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Come chiudere in bellezza un decennio prolifico dopo ben sette dischi favolosi? Ovviamente con un grande live album. "Live Killers" è un po' il "Made In Japan" delle quattro vecchie signore, ovvero un live grezzo, diretto e potente, lontano anni luce dai palchi lunghi venti metri e dalle ventimila telecamere di "Live At Wembley", diretta testimonianza del periodo d'oro dei Queen, prima della lenta ascesa nel mondo del pop/rock di massa (anche se il sottoscritto non disdegna nessun disco della band).
Il temporale campionato di "Dead On Time" (vedi "Jazz") introduce la versione fast di "We Will Rock You", eseguita in modo impeccabile, quindi il consueto saluto al pubblico ed ecco la tiratissima "Let Me Entertain You", sempre da "Jazz", in versione ancora più aggressiva che su disco, diretta testimonianza di un disco molto sottovalutato, penalizzato da una produzione non sempre all'altezza.
Si prosegue con la più pacata "Death On Two Legs", direttamente da "A Night At The Opera", altro grande brano eseguito in modo perfetto.
Da qui abbiamo una veloce discesa verso uno dei punti chiave del primo disco, ovvero "Now I'm Here". Si passa per il medley "Killer Queen/Bicycle Race/I'm In Love With My Car" (la seconda leggermente più debole rispetto alla versione album, la terza cantata come in originale da Roger Taylor), la schizofrenica "Get Down, Make Love" e la dolce "You're My Best Friend".
"Now I'm Here" è divisa come di consueto in due tronconi, solo che qui non vi è ancora "Dragon Attack" a riempire il buco, ma una lunga improvvisazione di Freddie e il pubblico, completamente partecipe, completamente coinvolto. Quindi ecco la parte finale della canzone ed il momento acustico, che tanto piaceva ai Queen. Si parte con "Dreamer's Ball", simpatico brano di "Jazz" dove si può apprezzare a pieno la sensualità della voce di Freddie.
Peccato che il brano viene subito dimenticato quando sopraggiunge "Love Of My Life", forse nella sua versione live migliore (dopotutto fu estratta come singolo all'epoca), e possiamo dire con certezza che questo è il momento migliore dei due dischi.
Brian presenta al pubblico Roger, John e Freddie, e proprio nel pieno dell'ovazione al vocalist parte una eccezionale "'39", cantata dallo stesso Freddie. Probabilmente il brano è più adatto alla sottile voce di Brian, ma anche in questa sede live si fa apprezzare. Finito il momento "calmo", si torna indietro nel 1973, alle battute di "Keep Yourself Alive", altro pezzo che vale gran parte del disco. Il primo cd è finito in modo devastante, ma la voglia di inserire il secondo è fortissima.
Il disco si apre con il trittico "Don't Stop Me Now/Spread Your Wings/Brighton Rock", tre pezzi eseguiti con una furia ed una precisione tali da indurre l'ascoltatore a prendere i rispettivi album ed usarli come sottobicchieri alle feste.
Nel mezzo di "Brighton Rock" troviamo il consueto guitar solo di Brian e un assolo di batteria di Roger, non troppo interessante ma nemmeno noioso.
Attimi di quiete con "Bohemian Rhapsody", eseguita senza infamia e senza lode, per poi tornare a sonorità più heavy con "Tie Your Mother Down/Sheer Heart Attack". Peccato che verso le tracce finali le prestazioni vocali di Freddie comincino a mancare (soprattutto in "Sheer Heart Attack"), essendo un collage di live da tutto il tour, mi sarei aspettato qualcosa in più. A chiudere ci pensano "We Will Rock You" e "We Are The Champions", sulle quali è inutile spendere parole. Il disco è finito, le calme note di "God Save The Queen", intonata dal pubblico entusiasta, ci accompagnano alla fine, fino al dissolversi della registrazione. Facendoci desiderare di ascoltare ancora il disco da capo.
Senza dubbio è il miglior live album della band, almeno tra quelli ufficiali. Stranamente, nonostante le vendite, Roger non ha mai gradito il disco, criticando la produzione "non all'altezza dei Queen". In effetti non è un suono pulitissimo e il volume risulta anche abbastanza basso, ma è pur sempre una registrazione del 1979. Probabilmente si poteva fare di più, ma probabilmente il suo essere "grezzo" lo valorizza maggiormente.
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01 We Will Rock You (03:16)
Aah
Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
Buddy you're a young man hard man
Shouting in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo' face
You big disgrace
Wavin' your banner all over the place
We will we will rock you
Sing it
We will we will rock you
Buddy you're an old man poor man
Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make
You some peace some day
You got mud on your face
Big disgrace
Somebody betta put you back into your place
We will we will rock you
Sing it
We will we will rock you
Everybody
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
Alright
02 Let Me Entertain You (03:16)
Hey - it's a sellout
Hey - let me welcome you ladies and gentlemen
I would like to say hello
Are you ready for some entertainment?
