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.
Mike, where's your optimism?! :)
People are different and like different songs. So the lists are different. Some listed songs which you like, but they like songs which you don't like. So what? Are you going to persuade all of them? It doesn't mean that all of this is correct or Queen were a bad live band. It's just a bunch of thoughts. Do you want to have an ultimate list?
Haven't read through the entire thread but my view is: Queen in the studio and Queen live are two different bands; Anyone who listens to a live recording and expects to hear them as they do on the record will be disappointed and vice versa.
Actually, what I just said makes me such a big fan of the band. Live they could rock like few others and in the studio they were just spot on all the time. They did what the song required in the studio and then made amendments to give it the Queen live treatment, which I like very much even though some songs are really stripped down to their essence.
Also, I think it would have been possible to sound more like the studioversions if they'd hired 2 or 3 backing vocalists, if Freddie would have focussed more on his singing etc. BUT:They wouldn't have been half as exciting as a live band. ...
[listu] [li]Brian May has said: "If you want perfection, listen to the album."[/listu] [/QUOTE][listu] [li]Freddie has also said: "A concert is NOT a live rendition of our album--it's a theatrical event!"[/listu][/QUOTE]
There isnt any song sung live that i dont like, i like them all and as said before the live versions are not going to sound the same as the studio versions and that is fine with me
