Wasn't there a video of Queen with David Bowie for the song, "Under .......

Under Pressure?

I have looked on YT, but either find Queen singing the song, or Bowie.

But, it seems like waay back in the 80's there was a video of Bowie singing with Queen.

If so, does anyone have a link to it?

There was a bad one made for the RAH mix.

Yes I think I saw that one, pretty bad.

I thought there was one that came out with the song. Maybe I was wrong.

This is the only video where you can find BOTH Queen and Bowie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTFNsmToHg

nothing at all...in fact i remember the british show Top of The Pops from that time running some weird video of buildings falling down etc...

Just the composite (Fred @ Wembley 86 + Bowie 92' Wembley Tribute Concert for Life) from the crappy Rah Mix.

Neither could be reached for filming...and also, I'm pretty sure David Bowie didn't like the results until somewhere in the 90's (please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not as huge a bowie fan though he's done great work)


Maybe Vanilla Ice's shit inspired him to include it in their setlists.

There is an original promo video. It doesnt feature any band footage, but it does show some rioting in Belfast and so Top of the Pops banned it as they didn't show videos with political themes. G&R's "Welcome to the Jungle" was banned for the same reason.

That is so wrong, you getting confused with the police or something. Totp made a video to go with it, buildings falling down and crowds of people walking etc. it wasn't banned by the BBC they made it!

This is the UP TotP video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpn8MANhdLU&feature=related
Are you sure it was made by TotP? I've always thought it was an official promo video.

Multiple online sources credit it as an original promo film put together by David Mallet who did extensive work with both Queen and David Bowie. I don't know how accurate it is, but Queenpedia additionally claims that two edits exist as TOTP refused to air the originat cut that included political images of explosions in Northern Ireland.

Now I'm confused! GF's info. seems to confirm my memory from 30+ years ago that UP was banned!

The official video was made from stock footage and no, it was not made by TOTP. They may have made edits, but they have nothing to do with the 'original'.

I only know what I've read, but all the elements make sense - that topical images like that would be well suited for a pressure themed video, that there would be sensitivity to them in Britain and that Holly would recall the issue as it is likely to have been somewhat more noteworthy/newsworthy/discussion worthy in NI. Queenpedia claims the original cut was unreleased so it simply may have never gotten on the general radar.

I'm in NI too, can't remember any ban, why ban footage of a riot, nothing special there but I guess I could be wrong, I still have a notion the video was a BBC thing.

So to sum up and answer original post....


...NO