The Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness
Special 10th
Anniversary Reissue
(Previously released
as a double
VHS)
Released 13 May 2002. Reached #1 in the DVD charts in first week of release.
Recorded at Wembley Stadium, London, 20 April 1992
Concert remastered by Dionne Orrom
Surround Sound mixed by Justin Shirley Smith and Ricky Graham
This set is a reissue of the original release, but the
performances by Metallica, Extreme, Def Leppard, Bob Geldof, and
Guns 'n' Roses are all lost. The set adds rehearsal footage, a
special documentary and comes with a colour booklet featuring
photos from the rehearsals and concert.
The Concert and Insert sound is available in Surround Sound: the
vocals are more prominent through the front speakers than the
rear, but there do not seem to be any other changes.
DVD 1
[Queen Introduction = 2
mins, main concert = 106 mins, rehearsals = 12 mins]. Audio is
available in normal stereo and Surround Sound.
In the contents given below, the first number refers to the title
number, and the number in brackets is the chapter number within
that title. Guest lead vocalists are given in brackets.
1 [1] : Very End Of Insert 1 (Explosions) and the start of the Introductory
Speech
1 [2] : Second part of the Introductory
Speech
1 [3] : End of the Introductory
Speech
2 [1] : Insert 5,
Tie
Your Mother Down (Joe
Elliott), and Heaven
And Hell / Pinball Wizard
2 [2] : I
Want It All (Roger
Daltrey)
2 [3] : Las
Palabras De Amor
(Zucchero)
2 [4] : Hammer
To Fall (Gary Cherone)
2 [5] : Stone
Cold Crazy (James
Hetfield)
2 [6] : Innuendo
/ Kashmir / Thank You
(edited) and Crazy
Little Thing Called Love
(Robert Plant)
2 [7] : Too
Much Love Will Kill You
(Brian May)
2 [8] : Radio
Ga Ga (Paul Young)
2 [9] : Who
Wants To Live Forever
(Seal)
2 [10] : I
Want To Break Free
(Lisa Stansfield)
2 [11] : Under
Pressure (Annie Lennox
and David Bowie)
2 [12] : All
The Young Dudes (Ian
Hunter)
2 [13] : Heroes (David Bowie)
2 [14] : '39 (George Michael)
2 [15] : These
Are The Days Of Our Lives
(George Michael & Lisa Stansfield)
2 [16] : Somebody
To Love (George
Michael)
2 [17] : Bohemian
Rhapsody (Elton John
& Axl Rose)
2 [18] : The
Show Must Go On (Elton
John)
2 [19] : We
Will Rock You (Axl
Rose)
2 [20] : We
Are The Champions
(Liza Minelli & All)
2 [21] : God
Save The Queen
2 [22] : End Credits and Insert 6
2 [23] : Very end of concert
3 [1] : Rehearsal of These Are The Days Of Our Lives (George Michael and Lisa Stansfield)
3 [2] : End of rehearsal
4 [1] : Rehearsal of Under Pressure
(David Bowie & Annie Lennox) (begins with a joke by David
Bowie)
4 [2] : End of rehearsal
5 [1] : Rehearsal of Somebody To Love (George Michael)
5 [2] : End of rehearsal
The concert itself is identical in content to the second video on
the original release. When the DVD starts, a short excerpt of 'We Are The Champions' (Live) is played, whilst the menu loads. The
menu allows the whole concert to be played (which plays title 1
followed by title 2), to jump directly to a song (which plays
title 2, chapters 1-20), or to select between Stereo or 5.1
Surround Sound. If 'Tie Your Mother Down' is selected, the DVD jumps to 1:37 into the
track (at the correct start of the track).
At the start of 'Under
Pressure', 'These Are The Days Of Our
Lives' and 'Somebody To Love', an icon is shown that allows the rehearsal
takes to be played.
The introductory speech is slightly edited, to omit the
introduction to the first act, Metallica.
DVD 2
Audio is available in normal stereo and Surround Sound (for the
'Inserts' only).
Title 1 : The complete set of 6 inserts
Title 2 : The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert - TV
Documentary
Title 3 : Official Photo Gallery (with edited version of 'The Show Must Go On')
Title 5 : Information about the Mercury Phoenix Trust (divided
into 10 chapters; with traditional African music)
Title 10 : Information about Queen Online (divided into 5
chapters; with edited version of 'We Will Rock You')
Title 14 : Fan's Photo Gallery (with edited version of 'Somebody To Love')
Title 15 : Elizabeth Taylor Speech
Titles 4, 6, 9 and 11 are all used for the menu animations,
within the 'facts' menu, for when a feature is selected or
finished.
Titles 7, 8, 12 and 13 are all playable in DVD-Rom drives only;
presumably these contain weblinks.
The Inserts are all found in Title 1, which is not segmented intro chapters. When 'Freddie' is chosen on the menu, a short extract of Liza Minelli is played, and a screen is shown to select between Stereo or 5.1 Surround Sound. There then follows a series of pictures to select each Insert; when one you move over a picture a short excerpt from the insert is played.
