Enjoy Celebrity Radio’s Roger Taylor Ben Elton Interview We Will Rock You 10th Anniversary…..
On 14/5/2012 We Will Rock You celebrated 10 years in the West End.
This power-house musical closed in 2014 after 12 years at the Dominion Theatre.
In 2002 the show was slammed by the press, however, Belfield said it would run and run….and it has!
Hear am Exclusive interview with Ben Elton & Roger Taylor, the creators of the show, and their thoughts 10 years on from the launch of WWRY….
“We Will Rock You” is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.
Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at number 146 on its list of Songs of the Century. In 2009, “We Will Rock You” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo by May, the song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stomping and clapping as a rhythmic beat. In 1977, “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions” were issued together as a worldwide top ten single.
Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs back to back without interruption.
Since its release, “We Will Rock You” has been covered, remixed, sampled, parodied, referenced and used by multiple recording artists, TV shows, films and other media worldwide.
Its memorable two stomp/one clap motif has been used by sports arenas around the world for decades as a rallying cry for the home team.
Recorded 2010 by Alex Belfield for Celebrity Radio.
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