Queen - Rock You (Promo-The Mail) [EAC - FLAC] (oan)

Queen have never before allowed their music to be used in a collaboration

with a newspaper, but founder members Brian May and Roger Taylor have

worked with The Mail on Sunday to produce this very special album.



The CD features ten full Queen tracks, including Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me

Now and the fantastic anthem We Will Rock You, all sung by Freddie

Mercury, the iconic superstar who tragically died in 1991.

In a rare interview, Brian admits that the group were inspired from the outset

by the enthusiasm of their live audiences, who loved to clap and sing along

to their songs.



‘We wrote for the common man,’ he says. ‘About how we felt, our dreams

and frustrations. That’s why they identified so much with us.



‘We are known for our anthem songs but we didn’t start out that way. In the

beginning we wanted people to sit up and listen, because we thought we

had something important to say. But they wanted to participate. In the end

we decided not to fight it, but rather to enjoy and even encourage it.

’

He recalls that the words and music for We Will Rock You came to him one

morning after a particularly raucous concert.



‘We played a gig at Bingley Hall near Birmingham. It was a popular venue at

the time. It was a big sweaty barn and that night it was packed with a

particularly vocal crowd. They were definitely drowning us out with their

enthusiasm.



‘I remember that even after we left the stage they didn’t stop singing – loudly.

They sang You’ll Never Walk Alone, which is very emotional. Quite a

choking thing really. I certainly found it inspirational.



‘Later that night back at our hotel I said to the others, “That was great. So

what should we do to continue generating that kind of energetic response?”



‘I woke up with the We Will Rock You lyrics in my head and had it written in

about 10 minutes.



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‘I have hundreds of versions of We Will Rock You on my iTunes. Hardly a

day goes by without people asking if they can use the song, especially for a

military purpose. Which is somewhat ironic because I’m really anti-war.’



We Are The Champions, the power ballad written by Mercury, is another that

May says was built on audience response. ‘We wanted to get the crowds

waving and singing. It’s very unifying and positive. People love it because it’s

so uplifting.



‘Although much of our music was created using multi-layered arrangements

and vocal harmonies – which work especially well in the recording studio –

we were into making our concerts musical events.



‘Live performances brought out the best in us, especially Freddie, who was

such a showman.’



Unusually for a band, all four members have written songs that went to No1

in the charts.



This might have been a major factor in the longevity of their unity and

friendship.



Brian says: ‘We all contributed songs to the albums and we all had

successes. Even though most people think it was Freddie and I who wrote

most of the songs, everyone had an input in each track.



‘That was why we decided in 1989, after our 10th album, that all future

outputs would be under the Queen banner and we would all be credited for

each song.’



Queen’s music has survived and prospered for nearly 40 years and their

songs have been widely used in television commercials and at sporting

events.



It is testimony to their enduring popularity that, according to The Guinness

Book Of World Records, Queen albums have enjoyed 27 years on the UK

album charts – longer than any other musical act.



Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance

of all time in an industry poll. And their music has recently gained a new

generation of fans through the hugely successful musical We Will Rock You,

featuring all their great hits woven into a story written by Ben Elton.



The musical began in the West End in 2002 and has been playing to packed

houses around the world ever since. It has become the longest-running

musical at London’s Dominion Theatre, overtaking the previous record

holder, Grease.



Four bonus Queen tracks, performed by the original cast of the musical, are

included in our CD.



‘The success of Rock You has been very satisfying for me personally,’ Brian

adds. ‘From 1986 we had wanted to do a musical. Freddie was especially

keen, but the initial proposal to do a script of our story as Queen seemed too

predictable and dreary, so we dropped it.



‘The success of Rock You has been very satisfying for me personally,’ Brian

adds. ‘From 1986 we had wanted to do a musical. Freddie was especially

keen, but the initial proposal to do a script of our story as Queen seemed too

predictable and dreary, so we dropped it.



‘It was only through my friendship with Ben Elton that the present show

came about. He suggested we create a futuristic plot on which to hang the

songs and it’s worked very well. Every time I go into the Dominion Theatre

the place is full, which is amazing, and the fact people come back time and

again even more so.



‘The show’s continued popularity lies in the fact that there is always

something new to see.



‘With each company we have new singers and that helps to keep the event

fresh. More than three million people have seen the London performance.



‘It’s a great night out and, like our music, great escapism for all.’Queen and The Mail on Sunday will rock you this weekend!

1 We Will Rock You (Fast Version) (Live)

2 Let Me Entertain You (Live)

3 Killer Queen (Live)

4 Bicycle Race (Live)

5 I'm In Love With My Car (Live)

6 Get Down, Make Love (Live)

7 Now I'm Here (Live)

8 '39 (Live)

9 Keep Yourself Alive (Live)

10 Don't Stop Me Now (Live)Bonus tracks from the London cast recording of We Will Rock You11 Somebody To Love (Live)

12 I Want To Break Free (Live)

13 A Kind Of Magic (Live)

14 No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (Live)Not Available Outside The UK

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