The inserts on the original video featured the audience singing to some of the tracks, but this is lost for the DVD. The inserts are also slightly different because some of them begin with the 'We Will Rock You' animation, whereas originally they did not. For full details click here.
Tie Your
Mother Down
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:09
Lead vocals by Brian May and Joe Elliott, with guitar by Slash
Lyrics:
Brian: Get your
party gown
Brian: Get your
pigtail down
Brian: Get your heart
beating, baby
Brian: Got my timing
right
Brian: I've got my act
all tight
Brian: It's gotta be
tonight my little schoolbabe
Brian: Your daddy says
you don't
Brian: I'm boiling up
inside
Brian: No way I'm
gonna lose out this time
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Lock your daddy
out of doors
Brian: I don't need
him nosing around
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Give me all
your love tonight
Joe: You're such a
dirty louse
Joe: Go get out of my
house
Joe: That's all I ever
get from you
Joe: Ooh, your family
ties, in fact I don't think I ever heard
Joe: A single little
civil word from those guys
Joe: But I don't give
a light
Joe: Gonna make out
all right
Joe: Got a sweetheart
hand
Joe: To put a stop to
all that
Joe: Sniping and
grousing
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Joe: Take your little
brother swimming
Joe: With a brick,
that's all right
Brian: Tie your mother
down
Brian: Tie your mother
down
All: Or you ain't no
friend of mine
Joe: Slash
Joe: Your mummy and your daddy gonna
Joe: Plague me till I
die
Joe: They can't
understand
Joe: I'm just a peace
loving guy
Joe: Ooh, yeah
All: Tie your mother
down
All: Tie your mother
down
Joe: Get that big,
big, big, big, big, big daddy out of doors
All: Tie your mother
down
Joe: Yeah, yeah
All: Tie your mother
down
All: Give me all your
love tonight
Joe: All your love
tonight
All: All your love
tonight
All: All your love
tonight
All: All your love
tonight
Joe: Oooh, yeah
All: Tonight
Roger Taylor: Joe Elliott, Slash
Brian May: I think we should do this every night, what do you
think? I'd like to introduce you to, I'd like to introduce you to
an old friend of mine, and an old friend of ours, Mr Tony Iommi.
Heaven And
Hell / Pinball Wizard
Click here or here for more details of these
cover versions. Total length 0:59
Performed by Brian May and Tony Iommi as Roger Daltrey is
introduced.
'Heaven And Hell' is a short electric guitar solo (length 0:30),
whilst 'Pinball Wizard' is an acoustic track (length 0:29)
Dialogue:
Roger Taylor: On stage
Mr Roger Daltrey.
I Want It All
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:09
Lead vocals by Roger Daltrey, with guitar by Tony Iommi.
Lyrics:
Roger Taylor: One, two
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all
and I want it now
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
Yeah
Adventure seeker, on an empty street
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A street fighter screaming, with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger, can't see a way out
It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say
Gonna find me a future, move out of my way, come on
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
Listen all you people, come gather round
I'm gonna get me a game plan, gonna shake you to the ground
Just give me, what I know is mine
People do you hear me, just give me a sign
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth
Here's to the future, for the dreams of youth
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
I want it all (give it to me), I want it all (yeah, yeah), I want
it all (oh, I tell you) and I want it now
I'm a man with a one track mind
Too much to do in one life time
I'm not a man for compromise and where's and why's and telling
lies
But I'm living it all (living it all)
And I'm giving it all (and I'm giving it all), ooooh, yeah
It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth
Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now,
yeah
I want it all (come on you), I want it all, I want it all and I
want it now, yeah
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
I want it all (please), I want it all (please give me it all), I
want it all (um) and I want it now
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now
I want it
I want it
Ooh, I want it all
Roger Daltrey: Thank you
Brian: Mr Roger Daltrey
Roger Taylor: Please welcome, from Italy, Zucchero
Las Palabras De
Amor
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:30
Lead vocals by Zucchero.
Lyrics:
Don't touch me now
Don't hold me now
Don't break the spell darling
Now you are near
Look in my eyes, honey
And speak to me
Those special promises
I want to hear
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Love me slow
And gently
One foolish world, so many souls
Senselessly hurled through the never ending cold
And all for fear, honey, and all for greed, yeah
Speak any tongue but for God's sake we need
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Touch me now, this night and evermore
Let me tell you
This room is bare
This night is cold, yeah
We're far apart and I'm
Growing old
But while we live, honey
We'll meet again
So then my love
We may whisper once more
It's you I adore
Las palabras de amor
Let me hear the words of love
Despacito mi amor
Touch me now
(Touch me now) this night and evermore
Let me tell you, ah
Nevermore
Well, baby
Let me hear the words of love (las palabras de amor)
Let me hear them
Let me hear the words of love (las palabras de amor)
Let me hear the words of love
(Las palabras de amor)
Let me hear the words of love, let me hear them (las palabras de
amor)
Ahhhh, those words of love for evermore (las palabras de amor)
For evermore (las palabras de amor)
Yeah, yeah, for evermore
Zucchero: Thank you
Brian: Ladies and gentlemen, Zucchero, thank you. I'd now like to
welcome back to the stage our old friend Mr Gary Cherone.
