Reaching Out... as an opener..

Anyone else find this to be an odd way to open a ROCK concert? I mean I love the way it goes from Thumping with Eminem (Although not a fan of his) to being mellow with Reaching Out, and then ROCK with Tie Your Mother Down..

and I have the Reaching Out CD single and am amazed at how close it is to the original... of course when I hear the original I expect to hear TYMD come in after the first verse.. Overall I think the set list was a decent mix of their hits both Queen and Pauls... but PAUL... ROCK AND ROLL FANTASY!!! thats what we want to hear.. well.. among other songs.. :)

I think it not only is a GREAT opener I think that it is GENIUS! I love it! It sets the mood for all the fast and slow songs as it is short so they don't really open with a ballad after all in my opinion. It serves as just an intro and really good one at that for all the moods to come! Is there an original version? Where does it come from? Who did it?

I also think it is genius. It is a great introduction to Paul's voice and it is sweet sounding - like they are saying, "Hi - after all these years."

Some idiots who went to Brixton said: "The concert started with Paul standing alone on stage doing a vocal improvisation"

Damn idiots.

Soooo...where does this song come from? Who did it first? Is it new? It seems some people think it is not a new song...and I agree Donna! With the "Hi-after all these years!" statement! That is SO true!

I think it's great with the curtain drop and all..very RAAAWWWK!!! *sigh* I wanna see more shows...:-)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] Soooo...where does this song come from? Who did it first? Is it new? It seems some people think it is not a new song...and I agree Donna! With the "Hi-after all these years!" statement! That is SO true![/QUOTE]

http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/Songs/collabbrian3.htm#reach

The concert DVD gives writing credits for Reaching Out to (Hill /Black).

Doh... I fucked up...

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Doh... I fucked up...[/QUOTE]

Dummy.

I think it's a very good opener, because after the big sound of Eminem comes a little bit of "silence" before the even bigger sound of Queen, thus everyone has a moment of excitement, knowing that "it's coming right now" and then it bangs with the boys and the curtainfall. I like it. And also the lyrics are very true about the band, like they've been away for a while in there own world, but the fans need them just like they need us...
It is gorgeous!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Some idiots who went to Brixton said: "The concert started with Paul standing alone on stage doing a vocal improvisation"

Damn idiots.[/QUOTE]

:-)

I do have to say that I think that the song after "Reaching Out" should have been "The Show Must Go On". It makes sense in terms of the being the returning champions you know. Let's you know what's up since last time they were active.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]AlexRocks wrote: [/QUOTENAME] I do have to say that I think that the song after "Reaching Out" should have been "The Show Must Go On". It makes sense in terms of the being the returning champions you know. Let's you know what's up since last time they were active.[/QUOTE]

Disagree...I would rather TSMGO close the show, or be towards then end....then open the show, or be at the beginning.

My question is why the f**k is Eminem and Queen in the same sentence.

I think 'Reaching Out' is perfect. I wish they would play the whole song but maybe on another tour.