Shadowing Practice: Roger Taylor Interview : Explains How Freddie Mercury Wrote Bicycle Race - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Not bad, eh?
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Now Brian May was supposed to be here tonight, but he's laid up in Lisbon with a nasty case of food poisoning.
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However, drummer Roger Taylor ordered something else off the menu last night, so he is with us.
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Is he alright?
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Um, he's just texted me actually.
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He'd better be alright by tomorrow, because we're playing in Germany.
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Oh, I said he was going to say.
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You were playing in Lisbon.
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We were playing in Lisbon on Saturday night.
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That's right.
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So you missed the live evening part of Live 8, but you saw the daytime stuff, didn't you?
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Exactly, yeah, we were watching it in the day.
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So you missed The Who?
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I missed The Who, The Pink Floyd, Sting.
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We were just saying, tell us what you think about this.
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Queen sounds great there, you sound stronger than ever.
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Even without Freddie, you sound really strong.
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Watching The Who, which you didn't see, you must watch a tape of it, watching The Who on Saturday night, we were struck, a lot of people, young people were struck by how hard the rock drive was.
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I mean, Pete Townsend attacked his electric guitar like no other kid on the stage.
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He was just doing everything like he used to.
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It's fantastic.
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Do you think it doesn't really seem that good rock
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and roll like Queen like who liked even deep deep purple in America They play better as they get older.
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It's weird.
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Maybe but Pete Townshend always did play incredibly He's just he's just got this fire inside him
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and he sort of conducts everything with his guitar as well Yeah, but do you agree with that the old that the older rock?
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Yeah, I think there's a city wilting I suppose the survivors, you know Yeah I do, yeah.
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I mean, there was something special about that generation, I think.
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Yeah, I agree.
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My generation.
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That actual fusion that we just saw there with Paul Rogers and Brian and Queen, that's extraordinary.
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I mean, I was a fan of Queen, I was a huge fan of Free.
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I would never, ever, ever have expected the two styles to mesh.
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But they do, don't they?
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They do.
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It works extraordinarily well.
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It's quite an incendiary mixture actually and it's pushing us slightly towards bluesier and edgier and it really worked well,
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but you know we weren't looking.
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Paul just sort of appeared and...
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Was there a charity gig you did with him or something?
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Yeah, Brian did a show with him I think for a guitar show or something and...
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Hall of Fame, that was it.
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Yeah, and said well this is great, it just worked well and I think this could work, you know.
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Did you believe him at first?
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Well, I mean we were all great fans of Free and Paul Rogers and especially Freddie actually.
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Freddie was a huge Paul Rogers fan.
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He's got a kind of controlled violence in his voice, hasn't he?
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He also has a beautiful tone and a sort of blues edge that...
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Just one of the best voices around, you know.
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And where's the tour?
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You've been on tour for quite a while now with him.
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Yes, we did about 30 dates, indoor dates in Europe and we've just started, we've just got these four final outdoor dates,
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and we're in Hyde Park on Saturday.
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Right.
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You're selling out?
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Doing pretty good.
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I mean, we've had a lot of competition lately, but doing very well.
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But we have Peter Kay, which I think is a great mix.
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What's he going to do?
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He's not Amarillo again.
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Just be Peter Kay.
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I don't know.
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He's not stopping you.
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He does it everywhere now.
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He's going to do a comedy routine, but we have Razorlight as well,
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Yeah, they blew the boat fantastic on Saturday and a couple of guys from the darkness well, there's some actually remember Freddie a bit Yeah, okay um bicycle.
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I want to ride that that is the weirdest rock song ever It is actually a strange song.
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It's Freddy's idea actually
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that member the tour de France was coming by our hotel in Switzerland Right and he was absolutely
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Fascinated by and just said I got this odd idea idea um I was thinking of what this song is,
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call it Bicycle Race, and in the middle there'll be a bicycle bell solo.
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So he went, all right then.
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And it was a hit.
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I mean, it shouldn't have been a hit.
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Yeah, it's got a great middle eight, actually.
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All right, let's see a bit of it here. And Freddie.
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Freddie's mum was actually very pleased, wasn't she, that you were going on tour again with Paul Rogers.
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I think so, yeah, she did come along.
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She's always been very supportive.
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Yeah, and of course he was some he loved his mother very much, and he was also terrified of her Yeah,
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she's always been very very supportive can I ask you a dead straight question?
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Yeah, right you know in that in those harmonies there to be a Rhapsody
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and you hit that top note for me Except it's an octave above that really your voice,
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but it was yeah, I can't get there anymore I got you know my normal voice has got Higher and stronger, but my falsetto is not what it was.
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What did you know what that note was?
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Oh, wasn't what it kind of a top C.
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I think it was an F actually, but I'm not sure.
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I'm not sure it's incredible
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We've got one more clip actually of you guys
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when Freddie was with you because we wanted to show because
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that was obviously done for a Video we wanted to show
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the the live ability of the band we saw it as it is now It's great, but it was yet such a strong voice Yeah, it was one of our strengths really was our live performance.
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This is We Are The Champions, isn't it?
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I mean, he just, a bit like Robbie actually, again, you wouldn't have seen this, but the way Robbie just had the crowd in the palm of his hand.
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I heard he was great actually.
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Freddie did that.
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He could do that with an audience.
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He's a man.
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Yeah, I saw you guys at Hammersmith in 75.
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And he did that there.
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He just had everybody just brought everybody in.
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Anyway, here he is doing it Where Ali G got it from yeah, absolutely listen, did you say that it's on Saturday
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because it says Friday on my card It's Friday 8th of July live at Hyde Park.
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Yeah, yeah, and if
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if we win the bid tomorrow the Olympic bid We'll play a clip of that so over the pictures well, I think we should make that the official Olympic anthem Fantastic fingers and everything else
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Thanks Larry I'm really glad Queen has got it back together.
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Thank you.
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Tell Brian I hope he's better.
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I will do.
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I will do.
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I'll pass that on.
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Is his guitar still the one made out of his dad's fireplace?
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Yeah, but he's got quite a few copies now.
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Oh, alright.
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It's still the main one.
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That's still the main one.
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Great.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Roger Taylor Interview : Explains How Freddie Mercury Wrote Bicycle Race”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Freddie, Roger, Queen, Saturday, Paul. This video has 117 sentences and 1220 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:48. The speaker talks fast, about 210 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bicycle noun | /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ | A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s… |
| supportive adjective | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ | Providing support. |
| bluesy adjective | /ˈbluːzi/ | Characteristic of, or similar to, blues music. |
| extraordinarily adverb | In an extraordinary manner. | |
| falsetto noun | /fɔlˈsɛt.oʊ/ | The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for… |
| fascinate verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. |
| incendiary adjective | /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/ | Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire. |
| octave noun | /ˈɑktɪv/ | An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. |
| terrify verb | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ | To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. |
| fireplace noun | /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/ | An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney. |
| daytime noun | /ˈdeɪtaɪm/ | The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset. |
| drummer noun | /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ | One who plays the drums. |
| mesh noun | /mɛʃ/ | A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| anthem noun | /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm] | A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come along verb | To accompany. |
| make out of verb | To construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance). |
| sell out verb | To sell all of a supply or stock of something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Was there a charity gig you did with him or something?
- Did you believe him at first?
- What's he going to do?
- I mean, it shouldn't have been a hit.
- What did you know what that note was?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, I'm, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mesh /mɛʃ/, fusion /ˈfjuː.ʒən/
- Long words — get the stress right: incendiary /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/, anthem /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bicycle, supportive, bluesy.
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