| tomchristie22 05.03.2012 23:04 |
This was posted on QueenOnline's news page today link "To anyone out there with regards to Knebworth... It would be great to have an idea on the songs you would most like to hear us play. Roger and Brian" There's an email address to send suggestions to. I thought maybe if we all decide on one song we want to hear the most (one that they wouldn't play anyway, obviously), and we all suggest that one song, there might be a chance they'd play it. Thoughts? |
| The Real Wizard 05.03.2012 23:15 |
Right on. Great to see them open to this kind of thing. Myself, I'd say anything from the first eight records. The more the merrier. Tunes that they haven't done in years, like It's Late and Spread Your Wings. If Bri is going to sing, it'd be nice to see him bring back Sail Away Sweet Sister. He did it a few times in 1998. But realistically, the show will be mostly hits, as the general public doesn't know much beyond the Greatest Hits collections. Nobody should be surprised at that. |
| Dan C. 06.03.2012 00:42 |
I too would very much like to hear "Sail Away Sweet Sister" come out of retirement. It's one of my personal favorite 'album' tracks. Such a wonderful song! Though it's probably nowhere near the realm of possibility, I would love to hear Roger do a version of "Calling All Girls" or something else of his Freddie sang from that era. |
| The Real Wizard 06.03.2012 01:18 |
Damn, that would be cool. |
| cmsdrums 06.03.2012 01:26 |
They're taking the piss aren't they?? For years there was a "get in touch and tell us what releases you'd like to see" note on QOL which served no purpose at all. For the last couple of years we've had their 'official' representatives on here telling us openly that releases are NOT for the fans but aimed squarely at the general public and that's why so many greatest hits and the usual same stuff over and over. They have done two extensive tours to their own crowds with Paul Rodgers and, with the exception of the odd gem, have stuck to the big hits, so do we really think that a partly non-queen fan festival crowd are going to be treated to Long Away, It's Late, If You Can't Beat Them etc....?? |
| john bodega 06.03.2012 01:27 |
I reckon anything from Innuendo. Or even Innuendo itself. No point moving in half measures. Sheer Heart Attack would be cool as well. Might kill Roger, but it'd be cool to hear. |
| Russian Headlong 06.03.2012 02:40 |
anything without adam lambert singing on. |
| tomchristie22 06.03.2012 02:43 |
Even if they don't take it into account at all, it's still worth sending suggestions if there's a chance they will. This is what I sent, ended up writing more than I originally intended... - Tenement Funster or Modern Times Rock And Roll with Roger vocals - It's Late - Spread Your Wings - Sail Away Sweet Sister or Long Away with Brian vocals - Something heavy from QII, Ogre Battle or Father To Son perhaps - Death On Two Legs or Flick Of The Wrist - Save Me - not very obscure but hasn't been played since 1982 (I think) |
| Queen1973 06.03.2012 02:46 |
Brighton rock with a 1 hour guitar solo and 1 hour drum solo. Concert finished!!! Adam in the shadows... |
| tcc 06.03.2012 02:57 |
Please don't ask for the song We Are The Champions because it has been proven that Adam Lambert cannot sing it well. |
| inu-liger 06.03.2012 03:03 |
Breakthru Headlong I Was Born To Love You Machines (or 'Back To Human') Ride The Wild Wind Stone Cold Crazy Tear It Up Tenement Funster The Hitman You Don't Fool Me |
| Queenman!! 06.03.2012 03:18 |
Wow now that's is a great marketing move from QP. Try to involve the fans and critics of Adam Lambert into this gig. |
| Russian Headlong 06.03.2012 03:41 |
c lebrity with z lebrity lambert on the triangle. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 06.03.2012 04:08 |
C'mon, many Queenzoners engage in wishful setlists all the time, just for fun. Now they were asked by Brian and Roger themselves, so let them do it! :) We all know they can't choose to play Queen II in its entirety, but they might be able to squeeze a couple of gems, so that they can also have fun. What about Stone Cold Crazy with Rufus Taylor on drums, for medical reasons? :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| queen79luca 06.03.2012 04:56 |
Friends will be friends Under Pressure |
| Jimmy Dean 06.03.2012 06:15 |
I'd love to hear the reaction from Brian and Roger if we all flooded their inbox with a request for STAYING POWER :-) I'm not putting the song down... I love it... but I'm pretty sure it's not one they hold dear to them. |
