"Any other instances?"
Hammer To Fall is lower than standard - I can't remember if that's how they recorded it or not.
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Gregsynth
[QUOTE] [b]Wiley wrote:[/b]
I'm pretty sure The Show Must Go On wasn't transposed in any way. Only songs that had this treatment, if I remember correctly, were Another One Bites the Dust (recorded in E but sped up to -almost-F) and No-One But You (slightly sped up but not even a semitone).
Any other instances?[/QUOTE]
There's a few songs like Dust and Seven Seas that play half a semitone off!
I'm pretty sure The Show Must Go On wasn't transposed in any way. Only songs that had this treatment, if I remember correctly, were Another One Bites the Dust (recorded in E but sped up to -almost-F) and No-One But You (slightly sped up but not even a semitone).
Any other instances?[/QUOTE]
There's a few songs like Dust and Seven Seas that play half a semitone off!
dunga
@Missreclusive - I drove from Brownsville, and about the audio if someone can volunteer to edit it I'll be more than glad to share it :)
AdamMethos
[QUOTE] [b]AdamMethos wrote:[/b]
Clip of AOBTD in Orlando (skip to 1:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWtgFw-sQE
For some reason Marc is singing it this time, instead of Jennifer, Yvan and Jeff. (Not that I'm complaining...)[/QUOTE]
Apparently, Jennifer wasn't feeling well, so she just sang lead on Black Queen and the men took over lead vocalist duties on her other songs. I bet that was a show the "women shouldn't sing Queen" contingent would have liked to have gone to. ;-)
What would be the reasons for transposing songs after the fact vs. just recording them in the preferred key?
Clip of AOBTD in Orlando (skip to 1:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWtgFw-sQE
For some reason Marc is singing it this time, instead of Jennifer, Yvan and Jeff. (Not that I'm complaining...)[/QUOTE]
Apparently, Jennifer wasn't feeling well, so she just sang lead on Black Queen and the men took over lead vocalist duties on her other songs. I bet that was a show the "women shouldn't sing Queen" contingent would have liked to have gone to. ;-)
What would be the reasons for transposing songs after the fact vs. just recording them in the preferred key?
Missreclusive
[QUOTE] [b]dunga wrote:[/b]
@Missreclusive - I drove from Brownsville, and about the audio if someone can volunteer to edit it I'll be more than glad to share it :) [/QUOTE]
Let me know if someone volunteers to do that, and thank you, I so wanted to use my camera but watched them react and I gave up. :-( I don't think I've ever enjoyed a concert more, and I've been to a few. I would travel to see it again if I could afford to. Would love to hear them do more of the less known songs. My Fairy King, Liar, Innuendo, I could go on.
@Missreclusive - I drove from Brownsville, and about the audio if someone can volunteer to edit it I'll be more than glad to share it :) [/QUOTE]
Let me know if someone volunteers to do that, and thank you, I so wanted to use my camera but watched them react and I gave up. :-( I don't think I've ever enjoyed a concert more, and I've been to a few. I would travel to see it again if I could afford to. Would love to hear them do more of the less known songs. My Fairy King, Liar, Innuendo, I could go on.
Missreclusive
[QUOTE] [b]AdamMethos wrote:[/b]
Bizarre about not allowing cameras. Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have left...
Clip of AOBTD in Orlando (skip to 1:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWtgFw-sQE
For some reason Marc is singing it this time, instead of Jennifer, Yvan and Jeff. (Not that I'm complaining...)[/QUOTE]
From that clip Marc did well with AOBTD. Jennifers shining moment was MOTBQ and also ITLOTG, ws glad Marc sang LOTGR. I'm now bitten by the bug, want to see more of Queen live. Would go see Q+AL if I could and certainly would see QE again. Not sure they would ever come back to Texass if Houston is an indicator. I did ask Jeff Scott Soto what the Dallas crowd was like and he said they were good. Oh, then, since Tristan sat with the "I'm a rock star" look on his face, nose a bit in the air (I didn't mind as he's talented hehe) I had to mention to him the bad review up north with regard to his antics. Well...he quipped back at me "Yeah well, some like it, some don't". Oh, I shouldn't have said anything, I did tell him I enjoyed him and he played great. I'm just one lowly little Queen fan out here.
Bizarre about not allowing cameras. Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have left...
Clip of AOBTD in Orlando (skip to 1:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWtgFw-sQE
For some reason Marc is singing it this time, instead of Jennifer, Yvan and Jeff. (Not that I'm complaining...)[/QUOTE]
From that clip Marc did well with AOBTD. Jennifers shining moment was MOTBQ and also ITLOTG, ws glad Marc sang LOTGR. I'm now bitten by the bug, want to see more of Queen live. Would go see Q+AL if I could and certainly would see QE again. Not sure they would ever come back to Texass if Houston is an indicator. I did ask Jeff Scott Soto what the Dallas crowd was like and he said they were good. Oh, then, since Tristan sat with the "I'm a rock star" look on his face, nose a bit in the air (I didn't mind as he's talented hehe) I had to mention to him the bad review up north with regard to his antics. Well...he quipped back at me "Yeah well, some like it, some don't". Oh, I shouldn't have said anything, I did tell him I enjoyed him and he played great. I'm just one lowly little Queen fan out here.
