Watch Queen Rock "Tie Your Mother Down" at a 1981 Montreal Show

Yesterday we told you that on November 22nd, high-def music channel Rave HD will premiere David Gilmour: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (and treated you to a clip). But yes, there's more. That same day, the channel will also debut Queen: Rock Montreal, the only Queen concert ever shot on film. The show took place at Montreal's Forum in November 1981, and was mastered by the band's Brian May and Roger Taylor for this broadcast. Click above to watch Freddie Mercury and Co. busting out "Tie Your Mother Down."

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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