Sunday, April 28, 2013
Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy. The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts.
The song is used to frame the scenes in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather MacLeod growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, remains forever young. (It was later used in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", "Line of Fire", and "Leader of the Pack" of the Highlander television series.) The song's title is taken from a line in another movie scored by Brian May and Queen, Flash Gordon (the line can be heard on Battle Theme from Queen Flash Gordon soundtrack album).
May sings lead vocals on the first verse, before Freddie Mercury takes over for most of the rest of the song, with May singing "But touch my tears with your lips" during Mercury's verse and then the final line of the song, "Who waits forever anyway?". An instrumental version of the song, titled "Forever", was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by Brian May. Queen was backed up by an orchestra, with orchestrations by the co-composer of the film's score, Michael Kamen. Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists.
Queen - Live Wembley Stadium FRIDAY 1986 - FULL CONCERT
Setlist
One Vision 1:30
Tie Your Mother Down 6:01
In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited 10:13
Seven Seas of Rhye 12:26
Tear It Up 13:45
A Kind of Magic 16:05
Vocal Improv 22:59
Under Pressure 24:37
Another One Bites the Dust 28:39
Who Wants to Live Forever 34:22
I Want to Break Free 38:18
Impromptu (Improv) 41:51
Brighton Rock Solo (Guitar solo) 45:20
Now I'm Here 52:34
Love of My Life 59:03
Is This the World We Created...? 1:03:47
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 1:06:35
Tutti Frutti 1:10:14
Bohemian Rhapsody 1:14:13
Hammer to Fall 1:20:13
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1:26:07
Radio Ga Ga 1:32:37
We Will Rock You 1:38:37
Friends Will Be Friends 1:41:27
We Are the Champions 1:43:29
God Save the Queen 1:47:24
David Bowie - Glass Spider Tour 1987 - FULL CONCERT
List of songs:
1.Up The Hill Backwards
2.Glass Spider
3.Day-In Day-Out
4.Bang Bang
5.Absolute Beginners
6.Loving The Alien
7.China Girl
8.Rebel Rebel
9.Fashion
10.Never Let Me Down
11.Heroes
12.Sons Of The Silent Age
13.Young Americans
14.The Jean Genie
15.Let's Dance
16.Time
17.Fame
18.Blue Jean
19.I Wanna Be Your Dog
20.White Light / White Heat
21.Modern Love
Tour band:
David Bowie - vocals, guitar
Peter Frampton - guitar, vocals
Carlos Alomar - guitar
Carmine Rojas - bass guitar
Alan Childs - drums
Erdal Kizilcay - keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin
Richard Cottle - keyboards, saxophone
Tour dancers:
Melissa Hurley
Constance Marie
Spazz Attack (Craig Allen Rothwell)
Viktor Manoel
Stephen Nichols
Toni Basil (choreography)
Ray Charles -with Diane Schuur - FULL CONCERT - 1999
Tracklist:
1 I Got A Woman
2 A Song For You
3 It Hurts To Be In Love
4 Georgia On My Mind
5 The Good Life
6 Your Cheatin' Heart
7 They Can't Take That Away From Me
8 It Had To Be You
9 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
10 Till There Was You
11 Say No More
12 Blues For Big Scotia
13 If You Go Away
14 All I Ever Need Is You
15 Love In Three Quarter Time
16 America, The Beautiful
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