It was released in usa in feb 91 and the video was already completed by then as it was filmed in november90 the april91 footage is with brian's footage on the stairs adding some extra guitar which i haven't heard on any other version incidentally,and then featured firstly on greatest flix 2 in oct 91 and i for one could not see freddie looking terrible in "i'm going slightly mad" and then about 2 months later looking slightly better in headlong,the timescale doesn't tally.
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Thats nonsense, Joe ... of course they had to have a video for the US release (especially since you must have a video in the USA to have any chances to make it into the charts!). I think it was recorded in late 1990 or January 1991 along with the making of the Innuendo video. Since both videos have the same opening shot (from the Metropolis music studios in London), it is a clear hint that they were made at the same time. Another hint is that Freddie still had his full beard in the video (a thing he didn`t have by the time "Im Going Slightly Mad" was made.)
And remember: they also did the Video for "Days of our lives" especially for the us release in mid 1991, long before they finally released it in the UK, it also says in the booklet to "Classic Queen" (the US Greatest Hits 2-counterpart): it was released in the US on January 15th together with a promo film shot at Metropolis studios in London. It also says in the official Queen biography "Queen: As It Began" by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins, that Queen decided to release Headlong as the first single in the US and went to Metropolis studios around Christmas 1990 for two days to shoot the video.
And remember: they also did the Video for "Days of our lives" especially for the us release in mid 1991, long before they finally released it in the UK, it also says in the booklet to "Classic Queen" (the US Greatest Hits 2-counterpart): it was released in the US on January 15th together with a promo film shot at Metropolis studios in London. It also says in the official Queen biography "Queen: As It Began" by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins, that Queen decided to release Headlong as the first single in the US and went to Metropolis studios around Christmas 1990 for two days to shoot the video.
Would it be too much to ask, does anyone have a link to view this video online, or could post it? I've seen it once, in Holland, and have only seem glimpses since then, and have been very interested in viewing it again since that time... any help is appreciated. Thanks gang.
buy gvh2
Not one of my favorites either song nor video. I think even if Freddie was healthy and well, the whole premise for the video seemed to be hastily put together just to have a video......
Headlong is not on the US GH2.
Of course it is ... Headlong is track 15 on Classic Queen (the American version of Greatest Hits 2 from 1992)... see for yourself
http://www.queenpicturehall.com/albums/qnonclasq.shtml
http://www.queenpicturehall.com/albums/qnonclasq.shtml
I have GVH2 and headlong isn't on mine. How can I see it ? Is it one of the hidden ones? Please help as I would like to see it!
Well you are confusing Greatest Video Hits 2 (on DVD) from 2003 with the VHS video and music album "Classic Queen" from 1992 (which was the American version of Greatest Hits 2 and Greatest Flix 2 / the video from 1991).
So buy the VHS video "Classic Queen" from 1992 if you are living in the US (its probably almost out of print now) or the VHS video Greatest Flix 2 from 1991 if you live in Europe.
The DVD Greatest video hits 2 (which you have) only contains their videos from the 1980s.
So buy the VHS video "Classic Queen" from 1992 if you are living in the US (its probably almost out of print now) or the VHS video Greatest Flix 2 from 1991 if you live in Europe.
The DVD Greatest video hits 2 (which you have) only contains their videos from the 1980s.
Oh,ok. Thanx !!! :-)
I think he looks worse in the yellow jumper, if worse is an appropriate term.
It's a good video though, shows them having fun at least, which I don't think is forced at all.
Slightly Mad is a million times harder to watch, in my opinon.
It's a good video though, shows them having fun at least, which I don't think is forced at all.
Slightly Mad is a million times harder to watch, in my opinon.
I think Headlong video is one of the best.... They are very funny and look happily, especially Brian! He has a funny t-shirt too. I like how he cliks with the pen the best.
i read somewhere he was really going for it strutting wise to prove to the press etc that he was fine, brian said the pain he was in was incredible but he still went for it!!! its the last vid really of our freddie really strutting his ass off.. great vid
To dispell the timeframe: I'm Going Slightly Mad was filmed in February 1991, and Days Of Our Lives in May 1991. For both of those shoots, Freddie didn't have facial hair, and his movement had been seriously cut back due to the pain he was in.
For the Headlong video, with both the yellow sweatshirt and the blue vest, Freddie has facial hair. Thus, we can gather two scenarios from this: that the video was filmed on two separate days in November 1990, or that Freddie shaved for Slightly Mad and Days Of Our Lives, but grew back the facial hair for the April 1991 shoot of Headlong.
The latter seems slightly implausible, so I'll go with the oft-repeated idea that Brian filmed the additional guitar scenes in April 1991, but that the bulk of the video was filmed in November 1990.
For the Headlong video, with both the yellow sweatshirt and the blue vest, Freddie has facial hair. Thus, we can gather two scenarios from this: that the video was filmed on two separate days in November 1990, or that Freddie shaved for Slightly Mad and Days Of Our Lives, but grew back the facial hair for the April 1991 shoot of Headlong.
The latter seems slightly implausible, so I'll go with the oft-repeated idea that Brian filmed the additional guitar scenes in April 1991, but that the bulk of the video was filmed in November 1990.
Under the freddie section in the picture archive of Aug. 1991 and he had facial hair. BUT, from a VH1 special i had watched, Jim Hutton said it was again shaved off in Aug. Mary Austin said he liked it shaved because it made him look healthier and less rugged.