Bohemian Rapsody.... live or studio?

so like i wonna no which one do you prefer?
bohemian rhapsody live in concerts or in the studio on a album?

mines is studio....

Let's compare:

Guitar choirs vs one guitar

Drums + Timpani vs just drums

Intro + Ballad + Opera + Rock + Reprise vs Ballad + Rock + Reprise

Ballad section with angelical harmonies vs Ballad section without harmonies

Reprise section with brilliant vocal harmonies vs Reprise without vocal harmonies

Reprise with astonishing guitar harmonies vs Reprise without guitar harmonies

Rock section with double-tracked vocals hitting the high notes vs Rock section with single-tracked voice not hitting the high notes

Wonderful intro vs not having intro

"Shivers down my spine" guitar effect vs nothing


Seems quite obvious to me :)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sebastian wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Let's compare:

Guitar choirs vs one guitar

Drums + Timpani vs just drums

Intro + Ballad + Opera + Rock + Reprise vs Ballad + Rock + Reprise

Ballad section with angelical harmonies vs Ballad section without harmonies

Reprise section with brilliant vocal harmonies vs Reprise without vocal harmonies

Reprise with astonishing guitar harmonies vs Reprise without guitar harmonies

Rock section with double-tracked vocals hitting the high notes vs Rock section with single-tracked voice not hitting the high notes

Wonderful intro vs not having intro

"Shivers down my spine" guitar effect vs nothing


Seems quite obvious to me :)[/QUOTE]

Yeh, LIVE!!! xD

I love both, but I would choose studio.... Sebastian has pointed out really most/all of the reasons why it is better. When it's live you have they're real voices no computerized stuff on them. Plus the audience joining in is wonderful.

For me it has to be, studio.

I of course LOVe the studio version but they do an AMAZING rendition of it live so therefore...I can't choose...

Cheers

This question seems a little... you know. We all know the studio recording sounds way better than any live performance of the song.

I always perfered studio.... In any song. They never really impressed me live..

Studio - plain and simple.

Sebastian has all of the reasons except that Brian DID do a bit of the shiver thing live. It, of course, does not compair to the studio version, but it is there - sometimes.

There are some songs that may sound equally respectable live. Sometimes a simpler arrangement works better (although not in the case of Bo Rhap imo).

For instance, Hammer To Fall live is extraordinary, even if Fred doesn't hit the high notes, even if backing vocals aren't double-tracked, even if there's not a harmony of Brian's making chordal backing during the bridge. But the speed is better, the solo is better, and the drums (Magic Tour) sound much better than the shitty studio version.

Same goes for Love Of My Life: the studio version is beautiful with piano, guitars, bass and the angelical choirs. Live version takes the song from another angle: simple, gentle, acoustic + voice + audience. It's not better, not worse, just different. And each one's got their one favourite among them.

Yet there are some tracks that, imo, need to be very layered. 'Somebody To Love', for me, needs to feature scores of voices together in order to be as majestic as it is. That's why I prefer the studio version a thousand times: it's 40+ voices vs 3.

Or Bicycle Race... while Staying Power otoh is better live for me: even if there aren't horns, both John and Brian have more guitar parts than in the album, plus the three-voiced lines are "bigger" when being sung by Fred+Rog+Bri instead of Fred+Fred+Fred (in that case).

I say live because i think almost every Queensong is live better tah in the studio!!!

I love both, but if I had to choose then it would have to be the studio version. Don't get me wrong, I love the many live versions, but the studio version has an eerie feeling to it.

The studio version doesn't have fireworks when the rough bit starts. I'd probably take a good live version, mostly because I appreciate the studio one for so many different reasons.

single malt ...or tesco's blended?
thorntons continental...or dairy milk chocolates?
maserati spyder...or austin allegro?

studio...or live?

i don't understand how anyone could choose live...this is in essence...removing ALL of what Freddie intended Bo Rhap to be about...the bell's and whistles, the finesse, the kitchen sink....

live it's a good end-of-show rock song...studio it's the classic it always will be

LIVE!!!because of NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTHING REALLY MATERS TUU MEEEEEEE!!!!

queen is a live band