David Bowie about "Under Pressure"

[@samanthasays3603]

Under Pressure is one of the few songs that is absolute perfection.

[@dickcuntsler8742]

Truly one of the best pieces of music humanity has produced

[@spkanava]

1980

[@bobthebear1246]

Too bad Queen and David Bowie never performed this amazing song together live. (R.I.P.)

[@TheLiveMontageGuy05]

Well They (“Technically”) Did. It Was Performed At The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Back In 1992. Sadly Freddie Wasn’t There To Sing It With Queen And David Bowie, But Bowie Did Take On Lead Vocals...

[@fax3544]

They did

[@sortehuse]

They were joined by Annie Lennox and together they did an amazing live version of the the song - it was almost like Freddies spirit was present (maybe it was). kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3yUgI2pqct2qLs

[@spkanava]

1980

[@richlisola1]

They did, but sadly not while Freddie was alive. Goddamn fucking AIDS!

[@axe2death]

released 40 years ago this October and still stands up today! true talent!! true genius!!! - a timeless classic

[@Caine7ify]

Collab between Queen and Goblin King.

[@Aphrodite2009]

I found the link of the Freddie Statue in Montreaux. I always wondered what Freddie had to do with Switzerland, and here it is. I worked there for a few months and was mesmerised by the link.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Imagine being interviewed 100s of times being asked the same questions over and over again.

[@hazelwray4184]

Or performing the same songs several times a week, for the best part of a year.

[@justinb954]

@@hazelwray4184 im sure when artists are receiving millions of dollars from gate receipts to perform these songs repeatidly makes it a much softer crash..because they get kibble from record sales.

[@spkanava]

1980

[@JR7noir]

One of the most beautiful songs.

[@IndranilBiswas_]

And thank God it happened!!

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

Yeah. What a great tune.

[@zzzzxxxx341]

That peculiar moment produces one of my favorite song of all time, let's go!!! 🙏🤞💪👍😎

[@neindochoohh7955]

I love Switzerland!!!! So many lovely memories.

[@SergeantWolfy]

that Bowie slap at the beginning caught me off guard lmao

[@kellyrobles6983]

Q lindo mi David Bowie aunq yo no nacía todavía😍😍

[@kurtjk01]

I'd just like to say, Thank you, Universe, for having such a cool thing happen for us; we're all terribly happy with it, down here. A bit more of that and a bit less on the asteroid strikes, if you please.

[@timpers3568]

I have just seen this new channel and am excited to see more videos. I lived near Montreux in the 70s when my father was the engineer there.

[@TwiloJay]

timpers hi timpers, are you John’s son?

[@timpers3568]

@@TwiloJay Hi , I am indeed. How did you know John? He died a long time ago having worked on manly classical music and film scores after the rock and prog at Mountain Studios. He told me a lot of stories about his time there and the various artists he recorded. I revisited Montreux a few years ago and learned the studio has now moved. James.

[@mariec.9102]

Cool. Lucky you ☺️

[@timlawlormusic2424]

David not shattering the myth of bad British teeth here

[@JerichoMile4]

David Bowie "don't forget Bing Crosby❗" 🤭

[@peterh1353]

And the Little Drummer Boy!

[@kristinasheehan7408]

Again, a transcendent, anomaly. You could never put a label on that man because he was forever just trying to figure himself out and he did it bravely in public without any care of being judged by, fill in the blanks!

[@alanarkham143]

Just a short story on how the best song ever recorded in this world was created

[@dawsonb2235]

QUEEN NEVER DIE

[@luc1f3rrr_]

0:08 is the most cutest thing I ever see in my life

[@SpaceCattttt]

You haven't seen much, then.

[@luc1f3rrr_]

@@SpaceCattttt I saw him slap himself

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@luc1f3rrr_ Is that how your profile name and picture changed?

[@luc1f3rrr_]

@@SpaceCattttt what???

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

@@luc1f3rrr_ Just ignore him. There's always an idiot :)

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

The "other work" he spoke briefly about was him recording Cat People.

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

They wrote and recorded more unreleased Songs togeher we never heard.

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

@@Daniel-mx4oy yeah I heard about that!! I know they did a version of Cool Cat but not sure what the others were.

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

@@BrianSmith-vl7xu I think nobody knows except Queen and the other people who were in the Studio that time. Best wishes 😉.