Gary: You ready to tear
this place apart? Yeah
Hammer To Fall
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:33
Lead vocals by Gary Cherone, with guitars by Tony Iommi.
Lyrics:
Gary Cherone: Hammer
to fall
Here we stand, here we fall
History won't care at all
Make the bed, light the light
Lady Mercy won't be home tonight
We don't waste no time at all
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
Comes to you as to us all
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall, yeah
Oh every night, every day
A little piece of you is falling away
Lift your voice, the western way, baby
Build your muscles as your body decays
Toe your line and play their game
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
Till one day they call your name
You know it's time for the hammer to fall, do it
Rich or poor or famous for
Your truth it's all the same (oh no, oh no)
Oh, lock your door 'cos rain is pouring
Through your window pane (oh no)
Oh, baby, now your struggle's all in vain
Are you ready? Wembley
He who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just want to scream it louder, louder
What the hell we fighting for?
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
Just got time to say your prayers
You know it's time for the hammer to fall
Hammer to fall
Yeah
Do it
Do it now
Alright
Do it now
Yeah, yeah
Hammer to, hammer to, hammer to fall
Give it to me one more time
Stone Cold Crazy
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:41.
Lead vocals by James Hetfield, with guitar by Tony Iommi.
Lyrics:
Roger: One, two, three, four
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning I was dreaming I was
Al Capone
Rumour going round, gotta clear outta town
Smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me away
once more
Never, never, never want it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Yeah
Ow
Rainy afternoon and a killer typhoon is playing with my slide
trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Hey
Yeah
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet
Fully loaded tommy gun
Here come the deputy, try and gonna getta me
Gotta get me get up and run
They got the sirens loose
I ran right outta juice
They're gonna put me in a cell, if I can't go to heaven
Let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Woh
Yeah, yeah
Brian: James Hetfield
Innuendo /
Kashmir / Thank You (Medley)
Click here for the original song details of 'Innuendo' or here for details of the full medley. Length 1:40
Lead vocals by Robert Plant.
This track is a severe edit of the actual live version, which
lasted nearly seven minutes. It only includes 'Thank You', and
none of 'Innuendo' or 'Kashmir' at all.
Lyrics:
If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
If mountains crumbled to the sea
There would still be you and me
Oh, yeah
Kinda woman, I'll give you my all
Kinda woman, nothing more
If the sun refused to shine, ooh baby
Ooh girl, you know I'll still be loving you
Mountains crumble to the sea, yeah
There would still be you and me
Because
Crazy
Little Thing Called Love
Click here for the original song details. Length 3:54
Lead vocals by Robert Plant.
Lyrics:
This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love
This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby)
In a cradle at night
It swings (woo, woo)
It jives (woo, woo)
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kinda like it
(Crazy little thing called love)
There goes my baby
She knows how to rock 'n' roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
And break out in cool, cool sweat
I gotta be cool, relax, get hip
Oooh, get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch hike
And take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love
Ooh, yeah
Gotta be cool, relax, get hip
And get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch hike
Take a long ride on my motorbike
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love
This thing called love, ooh baby you know Ma I just can't handle
it
This thing called love I just must get round to it
I kinda like it (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
Crazy little thing called love (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
Crazy little thing called love (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
Crazy little thing called love (oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh)
It's crazy, crazy
(Crazy little thing called love, yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (crazy little thing called love,
yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (crazy little thing called love,
yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (crazy little thing called love,
yeah, yeah)
Crazy little thing called love (crazy little thing called love,
yeah, yeah)
Alright
Oooh, yeah
Oooh, yeah, baby
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh, love
Brian: Robert Plant, thank you. The incomparable Robert Plant.
I'd like to introduce you to, to an unsung hero, who has been
helping us out for very many years and I have no idea what we
would do without him, on keyboards, Mr Spike Edney. What a bloke.
Alright, alright, this is a song which I wrote, quite a few years
ago with some friends, but it's never seen the light of day yet,
and my excuse for singing it, I think, is that it is the best
thing that I have to offer, so here goes.
Too
Much Love Will Kill You
Click here for the original song
details. Length 4:06
Performed by Brian May and Spike Edney. This is a full
piano/keyboard version, with no guitars or drums.
Lyrics:
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone for much too long
I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover
And the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster
'Cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you - every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
All I ever do is bring you down
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
There's no making sense of it
Every way I go I have to lose
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you - every time
Yeah
Too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes, too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life
You'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end
In the end
Brian: Thank you. Our next guest is Mr Paul
Young
Radio Ga Ga
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:50
Lead vocals by Paul Young
Lyrics:
Paul: Get those hands now
I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only dream through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
(Radio)
You gave us all your old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly
(Radio)
So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know and just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)
Let's see you
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's knew?
