Hey guys, i just recieved Rock in rio off the Rev, if anyone else has it you will notice during "I Want To Break Free" it is all chanting and whisteling until 2mins 21 seconds when the intro of IWTBF comes in then its cuts!!!!
Does anybody know what happened with this track because me and the Rev are stumped! it cuts as soon as it starts to fade in! then it goes to Jailhouse Rock and does anybody know the date of this particular date? was it 12-01 or 19-01? because we think this might have something to do with it. Because on Queenconcerts.com it says at the 12-01 gig the fans were really mad when Freddie came out with fake boobs on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. But either way- IWTBF HAS been cut from this recording!
So:
The concert we have is said to be from 19-01-1985 but... link says this about that night:
19-01-1985
I Want To Break Free 2:25 (Same lenght as our file)
Comment: Very good audience recording (the bass is too heavy though). The recording contains Rock In Rio Blues, the famous improvisation which was also released on a CD single.
12-01-1985
I Want To Break Free 3:26
Comment: The famous concert where Freddie came with fake boobs for the encore (IWTBF) and the fans didn't appreciate it at all :-)
Undated:
Everything went well that night, until Freddie came on in drag for the encore and sang "I Want To Break Free". It was then that the audience stared to throw rubbish or anything they could get their hands on at the stage. Freddie quickly ripped of his false boobs and carried on. After the show the local people explained that the song "I Want To Break" free had become somewhat of an anthem of liberation for them and they didn't want to see it being 'denigrated'.
(QZ Bigraphy)
So the problem is:
- the length of the file is the same as that one said to be of 19-01-1985
- at queenconcerts there is nothing special about the 19-01-1985 recording but at 12-01-1985 the things happened that are hearable in the recording of iwtbf
So we are a bit confused what is wrong, the date or is our IWTBF edited and cut off as soon as the intro of IWTBF fades in?
Greetings, Rev.
I've included the file: link
deleted user 12.04.2005 12:15
I have the Rock In Rio on VHS. On the back it says it was filmed on 12th. However Freddie appears on IWTBF as normal. So did they replace the version when he dressed up with the one filmed on the 19th? It's a shame really. It would have been fun to see...
IWTBF,this tune always caused trouble for queen, it probably there most politically percieved track,although it had no political content at all! but the video did itself no favours with the press etc, still, any chance to diss them, they jumped straight on that bandwagon