Saturday, November 10, 2012

Hungarian Rhapsody – Queen Live in Budapest

The big thing about this box set, which includes a live concert disc and two discs of music, isn’t how good the band looks and sounds but the fact that it was made at a time when Queen was close to not even being a band any longer. After years of being at the top of the charts, and fighting like hellions back stage, the four members of Queen – Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor – were ready to call it quits when Bob Geldof called them to perform at Live Aid and they rediscovered just how good they were and how much they liked being Queen. So the music they play here, the first major rock show to play in Budapest, is full of energy and while Queen has arguably always been better in the studio than in concert, they rock the stadium. The film also takes time to give each member a little off-stage vignette to let us get to know them a little better. It’s a bit cheesy, but fans will love it.

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