Ehsan A yeah that’s a good intro too. I think Now I’m Here is best with a “calmer” setlist while the fast version of We Will Rock You makes sense for setlists that have more of the rock songs like Montreal had
As great as this version is I remember the general feeling of confusion in the audience when I first heard it during the Jazz tour. The studio version is so iconic that it took balls to open with an alternate version that even the most die hard fans had never heard, but that was Queen. No shortage of balls.
In Philadelphia, they opened with Jail House Rock then did this. You're right, it was a little awkward at first no one heard, However, I picked it up right away. That was my second Queen concert, I saw the previous tour first.
I cannot believe this is live concert, it sounds like it was made in studio.. Freddy was incredible!! Nobody can own the whole scene like he did! Amazing talent!!
Queen has been my favorite band since i was 15. The 70s was their best decade and then they were only so so until Innuendo. What a great swan song that is.
@@eXquisiteGaming110 i don't know about him but i realize how lucky i was. You knew a band via two things: vinyl and concerts and as for concerts? No metal detectors, no adults getting in your face. We teenagers took over the venue and paid homage on a sea of lighters beneath a cloud of cigarette and pot smoke. It was fucking great.
Absolutely fucking not. Not only is it shortened to two verses, but he also fucks up the lyrics. Not to mention that he literally doesn't hit the A4s. This is just a mediocre version.
I must correct you, every single fucking language on planet earth and beyond has not enough world to describe it, even if you could speak them all together!
That is "moi" all dressed in beige in the Brian May/ Ann Wilson naturelle perm in the second pan/chrous zoomed in at 2:06 minutes into the opening. Did not know this until over 30 years later. It's a good thing I was paying attention when I sat down to watch it or I would never have known I was in this iconic concert video forever immortalized on celluloid! It was truly an amazing moment! You just had to be there to see my reaction after so many years. You ARE the Best Ever Freddie!!! Merci Kim xo
@@japjikular7661 Hi Japji, I am beginning to fully appreciate just how lucky I was/am to have seen Queen with Freddie 3 times altogether. Hologram tour mostly likely to come to a concert venue near you soon enough!
@@Vortigan07 Yes, it most definitely was! I was returning from having spent a year in Vancouver and stopped in Montréal to take-in a couple of concerts (Queen and Genesis) for my 21st birthday before heading-up to Labrador for the Christmas holidays. Lucky for me that it was the 3rd time that I saw Queen live! By far one of the BEST concerts I saw live, and I was at many!
@@pressstart1490 The feeling is next to impossible to describe (and I'm pretty good with words!). It can ONLY be experienced. When I watch the concert video; it takes me back there at once and all the emotions I felt then, I feel all over again and again! Never took it for granted- experiencing Queen as a sum total band LIVE.
There are probably lots of people watching this, looking at the people in the audience, and saying "That's my mum", "That's my dad", "That's my aunt", "That's my uncle" etc.
I love this version of "we will rock you" more than the official one. The best performance of it is, in my opinion, on "Live killers". In fact, it open the album
UFO take off on Queen stage at thunderstorm !!! Doesn't matter if Fred hits the lyrics on point, the "Rogg yo" at the end is just Freddie at his very best! Great bass playing by the great John Deacon. He had such a punchy bass tone... one of the greatest bass players of all time !!!
I used to also resent this audience for their lackluster appreciation of the greatest gift they'll ever see: Queen live w/ the magic of Freddie.....But then I found an old version on a tape called We Will Rock You and the crowd was awesome! It's just not evident in the newer versions, as I have several diff copies, CD's and a tape of the show I made off the TV that PBS aired. All of them are slightly different, but it's stunning to hear the oldest one, the WWRY, & note the audience's reaction which is loud & boisterous. It restored my faith in Montreal anyway! Just read Brian's take on the whole event; hope he's pleased w/ the outcome b/c this concert, in whatever form, is what made me fall in love w/ Queen & made me a die-hard fan for life! And Freddie just BLEW ME AWAY w/ the performance that transcends mere mortals. I stood, w/ controller in hand, for an hour Trying to turn the station, but I couldn't take my eyes off Freddie. Needless to say, my life hasn't been the same since! Nor will it ever return to the slop I settled for "as music." Freddie opened my eyes, my ears, my heart, & soul.....and I heard, Really heard, music for the first time! Thank God for Queen!! :)
Apparently the film crew (who were completely different from Queen's staff) were being really rude to the audience before the show started, and butting heads with Queen's crew before the show as well. So by the time the show started a lot of people were in a bad mood. But Queen wins them over by the end of the show and everyone's finally on their feet (like they were the entire time when I saw Queen on this tour).
