hated the fact that I could even
speak like that. Right. Then...
453
00:34:28,820 --> 00:34:32,180
So we went...
I think we survived that test.
454
00:34:32,180 --> 00:34:36,660
♪ Well, you're just 17
All you wanna do is disappear... ♪
455
00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:42,860
I thought when we went into News
Of The World, we couldn't reinvent
ourselves as a punk band,
456
00:34:42,860 --> 00:34:46,620
but we wanted it
a little bit more simple.
457
00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:51,940
We thought maybe these really
grandiose things weren't quite
what was happening then
458
00:34:51,940 --> 00:34:55,980
and to be more of the time, we made
a more straightforward record.
459
00:34:55,980 --> 00:35:01,020
Once we had our audience,
we felt so confident
that they would be there for us
460
00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:04,660
and not require us to be anything
that they'd seen before.
461
00:35:04,660 --> 00:35:06,700
Do a twirl?
462
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:11,820
They were very open-minded,
Queen audiences,
so we never felt constrained.
463
00:35:19,820 --> 00:35:25,380
We Will Rock You
and We Are The Champions had
a very sort of definite genesis.
464
00:35:25,380 --> 00:35:28,420
The way I remember this story
is Bingley Hall.
465
00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:32,460
We played this great hall
in the Midlands and it was heaving.
466
00:35:32,460 --> 00:35:38,100
Those gigs that you love,
it's all sweaty and hot,
everybody is jumping up and down.
467
00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:40,220
And they were singing along.
468
00:35:40,220 --> 00:35:44,620
♪ She's a killer queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
469
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:49,180
♪ Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind... ♪
470
00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:55,660
In those days, it was really new.
You just didn't go to concerts
where people sang to rock bands.
471
00:35:55,660 --> 00:35:59,180
But on this particular occasion,
they didn't stop.
472
00:35:59,180 --> 00:36:03,620
And when we went off stage, they
sang You'll Never Walk Alone to us.
473
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:07,860
I'd gone to sleep thinking,
"What can an audience do?"
474
00:36:07,860 --> 00:36:13,380
They're all crammed in there.
They can stamp their feet,
clap their hands and sing.
475
00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:17,020
So I woke up with We Will Rock You
in my head.
476
00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:21,060
We went into Wessex with these
ideas and that happened to be..
477
00:36:21,070 --> 00:36:26,620
some boards lying around, strange enough
and I thought, "What does this sound like?"
478
00:36:29,740 --> 00:36:36,580
And we multi-tracked it a lot of times
to achieve a sound of a big throng
of people stamping and clapping,
479
00:36:36,580 --> 00:36:38,820
a huge sort of rally of people.
480
00:36:38,820 --> 00:36:42,660
♪ We will, we will rock you... ♪
481
00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,620
♪ We will, we will rock you... ♪
482
00:36:50,340 --> 00:36:56,700
I came up with We Will Rock You and
Freddie with We Are The Champions.
His thinking was very similar.
483
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:00,020
Basically, it is
a participation thing.
484
00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:05,060
I've been really cool
and I'm just thinking
in terms of the public/group thing.
485
00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:08,180
♪ I've paid my dues
486
00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:12,060
♪ Time after time... ♪
487
00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:17,580
We had no idea it would become a
universal, worldwide sports anthem.
488
00:37:17,580 --> 00:37:20,340
Both of them did -
Rock You and Champions.
489
00:37:20,340 --> 00:37:24,380
In football or whatever sport,
you've got two opposing teams.
490
00:37:24,380 --> 00:37:29,340
Both can sing We Are The Champions,
but in a rock show,
there's only one team.
491
00:37:29,340 --> 00:37:32,380
♪ I've had my share of sand
kicked in my face
492
00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:34,900
♪ But I've come through... ♪
493
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:38,860
It could be construed
as a rather elitist thing.
494
00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:44,180
♪ We are the champions,
my friends... ♪
495
00:37:44,180 --> 00:37:47,700
But it was really "we",
the collective "we".
496
00:37:48,780 --> 00:37:54,820
But if I were you, before
we find out, let's get the sound...
Let's get a real sound on the drums.
497
00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:57,980
It's definitely a song
of great unifying power.
498
00:37:57,980 --> 00:38:01,620
♪ We are the champions
499
00:38:01,620 --> 00:38:05,220
♪ No time for losers
500
00:38:05,220 --> 00:38:09,780
♪ Cos we are the champions... ♪
501
00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:15,300
Here we've got four tracks of
vocals, one with the solo guitar,
then that's the end bit solo.
502
00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:18,660
I've listened to them.
That's the only way we can do it.
503
00:38:18,660 --> 00:38:22,260
Fred was very cheeky. It was
about Queen being the champions
504
00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:25,860
in a sense, the arrogance
for which we were famous.
505
00:38:25,860 --> 00:38:29,340
♪ We are the champions
506
00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:33,180
♪ We are the champions
507
00:38:33,180 --> 00:38:37,140
♪ No time for losers
508
00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:41,980
♪ Cos we are the champions. ♪
509
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,500
APPLAUSE
510
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:54,100
Only Queen could come up with
the title "We Are The Champions".
Where's the modesty gone?
511
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:57,380
Well, there isn't any.
No modesty whatsoever.
512
00:38:57,380 --> 00:39:04,540
After the slaggings-off we get from
the English music press, who cares?
We've got nothing to lose, you know?
513
00:39:04,540 --> 00:39:08,540
Anyway, it's only a song, isn't it?
Fuck 'em!
514
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:19,460
In those days, it was do the album,
do a video, tour America.
515
00:39:21,300 --> 00:39:23,900
One, two!
516
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:30,540
It was regarded as the sort of grail
of the rock scene.
517
00:39:33,060 --> 00:39:35,380
America was meaning more
and more to us,
518
00:39:35,380 --> 00:39:39,060
and when you smell success
in America, you go for it.
519
00:39:41,820 --> 00:39:45,340
We looked at what was going on
in the States at the time.
520
00:39:45,340 --> 00:39:49,940
The music was very much
dominated by the cool West Coast
521
00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:53,860
kind of rock with The Eagles
and Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac.
522
00:39:53,860 --> 00:39:57,780
And to some extent, Queen, I guess,
didn't fit that mould.
523
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:07,860
They were bigger, more glamorous,
more extravagant than,
524
00:40:07,860 --> 00:40:10,700
I think, anything that existed
in the States at the time.
525
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,980
They really didn't know
what to make of them.
526
00:40:12,980 --> 00:40:15,900
Why would you call your band Queen
527
00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:18,700
when there's obviously
four guys in it?
528
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:20,940
That was puzzling.
529
00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:25,220
We were all in one station wagon,
530
00:40:25,220 --> 00:40:30,460
then we were all in one limo,
then it was two in one limo
531
00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:33,100
and two in another,
then it was one each.
532
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:36,020
But it was really only
because the entourage grew,
533
00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:39,860
it wasn't anything to do with
not wanting to talk to one another.
534
00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:53,860
We did stay pretty connected,
535
00:40:53,860 --> 00:40:56,260
we didn't disappear
to our dressing rooms.
536
00:40:56,260 --> 00:41:00,740
Generally, we found
a big place where we could all
get ready together
537
00:41:00,740 --> 00:41:06,860
and we would kind of joke around.
We had a good kind of camaraderie.
538
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:10,780
This is called a miracle, folks!
539
00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:13,220
I've lost my shoe!
540
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:15,380
Oh, but I don't do my own.
541
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,860
Dave! Do, do, do!
542
00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:31,020
I went to see the Queen show
and I had never seen so much luggage
543
00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:34,660
and crew and amps and lighting.
544
00:41:34,660 --> 00:41:37,500
And I said, "This is not
rock'n'roll, this is a show.
545
00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:40,020
"This is a production.
This is Broadway".
546
00:41:40,020 --> 00:41:43,420
MUSIC: "We Will Rock You"
547
00:41:57,460 --> 00:42:02,620
The audience participation
elevated the shows to something
really special.
548
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:05,060
And I think we put a bit
of distance between us
549
00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:09,700
and some of our contemporaries
like that, because it was such
a great two-way event.
550
00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:12,660
This was a coronation
for Freddie Mercury in this town.
551
00:42:12,660 --> 00:42:18,060
♪ We will, we will rock you tonight
552
00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:21,620
♪ We will, we will rock you
553
00:42:21,620 --> 00:42:24,940
♪ Buddy you're a young man, hard
man, shouting in the street
554
00:42:24,940 --> 00:42:27,060
♪ Gonna take on the world someday
555
00:42:27,060 --> 00:42:30,340
♪ Mud on your face, big disgrace
556
00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:33,580
♪ Waving your banner
all over the place
557
00:42:33,580 --> 00:42:37,820
♪ We will, we will rock you... ♪
558
00:42:37,820 --> 00:42:40,580
It had always surprised us
that it took so long
559
00:42:40,580 --> 00:42:42,340
to break Queen in the States.
560
00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:49,900
It sounds like it happened quickly,
but it didn't, it happened over
a period of about eight years.
561
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,420
We worked very hard at it.
562
00:42:51,420 --> 00:42:54,540
At no point did you think,
"We've made it," cos we hadn't.
563
00:42:54,540 --> 00:42:58,780
This is, um, a Mercury composition
564
00:42:58,780 --> 00:43:00,620
from "A Night At The Opera"
565
00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:03,900
and it's something which a few
people asked us to do last time.
566
00:43:03,900 --> 00:43:07,260
So this is for those people.
This is "Love Of My Life".
567
00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:11,900
The 1977 US tour was pretty much
a sell-out. And midway through,
568
00:43:11,900 --> 00:43:16,020
we actually played two nights at
the legendary Madison Square Gardens
569
00:43:16,020 --> 00:43:19,660
in New York, which is
a sort of landmark for any artist.
570
00:43:19,660 --> 00:43:21,460
It was a watershed for me.
571
00:43:21,460 --> 00:43:25,380
It was a mythical place, of course,
big deal for us to play.
572
00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:30,100
And my parents, from the
beginning... Well, my dad, really.
573
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:33,940
My dad had really been
against the whole business
of me being a rock star.
574
00:43:33,940 --> 00:43:36,820
It's curious, because he helped me
build the guitar.
575
00:43:36,820 --> 00:43:42,220
If it hadn't been for my dad
slaving hours and hours making
this homemade guitar,
576
00:43:42,220 --> 00:43:45,140
I probably would never have got
to this place.
577
00:43:45,140 --> 00:43:48,300
He really felt that I'd thrown
my education away.
578
00:43:48,300 --> 00:43:52,420
I mean, I was educated to a high
level. So to suddenly to
go off and join a rock band
579
00:43:52,420 --> 00:43:57,660
with apparently no future,
my dad really could not compute it.
580
00:43:57,660 --> 00:44:02,660
He was kind of in tears, really,
he just felt I'd thrown
my life away completely.
581
00:44:02,660 --> 00:44:08,620
♪ You don't know
what it means to me... ♪
582
00:44:08,620 --> 00:44:13,220
But anyway, we were playing
Madison Square Garden and I said,
583
00:44:13,220 --> 00:44:16,340
"Look, Dad, this is a big one
for us, playing America,
584
00:44:16,340 --> 00:44:20,900
"it's New York, it's the first time
we've played this amazing place.
Come over."
585
00:44:25,900 --> 00:44:27,900
So I said,
"Dad, you'll go on Concorde",
586
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:33,060
you know, it was my dad and my mum.
And they came to the gig
587
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:35,620
and I remember to this day,
this feeling that our feet
588
00:44:35,620 --> 00:44:39,260
weren't really on the ground,
there was so much electricity
in this place.
589
00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:43,420
♪ You don't know
what it means to me... ♪
590
00:44:43,420 --> 00:44:47,660
And we came off thinking,
"Wow, that was really something,"
591
00:44:47,660 --> 00:44:50,380
and then I went back with my dad
592
00:44:50,380 --> 00:44:56,260
and my dad said, "OK."
He said, "OK, I get it now."
593
00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:57,860
♪ Oooh. ♪
594
00:44:57,860 --> 00:45:00,100
Thank you, Madison Square Garden.
595
00:45:04,020 --> 00:45:06,180
What's happening
when we go back to London?
596
00:45:06,180 --> 00:45:09,420
You're one of the few bands
that actually haven't left Britain.
597
00:45:09,420 --> 00:45:13,460
We're sort of an English band
in a way, we've always lived there.
598
00:45:13,460 --> 00:45:16,580
Well, London particularly.
We've always recorded in England.
599
00:45:16,580 --> 00:45:21,620
It doesn't change the fact
that the taxman still takes
a lot of your money!
600
00:45:21,620 --> 00:45:23,900
I think at the time,
we were paying 83%,
601
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:27,980
and plus, if you had any money in
the bank which was earning interest,
602
00:45:27,980 --> 00:45:30,900
another 15%, which makes 98% tax.
603
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:35,260
So we decided to record the next
album, which was "Jazz", in France.
604
00:45:35,260 --> 00:45:38,660
So that's what we did.
In a tiny little village
called Super Bear,
605
00:45:38,660 --> 00:45:41,780
we started the process
of making this album.
606
00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:45,660
♪ Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
607
00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:51,220
♪ I want to ride my bicycle,
bicycle, bicycle... ♪
608
00:45:51,220 --> 00:45:54,860
Lots of sort of local colour
got put onto that album.
