Documentaries, TV specials, and various other clips have yielded footage from the Live Killers era, but a lot of them weren't properly labelled for decades.
In collaboration with a whole of lot of people, at long last the miscellaneous bits of footage has all been properly identified, and have been uploaded to YouTube by Chinwonder with the correct audio from each show. For those of you who don't frequent the Announce section of the forum, it's well worth the download to have your own copies of this now that it's organized into one place:
Some clips are fragmentary, but others are more substantial. But they're all correctly labelled, and that's what matters most.
Along with the Brussels, Rotterdam, Munich, Madrid and Poitiers footage (all of which is easily accessible on YouTube; what a day and age we live in), this paints a pretty clear picture - that the band were keen to market their live album in 1979, and that a ton of footage had to be filmed. A lot of it didn't make it past the cutting room floor, but it seems fairly certain that they have three complete nights of Paris and at least two nights of Tokyo.
Let's hope the band release a proper Live Killers box set in the near future. But in the meantime, enjoy this footage.
MERQRY · Member since
Oh, thanks Bob! What a precise job.
A Live Killers box set would be fabulous... We must keep an eye on 2019 :O
It would be criminal for QP do not release something with all that potential footage in his archive. Even if only few of that footage are "releasable" following his standards.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]MERQRY wrote:[/b]
Even if only few of that footage are "releasable" following his standards.[/QUOTE]
They released songs like Don't Lose Your Head and Body Language.
Virtually everything in their archive should be above those standards ;)
Hangman_96 · Member since
Priceless stuff. Many thanks!
I vividly remember tracking down and identifying some bits of footage from the Paris and Tokyo gigs back in 2010 and 2011, if anything of it was used there.
The Real Wizard · Member since
^ well, you're named, so maybe ;)
DepeX · Member since
Many thanks Bob, and obviously, thanks to chin too.
Bad Seed · Member since
Excellent, thank you!
brians wig · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
They released songs like Don't Lose Your Head and Body Language.
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What's wrong with DLYH?
It's my favorite song on the album and always gets turned up.
It's that driving beat you see....
cmi · Member since
What's wrong with 'Body Language' ? One of the sexiest songs from one side and one of the funniest from another... :) Great one.
The Real Wizard · Member since
A few wrong notes in a 1979 concert are still 1000x better than songs that nobody outside of hardcore Queen fans care about.
Don't give QP ideas - they may release Q+Lambert versions of those songs instead of a Live Killers box set if they think people like them ;)
Sue Dounim · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmi wrote:[/b]
What's wrong with 'Body Language' ? One of the sexiest songs from one side and one of the funniest from another... :) Great one.[/QUOTE]
One of my favorite tracks from Hot Space, and very underrated. Not sure why it gets the hate it does.
DepeX · Member since
Just a matter of tastes, in my opinion. I don't like Body Language, but it's just my personal taste.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sue Dounim wrote:[/b]
One of my favorite tracks from Hot Space, and very underrated. Not sure why it gets the hate it does.[/QUOTE]
I can think of three reasons:
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At The Opera
To think that a band who created such masterpieces churned out such tripe less than a decade later is just beyond reason.
I can't think of another major artist who sunk so low after flying so high.
Oscar J · Member since
^ So true. :(
Queenman!! · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sue Dounim wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]cmi wrote:[/b]
What's wrong with 'Body Language' ? One of the sexiest songs from one side and one of the funniest from another... :) Great one.[/QUOTE]
One of my favorite tracks from Hot Space, and very underrated. Not sure why it gets the hate it does.[/QUOTE]
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The song and video expresses the world and wishes of Freddie at that point of his life ,. and eventually brought HIV, AIDS and a death sentence.
