Queen - Staying Power (Live Milton Keynes Bowl, 1982) - 1st time reaction! 

John is playing electric guitar on this song in the show!

It's Queen, I love it! ♥️♥️♥️

Hot Space songs translated very well to live concert settings (despite Roger & Brian's dislike). So much energy.

Brian and Roger did not care for the dance music on Hot Space, but they are a band and all participated. All wrote songs for this album just like all the other Queen albums.

Was at this gig ! Probably my favourite gig I went to ! Only 19 years old back then. How time flies.

This version is so cool. Yes, very rocky. And Freddie very connected, powerful.

Hot space album wasn’t well received by fans at the time, the disco feel was brought on by the huge success of Another one bites the dust. Roger & Brian weren’t happy about the change to disco and it took an age to get the album completed. Certainly the driving force towards this genre was Freddie & John. Just before this song Freddie says: “Now, most of you know that we've got a, some new sounds out in the last week, and, ah, for what it's worth, um, we're gonna do a few songs in the ah funk/black category, whatever you call it. That doesn't mean we've lost our rock 'n' roll feel, OK? I mean, it's only a bloody record, people get so excited about these things, I mean um, we just wanna try out a few sounds, this is 'Staying Power'.

I lifted this from Wikipedia. I think it points out the subtleties of understanding what was going on with the band at the time of this album. Prenter was eventually driven out of Freddie's circle, but 7 yrs is a long time of influence... Oddly, Brian wrote Dragon Attack which I always lump into the 'funk' category. There was so much more than we know happening all the time! Micheal Jackson said this album influenced his "Thriller" album. Too bad people get stuck in their expectations - this is great music! "Disliking the new sound, Brian May and Roger Taylor were very critical of the influence that Paul Prenter, Freddie Mercury's personal manager between 1977 and 1984, had on the singer. Recalling the recording process in 2011, Taylor openly criticized the direction in which Prenter was taking Mercury (and thus the rest of the band), stating that "[Prenter] wanted our music to sound like you'd just walked in a gay bar...and I didn't". May also noted that the making of the album in Munich took much longer than usual and that all of the band got into "deep emotional trouble" in the city, blaming a mixture of drink, drugs and partying as the reason for the relatively lengthy recording sessions.[8] Prenter allegedly denied the other members access to Mercury."

Another gem I've never heard. I did read not all members agreed with each others lyrics and music but they knew that is what made them Queen. Thank you for your reaction

Queen definitely has had amazing staying power. Their music has aged very well. And they always supported each other especially on tour even if it wasn’t their thing. Not really my favorite but I like all things Queen. 😊 And always enjoy your reactions. Would love to know how many subscribers you have now.

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Love the Freddie strut

They were a unit. They didn't want to go disco/ dance music but once they conceded, they committed & did their best.

This is more proof that Queen was a democratic band. Half the band wanted to record some dance music, and the other half went along with it despite their reservations. Unfortunately Queen's fans were not quite ready to her this from them...it did not do well in the charts. Under Pressure was the only cut that got played much on the radio, especially because David Bowie was on it. The is another song on this album that I haven't heard anybody react to: Put Out The Fire. Even back then, I believe that the gun laws in the U.S. were shocking the world. This is a comment by Queen (written by Brian) about gun violence in the U.S. and to this day it is still totally relevant. I really appreciate your reactions and enjoy your attention to different elements within each song.

This song Live is so exciting. Much better than studio.

Love this whole concert it's so amazing ❤️

Great reaction. Back chat from the same album live at the Bowl is also great!

I was in the crowd for this one

I love this song! Wow. Queen keep surprising me everytime! Amazing reaction, Hap! 😃😃

"Hot Space" is a money maker, even today!

