Brian May Says Queen Were "Irritated" When Fans Sang along with them During Live Performance
In a recent interview with Total Guitar, Brian May discussed how Queen were irritated at fans singing along at their live shows, and explained how it ultimately paved the way for one of their most popular tracks. He said “We had a good following, we had this thing where people insisted on singing along to our songs. And I think we were quite irritated by it. We thought: ‘People, just listen. We’re working really hard, so bloody well listen!’ But they were unstoppable… They sang every word to every song, When Led Zeppelin played, they listened. They banged their heads, and they listened. And I thought about our concerts: why don’t you buggers listen instead of singing?”
He then explained how the members tried to take a more optimistic approach to the situation, and wrote We Will Rock You, as a result.
“I said to Freddie, ‘maybe instead of fighting this, we should be encouraging it. Maybe we should be harnessing this kind of energy which seems to be happening.’ […] If they can chant, what would they chant? And with that, I could hear it in my head: ‘We will, we will rock you!’”
“I was hoping that this would become something which would catch on. We would have a song which would be led by the audience, So that’s why there’s no drums on there. It was all aimed towards getting the audience involved somehow it worked.”
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