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After 26 years kept in a drawer, Queen's Montreal concert is being re-proposed for the many fans who still honor the royal group.
Basically, it is the same concert that first appeared on DVD years ago under the name "We Will Rock You Live in Montreal '81", but today it is re-presented in HD format for the DVD, and with the addition of two tracks not previously released ("The Hero" and "Flash") for the CD.
The show is re-proposed because only now have Queen acquired the rights, as previously they were in possession of the old director, with whom Freddie had especially quarreled due to the intrusiveness of his cameras and the incompetence of the cameramen, who did not capture the important parts, as for example in "Keep Yourself Alive", you see Freddie with a tambourine, while the guitar remains invisible.
However, the concert on a technical level is markedly superior to previous live performances, nothing to do with "Live Killers", as the volumes are perfectly calibrated, without microphone and drum overlaps. It is Roger Taylor's instrument that most strikes the listener, with unprecedented grit and a wonderful drum solo, a perfect prelude to Brian's classic solo with Red Special and Delay. Despite this, this concert is perhaps not at the levels of Wembley, as compared to the 1986 concert (Freddie's last), the audience is perhaps less "fired up", but not "playing at home" it's still the usual crowd of people eager and shouting at Mercury's arrival.
The band is in perfect form, with Freddie's voice seeming to change at times, but as always splendid, engaging and superhuman. The usual Brian May does the hard work being the sole guitar, but creates fantastic things, ranging from the sweetness of Operatic "Love Of My Life", played with a twelve-string, to the almost coarseness of "Tie Your Mother Down" or "Keep Yourself Alive".
Besides the "technical" novelties of the CD, there are also some songs that had not been performed much live. Reading the tracklist, "Flash", the song written for the superhero film, stands out immediately, as well as the classic "Rock 'n' Roll Tune": "Jailhouse Rock". Among the classics, the intense performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody", and "Somebody To Love" is striking. Both songs engage the audience in an impressive way, almost giving goosebumps.
In conclusion, we can state with certainty that on October 29, 2007, a fantastic album was released, perhaps not unpublished, but still one of those pearls without which one cannot know and appreciate their necklace.
Tracklist and Lyrics
03 Let Me Entertain You (02:48)
Hey - it's a sellout
Hey - let me welcome you ladies and gentlemen
I would like to say hello
Are you ready for some entertainment?
Are you ready for a show?
Gonna rock you gonna roll you
Get you dancing in the aisles
Jazz you razzmatazz you
With a little bit of style
C'mon let me entertain you let me entertain you
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
I've come here to sell you my body
I can show you some good merchandise
I'll pull you and I'll pill you
I'll Cruela-de-ville you
And to thrill you I'll use any device
We'll give you crazy performance
We'll give you grounds for divorce
We'll give you piece de resistance
And a tour de force of course
We found the right location
Got a lot of pretty lights
The sound and amplification listen
Hey if you need a fix if you want a high
Stickells see to that
With Electra and EMI
We'll show you where it's at
So c'mon
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
Just take a look at the menu
We give you rock a la carte
We'll breakfast at Tiffany's
We'll sing to you in Japanese
We're only here to entertain you
If you want to see some action
You get nothing but the best
The S and M attraction
We've got the pleasure chest
Chicago down to New Orleans
We get you on the line
If you dig the New York scene
We'll have a son of a bitch of a time
C'mon
Let me entertain let me entertain
Let me entertain you tonight
Hey where's my backstage pass
That was great
What an outrageous costume
Hey that Brian May is outa sight man
Not many not many
I've always wanted to be a groupie
04 Play the Game (03:57)
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Ev'rybody play the game of love
When you're feelin' down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game ev'ryone play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game play the game play the game play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - ev'rybody play the game...
06 Killer Queen (01:59)
So sad her eyes
Smiling dark eyes
So sad her eyes
As it began
On such a breathless night as this
Upon my brow the lightest kiss
I walked alone
And all around the air did say
My lady soon will stir this way
In sorrow known
The White Queen walks and the night grows pale
Stars of lovingness in her hair
Needing - unheard
Pleading - one word
So sad my eyes
She cannot see
How did thee fare, what have thee seen
The mother of the willow green
I call her name
And 'neath her window have I stayed
I loved the footsteps that she made
And when…
My Goddess, hear my darkest fear
I speak too late
It's for evermore that I wait
Dear friend goodbye
No tears in my eyes
So sad it ends
As it began
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