Radio, someone still loves you
We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
Our music changes through the years
(Radio)
Let's hope you'll never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around 'cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You've had your time, you've had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's knew?
Radio, someone still loves you
Radio ga ga
Radio ga ga
Radio ga ga
(Radio)
You've had your time, you've had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio)
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's knew?
Radio, someone still loves you
Loves you
Paul: Thank you
Brian: I'd just like to take this opportunity of thanking two
very important ladies, ladies who have been singing for us back
there, Maggie and Miriam. And, I would like to welcome the man
who has scooped up every single award in this country over the
last few months - Mr Seal.
Seal: How you doing, are you having a good time? OK, this is a
song that is very special to me, I remember when I first heard
it, it really made me cry.
Who Wants To Live
Forever
Click here for the original song
details. Length 4:00
Lead vocals by Seal.
Lyrics:
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever, no-one
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever, no-one
(Who wants to live forever)
(Who wants to live forever)
Ooh, oh-oh-ooh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is ours today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is ours today
We only need a chance
To live
Who wants to live forever
Seal: Thank you very much, thank you. Thank
you very much, it was an honour.
Roger: Seal. OK, she
came to do the housework, hopefully she's gonna sing. Miss Lisa
Stansfield
I Want To
Break Free
Click here for the original song details. Length 3:48
Lead vocals by Lisa Stansfield.
Lyrics:
Lisa: Hello
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
This time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love
It's so strange but it's true, oh
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I've got to be sure
When I walk out that door
Ooh, I've got to be free, baby
I want to break free
Ooh, I want to break free
Ooh, life goes on
I can't get used to living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone
Ooh, baby can't you see
Oh, I've got to break free
Baby, baby can't you see
I've got to break free
Ooh, why can't you see
God knows I want to
God knows I want to
God knows I want to break
Break free, yeah, yeah
Lisa: Thank you. Be aware.
Roger: She's always (?????). OK, please
welcome on stage Annie Lennox, and Mr David Bowie
David: Good evening.
Under Pressure
Click here for the original song details or here for the rehearsal details. Length 3:49
Lead vocals by David Bowie and Annie Lennox.
Footage of the track was later incorporated into the video for
'Under Pressure' (Rah Remix).
Lyrics:
Annie: Um,
bum, bah, bah
Annie: Um, bum, bah,
bah
Annie: Ba, ba, boom,
bah, bay-ah
Both: Pressure pushing
down on me
Both: Pushing down on
you, no man ask for
Both: Under pressure
Both: Burns a building
down
Both: Splits a family
in two
Both: Puts people on
streets
Annie: Um, bah, bah,
bay
Annie: Um, bah, bah,
bay
Annie: Be, bay, ah
Annie: That's OK
David: The terror of
knowing
David: What this world
is about
David: Watching the
good friend screaming
Both: Let me out
Annie: Pray tomorrow -
gets me higher
Both: Pressure on
people - people on streets
Audience: Day, day, dah
Annie: Bah, bah, bah,
ba, bah
Audience: OK
Annie: Chipping around
- kick my brains across the floor (David: ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Annie: These are the
days, it never rains but it pours
Um bum bah bay (David: ooh-ooh-ooh)
Audience: Eh, dah, day (David:
ooh-ooh-ooh)
Annie: Bah, dop (David:
oooh)
Audience: Be, dop
Both: People on
streets
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
Both: People on
streets
David: It's the terror
of knowing
David: What this world
is about
David: Watching some
good friends screaming
Both: Let me out
Annie: Pray tomorrow -
takes me higher
Annie: Pressure on
people
Both: People on
streets
Both: Turned away from
it all like a blind man
Both: Sat on a fence
but it don't work
David: Keep coming up
for air but she's so slashed and torn
Annie: Oooh, ooh yeah,
oooh yeah, oooh yeah
Annie: Love, love,
love, love, love, love, love, love
David: Insanity laughs
under pressure we're cracking (Annie: Love,
love, love, love)
Annie: Why can't we
give ourselves one more chance
Annie: Why can't we
give love one more chance
Annie: Why can't we
give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love,
give love, give love
David: Cause love's
such an old fashioned word
Both: And love dares
you to
Both: Care for the
people on the
Both: Edge of the
night
Both: And love dares
you to
Both: Change our way
of
Both: Caring about
ourselves
Both: This is our last
dance
Both: This is our last
dance
Both: This is
ourselves
Both: Under pressure
Both: Under pressure
Both: Pressure
Both: Pressure
David: The most exquisite Annie
Lennox
Annie: Thank you
Roger: Annie Lennox
David: Absolutely fabulous. Where did she get that dress?
