Who Wants To Live Forever
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==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
* Written by: '''[[Brian May]]''' | * Written by: '''[[Brian May]]''' | ||
- | * Produced by: '''[[Queen]]''' and '''[[David Richards]]''' | + | * Produced by: '''[[Band History | Queen]]''' and '''[[David Richards]]''' |
* Musicians: | * Musicians: | ||
- | : '''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - vocals | + | : '''[[Freddie Mercury]]''' - lead and backing vocals |
- | : '''[[ | + | : '''[[Brian May]]''' - synthesizer, guitars, backing vocals, drum programming, orchestral arrangements |
- | : '''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - | + | : '''[[Roger Taylor]]''' - backing vocals |
- | + | : '''[[Michael Kamen]]''' - orchestral arrangements, conductor | |
- | : '''[[Michael Kamen]]''' - orchestral arrangements | + | |
: '''[[National Philharmonic Orchestra]]''' - strings | : '''[[National Philharmonic Orchestra]]''' - strings | ||
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+ | * Length: 5:13 | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
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- | |valign="top"|[[A Kind Of Magic]], 1986 | + | |valign="top"|[[A Kind Of Magic (album) | A Kind Of Magic]], 1986 |
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|valign="top"|[[Classic Queen]], 1992 USA | |valign="top"|[[Classic Queen]], 1992 USA | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | {| | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Image:Wembley86lp.jpg|50px|]] | ||
+ | |valign="top"|[[Live At Wembley '86]], 1992 | ||
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* Original Skip Demo No 3 | * Original Skip Demo No 3 | ||
* Original Skip Demo No 4 | * Original Skip Demo No 4 | ||
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'''Soundtracks:''' | '''Soundtracks:''' | ||
* Highlander, although no official soundtrack exists | * Highlander, although no official soundtrack exists | ||
- | == | + | ==Queen Talks== |
- | ''' | + | {{Brian Quote |
- | + | | quote = "The hero of [Highlander] discovers in his first battle that he can't die, and unfortunately he finds that he falls in love with this girl, and everybody tells him that it's a bad idea if they stay together because eventually she must grow old and die, and he won't. But nevertheless he does, he stays with her and she does grow old and she dies in his arms and she says, 'I never understood why you stayed with me,' and he says, 'I see you just the same as I saw you when I first met you', and she's old and she's dying. I was very moved by that and I wrote this song called 'Who Wants To Live Forever (When Love Must Die)'."<br><br> | |
+ | | source = '''[[Brian May]] - 1986''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
- | == | + | {{Brian Quote |
- | + | | quote = "This is a very different era, of course. The song was written – I've documented this very well, I know – but what happened was we went to see the Highlander rushes with Russell Mulcahy, and that was our first experience in any way with Highlander – I hadn't read the script; I don't think any of us had – and it was very moving. [The film is] about a man who becomes conscious that he's immortal, and he's reluctant to accept that fact, but he's told that if he falls in love he's in big trouble, but of course he falls in love anyway. And the girl that he falls in love with eventually grows old and dies in his arms, and that kind of opened up a floodgate in me – I was dealing with a lot of tragedies in my life: the death of my father, the death of my marriage, and so forth. I could immediately hear this 'Who Wants To Live Forever' in my head, and it was almost complete in the car going home – I remember singing it to my manager as he drove me home, and he was pretty surprised. He said, 'Where did that come from?' and I said, 'I don't even know.'"<br><br> | |
+ | | source = '''[[Brian May]] - 2003, [[Greatest Video Hits 2]] DVD commentary''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Roger Quote | ||
+ | | quote = "Yeah, I got quite drunk doing this [video]. I couldn't remember my bits. I must've been drunk, because I'm dressed appallingly in some denim outfit. I must've fallen into a vat of bleach! This was a long, boring shoot, and it's all terribly serious. It looks a bit religious, so I can't say I'm very keen on that... I really love the song in the context of the Highlander film, with all the moving shots of the highlander and his wife, and she's getting old and it's all shots in the Highlands, and I thought that was very beautiful and very moving."<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Roger Taylor]] - 2003, [[Greatest Video Hits 2]] DVD commentary''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Brian Quote | ||
+ | | quote = "To my mind, I don't think the video does that much for the song, but it's nice to see Freddie very formal."<br><br> | ||
+ | | source = '''[[Brian May]] - 2003, [[Greatest Video Hits 2]] DVD commentary''' | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Covers== | ||
+ | [[Cover Version List#Who_Wants_To_Live_Forever | Cover Versions]] | ||
==Chords & Tabs== | ==Chords & Tabs== |
Current revision as of 05:22, 18 August 2009
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Queen Talks
"The hero of [Highlander] discovers in his first battle that he can't die, and unfortunately he finds that he falls in love with this girl, and everybody tells him that it's a bad idea if they stay together because eventually she must grow old and die, and he won't. But nevertheless he does, he stays with her and she does grow old and she dies in his arms and she says, 'I never understood why you stayed with me,' and he says, 'I see you just the same as I saw you when I first met you', and she's old and she's dying. I was very moved by that and I wrote this song called 'Who Wants To Live Forever (When Love Must Die)'." Brian May - 1986
"This is a very different era, of course. The song was written – I've documented this very well, I know – but what happened was we went to see the Highlander rushes with Russell Mulcahy, and that was our first experience in any way with Highlander – I hadn't read the script; I don't think any of us had – and it was very moving. [The film is] about a man who becomes conscious that he's immortal, and he's reluctant to accept that fact, but he's told that if he falls in love he's in big trouble, but of course he falls in love anyway. And the girl that he falls in love with eventually grows old and dies in his arms, and that kind of opened up a floodgate in me – I was dealing with a lot of tragedies in my life: the death of my father, the death of my marriage, and so forth. I could immediately hear this 'Who Wants To Live Forever' in my head, and it was almost complete in the car going home – I remember singing it to my manager as he drove me home, and he was pretty surprised. He said, 'Where did that come from?' and I said, 'I don't even know.'" Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary
"Yeah, I got quite drunk doing this [video]. I couldn't remember my bits. I must've been drunk, because I'm dressed appallingly in some denim outfit. I must've fallen into a vat of bleach! This was a long, boring shoot, and it's all terribly serious. It looks a bit religious, so I can't say I'm very keen on that... I really love the song in the context of the Highlander film, with all the moving shots of the highlander and his wife, and she's getting old and it's all shots in the Highlands, and I thought that was very beautiful and very moving." Roger Taylor - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary
"To my mind, I don't think the video does that much for the song, but it's nice to see Freddie very formal." Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary CoversChords & Tabs
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