Opinions on The Music Video for It's A Hard Life

oh you're serious

No wait I can't tell

you peasants...

One of my favourite videos, i really like that kind of theatrical-operetta game reminiscences

exactly, a lot is going on in that music video.

Radio GaGa, I Want To Break Free and It's A Hard Life were all big budget and big production videos as were the videos for Freddie's solo career at the time. Hammer To Fall looks simpler because it a part live and part "staged live shoot" but still required the use of the venue, crew and equipment to film it.

As has been pointed out this was the decade of lavish video production geared to tv presentation of music at the time, if the budget allowed.

i hated it - excellent song over the top but misguided video... as bad as the invisible man.

but for every hard life and invisible man, there`s a radio ga ga and breakthru to more than make up for it.

Radio ga ga and breakthru aren't over the top?? They're in fucking spaceship and on train respectively in those!

yup - over the top too, but not misguided. those videos were well done - the concept fit the song.

also in ga ga - was it really a spaceship? i thought it was supposed to be a "modern" mode of transportation - in the framework of metropolis.

i could be wrong - haven't watched a queen music video in years - having a kid definitely changes how you spend your time!

Yeah I was kind of exaggerating for effect :)

I think the video for "Its a Hard Life" was very lavish and so very Freddie. So flamboyant and colourful and a great addition to the Queen library of video promotions.

I was expecting a link to some on line course buried in the text of that post.

Very nicely written.

I like it and to me, it works. If you're a rock star and sing the line "it's a hard life", people will probably mock you and I think Freddie was aware of that, and that's why he aknowledges in the video that yes, he's living this kind of great life, but it's still hard for him because he feels alone and without real (romantic) love.

I thought the video had a great concept, but the costumes could have been better

I always thought it owes a bit to the Prince Charming vid by Adam's Ants.