Siempre tuve este concierto en casa (en DVD) y me pareció el mejor, tiempo después supe que es eel video oficial de los conciertos, increíble el sonido, parece de estudio a pesar que estas en un auditorium, con el tiempo vine a vivir a Montreal y me doy cuenta que lo filmaron acá. Y que la gorra que saca es del equipo de Hockey de MTL. Grande QUEEN y MTL.
whether the audience is boring or not the main thing is QUEEN always delivered a fine show ...that is what is most important ...and QUEEN did it WELL...
He's counting out loud. Its a technique used to improve and keep good time while drumming. "One.. And two... And three..." etc.. I'm a guitarist, but I imagine this HAS to be a workout to play on drums. Those fast roll sections are impressive. I usually just keep time with my feet while playing. It really does help.
This great concert was same I saw at Puebla, México only Freddie used a mexican hat. Great voice Freddie, The sound was wonderful. I'm listening in the living room at home, with the sound high and makes me remember that october 17th 1921 wowww amazing experience
Let's just calm down with the length of years shall we. As much as we all love Queen they were most definitely not the biggest band in the world their entire live career
Its great to hear the description. It really colors the scene of the performance. I've always liked "Live at the bowl" far more than this, and it all comes down to performance. They do seem a little tense at times, and the audience wasn't with it. Shame this gem wasn't treated with care by the original crew.
I was looking at the comments and reviews based on this, Queen's 'We Will Rock You' (Live Fast Version), and it struck me just how singular of mind many people are, simply focusing on how boring the crowd was in Montréal. Really? Such band wagoneers!!! Since I was one of many in the crowd; I can speak to that. I was in total awe of what was unfolding in front of my eyes and ears- YES AWESTRUCK!!! MAGIC IT WAS!!! I was so caught-up in the moment, that I just wanted to 'soak it all in' and give it my FULL attention. Live in the moment! It's a very good thing that mobile phones were not around back then. What a distraction from the unique and special performance that would have been, a total missed opportunity and experience.
Bravo, all of you for investing your time and knowledge+++ into making this record of time back in the 1981. Yep, those were the days. But the sound is great, speedy and wilde.
Sure wish there would be something like a timemachine ... There would be several concerts I'd love to attend (Queen, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, The Beatles ... guess I can come up with some more ;) 😉
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WARNING: QUEEN CONCERTS MAY CAUSE PERMANENT GOOSEBUMPS
Yeah yeah 😉😎
Too late for me....
Alexander The
Greek -- they also cause addiction!
Barbra awesome@@barbarasaracini1271
MAY
I can't be the only one who prefers this version.
Yeah i like it a lot
Me too. Studio version is iconic but a bit played out for the fans that have listened to it for the last 30 yra
This is what I prefer
Best opening to a concert what a atmosphere
Pink floyd?
Even though he messed up the lyrics I prefer this version
@Necramonium wait what
As much as i love this version of the song and also this intro, i really loved the now im here intro
Ehsan A yeah that’s a good intro too. I think Now I’m Here is best with a “calmer” setlist while the fast version of We Will Rock You makes sense for setlists that have more of the rock songs like Montreal had
Freddie Mercury is the best frontman of rock and roll all times ever
This is not a concert,this is a spiritual experience
Have someone else noticed how damn COOL is deaky in this clip? Rockin the shit out of that bass, literally! 😎
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!! He was so underrated....
