Released 23 November 1992 as a double video
set.
Length 84 minutes (video 1) and 106 minutes (video 2).
1. Insert 1 - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Queen Introduction
3. Enter Sandman (Metallica)
4. Sad But True (Metallica)
5. Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)
6. Insert 2 - You Take
My Breath Away (live), The
Great Pretender, My Melancholy
Blues, Somebody To Love
(live), One Vision
7. Queen Medley (Extreme)
8. Insert 3 - I Want It All, Play The Game (live), The Show Must Go On, These Are The Days Of Our
Lives
9. Now I'm Here (Def Leppard &
Brian May)
10. Insert 4 - I'm Going
Slightly Mad
11. Too Late God (Bob Geldof &
The Happy Club)
12. Knocking On Heaven's Door (Guns 'n' Roses)
13. Paradise City (Guns 'n' Roses)
14. Elizabeth Taylor Speech
1. Insert 5 - We Will Rock You
and Freddie Singalongs
2. Tie
Your Mother Down
3. Heaven
& Hell / Pinball Wizard
4. I
Want It All
5. Las
Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
6. Hammer
To Fall
7. Stone
Cold Crazy
8. Thank
You
9. Crazy
Little Thing Called Love
10. Too
Much Love Will Kill You
11. Radio
Ga Ga
12. Who
Wants To Live Forever
13. I
Want To Break Free
14. Under
Pressure
15. All
The Young Dudes
16. Heroes
17. '39
18. These
Are The Days Of Our Lives
19. Somebody
To Love
20. Bohemian
Rhapsody
21. The
Show Must Go On
22. We
Will Rock You
23. We
Are The Champions
24. God
Save The Queen
25. Insert 6 - God Save The Queen
Produced by Queen and Jim Beach
Directed by David Mallet
Inserts directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.
Animations produced by Jerry Hibbert and Ralph (?)
Sound produced by David Richards
Also featuring Spike Edney, Joshua J. Macrae, Chris Thompson,
Mike Moran, Miriam Stockley, Maggie Ryder, and the London
Community Gospel Choir.
Recorded at Wembley Stadium, London, on 20 April 1992.
This video was later re-released as a double
DVD to mark the 10th anniversary of the concert. Due to the
number of songs on the release, the live Queen tracks can be
found on the DVD
page.
The Inserts included on the video were shown during the concert
to entertain the audience as the crew prepared for the next act.
They all appear on the original video and the reissue DVD,
although they originally contained the audience singing along to
some of the tracks.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Insert 1, track 1. Length 2:01.
Audio footage: album version from 0:00 to 0:48, 3:05 to 4:08, and
then two explosions.
Video footage: time-lapse footage of setting up the stage from
the 1986 Magic Tour, intercut with footage of Queen.
The DVD preview for the insert uses the first 7 seconds, so
contains the first two lines.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A
Night At The Opera' album page.
Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, (oooh, poor boy), I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me
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
You
Take My Breath Away
(live)
Insert 2, track 1 (video) or track 2 (DVD). Length 1:01.
This is an excerpt of a live version of the track, performed at
Earl's Court, London, on 6 June 1977. A slightly longer version
of the track appears on the 'Rare Live'
video, while the full version was released as a streaming video
as part of the 'Absolute
Greatest' release. Full details of the full version can be
found on the Miscellaneous
Live Songs page.
The DVD preview for the insert uses part of the second interview
extract, of length 4 seconds, containing 'I mean, I looked
ridiculous then, but it worked'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A
Day At The Races' album page.
Freddie: OK, before we ah, tease you with a bit of, sort of,
heavy rock and roll things towards the end, ah, I'd just like to
slip in a little a, well I'd like you to listen carefully to a
simple little song this, is me on the piano, it's called 'You
Take My Breath Away'
Look into my eyes and you'll see
I am the only one
You've captured my heart
Stolen my love
Changed my life
Everytime you make a move
You destroy my mind
And the way you touch
I lose control and shiver deep inside
You take my breath away
Freddie: I mean, I looked ridiculous then, but it worked
The Great
Pretender
Insert 2, track 2 (video) or track 3 (DVD). Length 1:51.
Audio footage: An edit of the album version, containing 0:33 to
1:16, 1:51 to 2:42 and 2:47 to 3:03, fading both in and out.
Video footage: The original video, intercut with various Queen
clips.
Details of the original version can be found on the Freddie
Mercury Miscellaneous Songs page.
