| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 00:44 |
Simply state what would, in your opinion, be the perfect setlist for a Queen show. Also include post-touring songs in setlist if desired. Here's mine: [listo] [listo] [listo]One Vision Headlong Death On Two Legs Tear It Up/ Seven Seas(both complete) A Kind Of Magic Staying Power Doing Alright/Melancholy Blues/ Lover Boy (medley) Play The Game I Want To Break Free Somebody To Love/ Dragon Attack (medley) Now I'm Here Love Of My Life Is This The World We Created These Are The Days Of Our Lives The Hero Hammer To Fall Crazy Little Thing Called Love Under Pressure Radio GaGa Fat Bottomed Girls Dont Stop Me Now Dead On Time Calling All Girls Breakthru Brighton Rock Bohemian Rhapsody We Will Rock You Hang On In There We Are The Champions/ Lap Of Gods Revisited God Save The Queen [/listo] [/listo] [/listo] |
| Yara 16.07.2009 07:54 |
Hey there! How are ya? Are you sure about these medleys? They sound terrible: the song that follows cannot efface the feeling of the song that comes before. The result would sound dreadful. Are you sure you'd like to have the funny well-spirited "Good old-fashioned lover boy" following "My Melancholy Blues", which is, by the way, such a distinctive, intimate act that begs for some silence after its rendition? I have lots of quibbles about Queen's live performances, but I have to admit that they usually got the medley idea right. The way they were able to make both "Now I'm Here" and, even more flawlessly, "Put Out The Fire" lead seemlessly into Dragon Attack was great. Same goes for "Death On Two Legs - Killer Queen - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy": the way Freddie manages to retain the motif of Death On Two Legs while preparing the song for the beginning of Killer Queen was a joy to listen to. The seamless way the songs lead into each other shows how creative Freddie could be on stage. Brian would attach Dragon Attack to different songs in such a pristine way that it does convey the idea of a bigger tune or a coherent set of songs which could be played not only could, but should be played without breaks! I listen to the studio stuff and I sometimes miss the live tricks. Funny. Anyway, mine: 1) The Hero 2) Put Out The Fire 3) We Will Rock You Fast 4-6) Dreamer's ball - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Millionaire Waltz 7) Death On Two Legs 8) Play The Game 9) Under Pressure 10) If You Can't Beat Them 11) My Melancholy Blues 12) '39 13-14) All Dead All Dead - Sleeping On The Sidewalk 16) Save Me 16-18) Now I'm Here - Dragon Attack - It's Late (full) 19) Love of My Life 20) Hammer To Fall 21) Keep Yourself Alive 22) Who Wants To Live Forever 23) We Will Rock You (slow) ---- Encore: 24) Bohemian Rhapsody 25) We Are The Champions 26) Somebody To Love 27) God Save The Queen ---- A realistic set, I think, given Freddie's physical conditions. And they wouldn't need to waste time playing Killer Queen the way they did. :)) I'm even accepting leave some of my favorites - Let Me Entertain You, Staying Power, Action This Day... - to spare him so that he could sing the whole concert. Hehehe. --- Regards, Yara |
| Queenfan1995 16.07.2009 08:37 |
i think yare set was better |
| Rick 16.07.2009 10:16 |
I find it a shame that they never performed Who Needs You live. Imagine the following: John and Brian both seated on stools, playing Spanish guitars, and Roger behind his small drumkit. Freddie doing lead vocals and Brian/Roger assisting him in the harmonies. |
| beautifulsoup 16.07.2009 10:57 |
Yara wrote: Are you sure about these medleys? They sound terrible: the song that follows cannot efface the feeling of the song that comes before. The result would sound dreadful. Are you sure you'd like to have the funny well-spirited "Good old-fashioned lover boy" following "My Melancholy Blues", which is, by the way, such a distinctive, intimate act that begs for some silence after its rendition? ************************ Perhaps a long introspective piano solo/noodling effect would soothe that transition from "My Melancholy Blues" to "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy." Or...change the tempo of GO-FLB...starting slowly, with that sort of "My Melancholy Blues"-ish piano riff, gradually increasing tempo and character to the version that we know from the recording. There are ways! [img=/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif][/img] |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 12:50 |