609
00:45:54,860 --> 00:45:56,860
♪ I want to ride my bike... ♪
610
00:45:56,860 --> 00:46:01,500
We were sitting there and the Tour
de France cycle race came through
611
00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,740
and inspired Freddie
to write "Bicycle..."
612
00:46:03,740 --> 00:46:07,580
and for some strange reason,
inspired me to write
"Fat Bottomed Girls".
613
00:46:07,580 --> 00:46:10,740
Although there might have been
other inspirations there.
614
00:46:10,740 --> 00:46:14,860
♪ On your marks, get set, go! ♪
615
00:46:18,380 --> 00:46:20,740
Sadly, we weren't there
for the filming.
616
00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:23,660
I thought it was
a hugely amusing idea.
617
00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:27,500
♪ Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle... ♪
618
00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:31,660
I remember the huge disappointment
that none of us could be
at the photo shoot.
619
00:46:31,660 --> 00:46:35,980
Because we were exiled from England,
so we couldn't go back in to see it!
620
00:46:35,980 --> 00:46:39,180
I don't think you'd be able
to do that now, would you?
621
00:46:39,180 --> 00:46:42,300
Yeah, I don't think
we would go there these days.
622
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:43,500
♪ Bicycle race! ♪
623
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:48,060
When it came time
to launch the "Jazz" album,
624
00:46:48,060 --> 00:46:51,780
we had the idea of having
a massive party in New Orleans.
625
00:46:51,780 --> 00:46:56,180
♪ Oh, you gonna take me home
tonight... ♪
626
00:46:56,180 --> 00:47:00,820
It was the so-called launch
of that album,
627
00:47:00,820 --> 00:47:02,940
and we had lots of girls and things,
628
00:47:02,940 --> 00:47:07,420
there was a New Orleans band,
it was a very over-the-top party.
629
00:47:07,420 --> 00:47:12,860
♪ Fat bottomed girls, you make
the rockin' world go round... ♪
630
00:47:16,220 --> 00:47:19,820
We had a bit of a spiritual
connection with New Orleans.
631
00:47:19,820 --> 00:47:22,100
A lot of our friends came,
of all sexes.
632
00:47:23,380 --> 00:47:25,940
It was definitely fun.
633
00:47:25,940 --> 00:47:28,700
When I opened up
the door of my suite,
634
00:47:28,700 --> 00:47:31,940
on the bed was a complete case
of Dom Perignon.
635
00:47:31,940 --> 00:47:34,220
And it was downhill from there.
636
00:47:34,220 --> 00:47:38,420
♪ Heap big woman, you made a bad boy
out of me... ♪
637
00:47:38,420 --> 00:47:40,620
I remember I felt quite
ill the next day.
638
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:45,560
There was a lot of acts..
639
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:50,200
There was a man, he was actually
a person of restricted growth,
640
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:52,520
who did lay under meats.
641
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:56,440
When asked what he did, he said,
"I lie under meats."
642
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:01,760
And he's covered in sort of
cold cuts and sort of, um,
643
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,320
chopped liver and stuff like that.
You couldn't see him.
644
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:09,800
So people would approach
the trestle table
645
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:13,680
and as they just reached out
to scoop their meat,
646
00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:16,120
he would just move, like that.
647
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,880
And that was his act!
648
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:25,800
♪ Tonight, I'm gonna have myself
a real good time
649
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,200
♪ I feel ali-i-i-ive... ♪
650
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,440
It wasn't a pretence, we actually
did live the life of a rock band.
651
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,000
Sort of living on the edge,
in a sense.
652
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:38,880
♪ Turning inside out, yeah
653
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:44,000
♪ Floating around in ecstasy
654
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,160
♪ So don't stop me now... ♪
655
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,560
"Don't Stop Me Now"
is a whole different trip, really.
656
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,000
It's become one of the most
popular Queen songs of all time.
657
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,440
♪ I'm a shooting star leaping
through the sky like a tiger
658
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:01,200
♪ Defying the laws of gravity
659
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:05,520
♪ I'm a racing car passing by
like Lady Godiva
660
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:10,800
♪ I'm gonna go, go, go,
there's no stopping me
661
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:13,280
♪ I'm burning through
the sky, yeah... ♪
662
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,240
It's a song of sort of
unfettered joy.
663
00:49:16,240 --> 00:49:17,760
♪ ..Mr Fahrenheit
664
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,480
♪ I'm travelling
at the speed of light
665
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,240
♪ I wanna make a supersonic woman
of you... ♪
666
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:28,120
I've been quoted as saying
I don't like the track.
667
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:31,640
I kind of do like the track,
but I had mixed feelings,
668
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:35,040
because in a sense, it represented
a sort of separatism.
669
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,120
It was very much Freddie's world
670
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,840
and reflecting what he was
going through.
671
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,720
Freddie took to the gay scene
in New York
672
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:46,000
like David Attenborough
making a wildlife programme.
673
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:51,000
He'd report on what he'd seen
with that kind of "Hey-hey!"
attitude that he had.
674
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,640
There was this one particular place
called The Anvil,
675
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:57,800
which seemed to have invented new
uses for parts of the human anatomy!
676
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,160
He was never shocked.
677
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:02,440
He was eager to be
involved in everything,
678
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:04,880
it was like he was
a social field worker.
679
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,600
♪ I wanna make a supersonic man
out of you... ♪
680
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:11,440
As far as I'm concerned, I just want
to pack in as much of life
681
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:16,840
and fun and having a good time
as much as I can.
682
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:21,120
♪ If you want to have a good time,
just give me a call
683
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:24,080
♪ Don't stop me now
Cos I'm having a good time.
684
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,880
♪ Don't stop me now
Yes, I'm having a good time
685
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,960
♪ I don't wanna stop at all
686
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,560
♪ Da-da da-da dah
687
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,680
♪ Da da da-ha
688
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:43,360
♪ Da-da-da ha-ha-hah
689
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,440
♪ Da-da-dah... ♪
690
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,080
The album "Jazz"
was not a complete flop,
691
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,720
it got to number 6 in the chart.
692
00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:56,360
But "Don't Stop Me Now",
which is a big favourite in Britain
to this day,
693
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,480
in America, only got to the 80s.
694
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,400
The review in Rolling Stone
was notorious.
695
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:05,480
And it shows you that
Queen were not respected.
696
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,640
We were confused by that title.
697
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:11,480
Why would a rock band
call their album "Jazz"?
698
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,960
It had a couple of great
tracks on it,
699
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,160
but it had some weaker stuff on it.
700
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,320
Queen was maybe viewed
701
00:51:18,320 --> 00:51:22,560
as the Indian meal that had
gone cold in the refrigerator.
702
00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:26,000
What's going to happen
in '79 for Queen?
703
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:30,040
We're going to make more records,
tour even more.
704
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:33,600
It's difficult to say. This has been
our hardest working year.
705
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:36,920
We'd heard that there was this
great studio called Musicland
706
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:41,040
in Munich, and we'd heard there was
this great engineer called Mack.
707
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:44,800
And we got into this rather
kind of indulgent way of just
708
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,640
bowling into the studio with
no ideas, or very few ideas,
709
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,400
and just doing it from scratch.
710
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,600
"What you got?"
"Well I dont know, I've got this."
711
00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,680
MUSIC:
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
712
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,280
♪ This thing called love... ♪
713
00:52:05,470 --> 00:52:07,570
First thing we did was
"Crazy Little Thing ...."
714
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,360
Fred did write the song in the bath,
in about ten minutes.
715
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,880
♪ Crazy little thing called love... ♪
716
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:20,880
Next, he said, "Tell them
I'm coming over and we've got to go
straight into the studio."
717
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:23,640
♪ Like a baby
In the cradle all night... ♪
718
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:26,840
I was very quick, had everything
set up in pretty much no time,
719
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:30,920
and they put it down,
and then the best bit was,
720
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:35,120
"Quick, let's finish it
before Brian gets here, otherwise
it takes a little longer!"
721
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,920
♪ There goes my baby
722
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,280
♪ She knows how to rock and roll
723
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,600
♪ She drives me crazy
724
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:46,960
♪ She gives me hot and cold fever
725
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:48,960
♪ She leaves me in
a cold, cold sweat... ♪
726
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,040
That was the first number 1
across the board in America.
727
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,800
Billboard, Cashbox
and Record World, I think.
728
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:01,560
We were still making a record,
729
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:04,040
we hadn't even nearly finished
the album,
730
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:07,160
and we were going out in Munich
and somebody came up and said,
731
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:11,200
"It's gone to number 1 in America."
We were going, "Yeah! More drinks!"
732
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:19,600
So, "Crazy Little Thing..."
completely cracked
the charts in America.
733
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:23,240
But it wasn't easy to find
the follow-up.
734
00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:27,080
"Play The Game"
charted outside the US Top 40.
735
00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:30,920
But the next single was
something very different.
736
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:34,400
One thing I always liked about Queen
was they were four individuals,
737
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:38,480
all of whom brought something
to the table, musically
and in terms of songwriting,
738
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,920
and that includes
the bass player, John Deacon.
739
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:44,320
MUSIC: "Another One Bites The Dust"
740
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:52,720
I'd always wanted to do something
that was more sort of disco-ey,
741
00:53:52,720 --> 00:53:54,600
which was very uncool at the time.
742
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,960
I mean, funk wasn't really
in the vocabulary.
743
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:02,320
Let's go!
744
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,480
John was pulling us strongly in that
direction, sort of funky direction.
745
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,640
And John got Roger to play
746
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:12,040
with tape all over his drums,
which is exactly what Roger hated.
747
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,480
Roger hated his drums
being made to sound dead.
748
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:19,440
I didn't really want to get into
dance music. It wasn't my thing.
749
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,440
♪ Another one bites the dust... ♪
750
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:28,800
Freddie got deeply into it, Freddie
sort of sang it until he bled,
751
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:33,720
cos he was so committed to making it
sound the way John wanted it,
which was like hardcore...
752
00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:39,480
I don't know what you would call it.
But it's more towards black music
than white music.
753
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:46,120
♪ How do you think I'm going to get
along without you when you're gone?
754
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:50,520
♪ You took me for everything that
I had and kicked me out of my home
755
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:54,800
♪ Are you happy? Are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat?
756
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:59,680
♪ Out of the doorway, the bullets
whistle to the sound of the beat... ♪
757
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:04,320
Michael came to several shows,
I think, at the Forum in LA.
758
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,320
And he loved Freddie.
And he kept saying,
759
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:11,920
"You guys, you've got to put that
song out." I wasn't particularly
enamoured with it,
760
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,920
so I said, "No, you're kidding,
that's never a single."
761
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:16,840
♪ Another one bites the dust... ♪
762
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:21,040
"Another One Bites The Dust"
was never seen as a single.
763
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:22,920
It barely made it onto the album!
764
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:29,960
It got on the radio
and it got heard by people that
didn't even know who the band was.
765
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:31,440
♪ Ah, take it! ♪
766
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:37,440
Strangely enough, the record became
huge because of the black audience.
767
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:40,520
One particular station in New York
picked it up,
768
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:42,720
thinking that we were a black band,
769
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:46,120
and played the hell out of it,
and it became a huge hit.
770
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:50,320
It was like number 1 in nine
different charts.
771
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,040
I mean, even in the country chart!
It's ridiculous.
772
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,960
And this thing just kept selling,
to around three million.
773
00:55:56,960 --> 00:56:00,400
It was in the Hot 100 for 31 weeks.
774
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:05,520
When an opponent would get
knocked out in a boxing match,
775
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,120
you'd hear
"Another One Bites The Dust" used.
776
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,800
It became an anthem of triumph.
777
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:15,200
♪ Yeah, ye-e-e-e-a-a-ah!
All right! ♪
778
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,160
I think it's still
the biggest record we ever had.
779
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,840
♪ Another one bites
the dust, yeah! ♪
780
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:24,000
People pointing at the cars -
"You guys are bad!"
781
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:27,160
"What does that mean?"
"It means you're good!"
782
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:28,520
♪ Another one bites the dust
783
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:32,560
♪ Hey, gonna get you too,
another one bites the dust... ♪
784
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:37,120
If you're successful in America,
basically, you've made it.
785
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:40,320
We kind of became the biggest group
in the world at that moment.
786
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,200
It's a fleeting moment,
because someone else will come
787
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,280
and take over. But for that moment,
we kind of owned the world.
788
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:49,160
MUSIC: "We Are The Champions"
789
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:57,160
The sales figures tell the story
that the people wanted Queen
790
00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,160
even when the press didn't.
791
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,640
Looking back on it now,
I'd say Queen were never in fashion.
792
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,160
We were never a fashionable group,
I don't think.
793
00:57:11,240 --> 00:57:13,280
Maybe that was to our benefit,
794
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:16,720
that we didn't become the thing
of the moment, a fashionable thing.
795
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,240
We were just popular, which got
right up some people's noses!
796
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:10,760
Fred, how do you feel,
playing and singing
797
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,560
before 200,000 people?
Haven't done it yet!
798
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:18,520
Every song, you felt, was,
"They're stealing the show".
799
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:22,200
I like Queen very much, but I don't
want to end up life living a quartet.
800
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,960
The band was pretty
much on the verge of falling apart.
801
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,840
I think he had an idea
that he might not be terribly well.
802
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:32,120
He said, "I'll come back and finish
it off," and he never came back.
