Songs you wished they played live?

brENsKi wrote:

master marathon runner wrote:

Given the propensity nowadays to perform whole albums live.........dare I say Hot Space?!!
It would be interesting , and would probably gain some favour over the much criticised studio production .

no it wouldn't. who's it going to gain favour with? think about it:

QUEEN LIVE: HOT SPACE PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY

you couldn't GIVE AWAY tickets for that tour!!!
they'll be playing to empty houses

Haha. Then the nay sayers would have their moment "SEE! SEE! I TOLD YOU Brian lost his mind! "

Yeah. The album doesn't hold up for a live performance. It's hardly even CLASSIC.

I COULD imagine several SELECT shows performing A NIGHT AT THE OPERA backed the following night with A DAY AT THE RACES. .... only The new guy doesn't cut the mustard for the rock songs

brENsKi wrote:

master marathon runner wrote:

Given the propensity nowadays to perform whole albums live.........dare I say Hot Space?!!
It would be interesting , and would probably gain some favour over the much criticised studio production .

no it wouldn't. who's it going to gain favour with? think about it:

QUEEN LIVE: HOT SPACE PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY

you couldn't GIVE AWAY tickets for that tour!!!
they'll be playing to empty houses

I like the heavy sound of Hot Space from live performances. I would gladly go as long as drums and guitar is there.

.......my suggestion was tongue in cheek, but trust me, people would have went. This is Queen we're talking about.

Edited:

They also didn't play Las Palabras de Amor (though they did at the Freddie Tribute Concert, and later gigs).




They did perform all of Hot Space live over that tour, with (I think) the exception of Dancer and Cool Cat?

There are enough official and bootleg sources from which a 'Live Space' album could be put together by someone if they wanted.

(I still can't believe they played Body Language live!!)

I'd like to have had a live version of Las Palabras de Amor. I find the studio version a bit too insipid. And live versions of I Go Crazy and Dead on Time would have been a joy to behold.

Oh and Dancer. Believe it or not...

master marathon runner wrote:

Given the propensity nowadays to perform whole albums live.........dare I say Hot Space?!!
It would be interesting , and would probably gain some favour over the much criticised studio production .

Go on son, I'm with you all the way there...I thought the songs performed at Milton Keynes from the H/S album were amazing live....

The Ghost of Lester Burnham wrote:

Las Palabras De Amor

They did. Last year in Argentina.

Silken wrote:

The Ghost of Lester Burnham wrote:

Las Palabras De Amor

They did. Last year in Argentina.

and i have a vague recollection of (part of) the song being played at milton keynes - i could be wrong

Just a short instrumental snippet.

Mark_Glasgow wrote:Go on son, I'm with you all the way there...I thought the songs performed at Milton Keynes from the H/S album were amazing live....

1] they could hardly be any worse than their corresponding studio versions
2] i don't think they were amazing. they were ok, but a long way short of amazing

for me, the songs at MK i remember as being "amazing" were Somebody To Love, Fat Bottomed Girls (despite the bum notes), Save Me and Play the Game

the Hot Space songs were (in the main) turds to begin with. Taking them to the live environment was basically making shit stink slightly less

They sound better than in the studio but that's not a massive achievement.

Yeah. Besides, if they were to perform Hot Space in its entirety, realistically they'd have to scratch other, far better songs from the setlist.

I don't remember Las Palabras at MK but I was off my tits by Teardrop Explodes.

Always thought Need Your Loving Tonight would have worked brilliantly live. With a whacked up snare on the verses and all those crash cymbals.

splicksplack wrote:

I don't remember Las Palabras at MK but I was off my tits by Teardrop Explodes.

Always thought Need Your Loving Tonight would have worked brilliantly live. With a whacked up snare on the verses and all those crash cymbals.

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