Queen: Days of Our Lives
In 1971, four university students got together to form a band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever. Their story is a remarkable one, a narrative that covers early struggles, huge obstacles, success, arguments, breakups, triumph, tragedy and an enduring legacy - all against a backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe.
In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Guiding us through an extensive archive full of hitherto unseen footage, the documentary reveals how four strong-minded individuals, all capable of writing massive hit songs, worked together so successfully for four decades.
Queen never did anything by halves - meaning their highs were massive, but their lows catastrophic. It is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
But the band quickly learned that if reaching the top is tough, staying there is the biggest challenge of all. With a loss of focus in the studio, the decline in popularity in North America, increasing internal tension and a desire to pursue solo projects, it seemed as if the band had had its day.
Then came the performance from Mercury at Live Aid, and their record breaking Magic tour in 1986. Queen were propelled back amongst the very best. Rejuvenated, the world was once again at their feet, but then tragedy struck and threatened to tear the band apart. Featuring musical performances, previously unseen and rare footage, and intimate interviews.
know one did it better than Freddie and the boys of Queen. We have Da'vinci, Warhol, Picasso and Freddie. True artistic creative art that will live on forever. Watch and enjoy what they gave us, it truly is a treat.Thank's for the memories. R.I.P Freddie.
that was beautiful, i love you and miss you Freddie
Great doc for a great band...
So many mentions in the comments of his sexuality and how it doesnt have to do with his performing. Thats like saying "I dont like eggs, but it has nothing to do with how much I like my birthday."
What?
I saw them live in 1982 I believe after Pressure came out. It was simply brilliant. Live was like listening to them in the studio. Freddy was a true showman and the show was a production. Thanks for the memories Queen. What a ride you had.
The critics that tried to pigeon hole them didn't get it and thankfully they had the artistic control to do what they wanted on every album.
In the history of modern music Queen is a stand alone!,Freddy and the boy's taught Hard Core 1970's Rock fans a lesson in a Form of musical satire that people of the 1700 called Opera and they loved it! without anyone pushing it down there throat's .We ALL learned a bit about musical culture which will last through out our lives ,Thank you Queen !!!!!! R.I.P Freddy Mercury-
Thank you for embedding a new video link. I love Queen and just had to see this. I was dressed as Freddie and singing along the whole time. LOL. And of course, I was in tears at the end ::-(
Damn Queen was awsome. Great docu.
@Vlatko
Is there a reason why when i type a comment it only shows two-three lines of it at a time. If i want to revise my comment before pushing SENT, i have to scrool in the little box.
Is it the fault of my old computer? Or does this have anything to do with your last request to minimizing the lenghth of our comments?
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I was surprised by the fact that only Mercury was gay. I suppose finding out that piece of information alone was worth watching the documentary.
Fantastic viewing. I enjoyed their Journey... watching the Band still gives me chills..
This doc is great! Great!
not able to watch it in Germany :(
I enjoyed that a lot more than i thought i would :) good doc
loved it. thanks drugs and gays for creating awesome music. :) now seriously, genius musicianship, great doc.
I enjoyed that very much....2 hours went by pretty fast.
That was living a passion to the fullest!
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Thank you! This was awesome, it made me cry, he was awesome.
Wow, this one really took me back! What an amazing body of music, and old Freddie could really belt em out, couldn't he? I'll probably watch this doc again,and it's a nice break from the doomsday scenarios we've seen lately, but first I think I'll take a trip to the music store.
That was friggin awesome. No mention of the live show they played in Rio that was on HBO. I remember learning how to set the family VCR(lol right)so i could watch it later since i had to work the close shift at mickey d's. Oh the memories this brings back. Thank you for the post Vlatko, you are da man!!!
Isn't Adam Lambert Queen's new lead singer? Wonder if he'll exit the same sad way Mercury did. A good documentary nonetheless; made me glad I didn't waste even one day or even one cent on the music in my adolecense!
Great doc. So sad. R.I.P Freddy
Legend.
Doesn't really do this group of guys justice.
ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC! The best part was when watching it that I looked into the livingroom, (I watched it while cleaning the kitchen) my 9 year old son was totally jammin to some of the songs that he could hear playing. He has become a great Queen fan thanks to Mario videos. Works for me. I love that I can pass this amazing music onto my children. QUEEN ROCKS!
Queen - A fantastic group that I was blessed to grow up with as a teenager!
Great documentary about Queen and things I never knew about until now.
Brilliant Documentary! My father would talk about Freddie and how awesome Queen was. I had no idea!