803
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:34,800
That was the last moment
that I had with him.
804
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,160
♪ Flash, aaah
805
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,440
♪ Saviour of the universe... ♪
806
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,840
I wanted us to be massively
successful, I mean...
807
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:44,720
I think almost everybody
in this business does.
808
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:48,880
♪ Flash, aaah
809
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,080
♪ He'll save every one of us... ♪
810
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:53,920
Certainly by the beginning
of the '80s,
811
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:57,200
the world domination they'd
craved for was definitely there.
812
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:00,880
♪ Aaah
813
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:02,520
♪ He's a miracle... ♪
814
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:08,040
The hardest thing is to actually
maintain the level of success
you've achieved
815
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:12,200
because I think when
you go all the way up,
the only place is to come down.
816
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:15,320
♪ Flash, aaah
817
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:17,520
♪ King of the impossible... ♪
818
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:24,280
You've no idea where you can get to.
It's like the sky's the limit.
819
01:00:24,280 --> 01:00:26,200
♪ He'll save with a mighty hand
820
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:29,480
♪ Every man, every woman, every child
with a mighty Flash... ♪
821
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:37,560
We didn't want just America,
we wanted the whole world, you know.
822
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:45,160
South America reared its head
823
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:50,720
and we heard rumours that we were...
the biggest thing ever in Argentina
824
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:54,000
and Brazil and they started to ask
us to go down there.
825
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:57,040
They were saying, "You can play
football stadiums down there."
826
01:00:57,040 --> 01:00:58,600
We went, "You're joking."
827
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,400
In those days under
the dictatorship in Argentina,
828
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:06,080
we were negotiating with the army
general and he said to me,
829
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,200
"How can I possibly allow 50,000
young people into a stadium
830
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,600
"when I can't control them?
831
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:14,200
"What happens if somebody suddenly
shouts out 'Viva Peron'
832
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:18,640
"in the middle of a Queen concert
and I have a riot on my hands?"
833
01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:22,320
And I tried to explain to him that,
rather like
834
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:27,240
gladiatorial matches in Rome,
this was panacea to the people,
835
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:29,560
they'd never, ever had this before,
836
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,440
this would be an
extraordinary experience.
837
01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:37,960
So we got the whole thing together
838
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:41,200
and it was God knows how many
jumbo jets full of equipment.
839
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:45,640
And when we arrived in Buenos Aires,
as we're unloading it,
840
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,880
you could see spent bullet cases,
and thinking,
841
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:51,560
"Yeah, we really are in a very
different place here."
842
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:56,880
We were looking for a bodyguard for
Freddie, this particular man came in
843
01:01:56,880 --> 01:02:01,120
and his opening recommendation was
that he'd killed 212 people.
844
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:04,160
The travel arrangements
were very scary.
845
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:06,240
Driving the wrong way along
a raised motorway
846
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:11,720
with outriders, with guys in big
jeeps waving their big guns
847
01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:15,840
and getting the cars, coming
straight towards them, to pull over.
848
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:19,360
We got caught in a traffic jam and
one of the policemen just stood up,
849
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:20,920
put his head through the roof
850
01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:25,640
and started firing his gun in the
air in order to clear the traffic.
851
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:26,840
Very hair-raising.
852
01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:30,400
Hello, amigos.
853
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:33,880
HE SPEAKS PORTUGUESE
854
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:42,320
Fred, how do you feel playing
and singing before 200,000 people?
855
01:02:42,320 --> 01:02:44,640
I haven't done it yet!
856
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:52,440
I can remember being nervous
the first night.
857
01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:56,960
The top tier alone took 80,000
and we were in this sort of dug-out
858
01:02:56,960 --> 01:02:59,720
which I guess the football teams
would normally be in.
859
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:03,160
All the windows were broken
and I remember thinking
860
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:07,160
this is... You know, it's going to
take some balls to walk out there.
861
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:08,280
Hello, Sao Paulo!
862
01:03:26,920 --> 01:03:29,080
♪ Get your party gown
863
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:30,560
♪ Get your pigtail down
864
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:32,480
♪ Get your heart beating, baby
865
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:34,920
♪ Get your timing right
866
01:03:34,920 --> 01:03:36,920
♪ I got my act all tight
867
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:40,120
♪ It's gotta be tonight
My little school babe
868
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:41,760
♪ Your momma says you don't
869
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,560
♪ Your daddy says you won't
And I'm boiling up inside... ♪
870
01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:47,560
They knew all the songs.
These people don't speak English
871
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:49,760
but they could sing along
all the Queen songs
872
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:53,000
so they're obviously very genuine
fans and they went nuts.
873
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:56,320
♪ Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
874
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:59,160
♪ Lock your daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosing around
875
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:02,560
♪ Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
876
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:07,000
♪ Give me all your love tonight
877
01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:13,160
♪ Tonight... ♪
878
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,120
It also takes a certain ego
879
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:19,000
and a certain drive to want to be
880
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,520
in that spotlight and go on display.
881
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:26,000
And Freddie thrived
and got better in bigger arenas.
882
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:27,040
♪ Yeah
883
01:04:27,040 --> 01:04:28,160
AUDIENCE: # Yeah
884
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:29,240
♪ Yeah
885
01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:30,400
♪ Yeah
886
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:31,440
♪ Yeah ye-yeah yeah
887
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:32,760
♪ Yeah ye-yeah yeah
888
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:34,000
♪ Yeah yeah ye-ye-yeah
889
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:35,400
♪ Yeah yeah ye-ye-yeah
890
01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:37,360
♪ All right
All right
891
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:39,200
♪ All right
All right
892
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:40,840
♪ Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
893
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:42,000
♪ Yeah Yeah
894
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:43,640
♪ Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
895
01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:45,160
♪ Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
896
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:46,200
♪ Yeah Yeah
897
01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:47,240
♪ Yeah
898
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:48,720
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah
899
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:54,160
♪ Aaaaaaaall right
900
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:59,120
♪ Aaaaaaaall right
901
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:01,880
Let's do it to tempo.
902
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:09,840
Once we'd finished Argentina
and Brazil,
903
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:12,360
the band decided to go
back into the studio
904
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:15,520
and they had of course bought
the studios in Montreux, here.
905
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:29,320
Mountain Studios was in the casino
by the lake in Montreux.
906
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,400
When they first arrived it was,
like, the top studio in Europe.
907
01:05:34,080 --> 01:05:37,600
We were in the studio in Montreux
and David Bowie lives nearby.
908
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:41,120
I think we went out for a meal
or drinks or something
909
01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:44,000
and then landed up back in
the studio with the sort of
910
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:45,840
rough intention of doing something.
911
01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,480
We were fooling around and just...
912
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:51,280
jamming with tracks
and suddenly we said,
913
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,760
"Why don't we just see what we can do
on the spur of the moment?"
914
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:59,280
Then it's the pressure
of His Majesty David being there
915
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:04,000
and everybody wanted to look suave
and quick with ideas and stuff.
916
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:06,960
Deacy of course came up with this
riff - dun dun dun de de dun dun.
917
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:09,040
"UNDER PRESSURE" BASS RIFF PLAYS
918
01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:11,160
♪ Bom bom bom buddle der der
919
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:12,680
♪ Ding ding ding digger ding ding
920
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,560
He kept playing that over and over
and over again.
921
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:21,960
And then we went for a pizza
and he forgot it.
922
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:26,720
Completely escaped his mind!
We got back and I remembered it.
923
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:32,200
And of course, we're used to playing
together and now we have this
924
01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:35,720
other guy there who's also
inputting, inputting, inputting.
925
01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:38,120
David's idea of putting these
clicks and claps
926
01:06:38,120 --> 01:06:40,280
and then the track just grew.
927
01:06:45,360 --> 01:06:47,720
By that time,
David was very impassioned.
928
01:06:47,720 --> 01:06:50,560
He had a vision in his head,
I think.
929
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:53,520
It's quite a difficult process
and somebody has to back off
930
01:06:53,520 --> 01:06:55,800
and actually I did back off,
unusual for me.
931
01:06:55,800 --> 01:07:00,320
♪ Pressure pushing down on me
932
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:01,720
♪ Pressing down on you
933
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:03,880
♪ No man ask for
934
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:05,520
♪ Under pressure
935
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:08,680
♪ That burns a building down
936
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:11,200
♪ Splits a family in two
937
01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:12,640
♪ Puts people on streets... ♪
938
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:15,520
For the vocals, one of them
was to be locked out
939
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:17,880
and not allowed to
hear what the other one sang
940
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:20,360
and they sang anything off the top
of their heads.
941
01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:22,360
♪ It never rains but it pours
942
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:24,400
♪ Um ba-ba bey... ♪
943
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:29,400
Fred starts doing his bum-didder-dup
and his bits-and-pieces
944
01:07:29,400 --> 01:07:31,800
and I see out of
the corner of my eye,
945
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:34,960
I see David sticking his head in,
listening.
946
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:38,800
Then Fred came down, David went up
and Freddie was quite impressed
947
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:41,400
that he was counterpointing
to what he did before.
948
01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:43,200
♪ ..This world is about
949
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:47,040
♪ Watching some good friends
screaming let me out
950
01:07:47,040 --> 01:07:51,000
♪ Pray tomorrow gets me
higher, high, high
951
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:55,240
♪ Pressure on people
People on streets... ♪
952
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:58,000
And Fred said,
"What do you make of this?"
953
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:02,480
I said, "It's kind of easy if you
stand in the doorway listening
to what you're doing."
954
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:05,960
And Freddie turned,
"What the BLEEP"?
955
01:08:05,960 --> 01:08:11,200
♪ Cos love's such
an old fashioned word
956
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:14,280
♪ And love dares you
957
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:20,960
♪ To care for the people
on the edge of the night
958
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:23,920
♪ And love dares you
959
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:26,640
♪ To change our way of
960
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:30,720
♪ Caring about ourselves
961
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:34,480
♪ This is our last dance... ♪
962
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:39,480
The result is very good but it was
a difficult experience, I think,
963
01:08:39,480 --> 01:08:42,600
because people pulling in different
directions, in a sense.
964
01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:43,840
♪ Under pressure... ♪
965
01:08:43,840 --> 01:08:47,920
Under Pressure, David Bowie,
the band, me,
966
01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:50,920
I don't think it mixed too well.
967
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:52,480
♪ Pressure. ♪
968
01:08:52,480 --> 01:08:55,000
Shame actually, it's...
969
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:59,760
I thought it was fabulous,
we could've done some incredible
further things, actually.
970
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:11,040
Well, here we have a total change
of life for all of us, really.
971
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:14,440
We went back to Munich
to do the next album
972
01:09:14,440 --> 01:09:17,920
and really, I suppose, things
started to go downhill.
973
01:09:19,160 --> 01:09:21,520
It's actually a rather grim place.
974
01:09:21,520 --> 01:09:27,000
It's a studio in the basement of
a huge tower block which is a hotel.
975
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:30,240
And it's kind of depressing.
976
01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:34,680
A lot of people used to jump off
that building and kill themselves,
977
01:09:34,680 --> 01:09:37,360
off that particular building,
it was well known for it.
978
01:09:37,360 --> 01:09:40,720
We didn't know that until we got
there, so we went a bit nuts.
979
01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:47,480
By that time, we were getting
very finicky about recording
980
01:09:47,480 --> 01:09:48,880
and we spent months there.
981
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,760
After the massive success of
Another One Bites The Dust,
982
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:02,080
the thinking was we'll make an album
that's slightly more dance
orientated.
983
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:03,360
Not my idea.
984
01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:06,360
Especially in Freddie's entourage,
985
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:09,920
I won't mention any names
like Paul Prenter, for instance,
986
01:10:09,920 --> 01:10:14,440
loathed guitars and
found that Brian was old fashioned.
987
01:10:14,440 --> 01:10:17,560
Paul Prenter had become
Freddie's personal assistant.
988
01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:21,040
He was a very, very bad influence
upon Freddie,
989
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:23,360
hence on the band, really.
990
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:26,200
He very much wanted
our music to sound
991
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:28,200
like you'd just walked in
a gay club.
992
01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:29,880
And I didn't.
993
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:31,680
♪ Back chat, back chat
994
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:33,760
♪ Criticising all you see
995
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:35,680
♪ Back chat, back chat
996
01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:37,640
♪ Analysing what I say... ♪
997
01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:40,240
There were a lot of strains in
the band that'd happen
998
01:10:40,240 --> 01:10:43,960
with four people of that
strength of character.
999
01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:48,880
Everybody had their say
and the arguments were creative
and then it would become personal.
1000
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:51,040
Of course!
1001
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:54,720
It was a sort of emotional
roller coaster.
1002
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:58,160
I think less and less time
was spent in the studio.
1003
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,920
Get up about three o'clock and go
and have breakfast
1004
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:07,920
and then a bit of work would be
done and then you'd have dinner
1005
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:12,640
and then one of the roadies would
start mixing cocktails and then...
1006
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,160
other things would...ahem, happen.
1007
01:11:16,160 --> 01:11:17,840
♪ Give me... ♪
1008
01:11:19,720 --> 01:11:22,520
I'm not saying cocaine
and other drugs
1009
01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:25,600
and loose women had anything
to do with that at all.
1010
01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:27,480
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
1011
01:11:27,480 --> 01:11:30,480
♪ Body, body
1012
01:11:30,480 --> 01:11:34,560
♪ Give me your body... ♪
1013
01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:38,040
It turned into a rather exhausting
cycle, I think, in the end.
