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Post by boffy on Apr 30, 2020 15:59:16 GMT
Various members of the band have expressed their disdain for miming on shows like Top of the Pops, but they did that several times. They seemed to have a good relationship with Bob Harris, appearing on his radio show more than once and having gig(s) and interview(s) on The Old Grey Whistle Test. It seems like it must have crossed someone's mind for them to go on a normal episode of OWGT some time to perform a song. Yet, I don't believe they ever did this. Does anyone know why?
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Post by vh on Apr 30, 2020 16:14:18 GMT
Not every Old Grey Whistle Test performance was live, though most were.
Queen were never a band that played live anywhere much when they weren't on tour. And for a band that were as successful as they were over a 15 year period they really didn't play as many gigs as most.
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Post by baronlutenvank on Apr 30, 2020 16:55:11 GMT
For one thing, they got their music videos to keep the BBC busy, so that negates the need for them to go to the TV studios.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Apr 30, 2020 16:59:10 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT?
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Post by moonie on Apr 30, 2020 17:16:07 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? Not exactly. They showed a video of FOTW from the Hyde Park Gig. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Apr 30, 2020 18:13:57 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? Not exactly. They showed a video of FOTW from the Hyde Park Gig. i can't find FOTW anywhere. been through the complete list and there's nothing remotely close to the SHA release date that refers to FOTW - or even in relation to Hyde Park. However, there are these (full OGWT Episode Guide link below): October 8, 1974 ► Johnny Rivers ■ Andy Fairweather-Low - Spider Jiving, The Light Is Within ■ Splinter - Costafine Town, China Light ■ Syretta - interview Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (film) ■ Queen - Son & Daughter, Modern Times Rock & Roll (live film)December 24, 1975 ► Queen (live at Hammersmith Odeon)January 6, 1976 ► Andy Fairweather-Low - Jump Up & Turn Around, If I Ever Get Lucky ■ John Prine ■ Linda Ronstadt - Desperado (live film) ■ The Eagles - Doolin' Dalton (live film) ■ Jim Croce - I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby ■ Queen, Bad Bad Leroy Brown (live film) [sic] December 14, 1976 ► Racing Cars - Hardworking Woman, They Shoot Horses Don't They ■ Heart - Dreamboat Annie, Crazy On You ■ Queen - Sweet Lady (film) ■ Steve Goodman - Banana Republic (film) |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Apr 30, 2020 18:38:18 GMT
It's weird as I can see in my mind them performing FOTW in a TV studio somewhere. I remember the guitar solo was different but the rest of it sounded the same as the studio version. I guess it could have been the Hyde Park film, but I'm not convinced it was a live recording. 🤔
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Post by The Real Wizard on Apr 30, 2020 18:54:52 GMT
October 8, 1974 ► Johnny Rivers ■ Andy Fairweather-Low - Spider Jiving, The Light Is Within ■ Splinter - Costafine Town, China Light ■ Syretta - interview Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (film) ■ Queen - Son & Daughter, Modern Times Rock & Roll (live film) Nice - great to have an exact date for the (presumably first) broadcast of the Rainbow 3-31 footage.
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Post by boffy on Apr 30, 2020 20:40:56 GMT
It's weird as I can see in my mind them performing FOTW in a TV studio somewhere. I remember the guitar solo was different but the rest of it sounded the same as the studio version. I guess it could have been the Hyde Park film, but I'm not convinced it was a live recording. 🤔 Could you perhaps be thinking of the BBC radio session where they did FOTW? |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Apr 30, 2020 21:08:30 GMT
It's weird as I can see in my mind them performing FOTW in a TV studio somewhere. I remember the guitar solo was different but the rest of it sounded the same as the studio version. I guess it could have been the Hyde Park film, but I'm not convinced it was a live recording. 🤔 Could you perhaps be thinking of the BBC radio session where they did FOTW? I guess so, but I have a visual recollection. How very weird! |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 1, 2020 2:39:04 GMT
Could you perhaps be thinking of the BBC radio session where they did FOTW? I guess so, but I have a visual recollection. How very weird! The memory is a curious operation of ours. Despite what we think, much of the time our memory is not a tape machine.
Season 3 of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast Revisionist History explores this in great depth - it's well worth a gander.
