Lester and GH , I really appreciate every post you two put up , Ive read a bunch of them , you two are very knowlegable. pardon the typo .. i am a clutz sometimes ... and i never got to see Queen Live ever ... as Im 24 years old ... i was in my mommas belly when they last came to New Orleans .. I believe in 79 .. my mom was at that show ..late 79/ right before 1980 .. i dont remember for sure
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Actually, I've never had the chance, either, to see Queen. I'm only 21 (so I took a bit of liberties with my story!), but I just seem to have an overactive imagination.
GH is the knowledgable one!
GH is the knowledgable one!
I surely hope Mahler dont post on this topic .. he is the reason why I left alt.music.queen
From what I understand, and I used to be on AMQ years ago (1996 - 1999, or thereabouts), Mahler doesn't post here much, if at all. The only place I've seen him post is in Sharing the Music, so chances are he's busy working on his next mega-platinum album.
Ha , Platinum as in the platter he eats his turds on eh? ... yeah i havent been on AMQ since umm late 02 ... i been reading this place ever since been rather scared to post tho .. but then the topic of the Made In Heaven Tour setlist came up ... so I had to speak my mind lol.
As far as mahler goes tho no one liked him in 02 there either , and me and him had our share of words because he spoke nothing but utter rubbish and had this outlandish mindset that he could become the next Freddie Mercury ... like i said give me a case of Heineken and i could probably try it to. LoL
As far as mahler goes tho no one liked him in 02 there either , and me and him had our share of words because he spoke nothing but utter rubbish and had this outlandish mindset that he could become the next Freddie Mercury ... like i said give me a case of Heineken and i could probably try it to. LoL
Afraid I know nothing of Mahler, gomen, demo I did want to just say that both of those 'reviews' were great, Lester! Wonderful job of replaying these 'memories' and all that, perhaps more impressive as it is all just imagination at work...
Anywho, denki denki for sharing!
Ja ne!
Anywho, denki denki for sharing!
Ja ne!
We have a topic like this every other month
GH is the knowledgable one!
And you're the far wittier one.
We have a topic like this every other month
Hence why I'm posting way less these days... 90% of this board is crap. But reading Lester's second take on the Miracle tour was pretty neat.
I'm not going to do a stroy ecasue the previous one was so marvellous but here would be my setlist for a Wembley 1988 concert. (the album would have been released earlier in my view)
Party/Khashoggi's Ship
Tie your Mother Down
Modern Times Rock n Roll
Piano medley:
Play The Game
Death on Two Legs
March of The Black Queen
Bicycle Race (fullish)
A Kind Of Magic
Breakthru
Another One Bites The Dust
In the Lap of The Gods
Brighton Rock (song and solo)
Now I'm here
Love Of my Life
White Queen
The Miracle
Was it All Worth it?
Ogre battle
Bohemian Rhapsody
hammer to Fall
I Want It All
Crazy Little Thing...
One Vision
Radio ga ga
We Will Rock You
Don't Stop Me Now
We Are The Champions
Party/Khashoggi's Ship
Tie your Mother Down
Modern Times Rock n Roll
Piano medley:
Play The Game
Death on Two Legs
March of The Black Queen
Bicycle Race (fullish)
A Kind Of Magic
Breakthru
Another One Bites The Dust
In the Lap of The Gods
Brighton Rock (song and solo)
Now I'm here
Love Of my Life
White Queen
The Miracle
Was it All Worth it?
Ogre battle
Bohemian Rhapsody
hammer to Fall
I Want It All
Crazy Little Thing...
One Vision
Radio ga ga
We Will Rock You
Don't Stop Me Now
We Are The Champions
Having not seen Queen live yet (save DVDs, and I'm expecting to rectify that ths March), I came up with the set for Queen's live CD set, Miracle in Toronto.
