[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]tia wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just watched the Wembley 86 dvd and I dont understand why they would play Hello Marylou by Ricky Nelson. It doesnt suit them at all. Was Freddie a fan of his or something? I cant stand that song.[/QUOTE]
Are you NUTS!
I have said many times on QZ that Hello Marylou is one of my all time favorite covers Queen did.
It's gorgeous and in my opinion, I was never a big Ricky Nelson fan and was not thrilled with his own version of the song, but thought Freddie and Queen just made it stunning and so pretty!
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]tia wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just watched the Wembley 86 dvd and I dont understand why they would play Hello Marylou by Ricky Nelson. It doesnt suit them at all. Was Freddie a fan of his or something? I cant stand that song.[/QUOTE]
Yeah maybe it was that reason like Serry said, i mean think about it, they did grow up with this kinda music and bands do tend to use other singers hits in gigs, i think it was a good choice, you cant say it didnt suit them, whats ment to suit them then?
Your choice of music?
No one has to like everything that Queen sings but to say it didnt suit them? Nah.
Yeah maybe it was that reason like Serry said, i mean think about it, they did grow up with this kinda music and bands do tend to use other singers hits in gigs, i think it was a good choice, you cant say it didnt suit them, whats ment to suit them then?
Your choice of music?
No one has to like everything that Queen sings but to say it didnt suit them? Nah.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Suigi wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
As for my least liked song of the Magic tour, I'd go with A Kind Of Magic. It doesn't work well live.[/QUOTE]
did you see them live in 86??i did.i think akom absolutely fitted to the summer,open air feeling of that tour and all these little solos brian played through the song were absolutely magic.
also the hello mary lou stuff was really a surprise.
if you haven´t been there and only listen to wembley or the bootlegs,maybe you can not understand the special feeling of the magic tour.
As for my least liked song of the Magic tour, I'd go with A Kind Of Magic. It doesn't work well live.[/QUOTE]
did you see them live in 86??i did.i think akom absolutely fitted to the summer,open air feeling of that tour and all these little solos brian played through the song were absolutely magic.
also the hello mary lou stuff was really a surprise.
if you haven´t been there and only listen to wembley or the bootlegs,maybe you can not understand the special feeling of the magic tour.
I would go with I WANT TO BREAK FREE. Freddie fucking screams the song. His worst performance ever, from those i have listened anyway.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]STELIOS wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I would go with I WANT TO BREAK FREE. Freddie fucking screams the song. His worst performance ever, from those i have listened anyway.[/QUOTE]
Almost agree but...
Gimme All Your Lovin' tops even that- they maybe play it but Fred is def singing something else...
And if someone wants a really crappy cover by Queen should look no further than Berlin (same tour) and sbsolutely awful Immigrant Song... Maybe Plant heard it in 1992 and his Innuendo was a revange?
Almost agree but...
Gimme All Your Lovin' tops even that- they maybe play it but Fred is def singing something else...
And if someone wants a really crappy cover by Queen should look no further than Berlin (same tour) and sbsolutely awful Immigrant Song... Maybe Plant heard it in 1992 and his Innuendo was a revange?
I agree that Freddie's voice is a bit ropey on the Wembley version of IWTBF but generally, it works well live. I would say the rock n'roll songs and the impromptu, not because they were that bad, but because they could have done a couple of old classics in the time taken, like Somebody To Love or Death On Two legs. Still, a fantastic tour though.