record that they didn’t actually like the album – something which
has been repeated this very year by heavy rockers Deep Purple,
when the release of one of their live concerts was actually pulled by
their record company after the band urged fans not to buy it. One
particular criticism of the album was its inclusion of ‘Bohemian
Rhapsod y’, a track which never held up as a live number, as Brian
May himself explained, ‘“Rhapsody” is not a stage number. A
lot of people don’t like us leaving the stage. But to be honest, I’d
rather leave than have us play to a backing tape. If you are there
and you have got backing tapes, it’s a totally false situation. So
we’d rather be up front and say, “Look, this is not something you
can play onstage.” It was multi-layered in the studio. We’ll play it
because we think that you want to hear it.’
Towards the end of 1979, the band also released ‘Crazy Little
Thing Called Love’, a single which brought the band chart success
once again, hitting the Top 10 in most countries around the world,
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Freddie Mercury and John Deacon are interviewed about performing in Hungary.