, though their performances were great, really lacked a live "feel" to it. There was no ambiance and the audiences were hardly audible.
Still think that Live Killers captures a Queen gig in a great way and the audience is loud as hell in my opinion!!!!
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Lester Burnham
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iGSM wrote:
I think the best Live Album Queen released was 'The Who - Live at Leeds'. Anyone agree?
*waits for arrows*
Agreed, my brother from another mother!
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Liquid Scream
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I love the crowd energy when they reprise Brighton Rock after the guitar solo. They sound really pumped up.
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Brianmay1975
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nino trovato wrote:
On Fire at the Bowl is an AWESOME example of how to mix both the band and audience and have good results.
On Fire At The Bowl is 25 years later, of course it's better mixed than Live Killers!
The truth is that Live Magic is better technical quality than Live Killers, but it just doesn't compare musically speaking. '79 was one of their best years and the JAZZ/ Live Killers tour is simply awesome. It captures all the raw vital energy they had in the 70s. Freddie's voice had sounded indeed better in other shows (eg Earl's Court'77 or Rainbow'74), but it's allright even here. I don't know what's wrong with Roger, why did he agree to release it if he doesn't like it?
After all, Brenda, why the heck are we wasting our time on non-productive talks like this one, trying to change the past? The Live Killers has been released 25 yrs ago and we can't change it at all... you'd better enjoy it as it is, instead of imagining the way it could have been.
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Daveboy35
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Yeah point taken brian may1975 it was just something i read about not so long ago and thought eh topic time oh well can't win them all eh a plus though for me is that it does contain the best brighton rock version i ever heard imo.
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iljaiya
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"Did you hear the 2004 remaster? (the mini LP release)...it sounds much better than the old 2CD. And I don't think a pre-80s live album could sound much better than that."
Well considering the Live Killers album is full of overdubs and editing and even with all those adjustments the quality isn't as good as Deep Purple's Made in Japan (1972) your point is wrong. Live Killers is a good album, but they should (and could) have put out something brilliant. Í don't know why but Queen always have had a bad or lesser sound than other bands. I have bootlegs from The Doors, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Rush from the sixties and seventies and the bulk of them sounds better than those from Queen-gigs. Maybe mixing wasn't their strongest point?
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NOTWMEDDLE
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Lester Burnham wrote:
Live Killers reached No. 3 in the UK and 16 in the US.
'Love Of My Life (live)' reached 63 in the UK. Live singles generally do not sell well.
Unless you were Peter Frampton whom had two big live singles from Frampton Comes Alive! We Will Rock You(Fast) was released from Live Killers in the US instead of Love of my Life as Queen was perceived as a hard rock band in the US!
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NOTWMEDDLE
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iljaiya wrote:
"Did you hear the 2004 remaster? (the mini LP release)...it sounds much better than the old 2CD. And I don't think a pre-80s live album could sound much better than that."
Well considering the Live Killers album is full of overdubs and editing and even with all those adjustments the quality isn't as good as Deep Purple's Made in Japan (1972) your point is wrong. Live Killers is a good album, but they should (and could) have put out something brilliant. Í don't know why but Queen always have had a bad or lesser sound than other bands. I have bootlegs from The Doors, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Rush from the sixties and seventies and the bulk of them sounds better than those from Queen-gigs. Maybe mixing wasn't their strongest point?
Many of Pink Floyd's ROIOs were better than The Doors. When PF played live the songs were extended and Gilmour would play solos differently than on the records. Also, he would flub a lyric occasionally unlike Roger Waters whom would mess lyrics up so hence why he wore headphones on the 1977 tour.
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NOTWMEDDLE
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Brianmay1975 wrote:
nino trovato wrote:
On Fire at the Bowl is an AWESOME example of how to mix both the band and audience and have good results.
On Fire At The Bowl is 25 years later, of course it's better mixed than Live Killers!
The truth is that Live Magic is better technical quality than Live Killers, but it just doesn't compare musically speaking. '79 was one of their best years and the JAZZ/ Live Killers tour is simply awesome. It captures all the raw vital energy they had in the 70s. Freddie's voice had sounded indeed better in other shows (eg Earl's Court'77 or Rainbow'74), but it's allright even here. I don't know what's wrong with Roger, why did he agree to release it if he doesn't like it?
After all, Brenda, why the heck are we wasting our time on non-productive talks like this one, trying to change the past? The Live Killers has been released 25 yrs ago and we can't change it at all... you'd better enjoy it as it is, instead of imagining the way it could have been.
On In the Studio, Brian May and Roger Taylor said the fault they found with Live Killers was that Queen mixed the album themselves and in retrospect could have let someone else did the mixing than themselves.
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goinback
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Live Killers has a louder audience than most live albums I've heard (and that's why I like it). The audience probably doesn't sound as loud if compared to bootlegs though.