Wiley
[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]
There's a few songs like Dust and Seven Seas that play half a semitone off![/QUOTE]
I always 'felt' there was something wrong with Seven Seas of Rhye. Also, there is one of the Queen II "remasters" in which this song's first guitar power chord sounds waaaay off, almost like it starts a bit flat and then hits the right note. Has anyone noticed this? (It could be the newer Island versions).
Don't know if "flat" is the right word but it certainly sounds different to my ears.
It's a bit like the click in the 93-94 remaster for Fat Bottomed Girls. It took me some time to convince myself that it hadn't been there the whole time and I didn't confirm it until I got another Jazz CD with different remastering.
There's a few songs like Dust and Seven Seas that play half a semitone off![/QUOTE]
I always 'felt' there was something wrong with Seven Seas of Rhye. Also, there is one of the Queen II "remasters" in which this song's first guitar power chord sounds waaaay off, almost like it starts a bit flat and then hits the right note. Has anyone noticed this? (It could be the newer Island versions).
Don't know if "flat" is the right word but it certainly sounds different to my ears.
It's a bit like the click in the 93-94 remaster for Fat Bottomed Girls. It took me some time to convince myself that it hadn't been there the whole time and I didn't confirm it until I got another Jazz CD with different remastering.
waunakonor
[QUOTE] [b]Missreclusive wrote:[/b]
Anyway, I wasn't happy with the crowd, they seemed a bit "bleh" to me. QE deserved a super enthusiastic crowd![/QUOTE]
My brother and I got told by a security guard to sit down.
Bleh.
Anyway, I wasn't happy with the crowd, they seemed a bit "bleh" to me. QE deserved a super enthusiastic crowd![/QUOTE]
My brother and I got told by a security guard to sit down.
Bleh.
Missreclusive
You were in the balcony? No, I wasn't the crazy lady up there (dancing, doing what appeared loosely to be Freddie moves). At one point everyone was watching her instead of QE. They never told her to sit down. They ran me back to my seat once.
Man from Zanzibar
I was thinking recently about the possibility of them doing another QE tour performing even less "known" songs, including those never performed live by Queen.
Here's my very own wish-tracklist of the "Greatest Songs" (not just "Hits"), from the records released 1984-1995. Of course I'm a bit bias towards Marc (as well as Innuendo and Made In Heaven, as you can see), but other singers have got something for them, too. I was trying to be realistic, but even after I've cut some tracks, though it is still 21 songs in total. Well, this is a dream after all. There's a lot of very tough songs to sing, so I don't expect the guys doing all of it, even if they're gonna do that kind of show anytime soon.
In my opinion it's appropriate to put early stuff (pre Hot Space) in the first part of the show and perform the later (post Hot Space) ones after intermission. Presented here as on original CDs, so of course tracklist order is boring, lol.
- It's A Hard Life (Jennifer, Yvan)
- Keep Passing The Open Windows (Everyone)
- Is This The World We Created (Marc on vocals and acoustic guitar)
- Princes of the Universe (Jeff)
- Khashoggi's Ship (Jeff)
- The Miracle (Marc)
- Breakthru (Jennifer)
- Was It All Worth It (Everyone)
- Innuendo (Jeff)
- I'm Going Slightly Mad (Jennifer)
- Don't Try So Hard (Yvan)
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Marc & Jennifer)
- Bijou (Marc on vocals, Brian & Tristan on guitars)
- It's A Beautiful Day (Marc on vocals and piano, Brandon on keyboard)
- Made In Heaven (Marc)
- Let Me Live (Everyone)
- Mother Love (Marc)
- Heaven For Everyone (Jennifer)
- Too Much Love Will Kill You (Yvan)
- You Dont Fool Me (Jeff)
- A Winter's Tale (Marc)
Total: 21
[By performer, incl. with others, duets and everyone]
Marc: 10
Jennifer: 7
Jeff: 6
Yvan: 6
Here's my very own wish-tracklist of the "Greatest Songs" (not just "Hits"), from the records released 1984-1995. Of course I'm a bit bias towards Marc (as well as Innuendo and Made In Heaven, as you can see), but other singers have got something for them, too. I was trying to be realistic, but even after I've cut some tracks, though it is still 21 songs in total. Well, this is a dream after all. There's a lot of very tough songs to sing, so I don't expect the guys doing all of it, even if they're gonna do that kind of show anytime soon.
In my opinion it's appropriate to put early stuff (pre Hot Space) in the first part of the show and perform the later (post Hot Space) ones after intermission. Presented here as on original CDs, so of course tracklist order is boring, lol.
