The vocal harmonies were always what I liked most about Queen. As I came to understand more about the technical side of music, I found out that all the really great recordings (Rainbow, the 1977 BBC "fake live" series, Live Killers) had been tampered with in the studio. What baffles me is that as far as backing vocals are concerned, the Q&PR line-up actually gets it right . Are Danny & Jaime that good as singers, or did they just prepare themselves better?
On the topic of dissappointing live renditions, any song that was butchered by the lazy, no good "medley treatment" is a loser in my book.
Over the Field · Member since
1. Bicycle Race
2. Who Wants To Live Forever
3. You're My Best Friend
4. Body Language
5. Rock It
emrabt · Member since
The Prophet's Song, admittedly I haven’t listen to many 70’s recordings but this always seems to suck.
The Real Wizard · Member since
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What baffles me is that as far as backing vocals are concerned, the Q&PR line-up actually gets it right . Are Danny & Jaime that good as singers, or did they just prepare themselves better?
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Probably more of the latter. It's a paying gig for them, so they have to be up to snuff every night.
dragon-fly · Member since
Teo Toriatte
Get Down Make Love
Sraying Power
Gregsynth · Member since
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[b]dragon-fly wrote: [/b]
Teo Toriatte
Get Down Make Love
Sraying Power[/QUOTE]
What? I can agree on Teo Toriatte. But GDML? That's good live!
And Staying power ROCKS live!
dragon-fly · Member since
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[b]Gregsynth wrote: [/b]
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[b]dragon-fly wrote: [/b]
Teo Toriatte
Get Down Make Love
Sraying Power
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What? I can agree on Teo Toriatte. But GDML? That's good live!
And Staying power ROCKS live!
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Hehe, people are strange. :)
Never liked GDML live. Boring. And the gap is deadly boring. :P
Staying Power is as so-so live as studio version.
Sorry, but that's what I think.
Soundfreak · Member since
"Never liked GDML live. Boring. And the gap is deadly boring. :P"
You are right when it comes to audio concert recordings.
But when you where there and saw the lights and "felt" the sound, it was far from being boring.
The Real Wizard · Member since
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[b]Soundfreak wrote: [/b]
"Never liked GDML live. Boring. And the gap is deadly boring. :P"
You are right when it comes to audio concert recordings.
But when you where there and saw the lights and "felt" the sound, it was far from being boring.
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That, and the musical innovation that was happening on stage needs some recognition. Brian's combination of the e-bow and harmonizer pedal is nothing short of sheer brilliance.
dragon-fly · Member since
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[b]Soundfreak wrote: [/b]
"Never liked GDML live. Boring. And the gap is deadly boring. :P"
You are right when it comes to audio concert recordings.
But when you where there and saw the lights and "felt" the sound, it was far from being boring. [/QUOTE]
Well, yes. Probably you are right saying so.
Unfortunately my age didn't let me to see original Queen. Even close.
Holly2003 · Member since
Every live version of IWTBF is awful. Fred just shouts his way through it. Same with AOBTD.
The live version of Sheer Heart Attack is just noise.
The Prophet's Song didn' work live. In fact, the extended Fred vocals in the middle don't work even in the studio.
Teo Toriate isn't a good live song.
It's Late failed live, mostly because Fred couldn;t stay in key, but it was a glorious failure nonetheless.
The live version of Hammer To Fall is much poorer than the studio version.
The converse of this is that some songs like SYW took on a new life when played live. Whcih is why I'm starting a new thread on that subject ;)
Gregsynth · Member since
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Every live version of IWTBF is awful. Fred just shouts his way through it. Same with AOBTD. The live version of Sheer Heart Attack is just noise. The Prophet's Song didn' work live. In fact, the extended Fred vocals in the middle don't work even in the studio. Teo Toriate isn't a good live song. It's Late failed live, mostly because Fred couldn;t stay in key, but it was a glorious failure nonetheless. The live version of Hammer To Fall is much poorer than the studio version.
The converse of this is that some songs like SYW took on a new life when played live. Whcih is why I'm starting a new thread on that subject ;)[/QUOTE] IWTBR: I don't agree on "awful," but the song itself sounded better live--it's just Freddie couldn't/didn't hit the highest parts. Freddie always yelled from 1984-1986 because of register imbalance. [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]AOBTD: He sounded awesome on the 1980-1982 versions.[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]TPS: It works better in the studio, but it's still nice to hear it live[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]TT: It would've sounded better if Freddie's voice wasn't blown out.[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]IL: When was he off key? Yeah he changed the notes, but off key? I don't know.[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]HTF: I loved the Live AID version!
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Wiley · Member since
Here's a little something for anyone that thinks that Rock It didn't work out live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSd8wON6PNo
I can't believe they continued to play songs like Jailhouse Rock (a cover similar in style) and even Sheer Heart Attack but dropped this little gem.
I like how Freddie works around the high notes in the intro and still sounds great. Also, how he switches the order in the "what do you know" and "what do you hear" verses.
Gregsynth · Member since
That Buenos Aires version is awesome! My favorite version is from Phoenix 1980, where he nails the B4 in the intro! [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]Gotta love how he said: "I'm never going to hit that note." LOL[/QUOTE]
mike hunt · Member since
ok, if you look at the list of songs that been mentioned so far, almost every queen song didn't work live...lol. So why were they considered a good live band?....one of the best in fact.
