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The We Will Rock You Original London Cast Recording is a live album released in promotion of the award-winning West End musical We Will Rock You (musical) in 2002. The album was recorded over two nights of the original West End production at the Dominion Theatre and was the first audio release of the musical.
"We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1977 album News of the World, written by guitarist Brian May. [3] Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, [4] and the RIAA it placed at number 146 on the Songs of the Century list in 2001.
We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY) is a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton.The musical tells the story of a renegade group known as the Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought and culture in a vaguely Orwellian society.
We've been fighting it, and we should be embracing it.' That's where 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' came from. It was an epoch-making moment." [1] The opening act for most of the North American concerts was Thin Lizzy. In New York City, the concert at Madison Square Garden sold out within moments of tickets going on sale. [2]
A commentary by Roger Taylor and Brian May is an optional feature of Queen Rock Montreal whereas a commentary by Saul Swimmer (the director/producer) was an optional feature of the DVD re-release of We Will Rock You. The actual setlist had the performance of "Jailhouse Rock" in the encore after "Sheer Heart Attack".
Within the context of European classical and film music, Claudia Gorbman defines an ostinato as a repeated melodic or rhythmic figure that propels scenes that lack dynamic visual action. [5] Ostinati play an important part in improvised music (rock and jazz), in which they are often referred to as riffs or vamps.
We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton.After We Will Rock You became a hit in London, various other productions were put on around the world.
We Will Rock You" is a 1977 song by Queen. We Will Rock You may also refer to: We Will Rock You, a musical based on the music of Queen We Will Rock You (The Original London Cast Recording), a live album of the musical; We Will Rock You: 10th Anniversary Tour, a tour based on the musical's tenth anniversary