I went today and thought it was BRILLIANT! :) There was so much stuff I had never seen before and it was great seeing all the costumes! Unfortunately the 3D video of Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't working properly but other that that I loved it. I would definately recommend it to everyone!
Interesting, a previously undocumented Smile show .. ? Could be either 1969 or 1970..
Planetgurl · Member since
Sir GH wrote: Planetgurl wrote:
unseen Bob Harris/ Whistle Test USA 1977 footage...
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Can you please elaborate on this? Is it concert footage or backstage, interviews, etc.? It's backstage stuff in the dressing room (Fred and Roger camping it up) and concert footage - Millionaire Waltz is one live footage bit. Oh, and there's great footage of Fred playing the drums, Roger on guitar and John playing bass! I've forgotten which US gig but am back there tomorrow.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Planetgurl wrote:
"Oh, and there's great footage of Fred playing the drums, Roger on guitar and John playing bass! I've forgotten which US gig but am back there tomorrow."
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Incredible. Any chance you could snap a picture or a cell phone video or something?
spaceboy1972 · Member since
Sir GH wrote: spaceboy1972 wrote:
you can watch the Rainbow show
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Was it the same 52 minute version, or were there more/different songs? Not sure - making a return trip next week :-)
Planetgurl · Member since
Sir GH wrote: Planetgurl wrote:
"Oh, and there's great footage of Fred playing the drums, Roger on guitar and John playing bass! I've forgotten which US gig but am back there tomorrow."
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Incredible. Any chance you could snap a picture or a cell phone video or something? I will try - there are four screens showing this same footage but staggered (if you see what I mean), so I will wait until it comes up.
Let's keep a sense of reality here. It's OK but not as brilliant as it's being made out to be elsewhere.
Basically 6 (not very big) rooms. One devoted to early years and five to each of the 1st five albums. And why not. All it is is a big shop window to advertise the re-mastered albums.
Freddie's drawings and clothes were interesting but the best thing is the rare video, especially SSOR, NIH and some interview footage. Also some good quality footage of Hyde Park and Earls Court (which begs the question - why will they not release it?)
I was also quite moved at being in the same room as Freddie's white, red and green harlequin costume for the first time in 34 years (the last time being the Summer Tour '77 in England).
Apart from that, there wasn't a great deal. A few glass-top flight cases with a few rare album covers and cassettes seemed a bit thrown together.
Also, two hospital beds painted red to represent Brian's hepatitis in '74 and Sheer Heart Attack seemed to be trying too hard and a bit wierd.
In the main the walls were filled with big chunks of text telling the early Queen story and a lot of big familiar photos.
On the way out there were about four tv screens showing videos in 3D. The 3D wasn't very impressive and the remote headphones that accompanied them suffered from a lot of interference or a bad signal.
I know it's been raved about elsewhere but most of those reviews were from people that attended the launch party with loads of celebs and free booze. I think that would have improved things 100%.
There was definitely a sense of "is that it?" amongst the people leaving.
I think that people outside London that are excited by the trailer should think twice before spending a lot of money travelling. Sure it's free admission but apart from the odd item of interest, you'll only be watching a few video clips on screens no bigger than your average home wide-screen. It's also very frustrating to be teased with video stuff you can't legitimately have your own copy of. But , HEY, we're used to that as Queen fans aren't we?
I thought John might break his silence since the exhibition is about the old days and nothing to do with post-Freddie abominations. Makes me think his walking away runs a bit deeper than was assumed.
notimeforlosers · Member since
^ The Making of ANATO 30th anniversary was also John's thing and was he there? No.
I have read Jacky Smith's Facebook post about the exibhition and someone asked about John. She said Robert and Luke (John's sons) were there and told her their daddy thought about showing up at the launch all day long, but in the last hour decided not to.
I'm from Brazil and I'm going to Europe next week (Paris-Rome) and London wasn't a plan. But now it is.
Planetgurl · Member since
There is pre USA footage shot by Whistle Test from Shepperton Studios and then the live footage and backstage is from Houston. NIH is from the Xmas edition of '45' (not TOTP - I got that wrong). The three SSOR versions are intercut but I laughed out loud because I saw the famous Dave Lee Travis + broom footage. Great to see that. Budokan footage is included too. Tried to get a shot with DLT+ broom in it but my iphone couldn't cope with it....
