Songs that sounded BETTER live

39 - Freddie singing, less produced
Radio gaga - rocked up
It's a kind of magic - rocked up. Wish they had recorded it how they plaed it live.
in the lap of the gods revisited - love it live.
love of my life - excellent.Not better, but the different take works so well.
Hot space songs - rocked up
One vision - rocked up.

The songs with too much synth on record sound better live IMO. Maybe except IWTBF.

Surprised Staying Power's only been mentioned once. It's the song that underwent the biggest transformation from record to live, in my view. Completely different, in a good way. The performance of it at the Bowl is one of my favorite Queen performances in terms of a single song.

RADIO GAGA
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE
BREAK FREE
THE GAME
AOBTD
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN
LIAR

i agree with BandForever

Fat Bottomed Girls at Live at the bowl was just superb as was Somebody to Love, if you want to look at a near flawless performance of a song then they are the ones to look at

Bohemian Rhapsody at wembley (magic tour)  is pretyy good as well

HI there! Just very much 'off the cuff' but I reckon:

Keep yourself Alive
Liar (yes the longer the better)
Son & Daughter
Modern Times~ fantastic interchange between Freddie & Roger (A precursor to Dog With a Bone!)
Father to Son (at least the rockier bit)

Sleep well all

You are ALL absolutely spot on!  I don't think there's anything left for me to say, other than I love Save Me and Rock It live!!!

A kind of magic

Spread Your Wings live is one of my favorites.

Dreamer's Ball
Love Of My Life (Montreal)

Spread Your Wings (Live Killers)
Is this the World we Created...? (Live Magic)

Put Out the Fire
Action This Day

You Take My Breath Away (Great song - both live and in the studio).

Somebody To Love , for sure...

You Take My Breath Away  (Live in Hyde Park, September 1976)

Just Freddie and the Piano, no fussiness to it.

malicedoom wrote: Spread Your Wings live is one of my favorites.

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It's much much better live than on the record in my opinion.

mooghead wrote: "CLTCL on the Japenese Hot Space Tour"

Is that the Tokyo performance from Rare Live? Have to agree, that is pretty special (or was it Osaka?)

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Think its Tokyo, i love the bit when freddie and fred are playing the piano together.

A Kind Of Magic was Sooo much better live.
I like the pop original, but live it rocked, and Brians guitar was incredible.

Under Pressure was better live too, as was another one bites the dust.
I think Im basically saying that I liked it when they rocked up the pop songs.

Dont Stop me now was pretty good live too.

GG