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Titolo: Queen - The Champions, documentario del 1979

Ok, ora con "Days of our lives" molte cose sono superate, ma è ancora un
grande documentario, con un sacco di pezzi molto rari ed apprezzati dai
fans! :-) Qua il dettaglio di cosa vedrete:
http://www.queenlive.ca/queen/champions.htm
 
 
Queen-The Champions USA Documentary 1979 Rare!!! Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_C1AkAoUnI
 
 
Queen-The Champions USA Documentary 1979 Rare!!! Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJih53zhBE
 
 
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'The Champions' documentary
 
The audio/video recordings often attributed to February 27, 1979 are
actually mostly from other dates. These songs (mostly just clips) are from
a US TV special entitled "The Champions," broadcast on December 21, 1979.
 
The edits between the various shows are very professionally done, as they
are all seamless. Here is a breakdown of all the concert footage, as I
have compared it to audience recordings and other videos. Note that the
video and audio aren't always from the same show (the audio often jumps
back and forth from the actual concert audio to being dubbed from Live
Killers), so in some cases this listing refers only to the visual, not the
audio:
 
 
Let Me Entertain You - Freddie's speech is from Paris 3-1-79, song is from
2-28-79
Fat Bottomed Girls - stage banter is from Paris 3-1-79, rest is studio
version
Get Down Make Love - Paris 2-28-79 and Tokyo 4-24-79
Now I'm Here - Paris 2-28-79 and Tokyo 4-25-79 (some audio is dubbed from
Live Killers)
Brian introducing Roger before '39 - Tokyo 4-25-79
Bohemian Rhapsody - Tokyo 4-24-79, 4-25-79, Paris 3-1-79 (some audio is
dubbed from Live Killers)
Tie Your Mother Down - mixture of Paris 2-28-79 and 3-1-79
Sheer Heart Attack - 2-28-79, 3-1-79 and 4-25-79 (audio of intro is from
Live Killers, rest is from 4-25-79)
We Will Rock You - 2-28-79 and 4-25-79 (some audio is dubbed from Live
Killers)
We Are The Champions - Paris 3-1-79
"Merci beaucoup, Paris!" - Paris 2-27-79
God Save The Queen - Tokyo 4-25-79 and Paris 3-1-79
 
 
There is also some footage of Sweet Lady from Hyde Park '76 (which
actually runs a bit slow), and some backstage footage from December 1977
(possibly Fort Worth or Houston). There is some interview footage as well,
including an amusing clip of Freddie with a Jimmy Carter mask on. Footage
from Freddie's day with the famous Royal Ballet on October 7 is seen here
(with the end of Bohemian Rhapsody from Live Killers as the audio), and
some of the Munich soundcheck is seen before the Paris footage of Fat
Bottomed Girls.
 
There is a clip of Freddie in his silver lurex suit peeling a banana and
throwing the peels into the audience while sitting on the shoulders of a
crew member dressed as Superman. Filmed from stage left during We Will
Rock You (but actually shown during Get Down Make Love amongst some
bizarre editing, including footage of Gene Simmons), Japanese audience
members can be seen in the background. The footage was recently confirmed
by Gary Taylor to be from the April 24 show in Tokyo. Also, at the
beginning of Bohemian Rhapsody, there are a few seconds of footage that
seem to be from the April 24th show.
 
Clips of a few promo videos (Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Fat Bottomed
Girls, Bohemian Rhapsody, etc.) are included as well, which weren't often
seen in US as there was no music TV station yet. The UK had Top Of The
Pops, but the US wouldn't get MTV until 1981.
 
It's interesting how Tie Your Mother Down and Sheer Heart Attack have the
exact same edits on The Champions as they would on the official Rare Live
video release ten years later. Also, the Let Me Entertain You edit (speech
and song from different nights) is identical on The Champions and The
Magic Years. It makes one wonder how much (or how little) footage from
these shows exists in Queen's vaults.
 
See the Paris table and Tokyo table for more details. 
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