- It's A Hard Life (Jennifer, Yvan)
- Keep Passing The Open Windows (Everyone)
- Is This The World We Created (Marc on vocals and acoustic guitar)
- Princes of the Universe (Jeff)
- Khashoggi's Ship (Jeff)
- The Miracle (Marc)
- Breakthru (Jennifer)
- Was It All Worth It (Everyone)
- Innuendo (Jeff)
- I'm Going Slightly Mad (Jennifer)
- Don't Try So Hard (Yvan)
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Marc & Jennifer)
- Bijou (Marc on vocals, Brian & Tristan on guitars)
- It's A Beautiful Day (Marc on vocals and piano, Brandon on keyboard)
- Made In Heaven (Marc)
- Let Me Live (Everyone)
- Mother Love (Marc)
- Heaven For Everyone (Jennifer)
- Too Much Love Will Kill You (Yvan)
- You Dont Fool Me (Jeff)
- A Winter's Tale (Marc)
Total: 21
[By performer, incl. with others, duets and everyone]
Marc: 10
Jennifer: 7
Jeff: 6
Yvan: 6
queenUSA
Man from Zanzibar I like your list and suggestions.
Tyler Warren is also really good and I would like to hear him on Rock It (prime jive). Who would you suggest do the opener on that? I'm thinking I would like to hear Marc and Tyler.
Also I would like to hear Put out the Fire. What's your take on singing assignment for that?
Tyler Warren is also really good and I would like to hear him on Rock It (prime jive). Who would you suggest do the opener on that? I'm thinking I would like to hear Marc and Tyler.
Also I would like to hear Put out the Fire. What's your take on singing assignment for that?
Under Pressure
At LA now... Performances are good, but honestly what's missing is the awe of standing in front of four humans capable of creating such tight, memorable music. Watching a 3D film in 2D, and there's no way around that...
AdamMethos
@Man from Zanzibar
Interesting list. In the show, generally Jeff gets the hard rock, and Marc and Yvan the soft rock/ballads. Your list kind of sticks to that formula. I'd like to see a break from that pattern for a few songs just to make things interesting. In the show they gave Jeff a slower song (Save Me) and Marc a rocker song (One Vision). So maybe give Jeff I'm Going Slightly Mad (somehow I can really picture him doing this one) and Marc Princes Of The Universe.
Found an interesting but highly technical article on the audio production in QE. I understood about 50% of it.
http://www.audioprointernational.com/news/read/digico-sd10-deployed-for-the-queen-extravaganza/04708
Interesting list. In the show, generally Jeff gets the hard rock, and Marc and Yvan the soft rock/ballads. Your list kind of sticks to that formula. I'd like to see a break from that pattern for a few songs just to make things interesting. In the show they gave Jeff a slower song (Save Me) and Marc a rocker song (One Vision). So maybe give Jeff I'm Going Slightly Mad (somehow I can really picture him doing this one) and Marc Princes Of The Universe.
Found an interesting but highly technical article on the audio production in QE. I understood about 50% of it.
http://www.audioprointernational.com/news/read/digico-sd10-deployed-for-the-queen-extravaganza/04708
Missreclusive
[QUOTE] [b]Man from Zanzibar wrote:[/b]
I was thinking recently about the possibility of them doing another QE tour performing even less "known" songs, including those never performed live by Queen.
You have the right idea. The only vocalist I'm not keen on is Yvan. I also have noticed Marc with far more onstage energy than he had in the beginning, changing his style. The effort they've all put into this has been commendable. I too would love to see them do less known songs and those not played live by Queen. I hope the suggestion will be sent to Roger and Brian, if someone has access to them.
I was thinking recently about the possibility of them doing another QE tour performing even less "known" songs, including those never performed live by Queen.
You have the right idea. The only vocalist I'm not keen on is Yvan. I also have noticed Marc with far more onstage energy than he had in the beginning, changing his style. The effort they've all put into this has been commendable. I too would love to see them do less known songs and those not played live by Queen. I hope the suggestion will be sent to Roger and Brian, if someone has access to them.
Wiley
No surprise Jeff got to sing "Save me" as he also sung it (very well) 15 years ago for the "Dragon Attack" Tribute CD where Heavy Metal artists covered Queen. I have this CD in my car stereo at the moment and, to be honest, I think I can now appreciate it better because I know who these guys are as opposed to back in 97.
By the way, in this one Glenn Hughes sings "Get Down Make Love" and is as close as we will get to hearing a Paul Rodgers version of it (lost opportunity in all their tours together). At times he sounds a lot like him.
About Slightly Mad, I'm pretty sure he nailed it when he sung it in a Queen Convention. Jeff certainly can sing. I wouldn't mind if it was him singing in Kiev today.
By the way, in this one Glenn Hughes sings "Get Down Make Love" and is as close as we will get to hearing a Paul Rodgers version of it (lost opportunity in all their tours together). At times he sounds a lot like him.
About Slightly Mad, I'm pretty sure he nailed it when he sung it in a Queen Convention. Jeff certainly can sing. I wouldn't mind if it was him singing in Kiev today.