Yeah. I meant for there to be some improv room if needed in the medleys, and those arent neccessarily the order I would have the songs in the medley performed. Its simply which songs I would HAVE in the medley. Not neccessarily in the same order though. I do get your point though. For some reason Doing Alright/Melancholy/Lover Boy would be a good medley. I mean, look at the way in '82 that they put ATD and then PTG and Staying Power. They werent in a medley but they were pretty different songs. |
| PauloPanucci 16.07.2009 17:13 |
Yara's list was very good,,, but she forghot to pu "I'm in love with my car" |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 17:41 |
Agreed. How can you have a Queen show w/o a Roger vocal showcase! ^_^ |
| fran1979 16.07.2009 18:22 |
Dont Forget Innuendo!!! |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 18:37 |
Oh shit! I knew I forgot something! Innuendo would be frickin amazing live!!! |
| doxonrox 16.07.2009 20:57 |
Yara wrote: Hey there! How are ya? Are you sure about these medleys? They sound terrible: the song that follows cannot efface the feeling of the song that comes before. The result would sound dreadful. Are you sure you'd like to have the funny well-spirited "Good old-fashioned lover boy" following "My Melancholy Blues", which is, by the way, such a distinctive, intimate act that begs for some silence after its rendition? Have you ever heard an early Queen album? Or in fact, the medleys they did play live? If all of the songs in a medley sound the same and have the same atmosphere, it's boring as hell - or in your words, terrible. Their early medleys included one that ran Killer Queen/ March of the Black Queen/ Bring Back That Leroy Brown. Not exactly songs "effacing the feeling of the song that comes before". I thought his medleys showed some imagination and would have been fun - like a typical Queen medley. Nice list Divine (except for Calling All Girls followed by Breakthru - that's a bathroom break!). |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 22:18 |
Thanks for your praise. Sorry but Im a sucker for Hot space and The Miracle! |
| Yara 16.07.2009 22:51 |
doxonrox wrote:Hi, doxonorox! How are you? Hm. Are you sure there hasn't been a misunderstanding? I basically wrote in other words what you wrote above, my dear. Look out:Yara wrote: Hey there! How are ya? Are you sure about these medleys? They sound terrible: the song that follows cannot efface the feeling of the song that comes before. The result would sound dreadful. Are you sure you'd like to have the funny well-spirited "Good old-fashioned lover boy" following "My Melancholy Blues", which is, by the way, such a distinctive, intimate act that begs for some silence after its rendition?Have you ever heard an early Queen album? Or in fact, the medleys they did play live? If all of the songs in a medley sound the same and have the same atmosphere, it's boring as hell - or in your words, terrible. Their early medleys included one that ran Killer Queen/ March of the Black Queen/ Bring Back That Leroy Brown. Not exactly songs "effacing the feeling of the song that comes before". I thought his medleys showed some imagination and would have been fun - like a typical Queen medley. Nice list Divine (except for Calling All Girls followed by Breakthru - that's a bathroom break!). Have you ever heard an early Queen album? Or in fact, the medleys they did play live?I wrote: "I have lots of quibbles about Queen's live performances, but I have to admit that they usually got the medley idea right. The way they were able to make both "Now I'm Here" and, even more flawlessly, "Put Out The Fire" lead seemlessly into Dragon Attack was great. Same goes for "Death On Two Legs - Killer Queen - Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy": the way Freddie manages to retain the motif of Death On Two Legs while preparing the song for the beginning of Killer Queen was a joy to listen to. The seamless way the songs lead into each other shows how creative Freddie could be on stage." If you, and not me, had wrote that above, I'd have no doubt that you had not only heard the medleys they did play live but I'd take your post for what it means: a praise of the guy's