The Real Wizard
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The Real Wizard
I'll be seeing a show next week. Looking forward to it now.
brunogorski
Under Pressure sounded pretty cool, Jeff singing the Bowie part was nice!
Hugowan
Beautyful.
1st: I want the live DVD, when can we get it, Rog?
2nd: I'd love to attend, do a world tour whenever you want.
It's interesting that the first video that made it to YTube was DSMN, my favourite song. I'm totally sold. :)
1st: I want the live DVD, when can we get it, Rog?
2nd: I'd love to attend, do a world tour whenever you want.
It's interesting that the first video that made it to YTube was DSMN, my favourite song. I'm totally sold. :)
MadTheSwine73
The show was amazing.
Jimmy Dean
Show was awesome but I have my complaints:
The good:
Marc Martel did a fantastic job channeling Freddie the best he could. If no one was convinced during the first half the of the show... One Vision to open the second half was uncanny! I would have to say One Vision was definitely the highlight of the night, performance-wise. This is where it all came together.
Under Pressue was also a big highlight, everyone stood up for this performance - this is where Jeff Scott Soto really was worth bringing along on the show - he did a great Bowie, and his interplay with Martel's Freddie was brilliant. Martel could be mistaken for Freddie when throwing out the "de-dop, di de-dop"'s.
The other big highlight was that they actually played March of the Black Queen! They played a little more than Queen ever did in a live setting as they began from the "A voice from behind me..." verse and finished off with "never dots her i's"... Very surprised by the performance The girl, Espinoza sang most of the song with Jeff Scott Soto throwing in the line "I'll be your bad boy, I'll be your bad boy".. Very nice interplay - and great band performance. Unfortunately, it seemed I was one of the few in the Montreal audience to know exactly what was going on!
Many surprises - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Lap Of The Gods and Lap Of The Gods Revisited, I'm In Love With My Car with the drummer singing - did a great job too, and of course You Take My Breath Away (incredible job by Marc Martel).
The bad:
JEFF SCOTT SOTO did a wonderful job of channeling PAUL RODGERS... wow... this guy should not have been in the show. I see where they needed him to sing the heavier parts, as Martel's and that other guy's voice was a little too thin. But when he began "Save Me"... it just became obvious that his voice was not suited for the show. He wasn't off key, and he didn't sing badly... but he just didn't fit.
They didn't play "The Show Must Go On" --> epic fail. They should have dropped Who Wants to Live Forever and used that instead. They also didn't play Keep Yourself Alive --> epic fail #2.
SUMMARY - if they get rid of Soto or at least relegate him to certain specific parts of the show .. ie. Bowie on Pressure, heavy bit of Bohemian Rhapsody, Stone Cold Crazy... would be worth seeing more than once. Also, they need to play with the running order of the set list and above all... include The Show Must Go On... I was really expecting this to be interpreted by Espinoza... would have been perfect for her,
Given that these are small issues - they show itself was incredible and definitely went beyond my expectations. The light show is also worth mentioning - very well done and in wonderful taste.
SET LIST (running order is probably off)
SET 1
Intro before show: hidden track off Made In Heaven
1) Prophet Song (tape - La/la/la Madman bit)
2) We Will Rock You (Fast)
3) Tie Your Mother Down
4) Now I'm Here
5) Love Of My Life
6) I Want It All
7) Killer Queen
8) The March Of The Black Queen (excerpt)
9) Dragon Attack
10) Bicycle Race
11) I Want To Break Free (single version)
12) You Take My Breath Away
13) Crazy Little Thing Called Love
14) Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (I shit you not!)
15) I'm In Love With My Car (Drummer sang this one!)
16) Save Me
17) Bohemian Rhapsody
INTERMISSION
SET 2
18) Rock It (Tape Intro)
19) One Vision
20) A Kind Of Magic
21) Don't Stop Me Now
22) Under Pressure
23) Another One Bites The Dust
24) Who Wants To Live Forever
25) White Man (intro riff only)
26) Fat Bottomed Girls
27) Stone Cold Crazy
28) (Drum Solo) / Liar (intro)
29) You're My Best Friend
30) Seven Seas Of Rhye
31) In The Lap Of The Gods
32) In The Lap Of The Gods...revisited
33) Radio Ga Ga
34) Somebody To Love
ENCORE
35) We Will Rock You (Slow)
36) We Are The Champions
(Not quite 40, but if you round up and include the tapes and excerpts... you can sort of boast 40)
The good:
Marc Martel did a fantastic job channeling Freddie the best he could. If no one was convinced during the first half the of the show... One Vision to open the second half was uncanny! I would have to say One Vision was definitely the highlight of the night, performance-wise. This is where it all came together.
Under Pressue was also a big highlight, everyone stood up for this performance - this is where Jeff Scott Soto really was worth bringing along on the show - he did a great Bowie, and his interplay with Martel's Freddie was brilliant. Martel could be mistaken for Freddie when throwing out the "de-dop, di de-dop"'s.
The other big highlight was that they actually played March of the Black Queen! They played a little more than Queen ever did in a live setting as they began from the "A voice from behind me..." verse and finished off with "never dots her i's"... Very surprised by the performance The girl, Espinoza sang most of the song with Jeff Scott Soto throwing in the line "I'll be your bad boy, I'll be your bad boy".. Very nice interplay - and great band performance. Unfortunately, it seemed I was one of the few in the Montreal audience to know exactly what was going on!
Many surprises - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Lap Of The Gods and Lap Of The Gods Revisited, I'm In Love With My Car with the drummer singing - did a great job too, and of course You Take My Breath Away (incredible job by Marc Martel).
