thefonz
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Post by thefonz on Apr 1, 2021 1:57:43 GMT
Something I've wondered about for years - do you think the band ever recorded the 'fast' version of "We Will Rock You" in the studio, apart form the BBC session? Even a decent rehersal of it?
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jazz78
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Post by jazz78 on Apr 1, 2021 12:43:34 GMT
Nothing beats the BBC version but I'd love to hear an actual NOTW recording during those sessions if they did indeed record one!!!
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 1, 2021 18:11:06 GMT
Something I've wondered about for years - do you think the band ever recorded the 'fast' version of "We Will Rock You" in the studio, apart form the BBC session? Even a decent rehersal of it? Maybe a rehearsal exists on tape, but it definitely wasn't tracked for NOTW. WWRY itself was almost an after-thought - it was the last thing completed for the album, in just a few hours. Brian is quoted saying so in a radio interview not long after the album was released.
The idea that WWRY was done as a grand scheme alongside WATC is revisionist history (not least because the latter dates back to 1975).
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ted
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Post by ted on Apr 1, 2021 23:26:32 GMT
Something I've wondered about for years - do you think the band ever recorded the 'fast' version of "We Will Rock You" in the studio, apart form the BBC session? Even a decent rehersal of it? Maybe a rehearsal exists on tape, but it definitely wasn't tracked for NOTW. WWRY itself was almost an after-thought - it was the last thing completed for the album, in just a few hours. Brian is quoted saying so in a radio interview not long after the album was released.
The idea that WWRY was done as a grand scheme alongside WATC is revisionist history (not least because the latter dates back to 1975). Interesting then that WWRY opens the album. I've always considered it a good opener, though kind of unusual. Ted |
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