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In 1970, the band Smile, organized by students Brian May and Tim Staffel, needed a vocalist and bassist. They were Tim Staffel's roommate Farukh Balsara and old acquaintance Mike Grose. They renamed the group “Queen” and performed with this lineup for the first time at the Truro City Hall.
After two shows, Grose left the band and was replaced by Barry Mitchell, who left at the end of the year. Farukh Balsara, meanwhile, takes on the pseudonym Freddie Mercury. After Mitchell's departure, the band played the next two shows with Doug Bogie. John Deacon becomes the next bassist. It is this composition of Queen that is still known throughout the world.
In the second half of 1971, the group negotiated with the De Lane Lea recording studio for a free demo recording of their songs in exchange for testing new equipment.
In 1972, Queen signed a recording, publishing and management contract with Trident Audio Production, and in 1973, Trident Audio Production entered into a contract with EMI for Queen. Queen's debut album of the same name was released in the summer of 1973. The single from the album is the song “Keep Yourself Alive”, but it, and the album as a whole, is not particularly successful. After this, the band went on their first tour, opening for the band Mott The Hoople.
In March 1974, the group's second album, Queen II, was released, which entered the Top 5 of the British charts. After this, the group goes on their first independent tour of UK cities. In April 1974, they received an invitation from Mott The Hoople to tour America with them, but had to turn it down when Brian May fell ill in May. Because of this, work on the third album had to begin without him. "Sheer Heart Attack" appeared in November 1974 and reached number two in the UK charts. The single "Killer Queen" becomes the group's first hit in the United States (thirteenth place in the Top US).
The release of the album "A Night At The Opera" in 1975 is considered a turning point in the history of the group. The most famous song from this plastic is “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Despite numerous claims that a song that lasted about six minutes (the standard for songs at that time was about three minutes) would never become a hit, Freddie believed otherwise. He gave a copy of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” record to his friend, DJ Kenny Everett, who put the song on the air. Kenny's enthusiastic support and the song's groundbreaking video (believed to be the world's first) propelled the song to the top of the UK chart, where it stayed for nine weeks.
Over the next fifteen years, Queen became one of the greatest rock bands of the 20th century. They achieve worldwide fame by performing extravagant live concerts around the world and recording vibrant, melodic studio albums. They have won a variety of awards and composed soundtracks for films such as Flash Gordon and Highlander.
Problems arose in 1984, when the group went for concerts to South Africa, where apartheid laws reigned. Their trip caused a backlash among the public, but the group said that they are not political and play music for the people. But next year they take part in the grandiose charity concert “Live Aid”, where they become the main stars of the show. This performance is still recognized as the best performed live. This work is regarded by many as their main triumph and turning point.
On November 23, 1991, Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS. Exhausted after a long illness, he died the next day. Before his death, Mercury ordered that all proceeds from the re-release of the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” be donated to the Terrence Higgins AIDS charity.
The remaining members of the group, without announcing the breakup of Queen, continued to work together and separately. George Michael, Robbie Williams and the band “Five” were the lead singers of the group at Queen’s concerts and recordings.
Since 1995, John Deacon has effectively left Queen, saying: “There’s no point in continuing. Freddie cannot be replaced."
In 2004, the successful project “Queen Paul Rogers” was launched. Return of the Champions." Musicians give concerts where they perform Queen hits and Paul Rodgers songs.
In the spring of 2009, the musicians of the Queen Paul Rogers project announced its end, citing the fact that, quote: “I think we have achieved excellent success in this project. We have done two world tours, released a couple of live albums... And even recorded a studio album, which, in general, became a historical event - after all, Brian and Roger had not been in the studio with anyone for a long time and had not recorded anything like this for a very long time. So it was even some kind of achievement" (queenrocks.ru) . But according to the members of the group, they do not rule out some kind of joint performances in the future.