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender (oooh-ooh-oooh-ooh)
Adrift in a world of my own (oooh-ooh-oooh-ooh)
I play the game
But to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make believe (oooooh, make believe)
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal (oooh, ooh,
oooh, ooh, oooh)
Yeah (ooooh-oh-ooh-oh-oooh)
Woo-hoo
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal (real, feel,
what my heart)
Oh yes, I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown (oooh-ooh-oooh-ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Interview: I am a man of extremes, but I, I don't have any, I
don't feel I have that much in the middle, which is, you either
get me when I'm very strong, or I'm very soft, so if the right
person gets me they'll find me that I'm very vulnerable and I can
be a real baby
My Melancholy
Blues
Insert 2, track 3 (video) or track 4 (DVD). Length 1:14.
Audio footage: An edit of the album version, containing 0:08 to
1:15 and then 3:04 to 3:10, fading out from 3:07 onwards.
Video footage: Montage of various Queen clips.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'News Of
The World' album page.
Another party's over
And I'm left cold sober
Baby left me for somebody new, oooh, oooh
I don't wanna talk about it
Want to forget about it
Wanna be intoxicated with that special brew
So come and get me
Let me
Get in that sinking feeling
That says my heart is on an all time low, so
Melancholy blues
Interview: No, myself as an artist. I'm just a musical
prostitute, my dear.
Somebody
To Love
(live)
Insert 2, track 4 (video) or track 5 (DVD). Length 1:26.
This is an excerpt of a live version of the track, performed at
the Milton Keynes Bowl, England, on 5 June 1982. A longer
version, but still edited, appeared on the 'Rare Live' video, while
the full version of the track appears on the 'Queen
On Fire - Live At The Bowl' CD and DVD.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Day At
The Races' album page.
Somebody
Somebody to love
Can you find me somebody to love
Interview: I don't know, I'm just me, you know, I'm just me
Freddie: Are you ready?
Interview: If I had to do this everyday, forget it.
Freddie: Huh, are you ready brothers and sisters?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
I just can't get no relief, Lord
Somebody (somebody), somebody (somebody)
Anybody find me somebody to love
Interview: I'm not afraid to speak out, and say things that I
want to do, or do the things that I want to do, so um, I think in
the end, being natural, and being, being actually genuine is what
wins.
One Vision
Insert 2, track 5 (video) or track 6 (DVD). Length 0:58.
Audio footage: An edit of the single version, from 1:49 to 2:18
(fading in at start), then 3:31 onwards.
Video footage: Original promo video.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Kind Of Magic'
album page.
I had a dream when I was young
A dream of sweet illusion
A glimpse of hope and unity
And visions of one sweet union
But a cold wind blows
And a dark rain falls
And in my heart it shows
Look what they've done to my dream
Yeah
One flesh, one bone, one true religion
One voice, one hope, one real decision
Gimme one night, yeah
Gimme one hope, hey
Just gimme
One man, one man
One bar, one day
One day, hey, hey
Just gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Fried chicken
Vision, vision, vision, vision, vision
I Want It All
Insert 3, track 1 (video) or track 2 (DVD). Length 1:29.
Audio footage: An edit of the album version, containing 3:47 to
3:56, 4:06 to 4:09, 0:10 to 1:01, 3:57 to 4:06 and 4:16 to 4:35,
fading out over a second. This is in fact an edit of the version
on 'Rare Live',
beginning with audience noise.
Video footage: footage of Queen live in concert from over the
years, which is very similar to the track at the start of 'Rare Live'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'The Miracle'
album page.
Interview: You know, the bigger the better. In everything
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now,
oh, ooh, ooh
Adventure seeker, on an empty street
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A young 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
Gotta find me a future, move out of my way
I want it all (yeah, yeah, yeah), I want it all, I want it all
And I want it - now
I want it, I want it
Oooh, hot
Interview: I'm a human being, you know, and I'd, I'd like people
to realise the fact that I'm a human being and that I can sort of
react that way, and I have the same feelings, and the same kind
of destructive qualities, I'm bad and good, like everybody else.
Play The Game
(live)
Insert 3, track 2 (video) or track 3 (DVD). Length 0:53.
This is an excerpt of a live version of the track, performed at
Milton Keynes Bowl, England, on 5 June 1982. The full version
appears on the 'Queen
On Fire - Live At The Bowl' CD and DVD.
The DVD preview for the insert uses an interview segment of
length 5 seconds, containing 'when they stop buying our records,
then I'll say goodbye and do something else, become a strip
artist or something'.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'The Game' album
page.
Interview: If I didn't do this, I, I don't have anything to do,
you know. I can't cook, I'm not very good at being a housewife.