Beautiful. This is where the fun stops. At the end of the
sixties, we were left with a legacy of quite wonderful bands, Led
Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones. And then came the
seventies, with this new unstoppable crop, T-Rex, Roxy Music,
Queen, Spiders From Mars, and The Rolling Stones. We all used to
play the same dance halls and theatres, and play the same clubs,
try not to wear the same clothes, and slept with a lot of the
same people I think, but ah, one of the major rockiness bands of
that time was called Mott The Hoople. But firstly I'd like to
introduce you to the guitar player from the Spiders From Mars,
Mick Ronson. I wrote a song for Mott The Hoople, the lead singer
of that particular band was Ian Hunter.
Ian: Uh.
All The Young
Dudes
Click here for more details of this cover version. Length 3:39
Lead vocals by Ian Hunter, with guitar by Mick Ronson and
saxophone by David Bowie.
Lyrics:
Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he'd kick it in the head when he reached twenty five
Speed jive - don't wanna stay alive when you're twenty five
And when you're stealing clothes from Marks & Sparks
And Freddie's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Oh funky little boat race
The television man is crazy saying we're juvenile delinquents
Oh, man, I need TV when I've got T-Rex
Oh brother you guessed, I'm a dude yeah
(All the young dudes) hey dudes
(Carry the news) where are you
(Boogaloo dudes) stand up
(Carry the news)
(All the young dudes) I wanna hear you
(Carry the news) I wanna be you
(Boogaloo dudes) I wanna
(Carry the news)
Now, Lucy looks sweet 'cos she dresses like a queen
But she can kick like a mule - it's a real mean team
Oh we can love - you better believe it
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got enough of that revolution stuff
What a drag, too many snags
I drunk a lotta wine and I'm feeling fine
I gotta raise some cash today, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Is there hungry all around, or is it in my head?
Oh brother you guessed
I'm a dude yeah
I'm a dude yeah
(All the young dudes) hey dudes
(Carry the news) where are you
(Boogaloo dudes)
(Carry the news) stand up
(All the young dudes) I wanna hear you
(Carry the news) I wanna be you
(Boogaloo dudes) I wanna see you
(Carry the news) yeah
Old dudes (all the young dudes)
Big dudes (carry the news)
Little dudes (boogaloo dudes)
Young dudes (carry the news) old dudes, yeah
Hey you there (all the young dudes)
You in the polyester (carry the news)
I think I'm onto you (boogaloo dudes)
You bring them down after the show, I'll see what I can do,
alright? (carry the news)
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Hey man
Ian: Thank you
David: Ian Hunter (unknown dialogue)
Heroes
Click here for more details of this cover version. Length 4:06
Lead vocals by David Bowie, with guitar by Mick Ronson.
Lyrics:
I, I wish I could swim
Like dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing can drive them away
We can beat them - just for one day
We can be heroes - just for one day
What do you say?
I, I would be king
And you, you would be my queen
And nothing could take us away
And nothing and no-one would beat us
We can be heroes just for one day
And I, I can remember
Standing, standing by the wall
And the guns, the guns shot above our heads
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall
And the shame, it fell on the other side
We can beat them - forever and ever
We can be heroes - just for one day
What do you say - I say
We can be heroes, yeah
We can be heroes - I say
We can be heroes - I say now
We can be heroes
Though nothing, and no-one will help us
Maybe we're lying, yeah
Then you better not stay
We can be heroes
David: This tribute is for our great friend
Freddie Mercury. I'd also like us to remember our friends, your
friends, my friends, who have died recently, or in the distant
past, friends who are still living and in some of your cases,
possibly members of your family that have been toppled by this
relentless disease. I'd particularly like to extend my wishes to
my friend, Craig, I know you're watching Craig, and I'd like to
offer something in a very simple fashion, but it's the most
direct way that I can think of doing it. Our father, who art in
heaven, hallow be thy name. Thy kingdom come, day will be done,
on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us of trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil, for thy is the kingdom, power, and the glory for ever and
ever, Amen. Right. God bless Queen, god bless you, thank you
goodnight.
Roger: Well, after that, we have to busk it, so I'd like you, to
introduce you to George Michael.
George: Hi, Wembley, how you doing?
'39
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:43
Lead vocals by George Michael.
Lyrics:
In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers
In the days when lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
Sweetest sight ever seen
And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
Oh, for many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Never looked back, never cried, never cried, come on
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All your letters in the sand
Cannot heal me like your hand
For my life still ahead - pity me
Oh, oh, oh
George: Thank you very much, are you having
a good time? It's great to see so many people who were obviously
really into Queen and obviously great fans of Freddie's out
there. Hand on my heart, that particular song was a song that um,
I used to busk on the underground, when I was about 15, so that
meant something to me. Right, now, straight back from Rochdale,
would you please welcome Miss Lisa Stansfield.
These Are The
Days Of Our Lives
Click here for the original song details or here for the rehearsal details. Length 4:39
Lead vocals by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.