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Queen (translated from English as “queen”) is a legendary rock band from Great Britain. Founded in 1970 in London. It all started with the fact that two students Brian May and Tim Staffel formed the team “1984” in 1964, whose name came from the title of the novel by George Orwell. Afterwards the team was renamed “Smile”. Soon, through an advertisement, they found drummer Roger Taylor. But the team’s greatest result was that they once warmed up the audience before a Pink Floyd concert. In the first half of 1970, Tim left the team due to a heavy teaching load and lack of competent management. Smile. However, Brian and Roger were determined to continue their musical careers and revealed their far-reaching plans to fellow housemate Staffel Freddie (Farrokh Bulsare). The guy regularly went to the team's performances, but May and Taylor could not even imagine that he was actually a capable vocalist.
It turned out that Freddie also clearly saw what the performances and stage activities of the group should be like. Having joined the team, he renamed it “Queen”, created its trademark, and came up with the stage name Freddie Mercury for himself. Not so quickly the band found its permanent fourth member - bass guitarist John Deacon. And so, in 1973, Queen released their premiere record, after the release of which they warmed up the audience before concerts on the British tour of the Mott the Hoople team. At the beginning of 1974, a new composition by the group “Seven Seas of Rhye” was released in a number of countries, reaching number 10 and remaining in the British charts for 2.5 months. This was Queen's first victory. In the first half of 1974, the team's second studio disc was released. It reached number 5 in the UK album charts. Queen's success continued to grow, and another album released the same year already took 2nd position on the UK charts.
Several hits came from this album, including “Now I"m Here” from “Stone Cold Crazy.” And in 1975, Queen’s record was released, which was a tremendous success. It ranks among the 500 best records according to Rolling. Stone. The most famous song from this album is “Bohemian Rhapsody", which later received the title of single of the millennium in the UK. After the release of the record, the musicians went on a promotional tour, which took place in North America, Japan and the band’s homeland. The 1976 album became the leader of the British charts. And from the record the following year came hits that became legendary for all time - “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions”. In 1978, Queen’s most provocative disc, Jazz, was released. The main scandalousness was given to it by the video to the song "Bicycle Race", which featured many naked female cyclists.
From the beginning of the 80s, a new stage in the team’s creative activity began. Queen little by little moved away from glam rock, and Freddie changed his stage image - he got a haircut, grew a mustache and stopped giving performances in tight tights. In 1981, a collection of the group was released, as well as a separate song “Under Pressure” - a collaboration with David Bowie, which became the leader of the English charts, as well as the charts of other countries. After a short time-out in 1983, Queen released a record in 1984, which released two famous hits “Radio Ga Ga” (became a chart leader in many countries around the world) and the famous video “I Want to Break” Free." The year 1986 was marked for the team and its fans with the release of a track for the cult science-fiction film “Highlander” and the team’s new studio disc, which gained incredible popularity. Afterwards, the musicians went on a grand European tour, which, in fact, became the final one.
Soon the first speculations about Freddie’s illness appeared, which were sharply denied by him and other members of the team. And in 1989, Queen released a record that was very different from their previous works. The title track from it was “The Miracle”. Mercury's timbre of voice changed to a certain extent, he stopped wearing a mustache and chose a more formal style of clothing. In 1990, the team was awarded the Brit Awards - Freddie's acceptance speech was his last public appearance. And 1991 was actually the last year in the existence of the Queen team. Before Freddie's death, the band released a new album. It was on this disc that the legendary, poignant “The Show Must Go On” was located - in it, the lyrical character raises the question of the meaning of life and hopes that he will find freedom of soul and body after leaving this world. On November 21, 1991, Mercury himself made a statement that he had AIDS. And the next day he died. In April 1992, a memorial concert dedicated to Freddie took place, at which those celebrity musicians whom Mercury considered as friends performed, among them were George Michael, David Bowie, Annie Lennox and others.
Queen is a British rock band that achieved widespread fame in the 70s and 80s. XX century and has hundreds of millions of fans to this day. The most famous Queen songs include such classic rock hits as “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “We Are The Champions”, “A Kind Of Magic”, “The Show Must Go On” and others . Video clips shot by Queen musicians also became widely known, and one of them (for the song “Bohemian Rhapsody”) is the first video in the history of music. In addition, Queen gained fame as one of the greatest live bands in rock history.
Composition of the group
* Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) - vocals, piano, guitar on “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
* Brian May (Brian May, 1947) - guitars, harp, orchestral instruments, vocals.
* John Deacon (John Deacon, 1951) - bass guitar, guitar, piano.
