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Freddie Mercury Live - What was live?

Freddie Mercury Live - What was live?

theCro
27.04.2007 21:12		 On How Can I Go On, The Golden Boy and Barcelona, it says that's LIVE (VIVO) can someone tell me what was live and what was not, thank you!
DavidRFuller
27.04.2007 23:21		 I think all of the live performances were mimed.
goinback
28.04.2007 06:33
tnjiric
28.04.2007 06:45		 Those were all mimed performances..
Sweetie
28.04.2007 06:47		 Didn't Freddie get really angry 'cause the tape was actually played faster than what it was meant to?
BradJarre
28.04.2007 12:49		 i also thaught that it was real.
but,...
if you look very closely you can see that some movements from the musicians arent on time.
KingMercury
28.04.2007 14:32		 i think it must be the same case of the montreux rose festival
the organizers of that gig wanted the bands not to play live
so, for example, freddie had to do lipsync, and so all the rest of the band
(if you look very carefully, freddie wanted the people to realize he was lipsyncking (he sang without the mic, etc)
guild93
28.04.2007 19:04		 I understood it was originally planned to be live but Freddie had a throat infection at the time so it was mimed in the end.
Luke
popy
28.04.2007 22:09		 the response to that question it's on the Freddie Mercury Video Collection (video interviews with the directors of the videos) and on the 2DVD set of Lover Of Life Singer Of Song (audio commentary to the videos)
BradJarre
29.04.2007 03:34		 so he had a throat invection during 87 barcelona concerts and the 88 barcelona performance??
thats kinda weird
popy
29.04.2007 11:32		 no
i don't have the DVD with me, but i think that they were going to play all songs live
but i think that was the show promoter/organization that advised to NOT to play the songs live