We will rock you - Queen

[wings]

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen. One version was used as the opening track on their 1977 album News of the World. This version consists of a stamping-clapping beat, and a power chorus, being somewhat of an anthem. The stamping effects were created by the band overdubbed the sounds of themselves stomping and clapping many times and adding delay effects to create a sound like many people were participating. When performed live, this version is usually followed by "We Are the Champions", another of the album's hits, as they were both made to lead into each other. On the 45 of the song's original vinyl record release, the song was actually the flip side of "We Are the Champions" in England, however the American record company requested to put the two songs together as a "double A side" because American radio stations were playing them back to back. This is a reason why the songs are often paired on the radio and at sporting events, where they are frequently played. The songs are also paired back to back on the album, as they were designed to run together and they are still played together to this day on American classic rock radio stations. Queen also performed the song in another arrangement (known as the "fast version"), which featured a faster tempo and a full guitar, bass and drums backing track throughout. The band would often open their live sets in the late 1970s and early 1980s with this version, as captured on their 1979 Live Killers double album, on Queen Rock Montreal (2007), and on the Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl album released in 2004.

The "fast version" is available in a studio performance. In 1977, it was recorded for John Peel's show on BBC Radio 1. This version is on the 1992 Italian bootleg CD "Queen - We Will Rock You" (On Stage CD 12018). It is part of a longer cut that starts out with the slow version. In 2002, the fast version was officially released on a promo single distributed by the tabloid The Sun. The "fast" BBC studio version can also be found on King Biscuit Live: Best of, Vol. 1. Between the two versions, there is a brief cut of a female voice discussing Brahmanism, used in a BBC Radio documentary. Obviously an error, the band, however, thought it was "cool", and left it in.

Due to its prevalence in popular culture, "We Will Rock You" has been recognized by various authorities as being quite influential, including Rolling Stone, which ranked it #330 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and also the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) which placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Will_Rock_You

[wings]

We will rock you

Buddy you're a boy make a big noise
Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy you're a young man hard man
Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day
You got blood on yo� face
You big disgrace
Wavin' your banner all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Buddy you're an old man poor man
Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day

You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

[wings]

We will rock you - Queen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFZ2w0RV-8

[wings]

We will rock you - Queen


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st29rqnsuVY


Slow and Fast!

[lionpsyche]

Τι έγινε; Σήμερα πιάσαμε τους Queen; Ωραία τα κομμάτια αυτά! Διαχρονικά!

[wings]

Άμα θες. Έπιασα 2 Queen αποβραδίς να μερακλώσουμε. Δεν πιστεύω να 'χεις αντίρρηση;

[lionpsyche]

Να'μαι κι εγώ! Εγώ, αντίρρηση; Why?

[Ion]

Γειά σου, Lionpsyche! Είμαι πολύ χαρούμενος που ξαναγύρισες, νόμιζα πως θα πήγαινες σε boarding school! :D

[lionpsyche]

Τόση χαρά πια θα την αντέξεις; Γύρισα απ'τη Σχολή και ξεκινάω μεταφράσεις. Ίσως σας χρειαστώ σήμερα, αύριο, μεθαύριο... Τι κάνεις Ion?

[wings]

Γειά σου, Lionpsyche! Είμαι πολύ χαρούμενος που ξαναγύρισες, νόμιζα πως θα πήγαινες σε boarding school! :D

Μπα, δεν τη δεχτήκανε. Στοιχίζει κάτι παραπάνω γιατί τρώει μόνο βιολογικά προϊόντα και αυτά είναι ακριβά.

[lionpsyche]

Είναι κι αυτό ένα πρόβλημα! Άσε που πετάγομαι συνέχεια στην τάξη και τους σπάω τα νεύρα...

[Ion]

Είμαι πολύ καλά! Κοιτάζω άφοβα τον καθρέπτη μου - αν και σήμερα μας είχανε κόψει το νερό και έκανα στεγνό ξύρισμα - και λέω: "Another day in the life of Ivan Denisovitz"! (Αυτή η ατάκα από κάποια ταινία μου έχει μείνει αλλά λησμονώ ποιά).

Λοιπόν, για να μην φωνάζεις σήμερα λέω να ακούσουμε μια 20χρονη Σκωτζέζα με ιρλανδέζικη προφορά δεν πιστεύω να τη σκέφτηκες κι εσύ; Mc Donald, σου θυμίζει κάτι;

Καλή βδομάδα, Wings!

[lionpsyche]

No! I'll be waiting! Αν δεν απαντήσω άμεσα, ξέρεις, θα μεταφράζω!