* Roger Taylor (1949) - drums, percussion, vocals.
Origin
The band's history begins in 1968 in the UK, when students Brian May and Tim Staffel formed the group "Smile". Brian posted a notice in the walls of his Imperial College. It stated that the band needed a drummer to play in the style of Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker (drummers for Jimi Hendrix and Cream, respectively). Dental student Roger Taylor responded. He then seemed to May and Staffel the best option, impressing them with the accuracy of the drum tuning. The main achievement of “Smile” was the opening act for Pink Floyd. However, due to intense studies and the lack of any management, the trio broke up in the spring of 1970: Tim Staffel left the group.
But May and Taylor had no intention of giving up their music careers and shared their creative ambitions with Staffel's friend and classmate Freddie (Farukh) Bulsara. He often attended Smile performances, but May and Staffel had no idea that he could sing at all. Freddie had very clear plans for the band's performance and stage work. He came up with the name “Queen” for the new group, and took the pseudonym Freddie Mercury for himself. Now the group consisted of a vocalist-keyboardist, guitarist and drummer.
Initially, Roger Taylor's old acquaintance from the Cornish band "The Reaction" Mike Growse was invited to play the role of bass guitarist, who performed at the group's first two concerts (June 27 at the Truro City Hall, Truro and July 12 at Imperial College). He was subsequently replaced by the highly gifted bassist Barry Mitchell. But, tired of the music business, he left the band in early 1971. The band's next bassist, Doug Bogie, lasted only two shows. But in February 1971, at a London disco, Brian May and Roger Taylor met the already experienced bass player John Deacon, who had come to study in London from his hometown of Leicester. After passing the audition, John took the position of bassist of the group and became the four permanent member of the lineup, which lasted almost 21 years.
History of creativity
From 1971 to 1979 one can trace the influence of other groups. Every year it becomes less noticeable, but in the seventies it is still present. Freddie himself noted more than once that their group “grew up” on Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix.
1973 - Queen's first album of the same name (1973) included the Smile trio's song "Doing All Right". The basis of the disc was the song “Keep Yourself Alive” - the first Queen single. The album was not very successful, but this was not a reason for frustration. This album was recorded over two years, at a time when the recording studio was free. The problem with the Queen album was aggravated by Brian's illness - he had hepatitis. And yet, you shouldn’t call this record a failure - it didn’t take off in the parades, but it wasn’t rejected either. Queen gives its first independent concerts in the UK, Germany and Luxembourg. Before that, they participated in the tour of other bands as an opening act.
1974 - "Queen II" became a breakthrough and reached number 5 in the British charts, despite the fact that critical reviews were negative. The album was accused of being unfinished and lacking independence, but, surprisingly, this is precisely why Brian May considers it the best album of the group. "Sheer Heart Attack" reached number two in Britain. The album's best compositions ("Killer Queen", "Flick Of The Wrist") are among the band's best songs, and "Stone Cold Crazy" is considered a heavy metal classic (later included in the Metallica repertoire). The group participates in the Australian Sunbury Music Festival and gives its first concerts in Sweden and Finland.
Error. In 1974, Queen released two albums, the stylistically cohesive Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack. The text of the paragraph specifically describes Sheer Heart Attack. Also, unfortunately, no mention is made of Queen's triumphant concert tour in Japan.
1975 - "A Night At The Opera" is called Queen's greatest work. Many consider it one of the best albums in the history of rock music in general. This record turned out to be completely special - bright, melodic, with a noticeable participation of the piano - it revealed a completely different face of rock music. Nowadays, she personifies the style of the seventies. Some of the songs were written for keyboards, however, “Love Of My Life” was never performed in the album version again, and was played at concerts with Brian’s accompaniment on a 12-string semi-acoustic. The live version turned out to be better than the album version, but this roughness was still irrelevant at that moment.
