[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Absolutely fantastic. One Vision sounded as triumphant as it did back in 1986, and Paul's interpretation of it was nothing short of brilliant. They all looked and played great. Who cares about a couple missed notes? Rock and roll is all about the feeling conveyed... and it'd be hard to have more feeling than what that set had. Champions was the most powerful version I've heard in years, and Brian's solos were all right on the money. Excellent performance.
An interesting note:
I just watched the show on CBC, and in the credits it said that Spike Edney was the musical director. If anyone has ever doubted Spike's abilities and respect he has from those around him... there's all the proof you need.
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Right on spot! I really thought that they were great, and Brian was playing with such a feeling.
And Roger was fantastic too! Paul Rodgers was outstanding, and he his 58(?) if i´m not mistaken. What a source of energy.
Well said SirGH.
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Second me on that.
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Despite the flubs in One Vision, this was a pretty good performance for a Live Aid-style Q+PR performance.
I wonder if they tried many ideas for shortening the songs to fit the 20-minute songs and didn't quite rehearse the whole set all the way through more than once. Even Danny made a mistake during ARN, which is rare for him!
That said, the mistakes is nowhere near as bad as when I filled in for another band (called 'Triton') pretty much literally on the spot during a recent show that my band also performed in (incidentally, we were the last performers during the show, after about 7-10 other bands/acts before us, finishing up around 11PM).
Their (Triton's) drummer decided to bitch out on them and didn't show, as I found out before the show began. I ended up listening to three Poison songs on their iPod several times, and did my best to learn the songs, played the drums for them on those songs, and in the end I felt I did so-so even though the audience actually thought it was cool and they loved it (honestly, I'd never received so much compliments before!). Ironically, the last song "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" was the easiest one for me to do so I had no problem doing that one, but the bass was REALLY out of tune for some reason, the singer was obviously really drunk at this point and forgot the words on the last verse (I think), and the acoustic guitar was shite.
I did get the set recorded (audio and video) but I don't feel confident in uploading it personally. I think it's shite, but I won't be deleting it either. There were some fun moments in there, but musically it was horrible.
Needless to say, we (Unbalanced) did very well that night, but most of the audience had gone home since it was already around 11PM on a Sunday night :(
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.
I wonder if they tried many ideas for shortening the songs to fit the 20-minute songs and didn't quite rehearse the whole set all the way through more than once. Even Danny made a mistake during ARN, which is rare for him!
That said, the mistakes is nowhere near as bad as when I filled in for another band (called 'Triton') pretty much literally on the spot during a recent show that my band also performed in (incidentally, we were the last performers during the show, after about 7-10 other bands/acts before us, finishing up around 11PM).
Their (Triton's) drummer decided to bitch out on them and didn't show, as I found out before the show began. I ended up listening to three Poison songs on their iPod several times, and did my best to learn the songs, played the drums for them on those songs, and in the end I felt I did so-so even though the audience actually thought it was cool and they loved it (honestly, I'd never received so much compliments before!). Ironically, the last song "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" was the easiest one for me to do so I had no problem doing that one, but the bass was REALLY out of tune for some reason, the singer was obviously really drunk at this point and forgot the words on the last verse (I think), and the acoustic guitar was shite.
I did get the set recorded (audio and video) but I don't feel confident in uploading it personally. I think it's shite, but I won't be deleting it either. There were some fun moments in there, but musically it was horrible.
Needless to say, we (Unbalanced) did very well that night, but most of the audience had gone home since it was already around 11PM on a Sunday night :(
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH wrote: [/QUOTENAME] One Vision sounded as triumphant as it did back in 1986
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I'm sorry but I have to disagree. It sounded like utter crap compared to 1986.
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I'm sorry but I have to disagree. It sounded like utter crap compared to 1986.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]inu-liger wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.[/QUOTE]
I wondered about that actually - was it actually an effect on Paul's vocals, or was the audio from the live feed getting that effect from the delay on the towers for the audience standing further back?
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.[/QUOTE]
I wondered about that actually - was it actually an effect on Paul's vocals, or was the audio from the live feed getting that effect from the delay on the towers for the audience standing further back?
I'm waiting to watch the recap on VH1 tomorrow.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Cwazy little thing wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]inu-liger wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.[/QUOTE]
I wondered about that actually - was it actually an effect on Paul's vocals, or was the audio from the live feed getting that effect from the delay on the towers for the audience standing further back?[/QUOTE]
It has to be an effect on Paul's voice. There is no way, especially with an open-air concert venue like that, that any natural reverb would be a tripled hard echoey sound.