The intensity of the crowd was high when the SkyDome lit up with powerful blue and white lights, almost simulating the sky above. The "Miracle Face" was displayed on a large video scren behind the stage, and out of nowhere, it spoke "I Want It All, I Want It All, I Want It All, and I Want It NOW!" Cue the massive pyrotechnics, Queen has arrived! The band pulled out all the stops for their opening number, Freddie being as lively as ever. Frederator was in a Toronto Maple Leafs tee and blue jeans, Brian was wearing his Magic Tour get-up, John was in leather jacket and shades, and Rog seemed to be wearing...well, not much. The band swung right into another high-paced number, Tie Your Mother Down, to get the place jumping. They quickly took it down a notch afterwards. Brian said something about "reaching to our bag of tricks and making some miracles tonight." And just like that, Long Away starts, completely surprising the better part of the audience! Freddie and Brian sang vocals back-and-forth, until John decided to do his own thing, and shunt the tune into Breakthru, which was the popular single at the time. One Vision and A Kind of Magic were next, with Freddie trotting out in his old Magic Tour jacket, "just for old time's sake." Another One Bites the Dust followed, with the band warning that "things are gonna get a little steamy in here." AOBtD led into the Invisible Man, with John actually singing his part, getting a good rise out of the crowd. Afterwards, another "miracle" from the band: they play I Go Crazy! No one really even knew that this song would be played live! EVER! But it received a decent response from the crowd. IWTBF followed it, which led into Keep Yourself Alive (another nifty one from the archives), after which Brian decided to do his guitar solo. It seemed the band just threw together their setlist at the last moment, which is why there wasn't any Impromptu beforehand. Now I'm Here closed out the 1st half of the concert, leaving the 40,000 or so in attendance nicely buzzed.
Freddie: Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to take a bit of a break. We are, after all, four aging queens. We're old. We need rest. *trots off*
(and btw, Rog was wearing Canada-flag boxers...)
The intermission was a bit of a weird one. The band came back after a while with a change of clothes, but without instruments. They just sorta lay around on stage, chatting about how the concert's going, and plotting out their second half, cracking the occasional joke, stuff like that. (I honestly hope this part makes the DVD...)
Eventually, Brian finds his guitar, and Love of my Life is played. Following that, an acoustic version of The Miracle was sung by Freddie and Brian, which was a bit of an accomplishment considering the source material. Afterwards, the band seemed to get their act together, picking fan favourites for the most part for the rest of the concert. Action This Day was a bit outta left field, but as usual, the band performed some magic, and poof! A decent rocker stood instead of the disco-y mush that was the original tune. Scandal was a nice touch, played by Freddie alone on the piano, allowing him to be alone on stage for a while, and giving the rest of the band a quick break. The band swung once again into their fan faves with Crazy Little Thing, followed by Radio Ga Ga. As the end of the night came, the simulated sky - now midnight blue - overhead, the band decided to slide a different tune in with We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions, sandwiching in Khashoggi's Ship. The crowd liked that one. And of course, everyone was swaying in time to WATC. One last added treat: after the God Save The Queen tape was finished, Brian came out one last time, and ripped a solo of O Canada so the crowd can leave happy
The intensity of the crowd was high when the SkyDome lit up with powerful blue and white lights, almost simulating the sky above. The "Miracle Face" was displayed on a large video scren behind the stage, and out of nowhere, it spoke "I Want It All, I Want It All, I Want It All, and I Want It NOW!" Cue the massive pyrotechnics, Queen has arrived! The band pulled out all the stops for their opening number, Freddie being as lively as ever. Frederator was in a Toronto Maple Leafs tee and blue jeans, Brian was wearing his Magic Tour get-up, John was in leather jacket and shades, and Rog seemed to be wearing...well, not much. The band swung right into another high-paced number, Tie Your Mother Down, to get the place jumping. They quickly took it down a notch afterwards. Brian said something about "reaching to our bag of tricks and making some miracles tonight." And just like that, Long Away starts, completely surprising the better part of the audience! Freddie and Brian sang vocals back-and-forth, until John decided to do his own thing, and shunt the tune into Breakthru, which was the popular single at the time. One Vision and A Kind of Magic were next, with Freddie trotting out in his old Magic Tour jacket, "just for old time's sake." Another One Bites the Dust followed, with the band warning that "things are gonna get a little steamy in here." AOBtD led into the Invisible Man, with John actually singing his part, getting a good rise out of the crowd. Afterwards, another "miracle" from the band: they play I Go Crazy! No one really even knew that this song would be played live! EVER! But it received a decent response from the crowd. IWTBF followed it, which led into Keep Yourself Alive (another nifty one from the archives), after which Brian decided to do his guitar solo. It seemed the band just threw together their setlist at the last moment, which is why there wasn't any Impromptu beforehand. Now I'm Here closed out the 1st half of the concert, leaving the 40,000 or so in attendance nicely buzzed.
