Queen - Made In Heaven: The Films

Starring: Queen Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 24th March, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Queen is a British rock band which was popular in the 1970s & 1980s. The group is well known for its sports anthems & classic rock radio staples, particularly the hits We Are the Champions & Bohemian Rhapsody ; the band promoted the latter, first released in 1975, with one of the earliest successful music videos & later re-released it for the soundtrack album from the movie Waynes World. Queen are widely recognised as pioneers of heavy metal, glam rock & stadium rock. The beginnings of Queen can be traced to 1968, when Brian May & Roger Taylor formed the trio Smile, at Imperial College, London, where they were both students. After the groups bassist & lead singer Tim Staffell departed in the spring of 1970, May & Taylor took on vocalist Freddie Mercury in April 1970 to form Queen. In 1971 John Deacon completed the lineup as bass guitarist. Posters Of Queen

Made in Heaven which was released in November 1995 was Queen s last proper album. After Freddie Mercury s death in 1991, the remaining members Brian May, John Deacon & Roger Taylor worked with Mercurys pre-recorded vocals to create the final Queen album. The title track was actually a solo song by Freddie Mercury from the mid 80s. Let Me Live, a gospel -influenced track, started life as a jam with Rod Stewart in the 80s. This one has the least Freddie input as Brian & Roger sing all of it, save the first verse & chorus, with the help of backing singers. The next, the bluesy Mother Love, was the last song Mercury recorded before his death; its coda featured snatches of Mercury live & a sample of him singing Going Back & a final sound of a baby crying. My Life Has Been Saved started life in 1989 as a b-side & the remaining members reworked it into a pop song. Another Freddie solo track gets the Queen treatment in I Was Born To Love You. Roger Taylors Heaven For Everyone, written with his band The Cross & released in 1987 with Freddies vocals. Brians Too Much Love Will Kill You.

The Queen films themselves are quite dated now & arent the kind of thing you would want to watch more than once, but the bonus feature on the DVD is really good & makes the DVD much more worthwhile! The short documentary on the making of We Will Rock You is really insightful & shows a load of snippets from some of the big numbers. Ive seen the show 4 times myself & it is incredible - after 15 months it is still at the top of the West End ratings & rightly so. The cast are about to change, & it is really good that there is video footage that documents such a strong ensemble at the beginning of the shows west end run.

Ive given the DVD **** - The actual videos are quite pants & should have been bonus features on Queens Greatest Hits I DVD rather than being the main feature on a single disc. I would rate them ** alone, but the documentary has buffed it up to 4! If you know of a DVD rental shop that has it in stock, rent it first before buying it.

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