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When did Freddie start doin his "Day-O" thing at concerts?
"It's Real Honor To Be Here Tonight" Brian May Newcastle Metro Radio Arena Tuesday 4th November 2008
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Wat do ya mean 'Day-O'?

The only thing I think of is in 'Who Wants to Live Forever' at Wembley he sorta does somethin' like that O_o
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I think he's talking about the "repeat after me" segments in Queen's live shows, Wembley being a good example.
Not sure if it's "Day-O" rather than just vowels.
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He usually did it before under pressure, most of the time with a glass of beer. Most notably wembley (god that was like ten minutes!) and live aid (when he threw beer at the crowd.) that and he did a bit of that during AOBTD at wembley (no beer).
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i think it was probably some thing that grew from the first LOVE OF MY LIFE songalongs...getting the audience involved
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the_hero is correct, though I guess Freddie sung Day-O during The Works Tour '85 also.
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the_hero wrote:
his first "singing with the audience" was in 1979 during Now I'm here, that was just the basic "yeah" stuff during Hot Space he did a few more "cools and yeahs" and in 1984 he started to do real vocal improvisations, like impromptu's and then in 1986 came the Day-O and the impromptu's came late ron in the show


Yep during '85 he already did Day-Oh. Like LIVE AID
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Oh, now I know what ur' talkin' about :D

Ya, that thing at Wembley lasted forever.
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Is it true that Freddie often forgot the words to the Day-O song and had to have it written on the palms of his hands?

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I always loved when Freddie did the DAY-O thing.

Live Aid & Wembley were classics!

Like at Wembley when he sings so high he says to the audience "I can't go any higher, let's go down a little".

But when he sings as high as he can, and Holds the note for quite some time, (which is amazing!)...

...Roger kids around with Freddie & the crowd and does a little drum end roll after Freddie ends the note! Adorable.
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Heard that he did it before UP on the Magic tour, as to get his voice going for that song.
In Paris, on the Magic tour, he did it 3 times different times.
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On the MK concert he also trys to get the audience singin like Aretha Franklin.
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RohemianBapsody wrote:
On the MK concert he also trys to get the audience singin like Aretha Franklin.


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when he used to play with the crowd. on the magic tour and live aid he was doin the "day-o" thin, on the MK dvd, he was doin "lets play games" thing
"It's Real Honor To Be Here Tonight" Brian May Newcastle Metro Radio Arena Tuesday 4th November 2008
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<h99>Forever88</h99> wrote:
He usually did it before under pressure, most of the time with a glass of beer. Most notably wembley (god that was like ten minutes!) and live aid (when he threw beer at the crowd.).


There was no beer throwing at Live Aid!

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