Are you ready for a show?
Gonna rock you gonna roll you
Get you dancing in the aisles
Jazz you razzmatazz you
With a little bit of style
C'mon let me entertain you let me entertain you
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
I've come here to sell you my body
I can show you some good merchandise
I'll pull you and I'll pill you
I'll Cruela-de-ville you
And to thrill you I'll use any device
We'll give you crazy performance
We'll give you grounds for divorce
We'll give you piece de resistance
And a tour de force of course
We found the right location
Got a lot of pretty lights
The sound and amplification listen
Hey if you need a fix if you want a high
Stickells see to that
With Electra and EMI
We'll show you where it's at
So c'mon
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
Let me entertain you let me entertain you
Just take a look at the menu
We give you rock a la carte
We'll breakfast at Tiffany's
We'll sing to you in Japanese
We're only here to entertain you
If you want to see some action
You get nothing but the best
The S and M attraction
We've got the pleasure chest
Chicago down to New Orleans
We get you on the line
If you dig the New York scene
We'll have a son of a bitch of a time
C'mon
Let me entertain let me entertain
Let me entertain you tonight
Hey where's my backstage pass
That was great
What an outrageous costume
Hey that Brian May is outa sight man
Not many not many
I've always wanted to be a groupie
04 Killer Queen (01:57)
So sad her eyes
Smiling dark eyes
So sad her eyes
As it began
On such a breathless night as this
Upon my brow the lightest kiss
I walked alone
And all around the air did say
My lady soon will stir this way
In sorrow known
The White Queen walks and the night grows pale
Stars of lovingness in her hair
Needing - unheard
Pleading - one word
So sad my eyes
She cannot see
How did thee fare, what have thee seen
The mother of the willow green
I call her name
And 'neath her window have I stayed
I loved the footsteps that she made
And when…
My Goddess, hear my darkest fear
I speak too late
It's for evermore that I wait
Dear friend goodbye
No tears in my eyes
So sad it ends
As it began
05 Bicycle Race (01:29)
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like
You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my
Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah!
Fat bottomed girls
They'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah
On your marks get set go
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle
Bicycle race
You say coke I say caine
You say John I say Wayne
Hot dog I say cool it man
I don't wanna be the President of America
You say smile I say cheese
Cartier I say please
Income tax I say Jesus
I don't wanna be a candidate for
Vietnam or Watergate
Cos all I wanna do is
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like
08 You're My Best Friend (02:10)
Ooo, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live
You're the best friend that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know that my feelings are true
I really love you
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
I've been wandering 'round
But I still came back to you
In rain or shine you've stood by me girl
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooo, you make me live now honey
Ooo, you make me live
You're the first one when things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
Ooo, you make me live
You, you're my best friend
10 Dreamer's Ball (03:42)
Oh I used to be your baby
Used to be your pride and joy
You used to take me dancing
Just like any other boy
But now you've found another partner
And left me like a broken toy
Oh it's someone else you're takin'
Someone else you're playin' to
Honey though I'm aching
Know just what I have to do
If I can't have you when I'm wakin'
I'll go to sleep and dream I'm with you
Oh take me take me take me
To the dreamer's ball
I'll be right on time and I'll dress so fine
You're gonna love me when you see me
I won't have to worry
Take me take me
Promise not to wake me 'till it's morning
It's all been true
What you say about that hey honey?
You gonna take me to that dreamer's ball?
I'd like that
Right on down forty-second street
Way down down town dreamer's town
Oh take me take me take me
I'm your plaything now
You make my life worthwhile with the slightest smile
Or destroy me with a barely perceptible whisper
Gently take me remember I'll be dreamin' of my baby
At the dreamer's ball
Take me hold me
Remember what you told me
You'd meet me at the dreamer's ball
I'll meet you at the dreamer's ball
12 '39 (03:26)
In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers
In the days when the lands were few
Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn
The sweetest sight ever seen.
And the night followed day
And the story tellers say
That the score brave souls inside
For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas
Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue
The Volunteers came home that day
And they bring good news of a world so newly born
Though their hearts so heavily weigh
For the earth is old and grey, little darlin' we'll away
But my love this cannot be
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me.
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
Write your letters in the sand
For the day I take your hand
In the land that our grandchildren knew.
Don't you hear my call though you're many years away
Don't you hear me calling you
All your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand
For my life
Still ahead
Pity Me.
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Altre recensioni
Di Walterstarman
Freddie Mercury è assolutamente molto pianistico e Brian favoleggia con la sua "Red Special" creando una giusta interazione.
We Are The Champions, dove il pubblico diventa un coro che rompe il cemento armato dello stadio. E Dio salvi la Regina.
Di piccolojedi1991
Una band più genuina, più heavy che fa partecipare il pubblico mandando in delirio tutti i presenti.
‘Love Of My Life’ in questa esecuzione live è semplicemente meravigliosa, trasportandoci in un'atmosfera rilassante.
