Weird. This post was in reply to GH yet it has appeared 2nd from the top. Gulp! Maybe I can see into the future after all!!
Anyway, here's that post again>>>
Nah, I dont like the cutting of songs one bit. About the lack of effects, 90% of their songs live lack all the studio effects and multi layer harmonies.
The best lyrics are in the second verse too. All IMO
The Real Wizard · Member since
"Nah, I dont like the cutting of songs one bit"
But that's what makes a concert interesting! I think a concert would be boring if you went there to watch a band play the songs exactly as they appear on the record. As Freddie once said, "you can listen to the record at home".
Some of the most brilliant pieces I've ever heard in rock concerts are medleys. Zeppelin played medleys in Whole Lotta Love that lasted a half hour long at times, and they were just incredible. Queen's 20 minute medley on the NOTW tour was their best one, I think. Rush has always put together medleys of songs, and their best was on the Roll The Bones tour in '92 when they combined about 10 old songs into one medley. That's the kind of stuff I want to see at a rock concert. If I want to hear the songs as they are, I'll stay home and crank up the stereo. I go to a concert to be entertained for my money, and changing the songs and having a good stage presentation is what entertains most people at a rock concert.
Of course, this doesn't apply for most of today's pop music. Most fans these days are happy enough to see their favourite star dancing around and lip-synching to their record.
willem-jan 8923 · Member since
Nothing more to add, I fully agree with you!
slightly Fred · Member since
And if the bits that are difficult to reproduce on stage are essential: use playback like for 'opera-part' of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Perfect solution.
The Real Wizard · Member since
I think that's the only piece in music history that I am in agreement of using an overdub.
I hate overdubs with a passion. It's not playing live... it's a tape. With this song and only this song as an exception, if you can't play it live, you shouldn't play it at all. Rush has this problem, and almost every song they play that's less than 20 years old has keyboard, guitar or vocal overdubs. I realize they're a 3-piece, but they're brilliant musicians, and they should find a way to make it work, without the use of overdubs.
Kuku · Member since
Yeah, I agree with people who were disappointed that Freddie didn't hit the high note... But when you get used to the fact, his performance is really enticing... and I also hated the part when the show was over... (My least fav song being God Save the Queen in the concerts...)
Fenderek · Member since
"Yeah, I agree with people who were disappointed that Freddie didn't hit the high note..."
I actually adore all those moments when Fred doesn't hit the high note and he's looking for sth suitable in lower registers... Some of the stuff he came up with was absolutely BRILLIANT! I'm not attending a rock gig to hear everything exactly the same way as on the record. I want to listen to guys, normal ppl, just like me, but a bit more talented... They make mistakes, sometimes they cannot play the exact notes that we know from LPs so they try to change sth... and very often those "re-done" versions, suitable for live situations are far better than studio cuts! Take "White Queen" or "See What A Fool I've Been"- sheer genius! And how about "You Take My Breath Away"- Freddie singing in the lower register made this track something incredibly beutiful!!! I prefer some versions of "Sweet Lady" (Osaka'76?) to ANATO cut... Same with "The Prophet's Song.... Or "In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited" (70s version) Etc, etc. etc- the list is looong...