Literally? I sure hope not! 🤣
He's in my opinion you in the top three, and the most underated bass player
And dancing 😂
Deaky “Cool & Sexy as Hello ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️💋💋💋💋💋❤️
Nothing like this will ever pass this way again.....ever.....
As great as this version is I remember the general feeling of confusion in the audience when I first heard it during the Jazz tour. The studio version is so iconic that it took balls to open with an alternate version that even the most die hard fans had never heard, but that was Queen. No shortage of balls.
Haha that’s right
In Philadelphia, they opened with Jail House Rock then did this. You're right, it was a little awkward at first no one heard, However, I picked it up right away. That was my second Queen concert, I saw the previous tour first.
No shortage of balls lol 😂
@@Stanthemanmusic9 I envy you....I was born a decade too late :/ Glad Queen came into existence though
@@shrutiravichandran Be happy for the youtube videos
I saw this at IMAX on Sunday!! I was bouncing in my seat to all the songs! It was awesome!!!!
I’m going in 2 weeks to IMAX - cannot wait!
I went too! I was in tearsssss
If time travel was real I would go to every queen concert
Why not also give Freddie condoms?
@@reiniest LMAO SO TRUE
Angus Rehbein same
I would go to the puebla concert xd
@@reiniest wow this comment sticks out like a sore thumb
I cannot believe this is live concert, it sounds like it was made in studio.. Freddy was incredible!! Nobody can own the whole scene like he did! Amazing talent!!
Talent can't be hidden,can it?
They were always like that. I was lucky to see them twice in this era. Complete f’ing monsters. Absolutely crushing precision rock machine.
jeoy ramone did it..
They did overdub a lot of the vocals in the studio unfortunately but he was still incredible live
@@haggler there's not much overdubs in this song, as evident on the audience recording we have of it: ua-cam.com/video/4xpb0UgpGy4/v-deo.html
I saw Queen on this tour. Personally my favorite Queen era.
laudanum669 you don’t understand how lucky you are that you got to witness this 😍
Which concert?
Queen has been my favorite band since i was 15. The 70s was their best decade and then they were only so so until Innuendo. What a great swan song that is.
@@eXquisiteGaming110 i don't know about him but i realize how lucky i was. You knew a band via two things: vinyl and concerts and as for concerts? No metal detectors, no adults getting in your face. We teenagers took over the venue and paid homage on a sea of lighters beneath a cloud of cigarette and pot smoke. It was fucking great.
This fast version of we will rock you is the best version
Absolutely fucking not. Not only is it shortened to two verses, but he also fucks up the lyrics. Not to mention that he literally doesn't hit the A4s. This is just a mediocre version.
Mark Andrews not necessarily this one. Just the fast version of We will Rock You generally. For example, the bbc recorded session.
@@user-es6hj2mb9d He said 'this fast version' not 'this version'.
@@pluto488 Yes the live version. He literally said 'this live version'.
The Best versión is Houston 77
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ADJECTIVES IN THE WHOLE FREAKING ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE HOW GOOD FREDDIE MERCURY IS
I must correct you, every single fucking language on planet earth and beyond has not enough world to describe it, even if you could speak them all together!
@@martafornara5367 you are so fucking right ..
Lady Berd I’m the 60th like BUT I 100% AGREE. FREDDIE MERCURY IS A LEGEND!
But dont forget Brian, Roger and Deacky
Looks like the crowd doesn't have a clue what they witnessed here.
OMG, dying
They are Canadian, so..
Seriously why is the crowd so dead?
@@dannydark5802 It's not! The audio was just edited to tone down the crowd and boost out their performance.
you just know you watched a great concert
I WAS THERE NOW ME 55 AND STILL THE BEST SHOW ...RESPECT THE MAN R.I.P
Your lucky. I'm 15
Lucky you!!!❤❤❤
Queen is one of the greatest live bands of all time and Freddie Mercury is a magnificent frontman
Definitely!!❤❤❤
38 years later and this is still stronger than outdated cat food. What a performance!!
