WWRY / WATC were also game changers in their live repertoire. Not only did they find a winning combination for which to end the rest of their shows with (aside from the very, very rare occasion), they still involved considerable audience participation
inu-liger wrote:
WWRY / WATC were also game changers in their live repertoire. Not only did they find a winning combination for which to end the rest of their shows with (aside from the very, very rare occasion), they still involved considerable audience participation
You could also say that they marked the very important change for the band to close their sets with their own songs instead of a medley of covers.
Overall I would say their concerts transformed into more audience friendly in '78 and '79 and then throughout the rest of their career. Concerts performed in '73 and '77 were more like performances with the band interacting mostly with the audience in between songs rather than during them (not to say it didn't happen at all though).
Brighton Rock...that solo - fucking zzzzzzz brilliantzzzzzzzzzzzzz
nah seriously.....i liked the use of STL and other songs that evolved into
Freddie's ad-lib audience participation thing
brENsKi wrote:
Brighton Rock...that solo - fucking zzzzzzz brilliantzzzzzzzzzzzzz
nah seriously.....i liked the use of STL and other songs that evolved into
Freddie's ad-lib audience participation thing
It DID! !!!!
It was a cue to the audience to getv up and buy some more drinks.
Or.... take a $#@+
j0ck3 wrote:
Concerts performed in '73 and '77 were more like performances with the band interacting mostly with the audience in between songs rather than during them (not to say it didn't happen at all though).
Yup, it did - Japan 75/76 the audience were pretty involved in Liar.
I was gonna say the obvious : BIG SPENDER ... because, camp and funny as it was, it gave Fred another outlet to explore band DYNAMICS ad far as what GOES and what is possible during a band concert.
Leads into his unabashed presence doing ITS A HARD LIFE (VIDEO) and I WANT TO BREAK FREE . ... (with fake tits)
But for participation it was probably 39' and LOVE OF MY LIFE.
when DID that acoustic version hit?
Was it on the ANATO tours or much later?
(* I am not a erudite student of the band. I don't have the TIME nor the most important BANDWIDTH to tackle that respectfully)
jpgthfc wrote:
@matt z the first 'standalone' acoustic performance was '39 on the a day at the races tour, then love of my life was added for news of the world tour
They did '39 at the 1976 UK shows before ADATR came out - including Hyde Park.
It's interesting to see how much Another One Bites The Dust live changed over a space of 6 years. I know that was the case with a lot of their material, but Dust seems particularly prevalent in that sense for me. They changed the style and feel of it entirely for pretty much every tour they played it on.
To answer the actual question, all the obvious ones have been said really. I'm gonna say Love Of My Life and '39, as they were the two songs that started the whole acoustic interlude that they'd retain for the rest of their touring life.
Regarding transformation towards more crowd participation.
Look no further than We Will Rock You. When introduced for the first time in '77 it had the band singing about the whole song including choruses. When they finished the NOTW tour the song became even more crowd-friendly. Or well, you could have a very shy and quiet audience for the whole concert but you could bet that they would sing a long to WWRY no matter where they played.
I do like the NOTW tour version though. Hearing the band singing the choruses together is great and it sounds so much different from versions from every tour afterwards. Of these I personally prefer Jazz/Live Killers versions of the song because it has the most audience participation and even such a small thing as Roger joining in with Freddie on the first Rock You.
Another oddity is the times where it has played after Freddie's death. I have no idea why they feel like there needs to be backup singers singing in the chorus on about every performance. They seem very reluctant to let the crowd take it over completely which sort of ruins the point of the song as well.
I think the problem is more that the back-up artists simply aren't familiar with how the song is supposed to be handled live plus most of them are used to just reproducing studio versions live.