Freddie: Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to take a bit of a break. We are, after all, four aging queens. We're old. We need rest. *trots off*
(and btw, Rog was wearing Canada-flag boxers...)
The intermission was a bit of a weird one. The band came back after a while with a change of clothes, but without instruments. They just sorta lay around on stage, chatting about how the concert's going, and plotting out their second half, cracking the occasional joke, stuff like that. (I honestly hope this part makes the DVD...)
Eventually, Brian finds his guitar, and Love of my Life is played. Following that, an acoustic version of The Miracle was sung by Freddie and Brian, which was a bit of an accomplishment considering the source material. Afterwards, the band seemed to get their act together, picking fan favourites for the most part for the rest of the concert. Action This Day was a bit outta left field, but as usual, the band performed some magic, and poof! A decent rocker stood instead of the disco-y mush that was the original tune. Scandal was a nice touch, played by Freddie alone on the piano, allowing him to be alone on stage for a while, and giving the rest of the band a quick break. The band swung once again into their fan faves with Crazy Little Thing, followed by Radio Ga Ga. As the end of the night came, the simulated sky - now midnight blue - overhead, the band decided to slide a different tune in with We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions, sandwiching in Khashoggi's Ship. The crowd liked that one. And of course, everyone was swaying in time to WATC. One last added treat: after the God Save The Queen tape was finished, Brian came out one last time, and ripped a solo of O Canada so the crowd can leave happy
Awesome story, Suigi. But why the Skydome?
Echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo....
Echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo....
Awesome story, Suigi. But why the Skydome?
Echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo-echo....
Keep in mind that it was newly built in 1989.
Despite all the concrete, people wanted to actually be there, astroturf and all.
I also posted a topic about this a while back if you want to search for it. This tour would've been awesome imo. Breakthru, The Miracle, Scandal, and I Want It All Would have been incredible live as would Was It All Worth It. Shame we only have to dream instead of living it.
Quite right- it's a terrible shame. Those songs on The Miracle were just made for the stage.
The first night of the miracle tour
the hammersmith odeon 1989
Excitement arose in the crowd, Queens first show of 1989!
There is a sudden flash of blinding white lights.
The lights stay on for three or four seconds. Then all the lights go out again. Everyone was thinking the same thing, is there something wrong with the lights? Then the noise began, everyone screamed with excitement. Proccescion began. The band, including Spike Edney were on the stage. After doing a fantastic sing- a -long of Father to Son the spotlight went on Freddie.
" now i'm sure some of you have been worried. We have gone that last two years without making a record! But it just came out last week, was it worth the wait?"
The audience screamed.
The band went into Breakthrough, then Stone Cold Crazy, One Vision then Another One Bites The Dust.
Then Brian began speaking~
" theese songs are from the new album as well, they are quite good!"
The band launched into Party and Kgashoggi's Ship
After that they did a striking It's A Hard Life, then Now I'm Here. Then they started playing a then new song, I want it all. Freddie then walked over to a piano, Doi'n Alright and You Take My Breath Away were played.
Next Roger began speaking~
" After being together for, what 17 years? i've finially started listening to those old records! well anyway, were going to play this one, not even sure if we ever played it before!" The band then started playing Drowse. After that they started playing some more classic hits, Somebody to Love and Your My Best Friend.There was a short intermission after this, during that The Miracle was played on tape.
After that Brian switched to a acoustic guitar. him and Freddie played Is This The World We Created? And Love Of My Life. Then the band went and changed outfits. when they came back they played Radio- Ga Ga. Then they went into a rock- n-roll medley, tutti frutti, Jailhouse Rock, and Bama-Lama-Bama-Loo. " This is one we did we a certain David Bowie." Freddie said. To some, the highlight of the night was the music video of Under Pressure playing on the screen behind them.
Then, everybody in the audience got sad. It's nearing the end of the show. But no one could of been suprised at the shock that followed, The Prophets Song! After that was Bohiemian Rapshody, then Rock You/Champions. Then Freddie began speaking again, " This might be a single, who knows?" To the crowds delight Was It All Worth It was played.
As God Save The Queen was being played Freddie said " Thank you all for coming darlings, we hope you enjoyed tonight!"
The first night on this tour wasn't to be forgotten, though Queen played many other memorable concerts for this tour, including the Rainbow, Hyde Park, a Wembely Show that sold out in ONE day! Many hoped this tour would have Queen returning to America, and once The Miracle reached number one in America they did!
the hammersmith odeon 1989
Excitement arose in the crowd, Queens first show of 1989!
There is a sudden flash of blinding white lights.
The lights stay on for three or four seconds. Then all the lights go out again. Everyone was thinking the same thing, is there something wrong with the lights? Then the noise began, everyone screamed with excitement. Proccescion began. The band, including Spike Edney were on the stage. After doing a fantastic sing- a -long of Father to Son the spotlight went on Freddie.
" now i'm sure some of you have been worried. We have gone that last two years without making a record! But it just came out last week, was it worth the wait?"
The audience screamed.
The band went into Breakthrough, then Stone Cold Crazy, One Vision then Another One Bites The Dust.
Then Brian began speaking~
" theese songs are from the new album as well, they are quite good!"
The band launched into Party and Kgashoggi's Ship
After that they did a striking It's A Hard Life, then Now I'm Here. Then they started playing a then new song, I want it all. Freddie then walked over to a piano, Doi'n Alright and You Take My Breath Away were played.
Next Roger began speaking~
" After being together for, what 17 years? i've finially started listening to those old records! well anyway, were going to play this one, not even sure if we ever played it before!" The band then started playing Drowse. After that they started playing some more classic hits, Somebody to Love and Your My Best Friend.There was a short intermission after this, during that The Miracle was played on tape.
After that Brian switched to a acoustic guitar. him and Freddie played Is This The World We Created? And Love Of My Life. Then the band went and changed outfits. when they came back they played Radio- Ga Ga. Then they went into a rock- n-roll medley, tutti frutti, Jailhouse Rock, and Bama-Lama-Bama-Loo. " This is one we did we a certain David Bowie." Freddie said. To some, the highlight of the night was the music video of Under Pressure playing on the screen behind them.
Then, everybody in the audience got sad. It's nearing the end of the show. But no one could of been suprised at the shock that followed, The Prophets Song! After that was Bohiemian Rapshody, then Rock You/Champions. Then Freddie began speaking again, " This might be a single, who knows?" To the crowds delight Was It All Worth It was played.
As God Save The Queen was being played Freddie said " Thank you all for coming darlings, we hope you enjoyed tonight!"
The first night on this tour wasn't to be forgotten, though Queen played many other memorable concerts for this tour, including the Rainbow, Hyde Park, a Wembely Show that sold out in ONE day! Many hoped this tour would have Queen returning to America, and once The Miracle reached number one in America they did!