creativity in putting the songs together. If all of the songs in a medley sound the same and have the same atmosphere, it's boring as hell - or in your words, terrible.For sure. But if the set of songs is so disjointed that one thing doesn't lead naturally to the other, the result is a pointless mess in which one song quickly effaces the other and disturbs the pleasure of listening to them - which would be the case if instead of a much-needed pause after My Melancholy Blues, an intimate song which demands an introspective, lingering effect, they got right away into a funny well-spirited song like Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy: the audience, I think, would not even be in the right mood to enjoy the song... Do you think that "Somebody to Love + Dragon Attack" is a good medley? If there's a song they really knew how to manipulate as to make it a killer seamless sequence to what came right before was Dragon Attack! Both "Now I'm Here" and "Put Out The Fire" lead beautifully and squarely into Dragon Attack. Their early medleys included one that ran Killer Queen/ March of the Black Queen/ Bring Back That Leroy Brown. Not exactly songs "effacing the feeling of the song that comes before". I thought his medleys showed some imagination and would have been fun - like a typical Queen medley. So you agree with me that the guys were very creative in conceiving and shaping these medleys? They included even "Death On Two Legs/ Killer Queen/ Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", as I said, and the result was often wonderful, as in Houston '77 or one of the killer Argentinian gigs where they added other songs: mustapha, I'm in love with my car, and so on. The medley at the Apollo in 1977 is wonderful. I wrote: "Brian would attach Dragon Attack to different songs in such a pristine way that it does convey the idea of a bigger tune or a coherent set of songs which not only could, but should be played without breaks!" I even added: "I listen to the studio stuff and I sometimes miss the live tricks. Funny." I think we have more points in common, Doxonorox, than disagreements. At least that's my impression! Take care and I wish you the best! Best regards, Yara |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 16.07.2009 23:18 |
Wow. I never thought that simply asking peoples dream setlists would start a big debate/sub topic over medleys. Thanks for actually posting your dream setlist Yara. This was not said with a harsh tone. |
| pittrek 17.07.2009 03:18 |
In the case that they ever tour with Paul again ... Cosmos Rocks tape intro Cosmos Rockin' We Will Rock You (fast) Tie Your Mother Down Let Me Entertain You If You Can't Beat Them Breakthru The Hitman Rock'n'Roll Fantasy Shooting Star Wishing Well A Little Bit Of Love Staying Power Warboys I Want It All Keep Youself Alive / Drum Solo / I'm In Love With My Car / Stone Cold Crazy Brighton Rock / Guitar Solo / Bijou / Last Horizon / Football Fight / Attack Of The Hawk Men / Vultan's Theme / Flash Theme / The Hero / Brighton Rock (reprise) Seagull Love Of My Life '39 Dreamers Ball Say It's Not True Innuendo (Paul on acoustic guitar) Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Paul on acoustic guitar) Feel Like Makin' Love (Paul on acoustic guitar) Now I'm Here Don't Stop Me Now Bad Company Small (incl. reprise as taped outro) encore gap Surf's Up, School's Out (complete with taped intro) C'lebrity The Show Must Go On encore gap We Will Rock You Sheer Heart Attack All Right Now We Are The Champions God Save The Queen |
| little foetus 17.07.2009 05:04 |
Do you think they will be still alive after 4 h 30 of show? :P Thunder Intro Let Me Entertain You Tie Your Mother Down Ogre Battle White Queen The Millionaire Waltz Somebody To Love Death On Two Legs Great King Rat Dreamers Ball 39’ Love Of My Life You Take My Breath Away My Melancholy Blues Save Me Don’t Stop Me Now Spread Your Wings Breakthru It’s Late Bohemian Rhapsody Hammer To Fall I Want It All In The Laps Of the Gods…revisited (1st encore) Liar The Show Must Go On (2nd encore) Another One Bites The Dust Rock &Roll Medley God Save The Queen It will probably change soon... |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 17.07.2009 16:13 |
Holy Shit Pittrek! That's one helluva fuckin setlist!!! Damn! |
| doxonrox 17.07.2009 22:21 |
