Music Legends Queen Special Edition 2019

very well. But Tyne Tees filmed it, and mixed it themselves, with
no help from us; and we now think that it’s one of the better
videos of our live shows.’
Following this, the band appeared on Top of the Pops for the
third time in their career, performing a version of new single, ‘Las
Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)’, dedicated to their South
American contingency. This, of course, was also at the same time
that England was in major conflict with Argentina over the state of
the Falklands, and the release of the track in England was seen as
‘inappropriate’. In Argentina, as well, the band’s songs were banned
from public radio after their popularity was seen to ‘annoy the
government’. Roger Taylor would speak out against the decision,
pronouncing, ‘In Argentina we were No. 1 when that stupid war
was going on and we had a fantastic time there, and that can be
only for the good. Music is totally international.’
Not wanting to stay out of the limelight for too long, ever-
excitable front man Mercury spent some time recording with
Michael Jackson, explaining, ‘Michael has been a friend of ours
(Queen) for a long time. He’s been to our shows and enjoyed them.
We make a great team.’ He added, ‘I’d like to release something
with Michael because he is really marvellous to work with. It’s all
a question of time because we never seem to be together at the
same time. Just think, I could have been on “Thriller”. Think of
the royalties I’ve missed out on!’ Several tracks were put down, but,
unfortunately, none have ever surfaced, meaning Freddie never did
get his hands on those royalties!
The year ended with a massive tour of America and Japan,
which, in spite of the album’s frosty reception, was a huge
success. Worn out, and in need of a well-earned rest, the awesome
foursome took 1983 as a rest of sorts, as Roger Taylor explained,
‘After touring America, Europe and Japan we were totally
knackered, so we thought we deserved a bit of a rest... It also had
a lot to do with the last album (“Hot Space”) not doing as well