tomchristie22
The Tutti Frutti cover from the Magic Tour was pretty awesome, I wouldn't have had them get rid of that.
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Oscar J
I love when they did Big Spender and Bama Lama Bama Loo in the early years.
Martin Packer
I actually rather like FWBF ON RECORD but I suspect it's a bit like WATC: Something put in for a good concert singalong. Interesting people don't like the live rendering of it. For once I have no opinion. :-)
dysan
I like FWBF on Live Magic - great that they tried to freshen up the WWRY / WATC finale. Commendable. Would've been even more fantastic if they'd stuck ITLOTG...R in there at the end too. Just like the old days. MAybe it was a bit too obscure by that point?.
musicland munich
The thing I was always annoying is that they played some of their 70`s tunes a little bit hastily and uninspired on the "Magic Tour". It´s just my personal point of view of course...someone with a same feeling or is it just me ?
tomchristie22
[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]
The thing I was always annoying is that they played some of their 70`s tunes a little bit hastily and uninspired on the "Magic Tour". It´s just my personal point of view of course...someone with a same feeling or is it just me ?[/QUOTE]
For sure. Now I'm Here is much faster and less melodic, Seven Seas of Rhye is brief and a complete bore compared to the versions from the early-mid seventies, Lap of the Gods Revisited drops the second verse and replaces all the chorus lyrics with the 'whoah's from the Coda. Very underwhelming.
The thing I was always annoying is that they played some of their 70`s tunes a little bit hastily and uninspired on the "Magic Tour". It´s just my personal point of view of course...someone with a same feeling or is it just me ?[/QUOTE]
For sure. Now I'm Here is much faster and less melodic, Seven Seas of Rhye is brief and a complete bore compared to the versions from the early-mid seventies, Lap of the Gods Revisited drops the second verse and replaces all the chorus lyrics with the 'whoah's from the Coda. Very underwhelming.
Vocal harmony
The older, early album, songs on the Magic Tour kind of felt like. Here's a little bit of what we used to do, but that's not us now. Let's get on with some 80's stuff.
brENsKi
yeah it did ^^^ quite a bit.
almost like "oh for fucks sake, we'll get lynched if we don't"
which is bizarre when you consider that queen's love for doing cover versions of older songs live never waned throughout touring career. even the magic tour included:
Gimme Some Lovin'
You're So Square
Hello, Mary-Lou
Tutti-Fruiti
almost as if they love playing old stuff...just NOT their own old stuff
almost like "oh for fucks sake, we'll get lynched if we don't"
which is bizarre when you consider that queen's love for doing cover versions of older songs live never waned throughout touring career. even the magic tour included:
Gimme Some Lovin'
You're So Square
Hello, Mary-Lou
Tutti-Fruiti
almost as if they love playing old stuff...just NOT their own old stuff
j0ck3
Wasn't the Magic Tour unique in that it also was the only tour in their entire time with Freddie where they did not play Jailhouse Rock at all?
My memory is a bit iffy, but I'm quite sure the only time Jailhouse wasn't a staple was during the Jazz and Hot Space Tours where it was only performed at a few select shows.
My memory is a bit iffy, but I'm quite sure the only time Jailhouse wasn't a staple was during the Jazz and Hot Space Tours where it was only performed at a few select shows.
Holly2003
Song choices for the Magic Tour were driven by the massive stadium venues, so they went for songs they considered would reach the whole crowd i.e. big anthems, big hits, and well-known covers.
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
Song choices for the Magic Tour were driven by the massive stadium venues, so they went for songs they considered would reach the whole crowd i.e. big anthems, big hits, and well-known covers.[/QUOTE]
Yes that's exactly what they did, however was it really what they had to do.
If you ever get a chance to see Muse, in a big open air stadium, yes they play the hits, but they also dig into their albums and play things that are of interest to genuine fans
The Rolling Stones were/are the same. Yes on the Magic tour they performed a few older songs as mentioned but it was things that had been played countless times before. For a band with such a wealth of material they seemed to choose from a very narrow field
Song choices for the Magic Tour were driven by the massive stadium venues, so they went for songs they considered would reach the whole crowd i.e. big anthems, big hits, and well-known covers.[/QUOTE]
Yes that's exactly what they did, however was it really what they had to do.
If you ever get a chance to see Muse, in a big open air stadium, yes they play the hits, but they also dig into their albums and play things that are of interest to genuine fans
The Rolling Stones were/are the same. Yes on the Magic tour they performed a few older songs as mentioned but it was things that had been played countless times before. For a band with such a wealth of material they seemed to choose from a very narrow field
Holly2003
No they didn;t have to do that but it must;ve seemed the thing to do back then for their first and last European stadium tour. Maybe they took some tips from their experiences in South America? In any event, it was hugely successful. But I take your point about setlists. I don;t like edited versions of songs, live or otherwise, and I think the Magic Tour setlist was a bit dull.