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Awesome sound and video. Freddie Mercury has proven why he and Queen were the best. Freddie is such a showman that you cannot take your eyes off of him or you are afraid you'll miss something! What a voice range! The greatest voice that Rock ever knew.
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The rock band Queen formed in England in 1972. Although several critics admired their earliest releases, the public remained largely indifferent until the 1974 SHEER HEART ATTACK, which jolted the band to fame in both England and America--and throughout the 1970s Queen generated one major recording success after another with A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A DAY AT THE RACES, and NEWS OF THE WORLD. Even so, the band often provoked a "love it or hate it" reaction; they offered an odd mixture of thundering hard rock, English musical hall, and progressive sound in a "glamrock" package, and as time passed American audiences found it less and less appealing--particularly when dogged by rumors about lead singer Freddie Mercury's sexuality and the sexually "ify" nature of the band's name itself.
By the early 1980s those controversies, shifts in musical tastes, and the band's extremely ill-advised gig at the segregated South African resort of Sun City effectively knocked Queen out of the lucrative American market. But something unexpected happened: Queen, which had long been a concert favorite in Asia and Europe, emerged as the world's premiere stadium concert act, and quite suddenly the American market was almost irrelevant. Who cares about New York and Los Angeles when you have out-charted every one from Elvis Presley to the Beatles and when you are the single biggest concert draw in world history?
In 1986 Queen played England's Wembley Stadium, one of the largest venues in Europe, performing two concerts (one in a rainstorm) to sold out audiences. The concert was filmed, and it presents a great band that clearly had a great talent for playing to such incredibly large audiences.
When you listen to Queen's most popular releases you listen to a band that knows how to work a recording studio to the nth degree--and so it is very easy to forget exactly how atheletic and musically muscular Queen was. WEMBLEY reminds you of the fundamental facts in no uncertain terms: four band members, a single back up musician to pick up occasional phrases here and there, and that was it. And they clearly do everything but tear Wembley Stadium down to the ground.
At this point in the band's history concerts focused tightly around lead singer Freddie Mercury, who had a unique talent for dominating the massive audiences to which he played: handsome, muscular, he is all over the stage--and then there is that voice. Mercury is said to have had a four-octave range, and while his upper registers were too delicate for the demands of the concert stage you don't doubt it for a minute. This is a voice as delicate as a trembling candle flame, as roaring as bonfire, and shifting between both extremes without the faintest sign of strain or effort. And the band is behind him every inch of the way: Brian May, lead guitar, is a legendary performer in his own right, and bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor are rock solid as well.
That said, however, the film itself is actually only so-so, and the reason is very obvious: the editing. The thing consists of one flash cut after another, bouncing from Mercury to May to Taylor and shortchanging Deacon in the process. We have plenty of close ups, and very often some remarkable shots of the crowd--"Radio Gaga" is particularly extraordinary in this--but we seldom actually get to see the band as a whole. The endless cuts become more than a little wearing after a while and they ultimately undercut the energy of the concert itself.
The producers make up for this a little bit on the bonus disk, which includes a feature that allows you to focus exclusively on one performer at a time over the course of a few songs. The bonus disk also includes several documentaries that range from the "fair enough" to the "very good." Queen was a great live band, no doubt about it; the film falls short of that, but even so it reminds you very clearly of what Freddie, Brian, John, and Roger could do when they put their minds to it. It also has a certain poignancy, particularly when Mercury remarks that the band will stay together until they die, particularly given that Mercury very likely knew at this point that he was HIV positive and would not be able to tour much longer. He would be dead five years later. Strongly recommended in spite of flaws.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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Sharing this with my daughter a new Freddie fan made this incredible concert a real family memory.
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I know I'm a little late to be doing a review on this concert, but not too late. I've had this disc for years and it is still my favorite rock concert to date. And Queen isn't my favorite band by any means. U2 is my favorite band. This concert is loose, funny, and yet serious all at the same time. It was filmed in 1986 before digital studio cameras and multi Jumbotrons were around. I,m actually surprised to see the one in this concert. If you have seen the other Queen concerts from 1981-82 the light show was all they needed. Todays concerts are full of Giant L.E.D. screens and laserlights galore. I liked most all of the songs in this concert. After all it is their Magic Tour concert so I knew they could not fit in classic songs like "Sombody to Love" and "Play the Game". Seeing Freddy play the piano is as enjoyable as anything. I played this concert to my cousins last year (25 year old girls) and they were amazed to see what a great concert was like and not being there. Jenny asked me "Why aren't concerts like this anymore?" I told her because there are no bands quite like Queen. This concert is well recorded and sounds great especially in DTS. The picture looks very good for not being filmed digitally. It's not widescreen, but how many concerts are widescreen filmed before 1999? I have to say that Queen, U2, The Beatles, Rolling Stones are the four greatest bands ever. This disc is proof of that. Do buy this concert 2 disc set!!!
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The only thing that really stops me from giving maximum praise to this dvd is that at least one of the cameras that was used to record this footage was apparently either poor quality, malfunctioning, or maladjusted. It leaves ugly streaks on the image from the sensor being over saturated by bright lights. Most all of the other cameras didn't appear to produce that artifact. Also, Freddie's voice cracks a couple times but that's understandable given the context of the concert, and he deals with it like the professional he was. Overall sound quality of the DVD is excellent. This is by far the best DVD of Queen live. I'd rank the Montreal DVD just below this one too. Get both!
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starring: Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Spike Edney
directed by: Gavin Taylor
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720616240095
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Label: Hollywood Records
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Hollywood Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 17, 2003
Running Time: 300 minutes
Studio: Hollywood Records
Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 1992
MPN: MCMD1624009D
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