I've played enough shows so far, and even got a few raw soundboard recording mixes of our shows to know that this would have to be the fault of the sound guy doing the live mixing. Definitely not Mr. Shirley-Smith here.
Also, Roger's bass drum has way too much of a deep booming resonance to it. Should have been gated better in the mix.
By the way, whoever did the sound mixing at the 46664 show should be shot for using tripled echo effects on Paul's microphone during the set. That was really annoying and ruined it a bit for me.[/QUOTE]
I wondered about that actually - was it actually an effect on Paul's vocals, or was the audio from the live feed getting that effect from the delay on the towers for the audience standing further back?[/QUOTE]
It has to be an effect on Paul's voice. There is no way, especially with an open-air concert venue like that, that any natural reverb would be a tripled hard echoey sound.
I've played enough shows so far, and even got a few raw soundboard recording mixes of our shows to know that this would have to be the fault of the sound guy doing the live mixing. Definitely not Mr. Shirley-Smith here.
Also, Roger's bass drum has way too much of a deep booming resonance to it. Should have been gated better in the mix.
The 46664-concert was for me a very bad queen-performance. One Vision, which should have been a blasting opening, sounded like a coverband. Even a good coverband can play it better. Brian played the first riddle (before Roger entered the song) a bit out of time. Roger played IN time the whole song, but Paul made two mistakes, and took the last part out of time, the backing-vocalists were completely wrong. I didnt like the drumming of Roger this show, even his sound was not the best, but ok, that can happen. I think they have to draw conclusions ; they certainly are not the best live-players (especially Brian), and should not do this anymore..I felt ashamed when I saw it.
Well, I was there in Hyde Park during the concert. The overall show was good, the atmosphere was great, especially during Amy Winehouse. It was very moving to experience an audience of 50.000 people being totally quiet when Nelson Mandela spoke. Very moving moment.
The Sugababes convinced everybody they couldn't sing. The African artists got every member in the audience dancing, that's for sure.
Queen and Paul Rodgers were top of the bill, no doubt about that. When they were announced to perform the complete audience went wild (and I'm sure they weren't all Queen FANS! but went wild alltogether).
The sound during One Vision wasn't what it should be but that was adjusted. The intro of Tie Your Mother Down roared over our heads, a fab! feeling.
Their performance was a nice warming up for the upcoming tour. They will be in shape by then, I'm sure.
All in all a great experience to be there in Hyde Park, I can tell you!
The Sugababes convinced everybody they couldn't sing. The African artists got every member in the audience dancing, that's for sure.
Queen and Paul Rodgers were top of the bill, no doubt about that. When they were announced to perform the complete audience went wild (and I'm sure they weren't all Queen FANS! but went wild alltogether).
The sound during One Vision wasn't what it should be but that was adjusted. The intro of Tie Your Mother Down roared over our heads, a fab! feeling.
Their performance was a nice warming up for the upcoming tour. They will be in shape by then, I'm sure.
All in all a great experience to be there in Hyde Park, I can tell you!
PR is a very good singer and frontman, no doubt. Brian and Roger have the full right to continue doing what they love. The 46664 performance was ok-ish: some parts were good, some were really shaky. Overall, it wasn't really something to write home about.
If you want to hear how One Vision should be sung, then listen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8zrkT1NDs
If you want to hear how One Vision should be sung, then listen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8zrkT1NDs
I watched the whole thing on CBC. I don't know how much of the show was broadcast, I think most of it.
For Queen + PR they had everything but All Right Now.
Mostly good IMO. I like how they did a similar style show to Live Aid, where they compressed a bunch of hits to give a more realized show than just a couple of songs extended with call and response (Eddie Grant).
Overall they sounded good too. Even without Freddie they still have that distinctive Queen sound.
One Vision was a shambles, but it gave me goosebumps to hear the song intro used again. Paul should have used the One Teleprompter a bit more during the song so that he wouldn't screw up the One Words so much. But he was the same way at the Aruba show that opened their last trek, so I trust he'll get better.
Everything else was similar to the last tour. I was suprised that they didn't do any new songs but I guess they felt it wouldn't fit the spirit of the day.
Other bands that made an impression... Simple Minds was horrid! The lead singer couldn't hit the notes at all and they didn't change the key.
Eddie Grant sounded great but his stuff went on forever.
The african musicians were fantastic!
Amy Winehouse managed to keep it together, but she looked miserable up there. She has so much talent it's effortless to her, which is a curse because she's mailing it in.
