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"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the sixth track on the album ''A Kind of Magic'', released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film ''Highlander''.〔(Who Wants To Live Forever ) UltimateQueen.co.uk〕 The song peaked at No. 24 in the UK charts.〔Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited〕 The song is used to frame the scenes in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather MacLeod growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, remains forever young. (It was later used in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", "Line of Fire", and "Leader of the Pack" of the ''Highlander'' television series). The song's title is taken from a line in another movie scored by Brian May and Queen, ''Flash Gordon'' (the line can be heard on "Battle Theme" from the ''Flash Gordon'' soundtrack album) and is based on May's personal troubles〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SUdpW8ahlo〕 (the death of May's father and failing first marriage). In the film, Freddie Mercury provides all the main vocals, while May sings lead vocals on the first verse on the album version, before Mercury takes over for most of the rest of the song, with May singing "But touch my tears with your lips" during Mercury's verse and then the final line of the song, "Who waits forever anyway?". An instrumental version of the song, titled "Forever", was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by May. Queen was backed up by an orchestra, with orchestrations by the co-composer of the film's score, Michael Kamen.〔 Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists. The song was played in the series finale of ''Eastbound & Down''. ==Personnel== *Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals *Brian May - lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, electric guitar *Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals *John Deacon - upright bass *National Philharmonic Orchestra arranged by Michael Kamen and Brian May and conducted by Kamen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Who Wants to Live Forever」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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