From May 6 to 16, 1985 – The Works Tour in Japan. After two concerts at the famous stadium «Budokan» in Tokyo, the group moves the show to the capital’s sports arena Yoyogi National Gymnasium, where 2 great shows are held on May 10 and 11.
May 11 concert is broadcast throughout Japan on television and radio, one of the most “«bootlegged» concerts in Queen’s career. The official release of We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan was first released on VHS in Japan in 1992 and reissued there on DVD in 2004 («Final Live» is still quite conditional; after the concert in Tokyo, there were still Queen concerts with Freddie in Nagoya and Osaka).
About the video for the song «I Want to Break Free» (The Works, 1984, written by John Deacon)
The clip was completed on May 4 (the first stage of filming took place on March 22) 1984 at Limehouse Studios (London), directed by David Mallet. The budget was around £100,000. The video was intended as a parody of the TV series ITV «Coronation Street». The idea was suggested by Roger Taylor (according to some sources, his girlfriend): «We wanted to show that we can still laugh at ourselves. I think we’ve proven that.»
Musicians have used images, a well-known actor on the series: Brian May like Hilda Ogden (actress Jean Alexander), Freddie Mercury as Beth Lynch (actress Julie Goodyea). Lynch in the film was a blonde, but Freddie decided that in the role of a blonde he would look stupid and chose the image of a brunette. It is likely that Roger and John are most visually consistent characters – Sally Webster (actress Sally Whittaker) and Minnie Caldwell (actress Kathleen Bryant).
The choreography of the ballet part of the clip was performed by Freddie Mercury’s friend Wayne Igling, the soloist of the Royal Ballet. Especially for filming in the role of V. Nijinsky in the image of the Faun (ballet «L'après-midi d'un faune») Mercury shaved his signature mustache. Rehearsals were not agreed with the management of the Royal Ballet, which subsequently led to some trouble for Igling.
It is known that MTV refused to show the clip, not accepting British humor. Roger commented on the refusal: «MTV’s management probably felt that the clip of the women’s clothing did not correspond to the general public’s ideas about rock musicians. Then on the channel were only Whitesnake, Whitesnake again, and again … Whitesnake!» And Brian May added: «I think at this point we lost America…»
The image created by Freddie Mercury in the video became very popular and was used in concert performances of the group. Lisa Stansfield performed the song «I want to break free» in 1992 at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert in this image.
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«Coronation Street» (1960-2017) – the longest soap opera in the UK tells about the life of ordinary inhabitants of Coronation Street in the small town of Weatherfield. Against the background of an idyllic picture — representatives of the working class, ordinary people with different fates. They love and hate, meet and break up, succeed and fall to the bottom. Their many vicissitudes of life, full of humor and drama.
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybethis is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
➤summary: hyunjin usually sketches paintings alone in the art gallery—until one day he decides to sketch you instead.
➤pairing: hwang hyunjin x gn!reader
➤genre: strangers to lovers, fluff; rated G
➤warnings:none!
➤word count:1k
➤a/n: i wrote this back in the beginning of march and never got around to posting it until now. also i miss visiting art galleries
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Art galleries are quiet on Mondays. There are almost no visitors during the day—patrons’ footsteps echoing off the floors in the connecting rooms, their strides becoming slower, more hesitant. Visiting art galleries during the day is like walking into a church in the dead of night—there’s a kind of reverence to the visitors’ movements as they tread more lightly than usual, a wonder at being allowed to enter such a space with no one else to bear witness. The space is slightly imposing, the structure and its contents grander than the people who enter it.
Hyunjin is no stranger to this feeling, and he loves it.
School is over, summer is here, and while Lumi still has motor skills why not treat yourself to a limited edition, limited time only digital painting made by yours truly :0
Buy while brain cells last, I’m maxing out at 30 commissions, might do more if I have time later but yeah only 30 slots available.
Or if you would like to support what I’m doing, but are a broke blotch like me, consider donating some pocket change to my ko-fi, or reblog this post! : D yeah!
I said this before but I’ll say it again, happy pride month, be gay, and please don’t eat the gauche ️✨
love you guys! : V
Special shout out to @cherryjackrabbit101 for giving me permission to use their character James for my commission page! ⬛ ✨
Thanks again for letting me draw him! ( I loaf him so much ( T w T )
