The 46664 concert at 18.00 CET what TV channel?

I saw the show again, last night on ZDF, after having it seen on the internet. Too bad all the original interviews and spoken word was overdubbed by just 1 German voice. Rather annoying. It was great though that they showed the whole concert.

Yes, but at least they did not speak on the music like they did for the Jubilee!
It would be nice to find a transcript of the interviews to Brian, Roger, Annie Lennox, and of the words Andrea Corrs says before singing Is This The World We Created...
If anyone knows where to find these transcripts, please, let us know.

I've never got so many repiles before.
It is crazy that no-one did broadcast this concert live here in Norway!!!

I only saw the first two hours or something, then my vcr quit. I thought I'd be smart to tape the whole thing from ZDF and get some sleep at the same time. Next time, I'll stay up all night. Now I've missed the medley and Amandla, damn!!!
Say it ain't true was beautifull by the way, it stays in my head all the time! The Call was great too, great powerfull guitar!
When is it coming on dvd/cd?

Geldof descibed them as "Fun Bag Three", a variation on Fun Boy Three, erstwhile Bananarama collaborators.

He also summed up my view on Zucchero, when he said that there seemed to be no avoiding him....

Other than that I enjoyed it - I think some of you were a little harsh about IWTBF - to me it looked like the mic wasn't switched on, a problem which Annie Lennox & (I assume) Peter Gabriel had.

Thompson & Treana sounded ok on TSMGO, whichever Fabba was on it didn't.

I thought I spotted Josh Macrae taking a turn on the bongos at one point, and whoever it was also started WWRY on Roger's kit. Not sure when they switched.

Anyone know who played bass? The credits did say but were a little quick and only one a quarter of a PC screen.

Which reminds me, I was wrong about the webcast. Extremely stable, and I recorded everything I would have wanted to. All I have to do now is edit it into the relevant chunks.

And that interviewer woman was so stupid that I remembered Lisa I'Anson's "performance" at the FM tribute. WHy do MTV not learn that their "VJs" (I assume that's her usual function) can't exist without autocue?

Oh yeah, and how pointless was Roger guesting with The Corrs? They have a drummer. Guest with U2, they didn't bring theirs...

My "views"
http://forums.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?t=6016

The bass player was Steve Stroud from the SAS Band. He was the 3rd more or less regular SAS Band member on stage together with Spike and Jamie Moses.

Concerning the German voice over: please remember that the ZDF is a public TV station and broadcasts for a German audience. Many Germans understand English but all pay their TV bills and they want to understand what is spoken. In a live broadcast there is no other way, you have to do a live voice over.

It sure is ridiculous that here in the US we get hundreds of TV channels, yet we can't even watch a concert. That's technology for ya ;)

Has any VCD-quality video of this show shown up on the hub yet?

Brian and Roger sing fine on the songs they originally recorded vocals on IMHO, but the range of some of the others is too much for most singers.

Guitar hero i dont agree with you at all. The concert you refer to was boring and musically inferior to the 46664 gig. If R&B will sing theirselves the quality will be as in ga ga and noone but you, under pressure and tie your mother down in Amsterdam: Boring, nervous and sometimes off key. Actually I think all the queen gigs after Freddie's dead were below their standards. The 46664 did renew my passion for queen wich had been fading lately. They played great and looked really relaxed. I liked all the guest vocalists and imo Brians playing is superior when he doesnt have to sing. Imo we saw a glimpse of how great they still are if only they stick to their talents. I have said it many times before and i will repeat it again: except for some people on this board most people think brian cant sing. I can remember a gig of him in Groningen where some people where making fun of his voice in the toilet. And not without reason. He sang off key a lot and his voice sounded really thin. Although i like his voice from time to time i must admit that i get a little nervous whenever he is singing.

Dont get me wrong i am not trying to be negative. I am actually really excited about the 46664 gig and for the first time since Freddies death i really hope they will tour again. I only hope brian will stick to vocals on one or two songs and that Roger will shape up.

HOLY GOOD GOD! How is this topic so LONG?!?

"I think some of you were a little harsh about IWTBF - to me it looked like the mic wasn't switched on"

That's half of what has happened. The mike seemed to have a problem, ok. But then she was so nervous with it that she forgot the lyrics. I wouldn't. ;)

Cheers,

Ogre-

'But then she was so nervous with it that she forgot the lyrics. I wouldn't'

You dont know shit about performing with cameras focussing on you and thousands of people watching. I'll bet you would even forget your own name if you would ever have the change to be on stage with R&B, LOL. SO the singer forgot some lyrics: shit happens. Freddie forgot his lyrics all the time. I am a fan of Bruce Dickinson and its a miracle if he actually gets through one song without messing up the lyrics.

Those things happen: guitars wont work, singers will mess up, strings break.... In the end they worked it out without messing up and thats the important thing. If you dont like mistakes, then dont listen to live shows and definitely dont ever listen to queen bootlegs cause there are numerous examples of them messing up.

Nice post about Bri/Rog, Joep. You definitely have a good perspective on these things.

"thousands of people watching"

Thousands? Try hundreds of millions, and more!

All in all: didn't like the thing...
IMO only The Call and Say It's Not True were good- obviously because sang by Brian or Roger...
Couldn't Brian sing We Will Rock You? He's doing it pretty well!!! And the rest... WTF?
We all knew after Freddie Tribute thing that it's extremely difficult to find ppl who actually CAN sing Queen- and remember that the bill then was much stronger: Plant, Daltrey, Hetfield, G.Michael, Stansfield, even Seal... they (mostly) disappointed!!! So who thought that Beyonce or all those "artist" in 46664 thing were actually capable of doing it??!!!

QueenMedley was a disaster for me...