When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your bloody life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody play the game of
Interview: As long as the music is still there, and as long as
the people are still buying the music, then, then it's OK. When
they stop buying our records, then I'll say goodbye and do
something else, become a strip artist or something
Interviewer (Rudi Dolezal): Yeah, what, to what music you would
strip? What music would you..
Interview: All the songs I've written, come on.
The Show Must
Go On
Insert 3, track 3 (video) or track 4 (DVD). Length 2:31.
Audio footage: an edit of the album version, containing the first
35 seconds, 0:55 to 0:59, and 2:07 onwards, fading out by about
4:01.
Video footage: original promo video, with some additional Queen
clip inserts and interviews.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Innuendo'
album page.
Phil Collins: You don't get too many, too many people like him
Mick Jagger: If you're watching Freddie
Paul McCartney: King Mercury
Empty spaces, what are we living for
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah, yeah
Oooh, inside my heart is breaking (ooooh)
My make up may be flaking (oooh)
But my smile still stays on
Yeah, yeah
Oh-oh-woah, oh-oh-woah
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly my friends
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on), yeah, yeah
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on)
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On with the show
Oooh, I'll top the bill
I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the show
On with the show
The show must go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Interview: If I had to do it again, yes, why not, why not. I'd do
it slightly differently.
These
Are The Days Of Our Lives
Insert 3, track 4 (video) or track 5 (DVD). Length 2:03.
Audio footage: An edit of the album version, containing 0:09 to
0:47, 1:19 to 2:19 and 3:33 to 3:58, fading out.
Video footage: original promo video, with some additional Queen
clip inserts.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Innuendo'
album page.
Sometimes I get to feeling
I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids, when we were young
Things seemed so perfect, you know
The days were endless, we were crazy, we were young
The sun was always shining, we just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show
You can't turn back the clock, you can't turn back the time
Ain't that a shame?
I'd like to go back one time on a rollercoaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and a thinking on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow
'Cos these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but
One thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you
I still love you
I'm Going
Slightly Mad
Insert 4, track 1 (video) or track 2 (DVD). Length 2:08.
Audio footage: the album version, containing the first 12 seconds
twice, then 1:17 to 1:58, and 3:19 onwards.
Video footage: an edit of the promo video, with some additional
Queen clips.
The version on the DVD adds the 'We Will Rock You' animation from
insert 5 to the start.
The DVD preview for the insert uses the insert from 1:32 to 1:41,
containing 'I'm slightly mad, just very slightly mad', from about
3:45 to 3:54 of the album version.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Innuendo'
album page.
Oh dear
Ha, ha, ha, ha
I'm one card short of a full deck
I'm not quite the shilling
One wave short of a shipwreck
I'm not my usual top billing
I'm coming down with a fever (oooohh)
I'm really out to sea
This kettle is boiling over (ooooh, oooh, oooh)
I think I'm a banana tree (oooh, ooh)
I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened
It finally happened, oh, yes
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Just very slightly mad
And there you have it
We Will Rock You
Track 1 on insert 5 on the video, or inserts 2, 3 and 4 on the
DVD. Length 0:08.
Audio footage: an edit of the instrumental version from
approximately 0:45 to 0:53.
Video footage: a short animation of Freddie.
Oddly, this track only appeared at the start of insert 5 on the
original video, but was moved to the start of inserts 2, 3 and 4
on the DVD.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'News Of
The World' album page.
We will, we will, rock you
Freddie
Sinaglongs
(live)
Insert 5, track 2 (video) or track 1 (DVD). Length 1:11.
This is a compilation of singalongs featuring, in order, Budapest
1986 (rehearsal), Live Aid 1985, Wembley 1986, and Live Aid 1985
again. It finishes with an audio excerpt of Freddie which is
echoed repeatedly, fading out.
The DVD preview for the insert uses part of Freddie's rehearsal
singalong from Budapest, of length 5 seconds.
Details of Freddie's singalongs can be found on the Live
Solos & Improvisations page.
This is what you wanted, this is what you're gonna get, get, get,
get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get,
get, get, get
God Save The
Queen
Insert 6. Length 1:08.
Audio footage: standard album version of 'God Save The Queen'.
Video footage: footage of Freddie with his crown and robe from
the 1986 Magic Tour, and at the very end, the finale to the
'These Are The Days Of Our Lives' video.
The DVD preview for the insert uses the last 6 seconds of the
album version of the track.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'A
Night At The Opera' album page.