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

@@toddmathers5075 what's your problem? Quelle The Guardian. David Bowie and Queen recorded a whole batch of songs that have never been released, according to a former roadie. The tantalising prospect of a hidden cache of recordings by such huge rock stars has been revealed by Peter Hince, who was head of Queen’s road crew when the band and Bowie collaborated on their hit song, Under Pressure, in 1981. He has disclosed that there was “other material Queen recorded with Bowie that never got released”. He was in the studio with them when they performed and recorded it.

[@Daniel-mx4oy]

@@toddmathers5075 what's your problem, relax. I'm bored from people like you.

[@shafaqgill4542]

Great song

[@Mike.Muc.3.1415]

According to a Queen interview, Bowie lived in Montreux at that time.

[@nadamijak9338]

....and that Bowie wanted his name taken off the album

[@murellevendramin1150]

Merci 👍💕 amitiés Murielle 💔🌹💕

[@cissymckinley3154]

I still LOVE THE SONG. I understand it didn't do that well 😕. They should start playing it on the Radio again .

[@lloydlyall8120]

It got to no 1 in the uk😎

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

@@lloydlyall8120 number 1 in Canada too

[@thefog7067]

Don't forget Bing Crosby

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Apparently, he recorded another track with Queen at the same time and Queen wanted to release it but Bowie then changed his mind at the last minute. Freddie was actually mad about it and I saw an interview where he was complaining as they had it lined up for release and inclusion on their album but Bowie decided he didn't like it. I'd love to hear it if anyone know if it was eventually released anywhere or is online?

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@P. M. - Yes, thanks, that's it. I found this about it online and a link to the version with Bowie. I'd remembered the interview but did not know it worked its way out on bootlegs long ago and probably been online forever. I didn't know the name just that another track had been recorded at the same time and then stopped by Bowie. "Cool Cat" Main article: Cool Cat (Queen song) "Cool Cat", written by Mercury and Deacon, originally featured David Bowie on backing vocals and a few lines of spoken word to a rhythm during the middle eight. According to Mercury in a 1982 TV interview, Bowie was unhappy with the results and requested that his vocals be removed days before its parent album was slated to be released. With the exception of the electric piano (which was played by Mercury), all the instruments are played by Deacon, including drums, guitars, and synths. On the album version, Mercury sings the entire song in falsetto. The alternate take with Bowie's vocals still intact is widely available on various bootleg recordings and surfaced from an early 1982 vinyl Hot Space test pressing from the US. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDNhIyOaLJklck

[@spkanava]

1980

[@AnyoneCanSee]

@@spkanava - I'm not sure what you mean? It states the record was 1982. Not the recording? If you are more clear perhaps I could understand.

[@meridabea3895]

rip mars angel

[@ianwhite4821]

Thank god Wendy Richards was helping to give a helping hand before starring Pauline in EastEnders

[@SirPeter6464]

Strange thing was that he went in. Recorded his vocal and left. Never was a duet and he took no further interest in it. It is mostly a Queen song. Strangely Bowie first met Freddie when he worked on a market stall! Yes, Freddie worked on a market!

[@TehFeelz243]

Thanks for this priceless snippet of information! Which market was it?

[@peterh1353]

@@TehFeelz243 Kensington Market in London. Sold - mostly - antique clothing.

[@royrowland5763]

That's not entirely true. Bowie, Freddie, and Roger Taylor later met up in New York to mix the song. He clearly had enough interest in it to give input for the mix later on in an entirely different continent.

[@SirPeter6464]

@@royrowland5763 I accept your version. Taylor never went on to mention it though.

[@asharablack]

@@SirPeter6464 Bowie's son Duncan Jones once tweeted about how his dad and Freddie had a heated argument about Under Pressure. Duncan wasn't present when it was recorded, so the argument must have happened at a later date, meaning David stayed involved.

[@leslawrenson]

Apparently, Bowie lived in Montreal where Queen had the studio. It's great how the other half live.

[@asharablack]

Montreux, not Montreal. Montreux is a small town in Switzerland, Montreal a big city in Canada.

[@spomenkazlokolica3061]

❤️

[@willmac5642]

He knew damn well it was Queen's studio.. lol. Bowie was very calculating

[@kristinasheehan7408]

Would you have taken the time to comment on David Bowie, if your statement and the time it took you to express it was not calculated? In life, I am learning ever so gradually that people that are much like themselves, especially in business will cause some element of conflict. I have heard enough versions of this song to know that David Bowie was exactly every thing every family needed… He was intelligent, dangerous, genius, a victim, more than he could ever count, just by being himself he saved many people Who may have thought their feelings, genetic or emotional drive was up for anybody’s questioning. He was genius, kind, funny, smart and on touch Shipley brilliant!

