Live At The Rainbow
Released in 1992 as part of the 'Box Of Tricks' boxed
set only.
Running Time 52 mins approx
Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 20 November
1974
Sound produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Mike Stone
Directed by Bruce Gowers
Produced by Arkadi De Rakoff
Procession
Click here for the original track details. Length 1:16
During this track, video footage of Queen backstage at the
Rainbow is shown.
This is a backing track, identical to the album version, segueing
into 'Now I'm Here'
Now I'm Here
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:27
This track segues from 'Procession'.
This version was later released in the 'Box Of Flix' and on
'Greatest Video Hits I', without Freddie's dialogue at the end.
Footage of it also appears on 'Queen Rocks'.
Lyrics:
Here I stand
Look around, around, around, around, around
But you won't see me
Now I'm here
Now I'm there
I'm just a
Just a new man
Yes, you made me live again
A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
The people all stared didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me
America's new bride to be
Don't worry baby I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me
Don't I love him so
Yes, you made me live again
Yeah
Ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke screen sky
Where the beams of your lovelight chase
Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Don't I love him so
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
Freddie: Thank you. The nasty Queenies are
back - what d'you think of that?. Thank you very much. It really,
it really is nice to be back home. And it's been, it's been so
long we've missed you all, we really have. Have you missed us?
It's time for Ogre Battle
Ogre Battle
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:03
Lyrics:
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh
Now once upon a time
An old man told me a fable
When the piper is gone
And the soup is cold on your table
And if the black crow flies
To find a new destination
That is the sign
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to ogre battle fight
He gives a great big cry
Swallow up the ocean
With a mighty tongue he catches flies
Palm of a hand incredible size
Great big eye
Has a focus in your direction
And the battle is won
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come tonight
Come to the ogre sight
Come to ogre battle fight
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh
Oooh, watch out
The ogre men are still inside
The two-way mirror mountain
Gotta stay clear and out of sight
You can't see in but you can see out
'Oooh, keep a look out'
The ogre men are coming out
Two-way mirror mountain
They're running up behind
And they're coming all about
Can't go east 'cos you gotta go south
Ogre men are going home
And the great big fight is over
Bugle blow let trumpet cry
Ogre battle lives for evermore
Wow, oh, oh
You can come along
You can come along
Come to ogre battle
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhhhh
Freddie: Thank you. Thank
you. You lovely darlings. This is a number from 'Queen II',
written by Brian May, 'White Queen'.
White Queen (As
It Began)
Click here for the original song details. Length 5:05
Lyrics:
So sad her eyes
Smiling dark eyes
So sad her eyes
As it began
On such a breathless night as this
Upon my brow the lightest kiss
I walked alone
And all around the air did say
My lady soon will stir this way
In sorrow known
The white queen walks and the night grows pale
Stars of lovingness in her hair
Needing - unheard
Pleading - one word
So sad her eyes
She cannot see
How did thee fare, what have thee seen
The mother of the willow green
I call her name
And 'neath the window have I stayed
I loved the foot steps that she made
And when she came
White queen how my heart did ache
And dry my lips no words can make
But still I wait
My Goddess hear my darkest fear
I speak too late
It's for evermore that I wait
Dear friend, goodbye
No tears in my eyes
So sad it ends
As it began
Brian: Thanks a lot, thank you
Freddie: Thank you, thank you. Now then, your guess is right.
Right now, we'd like to do something new for you actually, it's
about four pieces that we've put together. It's a sort of a
medley, three of them are on our new album 'Sheer Heart Attack',
thank you, which is now racing up the charts, thanks to you. So
1, 2, 3, 4
In The Lap Of
The Gods
Click here for the original song details. Length 3:15
This track segues into 'Killer Queen'.
Lyrics:
I live my life for you
Think all my thoughts with you and only you
Anything you ask I do for you
I touch your lips with mine
But in the end
I leave it to the lords
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
I want you to
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Leave it in the lap of the Gods
Lap of the Gods (ah, ah, ah, ahhh)
Lap of the Gods (ah, ah, ah, ahh)
Lap of the Gods (ah, ah, ah, ahhh)
In the lap of the Gods (ah, ah, ah, ahh)
In the lap of the Gods
The lap of the Gods
Killer Queen
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:25
This track segues from 'In The Lap Of The Gods' and into 'The
March Of The Black Queen'.
Lyrics:
She keeps a Moet Et Chandon
In her pretty cabinet
'Let them eat cake' she says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Kruschev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation you can't decline
Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice
She's a killer queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
The March Of The
Black Queen
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:36
This track segues from 'Killer Queen' and into 'Bring Back That
Leroy Brown'.
Lyrics:
I reign with my left hand
I rule with my right
I'm lord of all darkness, I'm queen of the night
I've got the power - now do the march of the black queen
My life is in your hands, I'll fo and I'll fie
I'll be what you make me, I'll do what you like
I'll be your bad boy, I'll be your bad boy
Now do the march of the black queen, yeah, yeah, oooh-ooh, yeah
Bring Back That
Leroy Brown
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:08
This track segues from 'The March Of The Black Queen'. The track
is mostly instrumental.
Lyrics:
My cutie pie
Cutie pie
Cutie pie
Cutie pie
Bring that big bad Leroy back
I want him back
Roger: Thanks, thanks for listening to that.