Mixed message there wouldn't you say? Also, even one year ago it was 39 and a half plus years ago.
You are on the money
Queen rock Montreal the best concert on Earth and beyond
I can’t even imagine being here for this
I don’t think my body could have handled the greatest sounds mankind has ever heard
After many years, Freddie Mercury is a phenomenon
Queen is the best rock band of all times ever
The most powerful "We will rock you" version, and the crowd is... My god, I dont understand yet.
"the crowd is..." ...lowered so the band can be heard better.
That is "moi" all dressed in beige in the Brian May/ Ann Wilson naturelle perm in the second pan/chrous zoomed in at 2:06 minutes into the opening. Did not know this until over 30 years later. It's a good thing I was paying attention when I sat down to watch it or I would never have known I was in this iconic concert video forever immortalized on celluloid! It was truly an amazing moment! You just had to be there to see my reaction after so many years. You ARE the Best Ever Freddie!!! Merci Kim xo
@@japjikular7661 Hi Japji,
I am beginning to fully appreciate just how lucky I was/am to have seen Queen with Freddie 3 times altogether. Hologram tour mostly likely to come to a concert venue near you soon enough!
That's fantastic!!! How unbelievably cool to have that moment in your life captured like this!
@@Vortigan07 Yes, it most definitely was! I was returning from having spent a year in Vancouver and stopped in Montréal to take-in a couple of concerts (Queen and Genesis) for my 21st birthday before heading-up to Labrador for the Christmas holidays. Lucky for me that it was the 3rd time that I saw Queen live! By far one of the BEST concerts I saw live, and I was at many!
@@kimpiche3227 Man, how does it feel to see Freddie with your own eyes? I cannot believe how lucky you are
@@pressstart1490 The feeling is next to impossible to describe (and I'm pretty good with words!). It can ONLY be experienced. When I watch the concert video; it takes me back there at once and all the emotions I felt then, I feel all over again and again! Never took it for granted- experiencing Queen as a sum total band LIVE.
The crowd are shellshocked by the best rock band ever to grace planet earth .
Got this on VHS as a kid and I watched it so many times I wore out the tape...
The music is so powerful and the crowd is so boring. I imagine myself there. I would be going insane
Saul Swimmer said the event security were strict and weren't allowing people to get too crazy.
Watch this song live un Argentina in 1981 the crowd Will suprise you
the crowd in brazil and argentina was better
Different times, different public...
@@clarenceeugene9692 ok but how can you tell people not to get too crazy to a Queen concert? Like how, why?!
Superb drumming
There are probably lots of people watching this, looking at the people in the audience, and saying "That's my mum", "That's my dad", "That's my aunt", "That's my uncle" etc.
Bullshit, Saying that's fucking me, my Nigga!!!!!
I love this version of "we will rock you" more than the official one. The best performance of it is, in my opinion, on "Live killers". In fact, it open the album
its hard to come up with a band that sounded this good live. They are incredible. Better than the studio recordings.
I just saw this in IMAX yesterday. It’s so brilliant ❤
Energy and power that only Queen can give us
This is fucking brilliant!! A stroke of brilliance to come out and kick the audience's ass like this! What an opening!!
I can't believe that this was already 42 years ago O_O
This version is even better !
Miss concerts where people participated instead of filming with their phones. Living in the moment .
UFO take off on Queen stage at thunderstorm !!!
Doesn't matter if Fred hits the lyrics on point, the "Rogg yo" at the end is just Freddie at his very best! Great bass playing by the great John Deacon. He had such a punchy bass tone... one of the greatest bass players of all time !!!
Wow...its just a walk in the park for them...BRILLIANT!!!!!.....there can be only one...
I love this opening version.
We will rock you fast version !
Freddie.....THE ultimate showman....Forget everyone else...He was the be and end all of ALL showmen.
Only one that comes even close to him is Bruce Dickinson.....
The four queens 👑👑👑👑 made the planet tremble at each concert, the universe was all music and the best.
