Queen On Fire - Live At The Bowl
(Also released as a double CD album)

 

Released 25th October 2004 as a double DVD set.

Produced by Simon Lupton and Rhys Thomas
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor
Directed by Gavin Taylor
Audio produced for DVD by Justin Shirley Smith and Kris Fredriksson
1982 interviews conducted and filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
Vienna concert footage courtesy of ORF-E
Bonus features edited by Lucas Freidmann

Both discs feature a short edit of 'We Will Rock You' as the menu loads. The menus simply include audience noise.

All of the lyrics to the main concert are found on the original album page. This page only includes details of the DVD, and lyrics to the 'bonus' material, as found on the second DVD.


DVD One:
Audio available as Stereo or 5.1 Surround Sound. For the Surround Sound, the vocals are more prominent through the front speakers than the rear, but there do not seem to be any other changes.

The first DVD menu allows you to play the entire concert, select a song, use the Queen Jukebox (which allows you to select upto 5 tracks to play), or change audio. The concert itself is arranged into 25 chapters, these are:

  1. Flash
  2. The Hero
  3. We Will Rock You (Fast)
  4. Action This Day
  5. Play The Game
  6. Staying Power
  7. Somebody To Love
  8. Now I'm Here
  9. Dragon Attack
  10. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
  11. Love Of My Life
  12. Save Me
  13. Back Chat
  14. Get Down Make Love
  15. Guitar Solo
  16. Under Pressure
  17. Fat Bottomed Girls
  18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  19. Bohemian Rhapsody
  20. Tie Your Mother Down
  21. Another One Bites The Dust
  22. Sheer Heart Attack
  23. We Will Rock You
  24. We Are The Champions
  25. God Save The Queen

The CD release is virtually identical to the DVD release. The only really noticeable differences are that Freddie's dialogue before 'Staying Power' (included at the end of Play The Game) is edited on the CD release, and during Brian's Guitar Solo, the DVD includes a longer delay when Brian has a problem with his guitar.

Whilst the 'Flash' backing tape is played, the video features footage of the audience, footage of the crew setting up the stage, and backstage footage of the band. During the operatic section of 'Bohemian Rhapsody', there is footage of the original promo video as well as the lighting show. Whilst video footage of 'Staying Power' appeared on the 2003 DVD 'Greatest Video Hits II', it was edited slightly differently and contained some different camera shots. 'We Will Rock You (Fast)' and 'Sheer Heart Attack' were later released as bonus video tracks on the Japanese 'Jewels II' CD.


DVD Two:
This contains the following titles:

  1. Interview with Brian May & Roger Taylor (recorded on the day of the concert, and featuring footage of 'Staying Power', 'Play The Game' and 'Under Pressure') (5 mins)
  2. Interview with Freddie Mercury (recorded in Munich, 1982) (8 mins)
  3. Interview with Brian May & Roger Taylor (recorded in Munich, 1982) (11 mins)
  4. Tour Highlights (Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, 3 November 1982) (25 mins)
    1. Flash
    2. The Hero
    3. Now I'm Here
    4. Now I'm Here (Improvisation/Singalong)
    5. Put Out The Fire
    6. Dragon Attack
    7. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
    8. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    9. Teo Torriatte
  5. Tour Highlights (Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, 12 May 1982) (11 mins)
    1. Another One Bites The Dust
    2. We Will Rock You
    3. We Are The Champions & God Save The Queen
  6. Photo Gallery (featuring a live and exclusive recording of Calling All Girls from the same concert as title 4) (5 mins)

The first three titles include subtitles in seven different languages. Of the Tokyo Tour Highlights (title 4), all were previously available on the 'Live In Japan' video, which was exclusively available in the Japanese market.


Another One Bites The Dust
Click
here for the original song details. Length 3:25
Recorded at the Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, on 13 May 1982.
Footage of this track was previously available, in edited form, on the video '
Rare Live'
Lyrics:
Hey, come on
Ha

Steve walks wearily down the street
With his brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet
Machine guns ready to go

Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this
Are you standing on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, sing it

Another one bites the dust
Sing it for me
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Shoot up baby
How do you think I'm gonna get along
Without you when you're gone
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own
Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the door way the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Come on, shoot up, shoot up, hey
Ah, take it
Bite the dust, yeah
Oh yeah

Bite the dust
Bite the dust
Bite the dust, baby
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Ah
There's plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him, you can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him when he's down, yeah
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Shoot up
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah


We Will Rock You
Click
here for the original song details. Length 2:17
Recorded at the Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, on 13 May 1982
Lyrics:
Freddie: OK, sugar, let's have it

Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playing in the street gonna be a big man some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Kicking your can all over the place
Singing

Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Yeah, come on
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
Blood on your face
Big disgrace
Waving your banner all over the place

Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Yeah, everybody
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Yeah

Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleading with your eyes gonna get you some peace some day
Mud on your face
Big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place

Audience: We will, we will, rock you
Yeah, yeah
Audience: We will, we will, rock you
We will, we will, rock you, yeah, yeah
We will, we will, rock you


We Are The Champions
Click
here for the original song details. Length 3:23
Recorded at the Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, on 13 May 1982
Lyrics:
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through

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
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it, I 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 I ain't gonna lose
On, on, on

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Ooh, we are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
Ooh, we are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cos we are the champions
Of the world


God Save The Queen
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here for the original track details. Length 1:13
Recorded at the Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria, on 13 May 1982
This track was previously released on '
Rare Live'
Dialogue:
Freddie: Thank you, thank you, goodnight everybody. Thank you for being a superb audience, thank you very much, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.


Calling All Girls
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here for the original track details. Length 4:24
Recorded at the Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November 1982
Lyrics:
Freddie: OK, this next song is written by Roger Taylor, this is a, you bet, this is a message of love for everybody, this is, this song is entitled Calling All Girls

Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Go
Calling all boys
Calling all girls, you there
Calling all people on the streets
Around the world, hey
Take this message
This message for you
This message is oh yeah
This message is true
This message is
This message is
This message is
This message is

Love
Take a message of love, hey
Far and near
Take a message of love
For all to hear
For all to hear

Some sleepless nights
In wait for you
Some foreign presence you feel
Comes creeping through
Some stream of hope
The whole world through
Spread like some silent disease
You'll get yours too
This message is
This message is
This message is
This message is
Ha, ha
Have you got the message baby, huh
Oh yeah

Love
Take a message of love
Far and near
Take a message of love, oh, oh
For all to hear
For all to hear

Hey
Oh, yeah
Love
Take a message of love
Far and near, hey
Take a message of love
For all to hear
For all to hear

The message, message of love
The message, message of love
The message, message of love
Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Give me
Calling all girls
Calling all boys
Calling all girls
Yeah

Oooohh


Freddie: Yeah, yeah