Lyrics:
George: No hoover, and no curlers
Lisa: Oooh,
ooh-ooh
George: Sometimes I
get to feeling
George: I was back in
the old days, long ago
George: When we were
kids, when we were young
George: Things seemed
so perfect, you know
George: The days were
endless, we were crazy, we were young
George: The sun was
always shining, we just lived for fun
George: Sometimes I
feel like lately, I just don't know
George: The rest of my
life seems just a show
Both: 'Cos those were
the days of our lives
Both: The bad things
in life were so few
Both: Those days are
all gone now but one thing is true
George: When I look,
and I find, I still love you
Lisa: You can't turn
back the clock, you can't turn back the time
Lisa: Ain't that a
shame? (George: Ain't that a shame?)
Lisa: I'd like to go
back one time on a rollercoaster ride
Lisa: When life was
just a game
Lisa: No use in sitting and a thinking on
what you did
Lisa: When you can lay
back and enjoy it through your kids
Lisa: Sometimes it
seems like lately I just don't know
Lisa: Better sit back
and go with the flow
Both: 'Cos these are
the days of our lives
Both: They've flown in
the swiftness of time
Both: Those days are
all gone now but some things remain
Lisa: When I look, I
find no change
Both: 'Cos those were
the days of our lives
Both: The bad things
in life were so few
Both: Those days are
all gone now but
Both: One thing's
still true
Lisa: When I look
George: And I find
Lisa: I still love you
George: I still love
you
Lisa: I love you
George: I still love
you
Lisa: Love you (George:
I still love you)
Lisa: I still love you
George: I still love
you
Lisa: Oooh, yeah
Lisa: Thank you
George: Miss Lisa Stansfield.
Thank you very much. There's something I'd like to say, um, I
think many of us have something to say today. I think a lot of
people here this evening, not necessarily people who have
anything against gay people, not necessarily homophobic people,
people here are probably taking some small comfort in the fact
that, though Freddie died of AIDS, he was publicly bisexual. It's
a very, very, dangerous comfort. I received some figures today
from AMFAL, the American, ah, American side of AIDS, AIDS work
really, which said that the conservative estimate for the year
2000 is forty million people on this planet will be infected with
HIV. And if you think, or any of you out there really think that
those are all going to be gay people or drug addicts, then you're
pretty much lining up to be one of those numbers. So please, for
God's sake, and for Freddie's sake, and for your own sake's,
please be careful, alright. Thank you very much. This song is one
of my favourites, it's called 'Somebody To Love'
Somebody To
Love
Click here for the original song details or here for the rehearsal details. Length 4:57
Lead vocals by George Michael.
Additional backing vocals by the London Gospel Choir.
Later included on 'Greatest Hits III' and 'Greatest Flix III',
and released as the main track on the 'Five Live EP'.
The 'Fans Photo Gallery' on the Second DVD includes the first
1:50 of this track, fading out a couple of seconds into Brian's
solo.
Lyrics: (The lyrics in Red are present
in the DVD edit)
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
(Take at a look at yourself) take a look in the mirror and cry
(and cry)
Lord what are you doing to me (yeah, yeah)
I have spent all my years in believing you (oooh, oooh, believing
you)
But I just can't get no relief, Lord
Somebody (somebody), ooh somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love
I work hard (he works hard) every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard earned pay all on my own
I go down (down) on my knees (knees)
And I start to pray (praise the lord)
Till the tears run down from my eyes (oooh, oooh, oooh)
Lord - somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love
(He works hard)
Everyday (everyday) - I try and I try and I try
But everybody wants to put me down (oooooh)
They say I'm going crazy (oooooh)
They say I got a lot of water in my brain (ooooh)
Oh, they got no common sense
He's got nobody left to believe in
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Ooh, somebody, ooh (somebody)
Anybody find me somebody to love
(Can't anybody find me someone to love)
I got no feel, I've got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing)
I'm alright, I'm alright (he's alright, he's alright)
I ain't gonna face no defeat (yeah, yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell (oooh, oooh, this prison
cell)
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!
George: I wanna hear every single person,
see every single pair of hands. Three, four
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody
to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Somebody (somebody), somebody (somebody)
Somebody find me somebody find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me
Somebody to
Come on
Audience: Love
Yeah
(Find me somebody to love)
(Find me somebody to love) Ooooohhh, find me
(Find me somebody to love) Somebody, somebody, somebody, to love
(Find me somebody to love) Find me, find me, find me, find me,
find me, ooooh
(Find me somebody to love) Somebody to love
(Find me somebody to love)
(Find me somebody to) Anybody, anywhere, anybody find me somebody
to love, yeah, yeah
Love
George: Thank you very much. Goodnight, take
care.
