Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

...DVDs comprise a tribute to Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991 after succumbing to AIDS. All the artists involved gave their time for free - and those included reads like a Who's Who of British rock music, in addition to artists from overseas such as Metallica and Liza Minelli. There is an array of "extras" on the 2 DVDs, including rehearsal footage for each act (press enter when you see the "i" box at the corner of your screen), a documentary on ...
...the immense task of emulating Freddie Mercury and his voice was reedy and thin. Also rather strangely Zucchero (who??) were included performing Las Palabras Del Amor (what? - maybe a more dedicated Queen fan could point out where this song came from - is it anything to do with Barcelona?) Spinal Tap's performance was also left out, along with Def Leppard. I would much rather have seen the mighty Tap than Paul Young or Zucchini any day! On DVD, ...

drewish 08.03.2007 (09.03.2007) · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

...Stadium to pay tribute to Freddie Mercury who died of AIDS on 24th November 1991. It's embarassing to admit, but because I'm only 19 now, a lot of the artists on the video I didn't know when I first bought it, and admittedly some of them now I'm still not that familiar with (although a lot more familiar than other people my age I'd guess) Because it's so long, you're not going to want to watch it all at once, unless you really have nothing else ...
...be pretty amazing to rival Freddie Mercury's vocal range and performance talent. Some tried, some failed, and some just did their own versions of the songs. In my opinion, George Michael gives one of the best performances, he sings "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with Lisa Stansfield and rocks out "Somebody To Love" perfectly, getting all the audience going, I can only imagine what it'd be like to have seen him perform this live. Elton John sings ...

sandy_01 02.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

...of you who remember when freddie died and watched this memorial on t.v. you may be a little disappointed. The original concert was in two halves, the first half was various groups (including metallica, def leopard and extreme) doing a short set each in honor of Freddie Mercury and in support of the charity. The second half was some members of various bands taking their turns to perform queens greatest hits alongside the remaining members of Queen. ...
...concert. All in all it's great veiwing and i challenge anyone who liked Queen's music not to end up humming or even singing along, the perfomances (put together in quite a short space of time) are good (mostly), and its a unique experience to see some of the most unlikely pairings the music world has seen. However I still can't help feeling cheated by the exclusion of the firat half. ...

phoenix_pagan 08.02.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (10th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)