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Have you heard Queen's "Fast version" of We Will Rock You?
It's probably the best song you'll hear this week.
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I'm not sure of the original source...maybe one of the "King Biscuit Flower Hour"-type shows...but I had it on a mix cassette I used to drive around with many eons ago.
The fast version (also not this identical performance) also ended up on the 2-CD reissue of the "News of the World" album.
The BBC track is new, the arrangement isn't, but yeah...Queen wasn't known for the majority of their songs being "straight-ahead rock"...a stomper like this. It always made me wish they had done more in this style. Even something like "Tie Your Mother Down," which is absolutely a rocker, is still more laid back than it is hard-charging.
