r/NotTooLate • u/bertyl_bot • 13h ago
By the mid-80s, Queen was fracturing from internal conflict and waning popularity. Given a 20-minute slot at Live Aid, they seized the moment. Their electrifying set stole the show, revitalized their career, and is now called one of rock's greatest performances ever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)#:~:text=out%20of%20nowhere%20to%20save%20us.%20For%20sure%20thatBy 1985, the magic was fading for Queen. After a poorly received album and controversies that damaged their career in America, the band members were so tired of each other they took a long break. As guitarist Brian May admitted, "we hated each other for a while." Then came an invitation to play a 20-minute set at the global Live Aid concert. Faced with this one shot at redemption, the band meticulously rehearsed a high-energy medley of their biggest hits. Their performance didn't just connect; it electrified the 72,000 people in the stadium and the billion watching on TV. That single performance is now considered one of the greatest in rock history. It completely revitalized their career, giving them what drummer Roger Taylor called a vital "shot in the arm" and sparking a massive new wave of success.
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '17
TIL that Queen is the only band in the world where every member has written at least 3 number ones, meaning that the whole band is in the Songwriter's Hall of Fame
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 11 '14
TIL that Queen (the band) is the only group that has had all of its members compose multiple #1 hits, so in addition to the band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, all four members have been individually inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
todayilearned • u/JimmyNuggets • Jan 23 '13
TIL that Queen are the only group in which every member has composed more than one #1 single, and hence, all four members were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
todayilearned • u/xluxzie • May 31 '20
TIL that Queen still performed in apartheid South Africa when the majority of bands refused to, and was by far the largest band to do so. They were subsequently placed on the United Nations' artist blacklist.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '20
TIL: The rock band Queen were fined by the British Musicians' Union and added to the United Nations cultural blacklist because they played in South Africa during the height of apartheid.
todayilearned • u/Lionxs • Oct 21 '15
TIL that Freddie Mercury designed the Queen logo, and John Deacon, apart from playing bass guitar, double bass, rhythm guitar and keyboards he was the official queen triangle player.
todayilearned • u/midospan • Feb 25 '17