The Magic Years
Volume One
'The Foundations'
Released 30 November 1987
Running Time 60 minutes approx.
BBFC Certificate - 15
Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes
Rossacher.
Commentary written by Simon Witter, spoken by Stuart St. Paul
This video forms the first of a three
volume documentary on the band. It is divided into the following
subjects: (titles as they appear in the video, with rare footage
shown in red or linked to Songs section)
Introduction
- Introduction - excerpt of 'One
Vision' (intro)
- Interview with Bob Geldof
- 'We Will Rock You' with audio and
video footage of the track from over the years; plus
comments from other musicians
- Short excerpt of 'We Will Rock
You' from 1979
- Backstage footage of 'The Magic
Tour'
The Band
- Interview with Jackie Stewart,
followed by 'Another One Bites The Dust' audio excerpt,
and clips of John from various promo videos (including 'No Turning Back')
- Interview with Gary Langham,
followed by 'Hammer To Fall' audio excerpt, and clips of
Brian from various promo videos
- Interview with Elton John,
followed by 'We Are The Champions' audio excerpt, and
clips of Freddie from various promo videos
- Interview with Billy Squier,
followed by 'Radio Ga Ga' audio clip, and clips of Roger
from various promo videos (including 'Strange Frontier')
- Interview with David Penhaligon
(one of Roger's schoolfriends) about Roger's early
musical exploits
Early Days
- Clip of 'Keep Yourself Alive'
(1973 promo video)
- Interview with John Taylor (Duran
Duran) followed by audio clip of 'Doin' Alright' and
footage of London
- Early interview with Roger
(talking to Bob Harris), and audio clip of 'My Fairy
King', with early photos of Smile.
- Interviews with Freddie and Roger,
both talking to Bob Harris, with further excerpt of
'Doin' Alright'.
- Audio clip of 'My Fairy King',
early photos of Queen, interviews with Brian, and footage
of Kensington Market
- Interviews with Roger and Brian
(with Bob Harris), audio clip of 'Son And Daughter'
- Interview with John (with Bob
Harris), clip of 'Liar' (promo video, 1973), and
interviews with Steve Harley, Queen roadie 'Ratty', Mel
Smith, Freddie (1984/5 ish) and Paul McCartney
- Interview with Freddie (1984/5)
and clip of 'Killer Queen' (on Top Of The Pops), and
interviews with Status Quo, Elton John, and Billy Squier
- Short interview with John Deacon,
clip of the 'Keep Yourself Alive' Old Grey Whistle test
footage, and interview with producer Michael Appleton
- Interview with Brian, and clips of
'Procession' and 'Now I'm Here' from 'Live At The
Rainbow'
- Interview with Barbara Baker (Roy
Thomas Baker's wife), and clips of 'In The Lap Of The
Gods' and 'Stone Cold Crazy' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
- Interview with Jim Beach, further
clip of 'Now I'm Here' (from 'Rainbow'), interview with
Norman Sheffield (ex-manager), and clip of 'In The Lap Of
The Gods (Revisited)' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
Bohemian Rhapsody
- Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video
and interviews with Samantha Fox, Dave Stewart and Roy
Thomas Baker
- Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (Hammersmith 1975), interview with
John Deacon, further clip of promo video, and interviews
with Roy Thomas Baker and John Reid.
- Clip of Queen collecting the 1977
BPI award for best British single
Making Videos
- Selection of clips from numerous
videos - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and various others, and
interview with Michael Appleton
- Interview with Brian, and 'making
of' footage of 'Spread Your Wings' and 'We Will Rock You'
- Footage of 'Bicycle Race', and
interview with Roy Thomas Baker
- Interview with Freddie and clip of
'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
- Interview with Brian and 'making
of' footage of 'Save Me'
- Interview with Roger, clip of
'Flash', and interview with Brian
- Interview with John and rehearsal
and 'making of' footage of 'I Was Born To Love You'
- Clip of 'Radio Ga Ga', interview
with Freddie (in Australia, 1985), clip of 'I Want To
Break Free', and interview with Mel Smith
- Clip of 'It's A Hard Life', and
interviews with Roger and Diana Moseley (costume
designer)
- Interview with Russel Mulcahy,
clips of 'A Kind Of Magic' and 'Princes Of The Universe',
and interviews with Roger and Christopher Lambert
- Clip of 'One Vision'
In The Studio (much of
this footage was also made available on 'Greatest Video
Hits II')
- Footage of around Queen's studio,
with Brian's unreleased 'Piano
Solo', and
interviews with Roger and Brian
- Interview with John, footage of
Queen in the studio, interview with Freddie, and footage
of Brian improvising 'One Vision'
- Further improvised footage and
interviews with Roy Thomas Baker, Mack, David Richards,
Roger, Freddie, Brian and John
- Further improvised footage (with
alternate lyrics), and 'One Vision (Just
For Fun)'
version
- Interview with Freddie
End Credits
- Excerpt of 'One Vision', with
promo video; credits over song outro