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.[/QUOTE]
That's crazy insane ! Can all the harmonic complexity still be discerned at that volume in a small venue like that?
The Real Wizard · Member since
[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]
Good luck !
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Sam99 wrote:[/b]
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]
Cool. Thanks a lot for clarifying.
Nickman · Member since
I saw them at The Lyceum Ballroom, The Rainbow, Purley Tiffanys, Lewisham Odeon, and The Alexander Palace. Had a ticket for the gig at the Hammersmith Odeon but went to dinner with my new boss (D'oh!).
The gigs were amazing. I remember the Lewisham Odeon one especially because I waited at the stage door after the gig to get a glimpse of my heroes. Wasn't dissappointed, got to see them all close up. Too star struck to get autographs though (I was only 16 years old at the time). The best gig for me was at Purley Tiffanys which was basically a night club! I remember standing right in front of Brian, in the front row, about 5 feet away. I'd collected a few sixpences which I'd throw up on stage thinking he probably had a shortage of them, ha, ha! Seeing the band this close was incredible, and I feel so priviliged to have been able to have been a part of it. I saw them again a few years later, but this time at Wembley the day John Lennon was murdered (9th of December 1980). An amazing concert, but nothing like the Crazy Tour of London, where I got to get up close to my heroes and see the amazing and mythical Freddie Mercury, the powerhouse that is Roger Taylor, the solid, rythmical John Deacon, and the maestro himself, Brian May. These gigs, especially the Purley Tiffany one, were like being at a club gig, that's how intimate they were. You would very rarely nowadays get a band of Queens magnitude go out on tour and play small venues like they did back in 1979.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Nickman wrote:[/b]
The best gig for me was at Purley Tiffanys which was basically a night club! I remember standing right in front of Brian, in the front row, about 5 feet away. I'd collected a few sixpences which I'd throw up on stage thinking he probably had a shortage of them, ha, ha![/QUOTE]
Love these stories. Keep 'em coming.
A fun FYI - George Michael was at the show too, so probably just a few feet away from you. He was 16 as well.
Kate Loves Brian · Member since
i would see them on the 4th of Februar at o2 in Berlin... only 11 days until...yippi....
Planetgurl · Member since
I wish I still had the review of that Purley Tiffany's gig because it was fantastic and really made me wish I'd gone....especially the bit about it being so loud the walls were shaking and they nearly brought the ceiling down because the volume was akin to an aircraft taking off. There was also a great review of Brighton I had. And the Lyceum would have been a brilliant place to see them. That was a smaller venue because I went to some gigs there, especially memorable was The Stray Cats early on.
Nickman · Member since
Yep, remember seeing George Michael at the Purley gig!
No, only joking!
gerry · Member since
Queen at Newcastle City Hall Dec 4th 1979, wow what an awesome concert and john Deacons bass was so powerful
it was punching us all in the stomach!
A very small venue but great for the fans like myself to get closer to the Queen magic, and i have to say that night left me stunned!
Freddie was absolutely fantastic dressed in leather and strutting around a lanky stylish Brian May, god on guitar,
and proving why Queen were the greatest rock and roll band ever!!
When Freddie announced they were going to sing there new single "Save Me" everyone went so quiet and listened very carefully!
We were left amazed when the song had finished, but i was saddened when the single only managed no11 in the british charts! Queen got robbed.
master marathon runner · Member since
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...........and Fred with a curly perm (almost) and a white silk tie !!