[@kristinasheehan7408]

Any inclination that any studio was , loaned or stolen from Freddie mercury is absolutely ridiculous they both were talented beyond their talents and time will allow. Sometimes the standard influence that love and he work a fine line might just come in handy with jealousy and admiration

[@patriciofernandez2711]

@@kristinasheehan7408 Geeze take it easy, admiration is one thing but blind idolatry is very different. Bowie was an incredibly talented and intelligent human being, no doubt about it, but what you're describing is a saint-like figure which he certainly was not, as every mere mortal is not. And regarding the original comment, Bowie was always a smart business man, and many of the collaborations he took part in were almost political in nature, and that's completely fine; I think the OP is saying that Bowie knew Queen were in the studio and stepped in because he knew it would lead to a succesful collaboration, which it did.

[@kristinasheehan7408]

No need to be feisty. David Bowie was not only coming he was incredibly kind and certainly need not steal any air time from Freddie the Bucktooth wonder who is also incredibly talented. Any rough between them is juvenile and maybe drug-related and I don’t care but don’t throw any shade towards David Bowie being calculating the man couldn’t probably care less at the end of the day! Bowie is triumphant and untouchable!

[@silversteel6312]

Best hair in music?

[@papi_chuy]

Hell yea !

[@uhugvjkbkjh]

Hmm not sure it was unplanned on bowies side. He was smart, he instigated a jam session and that's what came out after a few days booze and coke

[@peterh1353]

Roger Taylor was talking about the session recently on BBC radio. Would love a link, but it was live on air. Gives an opposite view on the session.

[@nadamijak9338]

Freddie Mercury’s interpretaration is a little different and somehow more genuine...

[@standandeliver8376]

Really? In this clip, Freddie's recollection seems to be almost identical to David's kzbin.info/www/bejne/imiuqniAr5V8mpI

[@nadamijak9338]

@@standandeliver8376 theres an interview... i will find it... Bowie didnt want his name on it all.

[@asharablack]

@@nadamijak9338 Maybe you're confusing it with Cool Cat? That's a queen song that originally featured Bowie's vocals, but Bowie wasn't happy with his contribution and asked Queen to remove his vocals.

[@nadamijak9338]

@@asharablack yes! i have it confused, here is Freddies view kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKOQdaGuZ9WLrLs

[@nwolinsP]

Do you need crooked teeth to be that talented?

[@hotticket7772]

Read Freddy and David were up all night on coke and champagne.

[@adamsasso1]

None of the songs off The Game went to #1 in the UK?

[@jesuslopez1682]

Of course not, The Game was made for America, the album was great in North America and in Latin countries like Mexico, Brazil or Argentina, but in the United Kingdom it was not the style of music that people listened to, the same for several Europeans. countries and Oceania.

[@spkanava]

Under

[@ryasanovar8175]

rated

[@spkanava]

1980

[@fitnesspoint2006]

no one cares, life goes on

[@alaididnalid7660]

That's odd...I saw you on an Alan Watts video comment section...you truely don't give a shit about anything do you, haha :)

[@Sameoldfitup]

...........

[@mister3566]

"Queens" second number 1 ?

[@jesuslopez1682]

Yes, in the UK, the first was Bohemian Rhapsody, the second Under Pressure, the third Innuendo. Then they had another 3 posthumously (after Freddie's death, although they are a few, it's a bit cringe like a collaboration with rappers in which Freddie doesn't even sing)

[@mister3566]

@@jesuslopez1682 I think you seem to forget the legend in that song was David Bowie

[@jesuslopez1682]

@@mister3566 What do you mean with that? I was just providing information. I know that Bowie is in that song, and that the lyrics are his, in fact, I'm here for Bowie, I'm a fan of him, not so much of Queen.

[@mister3566]

@jesuslopez1682 Hay I wasn't being nasty or anything. I'm glad you're a Bowie fan

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

David looked so predatory until he had his teeth done American.

[@Simon-pl2zi]

yawn

[@brushuk]

yep, it sounds unplanned... aweful song... tho david and gail ann dorsey made it sound good.

[@ivankaramasov]

I actually think it is pretty good even though I hate Queen.

[@kittyprincess2935]

@@ivankaramasov why u hate them?

[@mrkurt64]

I love the live rendition that Bowie and Gail Ann Dorsey made of this song !

[@crisnaxxxo]

Great david