Oscar J
Sun City is the only Works tour concert I enjoy listening to.
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The Real Wizard
It's not just about the shape of Freddie's voice.
Countless people have posted here saying the 1984 UK dates are the best they ever saw.
There's a wonderful intimacy at the Wembley Arena dates. I have a soft spot for the September 7 show in particular. In fact, this week I met someone who saw the show and recalled Rick Parfitt joining the band in the encore. He said it was on par with Milton Keynes, which he also attended.
Bringing back a bunch of the old songs must've brought the house down every night. A shame they didn't tour this show in the US - it would've killed. It's the show most Queen fans wanted to hear in 1982.
Countless people have posted here saying the 1984 UK dates are the best they ever saw.
There's a wonderful intimacy at the Wembley Arena dates. I have a soft spot for the September 7 show in particular. In fact, this week I met someone who saw the show and recalled Rick Parfitt joining the band in the encore. He said it was on par with Milton Keynes, which he also attended.
Bringing back a bunch of the old songs must've brought the house down every night. A shame they didn't tour this show in the US - it would've killed. It's the show most Queen fans wanted to hear in 1982.
Mrmarioanonym
i like 9/7/1984. best show of the entire tour.
Sue Dounim
all the August shows
1984/09/24
1984/09/27
1984/10/19
1985/01/12
I may be alone in this but 1985/04/26
1985/05/08
1985/05/09
1984/09/24
1984/09/27
1984/10/19
1985/01/12
I may be alone in this but 1985/04/26
1985/05/08
1985/05/09
Chopin1995
1st Birmingham (My favourite gig from Works Wour as for the performance)
1st Rio (My favourite gig from Works Tour, first Queen concert I've ever seen :))
Sun City 10/19 (Great quality and really good band's shape)
Tokyo 5/9 (Best show from Japan)
Tokyo 5/11 (Not the best but I love the fact that this show is (mostly) captured by a camera in nice quality, I like theirs outfits in that tour)
1st Rio (My favourite gig from Works Tour, first Queen concert I've ever seen :))
Sun City 10/19 (Great quality and really good band's shape)
Tokyo 5/9 (Best show from Japan)
Tokyo 5/11 (Not the best but I love the fact that this show is (mostly) captured by a camera in nice quality, I like theirs outfits in that tour)
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Wembley Arena September 7th, but then I would say that 'cos I was there!
I also managed to record it from this seat.
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
It's not just about the shape of Freddie's voice.
Countless people have posted here saying the 1984 UK dates are the best they ever saw.
There's a wonderful intimacy at the Wembley Arena dates. I have a soft spot for the September 7 show in particular. In fact, this week I met someone who saw the show and recalled Rick Parfitt joining the band in the encore. He said it was on par with Milton Keynes, which he also attended.
Bringing back a bunch of the old songs must've
brought the house down every night. A shame they
didn't tour this show in the US - it would've killed. It's the show most Queen fans wanted to hear in 1982.
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Indeed this is very true. Shame the planned US dates didn't happen.
The UK Works shows were the best UK dates since The Crazy tour easily and the sheer impact of the size of production dwarfed anything they had done before.
I think the setlist was an effort to escape the Hot Space period. The whole production came over as much heavier and more focussed than that tour.
I remember reading a review of one of the wembley shows, could have been in Sounds or even Kerrang though I don't recall for sure, but the review said it was more rock n'roll, heavier and louder than Van Halen at Donington and visually it looked like the sky was falling down!!!
It's not just about the shape of Freddie's voice.
Countless people have posted here saying the 1984 UK dates are the best they ever saw.
There's a wonderful intimacy at the Wembley Arena dates. I have a soft spot for the September 7 show in particular. In fact, this week I met someone who saw the show and recalled Rick Parfitt joining the band in the encore. He said it was on par with Milton Keynes, which he also attended.
Bringing back a bunch of the old songs must've
brought the house down every night. A shame they
didn't tour this show in the US - it would've killed. It's the show most Queen fans wanted to hear in 1982.
[/QUOTE]
Indeed this is very true. Shame the planned US dates didn't happen.
The UK Works shows were the best UK dates since The Crazy tour easily and the sheer impact of the size of production dwarfed anything they had done before.
I think the setlist was an effort to escape the Hot Space period. The whole production came over as much heavier and more focussed than that tour.
I remember reading a review of one of the wembley shows, could have been in Sounds or even Kerrang though I don't recall for sure, but the review said it was more rock n'roll, heavier and louder than Van Halen at Donington and visually it looked like the sky was falling down!!!
ggo1
the best show of any concert tour is the best one you went to... Bootlegs are mere shadows of the experience of being there.
So for me in 1984 it was Brussels, the 2nd night they added later in the tour. Not the day they shot the Hammer to Fall video.
I was on Holiday in Austria when they played London so couldn't go, instead I took a bus to Brussels.
You can explain to me that Freddie's voice was better at other shows, or that Brian's solo was epic on a different date.
But that night I was 5 feet from the stage on Brian's side, with nobody in front of me and I'm pretty sure if I stretched I could have touched the monitor.
I could see the sweat dripping off Freddie onto the stage and I could feel the heat from the lights.
I saw Queen on every tour from 79 onwards, usually more than once, but that was the closest I ever got to the stage, and it was freaking perfect.
So yeah... that one.
So for me in 1984 it was Brussels, the 2nd night they added later in the tour. Not the day they shot the Hammer to Fall video.
I was on Holiday in Austria when they played London so couldn't go, instead I took a bus to Brussels.
You can explain to me that Freddie's voice was better at other shows, or that Brian's solo was epic on a different date.
But that night I was 5 feet from the stage on Brian's side, with nobody in front of me and I'm pretty sure if I stretched I could have touched the monitor.
I could see the sweat dripping off Freddie onto the stage and I could feel the heat from the lights.
I saw Queen on every tour from 79 onwards, usually more than once, but that was the closest I ever got to the stage, and it was freaking perfect.
So yeah... that one.
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[QUOTE] [b]ggo1 wrote:[/b]
the best show of any concert tour is the best one you went to... Bootlegs are mere shadows of the experience of being there.
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Exactly.
the best show of any concert tour is the best one you went to... Bootlegs are mere shadows of the experience of being there.
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Exactly.