OK, now thats a tough one! Best by what criteria??? I'll go with the tour I like the bootlegs from the most.......................I'll vote for the Opera tour! Its not the one I have the most from, but I really love the BoRhap medley.......might be my favorite live medley...........BoRhap/Killer Queen/Black Queen/BoRhap reprise/Leroy Brown..........I have two bootlegs of that in EX quality, n I just love it.............
Uh oh, I think I clicked on the wrong one............
The Real Wizard · Member since
ANATO tour, hands down.
It was all about the music, before the visual slowly started to take over. Many of the transitions between songs were clever, and their vocal harmonies were still rock solid. Even with the March 74 Rainbow Theatre official release, the Boston 76 audience tape is still the best document of Queen live.
NOTW is a close second. These were generally the longest sets the band ever played, it contained their longest medley, and Mercury spent half the show at the piano. And the crown lighting rig sure did blow people away.
That said - ADATR was excellent too. The setlist was an incredible cross-section of their first five albums, and it was the last tour before they really started to drop the old songs from the act.
Let's face it - 1975-78 was just a golden time for the band. We're grasping at straws here.
soxtalon · Member since
There was something about the Crazy Tour that hit me. I love revisiting that period. I think it's the fact they are just so confident along with the fact that it's got a decent set list...still before they were getting more pop oriented.
ANATO for me is a close second for all the reasons TRW mentions.
GERRYISADICK · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]
OK, now thats a tough one! Best by what criteria??? I'll go with the tour I like the bootlegs from the most.......................I'll vote for the Opera tour! Its not the one I have the most from, but I really love the BoRhap medley.......might be my favorite live medley...........BoRhap/Killer Queen/Black Queen/BoRhap reprise/Leroy Brown..........I have two bootlegs of that in EX quality, n I just love it.............
Uh oh, I think I clicked on the wrong one............[/QUOTE]
Best by quality of the show the set the lighting the performance of the band and of course Freddies vocals.
Oscar J · Member since
I love the whole 70's era, but I saw that NOTW didn't have any votes, so that's where I put mine. Philadelphia 1977, and Stockholm/Copenhagen 1978 are som great highlights from that tour.
alberbal12 · Member since
Because of the quality, i like Magic Tour.
Jazz 78 · Member since
My first Queen show was in Providence in 78 so for me, as well as what Soxtalon wrote, it's fun to revisit that period of my youth. It was a "saucy" tour with strippers, naked chicks on bikes, Fat Bottomed Girls, extravagant parties etc... Rock and Roll even...
gerry · Member since
Queens crazy tour was good but i voted for the works tour because The lightning rig was brilliant and the outfits were outstanding, especially freddies white leotard with the black lightning bolts on it.
The music and song selection was great too, they even performed "Great king rat" at Birmingham n.e.c in 1984!
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
Queens crazy tour was good but i voted for the works tour because The lightning rig was brilliant and the outfits were outstanding, especially freddies white leotard with the black lightning bolts on it.
The music and song selection was great too, they even performed "Great king rat" at Birmingham n.e.c in 1984![/QUOTE]
Agreed, The Works tour was good, better than The Magic tour.
The Crazy Tour was almost over Kill, having toured the Arenas of the world they were back to playing in venues of 2000 or smaller. There was so much energy on stage, and power in their playing.
I do agree with Mr Wizard, the bands performances, as musicians, were at their best on the Opera and Races tours. By the end of TNOTW tour they were dropping so much of that classic early 70's material that they were loosing a bit of the feel that those early songs had. Maybe something they had to do to continue growing.
Gregsynth · Member since
NOTW Tour and Crazy Tour are probably the best overall.
Gave the vote to NOTW due to the setlist!
brENsKi · Member since
the early setlists were far and away the best matched only by the performance itself. much as my own first queen gig was the NEC crazy tour and it was an excellent live introduction to the band, i already seen the Hammy 75 special on whistle test and so i'd have to split my vote between opera and races tours.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]
NOTW Tour and Crazy Tour are probably the best overall.
Gave the vote to NOTW due to the setlist![/QUOTE]
Yeah I do love the NOTW setlist!!! Love the WWRY/Brighton Rock opening bit..............and hey...............Houston..............enuf said! :D
The King Of Rhye · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
ANATO tour, hands down.
It was all about the music, before the visual slowly started to take over. .[/QUOTE]
We grow tired.........of all this visual.............
The Real Wizard · Member since
Indeed, the Works tour is underrated by people who just listen to the recordings.
Even if Mercury wasn't in top form on some nights and Roger used those stupid electronic drums on Dust, just look at the setlist with all the old songs, and that Metropolis set and lighting rig.
By 85 they'd dropped some of the old songs, and they were basically dialing it in. But seeing them in an arena in 84 must've been a rush beyond belief.
