I just wish they'd stuck with Now I'm Here as the opener for the previous UK tour as they used in the US rather than changing it for the European tour. I've never seen Now I'm Here done live. It will still be a good opener for this tour.
I have a ticket for Wembley Arena.
Now I'm Here is a great opening but having used it last time out in the States and given that most of us moan that the setlist doesn't change enough maybe it's better left on the shelf fIf now.
Thinking back the best openings to Queen shows apart from Now I'm Here were The News Of The World Tour, Rock You slow/fast then both 78/79 Jazz/ Crazy Tour, Rock You fast / Jail House Rock and 80/81, Rock You fast. There's a pattern emerging here. Tear It Up worked well on The Works shows. In each case the visuals and music worked brilliantly. I wasn't that impressed with either of the Q+PR show openings
Bo Rhap needs pyro for the heavy section!
Just my opinion of course!
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I saw them once and they came on and just ripped into it straight away. That was AMAZING.
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When was this?
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In 1977 when Queen first toured for the News of the World album the show would open with Freddie on one side of the stage and Brian on the other and they would do a slow version of their parts of We Will Rock You then launch into the fast version with all the smoke and lights etc. Judging from what I've seen of the Youtube videos of that tour that was a disjointed way to open the show.
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Nope, as you stated you weren't there so you're missing context. You're in an old arena in the 70s, no cell phone to keep you busy, and you're waiting for what seems to be an eternity (memory may fail but don't recall opening act in North America on NOTW tour) and finally the house lights go down. The sound of stomping and clapping goes on longer than the album beginning, and no one in Canada had the album yet. The sound is huge and a single spotlight picks Freddie Mercury alone on a catwalk high above the crowd. He sings the song until the guitar feedback comes in, and the spotlight goes off of Freddie and onto Brian May on an opposite catwalk. Then right into WWRY fast on the stage. It was electric. You needed to be there to see how powerful it was.
I know, I know, im with you, maybe it was supposed to be disorienting on purpose like that, before they hit you w/ Hammer.
fast WWRY would of been a real fun opener, then in to hammer.
i would of actually really loved it if they opened w/ fat wwry
WWRY teaser into Hammer to fall kinda worked tonight in Jersey. I used to hate when they opened with HTF but I can see it now. Not that bad of a choice after seeing it live.
Still, WWRY Fast would have been PERFECT.
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[QUOTE] [b]sgs8789 wrote:[/b]
In 1977 when Queen first toured for the News of the World album the show would open with Freddie on one side of the stage and Brian on the other and they would do a slow version of their parts of We Will Rock You then launch into the fast version with all the smoke and lights etc. Judging from what I've seen of the Youtube videos of that tour that was a disjointed way to open the show.
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Nope, as you stated you weren't there so you're missing context. You're in an old arena in the 70s, no cell phone to keep you busy, and you're waiting for what seems to be an eternity (memory may fail but don't recall opening act in North America on NOTW tour) and finally the house lights go down. The sound of stomping and clapping goes on longer than the album beginning, and no one in Canada had the album yet. The sound is huge and a single spotlight picks Freddie Mercury alone on a catwalk high above the crowd. He sings the song until the guitar feedback comes in, and the spotlight goes off of Freddie and onto Brian May on an opposite catwalk. Then right into WWRY fast on the stage. It was electric. You needed to be there to see how powerful it was.[/QUOTE]
Listening to audience recordings of the best shows on the NOTW tour is enough for me. You can hear the power.
Yeah it does seem a little bit of an anti climax. And as has been mentioned, the decibel levels compared to the 70's and 80's is Health and safety licious.
Going to a gig these days is like listening to a transistor radio compared to the heady days where you had serious ear drum damage
