Yes indeed - was stood very close to her.
I did shout for Liar a few times but didn't think calling for requests would be too annoying.
Am uploading some pics to the site so maybe Richard could validate?
Thought it was a great night and gig.
Fat Bottomed Girls was great to hear again
Maybe controversial but if it was up to me I'd drop
Radio Ga Ga
A Kind Of Magic
I Want To Break Free
Last Horizon (and the whole Brian May solo)
and shock horror....
We Will Rock You (mix it up a bit)
Replace with
It's Late
Liar
Don't Stop Me Now
Now I'm Here
Innuendo
Don't get me wrong - still loved the gig
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hmmmm... White Man would be stunning... heheheheh gotta love that one
Sounds like everyone had a good time. I was hoping to see more 70's song...It's late, tenement funster, Doin Allright, Sleeping on the sidewalk etc. If they come to the US they will have to do older songs..they were most popular here during that time.
Can't wait until Newcastle!!!
Can't wait until Newcastle!!!
ok Fairyking, but I'm a woman! :D hahahaha...
I liked your site but I can't understand italian (I'm Spanish)...but it seems to be cool!
Take care
I liked your site but I can't understand italian (I'm Spanish)...but it seems to be cool!
Take care
Maybe controversial but if it was up to me I'd drop
Radio Ga Ga
A Kind Of Magic
I Want To Break Free
Last Horizon (and the whole Brian May solo)
and shock horror....
We Will Rock You (mix it up a bit)
Ga Ga and TATDOOL needs to be played completely live.
AKOM didn't work.
IWTBF was awesome.
Mix WWRY Slow with WWRY Fast, like Brian did.
This may sound negative, but it was still an amazing show.
Just got back from London.All in all a great show but there were a few negatives for me.
WHAT!,or more to the point,WHO! the fucks idea was it to play song 13 as the intro?Terrible choice.Lights went down,huge expectancy in the hall,everyone expecting start of Tie Your Mother Down or One Vision.NO,20 minutes of nothing,then Rodgers(who I think is awesome by the way)comes out,says fuck all then Brian,few slaps on the guitar launches into Tie Your Mother Down,concert was great from that point on but opening needs reworking BIG TIME.There were even a few boos around me which I thought was a bit extreme.Had a dreadful feeling for a short time it was all going tits up but once they got going it was great.
Good song selection on the whole but would of liked a few more surprises,Headlong,It's Late(which I thought Brian had started to play at the start of slow Hammer to Fall?Was I the only one who caught that?),Don't Stop Me Now to name a few.
Seeing them three more times (Cardiff,Wembley and Hyde Park) so heres hoping for more next time.
Also thought Paul Rodgers was great.What a voice the guy has and was thrilled that the Queen fans took to him.
Brian was great as always and seemed genuinely relieved and happy that we fans excepted Paul.
Roger was a great surprise after recent photos and was excellently all night.Lot more energy out of him than I expected.Sang great as well.
Band were good also.
Look forward to the next shows
WHAT!,or more to the point,WHO! the fucks idea was it to play song 13 as the intro?Terrible choice.Lights went down,huge expectancy in the hall,everyone expecting start of Tie Your Mother Down or One Vision.NO,20 minutes of nothing,then Rodgers(who I think is awesome by the way)comes out,says fuck all then Brian,few slaps on the guitar launches into Tie Your Mother Down,concert was great from that point on but opening needs reworking BIG TIME.There were even a few boos around me which I thought was a bit extreme.Had a dreadful feeling for a short time it was all going tits up but once they got going it was great.
Good song selection on the whole but would of liked a few more surprises,Headlong,It's Late(which I thought Brian had started to play at the start of slow Hammer to Fall?Was I the only one who caught that?),Don't Stop Me Now to name a few.
Seeing them three more times (Cardiff,Wembley and Hyde Park) so heres hoping for more next time.
Also thought Paul Rodgers was great.What a voice the guy has and was thrilled that the Queen fans took to him.
Brian was great as always and seemed genuinely relieved and happy that we fans excepted Paul.
Roger was a great surprise after recent photos and was excellently all night.Lot more energy out of him than I expected.Sang great as well.
Band were good also.
Look forward to the next shows
I don't care much about the set list cause when I am on the concert I'm trying to enjoy all songs which are performing - I Want To Break Free or It's Late, doesn't much matter, but as I remember Brian said that they're gonna play some songs which have never been sung live by Freddie... As I see a very few of such songs were performed. And of course "Last Horizon" is a great song, but not on this tour, IMO. Though since GHIII release all things are possible...
OK- my turn
The meeting in the pub with fellow zoners was great- it's nice to put faces to nicknames :) The only thing was- it was short- if it wasn't for lottery mess and ppl had their tickets already I guess it would have been few beers more! I was really proud of myself- about 5 of them I drank and I didn't go to the loo at all during the gig. for me- that's incredible ;)
The intro made me worried- 15 minutes of Track13 was a weird choice. When I heard Eminem I got really worried. Unnecessary, as the opener was AWESOME. "Reaching Out" maybe wasn't a great, energetic start, but seguing into Tie Your Mother Down it rocked the house. Big time.
Little Bit Of Love was IMO the worst of Paul Rodgers tracks- lively but... Ok- it was all right! But than they started IWTBF and the whle audience was just singing it really loud. Great, althouh it's far from being my fav song. On stage it worked well though.
Fat Bottomed Girls? SIMPLY GREAT!!! Awesome!!! And I didn't hear any tapes...
Than acustic set started with a graet version of Seagull- it was really good. Followed by 39 which wasn't even supposed to be in the set. Well, the way audience sang this song showed what kind of audience it was. Hardly a greatest hit, wasn't it? Seemed like ppl wanted more less known tracks. Pitty Brian didn't recognise it...
The version of LOVE OF MY LIFE was very emotional, Brian was singing pretty well, the crowd- even better. Beautiful.
When the slow HAMMER TO FALL started, after first chord I thought that maybe they're gonna do It's Late. Wishfull thinking... But it was great; again- they rocked the house big time! Guitar solo? Chinese torture was nice, but the "Buckingham Roof" on the screen made me really cringe. But Last Horizon was nice, that was unexpected.
Roger sang These Are The Days Of Our Lives really cool, the pictures on the screen really fitted the song- not only they featured Freddie but also John. Brian messed up a solo IMO (just little bit), but it was really nice. Radio Ga-Ga of course made everyone clap along and sing- again- not one of my fav, but the performance was really good. When Roger came back behind the kit, Paul sang the rest of the song (or was it crowd again? :) ). Was nice to see Brian playing slide. And Dannys bass was just AWESOME!!!
Can't Get Enough was AWESOME. Jamie played solo together with Brian and they played it really well. AWESOME- even the audience joined in. But what happened after that was a highlight- Roger singing I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR from behind drumkit. He played really well, and sang as good. He went lower during "tell my girl, I have to forget her..." but being almost 60- c'mon- his performance was GREAT! I've always wanted to see that. Now I have!
Brian santg I WANT IT ALL and did pretty good job IMO- great stuff, especially that they played full album version, with the heavy-slow bit in the middle. That was just AMAZING! A Kind Of Magic is again not my cup of tea but I would be an idiot not to like the way they played it- Paul sang it really well. And that tere was Bohemian Rhapsody... On the begining I cringed. I thought- that's too much, that's ridiculous. By the end of the song (Paul sang the heavy bit and the ending), when the audience sang "nothing really matters to me" just like in the old days- I had tears in my eyes. Am I begining to be a stepford...? ;) Show Must Go On was great- Elton's version compared to that one is veeeeeeery bad, even though Brian messed up some chords during second solo (or that's what I heard). And they left stage.
2 Free and Bad Company tracks worked extremely well- FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE had amazing arrangement, I always loved that song- and it won the crowd. ALL RIGHT NOW was even better, even Danny came out of the shadow and was in the spotlight for a moment. Entire audience joined in, it was- again- great. Another encore and obvious WWRY / WATC- they had to play them and they bloody worked. Still noything
The meeting in the pub with fellow zoners was great- it's nice to put faces to nicknames :) The only thing was- it was short- if it wasn't for lottery mess and ppl had their tickets already I guess it would have been few beers more! I was really proud of myself- about 5 of them I drank and I didn't go to the loo at all during the gig. for me- that's incredible ;)
The intro made me worried- 15 minutes of Track13 was a weird choice. When I heard Eminem I got really worried. Unnecessary, as the opener was AWESOME. "Reaching Out" maybe wasn't a great, energetic start, but seguing into Tie Your Mother Down it rocked the house. Big time.
Little Bit Of Love was IMO the worst of Paul Rodgers tracks- lively but... Ok- it was all right! But than they started IWTBF and the whle audience was just singing it really loud. Great, althouh it's far from being my fav song. On stage it worked well though.
Fat Bottomed Girls? SIMPLY GREAT!!! Awesome!!! And I didn't hear any tapes...
Than acustic set started with a graet version of Seagull- it was really good. Followed by 39 which wasn't even supposed to be in the set. Well, the way audience sang this song showed what kind of audience it was. Hardly a greatest hit, wasn't it? Seemed like ppl wanted more less known tracks. Pitty Brian didn't recognise it...
The version of LOVE OF MY LIFE was very emotional, Brian was singing pretty well, the crowd- even better. Beautiful.
When the slow HAMMER TO FALL started, after first chord I thought that maybe they're gonna do It's Late. Wishfull thinking... But it was great; again- they rocked the house big time! Guitar solo? Chinese torture was nice, but the "Buckingham Roof" on the screen made me really cringe. But Last Horizon was nice, that was unexpected.
Roger sang These Are The Days Of Our Lives really cool, the pictures on the screen really fitted the song- not only they featured Freddie but also John. Brian messed up a solo IMO (just little bit), but it was really nice. Radio Ga-Ga of course made everyone clap along and sing- again- not one of my fav, but the performance was really good. When Roger came back behind the kit, Paul sang the rest of the song (or was it crowd again? :) ). Was nice to see Brian playing slide. And Dannys bass was just AWESOME!!!
Can't Get Enough was AWESOME. Jamie played solo together with Brian and they played it really well. AWESOME- even the audience joined in. But what happened after that was a highlight- Roger singing I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR from behind drumkit. He played really well, and sang as good. He went lower during "tell my girl, I have to forget her..." but being almost 60- c'mon- his performance was GREAT! I've always wanted to see that. Now I have!
Brian santg I WANT IT ALL and did pretty good job IMO- great stuff, especially that they played full album version, with the heavy-slow bit in the middle. That was just AMAZING! A Kind Of Magic is again not my cup of tea but I would be an idiot not to like the way they played it- Paul sang it really well. And that tere was Bohemian Rhapsody... On the begining I cringed. I thought- that's too much, that's ridiculous. By the end of the song (Paul sang the heavy bit and the ending), when the audience sang "nothing really matters to me" just like in the old days- I had tears in my eyes. Am I begining to be a stepford...? ;) Show Must Go On was great- Elton's version compared to that one is veeeeeeery bad, even though Brian messed up some chords during second solo (or that's what I heard). And they left stage.
2 Free and Bad Company tracks worked extremely well- FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE had amazing arrangement, I always loved that song- and it won the crowd. ALL RIGHT NOW was even better, even Danny came out of the shadow and was in the spotlight for a moment. Entire audience joined in, it was- again- great. Another encore and obvious WWRY / WATC- they had to play them and they bloody worked. Still noything
*double post- sorry*
I want to divide my review in two parts - the first one is personal, the second one about the concert itself. So, the less sentimental people have a chance to skip the fist part.
It's always important for me to meet friends for a concert and Brixton was a very good chance for that. So, it was a real bonus for me to meet eggy after over 3 years and see a concert with him again. For the first time I met my net friend Greg Young, whom I sadly missed in Cologne last year. I met a whole bunch of new people, for example Fenderek with his beautiful girlfriend - what a lovely couple, they both know how to have a good time. Jeroen, to whom I've spoken what seems to be forever but never met. Also a group of Queenzoners I never saw before, sorry if I don't remember all your names right now, I wasn't in bed for 3 days. Wolfgang and Martin from the German FC page joined us for the whole concert and we all got on very well. And of course Martin (Mr.Scully) was there, I stopped counting how many Queen/SASBand related concerts we already saw together.
And yes, we met Penetration_Guru!! I am not giving away anything - only that much: think of a dark corner, a trench coat and a cigarette - that's not him:)
In the Brixton Academy we met more and more people, it was like a big family. Almost the complete Benidorm group was there, many fans we know from conventions, other websites, etc. And the crowd in the Brixton Academy was just amazing. It was the best and most dedicated audience you can think of. It did not matter when Paul Rodgers forgot some words, the audience knew them and when Brian missed his cue, the crowd did not miss it and started singing. They all made more mistakes than in a usual concert (the band , that is) but this was not a usual concert, it was the moment of truth when Brian and Roger presented the new Queen chapter to their very own audience.
Everybody was just determined to have a good time and make the event a success. In the Brixton Academy you could see the most loyal fans who were lucky to have the chance to be there. If there were some free riders we did not notice them, the must have been on the balcony:)
to be continued
It's always important for me to meet friends for a concert and Brixton was a very good chance for that. So, it was a real bonus for me to meet eggy after over 3 years and see a concert with him again. For the first time I met my net friend Greg Young, whom I sadly missed in Cologne last year. I met a whole bunch of new people, for example Fenderek with his beautiful girlfriend - what a lovely couple, they both know how to have a good time. Jeroen, to whom I've spoken what seems to be forever but never met. Also a group of Queenzoners I never saw before, sorry if I don't remember all your names right now, I wasn't in bed for 3 days. Wolfgang and Martin from the German FC page joined us for the whole concert and we all got on very well. And of course Martin (Mr.Scully) was there, I stopped counting how many Queen/SASBand related concerts we already saw together.
