Billy Squier - I Have Watched You Fly

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Billy Squier - I Have Watched You Fly

I HAVE WATCHED YOU FLY After the summer tour of 1991, when Billy was about to begin working on an idea for his next album in the late autumn, the shocking news was received that his longtime friend Freddie Mercury had AIDS. And the following day, on 24 November, the friend passed away all too soon. "I was shattered," remarks Billy. "I didn't want to say good-bye to him. I wanted to hold on to his spirit. So I wrote what for me was a very emotional, confessional song called 'I Have Watched You Fly'". The song was written the day after Freddie died. "It came out pretty quickly, over the course of the afternoon. It was not a laborious process. Perhaps his famous spontaneity was with me at last." That started Billy writing songs for his new album. "Afterwards I remember saying, 'I want to write more songs with this sort of urgency and truthfulness'," recalls Billy. The twelve songs written by the author in such emotion were appropriately reflected on his next album's title --- "Tell The Truth". The album was brought out in April 1993. "I Have Watched You Fly", the origin of the album, was not included on the album, but its lyrics first appeared in the book entitled "This is the Real Life... FREDDIE MERCURY" in 1992. And, at last, Billy gave the first public performance of the tribute song at the most suitable event, the opening of the play "Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God" on February 17th, 1998. "I knew Freddie as a friend," he told the audience. "I'm honored to share the stage with him in the afterlife." The performance was recorded live and is available for free at a2bmusic or J-Bird Records website, which is the Billy's current record label and released his latest album "Happy Blue" in September 1998. Story of Queen & Billy Squier: http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Sumire/1293/English/queen.html Lyrics and mp3: http://mr-mercury.co.uk/audio.htm Andrea

Author: Skizzoskaxxo
Length: 04:14
Uploaded: 22.10.2007
Viewed: 6514×
Rating (25×):
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Video Category: Music
Tags: billy, squier, freddie, mercury, queen, i, have, watched, you, fly
he was there (you ...   (jumpy27)17.7.2009
he was there (you can see him on stage during the encore) but didn't perform...
and they should ...   (brandybemyname)6.2.2009
and they should play it every day on radio
thats RIGHT!!!!!!!! ...   (bayley5150)6.2.2009
thats RIGHT!!!!!!!! Brandy!!!!!!!​!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg why havent i ...   (brandybemyname)6.2.2009
omg why havent i heard this before..its awesome
this is all HEART ...   (bayley5150)31.1.2009
this is all HEART thanks Billy !!!!you are the BEST Cheers to you and Nicole!!!!
I love the story ...   (WHSSBabe)7.11.2008
I love the story behind this recording. Skizzoskaxxo really gives some great details about the song and its development. If you haven't read the "liner notes" posted with this vid, you need to. I don't think of this as a tribute as much as a love letter to a dear friend. We've all had losses likes that...it's great someone like Billy Squier has the talent to put those feelings into words for all of us. Thanks for posting and especially for the back story.
How can someone not ...   (delilah2709)19.9.2008
How can someone not cry over this...? :'(((
I was always ...   (hoof565)4.8.2008
I was always disappointed that he was not invited to perform at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert with Queen. He cared more than most I would suspect.
It's funny, I found ...   (rockgardenrocks)24.7.2008
It's funny, I found this because it occurred to me as I was learning Tie Your Mother Down for my band that Billy Squire would probably do a great job playing with Queen instead of Paul Rodgers (don't get me wrong PR is my favorite singer and I did a great job). That led me to search the internet to see if Squire ever covered a Queen song and I found he was good friends with the band since the early 70's. A couple hours of surfing later here I am listening to this... I love the internet!
Billy really sings ...   (bayley5150)1.6.2008
Billy really sings from the heart!!! you can hear the emotion in his voice!!! Squier is the best!!!!
love love love this ...   (gagemc3)3.2.2008
love love love this song
wow! I have the ...   (hoof565)16.12.2007
wow! I have the Happy Blue album but, I haven't heard this song before. what a huge honor dedicated to a huge talent. Freddie and Billy will always be my most loved artists
Was this song ever ...   (bump1bump2)5.12.2007
Was this song ever recorded? It sounds like it could have been on his Happy Blue album.
I don't know why ...   (Losaru)20.11.2007
I don't know why but I am now crying. RIP Freddie. I hope you hear this song in heaven.
I think Billy ...   (shesarunner82)18.11.2007
I think Billy Squier is one of the most underrated writers of our time. He proves it once again in this song.
mitico skizzetto! ;)   (skiduhfne)25.10.2007
mitico skizzetto! ;)
Man that's ...   (briaoddi)24.10.2007
Man that's fantastic. You can hear the emotion in his voice. I imagine that must have been a difficult thing to do- get up on stage and perform a song written for and dedicated to the life of a dear friend. He handled it very well. This is a great song by a great singer/songwr​itter/performe​r. Thank you for sharing.
Never this song ...   (slangman01)24.10.2007
Never this song before.Thank you for putting it on.

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