When John Lennon died, Queen were touring, and in the soundcheck played 'imagine' as a tribute.
Is there any chance it was recored?
Something similar happened for Jimi Hendrix's death. Freddie sang 'Voo doo Child'. Finding something of this is even harder, but has anyone heard of a tape or whatever?
A recording of Queen playing Imagine is not hard to track down at all.
No doubt it's been shared in the 'Sharing The Music - Announce' section here at some point.
I think Hot Space is dedicated to John Lennon IN A WAY! I mean, Song For Lennon and in the Calling All Girls video theres a painting which looks like Lennon a bit.
it was electric7 wrote: I think Hot Space is dedicated to John Lennon IN A WAY! I mean, Song For Lennon and in the Calling All Girls video theres a painting which looks like Lennon a bit.
Bohardy wrote: I thought it was actually 4 times in total.
I'm only aware of three at most: London 12-9-80, Frankfurt 12-14-80, and perhaps Munich 12-18-80. I don't have the Munich recording, and I've heard that the recording of Imagine could be a fake... as in, it's one of the previous recordings, and purposely degraded in quality.
I've no real interest in these things Bob, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge of the matter. Rather, I'm just repeating what I've heard from reputable people. You certainly know far more than I, so you're most probably right.
In fact:
"John Lennon was shot on December 8 so the following night Queen performed Imagine as a tribute to him. This song appeared in the setlist three more times in December".
From Scully's site ( link ).
Bohardy wrote: In fact:
"John Lennon was shot on December 8 so the following night Queen performed Imagine as a tribute to him. This song appeared in the setlist three more times in December".
From Scully's site ( link ).