1014
01:11:38,040 --> 01:11:41,080
♪ Don't talk, don't talk, don't talk
1015
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:42,880
♪ Baby, don't talk... ♪
1016
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:46,240
I don't know if I can say this...
Yes, I could probably say this.
1017
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:50,880
We all got ourselves into deep
trouble emotionally in Munich
1018
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:56,280
and Freddie was no exception, he got
himself deep into emotional waters
which he couldn't really handle
1019
01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:58,560
and was very unhappy
for some of the time.
1020
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:03,480
♪ Give me your body... ♪
1021
01:12:03,480 --> 01:12:07,760
He was being sucked into places
which really probably
weren't good for him.
1022
01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:10,200
And I think we all felt that
1023
01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:12,880
and realised that he was
in some kind of danger.
1024
01:12:12,880 --> 01:12:16,480
♪ Give me, yeah
1025
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:20,120
♪ Your body... ♪
1026
01:12:21,320 --> 01:12:24,120
I certainly saw the change
in Freddie...
1027
01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:25,240
♪ Don't talk... ♪
1028
01:12:25,240 --> 01:12:28,400
..in the club Heaven in 1983.
1029
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:30,800
I said to him, "Have you
modified your behaviour
1030
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:34,200
"in light of 'the new disease'",
which as of yet did not have a name.
1031
01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:39,080
And with the sweep of his arms
in a theatrical fashion, he said,
1032
01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:44,760
"Darling, my attitude is fuck it,
I'm doing everything with
everybody."
1033
01:12:44,760 --> 01:12:47,960
If someone kept a chart
of rock and roll royalty,
1034
01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:49,760
Queen would have to be at the top.
1035
01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:52,320
Now Queen is back on tour
1036
01:12:52,320 --> 01:12:55,080
and perhaps up against their
biggest challenge yet.
1037
01:12:55,080 --> 01:13:00,600
Now, most of you know that we've got
some new sounds out last week and...
1038
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:05,400
..for what it's worth, we're going
to do a few songs in
1039
01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:08,560
the funk-black category,
whatever you call it.
1040
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:11,000
Record sales are not
as strong as in the past
1041
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:13,200
and that's left everyone wondering.
1042
01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:14,960
I don't like everything that we do.
1043
01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:17,080
I like a lot of what we do
but not everything.
1044
01:13:17,080 --> 01:13:20,120
It depends on whatever the four
individuals in the group,
1045
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:23,440
what music they're into at the time
and what songs they're writing.
1046
01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:27,200
There might be a couple of songs
come out you don't like very much.
1047
01:13:27,200 --> 01:13:28,440
I could name a couple!
1048
01:13:28,440 --> 01:13:32,200
Well, Hot Space in Queen terms
was pretty disastrous, really.
1049
01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:35,200
It didn't appeal to
some of the hardcore Queen fans
1050
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:38,440
who would turn up at concerts with
banners saying "disco sucks".
1051
01:13:38,440 --> 01:13:43,080
It's only a bloody record, people get
so excited about these things.
I mean...
1052
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:45,560
The band...
1053
01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:47,920
It was pretty much on
the verge of falling apart.
1054
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:51,680
I think we had a couple of meetings
and staff to discuss
1055
01:13:51,680 --> 01:13:53,680
were we still together etc, etc.
1056
01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:56,760
What to do if you're a member
of an internationally successful
1057
01:13:56,760 --> 01:13:59,040
rock band but want to
blow off creative steam
1058
01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:01,040
that doesn't fit the band's image.
1059
01:14:01,040 --> 01:14:03,560
Our next guest has faced that,
he is Roger Taylor.
1060
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:07,680
He's just blown off some of his own
steam with his second solo album,
1061
01:14:07,680 --> 01:14:09,400
Strange Frontier. Let's look at it.
1062
01:14:09,400 --> 01:14:12,560
♪ Sometimes I feel
like a man on fire
1063
01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:15,240
♪ Sometimes I feel
like a man possessed
1064
01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:19,880
♪ Sometimes I wanna burn down
this crazy town... ♪
1065
01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:21,600
I think we decided we
needed a break.
1066
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:26,120
Queen propelled us into the world
but also in a sense it confined us
1067
01:14:26,120 --> 01:14:30,440
into a very small space.
We just worked with each other,
not the other fabulous musicians.
1068
01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:35,840
I ended up in LA
and one morning just got up
1069
01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:39,080
and rang up some mates there and
said, "Why don't we do something?"
1070
01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,520
And it led to
the Star Fleet Project.
1071
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:44,440
♪ Star fleet, star fleet
1072
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,240
♪ Star fleet, star fleet... ♪
1073
01:14:52,720 --> 01:14:55,720
At a certain point we were
all ready, there's no doubt.
1074
01:14:55,720 --> 01:14:58,000
We'd been off doing
our different things,
1075
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:01,160
refreshing ourselves but we were
ready to get back in the studio.
1076
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:10,280
This is the hardest time for us,
this is a big test, we've been
1077
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:16,200
in the business 12 years and to keep
it going that much further is hard.
1078
01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:17,720
The Works was the next album.
1079
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:19,920
We thought we wanted somewhere
nice and warm
1080
01:15:19,920 --> 01:15:22,320
and not freezing bloody cold Munich.
1081
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:25,400
So that really made sense,
to go to LA to make that record.
1082
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:30,520
And I think we got back on track
in The Works, actually.
1083
01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:37,120
They were a complicated
musical marriage.
1084
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:40,200
They didn't have one room in
a studio, they had three or four.
1085
01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:43,520
Studio B, Studio C,
Studio D, Studio E.
1086
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:44,920
But that was a good thing
1087
01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:47,840
cos it allowed everybody to
work on their individual songs.
1088
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:50,160
In the early days it was
Brian and Freddie
1089
01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:52,360
who really used to write
most of the material
1090
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:54,360
but over the last five years,
1091
01:15:54,360 --> 01:15:57,640
Roger and I have started to
contribute more.
1092
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:03,960
I thought John Deacon was
kind of a secret weapon because
1093
01:16:03,960 --> 01:16:06,960
he would come up with these
major hits out of nowhere.
1094
01:16:08,120 --> 01:16:10,080
He had this track,
I Want To Break Free,
1095
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,400
and it was pretty much there
except this big hole in the middle.
1096
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:19,200
I mean, John did not want a guitar
solo so he asked Fred Mandel,
1097
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:22,080
a very brilliant keyboard player,
to improvise something
1098
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:25,520
around the main tune
and Fred did this brilliant take.
1099
01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:32,120
SYNTHESIZER ON "I WANT TO BREAK FREE"
1100
01:16:36,840 --> 01:16:40,240
You know, all their records used
to say prominently "no synthesizers"
1101
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:42,600
then I come along
like another schmuck
1102
01:16:42,600 --> 01:16:44,720
and put synthesizers on everything.
1103
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:49,160
I wasn't too happy at the time
but I gave it my blessing,
1104
01:16:49,160 --> 01:16:50,200
that's the deal.
1105
01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:56,200
The polarity of writing
within the band changed.
1106
01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:58,600
I think the time has come
where we actually...
1107
01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:00,760
in songwriting,
we're completely even.
1108
01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:04,920
Roger will come up with something
like Radio Ga Ga and it's perfect.
1109
01:17:08,400 --> 01:17:13,320
It was Sunday afternoon, my son
Felix came in, he was very young
1110
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:17,160
and he just sort of went,
"Ah, radio, caca"
1111
01:17:17,160 --> 01:17:19,120
cos he's half French.
1112
01:17:19,120 --> 01:17:23,240
And, um, I just thought
that's quite nice, you know.
1113
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:28,080
I put the backing track together
1114
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:30,720
and presented it to Freddie
who really loved it.
1115
01:17:39,160 --> 01:17:41,920
We took it into the next room
and then Fred and I worked
1116
01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:43,280
on the vocoder parts.
1117
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,560
♪ All we hear is
1118
01:17:45,560 --> 01:17:47,080
♪ Radio ga ga
1119
01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:49,720
♪ Radio goo goo
1120
01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:51,480
♪ Radio ga ga... ♪
1121
01:17:51,480 --> 01:17:54,600
If you listen,
several times it says "radio caca".
1122
01:17:54,600 --> 01:17:56,120
♪ Radio ga ga
1123
01:17:56,120 --> 01:17:58,880
♪ Radio ga ga... ♪
1124
01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:01,840
Radio Ga Ga brought Queen back.
1125
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,520
♪ Radio... ♪
1126
01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:06,200
It came from a rock thing.
1127
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:08,680
Radio Ga Ga combined the best
elements of
1128
01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:10,400
the '70s with the '80s.
1129
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:12,840
That's where Queen had a strength
with The Works.
1130
01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:16,320
It was more of a substantial hit
even though it didn't actually make
1131
01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:18,440
the top 10 in America.
1132
01:18:18,440 --> 01:18:21,680
But it got played a lot
and the video made a big impact.
1133
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:23,560
♪ Let's hope you never
1134
01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:25,800
♪ Leave, old friend
1135
01:18:25,800 --> 01:18:27,640
♪ Like all good things
1136
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:29,920
♪ On you we depend
1137
01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,040
♪ So stick around
1138
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:34,800
♪ Cos we might miss you... ♪
1139
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:38,640
We had a killer video which we
put a lot of work into.
1140
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:40,600
♪ You had your time
1141
01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:42,280
♪ You had the power
1142
01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:44,520
♪ You've yet to have... ♪
1143
01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:47,280
The whole thing just felt good,
of its time.
1144
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:51,760
It felt a bit different.
It felt modern and it was very fresh.
1145
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:56,040
♪ All we hear is radio ga ga
1146
01:18:56,040 --> 01:18:57,640
♪ Radio goo goo
1147
01:18:57,640 --> 01:19:00,280
♪ Radio ga ga... ♪
1148
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:04,320
All of a sudden people,
would participate jointly
1149
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:06,640
in Radio Ga Ga situations.
1150
01:19:06,640 --> 01:19:11,280
A collective statement
that was good on the radio,
1151
01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:13,160
or on a turntable.
1152
01:19:13,160 --> 01:19:15,440
In live, it really was
a unification.
1153
01:19:15,440 --> 01:19:19,320
♪ All we hear is radio ga ga
1154
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:21,000
♪ Radio goo goo
1155
01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,880
♪ Radio ga ga... ♪
1156
01:19:22,880 --> 01:19:25,720
Freddie said,
"What we do is like the Olympics.
1157
01:19:25,720 --> 01:19:28,560
"It's people believing in you
and everyone behind you.
1158
01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:30,320
"Everyone doing the same thing.
1159
01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:33,800
"That's the Olympics."
He said, "That's what we do."
1160
01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:37,880
♪ Radio ga ga, radio ga ga... ♪
1161
01:19:37,880 --> 01:19:42,400
Suddenly the MTV generation grew up
and video became all-important.
1162
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:56,520
The most enjoyable video was
I Want To Break Free
1163
01:19:56,520 --> 01:19:57,880
because we just laughed.
1164
01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:08,760
I was dying to dress up in drag.
Doesn't everybody?
1165
01:20:10,360 --> 01:20:14,080
And everybody ran into their frocks
quicker than anything.
1166
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:19,000
It was their idea, basically,
and I said, "Yeah, let's have a go."
1167
01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,880
♪ I want to break free
1168
01:20:22,960 --> 01:20:26,280
♪ I want to break free
1169
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:31,280
♪ I want to break free
from your lies... ♪
1170
01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:36,120
That great video was a loving
reference to Coronation Street.
1171
01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:38,000
♪ I've got to break free... ♪
1172
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,400
Americans didn't understand it.
It just looked like we wanted
to dress up in drag.
1173
01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:45,680
It was unthinkable
to most of middle America.
1174
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:47,920
♪ I've got to break free... ♪
1175
01:20:49,120 --> 01:20:53,840
It's a very British thing.
Sometimes the humour doesn't
translate. I'm Canadian so I get it.
1176
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:00,960
It was just a different
style of humour
1177
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:03,520
and I don't think it went over
with the "MTV generation".
1178
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:11,040
I remember this video being banned.
1179
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:14,000
MTV were very quick on the
trigger to ban things then.
1180
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:16,840
I mean, if you thought
Mary Whitehouse was bad,
1181
01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:20,600
you should have seen some of
the geezers running MTV
1182
01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:22,400
in the very early '80s.
1183
01:21:28,520 --> 01:21:31,240
Well, MTV were very narrow-minded.
1184
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:34,480
It was Whitesnake,
and fucking Whitesnake,
1185
01:21:34,480 --> 01:21:36,720
and then another Whitesnake track.
1186
01:21:39,400 --> 01:21:42,760
And they decided that
they didn't think men in drag
1187
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:47,320
was rock enough for them, I guess,
so they didn't play the video.
1188
01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:53,520
Most Americans were deprived of my,
and Freddie's,
1189
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:55,320
favourite moment of that video.
1190
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:58,120
I said to Freddie, "I love
the way you double-step...
1191
01:21:58,120 --> 01:21:59,880
♪ But life still goes on... ♪
1192
01:21:59,880 --> 01:22:02,400
..to get from one room to the other.
1193
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:06,120
And he said, "I'm so glad you
noticed. That's my favourite part."