Infinitely eternal Freddie Mercury ❤ 👑😇🌍
This is the Grand Opening. Gives me the chills, decade after decade. No other like this. So powerful. The guys are really revving it up LIVE.
If Freddie was alive today, they'd still be doing concerts like this.
This version is epic!
in speed by 2 is even more epic
This version is far better than the one we hear all the time...
Love the start of late 70s early 80s queen shows with the dry ice and rotating lighting rig - really helped build suspense
2:39 Roger Taylor's possessed face make him more legendary than ever!!!!!
Looks as if his bile has risen, and more masculine with age.
Freddie's soul is still alive!!!!
This is such a cool opening to a great concert
3:06 The moment when Freddie notices how quiet the crowd is and think: "OK boys, we'll have to do better I guess."
Amazing
This is the best 4 minutes and 2 seconds of my life.....❤
I used to also resent this audience for their lackluster appreciation of the greatest gift they'll ever see: Queen live w/ the magic of Freddie.....But then I found an old version on a tape called We Will Rock You and the crowd was awesome! It's just not evident in the newer versions, as I have several diff copies, CD's and a tape of the show I made off the TV that PBS aired. All of them are slightly different, but it's stunning to hear the oldest one, the WWRY, & note the audience's reaction which is loud & boisterous. It restored my faith in Montreal anyway!
Just read Brian's take on the whole event; hope he's pleased w/ the outcome b/c this concert, in whatever form, is what made me fall in love w/ Queen & made me a die-hard fan for life! And Freddie just BLEW ME AWAY w/ the performance that transcends mere mortals. I stood, w/ controller in hand, for an hour Trying to turn the station, but I couldn't take my eyes off Freddie. Needless to say, my life hasn't been the same since! Nor will it ever return to the slop I settled for "as music."
Freddie opened my eyes, my ears, my heart, & soul.....and I heard, Really heard, music for the first time!
Thank God for Queen!! :)
I own a copy of the WWRY release and in the commentary, Saul Swimmer says that the crowd was deafening.
Apparently the film crew (who were completely different from Queen's staff) were being really rude to the audience before the show started, and butting heads with Queen's crew before the show as well. So by the time the show started a lot of people were in a bad mood. But Queen wins them over by the end of the show and everyone's finally on their feet (like they were the entire time when I saw Queen on this tour).
@@Hankwarner55 is it still available to buy or download somewhere?
@@PaulXPZ You might be able to find it on E-bay.
Siempre tuve este concierto en casa (en DVD) y me pareció el mejor, tiempo después supe que es eel video oficial de los conciertos, increíble el sonido, parece de estudio a pesar que estas en un auditorium, con el tiempo vine a vivir a Montreal y me doy cuenta que lo filmaron acá.
Y que la gorra que saca es del equipo de Hockey de MTL. Grande QUEEN y MTL.
1:49 OMGGGG DEAKY HEREEEE AAAAAA
Looks great in the blue with the leather jacket one of deakys best outfits for sure
This concert looks like it happened YESTERDAY!
I got this on CD I love Queen so much
Now THAT'S how to open a concert! What incredible energy!! 💥❤🔥💥
Wow. The quality of the video is so amazing❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hermosa musica de misterio y luego los truenos que genial presentacio queen sin duda uno de los mejores grupos que tuvo el mundo
The best opening of all rock concerts till today.
whether the audience is boring or not the main thing is QUEEN always delivered a fine show ...that is what is most important ...and QUEEN did it WELL...
1981- The start of the last 10 years of Freddie Mercury
1981- The year when Rami Malek was born
Really?
foolish
So imagine that. A baby is born in that year and he will grow to become Freddie for a film in his memory
Big deal...
So?
Fantastic !🙏🏻🎩👌🏻🤝🏻👍🏻🏅🏆👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Best version by far!
34 dislikes WHY?if your gonna watch it and DISLIKE it whats the point of watching.Another version of a GREAT song.whats wrong with that?