Yara, I agree we agree - at least on all but the first paragraph of your post (which you convieniently left out of your response) in which you refer to his medley ideas as "terrible". I agree that Queen was very crafty at constructing a medley, and even one as tricky as My Melancholy Blues/Good Old Fashoined Lover Boy is not only within their reach, but they could really do something special with it. Who says MMB has to be played the same way as the album? If they approached it a little more upbeat, like Dreamer's Ball maybe, it could lead to a very natural seugue into GOFLB. Or, a simple little added piano part at the end could easily lead to a good segue AND lift the mood a bit. A song as slow as somber as MMB could use a pick me up if its played live. Also, I don't think a smooth seque is required all of the time. In fact, the contrast between the songs could really benefit them. I love how they jump from March of the Black Queen into Bring Back That Leroy Brown - it really made Leroy more stand out - and more fun! And the beginning of A Night at the Opera shows how effective that can be as well, although in the studio you probably have more rope to do things like that. Besides, none of the medley's he mentioned were as far of a stretch as your All Dead, All Dead/Sleeping on the Sidewalk medley. Now that one would take some thought and effort - and balls! Take care, Doxonrox |
| Josh Henson 19.07.2009 11:54 |
Here's my go: Procession intro We Will Rock You (fast) Let Me Entertain You Fat Bottomed Girls White Queen Somebody To Love Medley: Mustapha/Killer Queen/March of the Black Queen/I'm In Love With My Car/You're My Best Friend Play The Game Don't Stop Me Now Staying Power Another One Bites The Dust A Kind Of Magic Under Pressure Now I'm Here Dragon Attack Now I'm Here (reprise) '39 Love of My Life Need Your Loving Tonight Crazy Little Thing Called Love Brighton Rock Son And Daughter (reprise) Medley: Seven Seas of Rhye/Tear It Up/Stone Cold Crazy Hammer To Fall Keep Yourself Alive Bohemian Rhapsody Encore #1 Tie Your Mother Down Radio Ga Ga Liar Encore #2 We Will Rock You (slow) In The Lap of The Gods...revisited We Are The Champions God Save The Queen |
| Queenfan1995 19.07.2009 13:38 |
here are my list procisson the hero or we will rock you fast( cant decaid) let me entertain you ogre battle somebody to love brighton rock/guitar solo/ football fight/ battle theme/son and daughter reprise tear it up radio gaga medley death on two legs /killer Queen/the millonare waltz/youre my best friend/ im in love with my car/ ride the wild vind. headlong under pressure another one bites keep yourself alive seven seas of ryhs the prophet song stone cold crazy i want it all white Queen its a hard life you take my breath away save me its late who needs you lily of the vally a accustic version love of my life 39 my melencony blues now im here great king rat i want to break free Crazy Little Thing Called Love hammer to fall innuendo in the lap of the gods rev encore 1 liar modern time rocknroll tie you mother down encore 2 lucilla gime some loving the immegrant song jail house rock encore 3 bohemian rhapsody these are the days of our lifes bjiou we will rock you we are the chapions the show most go on god save the Queen |
| Pim Derks 19.07.2009 14:28 |
I wish they had done albums completely. How great would it be if they did 40 mins of hits, then a whole album, then the encore with 4 or 5 hits more. Would've been great to see Queen II, SHA, ANATO or ADATR performed front to back. |
| absento 19.07.2009 16:17 |
A Day At The Races Intro One Vision Tie Your Mother Down Under Pressure Medley: Tear It Up\Party\Khashoggis's Ship\I Want It All A Kind Of Magic I Want To Break Free Medley: Mustapha\Killer Queen\Death On Two Legs\I'm In Love With My Car\You're My Best Friend Save Me Another One Bites The Dust Impromptu Brighton Rock\Guitar Solo\Son and Daughter Reprise Innuendo Is This The World We Created? Love Of My Life Band introduction '39 Now I'm Here\Dragon Attack\Now I'm Here(reprise) Don't Stop Me Now Spread Your Wings Hammer To Fall Crazy Little Thing Called Love Keep Yourself Alive Bohemian Rhapsody Who Wants To Live Forever Encore 1: Sheer Heart Attack Radio Ga Ga Friends Will Be Friends Encore 2: We Will Rock You We Are The Champions God Save The Queen (Live) The Show Must Go On These Are The Days Of Our Lives A Day At The Races Outro |
