Thank you so much for the live stream!!! I was so anxious for this first gig and was looking for setlist news, but never expected to actually see it!!! :D
BTW, great setlist. It should include changes as days go by. We know they already have Don't Stop Me Now and (sadly) Dragon Attack rehearsed.
Cheers,
Ogre-
Jake12 · Member since
http://youtu.be/USHC3dcOg3k
malicedoom · Member since
The ticket thing WAS kind of bullshit to those who bought months in advance and paid big $$$.
I was sitting next to two (very nice) people (to my left, closer to the stage than I was) who bought their tickets THAT AFTERNOON at 1/8th the price I paid.
Ah well. Just how it works these days I guess. No point in being pissed. Such a great show.
"Oh yeah, and we don't have to hear any Bad Company... ;-)"
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It's funny but I kept thinking that same thing as the concert went on.
We were able to hear so many more great Queen songs compared to the P.R. tour
I Want It All, The Show Must Go On, Love Kills, '39, Who Wants To Live Forever, In The Lap Of The Gods (!) - outstanding.
Brian Maybe · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4gPKK1WDw
Procession/now I'm here. Excellent fan video[/QUOTE]
That was great, thanks!
So exciting to see that opening, after 40 years! If you listen closely, there's some Flash Gordon mixed in with Procession.
Shame about Adam's mic going out, even made Brian hit a wrong chord! :-). But he pulled it off like a real pro, going over to the other mic, tossing his to the tech to figure it out, all the while still rocking the crowd.
The kid has really won me over. I was really skeptical of this pairing, to the point where I almost didn't buy tix to the show. There are some qualities to his voice that still bug me. He's no Freddie, and would be the first to admit it. But ya know, getting someone like him who's been influenced by Freddie like he has, and who really does have the range to pull it off, even without that quality to Freddie's voice that we all love, really seems to be a great, respectful way to keep the legacy of this music alive. And he seems to have a great and humble attitude about it.
The naysayers will always say that without Freddie, it's not Queen, but that's just stating the obvious. Freddie's gone, it was a tragedy that we lost him, but his music and legacy lives on. And to still get to see and hear Brian and Roger do their thing together is a rare treat. These are legends, and we're lucky to still have them around and able to tour!
Hearing Brian's guitar in person is still an awe inspiring thing. Just gorgeous.
And whining that they're not playing as good as they did 30-40 years ago, whatever. They're human, humans get old and slow down by their age. It's called life. Considering that, they've really only barely slowed down anyway! Find any 70's band who are still playing and tell me they're better than this! :-)
Ok, rant over, gonna enjoy some more clips, and wait impatiently for the LA show on Jul y 3!
Mr.QueenFan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Brian Maybe wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4gPKK1WDw
Procession/now I'm here. Excellent fan video[/QUOTE]
That was great, thanks!
So exciting to see that opening, after 40 years! If you listen closely, there's some Flash Gordon mixed in with Procession.
Shame about Adam's mic going out, even made Brian hit a wrong chord! :-). But he pulled it off like a real pro, going over to the other mic, tossing his to the tech to figure it out, all the while still rocking the crowd.
The kid has really won me over. I was really skeptical of this pairing, to the point where I almost didn't buy tix to the show. There are some qualities to his voice that still bug me. He's no Freddie, and would be the first to admit it. But ya know, getting someone like him who's been influenced by Freddie like he has, and who really does have the range to pull it off, even without that quality to Freddie's voice that we all love, really seems to be a great, respectful way to keep the legacy of this music alive. And he seems to have a great and humble attitude about it.
The naysayers will always say that without Freddie, it's not Queen, but that's just stating the obvious. Freddie's gone, it was a tragedy that we lost him, but his music and legacy lives on. And to still get to see and hear Brian and Roger do their thing together is a rare treat. These are legends, and we're lucky to still have them around and able to tour!
Hearing Brian's guitar in person is still an awe inspiring thing. Just gorgeous.
And whining that they're not playing as good as they did 30-40 years ago, whatever. They're human, humans get old and slow down by their age. It's called life. Considering that, they've really only barely slowed down anyway! Find any 70's band who are still playing and tell me they're better than this! :-)
Ok, rant over, gonna enjoy some more clips, and wait impatiently for the LA show on Jul y 3![/QUOTE]
This is a great post. Donne with respect for all musicians involved. Very refreshing to finally see someone in QZ writing an honest opinion with a positive attitude. Well donne!
GonnaUseMyPrisoners · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]99jaystang wrote:[/b]
Brian seems to keep "I want it all" in the setlist, not a well known song in North America. I would sub it out for Dragon, or something older.
Anybody notice Bo rhap flub at the end. Brian was lost or could not hear his monitor. Oh well the first show is outa the way, it will get better .[/QUOTE]
Disagree - I Want It All got a lot of airplay around here when released, sold well on CD, isn't forgotten, is known to a few casual fans I know, and is even used in TV ads. I think it was a VERY SMART move to remove the dire, plodding tempo of Dragon Attack (in recent performances) if it meant the addition of the energy and flash of IWIA. I LOVE Dragon Attack live (the source of my moniker), but it sounded a lot different in 1982, e.g.