And yes, we met Penetration_Guru!! I am not giving away anything - only that much: think of a dark corner, a trench coat and a cigarette - that's not him:)
In the Brixton Academy we met more and more people, it was like a big family. Almost the complete Benidorm group was there, many fans we know from conventions, other websites, etc. And the crowd in the Brixton Academy was just amazing. It was the best and most dedicated audience you can think of. It did not matter when Paul Rodgers forgot some words, the audience knew them and when Brian missed his cue, the crowd did not miss it and started singing. They all made more mistakes than in a usual concert (the band , that is) but this was not a usual concert, it was the moment of truth when Brian and Roger presented the new Queen chapter to their very own audience.
Everybody was just determined to have a good time and make the event a success. In the Brixton Academy you could see the most loyal fans who were lucky to have the chance to be there. If there were some free riders we did not notice them, the must have been on the balcony:)
to be continued
It was a shame the audience at the front didn't jump around and dance / rock much. I thought the crowd only came to life when singing. It's not only about that though. Much better for We Are The Champions. I thought the band were much better than the crowd last night except on 39, Love Of My Life, We Are The Champions and Alright Now. Must do better! All of us
Okay, while I took ages to write up my personal stuff, most of what I have to say was already said. Anyway, I try to summarize what I think about the concert.
- I agree about weird beginning of the show: building up the expectation with a track 13 like music, then an Eminem track - we checked if we are in the right concert. I liked the Reaching Out rendition by PR but it might heve fitted better into the set list at some other point.
What I liked:
-Brian May's attitude: he was the one connecting best with the audience
- The harmonies in Fat Bottomed Girls and I Want It all - they were awesome thanks to Jamie and Spike
- the guitar duet Jamie /Brian in Last Horizon, one of my all time favourites
- when Spike gently played the chords to Brian's solo in Love Of My life when he obviously got lost at some point.
- Roger's vocals, he is a great live singer
-What I did not like at all
- the fake drums in Radio Ga Ga and the fake percussions in Days Of Our Lives
Hammer To Fall slow version- just because I don't like it
- Bohemian Rhapsody, I did not want to believe my eyes and ears: Not only that they had Freddie on a video screen playing and singing and Brian/Roger playing live to this video, that was bad enough. But in the "operatic part" when the band traditionally leaves the stage they had a fast sequence of short well know Freddie video clips and they actually cut wo pictures of John Deacon into it! I am waiting for the rumours about John being dead starting anytime now, mainly because in Days Of Our Lives John was suspicously missing in the old Queen video footage...
- I agree about weird beginning of the show: building up the expectation with a track 13 like music, then an Eminem track - we checked if we are in the right concert. I liked the Reaching Out rendition by PR but it might heve fitted better into the set list at some other point.
What I liked:
-Brian May's attitude: he was the one connecting best with the audience
- The harmonies in Fat Bottomed Girls and I Want It all - they were awesome thanks to Jamie and Spike
- the guitar duet Jamie /Brian in Last Horizon, one of my all time favourites
- when Spike gently played the chords to Brian's solo in Love Of My life when he obviously got lost at some point.
- Roger's vocals, he is a great live singer
-What I did not like at all
- the fake drums in Radio Ga Ga and the fake percussions in Days Of Our Lives
Hammer To Fall slow version- just because I don't like it
- Bohemian Rhapsody, I did not want to believe my eyes and ears: Not only that they had Freddie on a video screen playing and singing and Brian/Roger playing live to this video, that was bad enough. But in the "operatic part" when the band traditionally leaves the stage they had a fast sequence of short well know Freddie video clips and they actually cut wo pictures of John Deacon into it! I am waiting for the rumours about John being dead starting anytime now, mainly because in Days Of Our Lives John was suspicously missing in the old Queen video footage...
I just noticed on Brian's soapbox message before the gig:
"For those about to salute you... We Will Rock You. Or something like this"
Laughed Out Really Loud!!!
"For those about to salute you... We Will Rock You. Or something like this"
Laughed Out Really Loud!!!
Questions :)
1) Reaching Out was a-capella?
2) What was Pauls´s role during IILWMC, IWIA, BoRhap, Last Horizon and TATTOOL?
3) Did they actually sing the intro of FBG?
4) Last Horizon was played just by Brian & Jamie or by the whole band (except PR, of course)?
Thanks!!
1) Reaching Out was a-capella?
2) What was Pauls´s role during IILWMC, IWIA, BoRhap, Last Horizon and TATTOOL?
3) Did they actually sing the intro of FBG?
4) Last Horizon was played just by Brian & Jamie or by the whole band (except PR, of course)?
Thanks!!
1) Reaching Out was a-capella?
Weird, but... i'm not sure... No, i don't think so...
2) What was Pauls´s role during IILWMC, IWIA, BoRhap, Last Horizon and TATTOOL?
Receiving a blow job off stage ;)
3) Did they actually sing the intro of FBG?
Sounded like that for me
4) Last Horizon was played just by Brian & Jamie or by the whole band (except PR, of course)?
The entire band- was really nice.