1194
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:09,240
♪ ..without you by my side
1195
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,920
♪ I don't want to live alone
1196
01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:17,680
♪ Hey, God knows
1197
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:20,520
♪ I've got to make it... ♪
1198
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:25,520
The funny thing is, we became global
but we lost America.
1199
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:28,160
And we kind of never got it back.
1200
01:22:28,160 --> 01:22:31,760
♪ I've got to break free. ♪
1201
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:35,480
Freddie wouldn't go back
to tour America
1202
01:22:35,480 --> 01:22:37,800
unless they were touring a hit,
1203
01:22:37,800 --> 01:22:40,120
and of course
that's the chicken and egg
1204
01:22:40,120 --> 01:22:43,720
because the less you tour America,
the more you lose America.
1205
01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:48,040
It was sad, it's a shame, because
there's a whole catalogue of hits,
1206
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:52,080
worldwide hits, but not in the
States, and that'll never come back.
1207
01:22:56,340 --> 01:22:59,460
Appearing at Sun City
never helped anybody's image,
1208
01:22:59,460 --> 01:23:01,060
and sometimes it hurt.
1209
01:23:01,060 --> 01:23:06,380
Sun City was this resort of
international standard
in South Africa
1210
01:23:06,380 --> 01:23:09,380
and the position taken
by most of the rock community
1211
01:23:09,380 --> 01:23:12,660
was that if you went to South Africa
you supported apartheid.
1212
01:23:12,660 --> 01:23:15,660
It's very nice to be
here in South Africa
1213
01:23:15,660 --> 01:23:17,740
and I just want to have a good time.
1214
01:23:17,740 --> 01:23:20,100
Anything you'd like to say
to your fans?
1215
01:23:20,100 --> 01:23:24,100
Yeah, we hope you get real excited,
because we're pretty
excited to be here.
1216
01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:26,260
The controversy behind Sun City...
1217
01:23:26,260 --> 01:23:29,060
Sun Fucking City -
wish I'd never heard of the place.
1218
01:23:29,060 --> 01:23:31,180
The principal reason that Queen
went there
1219
01:23:31,180 --> 01:23:34,020
was because they were offered
a large amount of money.
1220
01:23:34,020 --> 01:23:36,380
There was all sorts of hoo-ha
going on,
1221
01:23:36,380 --> 01:23:39,580
you know - "You mustn't play
Sun City because it's a sign
1222
01:23:39,580 --> 01:23:42,140
"that you're supporting apartheid."
1223
01:23:42,140 --> 01:23:44,420
Well, it's simply not true.
1224
01:23:44,420 --> 01:23:47,140
If you adopted a policy of
never playing in a country
1225
01:23:47,140 --> 01:23:49,540
where you don't approve
of the politicians,
1226
01:23:49,540 --> 01:23:51,660
there'd be very few places
you can play.
1227
01:23:51,660 --> 01:23:54,020
Did you know you had
so many fans in South Africa?
1228
01:23:54,020 --> 01:23:56,780
Well, I think we had some
idea of our popularity here,
1229
01:23:56,780 --> 01:24:00,020
but we didn't realise
it was quite that.
1230
01:24:00,020 --> 01:24:04,140
Jim went down there
time after time and I asked
if we'd play to mixed audiences.
1231
01:24:04,140 --> 01:24:06,700
He said we wouldn't play
to segregated audiences.
1232
01:24:06,700 --> 01:24:10,740
And it was not
an apartheid audience,
1233
01:24:10,740 --> 01:24:13,340
but it was mainly white.
1234
01:24:13,340 --> 01:24:15,660
Are you going to the concert?
Definitely.
1235
01:24:15,660 --> 01:24:18,220
What have you heard?
I heard it's a great show.
1236
01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:21,420
What are you expecting at the
concert? Something fantastic.
1237
01:24:21,420 --> 01:24:24,020
I've heard it's
the most fantastic show ever.
1238
01:24:24,020 --> 01:24:27,700
The band then supported a school
for the deaf in Bophutswana
1239
01:24:27,700 --> 01:24:29,660
that we became very involved with.
1240
01:24:29,660 --> 01:24:33,940
The general audience
doesn't read the small print.
It just sees the headlines.
1241
01:24:33,940 --> 01:24:38,660
If it goes, "You're making
a lot of money playing a
gig in an apartheid state",
1242
01:24:38,660 --> 01:24:42,380
it makes it look like
you're following apartheid.
It did not help them.
1243
01:24:42,380 --> 01:24:46,700
I will say to my dying day
that we acted properly
1244
01:24:46,700 --> 01:24:49,900
according to our conscience
as regards South Africa.
1245
01:24:49,900 --> 01:24:51,660
Um... We went there to play music,
1246
01:24:51,660 --> 01:24:54,540
the same as we did
in all kinds of other places.
1247
01:24:54,540 --> 01:24:58,860
We got so much shit for it.
But we went for good reasons.
1248
01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:01,660
But, on balance,
I think it was a mistake to go.
1249
01:25:01,660 --> 01:25:05,060
Whenever the band
came under pressure,
1250
01:25:05,060 --> 01:25:09,420
there would be maybe a walkout,
a separation, a row.
1251
01:25:10,540 --> 01:25:14,620
♪ Sometimes I feel I'm going
to break down and cry
1252
01:25:14,620 --> 01:25:17,540
♪ Nowhere to go
Nothing to do with my time
1253
01:25:17,540 --> 01:25:19,700
♪ I get lonely
1254
01:25:21,140 --> 01:25:23,660
♪ So lonely
1255
01:25:24,620 --> 01:25:25,900
♪ Living on my own... ♪
1256
01:25:25,900 --> 01:25:29,540
I like Queen very much, but I don't
want to end up living a quartet.
1257
01:25:29,540 --> 01:25:32,700
I'm 37 years old
I want to do something different,
1258
01:25:32,700 --> 01:25:36,260
otherwise I'll get too damn old
and I'll be in a wheelchair.
1259
01:25:36,260 --> 01:25:40,220
There was a lot of strain
when Freddie did his solo album,
1260
01:25:40,220 --> 01:25:42,260
mainly because the advance
1261
01:25:42,260 --> 01:25:45,460
was considerably more than
the advances for Queen albums.
1262
01:25:45,460 --> 01:25:48,300
♪ Got to be some good times ahead
1263
01:25:49,380 --> 01:25:51,900
♪ Sometimes I feel
nobody gives me no warning... ♪
1264
01:25:51,900 --> 01:25:53,620
There is an inward jealousy -
1265
01:25:53,620 --> 01:25:56,380
they're all waiting to see if
my album does better
1266
01:25:56,380 --> 01:25:59,100
than the last Queen album,
or something like that.
1267
01:25:59,100 --> 01:26:01,100
♪ It's not easy
1268
01:26:02,540 --> 01:26:05,260
♪ Living on my own... ♪
1269
01:26:05,260 --> 01:26:07,860
Sometimes it's nice to break away
from a group
1270
01:26:07,860 --> 01:26:11,380
that's actually been going for
so long, meaning staying away.
1271
01:26:11,380 --> 01:26:16,020
He was definitely contemplating
the idea of what Living On My Own
1272
01:26:16,020 --> 01:26:21,740
actually means because he lived
in Munich for well over a year.
1273
01:26:21,740 --> 01:26:24,700
♪ Got to be some
good times ahead... ♪
1274
01:26:27,660 --> 01:26:29,380
When Freddie was alone in Munich,
1275
01:26:29,380 --> 01:26:34,140
he had to basically fall back
either on the gay community,
1276
01:26:34,140 --> 01:26:39,260
or, when he needed some sense or
decent advice, he would call us.
1277
01:26:39,260 --> 01:26:43,780
He was hanging out
a lot at our place.
1278
01:26:43,780 --> 01:26:46,260
He'd spend a lot of time
with the kids.
1279
01:26:46,260 --> 01:26:49,540
It was like a family affair.
1280
01:26:53,260 --> 01:26:57,940
He said a lot of times that this
was the best time in his life.
1281
01:26:57,940 --> 01:27:00,620
Out of the songs you've
put on this album, Freddie,
1282
01:27:00,620 --> 01:27:04,580
which one do you find the most
rewarding, personally?
1283
01:27:04,580 --> 01:27:07,060
Oh, I don't know,
the one that sells the most.
1284
01:27:07,060 --> 01:27:10,300
Freddie had a very fulfilling
experience of creativity,
1285
01:27:10,300 --> 01:27:13,540
but he didn't have
a very fulfilling experience,
1286
01:27:13,540 --> 01:27:18,060
um...how shall I say, economically.
1287
01:27:18,060 --> 01:27:23,300
The Mr Bad Guy album really was
a disaster, in terms of sales.
1288
01:27:23,300 --> 01:27:26,140
The strength of Queen
came from the arguments.
1289
01:27:26,140 --> 01:27:29,540
It was the fact
that you had to fight your space.
1290
01:27:29,540 --> 01:27:32,260
Songs got fine-tuned by that,
1291
01:27:32,260 --> 01:27:37,460
and Freddie working on his own in
Munich with an orchestra and Mack,
1292
01:27:37,460 --> 01:27:40,900
there was nobody really
to stand up with him.
1293
01:27:45,100 --> 01:27:48,180
Well, tomorrow, the pop world's
greatest extravaganza,
1294
01:27:48,180 --> 01:27:50,180
as we've been talking about,
Live Aid,
1295
01:27:50,180 --> 01:27:54,340
will bring together rock's
brightest and best from both sides
of the Atlantic,
1296
01:27:54,340 --> 01:27:58,700
all performing free in the
hope of raising millions for the
starving people of Africa.
1297
01:28:02,580 --> 01:28:06,860
You know, looking back, there was a
moment when Queen were thought of
1298
01:28:06,860 --> 01:28:09,220
as a good group that
was predominantly historic.
1299
01:28:09,220 --> 01:28:12,820
Radio Ga Ga was their one
big hit in four years.
1300
01:28:12,820 --> 01:28:15,020
They weren't on a hot streak,
1301
01:28:15,020 --> 01:28:18,180
and they weren't a particularly
productive group at that time.
1302
01:28:18,180 --> 01:28:21,980
There was a feeling
that maybe that was it.
1303
01:28:21,980 --> 01:28:27,900
But Geldof ordered them
to regroup and perform.
1304
01:28:27,900 --> 01:28:31,180
The thing was, did Freddie want
to do it? He wasn't that keen.
1305
01:28:31,180 --> 01:28:34,060
Freddie was a bit reticent
about doing anything,
1306
01:28:34,060 --> 01:28:35,700
but Bob came in one day
1307
01:28:35,700 --> 01:28:37,740
when we talked about Live Aid,
and said,
1308
01:28:37,740 --> 01:28:41,380
"I told Freddie he's doing it."
And I kind of believe him.
1309
01:28:41,380 --> 01:28:44,100
It really is a gathering
of the rock world's elite,
1310
01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:48,060
and already rehearsing in here
are some of rock and roll's royalty.
1311
01:28:48,060 --> 01:28:53,500
It was rehearsed quite intensely at
the Shaw Theatre on Euston Road.
1312
01:28:53,500 --> 01:28:57,180
♪ Here we stand and here we fall
1313
01:28:57,180 --> 01:29:00,740
♪ History won't care at all
1314
01:29:00,740 --> 01:29:03,780
♪ Make the bed, light the light... ♪
1315
01:29:03,780 --> 01:29:08,180
Queen took the responsibility
more professionally than anyone
else on the bill.
1316
01:29:08,180 --> 01:29:12,220
♪ You don't waste no time at all
1317
01:29:12,220 --> 01:29:15,220
♪ Don't hear the bell
but you answer the call... ♪
1318
01:29:15,220 --> 01:29:18,340
I went out and bought these big
plastic white clocks
1319
01:29:18,340 --> 01:29:23,300
and put them in the orchestra pit so
we could see the time.
1320
01:29:23,300 --> 01:29:27,620
There was an 18-minute
slot that each artist had,
1321
01:29:27,620 --> 01:29:31,060
and there were traffic lights
at the side of the stage.
1322
01:29:31,060 --> 01:29:35,620
And you were warned that
the traffic lights after 16 minutes
would turn amber from green,
1323
01:29:35,620 --> 01:29:39,380
and they said, "You won't
see them turn red because
the power goes off."
1324
01:29:39,380 --> 01:29:42,260
So you make it quick and
you make it something they know.
1325
01:29:43,380 --> 01:29:45,580
Just after 16 hours of live Aid,
1326
01:29:45,580 --> 01:29:47,980
would you welcome Status Quo!
1327
01:30:01,780 --> 01:30:07,180
♪ Here we are and here we are
and here we go... ♪
1328
01:30:07,180 --> 01:30:09,660
The energy that day was sensational.
1329
01:30:09,660 --> 01:30:12,940
♪ Rockin' all over the world... ♪
1330
01:30:12,940 --> 01:30:16,580
We were all quite nervous, actually.
1331
01:30:16,580 --> 01:30:19,380
Not necessarily our audience because
they'd put together
1332
01:30:19,380 --> 01:30:23,660
the bill of Live Aid before
we'd been announced as being on it.
1333
01:30:23,660 --> 01:30:29,860
They set the level for the PA
with limiters
1334
01:30:29,860 --> 01:30:33,540
and then when Queen came on, Trip,
who was Queen's sound engineer,
1335
01:30:33,540 --> 01:30:36,420
switched the limiters
so that Queen would be louder.
