It's ironic that people who don't like QAL are being told to "move on" or "stop living in the past" while half of Queen play their Greatest hits setlists on every tour. [/QUOTE]
Greatest Hits is their biggest selling album Its the album that made them able to sell concert tickets in the quantity they still do.
They've played a greatest hits set since 86. It what the biggest percentage of ticket buyers are expecting to hear.
The set list has changed since 2005 each time they've toured to a certain decree.
Saying move on from 1991 is valid just as playing what they play is. Ticket sales prove it
Holly2003 · Member since
Yeah, they haven't moved on, as you well know. So why do you expect fans to "move on"? What is there to move on to? They don't do new music and don;t take risks with setlists. We all know why they;re doing it, and that's fine, but they are not "moving on". So its dumb and condescending telling other fans to do it just because they don't want to hear Brian, Rog and Lambert and you do. You're not being open minded: quite the opposite.
runner_70 · Member since
Exactly. This is always so funny reading from Glamberts to "stop living in the past" while QALs newest song is from 1989. I told you the Lamebird freaks are all delusional.....
Vocal harmony · Member since
Glamberts? I'm not a fan, I own none of his music.
Moving on and accepting change doesn't mean you have to like it.
Holly what you or I might like them to play has nothing to do with moving on. I'd love to hear White Queen, Father To Son etc but two thirds of the audience wouldn't have a clue what they were hearing
Freddie unfortunately is no longer here, they've moved on and did something they enjoy. It doesn't actually disrespect anyone unless you're of the mind to think it does.
runner_70 · Member since
Hard to imagine that Karaoke Kid is doing WHite Queen or Father to son. It is enough that he destroys their hits
Holly2003 · Member since
Simply repeating that they've moved on doesn't mean they have, They tried something new with Paul Rodgers: the album release failed but the tours were successful. So they learned a lesson from that: no more albums, but people will still pay to see some version of Queen live. So they kept the brand name and now play the hits. That is not moving on, that's living off past glories. That's fine if that;s what they want to do. But if it doesn't appeal to some fans that doesn't necessarily make those fans narrow minded.
inu-liger · Member since
I feel so bad for the op of this topic. Couldn’t we move all this off-topic bickering to another thread, please? Show some respect.
runner_70 · Member since
Respect seems to be asskissing for you inulinger
Vocal harmony · Member since
Holly they actually played less of a variety of Queen songs over the Paul Rodgers tour than they have with Lambert.
But if you want to use the set list as a barometer of how much they moved on, between 78 and 80 they were almost stagnant!
runner_70 · Member since
Vocal harmony - you say you are a Queen fan? I doubt it. Here are two setlists from 1978 and 1980
How can they be stagnant when they release new albums and play lots of those songs???
As you can see about half of the setlist if 1980 is different to 1978. Not only due to new songs but also some changes when it comes to the old classics. DOnt try
bullshitting us with your drivel that clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about. Thank you
Vocal harmony · Member since
In 1978 from the start of the Jazz tour until the end of the European 1980 Game shows the set list had the same structure and pretty much the same running order with in the core of the show.
Don't accuse me of bullshitting especially after reading some of the crap you've posted
runner_70 · Member since
I suppose you did not even read the links where you can clearly see that your posting was utter bullshit
Vocal harmony · Member since
Yes I did.
I said "almost stagnan"t, read my post again
Its pretty clear that between the early Jazz shows and 1980 came shows the setlist structure changed little.
Putting the 78 lists side by side with the 80's ones if you weren't aware of the two albums they look like they could be part of a differing list from the same tour
runner_70 · Member since
A little? What are you smoking??? YOu did not read those setlists at all. More than 13 songs changed. Learn to read and come back again.
Vocal harmony · Member since
You said it yourself 13 songs in a set that was 25+ songs over that period.
Think about this, the show opening and first couple of songs, most of the medley, position of Love Of My Life in the set placing of Bo Rhap, Tie Your Mother Down
Now I'm Here, Brian's solo Keep Yourself Alive. . . .
Take your own advice, learn to read, but also give the subject you're talking about some thought and you may develope an understanding for it.
