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When Queen and David Bowie met in Switzerland to record their iconic collaboration \u2018Under Pressure\u2019 on 26th October, 1981, *quite a lot* of drugs and wine were taken - to the extent that nobody can recall exactly how the iconic pop song came to be formed.\nWhat we do know is that Freddie Mercury never performed the monster hit live with Bowie, nor turned up to appear in the video, and that the precise authorship of the instantly recognisable bassline remains hard to establish.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly probe into Bowie\u2019s tax affairs; relate Brian May\u2019s account of Mercury\u2019s vocal-booth improv; and ask why Jedward and Vanilla Ice appear to have stolen a march on this seminal track\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Feel Like\u2019 (1981), the demo Queen recorded before Bowie turned up:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hKRR5FZ78\n\u2022 \u2018Under Pressure\u2019 (1981) - David Bowie and Queen, Official Video:\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I\n\u2022 \u2018Inside David Bowie and Queen\u2019s 'Tense' Recording Session for "Under Pressure"\u2019 (Biography, 2020):\xa0https://www.biography.com/news/david-bowie-queen-under-pressure-recording-session\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#80s #Music #Strange #Person #UK #Switzerland\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices