IMO their performance is much better in Budapest. Brian's guitar sounds so great.
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I said that so many times...
Budapest- Fred's voice was in great shape!
@ Wembley it was much worse... AND- the band doesn't sound like a unit as much as it did in budapest (and Knebworth and Lleiden and first night @ Wembley and...)
Budapest- Fred's voice was in great shape!
@ Wembley it was much worse... AND- the band doesn't sound like a unit as much as it did in budapest (and Knebworth and Lleiden and first night @ Wembley and...)
"As a man who lived in USSR I must tell you that Hungary WAS NOT behind the Iron Curtain! People used to think it was, but it wasn't. As well as former Yugoslavia wasn't and Queen played there at 1979! "
get some history book in your hand then... hard to forget 45 years of Russian troops stationing in Hungary......
get some history book in your hand then... hard to forget 45 years of Russian troops stationing in Hungary......
thanks Miklos, i thought i was right on this
Sergey - go to
http://www.libertyhaven.com/countriesandregions/easterneurope/peek.html
or try
http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/prop/deep/prop_deep_maps.htm
where it says:
Iron Curtain
On March 5, 1946, in describing the recent appearance of economic, social, and military barriers between Eastern and Western Europe, Winston Churchill said in Fulton in the United States, that "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent." This vivid metaphor caught the public imagination, and phrases such as "behind the Iron Curtain" remained in widespread use right up until the collapse of Communism. The Europan countries which were considered to be "behind the Iron Curtain" included: Poland, Estearn Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and the Soviet Union. From North Korea to Cuba more countries were separated from the West in the same sense.
i did wwII histroy at school - and although it was quite a long time since i was at school i haven't forgoten it.
check the facts fella, then feel free to admit you are wrong.
happy new year, mate
Sergey - go to
http://www.libertyhaven.com/countriesandregions/easterneurope/peek.html
or try
http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/prop/deep/prop_deep_maps.htm
where it says:
Iron Curtain
On March 5, 1946, in describing the recent appearance of economic, social, and military barriers between Eastern and Western Europe, Winston Churchill said in Fulton in the United States, that "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent." This vivid metaphor caught the public imagination, and phrases such as "behind the Iron Curtain" remained in widespread use right up until the collapse of Communism. The Europan countries which were considered to be "behind the Iron Curtain" included: Poland, Estearn Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and the Soviet Union. From North Korea to Cuba more countries were separated from the West in the same sense.
i did wwII histroy at school - and although it was quite a long time since i was at school i haven't forgoten it.
check the facts fella, then feel free to admit you are wrong.
happy new year, mate
and isn't Zagreb (where Queen played in 79) part of croatia?
if so then although Yugoslavia was behind the curtain - it is also accepted tht Croatia (although part of Yugoslavia) has always enjoyed a little more freedom - european packahe holidays have been available in Dubrovnik for 30 years
if so then although Yugoslavia was behind the curtain - it is also accepted tht Croatia (although part of Yugoslavia) has always enjoyed a little more freedom - european packahe holidays have been available in Dubrovnik for 30 years
Budapest is superior but PAL version is best avoided as it is speeded up (by 4%) to convert the film fps. Anybody else notice this or done a comparison?
Best stick to the NTSC version.
Same goes for WWRY
Best stick to the NTSC version.
Same goes for WWRY
I think for the following reasons Budapest is
the better show:
-Budapest was in darkness, so the whole show
benefits of the lights
-Freddie's voice is much better in Budapest
-The whole sound is better in Budapest
Just compare Tutti Frutti, Tie your mother
down or Hammer to Fall. Or simply Freddie
singing one Vision!
The only advantage for Wembley is the audience.
the better show:
-Budapest was in darkness, so the whole show
benefits of the lights
-Freddie's voice is much better in Budapest
-The whole sound is better in Budapest
Just compare Tutti Frutti, Tie your mother
down or Hammer to Fall. Or simply Freddie
singing one Vision!
The only advantage for Wembley is the audience.
You idiot Miklos!
I must tell you that Hungary WAS behind the Iron Curtain!!!!!!!!
I must tell you that Hungary WAS behind the Iron Curtain!!!!!!!!
Yes, Hungry was behind Irion curtain and Budapest gig is far superior to Wembley in terms of performance, no doubt. But I can undeststand why englishman prefers Wembley :)
I can add that these two gigs have very different feel and atmosphere, so I can enjoy them both but in different way.
I can add that these two gigs have very different feel and atmosphere, so I can enjoy them both but in different way.
You idiot Miklos!
I must tell you that Hungary WAS behind the Iron Curtain!!!!!!!!
beverem a fejed legkozelebb
((SNIP))
The only advantage for Wembley is the audience.
I have to say, this is Wembley's major selling point. I have quite a wide taste in music, and a variety of live DVDs. A mates round, some beers had, a music DVD goes on.
Without fail, everyone ALWAYS comments on the crowd at Wembley. There's an overhead shot with Freddie in the foreground, and the crowd going ballistic near the start of TYMD. That's the clincher.
It's the only concert where you see the crowd joining on all the way through songs. Most others, the clapping fades halfway through a song.
Cheers
Paul
Wembley had better crowd. The audience going mad at the end of the opera section of BR, awesome crowd participation in radio Ga Ga everyone was clapping their hands. As far as band is concerned both performances are OK, I mean it is energetic but they play like they don't care or are bored.
and isn't Zagreb (where Queen played in 79) part of croatia?
if so then although Yugoslavia was behind the curtain - it is also accepted tht Croatia (although part of Yugoslavia) has always enjoyed a little more freedom - european packahe holidays have been available in Dubrovnik for 30 years
Of course it is, it is the capital of Croatia. Yes, Queen played here in '79, but still I wouldn't say we enjoyed "more freedom" as you said.. You might get that impression cause among the ex Yu countires Croatia always had the most developed tourism, mainly because of Dalmatia and our Adriatic sea. But it was the double side razor at the same time cause through the history someone always wanted to take it away from us (Italy, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia etc etc.) and in the end it led to the last war where we finally got our independence. If we ever enjoyed any more freedom than the rest, I doubt any of this would've happen in the first place.
Back to the topic, I like Budapest more cause Freddie sang better, his voice was in better shape than at Wembley and the whole band looked more "together"... but anyway, both gigs were great!
You idiot Miklos!
I must tell you that Hungary WAS behind the Iron Curtain!!!!!!!!
beverem a fejed legkozelebb
Ne hagyd magad, Zsolt! :)))
BTW I found Budapest better and I don't think the Hungarian audience was worse. I think they were really surprised that the audience knew the songs and could sing them. I saw it on Freddie's face as he let them sing in 'Love of my Life'. And of course there is 'Tavaszi szél'. I don't know if non-Hungarian fans could think what it meant to us.
and isn't Zagreb (where Queen played in 79) part of croatia?
if so then although Yugoslavia was behind the curtain - it is also accepted tht Croatia (although part of Yugoslavia) has always enjoyed a little more freedom - european packahe holidays have been available in Dubrovnik for 30 years
Of course it is, it is the capital of Croatia. Yes, Queen played here in '79, but still I wouldn't say we enjoyed "more freedom" as you said.. You might get that impression cause among the ex Yu countires Croatia always had the most developed tourism, mainly because of Dalmatia and our Adriatic sea. But it was the double side razor at the same time cause through the history someone always wanted to take it away from us (Italy, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia etc etc.) and in the end it led to the last war where we finally got our independence. If we ever enjoyed any more freedom than the rest, I doubt any of this would've happen in the first place.
Back to the topic, I like Budapest more cause Freddie sang better, his voice was in better shape than at Wembley and the whole band looked more "together"... but anyway, both gigs were great!
E lijepo si mu rekla ;o) (Sorry everyone, a small joke on Croatian)