Queen
Introduction
Length 1:12. The speech on the reissued DVD is slightly edited,
to lose John's introduction to Metallica, from 'first of all'
onwards, which reduces the length to 1:00.
Brian: Good evening Wembley and the world. We are here tonight to
celebrate the life, and work, and dreams, of one Freddie Mercury.
We're gonna give him the biggest send off in history.
Roger: OK, today is for Freddie, it's for you, it's to tell
everybody around the world that AIDS affects us all. That's what
all these red ribbons are about. You can cry as much as you like,
and John's got something to tell you.
John: Hello, first of all, Brian, Roger and myself would like to
thank all the artists who are performing here today, in London,
and they've given their time and energy to make this tribute to
Freddie a reality, and to happen today. First of all, the show
must go on, and we'll start with an American band, three times
Grammy award winners, will you please welcome Metallica.
Queen Medley
Performed by Extreme. Available only on the original double VHS
release. Length 12:31.
This is a medley of Queen songs, featuring: 'Mustapha', 'Bohemian
Rhapsody', 'Keep
Yourself Alive', 'I Want To
Break Free', 'Fat
Bottomed Girls', 'Bicycle
Race', 'Another
One Bites The Dust', 'We Will
Rock You' (instrumental), 'Stone
Cold Crazy', a singalong, 'Radio Ga Ga', and a
reprise of 'Bohemian
Rhapsody'.
Brian: Thank you. OK, thank you. It gives me great pleasure, it
gives me real great pleasure to introduce our next guests, there
seems to be a certain amount of noise going on here. These guys
are real friends, and they're possibly, more than any other group
on this planet, the people that understand exactly what Queen
have been about all these years, and what Freddie was about all
the years. Ladies and gentlemen, please give your best welcome
for Paul, Pat, Nuno and Gary - Extreme.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you
Hey!
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out - I just gotta get right outta here
Gary Cherone: Wembley - are you ready?
Gary Cherone: Ha, let's take a trip down memory lane, people. Do
it
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way
Tried to grow a little wiser, better every day
I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles
I'd still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile
I sold a million mirrors in a shop in alley way
I never saw my face in any window any day
Now they say your folks are telling you be a superstar
I tell you just be satisfied, stay right where you are
Sing it
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
I'll take you all your time and a money
Honey I will survive
Do you think you're better every day?
No, I just think I'm two steps nearer to my grave
Alright
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
I'll take you all your time and a money
Honey I will survive, sing it
Keep yourself alive, come on, keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
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 want to break free, everybody
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, yeah, yeah, Wembley
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love
Ow, it's strange but it's true, hey
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh, how I want to be free, baby
Oh, how I want to be free, sing it
Oh, how I want to break free
Oh, you gonna take me home tonight
Oh, down beside that red fire light
Oh, you gonna let it all hang out
Fat bottomed girls
You make the rocking world go round
You say coke, I say cane
You say John, I say Wayne
Hot dog, I say cool it man
I don't want to be the president of America
You say smile, I say cheese
Cartier, I say please
Income tax, I say Jesus
I don't want to be a candidate
For Vietnam or Watergate
All I wanna do is
Bicycle (yeah), bicycle (hey), bicycle
I want to ride my
Bicycle (yeah), bicycle (yeah), bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike, sing it
I want to ride my bicycle
Want to ride it where I like
Ha
Do it
Steve walks wearily down the street
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 hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat, sing it, hey
Another one bites the dust, alright, do it
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, sing it
Hey, gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust, hey
How do you think I'm gonna get along
Without you when you're gone
You took me for everything that I had
And leave 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
Repeating to the sound of the beat
Hey
Another one bites the dust, come on baby
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, yeah
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning I was dreaming I was
Al Capone
There's a rumour going round, gotta clear outta town
And I'm smelling like a dry fish bone
Here come the law, gonna break down the door, gonna carry me away
once more
I never, I never, I never want it any more
Gotta get away from this stone cold floor
Stone cold crazy, you know
(Ad-libbed singalong follows)
Alright people, Patrick
(Radio)
I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
Sing it now (radio)
You gave them all those 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, sing it
Backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't care or just don't care
Or just complain when you're not there
You had the time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio (radio), sing it
Audience: All we hear is
Radio ga ga
Audience: Radio goo goo, radio ga ga
You got it
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, sing it
All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio ga ga
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you
Loves you
Anyway the wind blows
Gary Cherone: Thank you, you got it.
Nuno Bettencourt: Thank you
Gary Cherone: Thank you. There's really not a lot to say, we know
why we're here today, we know why you people are here today, we
love you Freddie.