Bohemian
Rhapsody
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:22
Lead vocals by Elton John and Axl Rose
Lyrics:
Elton: Mama, just
killed a man
Elton: Put a gun
against his head
Elton: Pulled my
trigger now he's dead
Elton: Mama, life had
just begun
Elton: Now I've gone
and thrown it all away
Elton: Mama, oooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh
Elton: Didn't mean to
make you cry
Elton: If I'm not back
again this time tomorrow
Elton: Carry on, carry
on, as if nothing really matters
Elton: Too late, my
time has come
Elton: Sends shivers
down my spine
Elton: Body's aching
all the time
Elton: Goodbye
everybody, I've got to go
Elton: Gotta leave you
all behind and face the truth
Audience: Mama
Elton: Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Elton: No, I don't
want to die
Elton: Sometimes wish
I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche will you do the fandango?
Thunderbolts and lightning - very, very frightening me
Gallileo, gallileo
Gallileo, gallileo
Gallileo, figaro - magnifico-o-o-o-oh
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go, let me go
Never, never, never, never, never (never let you go)
Never let me go-o-o-o-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, mama mia, mama mia
Mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
Axl: So you think you
can stone me and spit in my eye?
Axl: So you think you
can love me and leave me to die?
Axl: Woh, baby, can't
do this to me baby
Axl: Just gotta get
out - just gotta get right outta here
(Oooh yeah, oooh yeah)
Both: Nothing really matters
Both: Anyone can see
Both: Nothing really
matters
Both: Nothing really
matters to me
Both: Anyway the wind
blows
Elton: I'd like to do this song, which is
one of my favourite songs from the Innuendo album. This is a
great song, and, it's a great privilege for me to be here tonight
to be able to pay homage to someone who I love very much. And, in
doing so, I would like to thank the members of Queen for working
their arses off for the last three weeks. OK
The Show Must Go
On
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:15
Lead vocals by Elton John, with guitar by Tony Iommi.
The 'Official Photo Gallery' on the Second DVD includes a 1:10
edit of this track, which starts at DVD position 1:29:13, and
fades in over a second and out over 3 seconds.
Lyrics: (The lyrics in Red are present
in the DVD edit)
Empty
spaces, what are we living for
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on, yeah
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
Whatever happens, yeah, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for
I guess I'm learning (learning), I must be warmer now (learning)
I'll soon be turning (turning, turning) round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on, yeah, yeah
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking (ooooh)
My make up may be flaking (oooh)
But my smile still stays on
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday grow but never die
I can fly my friends
The show must go on, yeah, yeah
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On with the show
The show must go on, yeah
The show must go on
I'll top the bill
I'll overkill
I've got to find the will to carry on
On with the show
On with the show
The show must go on
The show must go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Roger: Elton John
We Will Rock
You
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:29
Lead vocals by Axl Rose.
The 'Queen Online' section on the Second DVD includes a 1:19 edit
of the live track, from DVD position 1:33:59 onwards, fading in
over a second and out over 4 seconds.
Lyrics: (The
lyrics in Red are present in the DVD edit)
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you, sing it
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on your face
You big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place
Singing
We will, we will, rock you, come on
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Alright
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, alright
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Brian: This is a surprise and a treat. We've all paid our
tributes in various ways, it's been quite some an evening thanks
to you guys, thank you. And thanks to all those people,
especially Chris Thompson, who gave their services for nothing. I
think there is, I know there is one person in the world that
Freddie would be very proud to have stand in his footsteps
tonight, and she's here. Ladies and gentlemen - Liza
We Are The
Champions
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:56
Lead vocals by Liza Minelli.
As the menu on the DVD's loads, a 24 second excerpt is played.
This is from approximately 1:41:02 onwards into the DVD, and the
track fades in over a second and out over 4 seconds.
The 'Freddie' section on the Second DVD includes an 8 second
excerpt of the track, of Liza Minelli saying "Thanks
Freddie, we just wanted to let you know we were thinking about
you. Stay safe"
Lyrics: (The lyrics in Red are present
in the DVD edit)
Liza: Yeah
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes, huh
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world
I've taken my bows, huh
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, and we thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And we ain't gonna lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions, oh
Of the world
(We are the champions, my friends) we are the champions
(And we'll keep on fighting till the end) just keep on fighting
(We are the champions) we are the champions
(We are the champions) oh, we are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
(We are the champions, my friends) oh, we are the champions
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
(We are the champions, my friends) thank you everybody, oh we are
the champions
(And we'll keep on fighting till the end) keep on fighting
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
Liza: Thanks Freddie, we just wanted to let
you know we were thinking about you. Stay safe.
Of the world, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah
Roger: Thank you and good night. Goodnight
Freddie, we love you
God Save The Queen
Click here for the original track details. Length 1:08
These
Are The Days Of Our Lives
(Rehearsal)
Click here for original song details, or here for the actual
performance details. Length 3:22
Lead vocals by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.
Lyrics:
George: Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
George: Sometimes I
get to feeling
George: I was back in
the old days, long ago (I'm too loud)
George: When we were
kids, when we were young
George: Things seemed
so perfect, you know
George: The days were
endless, we were crazy, we were young
George: The sun was
always shining, we just lived for fun
George: Sometimes I
feel like lately, I just don't know
George: The rest of my
life seems just a show
Both: 'Cos those were
the days of our lives
Both: The bad things
in life were so few
Both: Those days are
all gone now but one thing is true
George: When I look,
and I find, I still love you
Lisa: You can't turn
back the clock, you can't turn back the time
Lisa: Ain't that a
shame? (George: Ain't that a shame?)
