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The politically charged track is a cutting commentary on the state of the planet and features lines like “There’s blood on the streets / Panic in the air / The markets are trading up / In madness and fear.”
Also offering a message of hope, elsewhere Roger sings: “I wanna fly on the wings of love / I want the clean fresh air in my face / I wanna tear down every border and wall / I wanna take part in the human race.”
Of course, this isn’t Roger Taylor’s first foray into the world of politically themed songs.
The opening track of Roger’s 1994 album ‘Happiness?’, the fascism bashing ‘Nazis 1994’, proved to be his biggest solo hit charting at no.22 on the Official Singles Chart.
Roger also re-released his 1994 anti-Rupert Murdoch song, ‘Dear Mr Murdoch’, in 2011 following the phone-hacking scandal.
“Everybody’s got an opinion and I was just lucky enough to have an outlet for mine,” Roger later told The Independent. “I prefer to stay out of politics, really. I don’t live in a fluffy, badger-saving world.”
Queen will once again join forces with vocalist Adam Lambert for an epic 25-date North American trek this summer called the Rhapsody Tour.
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- Queen - Under Pressure - 4pr - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2024 14:47)on April 27, 2024 at 2:10 am
QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE Under Pressure (1981 UK 7" vinyl single with four prong centre, also including Soul Brother, black & white titled sleeve with lyrics on the reverse. The sleeve & vinyl remain in excellent condition EMI5250)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $50.00, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 20-Apr-2024 11:16)on April 27, 2024 at 2:10 am
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Classic 1975 UK first press 12-track LP with picture labels & 'BLAIRS' etched into the run-off area, their fourth studio album including the classic hit Bohemian Rhapsody, embossed gatefold picture sleeve with picture inner. The sleeve [VG] shows some minor discolouring, whilst the inner has some seam splits along some of the edges, and the vinyl is clean & grades EX with only light signs of wear EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - Queen II - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2024 13:32)on April 27, 2024 at 2:10 am
QUEEN Queen II (1974 UK second press 11-track LP, fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve with round cornered lyric inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition EMA767)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €146.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 10:47)on April 27, 2024 at 2:10 am
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (1974 UK first issue 13-track vinyl LP, complete with angled corner lyric inner with Queen crest directly below the lyrics and 'G&L' below, fully laminated picture sleeve with 'Trident' logo on the reverse. The sleeve is shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in wonderful condition with few signs of play EMC3061)
- Queen - Spring Tour '78 + Merchandise Insert - EX - UK - tour programme - £50.00, $62.50, €58.50 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 13:48)on April 27, 2024 at 2:10 am
QUEEN Spring Tour '78 (Original 1978 UK 11" square 24-page tour programme featuring tour dates, intact merchandise insert & lots of 'live' colour photographs. The cover has some light general wear whilst the inner pages shows very little signsof age. Although not mint this is still a hard to find top and the first few we have ever seen with the Merch insert)
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