And the most famous song on this album is “Bohemian Rhapsody”. It would seem that this long five-minute composition, which inexplicably combined the features of rock and pop music, opera and individual motifs of folklore, could not become popular at all, and certainly should not have soared to the top of the charts. A three-minute song was considered standard in those years, but Queen were not afraid to create this five-minute masterpiece, which a quarter of a century later in Britain would be called the song of the millennium. In addition to this, it is worth noting that the video for “Bohemian Rhapsody” is considered the world's first music video. Videos for music have been shot before, but this case is the first example of a conscious combination of specially created images, effects and music. The video uses optical special effects that now seem primitive: filming through a hexagonal prism and duplicating the faces of the musicians. But it is worth recognizing that even today not all videos are created with such taste. “You’re My Best Friend” and “Love Of My Life” were filmed for the same album, the latter, by the way, in the same live version with a guitar. In support of the album, Queen gives concerts in the USA, Canada, Japan and, of course, at home.
1976 - "A Day at the Races" again caused a storm of indignation among critics. Queen have been accused of being a futile attempt to repeat A Night At The Opera, and the influence of the previous album is really noticeable. Brian May said that all the songs were being prepared at the same time, just some were released in 1975, and others in 1976. In any case, there is nothing surprising in the similarity of two albums by the same group, especially since “A Day At The Races” took 1st place in the British charts, and “Somebody To Love” became Mercury’s favorite song. "Tie Your Mother Down" has been played at most concerts since then. In addition, videos were shot for "Somebody To Love" and "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy". These are still the same “seventies” in the work of the group, which in a year will dramatically change course. In addition, the group gives a grandiose free concert in Hyde Park, attracting about 170 thousand people, and arranges a tour of Scotland, the USA, Japan and even Australia.
1977 - “News of the World” is probably the very record in which Queen’s eighties begin to be seen. This is no longer “A Day At The Races”, the new music is generally more aggressive, closer to hard rock. Still, some inconsistencies could not be avoided - the third song of the album clearly belongs in “Sheer Heart Attack”, and “Sleeping On The Side Walk” cannot in any way be classified as the group’s masterpieces. This disc brought the group two super hits “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”, but otherwise was not so successful, reaching number four in Britain and third in the USA. The band returns with concerts in Sweden and tours North America and Europe.
1978 - “Jazz” - the group’s most scandalous album. He was accused of being somewhat “pop,” but the main reason for the flurry of criticism was the video for the song “Bicycle Race,” which was banned in the States as pornographic. The group was declared unspiritual and lost part of its audience. The composition “Fat Bottomed Girls” also partly contributed to this.
“Mustafa,” which was number one on the record, also turned out to be misunderstood. In fact, the lyrics themselves are written in Arabic and sound almost like back-vocals. There are conflicting opinions about this work: some consider it a pop dance phonogram, others find a secret deep meaning in it. It is difficult to find a middle ground, since it is obvious that both of them are going too far. “Let Me Entertain You” is closer to heavy metal, but fits perfectly into this album. “Dreamers Ball” looks out of place, although it is very beautiful in its own right. The disc's striking track is "Don't Stop Me Now" - one of the best Queen songs written by Freddie Mercury. This is a charge of energy, which will then end up in the “Greatest Hits” collection. Videos were made for "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race" and "Don't Stop Me Now". The stylish album cover was inspired by a drawing on a Berlin wall that the musicians saw while traveling around the city. Despite the criticism, "Jazz" peaked at number two in Britain and number six in the US.
1979 - "Live Killers" was released - a concert collection of Queen, which included live versions of the group's most famous songs. The new album is not being released, the musicians devote themselves to concerts. Meanwhile, Freddie takes to the stage for the first time with a guitar to perform “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which will soon be included in “The Game”, but for now it is released as a single. But in a year everyone will see a completely different Queen, a group that will become the personification of rock music of the 80s and one of the most popular bands in the world to this day.
Since 1980, a new period in the work of Queen begins. Over the next 6 years, the group would develop their own style, completely different from what the musicians had demonstrated in the previous decade. The group gradually moved away from glam rock, and Mercury parted with his previous stage image: he cut his hair, grew a mustache, stopped performing in tights and acquired the appearance by which most people know him.
1980 - The Game album was released. He opened a new era not only in the group’s work, but in all rock music. Freddie considered it the band's best album. Finally the band abandoned all their preconceptions and recorded an album using a synthesizer. Prior to this, synthesizers were fundamentally rejected as an instrument that did not fit with the style and sound of the group, which was easily replaced by Brian’s “Red Special” guitar with its unique polyphonic sound. Compositions from this record were invariably played at every concert, and some of them are among the best created by Queen.
