Freddie Mercury sings Elvis Presley basic in uncommon Queen dwell footage

This week’s episode of Queen the Greatest Live seems to be again on the most surprising moments from the band’s concert events.

Aside from the occasional melody of biggest hits to keep away from followers being disillusioned that their favorite wasn’t within the present, Freddie Mercury and the fellows additionally appreciated to indulge within the occasional cowl.

These would come with classics that impressed the band from Little Richard’s Tutti Frutti to Ricky Nelson’s Hello Mary Lou.

In the footage from Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour under, Queen carry out these tracks in a medley with Elvis Presley’s (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care.

The King famously sang the observe in his 1957 basic Jailhouse Rock whereas he performed an electrical bass.

In a brand new interview within the video, Sir Brian May mentioned: “Why cover other people’s songs? It’s just an instinct. Sometimes you just want to give it that thing which you loved when you were a kid. Maybe like Heartbreak Hotel. And every now and again we would want to go into that area.

“I suppose it refreshes us and sometimes it’s quite refreshing for the audience. It’s out of the blue. They don’t expect it.

“It just brings something out of you, you can be a bit more reckless with other people’s material than with your own sometimes. Fun. It’s just fun, I guess.”

Roger Taylor added: “Yeah, absolutely. Those things like Tutti Frutti, Little Richard.

“It’s kind of telling people this is why we love rock and roll, because these songs really influenced us. It’s nice to do those. It keeps our interest up and kind of broadens the show a bit.”

Next week’s episode will look again at Queen performing Little Richard’s Tutti Frutti dwell.