GonnaUseMyPrisoners · Member since
Yeah, the ticket thing. A few folks have correctly pointed out that tickets are released in the week before many shows. That much I agree with, because it is a fact. But... Who releases them? For what reason were they held in the first place, or, for whom? Well if everyone else can speculate on the topic, so can I! Now from this experience, here's my story.
I watched the Ticketmaster website every day the week of the various "presales" (ha ha - what a crock of shit that term is). The seats were primarily of two categories: (A) Affordable, mediocre seats in mezzanines & balconies, available only briefly (like minutes after the gunshot) which sold out very quickly, and (B) various levels of VIP tickets, where you basically get a t-shirt and possibly the deluxe marble and pencil kit (LOL) and you pay waaaaaay too much for the pleasure. Main Floor front sections (1, 2, and 3) showed seats topping $350 or more. And those were VERY slow selling. There were a LOT of them. One pull offered me 3rd row at that price. I recalled balking and deciding I wouldn't pay that. So I got the lowest level VIP tix (sec 105 in United Center) for $175 each, even though a comparable non-VIP ticket would have been $125 (I think?) It was "insurance" that I'd have tickets, just in case there was a lot of Glambert demand (unknown to me).
Here's where it gets interesting... So then a couple weeks before the show, I looked and discovered they were selling Main floor Sec 1, 2, 3 tix at face value: $150 each, NOT VIP. I pounced, and ended up in the 21st row right near the bottom of the Q "ribbon catwalk" ! In chatting with folks around me before the show, I confirmed that all of the people immediately around me also had purchased their seats in the few days leading up to the show at that price.
My reading on this: Don't read too much into the speed of ticket sales!!! Their practice is to put a large number of VIP seats ($350) out there, trying to raise revenue, testing what the market will bear in terms of price, and selling as many as they can at those prices. Then, realizing fans don't want to pay that, they convert them to "regular" seats ($150) and they sell more quickly at a fairer price. Sadly, I had to take a LOSS on my other tickets just to get anything for them, namely because better seats were then available cheaper!!! How F Upped is that? I add the loss I took onto the cost of the seats I used and ended up paying $225 per seat. Booooo.
This market practice is utter money-grubbing crap, it kills my soul to discover it, and yes, I hate Ticketmaster.
Apocalipsis_Darko · Member since
Saying that about Bad Company, is obvious you don't know anything about rock history.
Paul Rodgers is a legend, respect him.
Brian Maybe · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Saying that about Bad Company, is obvious you don't know anything about rock history.
Paul Rodgers is a legend, respect him.[/QUOTE]
I guess you missed where I said this:
[QUOTE] [b]Brian Maybe wrote:[/b]
(I actually like Bad Co, just not when I go to a Queen concert!)[/QUOTE]
I actually know a lot about rock history, having grown up in the 70's San Francisco area and going to see just about every classic rock band in their heyday. I saw the original Bad Co back then, one of their reunions, Paul solo, Paul with Jimmy Page in The Firm twice, and Q+PR twice. I had no problem with that pairing, especially as Paul was an influence on Freddie, but as I'm a much bigger fan of Queen's music than Bad Co's, I thought the Queen material outshined the Bad Co stuff, and I would have rather had more Queen in its place.
And I was very surprised to find myself enjoying Adam with Queen more than Paul. Go figure.
Your mileage may vary...
Mr.QueenFan · Member since
I saw Paul Rodger with Queen in 2005, and it was wonderful. Paul Rodgers is one of the greatest singers of all time. He´s in his 60´s and still going strong. I absolutely loved that Paul brought Queen to a more bluesy and Rockier side. Always with a smile on his face, he made everybody feel welcomed.
ggo1 · Member since
I adore Paul Rodgers voice and thoroughly enjoyed the Toronto show I saw with Queen. But his blues style didn't always fit(for me) comfortably with the queen catalog. I just think Adam is a better fit and I'm really looking forward to the Montreal show, they should be well into the groove by then.
I don't think it will happen, and I'm not sure it would be a good idea if it did, but if Queen were to release an album with Adam Lambert I'm fairly certain it would sound a lot more like (proper) Queen than the cosmos rocks did.
Bad Seed · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Brian Maybe wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Saying that about Bad Company, is obvious you don't know anything about rock history.
Paul Rodgers is a legend, respect him.[/QUOTE]
I guess you missed where I said this:
[QUOTE] [b]Brian Maybe wrote:[/b]
(I actually like Bad Co, just not when I go to a Queen concert!)[/QUOTE]
I actually know a lot about rock history, having grown up in the 70's San Francisco area and going to see just about every classic rock band in their heyday. I saw the original Bad Co back then, one of their reunions, Paul solo, Paul with Jimmy Page in The Firm twice, and Q+PR twice. I had no problem with that pairing, especially as Paul was an influence on Freddie, but as I'm a much bigger fan of Queen's music than Bad Co's, I thought the Queen material outshined the Bad Co stuff, and I would have rather had more Queen in its place.
And I was very surprised to find myself enjoying Adam with Queen more than Paul. Go figure.
