Yes, I loved it too when he played on stage, he did some nice stuff, like the solo in `White Queen`. An unplugged concert would have been a nice option in middle eighties, including a come-back of that number
Farlander · Member since
On a related note, did you find the placement of the piano during concerts rather odd? Why would you put the piano on the left side of the stage and orient it so that you face left while sitting at it? If you turned it around, you could see the band. As it was, you could see nothing helpful.
Sebastian · Member since
Yes but by one side it was a neccesary position imo, since in many songs (Somebody, Bo Rhap, Bicycle, Don`t Stop Me, Save Me, Need Your Loving, White Queen, Black Queen, Millionaire Waltz, Lap Revisited, Doin` All Right, Death On Two Legs, Seven Seas, It`s A Hard Life, perhaps Mustapha) Fred changed from frontman to piano player during the song, so the way it was located allowed him a more comfortable and quick "exit" from or to the center of the stage.
I like the way they connected without having to look to each other, they had other way to communicate. For example Fred marked the end of Crazy Little Thing by saying "alright", then they all got ready for finishing it, so it wasn`t neccesary to direct or make a sign.
Same in `Lap Of the Gods`, they just improvised over the K phrase over and over, until Fred sang "lap of the gods" one more time and that was when they moved on to the next section. That`s a good plus for that band on stage
