I have no idea why, but this song just popped into my head about 1/2 hour ago. Well not the music to it, but I remembered it & needed to see it for some reason. I even had trouble remembering the name of it; but happy now I have found & seen it.
I shan't rattle on however.

Enjoy.

From Dr Bri's site : http://www.brianmay.com/main.html


PPL REVEAL MOST PLAYED QUEEN SONGS
As Great Britain celebrates 60 years of Her Majesty's reign, music licensing company PPL reveals which of her namesake band's hits are the most played by the British public.

The band Queen are almost as universally loved as Queen Elizabeth herself. Formed in 1971, their style of glam stadium rock has influenced the work of many. They have had 18 number one albums and 18 number one singles making them one of the world's biggest selling bands.

Despite lead singer Freddie Mercury's untimely death in 1991, Queen have continued to perform with various guest vocalists including Paul Rogers and more recently, Adam Lambert. For the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002, lead guitarist Brian May famously played the National Anthem from the rooftop of Buckingham Palace.

The top ten most played Queen songs are:

1) A Kind Of Magic
2) Don't Stop Me Now
3) Under Pressure
4) I Want To Break Free
5) Bohemian Rhapsody
6) Killer Queen
7) Somebody To Love
8 Radio Ga Ga
9) We Will Rock You
10) You're My Best Friend

"Queen are undeniably one of the greatest bands Britain has ever produced," said Jonathan Morrish, Director of PR and Corporate Communications at PPL. "These really are classics and show how their music has been such a part of people's lives. These songs make the perfect soundtrack to a Jubilee party this week."

A Kind Of Magic was released in 1986 for the film Highlander and reached number three in the UK singles chart. The top ten tracks are compiled from PPL's exclusive data which includes TV, radio and online usage as well as songs played in bars, shops, restaurants, gyms and other public places that use music.





Kind of Magic is #1? hmmmmm 

Great band. Mr.Mercury is one of my favorite male vocalists ever to have lived.

Last edited by Dramagod (June 18, 2012 6:57 pm)

I don't think I ever get out of the Queen phase; always there is a CD or DVD playing with a concert or just album. I think the one thing I am missing is a collection of his work with Montserrat Caballé. There are a few on one of my DVDs I absolutely adore them.
I only saw Queen once, alas, in 1976 when they toured Australia. I think I always thought they'd be back again & again and so was holding out for a while longer. I was such an idiot!

It blew my little teenage mind, lol.Only the year before I attended my first concert; the Bay City Rollers. So Queen was certainly a mind blowing experience, lol!

I attended the Queen+Adam Lambert concert on Saturday, 14th July, 2012 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. It was the last concert of their tour after gigs in Kiev, Moscow, Wroclaw (Poland) and two other Hammersmith concerts the same week.

You can think what you like about Adam Lambert – but he did a very good job.That guy can really sing!
And without him – who knows whether Brian and Roger were still touring? Of course they haven't forgotten how to play. If they just sat at home – what a waste that would be!

Basically, it was a "Greatest Hits" tour – I, being a die-hard Queen fan, could have wished for other stuff, but hey – it was a magnificent show! Brian, Roger (and his son Rufus on a second drum set), Spike Edney on keyboards and Neil Fairclough on bass were having so much fun throughout the really mind blowing show that in the end I definitely wished that "the show must go on". The lightning show was amazing: lots of pyrotechnics and dry-ice fog on stage and an enthusiastic 5.000 people audience who could sing along every word – at least the Queen fans (many even from Japan and New Zealand). The Adam Lambert supporters came especially from the States and Canada where he is obviously very popular particularly amongst the ladies. During my nine hours of queuing and waiting in front of the Apollo (rain included – but I was lucky to be under the roof this time. Some years ago I was wet as a fish when the concert began…) I talked to many of them and it was such great fun that one could nearly forget about the wet cold.
Finally, I made it to the front row (yay!) and during the concert Adam Lambert reached out and touched my hand… though I wore a Brian May T-Shirt  … but – judging from their interactions he seems to be Brian's BFF by now.
Because of the long queuing time I missed the Sherlock Holmes picnic in Regents Park. But as it is announced to be "annual" I think there'll be a chance for me to attend it next year.

