WHY IS WEMBLEY GIG SO OVERRATED...?

Exactly, WHY??!!
It wasn't that good AT ALL
Why is it, then...?

er, because lots of people like it? and it was a great performance? their second to last ever performance?, i dunno why dude!

So what was the big problem with it, I was there and it seemed fine to me, in fact it was the best one I attended.

because it's the one that most people have seen.

IMO the sound was the best I'd ever heard live at that point, you could hear everything very clearly and there was a fantastic vibe on the day.

Which is more than you could say for Milton Keynes, because the sound was pretty bad at certain points, and the Wembley arena concerts, well you never get a good sound in that hole

I don't think it's overrated at all. A overrated concert is the Knebworth gig.

I think that YOU ARE THE PROBLEM, Fenderek.

I don't see anything wrong with the Wembley show and I doubt most people have a problem with it. Hence why almost everybody here has that 'Live at Wembley DVD'.

Due to all the aspects of production of the show including the preservation of sound and picture quality, Wembley has been the most commercialized of all of Queen's gigs.
Perhaps when it comes to Queen's performance I'd say that Budapest 86 was the best. Others would tell you that Milton Keynes 82, or Houston 77 were their best shows ever, but I doubt anyone else here would say that they didn't enjoy the Wembley show at all. Even if it's not their favorite.

You're too overly critical of most of the things Queen did. Including those that most people here seem to have enjoyed. At least have to proove your point by saying what's exactly wrong with the Wembley gig.
Maybe you should spend more time at message boards for other bands, because now that I think of it, you're not exactly a Queen fan.

Mex - it wasn't next to last, there were about a dozen after it.

People like what they can see. They can see Wembley. That's partly why Wembley won that poll - only the hardcore had seen Milton Keynes/Earl's Court/Hammersmith, but Wembley is on every Xmas

oh, thanks for clearing that P_G

I don't think it's over rated at all. It's a great concert with lots of wonderful extra's.

it's a good concert, but not one of my favs. i wish other queen concerts were given as much attention as wembley gets...and yeah ppl do like it more since you can pick it up at any local wal-mart as compared to the harder to get concerts...

Wembley gig... Overrated?! Not in MY book. ;)

I haven't seen another concert so I can't tell.
But I guess it's not just the concert itself or how Queen did the show.
But it was Wembley, legendary stadium, London - home town of Queen, 2 nights in a row...
I guess all that makes Wembley so special. Not just for fans but also for the band members themselves. Like Brian said in the interview on the Wembely DVD, that playing at home is always different and special.

I think the playing was great that evening, but Freddies voice wasn't in top shape that evening, I think his voice was much better in Budapest

Its a great gig, but I think that the Budapest gig was much better.