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Post by Ryan Newton on May 1, 2020 6:11:40 GMT
Referring to only a single song performances (not whole shows, although feel free to chime in on that as well), what are some of the lowlights in Queen's live catalog?
I'll start with Bohemian Rhapsody from Fukuoka 4/30/1979. Freddie's voice is gone, Brian hitting bum notes, wrong opera tape, etc. Pretty obvious choice I think.
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Post by Queen II 74 on May 1, 2020 14:36:06 GMT
Tokorozawa - November, 03 1982.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on May 1, 2020 14:47:43 GMT
Referring to only a single song performances (not whole shows, although feel free to chime in on that as well), what are some of the lowlights in Queen's live catalog? I'll start with Bohemian Rhapsody from Fukuoka 4/30/1979. Freddie's voice is gone, Brian hitting bum notes, wrong opera tape, etc. Pretty obvious choice I think. i think it's possibly the 2nd-worst rendition of Bo Rhap live. The very next day Freddie's voice was even more wrecked. Perhaps a "rest day" between gigs could've helped? Probably not. And the "Opera Tape" is about the only thing about this performance that is on point. |
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Post by anotherroger on May 1, 2020 15:00:40 GMT
Have to admire the man for getting through as well as he did with a very weak instrument on the night.
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Post by Golden Salmon on May 1, 2020 15:50:28 GMT
^Indeed.
Three years ago, I went a whole month almost unable to speak a few words before my voice would break up completely. Now imagine you're a world famous singer in the middle of an international tour and you get that kind of nasty infection, throat nodules or develop any other condition that absolutely cripples your most important skill. And he still managed to power through such a situation so many times. Some humans are tougher than others.
Please post links to all of these bad performances, we want to witness them!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 15:52:37 GMT
There is that infamous gig from Auckland 1985... Freddie was completely wasted.
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Post by baronlutenvank on May 1, 2020 16:26:30 GMT
There is that infamous gig from Auckland 1985... Freddie was completely wasted. I wish a recording of that existed. If only to hear how hammered Freddie was. I'd call this one hilariously worst. This is I'm In Love With My Car Crash from Glasgow '79. Roger forgets where he's supposed to be in the song, throwing the band off before Freddie sings a line to cue Roger out of the car crash and into the chorus. He also made the same mistake when he played the song again with The Cross years later, but it wasn't as bad since he kept "holding the wheel". |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on May 1, 2020 18:30:42 GMT
just listening to SSOR from Hammy 75. now, it's not the band's worst live performance - by a long, long chalk.
but, Freddie's voice is shot - and he appears to have very little control too.
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Post by Goldy on May 10, 2020 10:18:44 GMT
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 10, 2020 20:50:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 20:17:13 GMT
Brian’s solo at the end of this is one of those “oops” moments.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 20:19:43 GMT
I love this performance otherwise, but those harmonies around 1:18 and 2:03... 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2020 20:20:34 GMT
To have seen footage of this...I wonder if any exists...
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Post by thequeenfan08 on May 12, 2020 17:11:18 GMT
Somebody to Love Fukuoka 79 is the worst STL ever, Freddie’s voice was knackered and shot, he could barely get through the song even with the usual drop phrasing’s features on many songs/Watc etc. When Freddie goes for the 2nd chorus Love sustain ,his voice disintegrates into smithereens and can’t make it through without relying on rog, Freddie would say,” Save Me”(no pun intended). PS. If Greg sees this, please let me know when your next q/a is, I would like to feature😀
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 2, 2020 1:21:00 GMT
October 7, 1984 Sun City
The show literally ended after Somebody To Love.
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Post by Goldy on Jul 2, 2020 13:43:22 GMT
October 7, 1984 Sun City The show literally ended after Somebody To Love. Any recording of this show? |
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 3, 2020 0:39:28 GMT
October 7, 1984 Sun City The show literally ended after Somebody To Love. Any recording of this show? Nope. |
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Post by Chopin1995 on Jul 4, 2020 17:05:39 GMT
October 7, 1984 Sun City The show literally ended after Somebody To Love. There you go. I don't think they ever did a worse performance than that. Or according to Roger, the worst show they ever played was Canvey Island 1974 (that one with the electric piano). |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 20:47:55 GMT
October 7, 1984 Sun City The show literally ended after Somebody To Love. There you go. I don't think they ever did a worse performance than that. Or according to Roger, the worst show they ever played was Canvey Island 1974 (that one with the electric piano). Would love to hear how the electric piano sounded throughout the set,
...It had to be interesting to say the least.
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Post by franktherobot on Jul 6, 2020 1:59:25 GMT
Tokorozawa - November, 03 1982. That show is fine Fred is just unstable |
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 7, 2020 0:54:00 GMT
There you go. I don't think they ever did a worse performance than that. Or according to Roger, the worst show they ever played was Canvey Island 1974 (that one with the electric piano). Would love to hear how the electric piano sounded throughout the set,  ...It had to be interesting to say the least. It was a Wurlitzer. Here's a video of someone playing one. Sounds sort of cool. Just imagine how SSOR would sound. |
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Post by victorvil on Jul 7, 2020 2:03:48 GMT
There you go. I don't think they ever did a worse performance than that. Or according to Roger, the worst show they ever played was Canvey Island 1974 (that one with the electric piano). Would love to hear how the electric piano sounded throughout the set, ...It had to be interesting to say the least.
Kinda like Supertramp maybe... |
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Post by Mr Mercury on Jul 26, 2020 15:33:57 GMT
There is that infamous gig from Auckland 1985... Freddie was completely wasted. I wish a recording of that existed. If only to hear how hammered Freddie was. I'd call this one hilariously worst. This is I'm In Love With My Car Crash from Glasgow '79. Roger forgets where he's supposed to be in the song, throwing the band off before Freddie sings a line to cue Roger out of the car crash and into the chorus. He also made the same mistake when he played the song again with The Cross years later, but it wasn't as bad since he kept "holding the wheel". I was at that Glasgow one. There was a more than a few bemused looks in the crowd that night I can tell you lol. Oh well, it happens to the best of them. |
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