“Play The Game,” the title song of the disc, was accompanied by a somewhat unusual video. In the background there is a fire burning from which musicians emerge - one of the first uses of graphics. Mercury played the live version of “Play The Game” on the piano. Deacon's song "Another One Bites the Dust" was particularly successful. This item belongs to a style that is unusual for Queen. It can be called disco-funk. “Another One Bites The Dust” is definitely one of the band's most successful songs, memorable with incredible bass lines and distinctive vocals. Freddie himself loved this song very much, and the entire album was developed taking into account its character. The idea paid off - “The Game” was structured thematically, and was not just a collection of songs. At the same time, the group recorded music for the science-fiction film Flash Gordon. It was well received in the UK, but failed at the American box office. It should be noted that in “Flash Gordon” the band uses the synthesizer as the dominant instrument for the first time and does it very professionally.
1981 - “Greatest Hits” compilation is released. Together with David Bowie, the song “Under Pressure” is recorded, which is still being released as a single, but is already enjoying enormous success, reaching number one both in England and in a number of other countries.
1982 was marked by grandiose concert tours: Queen gave about 70 concerts in the UK, Western Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan). A new album, “Hot Space,” was released, the main hit of which was that same “Under Pressure.” British television is making a film about the concert, which will appear in 2004 under the title Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl.
1983 - the group pauses work for a short time, all musicians work on solo projects.
1984 - The Works album reached number two in the UK charts. The song “Radio Ga Ga” topped the charts in 19 (!) countries around the world. At the same time, the video clip filmed for the song “I Want To Break Free” was subjected to severe criticism for scenes with dressing in women's clothing, which, however, did not prevent the song itself from becoming the official anthem of the African National Congress. The band performs at the Golden Rose festival in Montreux, the recording can be seen on the DVD "Greatest Video Hits II".
1985 - Queen participates in the Rock In Rio festival. This performance will later appear on DVD, as will the May 11 concert in Tokyo. On July 14, 1985, the group triumphantly performed at the large-scale charity concert Live Aid. 20 years later, this performance is recognized as the best sung live by a performer. After this concert, Brian May said that it was then that he felt real pride in his work. “Queen is the best band in the world today!” - said the guitarist.
1986 - Queen wrote the soundtrack to the science fiction film Highlander and used it as the basis for their new album A Kind Of Magic. The album was a huge success, Queen became one of the most popular rock bands in the world. The musicians organized the “Magic Tour” - a series of concerts throughout Europe. The three biggest concerts in London, Knebworth and Budapest attracted 400,000 people, and the concert in Budapest was the first performance by a Western rock band in the history of Eastern Europe in general, and Hungary in particular. The tour itself attracted around a million people across Europe. Nothing like this has been seen by any rock band or rock singer since the Beatlemania of the 60s. "Magic Tour" will be the band's last concert tour. This year, rumors about Freddie's illness began. Freddie denied this, citing his healthy appearance.
1989 - this year would be more correctly attributed to the nineties in the work of Queen. The album “The Miracle” is very different from all previous works. Freddie's voice changed a little, he shaved his mustache and began to dress more formally. Five singles are released along with the album. The release of the clips fuels rumors about Mercury's illness, which are now actively refuted by both the band's musicians and Freddie himself. The strange cover of “The Miracle” also became a cause for controversy, but, most likely, precisely because of the singer’s possible illness. The album's title track is the five-minute "The Miracle," but nothing makes you wonder about Queen's future like "Scandal."
In fact, the nineties for Queen began back in 1989, with the album “The Miracle”. Even an ignorant person can distinguish Freddie's voice on the last two albums. Perhaps this was due to the direct influence of the disease, but it is known for certain that in early 1990 Mercury quit smoking due to developing lung disease.
1990 - no information appears about the group, all its members report that “everything is fine,” however, such a drastic change in lifestyle and image caused natural surprise and anxiety among fans. Queen won the Brit Awards and this would be Freddie's last public appearance. He did not make a speech, saying simply: “Thank you, goodnight.”
