I did say "sometimes" !
But you're right, it wasn't until the bulk of the NOTW and Jazz songs were dropped in 1980 that their show was half singles - despite the fact that they had eight albums of diverse material. But they knew they were playing mostly to a commercial audience who had heard the hit songs on the radio, not people who owned the old albums from 5-6 years ago.
As far as I'm concerned, the last tour where Queen were completely focused on the music was ANATO. The backing vocals were already starting to suffer on the ADATR tour, never mind NOTW or Jazz. Their show was still musically strong in 1979, but nowhere near what it once was.
Although resurrecting Liar in late '79 did bring back some of the old magic. Freddie's r&b-flavoured versions of Liar in April '82 were pretty spectacular too.
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Well, Freddie did get better as the years went on (vocally and as a frontman)! Since I'm practically in love with the guy, it's always nice to look through the recordings and watch the videos to see just how much he gets better and better over the years!
I think the band always sounded awesome live (even when Freddie had his rough nights), no matter the era!
I think the band always sounded awesome live (even when Freddie had his rough nights), no matter the era!
It's important beacause I was there!!! In the front row (thanks to the fan-club).
It is interesting to me what GT tells