1336
01:30:43,620 --> 01:30:46,740
From the word go, he came out of
the traps like a champion.
1337
01:30:52,820 --> 01:30:57,980
Freddie performed
against the advice of his doctor
because of a throat condition.
1338
01:30:57,980 --> 01:31:03,740
But he went out there
and gave one of the greatest live
television performances ever.
1339
01:31:03,740 --> 01:31:06,940
♪ You don't waste no time at all
1340
01:31:06,940 --> 01:31:10,740
♪ Don't hear the bell
but you answer the call
1341
01:31:10,740 --> 01:31:14,420
♪ Comes to you as to us all, yeah!
1342
01:31:14,420 --> 01:31:17,500
♪ And it's time for
the hammer to fall... ♪
1343
01:31:18,660 --> 01:31:24,300
The ballet with a BBC cameraman
was shockingly charismatic.
1344
01:31:24,300 --> 01:31:28,500
♪ Every night, every day
1345
01:31:28,500 --> 01:31:31,020
♪ A little piece of you
is falling away
1346
01:31:31,020 --> 01:31:34,180
♪ Lift your face the western way... ♪
1347
01:31:38,020 --> 01:31:42,540
And it was as if all the artists
backstage had heard a dog whistle.
1348
01:31:44,180 --> 01:31:46,980
And their heads turned
and the frisson you felt was,
1349
01:31:46,980 --> 01:31:49,940
"They're stealing the show."
1350
01:31:56,620 --> 01:31:59,740
♪ I've paid my dues
1351
01:31:59,740 --> 01:32:04,660
♪ Time after time
1352
01:32:04,660 --> 01:32:06,460
♪ I did my sentence
1353
01:32:07,860 --> 01:32:09,940
♪ But committed no crime
1354
01:32:11,220 --> 01:32:15,420
♪ And bad mistakes
1355
01:32:15,420 --> 01:32:17,580
♪ I've made a few
1356
01:32:17,580 --> 01:32:21,900
♪ I've had my share of sand kicked
in my face
1357
01:32:21,900 --> 01:32:25,100
♪ But I've come through
1358
01:32:28,820 --> 01:32:34,500
♪ We are the champions,
my friend... ♪
1359
01:32:34,500 --> 01:32:40,300
I defy anybody who saw it not
to have goose pimples
on the back of their neck
1360
01:32:40,300 --> 01:32:43,060
when you saw that sea of people.
1361
01:32:43,060 --> 01:32:45,860
♪ We are the champions
1362
01:32:45,860 --> 01:32:48,660
♪ We are the champions... ♪
1363
01:32:48,660 --> 01:32:54,700
I remember looking up and seeing the
whole place going completely bonkers
in unison and thinking,
1364
01:32:54,700 --> 01:32:56,420
"Oh, this is going well."
1365
01:32:56,420 --> 01:32:59,020
♪ ..the champions
1366
01:32:59,020 --> 01:33:04,860
♪ We are the champions,
my friend
1367
01:33:06,180 --> 01:33:10,580
♪ And we'll keep on
fighting till the end... ♪
1368
01:33:10,580 --> 01:33:13,860
We did have an unfair advantage.
We had done football stadiums.
1369
01:33:13,860 --> 01:33:18,020
Freddie particularly learned this
magical way
1370
01:33:18,020 --> 01:33:20,900
of involving everybody.
In a huge football stadium,
1371
01:33:20,900 --> 01:33:23,500
he could make everybody feel
they were in contact.
1372
01:33:23,500 --> 01:33:29,180
♪ We are the champions...
1373
01:33:33,460 --> 01:33:38,180
♪ ..of the world. ♪
1374
01:33:42,780 --> 01:33:45,140
People say, "Was it a career move?"
1375
01:33:45,140 --> 01:33:46,820
Well, no, it wasn't a career move
1376
01:33:46,820 --> 01:33:49,780
but of course that's
in the back of everybody's mind.
1377
01:33:58,740 --> 01:34:02,420
We got a great reception
from the crowd, even at Wembley,
1378
01:34:02,420 --> 01:34:05,340
and also from the
TV audience as well.
1379
01:34:05,340 --> 01:34:09,660
So in fact, it was a great boost of
confidence, in a way, for the group.
1380
01:34:09,660 --> 01:34:12,140
To have conquered
Live Aid in that way
1381
01:34:12,140 --> 01:34:15,700
undoubtedly breathed
fresh energy into the band.
1382
01:34:21,060 --> 01:34:23,700
It was a shot in the arm
and we went back in the studio.
1383
01:34:31,300 --> 01:34:35,180
We were back in Munich with
all its attendant dangers,
1384
01:34:35,180 --> 01:34:39,140
so we tried to keep ourselves
in the studio as much as possible.
1385
01:34:42,140 --> 01:34:43,620
Ta-dah!
1386
01:34:47,380 --> 01:34:51,260
♪ Hey! One man, one goal
1387
01:34:54,140 --> 01:34:57,420
♪ One mission, one heart... ♪
1388
01:34:57,420 --> 01:35:04,740
I had a page, a sort of poem that
was sort of half nicked off
Martin Luther King's famous speech.
1389
01:35:04,740 --> 01:35:07,780
It doesn't fit. It does.
1390
01:35:07,780 --> 01:35:12,020
One goddamn decision.
Real decision.
1391
01:35:12,020 --> 01:35:13,940
No, it won't fit.
1392
01:35:13,940 --> 01:35:15,660
It was all one this and one that.
1393
01:35:15,660 --> 01:35:19,100
♪ One God, one soul,
make one decision... ♪
1394
01:35:20,860 --> 01:35:25,660
Make one decision. One true religion.
1395
01:35:26,780 --> 01:35:28,380
♪ One God, one vision
1396
01:35:28,380 --> 01:35:32,020
♪ One man, one goal,
one true religion
1397
01:35:32,020 --> 01:35:37,260
♪ One dump, one turd
Two tits, John Deacon
1398
01:35:37,260 --> 01:35:39,660
♪ Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh
1399
01:35:39,660 --> 01:35:42,340
♪ Give me one vision... ♪
1400
01:35:42,340 --> 01:35:45,700
The Magic Tour was the biggest tour
we'd ever undertaken.
1401
01:35:45,700 --> 01:35:48,340
♪ No wrong, no right
1402
01:35:48,340 --> 01:35:51,460
♪ I'm gonna tell you there's no black
and no white... ♪
1403
01:35:51,460 --> 01:35:53,940
We planned an entire tour
of stadium gigs.
1404
01:35:55,980 --> 01:35:58,980
♪ All we need is one world,
one vision... ♪
1405
01:36:01,020 --> 01:36:06,660
Massive shows all over Europe,
and really fantastic reception.
We hit another level.
1406
01:36:10,900 --> 01:36:14,460
We were finally in the place we'd
always dreamed of being, perhaps.
1407
01:36:14,460 --> 01:36:18,940
♪ I had a dream when I was young
1408
01:36:18,940 --> 01:36:21,740
♪ A dream, sweet illusion... ♪
1409
01:36:21,740 --> 01:36:26,540
That tour had gigs like
Budapest in it, which in
itself is a great thing.
1410
01:36:26,540 --> 01:36:30,820
Budapest was the first stadium
concert behind the Iron Curtain.
1411
01:36:32,140 --> 01:36:35,100
People hitch-hiked from
all over Eastern Europe.
1412
01:36:35,100 --> 01:36:39,060
♪ Look what they've done
to my dream... ♪
1413
01:36:39,060 --> 01:36:42,820
It was a great tour because
it ended up two nights at Wembley.
1414
01:36:44,140 --> 01:36:46,900
Hello there, my beauties.
This is happening.
1415
01:36:48,100 --> 01:36:52,860
♪ Give me your hands
Give me your hearts... ♪
1416
01:36:52,860 --> 01:36:55,500
In addition to Wembley Stadium,
we put on an extra one
1417
01:36:55,500 --> 01:36:59,300
because it sold out so quick, the
two nights, so we put Knebworth on.
1418
01:36:59,300 --> 01:37:03,020
♪ One voice, one hope
One real decision
1419
01:37:03,020 --> 01:37:06,820
♪ Gimme one light One light
Gimme one hope One hope
1420
01:37:06,820 --> 01:37:09,900
♪ Just gimme, ah
One man, one man
1421
01:37:09,900 --> 01:37:11,940
♪ One bar one night
One day hey hey
1422
01:37:11,940 --> 01:37:14,340
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
fried chicken. #
1423
01:37:14,340 --> 01:37:16,460
They were the final shows
with Freddie,
1424
01:37:16,460 --> 01:37:19,140
and I remember it being
pretty much perfect.
1425
01:37:19,140 --> 01:37:24,220
MUSIC: "God Save The Queen"
1426
01:37:35,340 --> 01:37:39,180
I just got the vibe from Freddie,
1427
01:37:39,180 --> 01:37:43,620
he felt that he wasn't
maybe able to do any more.
1428
01:37:46,420 --> 01:37:50,660
I know there'll be a time when I
can't run around on stage
1429
01:37:50,660 --> 01:37:54,460
because it'll be ridiculous. There
comes a time when you have to stop.
1430
01:37:59,740 --> 01:38:03,060
I think he had an idea that
he might not be terribly well.
1431
01:38:07,220 --> 01:38:10,140
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1432
01:38:18,260 --> 01:38:22,420
Freddie told me that he was HIV
positive before he told the band.
1433
01:38:22,420 --> 01:38:24,820
This put me in
a very difficult position
1434
01:38:24,820 --> 01:38:28,340
because he told me
he didn't want me to tell the band.
1435
01:38:28,340 --> 01:38:31,940
So there was I, managing
a band, knowing something
1436
01:38:31,940 --> 01:38:36,260
of crucial importance to the band
which I couldn't pass on to them.
1437
01:38:36,260 --> 01:38:41,660
♪ Every drop of rain that falls
in Sahara desert says it all
1438
01:38:41,660 --> 01:38:43,460
♪ It's a miracle
1439
01:38:43,460 --> 01:38:46,420
♪ All God's creations
Great and small
1440
01:38:46,420 --> 01:38:49,060
♪ The Golden Gate
and the Taj Mahal
1441
01:38:49,060 --> 01:38:51,100
♪ That's a miracle
1442
01:38:51,100 --> 01:38:54,260
♪ Test-tube babies being born
1443
01:38:54,260 --> 01:38:56,780
♪ Mothers, fathers, dead and gone
1444
01:38:56,780 --> 01:38:59,580
♪ It's a miracle... ♪
1445
01:38:59,580 --> 01:39:02,180
There were rumours
and he was obviously suffering,
1446
01:39:02,180 --> 01:39:05,300
and we didn't know what it was,
and rumour, rumour, rumour...
1447
01:39:05,300 --> 01:39:07,860
And so he did sit us down
at one point and said,
1448
01:39:07,860 --> 01:39:10,260
"Look, you probably know what
I'm going to say.
1449
01:39:10,260 --> 01:39:13,300
"You know what I'm suffering from.
You know what the problem is
1450
01:39:13,300 --> 01:39:16,340
but I don't want to talk about it
anymore. I just want to make music
1451
01:39:16,340 --> 01:39:20,180
until the day I fucking die.
And...let's get on with it.
1452
01:39:20,180 --> 01:39:22,980
♪ It's a miracle
1453
01:39:22,980 --> 01:39:25,260
♪ It's a miracle... ♪
1454
01:39:25,260 --> 01:39:27,660
These are some of our best
studio times.
1455
01:39:27,660 --> 01:39:31,060
We've made the decision that all
the songs we write will be credited
1456
01:39:31,060 --> 01:39:35,340
to all of us, so it kind of
releases a bit of...
1457
01:39:35,340 --> 01:39:36,780
positive energy in us.
1458
01:39:36,780 --> 01:39:39,380
They became closer and closer,
without any doubt.
1459
01:39:39,380 --> 01:39:42,220
The sharing of writing credits
was a major breakthrough.
1460
01:39:42,220 --> 01:39:45,020
Some magical things happened,
I think.
1461
01:39:45,020 --> 01:39:48,660
There's this track called
The Miracle, itself,
1462
01:39:48,660 --> 01:39:51,700
which I think is one of Freddie's
most beautiful creations.
1463
01:39:51,700 --> 01:39:54,380
♪ The one thing
The one thing
1464
01:39:54,380 --> 01:39:56,380
♪ We're all waiting for
1465
01:39:56,380 --> 01:39:58,740
♪ Is peace on earth
Peace on earth
1466
01:39:58,740 --> 01:40:01,380
♪ And an end to war
An end to war... ♪
1467
01:40:01,380 --> 01:40:05,540
'I love the track. It's all
so optimistic about the world'
1468
01:40:05,540 --> 01:40:08,620
and the miracles that are being
found in the world.
1469
01:40:13,060 --> 01:40:15,980
Which is incredible when you think
what he's looking at
1470
01:40:15,980 --> 01:40:19,460
because he knows what he's got and
he knows what the prognosis is.
1471
01:40:19,460 --> 01:40:24,100
♪ That time will come
One day you'll see
1472
01:40:24,100 --> 01:40:29,980
♪ When we can all be friends
1473
01:40:29,980 --> 01:40:34,580
♪ That time will come
One day you'll see
1474
01:40:34,580 --> 01:40:37,180
♪ When we can all... ♪
1475
01:40:37,180 --> 01:40:41,460
APPLAUSE
Special Award for an outstanding
contribution to British music
1476
01:40:41,460 --> 01:40:45,340
goes to John Deacon, Brian May,
Freddie Mercury,
1477
01:40:45,340 --> 01:40:47,900
Roger Taylor - Queen.
