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is someone recording this concert at all? DVD or audio would be cool!
Hey, Seagull, I want it all, it's 2005 all over again !
Well, the last Queen tours were all made of hits and the odd nod to the die hard fans (Stone cold crazy and great king rat on Works Tour, Lap Of The Gods on Magic Tour), so this is all I hope for. But maybe it's still '39's job, like last time.
My fondest wish is still Innuendo, though, I think Paul could do it justice. If they play it, they'll hear my jaw drop from outer space
Well, the last Queen tours were all made of hits and the odd nod to the die hard fans (Stone cold crazy and great king rat on Works Tour, Lap Of The Gods on Magic Tour), so this is all I hope for. But maybe it's still '39's job, like last time.
My fondest wish is still Innuendo, though, I think Paul could do it justice. If they play it, they'll hear my jaw drop from outer space
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]On October 28th this concert will be shown across the US in digital movie theaters.
Call and check if your theater is going to be playing the concert.
http://www.dlp.com/cinema/search_results.aspx?country=227[/QUOTE]
Hot diggity! I just hope the theater close to me actually shows it.
Call and check if your theater is going to be playing the concert.
http://www.dlp.com/cinema/search_results.aspx?country=227[/QUOTE]
Hot diggity! I just hope the theater close to me actually shows it.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Let's face it... anyone who buys a ticket wants to hear the hits. It's a problem that dogs any "older" band; they're playing for the masses, not for the fan who longs to hear a concert of 'Nevermore's or 'Good Company's. Believe me, I'd love to hear QPR try some rare things, but: they have a new album out, so that means we're getting a few new album tracks; we're going to hear Crazy Little Thing, Rock You, Champions, Bites the Dust, Tie Your Mother Down, Hammer To Fall, Radio Ga Ga, etc.; they're going to continue to play it safe, because the last thing they want is a stadium full of bewildered audience members complaining that the big hits weren't played...[/QUOTE]
It's not just a question of playing all the old hits, or playing all the new songs. There is a middle ground as well.
Other bands do it, and they're quite successful at it. All it takes is a large back catalogue to choose the songs from, and a bit of creativity to not pick all the obvious ones.
R.E.M has a new album, and they've managed not to get stuck in a rut with the tour.
A setlist of 25+ songs has half a dozen tracks from the new album, half a dozen obvious hits, half a dozen rockier numbers from their past albums to complement the new material, and half a dozen fan favourites and rarities from their IRS years.
Can you imagine if QPR would drop half a dozen obvious pop hits and instead play songs like It's Late, See What a Fool I've Been and White Man... Nether can I. :P
They are underestimating both the audience and their own material by making it seem like only the biggest of the hits matter to the audience.
It's not just a question of playing all the old hits, or playing all the new songs. There is a middle ground as well.
Other bands do it, and they're quite successful at it. All it takes is a large back catalogue to choose the songs from, and a bit of creativity to not pick all the obvious ones.
R.E.M has a new album, and they've managed not to get stuck in a rut with the tour.
A setlist of 25+ songs has half a dozen tracks from the new album, half a dozen obvious hits, half a dozen rockier numbers from their past albums to complement the new material, and half a dozen fan favourites and rarities from their IRS years.
Can you imagine if QPR would drop half a dozen obvious pop hits and instead play songs like It's Late, See What a Fool I've Been and White Man... Nether can I. :P
They are underestimating both the audience and their own material by making it seem like only the biggest of the hits matter to the audience.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Tero wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Let's face it... anyone who buys a ticket wants to hear the hits. It's a problem that dogs any "older" band; they're playing for the masses, not for the fan who longs to hear a concert of 'Nevermore's or 'Good Company's. Believe me, I'd love to hear QPR try some rare things, but: they have a new album out, so that means we're getting a few new album tracks; we're going to hear Crazy Little Thing, Rock You, Champions, Bites the Dust, Tie Your Mother Down, Hammer To Fall, Radio Ga Ga, etc.; they're going to continue to play it safe, because the last thing they want is a stadium full of bewildered audience members complaining that the big hits weren't played...[/QUOTE]
It's not just a question of playing all the old hits, or playing all the new songs. There is a middle ground as well.
Other bands do it, and they're quite successful at it. All it takes is a large back catalogue to choose the songs from, and a bit of creativity to not pick all the obvious ones.
R.E.M has a new album, and they've managed not to get stuck in a rut with the tour.
A setlist of 25+ songs has half a dozen tracks from the new album, half a dozen obvious hits, half a dozen rockier numbers from their past albums to complement the new material, and half a dozen fan favourites and rarities from their IRS years.
Can you imagine if QPR would drop half a dozen obvious pop hits and instead play songs like It's Late, See What a Fool I've Been and White Man... Nether can I. :P
They are underestimating both the audience and their own material by making it seem like only the biggest of the hits matter to the audience.[/QUOTE]
It's not just QPR, it's all of the "old guard" bands. The Rolling Stones, The Who, and QPR all feel obligated to play the oldest and biggest hits instead of challenging their audiences by digging deeper into their past and playing some truly obscure stuff. Elvis Costello (who, admittedly, flies pretty much under the radar these days) plays about 1/4 of his popular stuff (popular being relative!) and 3/4 of lesser known stuff. It's great! I wish older bands would do that, but they get into this comfort zone and also assume that more of the average Joe is coming to these shows instead of the die-hards who know the catalog number of the Zimbabwe-only polka dot vinyl release of 'Execution Of Flash', so they need to pander to them. (Hence, the singles box set being a huge letdown and more of a padded version GH1.)
