Added: Nov 18, 2008
From: homtarte
Duration: 4:7
It has not been that closely a guarded secret that rock legends Queen and Paul Rodgers have been in the recording studio for their first sessions together following their successful world tour of 2005/2006. Indeed, both singer/songwriter and founding member of Free/Bad Company Paul Rodgers and Brian May have been quoted on their websites as being "quietly excited" about the music that has been produced from this creative union.Spurred on by their commitments as Ambassadors to Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS global campaign, on which the spotlight will fall December 1 with a World Aids Day awareness and fundraising concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers are rushing to finish a track specially written for 46664 by Roger Taylor and have it available as a free download in time for this coming Saturday's AIDS HIV benefit concert.The track, Taylor's "Say It's Not True" originally came to light for the launch of the 46664 campaign back in November 2003. Taylor wrote the song as a gift to Mandela and performed it live for him for the first time with Brian May and Dave Stewart at the inaugural 46664 concert in Cape Town that month. The song carries the message that HIV AIDS is something that can affect any one of us no matter our sexual or racial status.Taylor performed an acoustic version of the song again nightly during the Queen + Paul Rodgers' 2005 tour, each time dedicating it to Mandela's work to bring people and politicians together to fight HIV AIDS.Having played two previous 46664 concerts, but committed in the studio this year, Queen and Paul Rodgers decided to revisit the song, with all three of them sharing the vocals, and to make the song the band's message of support to Mandela this year."By making the song available for free", says Taylor, "we hope to help Nelson Mandela with his campaign to get across the message that no-one is safe from infection. We have to be aware, we have to protect ourselves and those we love. The song follows the line of Mr. Mandela's personal message: it's in our own hands to bring a stop to this."
Channel: Music
Tags: aids awareness day its mandela nelson not paul queen rodgers say true world
Rating: 4.83 (786 ratings) Views: 268226' favoriteCount='966 Comments: 25
1kydde2 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - a beautiful and heartwrenching song
Claire348 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Fantastic song
BAMSE1901 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - there is not simply Queen, is Q+Pr.
MSVFanseit1993 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - What a real good song :)
zeppfan54 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Queen was a lot better with Freddie Mercury than now with Paul Rodgers.
KidFresh310 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - You can't compare Freddie and Paul, they are two completely different singers with different styles, and they are both brilliant in their own rights.
REGGINAJUVE Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
aldoachaval Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Por fin en Argentina mi querido Queen... se và extrañar demasiado a Freddie...Ready Roger & Brian ? Welcome to Argentina !!!
camposi Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I agree!!!
83smileyface Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Thank you colinanshell for this great share!I've attached my Care for Aids video to this one as well!My son has worked for the Care for Aids Org and went to Kenya for a month this year to work in a clinic there .(*_*) BJ
tvaughan807 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - really really really good song,,, u know i wish ppl wud stop sayin paul rodgers is crap compared to freddyy....hes not freddy and he isnt trying to be freddycompletly different sound theband has now!!i love it!"
x1charmood1x Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - i completely agree with you tvaughan807 , paul is a ledgend in himself and im a big fan, im also a huge fan of queen and the mix is perfect, ofcourse it isnt as good as freddie but they r two completely different people and they sound amazing, and paul is not far off what freddie was. there new stuff is amazing, ive just been to see them play and they were amazing, they dedicated the concert to freddie all the way through and paul doesnt try to be freddie. i love them to bits. they r gods !!
BioChinga Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - I really couldn't have put that better myself.I saw them at Cardiff and it was just incredible, Paul is a great front-man and I can't think of anyone else I would rather see performing with Queen.R.I.P Freddie
x1charmood1x Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - i just went to see them in cardiff aswell. it was fantastic wasnt it.i think paul is the best person for the job.R.I.P freddie. <3
Monsterpop Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - George Michael! ;-)
Spiritwolf6 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - wow...that gave me shivers...this is an awesome song!
mikel010 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - amazing ... this show us like it is not important what are you doing where you live etc. live is to help another ...
Angyal74 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Can you somebody tell me the full story of background of this videoclip? I saw Mandela, etc... Thanks
jordrocke Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - i agree with tvaughan807 hes a great singer and he'll bring something different to queen
Craze21AD Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - its about someone getting a letter and discovering they have aids and how they feel
FRocker93 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Yes, you're completly right... they're two different singers, and Paul isn't trying to be freddie at all.
vituxis Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - This is beautiful message to the people, to make it this way... Thank you, Your Majesty QUEEN! QUEEN performance in Latvia, Riga was unforgetable! Beautiful! :)
bosschebollen Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Respect from Holland!
marie4webb Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - yes its all bout hiv aids thats wot there into at the moment cos frd died ...
efctom1878 Says:
Nov 18, 2008 - Saw them at the NIA in Birmingham today - absolutely fantastic!