Caviar and Cigarettes
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ggo1
Brenski wrote:
[i] it was November 1979 - I was there. and it was a good concert - didn't feel "flat" to me. my first proper gig after starting work.[/i]
No, I'm talking about the first NEC show in 1980, not the Crazy tour show. I think it was the first concert at the new hall there, hall 7 I think it was called then. It only opened in 1980 It's probably called The LG O2 Vodaphone Carlsberg Palace now. So it wasn't the first at the NEC, just the first in that hall. (I think it has 20 venues now).
Anyhow, you made me go check the web and it was December 5th 1980. They did Flash and The Hero that night which I remember being quite excited about. It was the only show I saw on that tour which was unusual but they only did 4 UK dates. 2 Birmingham and 2 London. I was a year shy of being able to travel around Europe to see shows which I did in 82, 84 and 86. I wish I was young again... :-(
[i] it was November 1979 - I was there. and it was a good concert - didn't feel "flat" to me. my first proper gig after starting work.[/i]
No, I'm talking about the first NEC show in 1980, not the Crazy tour show. I think it was the first concert at the new hall there, hall 7 I think it was called then. It only opened in 1980 It's probably called The LG O2 Vodaphone Carlsberg Palace now. So it wasn't the first at the NEC, just the first in that hall. (I think it has 20 venues now).
Anyhow, you made me go check the web and it was December 5th 1980. They did Flash and The Hero that night which I remember being quite excited about. It was the only show I saw on that tour which was unusual but they only did 4 UK dates. 2 Birmingham and 2 London. I was a year shy of being able to travel around Europe to see shows which I did in 82, 84 and 86. I wish I was young again... :-(
brENsKi
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[b]ggo1 wrote: [/b] Brenski wrote:
[i] it was November 1979 - I was there. and it was a good concert - didn't feel "flat" to me. my first proper gig after starting work.[/i]
No, I'm talking about the first NEC show in 1980, not the Crazy tour show. I think it was the first concert at the new hall there, hall 7 I think it was called then. It only opened in 1980 It's probably called The LG O2 Vodaphone Carlsberg Palace now. So it wasn't the first at the NEC, just the first in that hall. (I think it has 20 venues now).
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oh ok, apols I see - well i didn't attend the 1980 NEC gig. so no wonder we felt differently - different gigs...haha
[b]ggo1 wrote: [/b] Brenski wrote:
[i] it was November 1979 - I was there. and it was a good concert - didn't feel "flat" to me. my first proper gig after starting work.[/i]
No, I'm talking about the first NEC show in 1980, not the Crazy tour show. I think it was the first concert at the new hall there, hall 7 I think it was called then. It only opened in 1980 It's probably called The LG O2 Vodaphone Carlsberg Palace now. So it wasn't the first at the NEC, just the first in that hall. (I think it has 20 venues now).
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oh ok, apols I see - well i didn't attend the 1980 NEC gig. so no wonder we felt differently - different gigs...haha
master marathon runner
I was at the NEC that night, thought it was brilliant, were you not feeling under the weather?
Great memory of doing 'mustapha' , full version, not just the intro, a la' live killers.
Great memory of doing 'mustapha' , full version, not just the intro, a la' live killers.
pittrek
My favourite - Hammersmith Odeon 1979.
Perfect setlist.
Perfect performance.
Great singing.
Great guitar playing.
Great bass playing.
Great drumming.
The second and third places are shared by Rainbow Theatre 1974 (March show) and Golders Green Hippodrome 1973
Perfect setlist.
Perfect performance.
Great singing.
Great guitar playing.
Great bass playing.
Great drumming.
The second and third places are shared by Rainbow Theatre 1974 (March show) and Golders Green Hippodrome 1973
Saint Jiub
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[b]
Seven songs ... you forgot "Is This the World We Created?"
brENsKi wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]Caviar and Cigarettes wrote: [/b] The Keyword is NOT JUST vocally,but overall! The Sun City concert was alos bad because it only had 3 songs.[/QUOTE]
the concert was short because [b]HE[/b] lost his voice - and you said [b]NOT JUST VOCALLY[/b] - well you can't include Sun City in the bad list because your [b][i]"vocal"[/i][/b] caveat was the reason it was short.
and on the basis of your argument ([b][i]as someone already said[/i][/b]) how can you put [b]Live Aid[/b] in your best and [b]Sun City[/b] in your worst
by [b][i]YOUR[/i][/b] definition
[b]Sun City[/b] = 3 songs = worst
[b]Live aid[/b] = [b][i]6 songs[/i][/b] = 50% as bad[/QUOTE]
[b]
Seven songs ... you forgot "Is This the World We Created?"
brENsKi wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]Caviar and Cigarettes wrote: [/b] The Keyword is NOT JUST vocally,but overall! The Sun City concert was alos bad because it only had 3 songs.[/QUOTE]
the concert was short because [b]HE[/b] lost his voice - and you said [b]NOT JUST VOCALLY[/b] - well you can't include Sun City in the bad list because your [b][i]"vocal"[/i][/b] caveat was the reason it was short.
and on the basis of your argument ([b][i]as someone already said[/i][/b]) how can you put [b]Live Aid[/b] in your best and [b]Sun City[/b] in your worst
by [b][i]YOUR[/i][/b] definition
[b]Sun City[/b] = 3 songs = worst
[b]Live aid[/b] = [b][i]6 songs[/i][/b] = 50% as bad[/QUOTE]
brENsKi
ITTWWC was not billed as "Queen" it as billed as "Mercury & May"
although based on the current "May & Taylor" = Queen formula, i suppose you have a point (of sorts)
although based on the current "May & Taylor" = Queen formula, i suppose you have a point (of sorts)
fjac1980
the Best: Montreal 1981 and Hammersmith 1975-1979
The Worst: Tokio 1979 ( Freddie´s voice was in very bad shape)
The Worst: Tokio 1979 ( Freddie´s voice was in very bad shape)
Mrmarioanonym
Hyde Park 1976 was pretty bad.
I suspect there may have been some issues with their monitors too, not just the PA.
Add to that their nerves and you have one of the worst performances of the year. They were technically in good shape, but here they seemed kind of nervous and delivered a pretty bad (and odd) performance.
I suspect there may have been some issues with their monitors too, not just the PA.
Add to that their nerves and you have one of the worst performances of the year. They were technically in good shape, but here they seemed kind of nervous and delivered a pretty bad (and odd) performance.