Hi, the recent wonderful mp3 share really opened my eyes to a few techniques I never new Queen used in concerts... first was the echo effect in TEAR IT UP at certain points of chorus to amplify guitars/vocals on certain riffs/lines... and same with TYMD.
I always thought the only real effects were used during Impromptus and Now I'm Here... guess the crowd noise has always drowned out certain stage effects.
I can't stop listening to It's a Hard Life. In the introduction Freddie tries hard in the first line to emulate the operatic style of Recitar/Vesti la giubba, compared to the album version where he sings "I don't want my freedom" in a higher pitch/key, then goes into falsetto for the second line. In Sun City, IAHL starts as a duet with Fred singing the first line in a very low key and Roger harmonising with him. Then Fred sings the second line ("There's no reason for living...") on his own in falsetto. This is different to other live versions I've heard, for example,a number of concerts in Japan, where he sings the first line in a higher key than the second line. In Vienna in 1984 he sings all of the introduction in falsetto.
So, bearing in mind I've heard only a few 84-85 shows, is Sun City a unique version of this song?
you know what ? I really enjoy listening to IAHL live ..... but can't understand why they kept trying the vocal intro time after time .... its sounds ... I was about to say "awful", but let's just say it doesn't sound correct to me.
Don't you think they should have just started the song with the piano intro ?
Vali wrote:
you know what ? I really enjoy listening to IAHL live ..... but can't understand why they kept trying the vocal intro time after time .... its sounds ... I was about to say "awful", but let's just say it doesn't sound correct to me.
Don't you think they should have just started the song with the piano intro ?
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I think it's got more to do with what SirGH said about attempting it straight after the Improv (or during it!)... whether good or bad, it always took a lot of power to control the notes in Impr so only natural that he'd strain with such a difficult opening line. Should have let Roger do it then come in with piano.
I reckon it may have sounded much better at the start of a show (not the very start obviously... although I'd prefer it to shitty Machines intro anyday)... kind a like why he'd prob do STL early on with the big intro.