On October 26, 1981, Queen, with the legendary David Bowie, bewitching publicist Under Pressure, would become one of the biggest hits in the history of rock music of the 80s and an example of inevitable collaboration between the most influential musical liars . in the style of second place in the 900.
The story of this beautiful film is worthy of a film, the incredible one perfect for the occasion, the genius and the slowness of which Queen and Bowie never tire of. I Queen came to Mountain Studios in Montreaux, Switzerland (which they purchased in 1979) to record the album Hot Space. He was the engineer for Dave Richards who knew David Bowie, who lived this period in Switzerland and recorded the single Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) for the sound column of a horror film by Paul Schrader and invited him to come to the studio.
Bowie confirmed the story told: “Certe cose succedono per caso, all’improvviso stai wrote something completely spontaneously. Under pressure is nata così”. Roger Taylor discovered that Queen and David Bowie began improvising with some of the members of Cream and other rock groups and he said at one point, "Why doesn't he write what I want?" »
That's when John Deacon's piece of genius arrives, one of the most recognizable bass riffs of the same period, the intro to Under Pressure with which the Queen bassist began to sing a rehearsal . “But I think you're going to eat a pizza and when I feel like I'm in the studio John, it's completely contradicted,” said Roger Taylor, “I'm here for the laughs.” Meanwhile, what bass riff was born an extraordinary song, with a cinematic atmosphere, a moving musical crescendo, an indefinable suono of the increase of rock and pop and a unique vocal intreccio between Freddie Mercury and David Bowie. Brian May said that Bowie had a mental vision and was very interesting to work on the arrangement, lulling at the same time as Freddie freed his space with his incredible vocal extension:
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