You and I pretty much agree with each other here, because I would like for QPR to strike a balance between new and old, obscure and hit, which I think is what they're going to do with this tour. (Then again, Roger said the 2006 US tour would feature a "rolling" set, and look how that turned out.) It's just that, as Brian supposedly stated elsewhere, this first set is focusing more on the hits than new and obscure stuff. We'll just have to see how the tour pans out, I suppose.
It's not just a question of playing all the old hits, or playing all the new songs. There is a middle ground as well.
Other bands do it, and they're quite successful at it. All it takes is a large back catalogue to choose the songs from, and a bit of creativity to not pick all the obvious ones.
R.E.M has a new album, and they've managed not to get stuck in a rut with the tour.
A setlist of 25+ songs has half a dozen tracks from the new album, half a dozen obvious hits, half a dozen rockier numbers from their past albums to complement the new material, and half a dozen fan favourites and rarities from their IRS years.
Can you imagine if QPR would drop half a dozen obvious pop hits and instead play songs like It's Late, See What a Fool I've Been and White Man... Nether can I. :P
They are underestimating both the audience and their own material by making it seem like only the biggest of the hits matter to the audience.[/QUOTE]
It's not just QPR, it's all of the "old guard" bands. The Rolling Stones, The Who, and QPR all feel obligated to play the oldest and biggest hits instead of challenging their audiences by digging deeper into their past and playing some truly obscure stuff. Elvis Costello (who, admittedly, flies pretty much under the radar these days) plays about 1/4 of his popular stuff (popular being relative!) and 3/4 of lesser known stuff. It's great! I wish older bands would do that, but they get into this comfort zone and also assume that more of the average Joe is coming to these shows instead of the die-hards who know the catalog number of the Zimbabwe-only polka dot vinyl release of 'Execution Of Flash', so they need to pander to them. (Hence, the singles box set being a huge letdown and more of a padded version GH1.)
You and I pretty much agree with each other here, because I would like for QPR to strike a balance between new and old, obscure and hit, which I think is what they're going to do with this tour. (Then again, Roger said the 2006 US tour would feature a "rolling" set, and look how that turned out.) It's just that, as Brian supposedly stated elsewhere, this first set is focusing more on the hits than new and obscure stuff. We'll just have to see how the tour pans out, I suppose.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It's not just QPR, it's all of the "old guard" bands. The Rolling Stones, The Who, and QPR all feel obligated to play the oldest and biggest hits instead of challenging their audiences by digging deeper into their past and playing some truly obscure stuff.[/QUOTE]
When you say "old guard" as in bands older than 35 years who aren't as relevant today as they were in the ancient past you have a point, but even R.E.M. has a 27 year recording career with 14 albums by now, and they can afford not to play their MTV classics like Drive and Everybody Hurts and instead play material from their debut EP...
When you say "old guard" as in bands older than 35 years who aren't as relevant today as they were in the ancient past you have a point, but even R.E.M. has a 27 year recording career with 14 albums by now, and they can afford not to play their MTV classics like Drive and Everybody Hurts and instead play material from their debut EP...
This is the set list from The Ukraine TV Station that broadcast the show:
01. Intro (Cosmos Rocks)
02. One Vision
03. Tie Your Mother Down
04. The Show Must Go On
05. Fat Bottomed Girls
06. Another One Bites The Dust
07. Hammer To Fall
08. I Want It All
09. I Want To Break Free
10. A Kind Of Magic
11. Seagull (Paul solo)
12. Love Of My Life (Brian solo)
13. '39
14. Roger Taylor Solo
15. I'm In Love With My Car
16. Say it's Not True
17. Wishing well
18. Shooting Star
19. Bad company
20. Brian May Guitar Solo
21. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
22. C-lebrity
23. Feel Like Making Love
24. Radio Ga Ga
25. Bohemian Rhapsody
26. Cosmos Rockin'
27. All Right Now
28. We Will Rock You
29. We Are The Champions
30. God Save The Queen
01. Intro (Cosmos Rocks)
02. One Vision
03. Tie Your Mother Down
04. The Show Must Go On
05. Fat Bottomed Girls
06. Another One Bites The Dust
07. Hammer To Fall
08. I Want It All
09. I Want To Break Free
10. A Kind Of Magic
11. Seagull (Paul solo)
12. Love Of My Life (Brian solo)
13. '39
14. Roger Taylor Solo
15. I'm In Love With My Car
16. Say it's Not True
17. Wishing well
18. Shooting Star
19. Bad company
20. Brian May Guitar Solo
21. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
22. C-lebrity
23. Feel Like Making Love
24. Radio Ga Ga
25. Bohemian Rhapsody
26. Cosmos Rockin'
27. All Right Now
28. We Will Rock You
29. We Are The Champions
30. God Save The Queen
UPDATE:
The movie title is 'Queen Plus Paul Rodgers, Rockin the Cosmos-Live!' The date has been changed from October 28th to November 6th. Most places will show it at 7:30pm.
The movie title is 'Queen Plus Paul Rodgers, Rockin the Cosmos-Live!' The date has been changed from October 28th to November 6th. Most places will show it at 7:30pm.
with all due respect to REM (who I saw a few weeks ago), their catalogue doesn't have as many hits as QPR, The Who and The Stones