Thistleboy 1980 wrote: What I mean is the audio in the doc is NOT from Hyde Park, IMO. It's not just been cleaned up, it has been dubbed over using something else! Like the way the crack in Fred's voice during Fat Bottomed Girls at Milton Keynes was lol
Would you want a release of HP if they did that throughout? Or would you care, if it meant the full, clean footage was released?
Did I miss something ? What makes you think that the Bohemian Rhapsody part is overdubbed ? -------------- I second what pittrek said... for me the audio IS from hyde park (on fact it has the same "rare" vocal by freddie in the first lines of bohemian rhapsody) only has many reverb in the vocal track... don´t forget they have the multiracks of the show and if they want (and if they have the money) they could do amazing things... we only have an awful "video feed" mono (and ultra worn-out vhs source) copy of the gig audio... Well that´s my point of view...
Thistle · Member since
MERQRY wrote:
I second what pittrek said... for me the audio IS from hyde park (on fact it has the same "rare" vocal by freddie in the first lines of bohemian rhapsody) only has many reverb in the vocal track... don´t forget they have the multiracks of the show and if they want (and if they have the money) they could do amazing things... we only have an awful "video feed" mono (and ultra worn-out vhs source) copy of the gig audio... Well that´s my point of view... =============================================================================================
Yep, see above! But there is the audience recording too!!
NOTWMEDDLE · Member since
Live remixing and/or splicing from other shows is not a problem these days thanks to advent of Pro-Tools. KISS and Thin Lizzy all did studio albums DISGUISED as live albums. Live Killers had obvious overdubs as did Wembley.
What Queen did with remixing the recent live projects released since Queen On Fire At the Bowl was reminiscent to the approach done on Pink Floyd's PULSE and Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 albums. If any bad notes were hit on performance they wanted on the album, they would go to another show to replace any bad notes hit (20 shows were recorded for PULSE and all London shows for Is There Anybody Out There?). Queen I think recorded multiple shows on the 1982 tour so the fixed "locality" may have come from Japan, either that or auto-tune. The remixing done for Hyde Park was excellent as well as Earls Court, bring them on.
The Real Wizard · Member since
The BoRhap section on the Days documentary is NOT overdubbed. Freddie sings the line a bit differently, clearly out of the excitement of seeing 150,000 people for the first time... over ten times the number of their biggest show prior.
Thistleboy 1980 wrote: What I mean is the audio in the doc is NOT from Hyde Park, IMO. It's not just been cleaned up, it has been dubbed over using something else! Like the way the crack in Fred's voice during Fat Bottomed Girls at Milton Keynes was lol
Would you want a release of HP if they did that throughout? Or would you care, if it meant the full, clean footage was released? ***************************************************************************
If Queen concerts were released with all the fuckups - ie. with the Milton Keynes "locality" screech - I wouldn't enjoy hearing it over and over again - Brian May wouldn't enjoy everyone hearing it over and over again - and Freddie Mercury, the uber-perfectionist wouldn't have enjoyed everyone hearing it over and over again. When you make a mistake - and you've noticed it - you should correct it.
So if they're correcting mistakes with overdubs - good stuff, I'm all for it! If you want a true representation, find a bootleg or a time machine.
The main goal of listening to a live show is to listen to variations of a band's interpreation of their own songs - not the fuckups.