That British girl who sounds like Beyonce is very very good (I prefer her actually)
Annie Lennox impresses me so much. She allowed herself to be part of a choir instead of using the show to showcase herself. IMO she should have led the last song, not Amy. Class act.
Nelson was cute, but man... how did he get so old? I don't remember him being so fragile. Makes me sad.
Overall a well balanced show! Glad I got to see it.
For Queen + PR they had everything but All Right Now.
Mostly good IMO. I like how they did a similar style show to Live Aid, where they compressed a bunch of hits to give a more realized show than just a couple of songs extended with call and response (Eddie Grant).
Overall they sounded good too. Even without Freddie they still have that distinctive Queen sound.
One Vision was a shambles, but it gave me goosebumps to hear the song intro used again. Paul should have used the One Teleprompter a bit more during the song so that he wouldn't screw up the One Words so much. But he was the same way at the Aruba show that opened their last trek, so I trust he'll get better.
Everything else was similar to the last tour. I was suprised that they didn't do any new songs but I guess they felt it wouldn't fit the spirit of the day.
Other bands that made an impression... Simple Minds was horrid! The lead singer couldn't hit the notes at all and they didn't change the key.
Eddie Grant sounded great but his stuff went on forever.
The african musicians were fantastic!
Amy Winehouse managed to keep it together, but she looked miserable up there. She has so much talent it's effortless to her, which is a curse because she's mailing it in.
That British girl who sounds like Beyonce is very very good (I prefer her actually)
Annie Lennox impresses me so much. She allowed herself to be part of a choir instead of using the show to showcase herself. IMO she should have led the last song, not Amy. Class act.
Nelson was cute, but man... how did he get so old? I don't remember him being so fragile. Makes me sad.
Overall a well balanced show! Glad I got to see it.
Watched the MTV broadcast in the US last night. They butchered it! It was listed as a 90 min. broadcast, but was over & rolling end credits aftr 70 min. All we saw from Q+PR was WWRY/WATC & ARN. Paul sounded great on both Queen songs. I love th look of Roger's green sparkle drums. Plus he returned to a rather large kit.
Any kinks in this performance will be worked out in time for the tour. What do you want? When was the last time they really played any gigs? Other than the C-Leberty gig I don' think they played since the VH1 ROck Honors gig in May 2006. All the pratice in the world isn't the same as going out infront of the crowd. Shit happens. Brian & Co. will be just fine in the fall.
Any kinks in this performance will be worked out in time for the tour. What do you want? When was the last time they really played any gigs? Other than the C-Leberty gig I don' think they played since the VH1 ROck Honors gig in May 2006. All the pratice in the world isn't the same as going out infront of the crowd. Shit happens. Brian & Co. will be just fine in the fall.
Hi Guys,
I don't want to sound negative, but come on?!
I hope/believe that by the time of the tour they will play better and be in shape.
Overall, it was an average performance, which in Queen terms, iT SUCKED!
One of the reasons why One Vision sounded strange is that because they played it at the album tempo, and the song begs for more speed when played live.
Paul was great, apart some minor mistakes.
I think Brian was uninspired. Really. Too much bendings means you're out of criativity in the moment.
And Roger??? I'm a drummer. He didn't play with the heart and soul we are used to. Besides he's TOO fat. Nothing of my business, but perhaps his (un)fitness is messing up his drumming. His drum playing was like Nick Mason's in the Pink Floyd's reunion: too discrete and hoping to end soon.
As a friend of mine put it, Q+PR have become a fantastic Queen Cover Band.
I don't want to sound negative, but come on?!
I hope/believe that by the time of the tour they will play better and be in shape.
Overall, it was an average performance, which in Queen terms, iT SUCKED!
One of the reasons why One Vision sounded strange is that because they played it at the album tempo, and the song begs for more speed when played live.
Paul was great, apart some minor mistakes.
I think Brian was uninspired. Really. Too much bendings means you're out of criativity in the moment.
And Roger??? I'm a drummer. He didn't play with the heart and soul we are used to. Besides he's TOO fat. Nothing of my business, but perhaps his (un)fitness is messing up his drumming. His drum playing was like Nick Mason's in the Pink Floyd's reunion: too discrete and hoping to end soon.
As a friend of mine put it, Q+PR have become a fantastic Queen Cover Band.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]1977Robert wrote: [/QUOTENAME]The 46664-concert was for me a very bad queen-performance. One Vision, which should have been a blasting opening, sounded like a coverband. Even a good coverband can play it better. Brian played the first riddle (before Roger entered the song) a bit out of time. Roger played IN time the whole song, but Paul made two mistakes, and took the last part out of time, the backing-vocalists were completely wrong. I didnt like the drumming of Roger this show, even his sound was not the best, but ok, that can happen. I think they have to draw conclusions ; they certainly are not the best live-players (especially Brian), and should not do this anymore..I felt ashamed when I saw it.[/QUOTE]
Dude, Im ashamed you're here if this is what Queen fans are like today!
