Concert Paper: Queen- live at Wembley Stadium, 1986

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Concert Paper: Queen- live at Wembley Stadium, 1986

Introduction

In this paper I will be discussing the historical concert by Queen (band) at Wembley Stadium in 1986. The paper is actually a textual representation and review of the concert video.

The Band

Queen is a British rock band, formed in 1971 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup in the following year. The group enjoyed great success in Great Britain in the mid-1970s with albums Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the Opera the following year. This latest album drew international attention, putting Queen in the foreground of the music scene. It had a significant impact on the United States until the mid-1980s, and with a large repertoire of hits. It is noted for its musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements and vocal harmonies. They are considered a band of great influence in the development of hard rock and heavy metal, incorporating elements of glam rock, progressive rock, folk, blues and pop.

It was the first musical group to make very colorful concert performances by using smoke bombs, fleshpots, moving lights and the main component, the charisma of Freddie Mercury, in addition to engaging the public recital. Indeed, it performances have been recognized as the Live Aid in 1985 and the famous concert at Wembley Stadium in 1986 as the best rock concerts in history, which is the focus of our topic in this paper. Although the quartet always found a very large acceptance, popularity and commercial success, at the time, critics did not take seriously the whole, one of the most remembered as the American music publication Rolling Stone labeled the album Jazz as "fascist". Queen has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Queen was named the thirteenth best artist of hard rock's of all-time in a list compiled by.

A Kind of Magic

In early 1986 they release their album A Kind of Magic which reached no. # 1 remained in the charts for 63 weeks. It was a very different reception in the U.S., reaching gold record until 2002. While the British quartet was losing the attention of American audiences throughout the world (especially Europe), the set is still maintained as a superstar band. The album was made ??with songs that were written for the film Highlander (Highlander), starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. Songs were used for the film. Queen recorded and included on the album other songs that would not appear in that film, making this album a publication "own" and not a soundtrack. That album was a huge success, thanks to the song also titled "A Kind of Magic", the ballad "Who Wants to Live Forever", the main theme of the film Highlander. When Queen ended his record, the different labels decide to agree to edit various simple. Thus, EMI decides to run for "A Kind of Magic" and Capitol "Princes of the ...