RevieweDVD! Queen - Queen: Greatest Video Hits
Queen
Queen: Greatest
Video Hits
Eagle Rock
Listen, Queen:
Greatest Video Hits DVD is good – that really should go without saying, but
even the fact that this is a solid two-disc collection of Queen videos can’t
help the fact that there is a very good chance you’ve seen some or all of this
material repackaged in some shape or form before. Both the audio and video are
remastered for this new set, the first disc of which features early Queen work up
until the Flash Gordon soundtrack in
1980, while the latter disc covers the bands latter day work, predictably, up
until frontman Freddie Mercury’s illness really took hold of him. Queen: Greatest Video Hits does the
right thing as well in not showing anything off of the band penultimate release
with Mercury, Innuendo. Queen: Greatest
Video Hits culminates with the vibrant “One Vision,” the opening track off
of the band 1986 long player A Kind of
Magic, a video that showcases one of the last visions if you will of
Mercury in his true prime. This collection features many of the timeless Queen
cuts you surely have come to know and love, tracks like “Bohemian Rhapsody,”
“Another One Bites the Dust,” “Killer Queen,” “Radio Ga Ga,” and “I Want to
Break Free,” and keep in mind that that’s only five, and not even to mention
the litany of other classics like “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions,”
and “Under Pressure.” 32 videos in total, and while there’s little to no bonus
material to speak of here, you’re not buying Queen: Greatest Video Hits for bonus content, you’re buying this
for that great set of 32 videos. This is a solid set, one good enough for
purchase by all types of Queen fans.
Grade: B-
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