Freddie: Thank you, you're lovely. Something we used to do a
long, long time back, no, no, it's not Liar. This is 'Son And
Daughter'
Son And
Daughter
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:40
This track segues into Brian's guitar solo
Lyrics:
I want you
So watch out
Tried to be your son and daughter
Rolled into one, a-yes I did
You said you'd equal any man
For having your fun
Ooh, I travelled all round the world and found
A brand new word for day
Watching the time, never linger behind
Pardon me I have to get away
What'll you do for heaven
If it's back from where you came
Listen
I want you
Freddie: Then what? What's that?
To be a woman, I want you to be a woman
Guitar Solo
Click here for details of other guitar solos. Length 4:38
This track segues from 'Son And Daughter', and features some drum
accompaniment by Roger.
Father To Son
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:59
This track segues into the Drum Solo.
Lyrics:
A word in your ear, from
father to son
Hear the word that I say
I fought with you, fought on your side
Long before you were born
Kings will be crowned, the word goes around
Father to son, to son
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Our family song
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, ooh, yeah
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Let me come along, along, along
Take this letter that I give you
Take it sonny hold it high
You won't understand a word that's in it
But you'll write it out again before you die
Wooh, yeah
Oooooh
Oooooh
Drum Solo
Click here for details of other drum solos. Length 1:09
This track segues from 'Father To Son' and into 'Keep Yourself
Alive'.
Keep Yourself
Alive
Click here for the original song details. Length 0:21
This track segues from the Drum Solo and into 'Liar'
Lyrics:
Keep yourself alive, keep
yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Liar
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:15
This track segues from 'Keep Yourself Alive'
Excerpts of this track appear on 'Rare Live'
Lyrics:
I have sinned dear father
Father I have sinned
Try and help me father
Won't you let me in
Liar, oh nobody believes me
Liar, why don't you leave me alone
Liar, liar, liar, liar
Liar, that's what they call me
Liar, everyday and every night
Liar, all the time
Liar, woah, wow-wow-wow
They keep calling me liar
They know I'm a liar
That's the way it goes
Listen
Now you gonna listen, yeah
Mama I'm gonna be your slave (all day long)
Mama I'm gonna try behave (all day long)
Mama I'm gonna be your slave (all day long)
Mama I'm gonna be your slave (all day long)
I'm gonna love you till your dying day (all day long)
I'm gonna kneel down by your side and pray (all day long)
I'm gonna love you till your dying day (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
All day long (all day long)
I'm gonna pray (all day long)
I'm gonna kneel down
I'm gonna kneel down by your side
I'm gonna pray
I'm gonna pray
All day long, all day long, all day long
Liar, liar, they never ever let you win
Liar, liar, everything you do is sin
Liar, nobody believes you
Liar, they bring you down before you begin
Now let me tell you this
So now you know you could be dead before they let you
Son And
Daughter (Reprise)
Click here for the original song details. Length 1:41
Lyrics:
Now didn't you feel
surprised to find
The cap just didn't fit
A woman expects a man
To buckle down and a shovel
What'll you do for loving
If it's only just begun, yeah
I want you
To be a woman
A woman
Freddie: Thank you, thank you very much. Do
you like my claws? They're real diamonds. It's a present from the
devil himself. You don't believe me, they don't believe me.
Right, now, we'd like to do some rock 'n' roll, a la Queen
Stone Cold Crazy
Click here for the original song details. Length 2:15
Footage of this track appears on the 'Queen Rocks' and 'Rare Live' videos.
Lyrics:
Freddie: Tell you
what, this is a number from the Sheer Heart Attack album, 'Stone
Cold Crazy'.
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning
I was dreaming I was Al Capone
There's a rumour going round, gotta clear outta town
Yeah, I'm smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me away
once more
Never, I never, I never get it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Ow
Rainy afternoon I gotta blow a typhoon and I'm playing on my
slide trombone
Anymore, anymore, cannot take it anymore
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Watch-a
Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet
With my rubber tommy water gun
Here come the deputy, he's gonna come and getta me
I 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 you can't go to heaven
Will they let me go to hell
Crazy
Stone cold crazy, you know
Brian: Thanks a lot, you're really great.
In The Lap Of
The Gods..... Revisited
Click here for the original song details. Length 4:02
This track segues into 'Jailhouse Rock'; it ends with 20 seconds
of guitar feedback noise.
Lyrics:
Brian: We'd like to finish off with a number
off the new album as well, it's written by young Mercury over
there, young Merc, it's called 'In The Lap Of The Gods -
Revisited'. Thank you, thanks a lot.
It's so easy, but I can't do it
It's so risky, but I gotta chance it
So funny, there's nothing to laugh about
My money, that's all you wanna talk about
I can see what you want me to be
But that's not true
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
There's no beginning, there's no ending
No meaning in my pretending
But believe me, life goes on and on and on
Forgive me when I ask you where do I belong
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
Wo, wo, la, la, wah, wah, ooh
But that's not true
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
Wo, wo, la, la, wah, wah, ooh
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
Wo, wo, la, la, wah, wah, ooh
I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
Wo, wo, la, la, wah, wah, ooh
I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
Wo, wo, la, la, la, wo
Wo, wo, la, la, wah, wah, ooh
Freddie: Thank you, goodnight everybody
Jailhouse Rock
Click here for more details of this cover version. Length 1:35
This track segues from 'In The Lap of The Gods.... Revisited'
Lyrics:
Sad sack was sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin' all alone
Don't tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the hotel block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
We're dancing to the jailhouse rock
Freddie: Thank you goodnight
God Save The
Queen
Click here for the original track details. Length 1:09