I had friends who were big fans there.It seems Capitol put very little promotion into A Kind Of Magic,the coverage for Live Aid was woeful compared to the UK,and at the time there were numerous reports that Freddie might actually be gay which in middle America I am afraid was considered unacceptable for a macho Rock Star at the time,The break free incident meant a lot of stations were not playing their music,and a certain Paul Prenter hardly helped matters either.At least The Miracle bought them back again,featured on classic Rock stations with Aerosmith and Deep Purple....
master marathon runner · Member since
emrabt. The general public couldn't give a monkey's about the sun city shows. The only criticism came from the establishment line and the odd celeb - and that was miniscule and trickled through over time
breENski.
That's about right.
One tabloid on the Monday morning had full page Freddie on the front with the headline : 'Queen are King'
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]master marathon runner wrote:[/b]breENski.
That's about right.
One tabloid on the Monday morning had full page Freddie on the front with the headline : 'Queen are King'[/QUOTE]
can you imagine if EVERY band appearing had done the same thing? - 18 minutes, 6 hits ?
just think about what some bands could've done with their time slots:
AlbaNo1 · Member since
I guess Queen had a history of doing segues and medleys from the early days which they used to advantage along with a bit of previous stadium experience. The music suits that. They also seemed to only nominally buy into the purpose of the event and just went out to kill it in performance. Which was the remit Geldof gave.
AlbaNo1 · Member since
Basically they had it in their locker , knew they had it in their locker and knew how and when to use it. That’s what top performers in any field of music, sport or business do.
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]AlbaNo1 wrote:[/b]Basically they had it in their locker , knew they had it in their locker and knew how and when to use it. That’s what top performers in any field of music, sport or business do.[/QUOTE]
that they most certainly did.
From what i recall, many of those bands (at that time) also had it in their locker too. I just think others didn't see the potential of the vast record-buying audience they were performing to. Bizarre, i know, but there you go.
kosimodo · Member since
It was the normal slot of their works tour. They played it many times.. it worked allready and they practiced. nothing special about the line up.
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]kosimodo wrote:[/b]It was the normal slot of their works tour. They played it many times.. it worked allready and they practiced. nothing special about the line up. [/QUOTE]
Yes, admittedly. However to go from the Works running order (including removing a couple of songs) these full songs:- 26 minutes
Hammer to Fall > Crazy Little Thing Called Love > Bohemian Rhapsody > Radio Ga Ga > We Will Rock You > We Are the Champions
required a lot of chopping and changing to fit into 18 minutes:
Bohemian Rhapsody > Radio Ga Ga.> Hammer To Fall > Crazy Little Thing Called Love > We Will Rock You > We Are The Champions.
..and make it all segue/flow
richrich · Member since
@brENski: Imagine an incredibly downsyndromed man plummeting down concrete steps in a rickety wheelchair; his stupid and enlarged head thrashing from side to side, as he shouts: "UHHHH NURR!" in a not to shabby impersonation of Bela Lugosi's Dracula voice.
brENsKi · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]richrich wrote:[/b]@brENski: Imagine an incredibly downsyndromed man plummeting down concrete steps in a rickety wheelchair; his stupid and enlarged head thrashing from side to side, as he shouts: "UHHHH NURR!" in a not to shabby impersonation of Bela Lugosi's Dracula voice.[/QUOTE]