Well, here are some of my photos.
It was really hard to concentrate on making photos while being blown away by the show.

You are really lucky to have seen that show; I've been following the progress of the tour since its inception.

One thing I would like to let you know though, regarding this:

tobeornot221b wrote:

You can think what you like about Adam Lambert – but he did a very good job.That guy can really sing!
And without him – who knows whether Brian and Roger were still touring? Of course they haven't forgotten how to play. If they just sat at home – what a waste that would be!

Brian and Roger have NEVER stopped working and frankly (especially Dr Bri) it is amazing how much work these guys are still doing. Off the top of my head they are involved in :

- both are actively working with producing the WWRY musicals. Brian does a few cameos appearances every now & then on special occasions. Both of the guuys are involved in cast selection, script changes etc.
- Dr Bri has founded an animal activist group called "Save Me" which is doing good work in the UK.
- Dr Bri has also set up The London Stereoscopic Company with Elena Vidal to preserve this lost artform which they have with great success.
- Roger has been working hard with the Queen Extravaganza show which saw a lond selection process occur to find members for a Queen sanctioned tribute band.There have been some amazing finds during that project.
- Brian has been very active in writing, producing and performing with Kerry Ellis. She is a protégé of Brian's , an original cast member of WWRY.

Here's a glimpse of the "what's new" page on Brian's website:
Kinda hard to find too many people having that kind of schedule

I could go on and on, as so many other things have come to mind since I started typing this, but in short let it be known that Rog & Dr Bri have never slowed down, have never left the industry that they love so much, have been responsible for many talents coming through in the UK and probably would not know HOW to 'just sit at home'.

Adam Lambert is very fortunate to be working with and learning from the best of the best. In his own right, he has already forged new territory. He is the first rising artist in the USA to be accepted as being openly gay. I would not say Freddie would have been proud of him or pleased with his trail blazing. Nor would I say he is 'like Freddie' because he's very different in many ways, however he suits the band & the songs & carries them off well.
I would not expect the union of Queen + Lambert will last more than a few years (if that) but he has a lot of learning to be done & he has the masters to teach him.
I hope they tour Australia at some stage.

Irene Adler wrote:

Oh, God, tobe... I wich I could have been there too. Lucky girl...

Yes, Irene, in hindsight, I can hardly believe my luck, definitely!
Would have been so nice having met you in London as we both were there at the same time...

@ kazza:
I didn't mean that Brian (of all people - his day has to be longer than 24 hours!) and Roger have been idle – not in the least.
But as they would have a singer problem it is therefore essentially up to someone suitable whether Queen will be touring or not.
I was fine with Paul Rodgers in 2005/2008 – though he couldn't do the harder songs very well - but ok! For me anyone (approved by Brian and Roger) will do as a singer as long as I can see them play live.
The highlight of every Queen+ xxx show for me would always be the acoustic set with just Brian sitting on a stool right in front of me  (I would somehow make it to the front row almost every time…) playing "Love of my life" and (with Roger) "39" with the whole audience singing along. Goosebumps! At Hammersmith they even did a song "for John": "You're my best friend" - which I found a lovely nod to him.
Young Adam Lambert of course has to learn a lot – but actually, he definitely has improved since the Kiev concert which I watched by live stream three weeks ago.

I wish all of you Queen fans out there that you could also enjoy a concert in the near future.
The boys are still fantastic!

Last edited by tobeornot221b (July 17, 2012 9:40 am)

Wow.
In my youtubing frenzy I just found a full 1 hour & 45 min video of Freddie's Memorial concert.

I lost my copy years ago but sadly it wasn't as long as this video. Just what I need to play in the background while I am online.

I also thought the part with the late, great Freddie was wonderful. Danny Boyle really knows how to work a crowd too doesn't he...although like Moriarty he does it indirectly. I thought Jessie J was great too...an Essex girl ye know.