Just seen this one today don't know how I missed this SHEESH ANYWAY LOVE UR LOVE FOR QUEEN KEEP ROCKING GOD BLESS 🙏☮️💞🤘🤘😎🌹💫♾️👑

Freddie was friends with most all of the crew members. Not just the cameraman.💞

YEEAAHHH BABY..... My FAVORITE concert!!!! Now, PULEEEAAAZE, For the LOVE of Heaven..... "ACTION THIS DAY" (same concert). PULEEEAAAZE ? (I'm metaphorically on my knees, asking to be put me out of my anticipation in waiting) ;D

How about Princes of the Universe❤️

Great reaction to this amazing song!! Every time I hear it, I want to get up and dance!! LOL

Hello disco! I look back on it fondly, but there has always been a love/hate thing going on with that genre of music here in the States. Even the Bee Gees sounded apologetic years after their massive success with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The broader world of disco eventually lost some steam but dance music lived on in the different types of clubs. I don't know if there is a club mix of this song, but I can easily imagine it. Another One Bites the Dust had a long life on the dance floor. Fun reaction!! Freddie sounds awesome whatever he is singing. Looked like he was having fun with this one.

Great reaction! Thanks for reacting to this one, I am not sure anyone has reacted to this song. This is one kick ass performance. The band is tight, and Freddie was doing amazing vocals here. This is the one song where John is not playing bass, he was playing the rhythm guitar. Roger and Brian didn't like the direction they were going in, but they still took part in the album. I guess this is one of those internal fights, when the album were not as successful originally, they blamed Freddie. But they did actually contribute exactly half of the songs on this album. Of course this is only my opinion, but they could have taken some responsibility as well. But the sales for the album has improved or caught up with their other albums over time. Queen album sales; chartmasters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CSPC-Queen-albums-and-songs-sales.png Another great performance from the bowl is Back Chat ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eKBUBXowC58.html. It is a song that sounds very similar to Michael Jackson's Thriller material, but of course this was done before Thriller. There were a lot of in fighting between the band, apparently John wrote the song as a diss track towards Brian. Brian had to play a guitar solo on his own diss track. lol

Wow 🥰 beautiful Freddie ❤️ liked already subscribed 😁

Another from many faces of these great guys👍

This is a great dvd, one of my favorites. It's called "Queen On Fire, Live at the Bowl"

There are more songs with guitar on this album than people assume but they did rock the songs up Live. "Put out the fire" has a screaming guitar solo, very heavy.

Yes HAP, my friend Andy was a cameraman with Tyne Tees Television in North East England who were commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a music show called The Tube in the 1980s. This concert was filmed as a The Tube special. That's how a North East film crew ended up filming a concert in Milton Keynes!

The first time i got mentioned in a RU-vid video.

Notice Deaky is playing rhythm guitar

Cheers Fella, I bought Hot Space when it was released, it has a few songs worth listening to...........Body Language , Calling All Girls & Las Palabras de Amor..............just to name a few.

Yes, Staying Power is from the 1982’s Hot Space, Roger absolutely hated the album and still does. Roger doesn't like disco and didn't really even like "Another One Bits the Dust" though he helped John (Deacon) put it together. Brian wasn't enthusiastic about doing the album either but the band was always up for experimenting. Actually., Freddie was disappointed with how the album turned out. The horn arrangement was penned by Freddie Mercury and has a driving soul-rock atmosphere. The electro-disco was enhanced by Roger Taylor’s use of the Linn LM-1 drum machine, while Mercury provides the Oberheim synth. Brian May’s trusty Red Special is still in evidence, and John Deacon plays rhythm guitar rather than bass.

This is FANTASTIC, I like this on the album but the live is a BEAST. Hotspace is badly maligned, some magnificent tracks.

Not one of my favorites, but Freddie could sing anything and I’d enjoy it

Hot Space was the current album for this tour so yes the disco/funk tracks were played. I don't think they featured in any future tours. Only Under Pressure & Las Palabras De Amor from that album have seen the light of day since. Probably the only 2 non-disco/funk tracks! Another one to check out from this album/concert is Dragon Attack.

The whole of Queen COMMIT to the live performances and find the versions that work. I think both Brian and Roger actually accepted the songs and gave them what the deserved, lots of fantastic playing on the lives of this album. WONDERFUL songs.

