Any Queen Song You Just Didn't Like LIVE?

Freddie CAN sing DSMN live! Freddie nails it the closest ever to the record!

fran1979 wrote: Who Wants To Live Forever, live, sounds awful.
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It sounds fine live. You can't get the full sound on that song live (which the studio version is over-produced), but considering things, it sounded OK live

This is my favorite version of WWTLF live--the chorus parts are awesome (excellent harmonies)!

This is dedicated to dysan: This is a top 10 version :)

As one of the posters here mentioned  'I Want to Break Free', especially the pause athe beginning when Fred waits for the crowd to sing I Want Break Free, why didn't he sing it himself I 'm sure the crowd would have been a voluntary choir.
I disagree with RT A Kind Of Magic not a patch on the studio recordings, maybe  Freddie's voice reduced to a croak by the time of Wembley 86 for example. Who Wants To Live Forever could have done with a Choir to help out dear Fred but it seems strange  Queen never hired any extras apart from the keyboard player for live sets.

I want to break free

Hideous on record and worse live ;-(

I adore all songs performed live.

dysan wrote:  Now I'm Here stretched out way beyond it's natural boredom level
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thank you

I've seen Queen twice, Brian May once and Queen+PR once and I don;t recall any songs that were a major disappointment. On record, however, it's a different matter. Following comments relate to live recordings as opposed to live performances:

Livekillers
I rarely listen to the final side of Livekillers as Bo Rap, Sheer Heart Attack and We Will Rock You don;t really translate too well to a live recording. Also, Let Me Entertain You isn;t a great live recording.

Live at Wembley
AOBTD is poor, as is I Want to Break Free. I agree with a previous poster: Fred barks and shouts his way through it and Brian's Red Special sounds like it has Diarrhea. I'm not really sure what's the point in doing Is This the World We Created? live. I know it changes the dynamics a bit but Love of my Life does this much better and more naturally. Never been keen on the live version of Hammer to Fall. It always sounds a bit rough around the edges. Putting Friends Will Be Friends between WWRY and Champions is a criminal offence.

Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl
Fat Bottomed Girls always sounds weak live. Not one of their better songs anyway. Teo Torriatte (bonus) isn't great. Fred always has trouble staying in key. Plus, its not really a "live" concert song. 

Queen+ Return of the Champions
Where to start? So many poorly chosen tracks for Rodgers' voice, but IWTBF, AOBTD (seriously? what were they thinking?) and Bo Rap are particularly poor as live recordings.

Sheer Heart Attack never worked live for me. Also, You're My Best Friend sounded very rushed and lost all the warmth of the studio version.

Good forum topic.

ole-the-first wrote: Hammer to Fall
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Love of My Life (studio version is much better)

Hammer to Fall?!?!  Gasp!  I think Roger even said of it, "A great live number for us."  For me, Hammer to Fall was the highlight of Wembley '86.  But, hey, to each his own! :)

Amazing how opinions vary isn't it?! For me. AOBTD was weak live in it's early days, but I really liked the 'more free' interpretation on the Magic tour. Hammer to fall was one of the strong points on the Magic Tour too, but strangely didn't sound right on the Works tour. I agree that DSMN was usually a vocal struggle that didn't usually work for Freddie.

This all ties in nicely with the discussion about Live Magic a few weeks ago - I think the reason I like it so much is it removes the over long bits.

Top Songs That Didn't Work Live:

1. Body Language (WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WHEN THEY DECIDED TO PLAY THIS LIVE?)
2. Who Wants to Live Forever (in the studio it was beautiful but live it just never sounded right, especially during the choruses)
3. Flick of the Wrist (awesome song but it just didn't work live). 
4. Friends Will be Friends (i haven't heard one single version where Freddie's hasn't struggled with this song)
5. My Melancholy Blues (It seems like every live version has Freddie belting out all the notes when the song is a light song and not meant for yelling out notes that are supposed to be hit with falsetto). 

Songs that were performed Different From Each Album That Worked Very Well Live:

1. Love of my Life
2. I Want to Break Free
3. Any of the medleys, spefically the Game Tour medley (the 1980 one with Mustapha)
4. Dreamer's Ball
5. Doing Alright

Friends Will Be Friends and Its A Hard Life were never favourites of mine and live they were pretty awfull in my opinion.