34 dislikes from Bieber's fans 😂😂😂😂
2:40 are you good there Roger
I saw the live broadcast of the Global citizen Queen concert and he still does the exact same thing with the exact same expression!:p
HAHAH
He's counting out loud. Its a technique used to improve and keep good time while drumming.
"One.. And two... And three..." etc..
I'm a guitarist, but I imagine this HAS to be a workout to play on drums. Those fast roll sections are impressive.
I usually just keep time with my feet while playing. It really does help.
@@rsvp9146 As a new drummer I wondered if he was counting, thanks.
@@rsvp9146 youre right cause im drummer and is a good tecnique too
Sorry for the mistakes im spanish lol
This great concert was same I saw at Puebla, México only Freddie used a mexican hat. Great voice Freddie, The sound was wonderful. I'm listening in the living room at home, with the sound high and makes me remember that october 17th 1921 wowww amazing experience
I Thank GOD and i thank YOU for this beautiful release!
Well Queen just literally rocked me just as they said and I quote “We will rock you”
Queen in their prime. Biggest band in the world from 1979 to 1981
They went all the way, until 1986
From 1973 Queen I!!!!!!!!!!! IMHO
1970 to 1986
Let's just calm down with the length of years shall we. As much as we all love Queen they were most definitely not the biggest band in the world their entire live career
@@davebain1982 they were in 1980
Rock Gods. My ears are blessed
Queen playing punk. Amazing!
I am wearing a long sleeved shirt and a warm jumper and somehow Queen still gives me goosebumps
Never BORING. Sums Up Queen and Freddie.
Thank you for uploading this.Freddie and Queen's music have changed my life for the better.
When I first saw Queen live, they opened with this and it was magnificent. Far better than the slow version
watching this 40 years later 11-27-2021.
Its great to hear the description. It really colors the scene of the performance. I've always liked "Live at the bowl" far more than this, and it all comes down to performance. They do seem a little tense at times, and the audience wasn't with it. Shame this gem wasn't treated with care by the original crew.
The director, Saul Swimmer, said that the event security were being a tad bit over-zealous and making people sit down.
I was looking at the comments and reviews based on this, Queen's 'We Will Rock You' (Live Fast Version), and it struck me just how singular of mind many people are, simply focusing on how boring the crowd was in Montréal. Really? Such band wagoneers!!! Since I was one of many in the crowd; I can speak to that. I was in total awe of what was unfolding in front of my eyes and ears- YES AWESTRUCK!!! MAGIC IT WAS!!! I was so caught-up in the moment, that I just wanted to 'soak it all in' and give it my FULL attention. Live in the moment! It's a very good thing that mobile phones were not around back then. What a distraction from the unique and special performance that would have been, a total missed opportunity and experience.
I love this fast version...
If only every queen concert was in this could of quality
Never get bored ❤️❤️❤️ hundred timesssss still goosebumps
Bravo, all of you for investing your time and knowledge+++ into making this record of time back in the 1981. Yep, those were the days. But the sound is great, speedy and wilde.
I had never heard of this until today. I really like this version as well. Excellent video, thanks.
The Greatest Band of All Time!!!!
Sure wish there would be something like a timemachine ... There would be several concerts I'd love to attend (Queen, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, The Beatles ... guess I can come up with some more ;)
😉
Was thinking the same thing.
Esta es la canción q más me gusta de QUEEN. Esta misma versión en estudio me parece mejor q la versión clasica
2:13 John is the best😻❤
3:19 I love John is so handsome😻❤
Amazing entrance of a real conqueror.
They were such a cool band
What an Incredible Performance !! Immortal.
This is clever group.Freddie, you will always be with us
Wonderful quality woow, thanks
JOHN RICHARD DEACON WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT
Freddie Mercury likes Superman! wait a min..but isn't he the real superman!? WoW
"I don´t believe Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman (...)"
I'm not saying Freddie is Superman, but I've never seen them both in the same room.
Arun Tej no he's to good for superman
He's the Mr. Bad guy
The superman likes freddie
Never heard this version before. Like it too.
It's my favorite concert!
John deacon riff 🔥🔥