1991 - The last year of Queen's actual existence. Shortly before Mercury's death, the album “Innuendo” (“Indirect Hint”) was released. Many consider it one of Queen's most outstanding works. The album opens with a song called “Innuendo”. In its composition, it is reminiscent of “Bohemian Rhapsody” - the same six minutes instead of the standard three, a combination of different musical styles.
For the second song, “I’m Going Slightly Mad,” a gloomy black and white video clip was shot, full of not indirect, but quite transparent hints about Freddie’s impending death. However, the most famous song of the album, without a doubt, is the last one - “The Show Must Go On”, in which the lyrical hero wonders about the meaning of existence and expresses hope for gaining physical and mental freedom after death. Its chorus says:
Show must go on.
My heart is breaking inside
Maybe my makeup is peeling off
But my smile remains with you.
"The Show Must Go On" is definitely one of Queen's best songs. But without knowing the history of the group, it is impossible to understand how much effort Freddie took to record it. Mercury's voice does not betray his illness. It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to perform such a song knowing that death is imminent. Written by Brian May, it seems to have been created especially for Freddie.
Before his death, Mercury ordered that all proceeds from the re-release of the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” be donated to the Terrence Higgins AIDS charity. He died on November 24, 1991.
1992 - On April 20, a concert in memory of Freddie Mercury took place at London's Wembley Stadium, organized by the remaining musicians of the group. That day, all those whom Freddie considered his friends and with whom he worked personally took the stage: Joe Elliott, George Michael, Axl Rose, Elton John, Robert Plant, David Bowie, Seal Samuel, Roger Dartley, Any Lennox, Lisa Stansfield and Mercury's favorite actress is Liza Minnelli. Spike Edney, who played keyboards for many of Queen's concerts, called the concert "Fred Aid", recalling Queen's phenomenal performance at 1985's Live Aid. It was a concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, but, in fact, it was a farewell to the Queen group.
1995 - Queen's last studio album, Made in Heaven, was released, composed of the band's spring 1991 session recordings at Mountain Studios, two re-arranged Freddie compositions from his solo album Mr. Bad Guy (“Made In Heaven”, “I Was Born To Love You”), one composition by Roger Taylor’s group “The Cross” (“Heaven For Everyone”) and some previously unreleased compositions. It is noteworthy that “A Winter’s Tale” is the last composition written by Mercury, and “Mother Love” was the last recording of Freddie’s vocals.
John Deacon said it best about this time: “There is no point in continuing. Freddie cannot be replaced." After 1995, he stopped his music career, appearing only once on stage in 1997. However, Brian and Roger continue to perform with other artists.
After Mercury's terrible death, Queen's soloists at individual concerts and recordings were George Michael, Robbie Williams and the band Five. However, the most successful was the union of musicians with the representative of British blues rock, Paul Rodgers. The project is called “Queen + Paul Rogers. Return of the Champions." The musicians go on tour, perform traditional Queen songs and gather decent audiences.
In 2006, Brian May announced that he would be recording a new studio album with Paul Rodgers. It also became known that a new tour of the group would be organized in 2008.
While the sun is shining in the sky and there is sand in the desert,
While the waves are raging in the sea, crashing on the shore,
While the wind thinks, the stars and rainbows burn,
Until the mountains turned into plains -
Oh yes we will continue
Walk that beautiful road!
Oh we'll carry on, yeah
Just pass the time
As long as we live according to race, color and creed,
While we are ruled by blind madness and pure greed
Our lives are dictated by tradition, superstition,
Fake religion
Through the centuries, on and on
Oh yes we will continue
Walk that beautiful road!
Oh yes we will continue
Until the end of time!
Until the end of time!
In sorrow, in all our glory
Don't take my hint as an insult
You can become anything you want -
Just turn yourself into something
What do you want to become?
Be free to move, be free, be free!
Give in to your ego, be free, be free for yourself!
If there is a God or any other justice under heaven,
If there is a purpose, if there is a reason to live or die,
If there is an answer to the questions we are forced to ask -
Show yourself, destroy our fears, throw off your mask!
Oh yes we will continue
Walk that beautiful road!
Oh yeah we'll keep smiling
And no matter what happens - come what may!
We will continue
We'll just carry on
Until the end of time!
Until the end of time!
Until the end of time!
