To the fans that saw Queen on the Crazy Tour.

What was it like seeing a band of that caliber playing in those intimate venues? There were some venues on that tour that only could hold a few hundred people!

I imagine that the atmosphere was fantastic!

I saw them at the Brighton Centre and The Rainbow, both shows were very loud, Brighton more so. There was a huge amount of energy at both shows, and in a way they were almost over powering, performing like they were in arenas, which is what they'd been doing for over two years leading up to the Crazy tour.

Brilliant brilliant shows!

Awesome!

I saw them at the Birmingham NEC. I was 15 and it was the first concert I had been to. Had been a massive fan since ANATO. Just unbelievable concert and I remember what it was like as clearly as if it was yesterday. The lighting rig slowly rising as the music got loader..and then Freddie bursting on stage in his black leathers. They also played Save Me for the first time and before it had been released as a single - a massive highlight. Enjoyed them again at the O2 last week-end and nice to hear Save Me again!

I was at Newcastle on December 4 ? - 3rd row, of course it was phenomenal, having the boys almost at touching distance. Imagine the 4 of them lined up in front of you for"39"
They were very relaxed that night and were having fun, which, I suppose, they were most of the time. Fast and loud and rocking it big time.
I turned around at one point, looked up to the upper balcony ,(the circle?)- and the mass of fans , bouncing as one, during. "tie y m down" was a memory that will stay with me forever. Obviously.
Check out the date on queenlive ca ? , the real wizard's site and view the. 2 photos I submitted, one with Brian on piano during the virginal "save me" and Freddie rocking it large.
"memories, my memories, how long must you stay to haunt my days" !!

[QUOTE] [b]snelly1 wrote:[/b]

I saw them at the Birmingham NEC.

They also played Save Me for the first time[/QUOTE]

So they didn't play it in Dublin a couple days before ?! The NEC show was the second show of the tour.

Anyone here attend the Dublin show and knows for sure?

I saw 2 shows at Glasgow Apollo, although i'd seen them in previous tours I felt by crazy tour time they were defo at the top of there game, both shows were fantastic, and on the first night I managed to see the soundcheck to. great memories indeed.The place was electric

I also went to the NEC show and it was my first of 8 Queen shows that i saw over the years.I would have been 15 at the time, we went on a bus from Nottingham.Those were the days when record shops organized trips to various shows.I think at the time the NEC show held the record for a standing indoor event.The stage looked awsome when we took our places not too far back on the left side of the stage.When it got near to show time and the music that was being played through the Speakers stopped for a few seconds the crowd went wild ,urging the show to start,but then the music came back on.I thought it was never going to happen and then the house lights went down,a massive roar went up and this high pitched sound started to build and got louder and louder the stage was also moving ,as though it was coming to life.Then the band appeared the show started the crowd went nuts,it was a fantastic concert i had never seen anything like it in my life.It was talked about for months afterwards with my mates who also went.I still look back on that show with great memories.

[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]

What was it like seeing a band of that caliber playing in those intimate venues? There were some venues on that tour that only could hold a few hundred people!

I imagine that the atmosphere was fantastic![/QUOTE]

well for me - it was my first gig AFTER starting work - so it was a night out and the atmos (for me) was totally different because of that.
and the NEC was/is anything but intimate
in those days we had the NEC and Odeon in brum, added to that Stafford Bingley hall and one or two other "cowshed" venues.
the "intimate" venues were our locals - like R&Js, Irish Centre, and a couple of colleges - and queen were well past this stage as far as our city was concerned.

My father and mother were in Zagreb 1979... They said there were few people recorded it and still they didnt uploud bootleg.. Im searching it onCroatian forums but no found still.
But I will try and try to get that bootleg..

I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing?

I was a bit too young to go to this, but I remember some older guys from my school did see Queen at the RDS in Dublin, I questioned them endless about it and clearly recall they told me Save Me was played!

[QUOTE] [b]Mr.Mouth wrote:[/b]

My father and mother were in Zagreb 1979... They said there were few people recorded it and still they didnt uploud bootleg.. Im searching it onCroatian forums but no found still.
But I will try and try to get that bootleg..[/QUOTE]

Cool parents.

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing?[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing?[/QUOTE]

It depends, I've been at loud arena shows and loud club or theatre shows.

The sound on the Magic tour ( out door stadiums) was caped at 110 db in the UK as part of the agreement for granting licences for the shows. They were using 500,000watts of speaker handling but not driving it to the limit, which produced a really good quality live sound

The overall sound on The Crazy Tour was loud, 110db BM's acoustic guitar solo. ( internationalmusician feb/march 1980) rising to 118 to 125 for the rest of the show. Clearly louder than the bigger outdoor shows.

On the current tour Robert Collins thinks the average is about 115db, but using a line array system means that although the volume is there it's not always so noticeable. The nature of the system is that it's very direct and works more like a hifi system rather than a big box PA.

I've also been to small club gigs with a relatively small PA pushing out 98db but because of the, less than good quality of sound, it's sounded louder.

At the end of the day, 110db for instance in a stadium is no different to 110 db in an arena. It a scaled measure of volume and that doesn't chance
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