Je suis tombé sur une photo qui m'a interpellé, et en cherchant j'ai trouvé que le groupe Queen avait loué le 17 September 1978, 50 filles nues pour faire le tour du Wimbledon Stadium à Londres
"Bicycle Race" is a single by the English rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury. The song is unusual for a Queen single in that it shows off the band's humorous side. Among other comic moments it has a middle eight which features bicycle bells. Fans would often replicate this at Queen concerts with their own such bells.
To release this song Queen staged a bicycle race with 65[citation needed] naked women. The video was originally banned and subsequently re-edited with added special effects to censor the offensive imagery.
It was released as a Double-A side with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". A crudely retouched photograph of a naked cyclist from the bicycle race was used for the single cover (now sporting a bikini bottom).
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Il est amusant aussi de lire que le groupe queen qui avait loué les vélos a du payé toutes les selles de vélos qui avaient été utilisée "improprement"
Voir à la fin de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_%28Queen_album%29
http://rockandbike.blogspot.fr/2009/04/artist-queen-song-bicycle-race-album.html
"Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" were released in 1978 as a double A-side; the band staged a famous nude, all-female bicycle race to promote the single. The bicycle race took place on 17 September 1978 at Wimbledon Stadium in London. The picture sleeve showed a rear view of one of the ladies on her bicycle, but a pair of red panties were painted on to avoid public outcry. Legend has it that the band borrowed the bicycles from a store ("Halfords", according to the liner notes), but upon returning them were informed that they would have to purchase all the seats, as they had been used in an improper manner (i.e. without clothing). "Fat Bottomed Girls" also contains one of Taylor's most memorable drum fills at about 2:52 on Jazz, but at 2:16 on Greatest Hits.
Uncensored - Queen - Bicycle Race par DOUDOU7792
Message édité par : gilles / 07-04-2013 11:42
Message édité par : gilles / 07-04-2013 12:25
😳 ils avaient loué 50 filles nues?
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ha... ils avaient loué le 17sept 1978, le stade de wimbledon, pour faire le tour avec 50filles nues!!
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Et j'avais acheté l'album 33 tours pour le poster des cyclistes à l'intérieur !
Et impossible de le retrouver !
André
Comme quoi on peut être des icones gays et être de gros machistes.
Je pense qu'il y avait beaucoup de 2nd degrés, aussi bien dans cette chanson que dans le clip de Queen ...