1478
01:40:47,900 --> 01:40:50,020
APPLAUSE
1479
01:40:53,020 --> 01:40:55,460
The first indications
something wasn't right
1480
01:40:55,460 --> 01:40:58,300
was Freddie looked a
little thinner to me.
1481
01:40:59,260 --> 01:41:01,580
And I called John up to see
what was going on.
1482
01:41:01,580 --> 01:41:05,140
I said, "Is something wrong with
Freddie?" And he wouldn't tell me.
1483
01:41:08,540 --> 01:41:11,380
The thing that annoyed me
more than anything was a shot
1484
01:41:11,380 --> 01:41:15,260
of Freddie in The Sun and he'd just
come out of the doctor's, I think.
1485
01:41:15,260 --> 01:41:19,540
It's a really grainy,
full-page shot. "Is this man dying?"
1486
01:41:19,540 --> 01:41:22,740
And I thought,
"You fucking wankers."
1487
01:41:22,740 --> 01:41:24,380
♪ Scandal
1488
01:41:27,060 --> 01:41:28,700
♪ Scandal... ♪
1489
01:41:32,580 --> 01:41:36,460
We hid everything and
we avoided questions.
1490
01:41:36,460 --> 01:41:37,820
♪ Scandal... ♪
1491
01:41:37,820 --> 01:41:39,620
I guess we lied.
1492
01:41:39,620 --> 01:41:41,380
Because we wanted to protect him.
1493
01:41:41,380 --> 01:41:42,420
♪ Scandal... ♪
1494
01:41:43,660 --> 01:41:46,660
I would then say anything
to anybody. "Is Fred sick?"
1495
01:41:46,660 --> 01:41:49,140
"Absolutely not, no.
He was in the gym yesterday.
1496
01:41:49,140 --> 01:41:51,540
"Fuck you," you know.
"None of your business."
1497
01:41:51,540 --> 01:41:54,780
Everybody had to draw
the wagons around him.
1498
01:41:54,780 --> 01:41:58,740
Because at that time, to become ill
was to have a death sentence.
1499
01:41:58,740 --> 01:42:03,940
♪ Today the headlines
Tomorrow hard times
1500
01:42:03,940 --> 01:42:08,500
♪ And no-one ever really knows
The truth from the lies... ♪
1501
01:42:08,500 --> 01:42:10,060
His house was surrounded by...
1502
01:42:10,060 --> 01:42:12,860
I don't know, a couple of
hundred, I reckon.
1503
01:42:12,860 --> 01:42:15,100
Just like vultures, really.
1504
01:42:15,100 --> 01:42:20,540
♪ Deeper and deeper inside... ♪
1505
01:42:21,580 --> 01:42:23,340
It was utterly shocking, you know.
1506
01:42:23,340 --> 01:42:25,980
Filming the groceries in the back
of the car boot.
1507
01:42:25,980 --> 01:42:27,060
♪ Scandal... ♪
1508
01:42:27,060 --> 01:42:30,780
"Any medicine in there?"
You know, it's absolutely shocking.
1509
01:42:31,740 --> 01:42:33,740
It became difficult to
work in London,
1510
01:42:33,740 --> 01:42:36,420
there was such a terrible
focus of attention on him.
1511
01:42:36,420 --> 01:42:38,860
People sticking cameras through
his toilet windows,
1512
01:42:38,860 --> 01:42:40,700
as soon as the rumours
were out there.
1513
01:42:40,700 --> 01:42:45,620
So Montreal was a much more
peaceful place to work so we ended
up doing a lot of stuff there.
1514
01:42:45,620 --> 01:42:47,740
SONG: "I'm Going Slightly Mad"
1515
01:42:53,940 --> 01:42:57,460
Freddie felt much safer there
because people didn't bother.
1516
01:42:57,460 --> 01:43:00,540
You know. They weren't intrusively
observing him.
1517
01:43:04,700 --> 01:43:06,900
At that point we can't play live
1518
01:43:06,900 --> 01:43:10,100
but in the things that we're doing,
it's business as usual.
1519
01:43:10,100 --> 01:43:14,460
♪ I'm going slightly mad
1520
01:43:14,460 --> 01:43:18,740
♪ I'm going slightly mad... ♪
1521
01:43:18,740 --> 01:43:21,420
He was determined to work right up
to the last minute.
1522
01:43:21,420 --> 01:43:24,740
I was surprised that he did
Going Slightly Mad.
1523
01:43:24,740 --> 01:43:26,220
♪ It finally happened... ♪
1524
01:43:26,220 --> 01:43:28,540
Which I thought was a good video,
actually,
1525
01:43:28,540 --> 01:43:31,380
and it had lots of humour in it.
1526
01:43:31,380 --> 01:43:35,540
♪ I'm slightly mad! ♪
1527
01:43:38,180 --> 01:43:40,700
There was a lot more humour in
Freddie than I think
1528
01:43:40,700 --> 01:43:42,220
the general public realised.
1529
01:43:43,260 --> 01:43:45,660
You want to take it? No, I...
1530
01:43:46,820 --> 01:43:49,140
Oh! What's it doing?
1531
01:43:49,140 --> 01:43:52,380
HOOTS OF LAUGHTER
1532
01:43:52,380 --> 01:43:53,940
Roger, what did you do?
1533
01:43:53,940 --> 01:43:56,780
It was just really
a very close time.
1534
01:43:56,780 --> 01:43:58,380
Go for me. Waaa!
1535
01:43:59,820 --> 01:44:03,740
Freddie found an amazing
tranquillity and I never really
heard him complain.
1536
01:44:03,740 --> 01:44:06,420
I remember we went out one night
1537
01:44:06,420 --> 01:44:09,180
and he had horrible
problems with his leg.
1538
01:44:09,180 --> 01:44:13,500
And Freddie saw me looking at it and
said, "Oh, Brian, do you want to see
what it's like?"
1539
01:44:13,500 --> 01:44:15,980
And he showed me, and I think...
1540
01:44:15,980 --> 01:44:17,860
he reacted to my face, and he said,
1541
01:44:17,860 --> 01:44:20,820
"I'm really sorry. I didn't mean
to do that to you."
1542
01:44:20,820 --> 01:44:25,180
I never heard him go, "This is
really awful. My life is shit.
1543
01:44:25,180 --> 01:44:27,340
"I'm going to die."
Never, never, never.
1544
01:44:27,340 --> 01:44:30,020
He was an amazingly strong person.
1545
01:44:30,020 --> 01:44:34,980
The sicker Freddie got, the more
he seemed to need to record,
1546
01:44:34,980 --> 01:44:39,300
to give himself something to do,
you know - some sort of reason
to get up.
1547
01:44:44,780 --> 01:44:47,460
And he would make it in
whenever he could.
1548
01:44:47,460 --> 01:44:51,100
So really, it was a period
of fairly intense work, actually.
1549
01:44:56,020 --> 01:44:59,740
Freddie is becoming weakened
by this horrible disease
1550
01:44:59,740 --> 01:45:02,380
and he finds it hard
to stand up a lot of the time
1551
01:45:02,380 --> 01:45:05,540
but he'll throw a couple of
vodkas down and prop himself up
1552
01:45:05,540 --> 01:45:09,140
on the mixing desk and have his mike
there, and go for it.
1553
01:45:09,140 --> 01:45:10,860
Roll camera, roll playback.
1554
01:45:14,340 --> 01:45:16,780
♪ Sometimes I get to feeling
1555
01:45:16,780 --> 01:45:19,660
♪ I was back in the old days
1556
01:45:19,660 --> 01:45:21,220
♪ Long ago... ♪
1557
01:45:22,860 --> 01:45:26,140
'I can hear the voice is
getting thinner.'
1558
01:45:26,140 --> 01:45:29,380
♪ Things seemed so perfect
You know... ♪
1559
01:45:29,380 --> 01:45:33,740
'I think you can really tell
that it's an ailing voice.'
1560
01:45:33,740 --> 01:45:36,060
Although he hits the notes.
1561
01:45:36,060 --> 01:45:38,220
♪ The sun was always shining
1562
01:45:38,220 --> 01:45:39,740
♪ We just lived for fun
1563
01:45:39,740 --> 01:45:41,540
♪ Sometimes... ♪
1564
01:45:41,540 --> 01:45:44,820
'Roger started writing These Are
The Days Of Our Lives about his
kids'
1565
01:45:44,820 --> 01:45:47,820
and the way he felt about
life and how it comes back.
1566
01:45:47,820 --> 01:45:52,700
But of course, in that context,
it had another meaning.
1567
01:45:52,700 --> 01:45:59,260
♪ Those were the days
of our lives... ♪
1568
01:45:59,260 --> 01:46:01,540
'He looked so ill there.
It was quite scary,'
1569
01:46:01,540 --> 01:46:03,980
and...I thought that was a very
brave thing to do.
1570
01:46:03,980 --> 01:46:05,140
And why not, you know?
1571
01:46:05,140 --> 01:46:08,820
'He spent hours and hours and hours
in make-up, sorting himself out,
1572
01:46:08,820 --> 01:46:09,980
'so it would be OK.'
1573
01:46:09,980 --> 01:46:14,060
♪ Those days are all gone now but
1574
01:46:14,060 --> 01:46:15,820
♪ One thing is true... ♪
1575
01:46:15,820 --> 01:46:18,540
I did too many movements.
1576
01:46:18,540 --> 01:46:21,380
But I just wanted to see...
No, I know...
1577
01:46:22,420 --> 01:46:24,780
♪ I still love you... ♪
1578
01:46:24,780 --> 01:46:27,100
I just want to see...
It doesn't look...
1579
01:46:28,340 --> 01:46:29,580
It doesn't look...
1580
01:46:29,580 --> 01:46:31,540
I think it should be waisted.
1581
01:46:32,620 --> 01:46:35,820
Do you know what I mean? I want a
little bit of shape here.
A tiny bit.
1582
01:46:35,820 --> 01:46:37,900
'Yeah. I like the shape now.'
1583
01:46:37,900 --> 01:46:42,660
♪ Those days are all gone now, but
1584
01:46:42,660 --> 01:46:46,700
♪ One thing's still true
1585
01:46:46,700 --> 01:46:47,860
♪ When I look... ♪
1586
01:46:47,860 --> 01:46:50,940
'Freddie actually kind of says
a goodbye in that song.'
1587
01:46:50,940 --> 01:46:53,540
♪ I still love you... ♪
1588
01:47:00,220 --> 01:47:03,060
I still love you.
1589
01:47:09,780 --> 01:47:12,900
Innuendo was out on the streets,
it was number one
1590
01:47:12,900 --> 01:47:15,780
and two weeks later they
were here in Montreux.
1591
01:47:15,780 --> 01:47:18,900
And they started doing more music.
1592
01:47:18,900 --> 01:47:23,380
And Freddie, at that time, said,
"Write me stuff. I know I don't
have very long.
1593
01:47:24,780 --> 01:47:27,180
"Keep writing me words.
Keep giving me things.
1594
01:47:27,180 --> 01:47:30,260
"I will sing and then you can do
what you like with it afterwards,
1595
01:47:30,260 --> 01:47:31,820
"you know, finish it off."
1596
01:47:31,820 --> 01:47:35,780
And so I was writing on scraps
of paper these lines of Mother Love.
1597
01:47:35,780 --> 01:47:39,300
He was dying and he did those things
1598
01:47:39,300 --> 01:47:43,100
and he knew he would be dead
when they were finished.
1599
01:47:43,100 --> 01:47:46,460
Because he said to me,
"I'm going to sing it now,
1600
01:47:46,460 --> 01:47:50,420
"because I can't wait for them
to do the music on this.
1601
01:47:50,420 --> 01:47:52,660
"I'll give it to you on a drum
machine.
1602
01:47:52,660 --> 01:47:56,340
"Give me a drum machine thing...
They'll finish it off."
1603
01:47:57,340 --> 01:48:01,540
♪ I don't want to make no waves
1604
01:48:01,540 --> 01:48:04,940
♪ You can give me all the love... ♪
1605
01:48:04,940 --> 01:48:08,100
Every time I gave him another line,
he would sing it,
1606
01:48:08,100 --> 01:48:10,060
sing it again, and sing it again.
1607
01:48:10,060 --> 01:48:12,580
So we had three takes for every
line, and that was it.
1608
01:48:12,580 --> 01:48:16,780
♪ I long for peace before I die... ♪
1609
01:48:17,940 --> 01:48:21,700
Mother Love, I think, was the last
one. There's an exceptional
1610
01:48:21,700 --> 01:48:24,140
spine-chilling note in the middle.
1611
01:48:25,820 --> 01:48:27,580
A fantastic bit of singing.
1612
01:48:27,580 --> 01:48:30,100
♪ Out in the city
1613
01:48:30,100 --> 01:48:33,220
♪ In the cold world outside
1614
01:48:33,220 --> 01:48:35,220
♪ I don't want pity
1615
01:48:35,220 --> 01:48:39,100
♪ Just a safe place to hide
1616
01:48:39,100 --> 01:48:43,540
♪ Mama, please, let me back
inside... ♪
1617
01:48:44,500 --> 01:48:48,020
It's absolutely...spine-chilling.