This group may or may not want to do a song but if the others want it all 4 do their best for sure. That is really cool.

Thanks for the shout-out Hap :D

Yes, Roger and Brian weren't as keen on it, but they are a band and they would never not participate. They had a rule in Queen that all had to eventually agree on something or they wouldn't do it so if Roger and Brian hadn't gotten on board, at least for the sake of the band then this album would not have been made like this. I'm sure Freddie and John had to do a lot of selling it to the others but they obviously did get their approval. There had been songs all through their careers that at least one member wasn't crazy about but they respected each other enough to do it anyway. To be fair to Brian and Roger, it wasn't one of their best selling albums. It is now, actually it is now one of their best selling albums. Roger and Brian just felt it wasn't the right direction to go at that time, where as Freddie and John, who liked to go to clubs and dance, thought it would be relevant. Anyway, the band never showed friction within the group to the outside, they kept all the bickering back and forth private as they should have and that is another reason they had such longevity and success. They always had each other's backs even through disagreements. Hot Space had several good songs on it. try out, Body Language, Calling All Girls, Back chat is a good one, it is said that john wrote it as a dis to Brian at the time but that has never been proven and i have never heard any of Queen say that. Another good one is Las Palabras De amor (The words of Love).

Put Out the Fire has a great guitar solo and fills ! 👍😉

You should have done this as a double header........ Album and live in one video, that order! It's one of the best songs to contrast Queen studio and Queen live

I think that at least some of the problem was when Hot Space was new, it must have seemed frightening to many fans (and to Brian and Roger), who had no way of knowing if this change of direction was permanent or just a diversion. Looking back at it from the distance of 40 years, as just part of the band's long and varied career, an avenue explored and moved on from, I imagine that the vitriol aimed at the album has reduced over time, especially from fans who weren't into the band until after the album had come and gone. Though Roger and Brian still don't seem to have mellowed towards it! ;) As for myself, the album was already ten years or more old before I heard it, and it somehow sounds better now than in the 90s. It's not the band's best album, but it's not a turkey either, and many of the songs are at least catchy. I have a minor obsession with 'Back Chat' myself, how that wasn't a big radio hit I don't know, maybe the band should have released it as the first proper single from the album instead of 'Body Language' and it might have done better than that did.

Live version is more rock sounding than the studio version!

Oh yeah this are POWER love it.......its make me dance! Mmm..... should dance ballett to this, I make my own dance, can shange from rock to ballett to discko.....all I whant in one song 💃🏼🩰🤸‍♀️💕

The band is really tight on this one. I’ve seen other bands on here try to do the music. They can’t. It’s fast and so damn good.

Brian and Roger weren't keen on Hot Space but they are a band and work together as a team.

Nice! It's not a very liked song, but I love it. One of my favourutes from Hot space.

Roger and Brian didn’t like this album.....the didn’t want all the “disco”, they preferred more Rock

Can I just recommend the official video : The Miracle. The video concept is so different and well made, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it 😀

Roger hates the "Hot space" album artwork

Dragon attack 1984 next please, boss. Best transition 👌 ever.

Please do is this the world that we created...? Live aid version next!

As someone suggested, can you, please, check "Dragon Attack", but studio version this time..I know you reacted to Montreal live version and although I love that one it was shortened and changed a bit (I do prefer their live performances except for this particular funky song with contagious John Deacon's bass..)

Hey excelent reaction!. Your My favorite reactor. May ve You could try to react a double combo, try first the album version and then the live version in the same vídeo and you can share with us your thoughts

the album version isnt as rocky as this version . The album sounds more current now than then , great for listening to in the car with a good system installed . Original version = ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LRfgNSCokm.html

Awesome reaction Haps Milton Keynes is a great concert, not to many reactions from Milton Keynes, (although Fat Bottomed Girls usually) Queen fans didn't like Hot Space album and its disco sound too much. 💖👑🔥🐥

You starting to look a bit like Freddie now... cool.. 👑👍

They didn't like it but they played anyways the good sports they were lol