To those that saw "Queen" live...

Damn good thread I must say, since it seem to make me feel young :D. No honestly, I really wish I would have been able to see the original line and most of all, see Freddie onstage.

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I first saw Queen in 1974 when they were support act to Mott The Hoople.

From the first time i saw Freddie,i was hooked.Here was a guy who was able to grasp the attention of an audience which was not his,and hold it like it was a precious flower.Often people were not really interested in the support act.They'd maybe disappear for a beer or something.But by the time that Queen were half way through thier set,the place was crowded.They did four encores that night.Unusual for a support band at that time. 

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Wow... great story!  Do you remember which concert it was?  Or even which songs were played, particularly in the encore?

Did Queen even have four encores worth of material in 1974? Were they playing deep album cuts, or covers (to the best of your memory) by that point?

This is great reading. Did anyone do what some people here are currently doing, and try follow them around to as many shows as possible. If so, can you remember back and recall if there was the same amount of comparing of shows, performances, venues etc...

I've been trading bootlegs since since the age of 16, but listening to them only gives me a (VERY VERY) vague sense of how shows differed from night to night. It would be great to hear from someone who actually lived it.

well i saw them once in 84 (vienna) and 7 times in 86 (leiden, mannheim, wembley2, cologne, vienna 1&2, budapest)  and everythign was different then - apart from the fanclub there was no tour-dates info - i got a list of dates in march and had to figure out how to get tickets as there was no internet then - when i went to leiden and bought the tourprogram all was a big shock as there were quite a lot aditional dates like a 2 more shows in leiden, a 2nd show in munich, zurich and wembley and knebworth but no chance in getting tickets

songlist wise leiden was all new to me - they started in stockholm 4 days prior to leiden but no info at all - i remeber hearing baby you're so sqaure and did not realise this beeing an old elvis song but guessing this might be a snippet from the highlander film...

the following concerts did not differ that much songlist wise so i pretty much knew what to expect whith one or two surpirses (brian did jouin marillion for the last encore and did '39 as an one-off in cologne as this was his 39th birthday, and off course tavszi in budapest)

off coruse freddie stole the show at this dates - sheer magic - no way any comparism to paul who is a good singer but shows lack of stage personality and still has to use his telepromter

Lack of stage personality! That`s it! I agree.

Paul has his own Stage personnality and he is no Freddie which really is a bonus because there can be only one Freddie.

Saw Queen many times with Freddie and they were without equal live

Yes Brian's guitar solo hasn't changed much over the years even when he was touring solo but it gives the rest of the band a break.

I remember Stafford in May 78 Prophets Song and White Man with Freddie performing vocal gymnastics and we sang You'll Never Walk alone at the end, I remember being at the biggest date of the Crazy Tour at the NEC (Hall 1) christ those accoustics were crap and we all talked after the gig about how disappointed we were no Liar and apart from Crazy & Save Me it was the Live Killers set list. I was at the opening of the Birmingham International Arena in 1980, Flash and the Hero stood out and then at Leeds Utd Fc's Elland Road in 82 a much better gig than Milton Keynes although poor Freddie nearly ended up being pulled into the crowd. The Flash/Hero/WWRY (fast) opening has got to be the best ever?  The Works tour for me was the best Set List of the lot Great King Rat and Staying Power how diverse was that. By this time Queen were the hottest live band around and I am still so proud to have witnessed their crowning glory in front of the biggest audience ever the whole wide world, the best live performance by anyone ever - LiveAid.

The original post asked how fans discussed the bands performances before forums such as this. Well I remember a long debate on the way back from Koln to the UK in July 86, was the Magic Tour better than the Works Tour. Of course the Magic Tour was great but Queen had a bigger audience to play to so it was greatist hits rather than Fans favourites. little did I realise at Knebworth that this was Freddies last ever show, he was as superb as always little did we know that five years later his bright light would be extiguished so gruelly and so much talent lost to the world forever.

I stood outside Wembley from 7am on Easter Monday 92 to say goodbye to Freddie and what a farewell it was. I cried, we all cried as God Save The Queen played out and we saw Freddie on the screens with his crown saluting the crowd we all just hugged each other and cried the whole of Wembley in tears.

Thank you Freddie you have played the soundtrack to my life!

Over the years I saw Brian and Roger on their solo tours, I bought the albums and liked them a lot but longed for a way they could resurrect Queen and now I thank God for Paul Rodgers.

Its different yet its the same 2005 was good but this time round they have a band chemistry and I am so happy that I can still proudly tell my friends I AM GOING TO A QUEEN SHOW

Liverpool was fantastic and I can't wait for Manchester now!!!

I've got a criminal urge to twist and shout....................................................

ingleston 82.a catle shed next to the airport.was at the back couldnt see a fucking thing.memories of the night.someone climbing the scafold to do the lights,and the very very heavy handed bouncers belting some guy.piss poor sound.

I never got to see the original line up either, too young. One thing I prefared about going to gigs in years gone by before the internet was the surprises. You didnt know what the band were going to play until the concert started, now with the internet and forums such as this you know the entire set list before you go and thats a bit of a shame. I know you don't have to look but I don't have that sort of will power.

Great thread by the way, well done to whoever started it!!

I LOVE QUEEN