We're all agreed One Vision was messy, but I think we can forgive them that after this long without playing it. Probably a combination of nerves/Brian's sweaty hands on the first song and a need to practice it more, but did you listen to the rest of the show? It was spot on!
Anyone who draws a conclusion that Rog and Bri are "not the best live-players" is clinically insane! Get yourself over to the announce section of the forum and download the a selection of 70's bootlegs, or buy a Queen live album then come back and still try to say that!
Sure, they might make mistakes, but there isnt a musician in the world who doesnt, and you've drawn your conclusion based on, apparently, one performance of one song, which also happened to be the only bad song in a very good set!
Dude, Im ashamed you're here if this is what Queen fans are like today!
We're all agreed One Vision was messy, but I think we can forgive them that after this long without playing it. Probably a combination of nerves/Brian's sweaty hands on the first song and a need to practice it more, but did you listen to the rest of the show? It was spot on!
Anyone who draws a conclusion that Rog and Bri are "not the best live-players" is clinically insane! Get yourself over to the announce section of the forum and download the a selection of 70's bootlegs, or buy a Queen live album then come back and still try to say that!
Sure, they might make mistakes, but there isnt a musician in the world who doesnt, and you've drawn your conclusion based on, apparently, one performance of one song, which also happened to be the only bad song in a very good set!
Robert1977 is absolutely right!
Cwazy, there will always be all sorts of Queen fans, that shouldn't worry you much. However, you, me and most fans should be ashamed of what has become of Queen these days.
Brian and Roger "mortalized" the name Queen.
They are a great rock band, probably the best Queen Cover Band these days, and even this is debatable.
As for Paul Rodgers, I strongly believe that he is the best name you could put after the "+". And let's face it, he is being waaaay better than Brian or Roger when it comes to their own tasks.
Nothing more than that. To be what they
Cwazy, there will always be all sorts of Queen fans, that shouldn't worry you much. However, you, me and most fans should be ashamed of what has become of Queen these days.
Brian and Roger "mortalized" the name Queen.
They are a great rock band, probably the best Queen Cover Band these days, and even this is debatable.
As for Paul Rodgers, I strongly believe that he is the best name you could put after the "+". And let's face it, he is being waaaay better than Brian or Roger when it comes to their own tasks.
Nothing more than that. To be what they
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Al TurHao wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Robert1977 is absolutely right!
Cwazy, there will always be all sorts of Queen fans, that shouldn't worry you much. However, you, me and most fans should be ashamed of what has become of Queen these days.
Brian and Roger "mortalized" the name Queen.
They are a great rock band, probably the best Queen Cover Band these days, and even this is debatable.
As for Paul Rodgers, I strongly believe that he is the best name you could put after the "+". And let's face it, he is being waaaay better than Brian or Roger when it comes to their own tasks.
Nothing more than that. To be what they
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How can it be a cover when they play songs they wrote themselves?
I thought the performance in Hyde Park was very inspired, apart from Brian who seemed to be struggling a bit, maybe he had sweaty hands? He had some mistakes that I think affected the playing of the entire band. But overall, apart from One Vision, it was to my eyes a very tightly rehearsed and focused performance.
John is missed though, but thats just the way things are and Danny is doing afine job.
Agree with you for the rest though:)
Robert1977 is absolutely right!
Cwazy, there will always be all sorts of Queen fans, that shouldn't worry you much. However, you, me and most fans should be ashamed of what has become of Queen these days.
Brian and Roger "mortalized" the name Queen.
They are a great rock band, probably the best Queen Cover Band these days, and even this is debatable.
As for Paul Rodgers, I strongly believe that he is the best name you could put after the "+". And let's face it, he is being waaaay better than Brian or Roger when it comes to their own tasks.
Nothing more than that. To be what they
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How can it be a cover when they play songs they wrote themselves?
I thought the performance in Hyde Park was very inspired, apart from Brian who seemed to be struggling a bit, maybe he had sweaty hands? He had some mistakes that I think affected the playing of the entire band. But overall, apart from One Vision, it was to my eyes a very tightly rehearsed and focused performance.
John is missed though, but thats just the way things are and Danny is doing afine job.
Agree with you for the rest though:)