Amazing! Someone dislikes I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR (live)
.... I've always thought it THE lead vocal drummer song and found it incredible.
Fun thread.
Dislike:
Staying power (crap song... maybe EWF could have saved it with a different arrangement)
Tear it up (cookie cutter "queen rock" song)
Body language (may have been dreadful to perform)
Bout it. I love Prophets Song live. .. ESPECIALLY love the live versions of IWTBF....it becomes a different song. The spaciousness and crunch work great live. Not super fond of the original... prefer the single version
Also. .. didn't like the new version of STL with the vamp. It cheapens the song and puts it into MEATLOAF territory. Just awful. Awful. Like a musical
Oscar J · Member since
Vamp?
Rick · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]matt z wrote:[/b]
Amazing! Someone dislikes I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR (live)
.... I've always thought it THE lead vocal drummer song and found it incredible.
Fun thread.
Dislike:
Staying power (crap song... maybe EWF could have saved it with a different arrangement)
Tear it up (cookie cutter "queen rock" song)
Body language (may have been dreadful to perform)
Bout it. I love Prophets Song live. .. ESPECIALLY love the live versions of IWTBF....it becomes a different song. The spaciousness and crunch work great live. Not super fond of the original... prefer the single version
Also. .. didn't like the new version of STL with the vamp. It cheapens the song and puts it into MEATLOAF territory. Just awful. Awful. Like a musical[/QUOTE]
Staying Power?
In my opinion, that is one of the best things they ever did live...musically speaking. The MK version is incredible. The drumming is great, both Brian and John on guitar (listen to John's part alone, some funky playing!) and of course Freddie's incredible vocal performance.
Wiley · Member since
Dragon Attack. Crazy Little Thing. Later, sped up versions of Now I'm Here. Get Down make love.
The '86 rock and roll medley is a waste of time. Big Spender is very cool but I prefer the early versions.
IanR · Member since
Crazy Little Thing was at its best in the early 80s when Fred Mandel was pianist. All subsequent versions with Spike just aren't the same.
The King Of Rhye · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
Vamp?[/QUOTE]
I'm presuming he meant the fast part at the end (which I love, btw...lol)
Jazz 78 · Member since
Never thought The Prophet Song worked for them live. The studio version is fantastic but in every recording I've heard of this song live it just seems like they're struggling each time.
Nitroboy · Member since
Sheer Heart Attack - I can't stand the album version, and much less the live versions either
Gregsynth · Member since
What about the one from Fukuoka Simon? :D
tomchristie22 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Jazz 78 wrote:[/b]
Never thought The Prophet Song worked for them live. The studio version is fantastic but in every recording I've heard of this song live it just seems like they're struggling each time.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. They never got the harmonies sounding quite right - it makes me think they'd actually made the wrong note choices in rehearsal, rather than them just struggling to get it right from night to night.
matt z · Member since
Maybe I'm using the term incorrectly. I always thought a vamp was an extension of a song repeated to close, but instead I've found so many varied definitions, informal, colloquial etc as to not know what the established definitive musical term means.
For the record "I meant the faster part at the end that was introduced with the flipping guitarists on American Idol featuring Queen +, + the Queen extravaganza.
I expected to see some squats and thrusts with "jazz hands" during that corny closing.
Totally going the direction of the "time warp dance"
Mercuryman12 · Member since
Bring back that Leroy brown. It was a short sing that was very boring on stage
matt z · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Mercuryman12 wrote:[/b]
Bring back that Leroy brown. It was a short sing that was very boring on stage[/QUOTE]
Always thought it was frenetic and funny. It's only a two minute song. The additional ukulele bit was great. Maybe I hold it in high esteem because of its scarcity when I was growing up.
I used to hear stories that it had been played live (by my law teacher) and that queen played so loud that your innards rattled.
This was in the days before I could attend music shows where bootlegs were sold and traded
Gregsynth · Member since
I enjoy Queen's live takes on the songs! Certainly a different animal when compared to the studio stuff - but it's fun to hear the live stuff!