1618
01:48:48,020 --> 01:48:50,820
And we got to the last verse
and he said,
1619
01:48:50,820 --> 01:48:53,620
"Oh, I'm not up to this now,
I need to go away and have a rest.
1620
01:48:53,620 --> 01:48:55,740
"I'll come back and finish
it off", you know.
1621
01:48:55,740 --> 01:48:58,020
And he never came back.
1622
01:48:58,020 --> 01:49:02,140
That was the last moment that I had
with him in the studio.
1623
01:49:04,260 --> 01:49:09,020
I went to see Freddie, and it
was in fact the last time I saw him.
1624
01:49:09,020 --> 01:49:12,020
He said to me, "I haven't given
you anything in my will.
1625
01:49:12,020 --> 01:49:15,860
"You're my executor,
you can do anything with my legacy,
1626
01:49:15,860 --> 01:49:18,500
"you can do anything with my music
1627
01:49:18,500 --> 01:49:20,620
"but never make me boring."
1628
01:49:20,620 --> 01:49:23,820
The last time I saw Freddie was,
Anita and I went to see him
1629
01:49:23,820 --> 01:49:25,020
and he was in bed,
1630
01:49:25,020 --> 01:49:29,740
with the curtains open so he could
see out into his garden,
1631
01:49:29,740 --> 01:49:31,940
and I was talking about
things in his garden,
1632
01:49:31,940 --> 01:49:34,500
saying, "That's really interesting"
and he said,
1633
01:49:34,500 --> 01:49:38,020
"Guys, you don't need to feel like
you need to make conversation.
1634
01:49:38,020 --> 01:49:40,260
"I'm just so happy that you're here,
1635
01:49:40,260 --> 01:49:43,140
"so even if we say nothing,
it's just having these moments."
1636
01:49:47,020 --> 01:49:50,180
The worst thing was I was
actually on my way to see him,
1637
01:49:50,180 --> 01:49:54,020
and I was about 300 yards away
when Peter Freestone rang me
1638
01:49:54,020 --> 01:49:56,500
to tell me, "Don't bother coming
cos he's gone."
1639
01:50:08,660 --> 01:50:11,220
It was me who wrote
the little epitaph
1640
01:50:11,220 --> 01:50:13,500
that's on his statue in Montreux
1641
01:50:13,500 --> 01:50:17,820
which just says, "Freddie Mercury,
Lover of Life - Singer of Songs."
1642
01:50:20,420 --> 01:50:24,100
To me, that sums him up
because he lived life to the full,
1643
01:50:24,100 --> 01:50:27,140
there's no question,
with all that that entailed.
1644
01:50:28,500 --> 01:50:33,500
He was a generous man, a kind man,
an impatient man sometimes,
1645
01:50:33,500 --> 01:50:36,820
but utterly dedicated to what
he felt was important,
1646
01:50:36,820 --> 01:50:38,620
which was making music.
1647
01:50:50,740 --> 01:50:55,860
We made the announcement that we
were going to do a tribute concert
to him when we felt that we could,
1648
01:50:55,860 --> 01:50:58,860
to send him out in the style
which he deserved.
1649
01:50:58,860 --> 01:51:01,460
We hope that a lot of you will
be able to join us
1650
01:51:01,460 --> 01:51:03,660
on April 20th at Wembley Stadium
1651
01:51:03,660 --> 01:51:07,020
for a celebration of Freddie's
life and career.
1652
01:51:07,020 --> 01:51:09,260
You're all welcome. Please join us.
1653
01:51:09,260 --> 01:51:10,620
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1654
01:51:10,620 --> 01:51:15,260
So we drew up a list of people
that we'd like to be on the show.
1655
01:51:15,260 --> 01:51:16,740
Roger got the ball rolling.
1656
01:51:16,740 --> 01:51:20,740
Roger got up one morning and said,
"Look, we're doing this."
And made a few phone calls.
1657
01:51:20,740 --> 01:51:24,740
And Brian said, "Well,
if you can get that lot, I'll come."
1658
01:51:24,740 --> 01:51:27,380
On stage, Mr Roger Daltrey!
1659
01:51:30,500 --> 01:51:33,020
Mr Robert Plant, thank you!
1660
01:51:35,140 --> 01:51:36,620
Mr David Bowie!
1661
01:51:38,020 --> 01:51:39,140
And...
1662
01:51:39,140 --> 01:51:47,180
♪ Any way the wind
blo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ows! ♪
1663
01:51:48,380 --> 01:51:52,540
We got a date, Wembley Stadium...
Had to be Wembley Stadium,
didn't it? Had to be.
1664
01:51:52,540 --> 01:51:55,140
The scene of Freddie's
greatest triumphs.
1665
01:52:01,140 --> 01:52:03,140
A lot of amazing things happened.
1666
01:52:03,140 --> 01:52:07,020
I'd like to offer something,
in a very simple fashion.
1667
01:52:08,260 --> 01:52:13,140
David Bowie spontaneously
went into the Lord's Prayer which
was a surprise to us all.
1668
01:52:13,140 --> 01:52:15,460
For thine is the kingdom,
1669
01:52:15,460 --> 01:52:16,660
the power
1670
01:52:16,660 --> 01:52:17,820
and the glory
1671
01:52:17,820 --> 01:52:20,060
for ever and ever,
1672
01:52:20,060 --> 01:52:22,260
A-men.
1673
01:52:22,260 --> 01:52:25,020
APPLAUSE
1674
01:52:25,020 --> 01:52:26,500
God bless Queen.
1675
01:52:28,140 --> 01:52:29,860
God bless you.
1676
01:52:29,860 --> 01:52:31,300
Thank you, good night.
1677
01:52:33,860 --> 01:52:37,020
I want to hear every single person.
1678
01:52:37,020 --> 01:52:38,820
See every single pair of hands.
1679
01:52:38,820 --> 01:52:41,180
Three, four.
1680
01:52:41,180 --> 01:52:44,260
♪ Find me somebody to love
1681
01:52:44,260 --> 01:52:47,500
♪ Find me somebody to love
1682
01:52:47,500 --> 01:52:50,620
♪ Find me somebody to love
1683
01:52:50,620 --> 01:52:53,860
♪ Find me somebody to love
1684
01:52:53,860 --> 01:52:55,620
♪ Somebody! Somebody!
1685
01:52:55,620 --> 01:52:58,740
♪ Somebody! Somebody!
Somebody! Somebody!
1686
01:52:58,740 --> 01:53:02,020
♪ Somebody find me
somebody to love
1687
01:53:02,020 --> 01:53:08,500
♪ Anybody find
me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e...
1688
01:53:11,380 --> 01:53:17,020
♪ Somebody to-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o... ♪
1689
01:53:17,020 --> 01:53:18,260
Come on!
1690
01:53:18,260 --> 01:53:20,140
AUDIENCE: ♪ Lo-o-o-o-ve. ♪
1691
01:53:20,140 --> 01:53:22,020
'It was completely cathartic.'
1692
01:53:22,020 --> 01:53:24,380
It was like working out
a bit of grief in a way.
1693
01:53:24,380 --> 01:53:25,660
Yeah!
1694
01:53:26,620 --> 01:53:32,380
♪ Somebody find me
somebody to-oo-oo love
1695
01:53:33,540 --> 01:53:37,260
♪ Find me somebody to-oo-oo love
Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh!
1696
01:53:37,260 --> 01:53:43,060
♪ Find me is somebody, somebody
1697
01:53:43,060 --> 01:53:45,620
♪ To-oo-oo love
1698
01:53:45,620 --> 01:53:50,500
♪ Anybody anywhere find me
somebody to love
1699
01:53:50,500 --> 01:53:53,020
♪ Yeah, yeah
1700
01:53:53,020 --> 01:53:59,380
♪ O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oh
1701
01:53:59,380 --> 01:54:04,260
♪ O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oh. ♪
1702
01:54:04,260 --> 01:54:08,340
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1703
01:54:12,620 --> 01:54:14,660
And I remember just as we were
coming off,
1704
01:54:14,660 --> 01:54:17,540
Joe Elliott from Def Leopard
put his hand on my arm
1705
01:54:17,540 --> 01:54:18,820
and said, "Stop, Brian,
1706
01:54:18,820 --> 01:54:22,500
"just turn around and look at that
audience and remember this moment.
1707
01:54:25,700 --> 01:54:28,140
"Nothing like this
will ever happen again."
1708
01:54:42,580 --> 01:54:46,020
'The incredible thing is, it's 40
years since the band was formed.
1709
01:54:46,020 --> 01:54:50,140
'The band is probably
as big as it's ever been.'
1710
01:54:50,140 --> 01:54:53,020
And yet 20 of those 40 years
have been without Freddie.
1711
01:54:53,020 --> 01:54:56,980
We don't have John either
because he's chosen to
be in a very different place.
1712
01:54:56,980 --> 01:54:58,780
For Roger and I...
1713
01:54:58,780 --> 01:55:02,020
there is always that searching.
1714
01:55:03,140 --> 01:55:06,660
♪ The show must go on! ♪
1715
01:55:08,740 --> 01:55:13,060
What's lurking in the wings was
the material we'd done with Freddie
which was unfinished,
1716
01:55:13,060 --> 01:55:15,620
and what were we going to do with
this, make an album?
1717
01:55:15,620 --> 01:55:18,540
Made In Heaven
was obviously different.
1718
01:55:18,540 --> 01:55:22,980
It was very weird working
with Freddie's voice
coming out of the speakers
1719
01:55:22,980 --> 01:55:26,740
but Brian and I felt that we knew
what Freddie would have been
thinking
1720
01:55:26,740 --> 01:55:29,500
so we got there and I was
very pleased with the result.
1721
01:55:29,500 --> 01:55:32,220
I feel like it was
the right completion.
1722
01:55:32,220 --> 01:55:35,980
It was, um...it was the right
album to finish up on.
1723
01:55:40,980 --> 01:55:45,380
Once you've passed your initiation
into being a rock star,
it never leaves you.
1724
01:55:45,380 --> 01:55:48,980
You cannot stop having that
feeling inside you that
makes you want to play.
1725
01:55:48,980 --> 01:55:51,380
♪ The show must go on! ♪
1726
01:55:51,380 --> 01:55:54,500
When we did the Paul Rodgers
tour, it was great, actually.
1727
01:55:54,500 --> 01:55:57,300
Paul was a great singer,
completely different.
1728
01:55:57,300 --> 01:56:03,500
♪ I've never given in
On with the show
1729
01:56:03,500 --> 01:56:08,140
♪ The show must go on. ♪
1730
01:56:08,140 --> 01:56:11,140
It constantly amazes me
to think we were lucky enough
1731
01:56:11,140 --> 01:56:13,940
to be in a great band, to have
a great band together,
1732
01:56:13,940 --> 01:56:17,100
and that, actually, people still
like the music, you know.
1733
01:56:18,380 --> 01:56:20,900
Queen is such a stimulating
creative environment,
1734
01:56:20,900 --> 01:56:24,740
there's really nothing quite
that could live up to that.
1735
01:56:27,100 --> 01:56:31,980
There was a perfect creative
hothouse that was Queen at its best.
1736
01:56:32,940 --> 01:56:36,380
♪ One dream, one soul
1737
01:56:36,380 --> 01:56:40,780
♪ One prize, one goal
1738
01:56:40,780 --> 01:56:46,260
♪ One golden glance of what should be
1739
01:56:46,260 --> 01:56:47,620
♪ It's a kind of magic
1740
01:56:47,620 --> 01:56:53,140
♪ One flash of light
that shows the way
1741
01:56:54,380 --> 01:56:58,260
♪ No mortal man
1742
01:56:58,260 --> 01:57:00,020
♪ Can win this day
1743
01:57:00,020 --> 01:57:02,140
♪ It's a kind of magic
1744
01:57:02,140 --> 01:57:05,740
♪ The bell that rings
1745
01:57:05,740 --> 01:57:07,860
♪ Inside your mind
1746
01:57:09,140 --> 01:57:11,260
♪ Is challenging
1747
01:57:11,260 --> 01:57:14,620
♪ The doors of time
1748
01:57:22,100 --> 01:57:28,980
♪ This rage that lasts
a thousand years
1749
01:57:28,980 --> 01:57:31,500
# Will soon be, will soon be
Will soon be...
1750
01:57:31,500 --> 01:57:35,260
♪ Will soon be done
1751
01:57:36,900 --> 01:57:40,860
♪ Will soon be done
1752
01:57:40,860 --> 01:57:45,340
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1753
01:57:45,340 --> 01:57:50,500
♪ E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-up
1754
01:57:50,500 --> 01:57:56,660
AUDIENCE: # E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-up
1755
01:57:56,660 --> 01:57:58,260
♪ E-e-up
E-e-up
1756
01:57:58,260 --> 01:57:59,420
♪ E-e-up
E-e-up
1757
01:57:59,420 --> 01:58:00,900
♪ E-e-up
E-e-up
1758
01:58:00,900 --> 01:58:02,140
♪ Ee-do-ree-ro-re-ro
1759
01:58:02,140 --> 01:58:04,180
♪ Ee-do-ree-ro-re-ro. ♪
1760
01:58:04,180 --> 01:58:05,580
Fuck you.
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