Lisa: I'd like to go
back one time on a rollercoaster ride
Lisa: Doo-do, do, do
Lisa: No use in sitting and a thinking on
what you did
Lisa: When you can lay
back and enjoy it with your kids
Lisa: Sometimes it
seems like lately I just don't know
Lisa: Better sit back
and go with the flow
Both: 'Cos these are
the days of our lives
Both: They've flown in
the swiftness of time
Both: Those days are
all gone now but some things remain
Lisa: When I look
George: And I find
Lisa: I still love
you, yeah, yeah
George: I still love
you
Lisa: I sill love you,
yeah
George: I still love
you
Lisa: I sill love you,
yeah
George: Still love you
Under
Pressure (Rehearsal)
Click here for original song details, or here for the actual
performance details. Length 3:48
Lead vocals by David Bowie and Annie Lennox.
Lyrics:
David: Two psychiatrists, no rather, two psychics pass each other
in the street, and one says to the other 'you're doing alright,
how am I?'
Annie: Um,
um, um
Annie: Um, bah, bah
Annie: Ba, ba, boom,
bah, bay-ah
Both: Pressure pushing
down on me
Both: Pushing down on
you, no man ask for
Both: Under pressure
Both: That burns a
building down
Both: Splits a family
in two
Both: Puts people on
streets
Annie: Um, bah, bah
Annie: Um, bah, bah
Annie: Um, day-dah
Annie: That's OK
David: It's the terror
of knowing
David: What this world
is about
David: Watching the
good friend screaming
Both: Let me out
Annie: Pray tomorrow -
takes me higher
Both: Pressure on
people - people on streets
Annie: Bah, bah, bah,
ba, bah
Annie: OK
Annie: Chipping around
- kick my brains across the floor
Annie: These are the
days, it never rains but it pours
Annie: Eh bah bap
Annie: Eh day dap
David: People on
streets
Both: People on
streets
David: It's the terror
of knowing
David: What this world
is about
David: Watching a good
friend screaming
Both: Let me out
Annie: Pray tomorrow -
takes me higher
Both: Pressure on
people
Both: People on
streets
Both: Turned away from
it all like a blind man
Both: Sat on a fence
but it don't hurt
David: Keep coming up
for air but she's so slashed and torn
Annie: Oooh, wow,
yeah, yeah, wooh, ooh-ooh, oh yeah, yeah
Annie: Love, love,
love, love, love, love, love, love
David: Insanity laughs
under pressure we're cracking (Annie: Love,
love, love)
Annie: Can't we give
ourselves one more chance
Annie: Why can't we
give love that one more chance
Annie: Why can't we
Both: Give love, give
love, give love, give love, give love
Annie: Give love, give
love, give love
David: Cause love's
such an old fashioned word
Both: And love dares
you to
Both: Care for the
people on the
Both: Edge of the
night
Both: And love dares
you to
Both: Change our way
of
Both: Caring about
ourselves
Both: This is our last
dance
Both: This is our last
dance
Both: This is
ourselves
Both: Under pressure
Both: Under pressure
Both: Pressure
Both: Pressure
Both: Pressure
Both: Pressure
Somebody
To Love (Rehearsal)
Click here for original song details, or here
for the actual performance details. Length 4:45
Lead vocals by George Michael.
Lyrics:
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry (and cry)
Lord what are you doing to me (yeah, yeah)
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord
(Somebody), ooh somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love
Yeah
I work hard (he works hard) every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard earned pay all on my own
I go down (down) on my knees (knees)
And I start to pray (praise the lord)
Till the tears run down from my eyes (oooh, oooh, oooh)
Lord - somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love
(He works hard)
Everyday (everyday) - I try and I try and I try
But everybody wants to put me down (oooooh)
They say I'm going crazy (oooooh)
They say I got a lot of water in my brain (ooooh)
Oh, they got no common sense
He's got nobody left to believe in
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Ooh, somebody, (somebody), yeah (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love
(Can't anybody find me somebody to love)
I got no feel, I've got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing)
I'm alright, I'm alright (he's alright, he's alright)
I ain't gonna face no defeat (yeah, yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell (oooh, oooh, this prison
cell)
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Somebody (somebody), somebody (somebody)
Somebody find me somebody find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me
Somebody to
(Find me somebody to love) Somebody find me somebody to love
(Find me somebody to love) Ooooohhh
(Find me somebody to love) Find me somebody to love
(Find me somebody to love) Yeah
(Find me somebody to love) Ooooohhh
(Find me somebody to love)
(Find me somebody to) Anybody, anywhere, anybody find me somebody
to love, oh, oh, oh
Love