Setlist 2016

I saw a lot of the concerts on youtube latest weeks and clearly see the chemistry between them but that setlist is so fucking boring last years. Correct me if I'm wrong but when looking at the latest setlist:


It's just a Greatest hits1 and 2 show. How do you keep motivated each night? Never make me boring....

When they dropped "The Hero" I hoped that they will replace it with another song...

This cicle tends to exhaust itself, IMHO. Then what? New Album, hopefully. New gig shape, maybe. Retirement is my deepest fear.

Cheers,

Ogre-

[QUOTE] [b]Queenman!! wrote:[/b]

I saw a lot of the concerts on youtube latest weeks and clearly see the chemistry between them but that setlist is so fucking boring last years. Correct me if I'm wrong but when looking at the latest setlist:


It's just a Greatest hits1 and 2 show. How do you keep motivated each night? Never make me boring....[/QUOTE]

I completely agree. There is no excuse for not doing more obscure songs from their past that they havent done live before. And what tops it off for me is Brian and his selfie video's..... what a waste of time that is.

As I've said before, its great that they are touring but, the set list has become very predictable.

Although the US tour with Lambert provided a better show, and setlist then they had done with Paul Rodgers it does seem a bit lazy for them to have fallen into a tried and tested formula.

it was great to hear some older songs and it's still great to hear some unexpected additions make an appearance each time they tour with Adam but those songs just seem to be added to an inbuilt default setting they seem to operate on.

This isn't the first time, if you think back to the Magic tour although their were one or two "older" surprises the majority of that set was a live greatest hits show.

The largely stagnant nature of their live set goes further back than that in as much as from Late 77/ 78 to late 1980 the main structure of the setlist was kept while individual songs were added or removed depending on the album they were touring

I can understand this approach to playing live because it cuts down on preparation and is easier on all concerned, band and crew but for a band that went to such lengths to make each album so different its a shame that live many of the shows spread over the years were? are so similar.

in fact during the big years, late 70's to 86 the one tour that really stood out setlist wise as being different was Hot Space, during which they tried different running orders early on and added and took out songs at different points. Also those shows had a different energy and feel to them because they were structured differently to what was the expected Queen live experience at the time.

I'd of thought with them doing festivals as opposed to a Q+AL tour, the set list has to be songs that are well known so that non Queen fans can sing along etc.... Don't think Drowse or Long Away would've went down particularly well at the IOW Festival....

[QUOTE] [b]scottmax wrote:[/b]

I'd of thought with them doing festivals as opposed to a Q+AL tour, the set list has to be songs that are well known so that non Queen fans can sing along etc.... Don't think Drowse or Long Away would've went down particularly well at the IOW Festival....[/QUOTE]

That's fine for those types of shows, but when it is their own shows then they should mix it up and do songs they have not done before and be adventurous.

[QUOTE] [b]mr mercury wrote:[/b]

And what tops it off for me is Brian and his selfie video's..... what a waste of time that is.

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It's all about connecting with the majority. Look at the response - people love it.

Queen are all about the hits. That's been the case since the 80s, and that's what it forever will be. The people who appreciate the albums are a very small niche. It's not like Beatles fans who know Rubber Soul and Abbey Road. Most Queen fans' favourite album is Greatest Hits. It's the path the band have chosen, and that was long before Mercury died. It's amazing that they managed to create Innuendo after what they'd become in the 80s, come to think of it.

Back to the present - they do occasionally throw in a rarity (like Love Kills or Las Palabras), but after 45 years in the music business Brian is just more interested in other things now. He loves playing the hits, and that's probably where it's going to stay.

I doubt that most Queen fans favourite album is Queen's Greatest Hits.

It's so frustrating that having brought them into the set for a show or two on the last tour, they have even ditched 'new' tracks like The Hero, Keep Yourself Alive, Love Kills, I Was Born To Love You, Save Me etc.. I agree that (based on the show I saw at the o2 in London last year) the energy and vibe in the room was great from the kick off, but really dropped during the overlong solo/acoustic/selfie session, and never really recovered. I notice that Brian's solo is really late in the set now too - that can't help??

I attended the Jelling show on May 29th 2016.

I am and always have been sceptical about Adam Lambert as a front man. Actually, he does a fine job and no, he isn't a Freddie Mercury, or even a Paul Rodgers by any means. He misses seniority and authority on stage. That being said, does a great job and he is full of talent. I hope he has the skills to write songs and play an instrument, that divides the good from the great.

My biggest problem with the set is the fact they abbreviate a great part of the songs. Let's look at the Jelling set:

One Vision Full
Hammer to Fall Short
Seven Seas of Rhye Short
Stone Cold Crazy Full
Another One Bites the Dust Full
Fat Bottomed Girls Full
Play the Game Short
Killer Queen Short
Don't Stop Me Now Full
Somebody to Love Different but full
Love of My Life Short
These Are the Days of Our Lives Full
Drum Battle -/-
Under Pressure Full
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Short
I Want to Break Free Full
I Want It All Full
Who Wants to Live Forever Short
Last Horizon -/-
Guitar Solo -/-
Tie Your Mother Down Short
Bohemian Rhapsody Full
Radio Ga Ga Short

Encore:
We Will Rock You Short
We Are the Champions Short

So you see that of the 22 Queen songs (Drum solo, Last Horizon and guitar solo i don't count), 11 songs of the set were abbreviated. In fact, that abbreviation in itself isn't bad thing per se, it can be done intelligently in a medley.

But it is laziness for me, the ending of Seven Seas of Rhye is ridicilous in my opinion, Play The Game ends when the best part of the song should start and many of the songs missing a verse or a whole section.

So that was the main downside of the set. I don't mind if they play the same set every night, this set is in fact quite solid. The energy is there and the performance is great.

Sunshine, re:

>My biggest problem with the set is the fact they abbreviate a great part of the songs.

Please don't get me wrong as I will NEVER defend the decision to tour as they are at the moment, but as Queen in their heyday, they based a huge part of their set on medleys - its a good way of getting more value out of the set and keeping the musicians themselves on their toes.

I completely agree with you, but its a formula that is familiar to Brian and he's going to stick to it as Queen+ is his to do whatever he wants with......

Yes i agree. Queen did those medleys intelligently back in the day. Examples are on Live At Rainbow and A Night At The Odeon.

This tour they just STOP playing In the middle of Seven Seas Of Rhye and STOP playing when the guitar solo of Play The Game starts.

Also, Queen with Freddie never did short versions of songs. They either played it decently or mixed it intelligently in a medley.

This type of abbreviation is just laziness.

"The energy is there". What energy? Please point me towards an energetic performance they've done recently, I'm genuinely curious.

I think I Want It All and Don't Stop Me Now are full of energy.