The bad:
JEFF SCOTT SOTO did a wonderful job of channeling PAUL RODGERS... wow... this guy should not have been in the show. I see where they needed him to sing the heavier parts, as Martel's and that other guy's voice was a little too thin. But when he began "Save Me"... it just became obvious that his voice was not suited for the show. He wasn't off key, and he didn't sing badly... but he just didn't fit.
They didn't play "The Show Must Go On" --> epic fail. They should have dropped Who Wants to Live Forever and used that instead. They also didn't play Keep Yourself Alive --> epic fail #2.
SUMMARY - if they get rid of Soto or at least relegate him to certain specific parts of the show .. ie. Bowie on Pressure, heavy bit of Bohemian Rhapsody, Stone Cold Crazy... would be worth seeing more than once. Also, they need to play with the running order of the set list and above all... include The Show Must Go On... I was really expecting this to be interpreted by Espinoza... would have been perfect for her,
Given that these are small issues - they show itself was incredible and definitely went beyond my expectations. The light show is also worth mentioning - very well done and in wonderful taste.
SET LIST (running order is probably off)
SET 1
Intro before show: hidden track off Made In Heaven
1) Prophet Song (tape - La/la/la Madman bit)
2) We Will Rock You (Fast)
3) Tie Your Mother Down
4) Now I'm Here
5) Love Of My Life
6) I Want It All
7) Killer Queen
8) The March Of The Black Queen (excerpt)
9) Dragon Attack
10) Bicycle Race
11) I Want To Break Free (single version)
12) You Take My Breath Away
13) Crazy Little Thing Called Love
14) Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (I shit you not!)
15) I'm In Love With My Car (Drummer sang this one!)
16) Save Me
17) Bohemian Rhapsody
INTERMISSION
SET 2
18) Rock It (Tape Intro)
19) One Vision
20) A Kind Of Magic
21) Don't Stop Me Now
22) Under Pressure
23) Another One Bites The Dust
24) Who Wants To Live Forever
25) White Man (intro riff only)
26) Fat Bottomed Girls
27) Stone Cold Crazy
28) (Drum Solo) / Liar (intro)
29) You're My Best Friend
30) Seven Seas Of Rhye
31) In The Lap Of The Gods
32) In The Lap Of The Gods...revisited
33) Radio Ga Ga
34) Somebody To Love
ENCORE
35) We Will Rock You (Slow)
36) We Are The Champions
(Not quite 40, but if you round up and include the tapes and excerpts... you can sort of boast 40)
tomchristie22
Setlist looks great
Another Roger (re)
[QUOTE] [b]MadTheSwine73 wrote:[/b]
The show was amazing.[/QUOTE]
Is it possible to get a longer review from you? :)
The show was amazing.[/QUOTE]
Is it possible to get a longer review from you? :)
Another Roger (re)
Bohemian Rhapsody montreal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4AWAL9R3II
tcc
Thanks for the link. The singing is not bad but I think they should wear lighter coloured clothing to stand out more on the stage. I think Freddie always made sure he wore attractively coloured clothes to make the appearance even more appealing.
Edit: I jumped the gun - in the youtube uploads for DSMN and UP, the band wore white.
Edit: I jumped the gun - in the youtube uploads for DSMN and UP, the band wore white.
john bodega
Pre-production must've been paying off, I like this a lot more than the TV appearance from a little while ago.
Female vocalist still seems like a token hire to me, which is a shame.
Female vocalist still seems like a token hire to me, which is a shame.
Another Roger (re)
[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]
Pre-production must've been paying off, I like this a lot more than the TV appearance from a little while ago.
Female vocalist still seems like a token hire to me, which is a shame.[/QUOTE]
Totally agree. She sings well, but she shouldnt be in this concept in my opinion.
The youtube links is good. Wish we could get a clip with better recording though :)
Pre-production must've been paying off, I like this a lot more than the TV appearance from a little while ago.
Female vocalist still seems like a token hire to me, which is a shame.[/QUOTE]
Totally agree. She sings well, but she shouldnt be in this concept in my opinion.
The youtube links is good. Wish we could get a clip with better recording though :)
Raffy
The 3 videos posted here are very impressive... incredible job, all renditions of the songs were very professional but with a slight personal touch which is always welcomed in a tribute band ;) My personal favourite owever was "Under Pressure"... stunning version and the combination of Jeff and Marc voices is superb! And I cannot wait to see and hear Marc Martel rendition of songs like:
- You Take My Breath Away
- Save Me
- Who Wants To Live Forever
- In The Lap Of The Gods
- In The Lap Of The Gods...revisited
which are very suitable for his voice timbre (reminds me a lot of 1977-1982 Freddie's)...
BTW: where is Spread Your Wings? Otherwise perfect setlist ;)
- You Take My Breath Away
- Save Me
- Who Wants To Live Forever
- In The Lap Of The Gods
- In The Lap Of The Gods...revisited
which are very suitable for his voice timbre (reminds me a lot of 1977-1982 Freddie's)...
BTW: where is Spread Your Wings? Otherwise perfect setlist ;)
cmsdrums
Well it certainly sounds as if they have met Roger's main aim of trumping most of the piss poor tribute bands out there.
Hopefully it may spark Roger into talking Brian into doing some lesser aired album tracks in July!
Hopefully it may spark Roger into talking Brian into doing some lesser aired album tracks in July!
bokkepoot
Sound level is to high for the camara which shoot the concert but....:
March of the black Queen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1yD9LOoOQ&feature=g-all-u
I'm in love with my car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqpWJYtlLw&feature=g-all-u
March of the black Queen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1yD9LOoOQ&feature=g-all-u
I'm in love with my car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QqpWJYtlLw&feature=g-all-u