1 - Bohemian Raphsody 2 - Radio Gaga 3 - Hammer To Fall 4 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5 - We Will Rock You 6 - We are the Champions
An exellent Set List IMHO, starting out with probably the best and most know song of the band to get it going. Follwing a recent hit to combine something classic with something new. What I don't understand is why including HTF and CLTCL. I'd have put more hist Another one Bites the Dust. Many other Nº1 (Under Pressure?) or even classics of previous years. Any ideas why including those two. Maybe with CLTCL they wanted to keep the crowd in a high energy.
last-horizon 42265 · Member since
MmP wrote: 1 - Bohemian Raphsody 2 - Radio Gaga 3 - Hammer To Fall 4 - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5 - We Will Rock You 6 - We are the Champions
An exellent Set List IMHO, starting out with probably the best and most know song of the band to get it going. Follwing a recent hit to combine something classic with something new. What I don't understand is why including HTF and CLTCL. I'd have put more hist Another one Bites the Dust. Many other Nº1 (Under Pressure?) or even classics of previous years. Any ideas why including those two. Maybe with CLTCL they wanted to keep the crowd in a high energy.
BoRhap -> Impossible not to include GaGa -> Recent hit + Audience clapping HTF -> Recent single + powerful song. CLTCL -> I agree with you + a slow number would have not worked here. WWRY / WATC -> How else they could have concluded their set? :)
eYe · Member since
I think they chose this setlist to perform the greatest live gig ever.
master marathon runner · Member since
Yes i agree with him above, the proof of the pudding..................
. Master marathon runner
rhyeking · Member since
Well, considering it's generally said by all who were there that Queen stole the show and it 'snow considered one of their (no pun intended) crowning moments of awesome, I'd say the set was pretty spot on. They took the time to create a set list that maximized the 22 or so minutes they were allotted. They rehearsed it thoroughly and had enough live experience to squeeze everything out of each song.
They started with their biggest hit, led into their most recent crowd-participation number, followed it up with a recent heavy rocker (their second to latest single), lightened the mood with a classic fun piece and ended with the ultimate show-closers. They accomplished a great deal in a short period of time: they supported Gedolf's Ethiopa cause (the reason Live Aid happened) and reminded the world exactly how and why they were among the greatest rock bands still touring and recording. The latter was achieved by a their sound quality (it's said the limiters were removed by their audio crew, who also provided them with a superior house mix), their onstage charisma (Freddie had the stadium eating out of his hand), and as far as the set list goes, it showed their diversity. You neglected to note in the set list Freddie's vocal back-and-forth with the audience, which was perfect, especially since this was not exclusively a "Queen crowd."
Think about that for a minute: The band had the world watching and had the balls to take the time to *stop playing music* and encourage the audience follow along with their own voices alone. And they did. And they loved it. Queen didn't stop to lecture the audience on world issues ("Hammer To Fall" covered that as much as they cared to) or to talk about why they were all there. The band knew they didn't need to do any of that, that audience was there to see these bands give everything they had and Queen did just that. Their job was to blow the audience away, to create a memorable experience worthy of the seriousness of cause they were supporting.
In short, the set list was flawlessly arranged, in my opinion.
Mr Mercury · Member since
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME] MmP wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
I'd have put more hist Another one Bites the Dust. Many other Nº1 (Under Pressure?) or even classics of previous years. [/QUOTE]
Putting "Another One Bites The Dust" might have been a bit insensitive since the whole show was geared towards saving starving people from dying. Just a thought....
Back2TheLight · Member since
rhyeking wrote: Well, considering it's generally said by all who were there that Queen stole the show and it 'snow considered one of their (no pun intended) crowning moments of awesome, I'd say the set was pretty spot on. They took the time to create a set list that maximized the 22 or so minutes they were allotted. They rehearsed it thoroughly and had enough live experience to squeeze everything out of each song.
They started with their biggest hit, led into their most recent crowd-participation number, followed it up with a recent heavy rocker (their second to latest single), lightened the mood with a classic fun piece and ended with the ultimate show-closers. They accomplished a great deal in a short period of time: they supported Gedolf's Ethiopa cause (the reason Live Aid happened) and reminded the world exactly how and why they were among the greatest rock bands still touring and recording. The latter was achieved by a their sound quality (it's said the limiters were removed by their audio crew, who also provided them with a superior house mix), their onstage charisma (Freddie had the stadium eating out of his hand), and as far as the set list goes, it showed their diversity. You neglected to note in the set list Freddie's vocal back-and-forth with the audience, which was perfect, especially since this was not exclusively a "Queen crowd."
Think about that for a minute: The band had the world watching and had the balls to take the time to *stop playing music* and encourage the audience follow along with their own voices alone. And they did. And they loved it. Queen didn't stop to lecture the audience on world issues ("Hammer To Fall" covered that as much as they cared to) or to talk about why they were all there. The band knew they didn't need to do any of that, that audience was there to see these bands give everything they had and Queen did just that. Their job was to blow the audience away, to create a memorable experience worthy of the seriousness of cause they were supporting.
In short, the set list was flawlessly arranged, in my opinion.
Perfectly put and stated! Case closed.
brENsKi · Member since
i think it's a lot simpler than most people realise....there was no real "magic formula".
for most rock gigs...the last half hour...ie the last two/three songs + the encores...are the climax of the show
all queen did was took four of the final six songs of their setlist from the last european tour they did prior (84) to liveaid and added their two staple encores...no mystery...just simple
when you look at the closing numbers of the setlist...getting the last halfhr down to the liveaid "18 minutes" was easy...all you do is leave out the songs that don't fit the event...AOBTD and IWTBF and jailhouse rock - which wasn't a queen song anyway. 30 mins becomes 18
jamster1111 · Member since
I think they should have done this:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody Verses 2. Radio Ga Ga 3. Another One Bites the Dust 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are the Champions
I really don't know why they stuck Hammer To Fall in there. In fact if it came to it, it probably would have been better to just leave it out so they wouldn't have to rush all the other songs so much and would be able to play the full WWRY.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Playing 'Dust' (i.e. referencing death) at a famine relief concert would not have been a classy move. That likely crossed their minds.
The setlist was perfect. The show has been hailed as one of the great performances ever given by a band. What's the point in discussing how it could've been even better when it clearly couldn't have been?
dysan · Member since
My english not so good why they no play headlong and invisible man for live aids?
Isle0fRed · Member since
The Live Aid setlist was great. However I do believe they should of played Love Of My Life instead of Is this the World We Created?
Russian Headlong · Member since
Hammer to Fall is a much better track and along with WWRY/WATC were the best tracks in the set. It reminded fans of the groups Metal heritage and despite the fact that they had dallied in pop and dance in many of their 80's albums they could rock as hard as anyone.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Isle0fRed wrote:
However I do believe they should of played Love Of My Life instead of Is this the World We Created?
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Read the lyrics of the latter again, and consider what the purpose of the day was in the first place .. :-)
on my way up · Member since
Sir GH wrote: Playing 'Dust' (i.e. referencing death) at a famine relief concert would not have been a classy move. That likely crossed their minds.
The setlist was perfect. The show has been hailed as one of the great performances ever given by a band. What's the point in discussing how it could've been even better when it clearly couldn't have been? I totally agree.
The band's performance was great but above all Live Aid made very clear that they're a very clever band. they put more thought into their setlist than most other bands and just performed a mini-show with maximum impact.