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Post by moonie on May 1, 2020 11:38:12 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? Not exactly. They showed a video of FOTW from the Hyde Park Gig. i can't find FOTW anywhere. been through the complete list and there's nothing remotely close to the SHA release date that refers to FOTW - or even in relation to Hyde Park. However, there are these (full OGWT Episode Guide link below): October 8, 1974 ► Johnny Rivers ■ Andy Fairweather-Low - Spider Jiving, The Light Is Within ■ Splinter - Costafine Town, China Light ■ Syretta - interview Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis (film) ■ Queen - Son & Daughter, Modern Times Rock & Roll (live film)December 24, 1975 ► Queen (live at Hammersmith Odeon)January 6, 1976 ► Andy Fairweather-Low - Jump Up & Turn Around, If I Ever Get Lucky ■ John Prine ■ Linda Ronstadt - Desperado (live film) ■ The Eagles - Doolin' Dalton (live film) ■ Jim Croce - I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby ■ Queen, Bad Bad Leroy Brown (live film) [sic] December 14, 1976 ► Racing Cars - Hardworking Woman, They Shoot Horses Don't They ■ Heart - Dreamboat Annie, Crazy On You ■ Queen - Sweet Lady (film) ■ Steve Goodman - Banana Republic (film) sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/uk/old-grey-whistle-test you're right. My mistake, it was Sweet Lady from Hyde Park that was shown. |
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Post by fabiogminero on Jul 11, 2021 9:17:53 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? Not exactly. They showed a video of FOTW from the Hyde Park Gig. Andy Fairweather-Low - Jump Up & Turn Around, If I Ever Get Lucky ■ John Prine ■ Linda Ronstadt - Desperado (live film) ■ The Eagles - Doolin' Dalton (live film) ■ Jim Croce - I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby ■ Queen, Bad Bad Leroy Brown (live film) [sic] About the 6 January 1976 episode, Queen didn't appear on that one. The songs 'I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby Queen' and 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown' were performed by its author, Jim Croce. There was originally supposed to be another Queen appearance on OGWT. In January 1978 a special documentary dedicated to Queen was supposed to air, filmed during the shooting of the video for 'We Are The Champions' at the New London Theatre on 6th October 1977 and during the North American tour of 'News Of The World' in November-December 1977; the documentary never saw the light, but the footages were used for the documentaries 'The American Dream' and 'Rocks The World' released in 2017. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 11, 2021 10:05:36 GMT
About the 6 January 1976 episode, Queen didn't appear on that one. The songs 'I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby Queen' and 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown' were performed by its author, Jim Croce. my bad. i've got to learn to understand basic punctuation.  |
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Post by oreno on Jul 11, 2021 11:08:01 GMT
Often wondered about this. vh is right, Queen were pretty much never on stage unless it was a full-on gig. The main exceptions are the Montreux shows (mimed) and Saturday Night Live.
I always wonder if they were too precious about this. I can understand them not wanting to play without an audience. With all the Live Aid talk, they obviously felt they usually needed all the bells and whistles to make the right impact (though obviously they didn't).
OGWT in the 70s was pretty exposing, no production, cameras right under your nose, not to mention potential sound/mixing limitations. I get why they never did it (and they never had to really, it was a promotional thing after all). They'd never have done the likes of Jools Holland either I don't think.
Ironically I always felt that an updated OGWT/Jools style recorded show, sans audience, would have been perfect for The Miracle. But they'd just never did that sort of 'small scale' thing and weren't going to start in 1989. Oh to see the boys actually play together as a band one last time. Not to be of course.
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Post by fabiogminero on Jul 11, 2021 12:30:33 GMT
About the 6 January 1976 episode, Queen didn't appear on that one. The songs 'I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby Queen' and 'Bad Bad Leroy Brown' were performed by its author, Jim Croce. my bad. i've got to learn to understand basic punctuation. Initially, I was also fooled by punctuation |
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Post by readyeddie on Jul 12, 2021 11:13:27 GMT
I might be going slightly mad, but didn't they perform Flick Of The Wrist on the OGWT? Not exactly. They showed a video of FOTW from the Hyde Park Gig. They definitely showed Sweet Lady from Hyde Park when Brian went on for an interview, don't think they ever showed Flick Of The Wrist |
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