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Which Crazy Tour was your favorite? :)
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The Real Wizard
Ok..
Time to spread some love for the tours that don't get enough of it..
Live Killers (Japan) - Freddie's voice was at its worst on some nights, but the band were absolutely smoking and made up for it. That said, Freddie still sounded great through the Osaka shows, and the Sapporo shows had many great moments.
Hot Space tour (North America) - There is a sense of urgency on this tour, as they are trying to make up for the commercial failure of the album. Their choices of songs made this a very difficult task, but their rationale was likely that they wanted to be as current as possible. Their sound was very heavy on this tour, and they performed in the US in a way they hadn't in years - like they had something to prove. Just about every review I've read was incredibly positive, a total 180 from all the other North American tours.
Works tour (1984) - There were many great shows from Freddie - Brussels, Dublin, Birmingham, Milan, Stuttgart, and Sun City. This tour gets way too much flack. The setlist was one of their best - a true cross-section of their music.
Time to spread some love for the tours that don't get enough of it..
Live Killers (Japan) - Freddie's voice was at its worst on some nights, but the band were absolutely smoking and made up for it. That said, Freddie still sounded great through the Osaka shows, and the Sapporo shows had many great moments.
Hot Space tour (North America) - There is a sense of urgency on this tour, as they are trying to make up for the commercial failure of the album. Their choices of songs made this a very difficult task, but their rationale was likely that they wanted to be as current as possible. Their sound was very heavy on this tour, and they performed in the US in a way they hadn't in years - like they had something to prove. Just about every review I've read was incredibly positive, a total 180 from all the other North American tours.
Works tour (1984) - There were many great shows from Freddie - Brussels, Dublin, Birmingham, Milan, Stuttgart, and Sun City. This tour gets way too much flack. The setlist was one of their best - a true cross-section of their music.
pittrek
1. Crazy Tour, especially Hammersmith Odeon 79
2. Live Killers tour - Freddie's voice was terrible (but still much better than vocals of today's modern singers), but the band made some perfect performances
3. First Japan tour in 1975
4. Magic Tour - they really conquered the world at this time
5. European Hot Space Tour - I seriously HATE Hot Space, but I absolutely LOVE the live versions of the HS songs, they are so full of energy ...
2. Live Killers tour - Freddie's voice was terrible (but still much better than vocals of today's modern singers), but the band made some perfect performances
3. First Japan tour in 1975
4. Magic Tour - they really conquered the world at this time
5. European Hot Space Tour - I seriously HATE Hot Space, but I absolutely LOVE the live versions of the HS songs, they are so full of energy ...
The Real Wizard
I'll actually answer the original query now.
My five favourite tours..
Europe 77 - musically solid, Freddie in great shape
North America late 77 - great setlists and flow, long shows
Europe 79 - personal affinity to the Live Killers album, and Brian's best guitar tone ever
UK 79 - Freddie in brilliant voice
Europe 82 - great variation from show to show, and Freddie's r&b influence rules the day
I'd include North America 76, but there's only one decent recording to judge it at this point. But if all the shows were as good as Boston, then I'd say that was their best tour overall. Freddie was strong, the band were solid, and the focus was purely on the music, before they became commercial and superstars. By 1977 the visual and showmanship elements started to take over, and the old songs started to get dropped.
As much as I love the band's late 70s phase and all the changes they went through, their creative peak was A Night At The Opera, and the tour that followed reflected that peak. It's not that they got any better or worse after 1976 - it was just different. But I do know a lot of people whose cut-off point for Queen is 76-77.
My five favourite tours..
Europe 77 - musically solid, Freddie in great shape
North America late 77 - great setlists and flow, long shows
Europe 79 - personal affinity to the Live Killers album, and Brian's best guitar tone ever
UK 79 - Freddie in brilliant voice
Europe 82 - great variation from show to show, and Freddie's r&b influence rules the day
I'd include North America 76, but there's only one decent recording to judge it at this point. But if all the shows were as good as Boston, then I'd say that was their best tour overall. Freddie was strong, the band were solid, and the focus was purely on the music, before they became commercial and superstars. By 1977 the visual and showmanship elements started to take over, and the old songs started to get dropped.
As much as I love the band's late 70s phase and all the changes they went through, their creative peak was A Night At The Opera, and the tour that followed reflected that peak. It's not that they got any better or worse after 1976 - it was just different. But I do know a lot of people whose cut-off point for Queen is 76-77.
neokaden
[quote] Which Crazy Tour was your favorite? :) [/quote]
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It was just to graph that is the best tour of all time of Queen, and that just shows a total "balance" between the classic Queen and the Queen "Pop" of 80.
For example, the Newcastle version of Liar far surpasses any version of this song before and after tours, the same with Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love and many classics of the 70, in turn, many songs "pop" would come out later, make their appearance now, as Save Me, I earlier songs that were not as classic as Dont Stop Me Now.
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It was just to graph that is the best tour of all time of Queen, and that just shows a total "balance" between the classic Queen and the Queen "Pop" of 80.
For example, the Newcastle version of Liar far surpasses any version of this song before and after tours, the same with Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love and many classics of the 70, in turn, many songs "pop" would come out later, make their appearance now, as Save Me, I earlier songs that were not as classic as Dont Stop Me Now.
on my way up
I truly adore all Queen-tours because it has become one of my hobbies to listen to all their shows and analyse them for my own sake:-)
I'm very happy we've had the wonderful Tokyo'75, Boston and Fukuoka '76 shows. Those shows are probably my favourites, next to Freddie's best shows like Copenhagen'78 (brilliant on all levels, also the others are on fire), Newcastle'79, Oakland'80, Tokyo'85 both Budokan, Stockholm'78...
If I'd have to choose my favourite setlist it'd be the LA 22/12/1977 show... hearing that show is a dream of mine...:-)
With the Works-tour I've got a hate-love relationship. Some shows are among my favourites: Sun City, Stuttgart, Brussels (first night), Budokan shows while others are very average in Queen-terms: most notably London 07/09/1984 (Freddie clearly had a very heavy birthday party:-), Vienna shows (especially the second night);
When I first got into collecting the roio's I was totally going for all the Magic tour shows. I'm still very fond of several shows but I wouldn't name it as one of my favourite tours.
I really hope Mr. Peach recordings for all Japanese Queen-tours. You can only judge a show when you can listen to it properly...
I'm very happy we've had the wonderful Tokyo'75, Boston and Fukuoka '76 shows. Those shows are probably my favourites, next to Freddie's best shows like Copenhagen'78 (brilliant on all levels, also the others are on fire), Newcastle'79, Oakland'80, Tokyo'85 both Budokan, Stockholm'78...
If I'd have to choose my favourite setlist it'd be the LA 22/12/1977 show... hearing that show is a dream of mine...:-)
With the Works-tour I've got a hate-love relationship. Some shows are among my favourites: Sun City, Stuttgart, Brussels (first night), Budokan shows while others are very average in Queen-terms: most notably London 07/09/1984 (Freddie clearly had a very heavy birthday party:-), Vienna shows (especially the second night);
When I first got into collecting the roio's I was totally going for all the Magic tour shows. I'm still very fond of several shows but I wouldn't name it as one of my favourite tours.
I really hope Mr. Peach recordings for all Japanese Queen-tours. You can only judge a show when you can listen to it properly...