How did we not know The Fairy Fellars master stroke was performed at the rainbow in March '74 when we seem to know everything else queen has done. Why didn't a fan who was there say oh they performed that. Does this mean other sings we thought that werent performed live may have been? Main question is how did this happen?
Jimmy Dean · Member since
i'm pretty sure a fan in 1974 wasn't as big a fan as they are now in 2014... or say 1975 or 1976 for that matter. Queen had just released Queen iI... most probably didn't hear the album yet... Fairy Feller went unnoticed that night to all those people in the audience.... the then casual fans of the band.
So probably for anything prior to say, 1975 - i'm pretty sure we don't know about EVERY song queen played live. Plus i believe there are other holes left to uncover. If you check queenconcerts.com - there are many undocumented shows, even in the 80s for which we don't have a set list... anything could have happened... Sail Away Sweet Sister, Who Needs You, a cover of Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, lol... all of it unlikely - but just as well possible.
Also, if a fan said they performed it, no one would have believed him! Fuckin; attention seekers, we'd say.
GERRYISADICK · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jimmy Dean wrote:[/b]
i'm pretty sure a fan in 1974 wasn't as big a fan as they are now in 2014... or say 1975 or 1976 for that matter. Queen had just released Queen iI... most probably didn't hear the album yet... Fairy Feller went unnoticed that night to all those people in the audience.... the then casual fans of the band.
So probably for anything prior to say, 1975 - i'm pretty sure we don't know about EVERY song queen played live. Plus i believe there are other holes left to uncover. If you check queenconcerts.com - there are many undocumented shows, even in the 80s for which we don't have a set list... anything could have happened... Sail Away Sweet Sister, Who Needs You, a cover of Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, lol... all of it unlikely - but just as well possible.
Also, if a fan said they performed it, no one would have believed him! Fuckin; attention seekers, we'd say.
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Wow thank you for the excellent and precise answer!
mooghead · Member since
A lot of people who profess to be massive Queen fans are just Queen fans who have read a lot of stuff about Queen on the internet and can spew out stuff they have read on a whim... whether what they have read is true or not.
GERRYISADICK · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
A lot of people who profess to be massive Queen fans are just Queen fans who have read a lot of stuff about Queen on the internet and can spew out stuff they have read on a whim... whether what they have read is true or not.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately that is true.
Nitroboy · Member since
Actually, the song was claimed to have been performed live for a long time, but we have only just had it fully confirmed ;)
GERRYISADICK · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Nitroboy wrote:[/b]
Actually, the song was claimed to have been performed live for a long time, but we have only just had it fully confirmed ;)[/QUOTE]
Was the claim specific to the rainbow?
musicland munich · Member since
1974 is 40 years ago....and that`s a long time in a human`s life. I saw Brian (93) and Roger(Cross 91)...ask me about a detailed setlist and I`am fucked...ask me about the beer the sausages the merchandise stuff and the "Queenish" atmosphere then I`am your man.
gerry · Member since
not much of a true Queen fan then!
musicland munich · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
not much of a true Queen fan then![/QUOTE]
You`re right Gerry...actually I was looking for a proper "Hot Chocolate" Forum...but I couldn`t find one.
master marathon runner · Member since
Hot chocolate? - I should cocoa!.
master marathon runner · Member since
/I won radio 2's popmaster in 2001, when Ken said : today, "give me 3 UK chart hits by.......-i (was praying for Queen).....Hot chocolate"-
Bang! I got 5 in 10, - didn't realise I was so hot chocolate savvy.!
cmsdrums · Member since
As to whether any unknown live performances still exist is a fair question. Sadly a lot of info will be known to the archivists, but not disclosed. In addition a lot of info will be released in books or online based purely on things such as the memory of Brian May, and we all know that he has some serious lapses when declaring that some tracks weren't ever performed, despite them having been released on official videos!!
I can imagine in 25 years' time people thinking me a fantasist when I say that I saw a reformed Smile at the Marquee in 1992!! :-)
Pingfah · Member since
It's marvelous there are still some surprises left.
Kamenliter · Member since
This is something I've wondered about as well, just because this was an officially recorded show and was on the radio (albeit in edited form) for many years. Just surprising that this information somehow never got out. I'm figuring the song was played at least a handful of times live; thankfully the one performance we do have of it, is a pro recording! (though I'd be thrilled to hear some audience recordings from any other gigs they played it at, of course!)