Now I'm Here
Performed by Def Leppard with Brian May. Available only on the
original double VHS release. Length 4:56.
This track was also later released on Def Leppard's 'Tonight'
single.
Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart
Attack' album page.
Roger: OK, they're British, they're number one all over the world
right now, please welcome on stage Def Leppard.
Joe Elliott: Good evening. Are you all enjoying yourselves? We
er, we feel very privileged to be here, we also feel equally
privileged to welcome on stage with us a great friend of ours,
from probably the biggest band in the world that there's ever
been, the man with the curly hair and the curly guitar lead, Mr
Brian May. You may know this next one. Let's see some hands in
the air, come on
(Unknown voice) Everybody
Here I stand
Look around, around, around, around, around
But you won't see me
Now I'm there
Now I'm there
I'm just a
Just a new man
'Cos you made me live again, ow
A baby I was when you took my hand
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 her so
'Cos you made me live again, ow
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
The rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
Many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me
Vivian Campbell
Whatever came of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Now I'm here
Think I'll stay around, around, around, around, around
Down in the city justa you 'n' me
Brian May
Down into the city
Whatever comes of you and me
I love to leave my memory with you
Joe Elliott: Thank you, see you soon, alright, goodnight. Brian
May. Enjoy the rest of the evening, alright, see you.
Too Late God
Performed by Bob Geldof & The Happy Club. Available only on
the original double VHS release. Length 2:26.
According to the introduction, this track was written by Bob
Geldof and Freddie. Part of the lyrics are in French.
Roger: How you doing? Sounds great from back there. Got to
welcome the suit of the day, the man who started this kind of
concert, the very ticklish Mr Bob Geldof and the Happy Club.
Bob: Good evening. Um, it seems very unlikely, but Freddie and I
were very good friends, and um, many an evening, I'd go up there
and he'd be practising his fluent Gaelic on me, and as the
evening wore on, we'd start talking about indigenous music and
things and eventually we got to writing some songs, and I want to
do this afternoon, a song that we wrote together, and it's
particularly apt for this occasion. It's called 'Too Late God'.
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my message
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my call
How long, how long con
Combien ans avant mon respond?
How long, un a cent
Un a cent a mort
Time flies like a prayer
Sliding down my face-like general
Trying to hide my Buddhist line
And half way to belong
Things you do and things you don't do
Things you do and don't will haunt you
How do start on you
And I wouldn't if you could
But it's
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my message
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my call
How long, how long con
Combien ans avant mon respond?
How long, un a cent
Un a cent a mort
There I was, here I am
Irresponsive citizen
Peer of all that's good
I bore myself to sleep
Things you do and things you don't do
Things you do and don't will haunt you
How do start on you
And I wouldn't if you could do
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my message
Too late, too late God
Didn't you get my call
How long, how long con
Combien ans avant mon respond?
How long, un a cent
Un a cent a mort
Elizabeth
Taylor Speech
Available on both the original VHS release, and the reissue DVD.
Length 4:10.
Don't worry, I'm not going to sing. We are here to celebrate the
life of Freddie Mercury. An extraordinary rock star, who rushed
across our cultural landscape like a comet shooting across the
sky. We are here also to tell the whole world that he, like
others we have lost to AIDS, died before his time. The bright
light of his talent still exhilarates us even now that his life
has been so cruelly extinguished. It needn't have happened, it
shouldn't have happened, please, let's not it happen again. Each
day, around the world, five thousand people are infected with
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Just last week, it was reported
in the United States alone, that there are nine thousand actual
cases of AIDS among teenage and young adults, with thousands more
that probably don't even know they're infected. (Member of
audience shouts 'Get off') I'll get off in a minute. I'll get
off, I have something to say. There's seventy, there's seventy
thousand people in this stadium tonight. Look at yourselves, look
at how many you are. In just two short weeks, there will be as
many new infections as there are people here tonight. Please
don't let it happen to you, you are the future of our world, you
are the best and the brightest, you are the shining lights that
will illuminate a better world tomorrow. Protect yourselves. If
you have sex, everytime you have sex, use a condom, every single
time. Straight sex, gay sex, bisexual sex, use a condom, whoever
you are, and if you share drugs, don't share a needle. Tonight,
we are here to raise money to help those living with AIDS.
Tonight, we're here to send them a message that we care. But I'm
also here with a message for each and every one of you. Protect
yourselves, love yourselves, respect yourselves, because I will
keep on telling you until you do, and I won't give in, and I
won't give up, because the world needs you to live. You see, we
really love you. We really care. God bless. Bye