| Lookin' Divine In Good Ol' '89 19.07.2009 17:47 |
Now that (along with pittrek's setlist) would be a new frontier for setlists! |
| Fat Bottomed Queen 18.09.2015 18:38 |
Sorry for the bump, but this is one of the coolest topics I've ever seen. SIDE 1: -Intro- 1.Procession 2.Tie Your Mother Down -Medley- 3.Your My Best Friend 4.Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 5.I'm In Love With My Car -Hits- 6.Killer Queen 7.One Vision/A Kind Of Magic 8.Don't Stop Me Now 9.Another One Bites The Dust 10.Who Wants To Live Forever 11.Radio Gaga -Classics- 12.It's Late 13.Brighton Rock (Part 1) 14.Tenement Funster -Hot Space Medley- 15.Body Language 16.Dancer 17.Under Pressure -Game Medley- 18.Dragon Attack 19.Save Me -Innuendo Medley- 20.I'm Going Slightly Mad 21.These Are The Days Of Our Lives 22.Bijou -Races Medley- 23.You Take My Breath Away 24.Somebody To Love 25.You And I SIDE 2: 26.The Millionaire Waltz -Heavy Section- 27.Father To Son 28.Son And Daughter 29.Liar 30.Keep Yourself Alive 31.Brighton Rock (Part 2) -Hits 2- 31.Now I'm Here 32.Spread Your Wings 33.Love Of My Life 34.Bohemian Rhapsody 35.We Will Rock You 36.We Are The Champions -Opera Medley 37.Death On Two Legs 38.Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 39.39 (Coincidence) 40.The Prophet's Song -Q2 Medley- 41.White Queen (As It Began) 42.Fairy Feller's Master Stroke 43.Nevermore 44.Ogre Battle -Queen Medley- 45.Doing All Right 46.Great King Rat 47.My Fairy King -Outro- 48.In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited) 49.I Want It All 50.God Save The Queen |
| Apocalipsis_Darko 18.09.2015 19:06 |
I always though, why Brian/Roger didn't or don't play more songs from The Miracle, Innuendo or Made In Heaven? Only One Vision, the show must go on (obvious why) and I was born to love you in Asia because it was a later succesfull in Japan the queen version... |
| Killer_queenIII 20.09.2015 11:30 |
Procession Tie Your Mother Down Let Me Entertain You Somebody To Love Death On Two Legs/Killer Queen/March Of The Black Queen I'm In Love With My Car (full) Under Pressure Save Me Let Me In Your Heart Again Now I'm Here Teo Torriatte Love Of My Life '39 Don't Try So Hard Keep Yourself Alive (or It's Late) Brighton Rock Crazy Little Thing Called Love Bohemian Rhapsody Radio Gaga Liar We Will Rock You We Are The Champions God Save the Queen I guess this should cover their materials from the 70's to 90's. |
| The King Of Rhye 20.09.2015 14:07 |
Geez, British Man, that would be about a 5-hour show, wouldn't it? lol |
| Vocal harmony 25.09.2015 06:45 |
Track 13 1979 thunderbolt intro Hammer To Fall Stone Cold Crazy Keep Yourself Alive Made In Heaven Somebody To Love Killer Queen The Miracal or Play The Game Break Through Born To Love You White Queen Love of My Life. B stage Long Away BM vocal. B stage Drum solo dual. B stage Tenament Funster RT vocal B stage Heaven For Everyone RT vocal B stage Under Pressure. B stage Bass Solo Another one Bites The Dust Brighton Rock with BM solo Inuendo Love Kills Crazy Little Thing called Love Tie Your Mother Down Bo Rhap. Encore In The Lap Of The Gods revisited Encore 2 Rock You We Are The Champions |
| Oscar J 25.09.2015 09:22 |
The setlists they had in 1976 - 79 were pretty much my dream setlists. Throw Innuendo and Dead On Time in there and that's it. :) |
| matt z 25.09.2015 15:48 |
I love how someone even has Paul Rodgers doing STAYING POWER! !! Haha .... a lmfao moment if there ever was one And the 4 1/2 hour set lists are really pushing it. I've seen PRINCE do a 4 hour show with about 42 songs but that's counting a few breaks and 4 encores plus a sampler/MEDLEY set of about 12 songs Anyways. This is harder than it sounds. |
| Pokemaniacjunk 25.09.2015 18:27 |
I would say my setlist would be Procession Headlong Dear friends Breakthru Let me live Back chat Medley Bohemian rhapsody, March of the black queen, funny how love is, and in only seven days Jesus These are the days of our lives Encore 1 Innuendo Scandal The night comes down Delilah The prophets song Encore 2 The show must go on Medley Tenement funster Flick of the wrist Lily of the valley Ending songs One year of love Was it all worth it |
| Fat Bottomed Queen 26.09.2015 08:03 |
The King Of Rhye wrote: Geez, British Man, that would be about a 5-hour show, wouldn't it? lol Well, It is a dream setlist after all. |