Current Setlist

fruhzs wrote:

I think I heard they dropped machines already. Not sure if they brought it back already.

It was gone from two shows then they put it back for the next and since then they've done it for some shows and swapped it for Dragon Attack at others.

Interesting! Thanks!

ggo1 wrote:

Yeah, the decision not to persevere with SYW and Its Late still annoys me. Particularly when you see the videos of just how good Its Late was. Spread your Wings would have been fine if it was earlier in the show too, though maybe a bit of bravery wouldn't go amiss. Machines is an interesting choice from the current tour but I do feel they could drop two hits and add a couple of deep cuts. Thing is, even some of their singles could be considered deep cuts. Save Me on the last tour was a welcome addition. I was lucky enough to see them do Love Kills a while back. So they do occasionally try, but they could do more. Maybe swap a few around in the tour. It's fair to say that the band didn't change the set much from year to year after about 1979 so it isn't a new thing.

But of course back then there was no internet so when we went to a show the set list knowledge wasn't really there.

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Indeed, a big shame. From my point of view the performance of Adam of the song SYW was vocal wise good but the point is he can't deliver it properly to the audience by just sitting on a chair for large time and expect the audience to go wild and participate.

That brings me also to one of the main problems I have with Adam. For me he's still a theaterperformer who plays a role every night, makes the same jokes every show and so on.

The rockstar attitude which big names had/have is so really important. It's to cross over the message of the song you are singing and connect with your audience. I really miss that with Adam. He prefers making sexual gestures while standing on high heel shoes instead of a bit more walking and running around the stage like Jagger and Mercury to connect with the diffirent parts of the venue etc. A bit more harder/tougher image and not like a overdressed make-up pussy may also help.

Queenman!! wrote:

ggo1 wrote:

Yeah, the decision not to persevere with SYW and Its Late still annoys me. Particularly when you see the videos of just how good Its Late was. Spread your Wings would have been fine if it was earlier in the show too, though maybe a bit of bravery wouldn't go amiss. Machines is an interesting choice from the current tour but I do feel they could drop two hits and add a couple of deep cuts. Thing is, even some of their singles could be considered deep cuts. Save Me on the last tour was a welcome addition. I was lucky enough to see them do Love Kills a while back. So they do occasionally try, but they could do more. Maybe swap a few around in the tour. It's fair to say that the band didn't change the set much from year to year after about 1979 so it isn't a new thing.

But of course back then there was no internet so when we went to a show the set list knowledge wasn't really there.

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Indeed, a big shame. From my point of view the performance of Adam of the song SYW was vocal wise good but the point is he can't deliver it properly to the audience by just sitting on a chair for large time and expect the audience to go wild and participate.

That brings me also to one of the main problems I have with Adam. For me he's still a theaterperformer who plays a role every night, makes the same jokes every show and so on.

The rockstar attitude which big names had/have is so really important. It's to cross over the message of the song you are singing and connect with your audience. I really miss that with Adam. He prefers making sexual gestures while standing on high heel shoes instead of a bit more walking and running around the stage like Jagger and Mercury to connect with the diffirent parts of the venue etc. A bit more harder/tougher image and not like a overdressed make-up pussy may also help.

But the point is that wouldn't be him so he wouldn't be being natural at all. You can't expect every performer to be like others, that's like expecting Freddie to have performed how Elvis did or Dave Grohl to perform the same as Bowie or Prince. Each to their own, being authentic is being yourself whatever that is and if Adam's not a Dave Grohl or a Freddie then it's pointless expecting him to perform like them. The simple answer is he's himself and if it's not for you then fine don't see him, he won't and shouldn't change to be more like someone else, would Freddie have changed the way he performed just because a few people didn't like what he did? I very much doubt it.

Also there's tons of people after the shows all raving about him and his stage presence, not really the type of thing that would make him think he should be doing anything different and the reviews mention it a lot of the time as well so clearly they don't see what as he does as being anything wrong or lacking. He's never gonna suit everybody but clearly he suits a lot.

@Rockchic65 yeah, whoever sings with them, I'd want them to be themselves and definitely not try and be Freddie. I happen to like Adam, Not always a popular opinion on here, but I think he's got better with the band over time partly because he has relaxed into performing as himself and not trying too hard to be a "rock star". Also he stopped using so much vibrato.
For all the whining on here (sometimes by me) about the set list choices, they just had a sell out tour of Arenas, so they're doing something right.

What has this to do in the "Serious Discussion" forum? This is not Queen.