We will rock you

I went to the musical We will rock you today. It was held in Shinjuku Koma theater, and during the musical, you can meet a bronze Freddie. Here is their official web site. On this page you can watach movies of the musical. You can also check out the story there. It is not Queen's history or Freddie's story, just pure fiction. In a future world, music and music insruments have been banned from use and people are controlled by the Killer Queen. But the Bohemians resistahce believes that there was once a Golden Age when kids formed their own bands and wrote their own songs. A legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall musical instruments still exist. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe and draw it from the stone...The impression part is that boys bands and programmed music have killed real music, but they also have a political message.

I've read on some sites that Queen became a very big in Japan in their early days. In the 70s, Haneda Air Port and Nihon Budokan were only the places to see foreign bands. We have these old pictures of the band standing in the middle of the runway.

In the musical, they sometimes tried to cater Japanese audience. For example they fuatured two Japanese performers Ozaki and hide as legendary dead artists. But it is not necessary. Many foreign rock fans don't listen to, and don't care about Japanese Rock; acutally I have never listened to eitherm and to be honest with you, I really didn't need to have their faces stuck between my faves like John Lennon, Freddie, Jim Morrison etc,.

Anyway it was a good musical. But most of all, I really miss Queen, I wish I could still go to Queen's live shows. But of couse I do not mean this...(T T) ...Did you notice Brian and Roger were in this Pepsi TV ad with Brtiony, Pink, and Beyonce? don't mess up, please.

Comments

Yay, I am an Australian - it's our We Will Rock Cast that are currently performing in Tokyo - we are so excited for them! I'm glad you liked the show =). It's just fantastic, anyone out there reading this - book tickets now!

[mari]

Hi there! As a musical, it was nice. I enjoyed really. However like I wrote, I am a little worried about what will happen to Queen. I think someone should tell Brian and Roger." stop it". If not, sooner or later we will see anotehr weired Queen project.

[Noswonky]

Fat bottomed girls - they make this rockin' world go 'round!

[roger]

I have seen this musical advertised here in U.S. The first time I saw Queen live was in 1976 and as funny as it sounds, it changed my life. For a bored 16 year old, the mythical, over the top music of Queen along with the incredible presence and voice of Freddie Mercury (real name Farouk Bulsara) opened my imagination up to wonderful and expressive worlds. I can't be sure what he would think of this musical today—I'm quite sure it is a compliment to Queen's influence—but I get kimochiwarui when I see the advertisement.