| Wijnand 06.03.2012 06:49 |
Let them play JESUS... |
| A Word In Your Ear 06.03.2012 06:57 |
Roger Singing "Loser In The End" or "Modern Times Rock n Roll" would be great!!! |
| BelfastQueenFan 06.03.2012 07:04 |
Machines (one of my favourites) Anything from Inneudo March of the Black Queen in some fashion. |
| FriedChicken 06.03.2012 07:37 |
I hope they will not skip The Cosmos Rocks. It has some really nice songs which worked well live. For instance Cosmos Rocking would be nice. Or Small or Things that Glitter. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 06.03.2012 10:46 |
@ Friedchicken: ditto :) |
| br5946 06.03.2012 10:59 |
Honestly? It's nice that Bri and Rog are acknowledging the fans, but I'm kinda losing faith. Besides, if they take the real fans' requests on board, no-one will know the tracks. Let me list the tracks the general public know: DMSN, DMSN, DMSN, IWBTF (maybe), WWRY, WATC, AOBTD (m-a-y-b-e), CLTCL (Heaven hopes they do) and DMSN. I'm usually not this cynical, and I don't hate Don't Stop Me Now per se... it's just that Queen HAVE other songs, you know. But whenever you ask someone to name a Queen track, it's the first one anyone names. |
| BelfastQueenFan 06.03.2012 11:09 |
Dont Me Stop Now? DMSN? |
| br5946 06.03.2012 11:27 |
OK, touch-typing is always correct... |
| madmetaltom 06.03.2012 12:23 |
All of Queen 1 and 2 |
| GratefulFan 06.03.2012 12:26 |
Don't mean to be too cynical but I'd only note that I don't think they petitioned fans for ideas for the Rodgers fronted tours. And no, I don't think it's because Lambert is so wildly versatile that their bounty overfloweth with confusing choice. It's more of the Talenthouse, Queen Extravaganza, 'Have You Seen WWRY Hundreds of Times? Let Us Know!' etc. get-fans-involved mechanisms that boil down to marketing and not much else. It really ramped up with the switch to Universal, and I recall Brian noting the company's "all kinds of new ideas". I think this would be one of them, or the offspring of one of them. No harm in it of course but it does add to the manufactured feel of the whole thing. |
| Bad Seed 06.03.2012 12:56 |
I think people need to remember that Sonisphere is a Metal/Hard Rock festival, the only obscure songs played will be the heavier ones IMO. This is what I asked for, all of them very realistic. KYA Ogre Battle SSOR Brighton Rock Now I'm Here Stone Cold Crazy (that's a no brainer because of the Metallica cover) DOTL Prophets Song (Adam doing the vocal delay would work) SHA LMEY The Hero (In it's original key) Put Out The Fire Tear It Up Gimme The Prize Prince's Breakthru WIAWI Innuendo Headlong |
| brians wig 06.03.2012 13:32 |
I think CMS drums has pretty much covered my response, although sadly it's painfull clear from past experience that they'll happily play 'obscurities' to non-Queen fans, but we get the usual shit. |
| Benn 06.03.2012 13:45 |
Fuck me.....not only is it going to be a karaoke show, but it's a karaoke by request show. What a complete and utter load of bollocks; must be the dementia setting in. |
| waunakonor 06.03.2012 13:47 |
tcc wrote: Please don't ask for the song We Are The Champions because it has been proven that Adam Lambert cannot sing it well.They're going to do that whether we like it or not. br5946 wrote: Honestly? It's nice that Bri and Rog are acknowledging the fans, but I'm kinda losing faith. Besides, if they take the real fans' requests on board, no-one will know the tracks. Let me list the tracks the general public know: DMSN, DMSN, DMSN, IWBTF (maybe), WWRY, WATC, AOBTD (m-a-y-b-e), CLTCL (Heaven hopes they do) and DMSN. I'm usually not this cynical, and I don't hate Don't Stop Me Now per se... it's just that Queen HAVE other songs, you know. But whenever you ask someone to name a Queen track, it's the first one anyone names.Err... I think people know Bohemian Rhapsody... |
| waunakonor 06.03.2012 13:49 |
Since the point of this seems to reach a general consensus, I'll go with Sail Away Sweet Sister since that seems popular. Also, how about Great King Rat or Father to Son? |
| Micrówave 06.03.2012 14:58 |
This thread shows exactly why Brian and Roger won't be taking requests. |
| BelfastQueenFan 06.03.2012 16:01 |
Micrówave wrote: This thread shows exactly why Brian and Roger won't be taking requests.haha. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 06.03.2012 20:32 |
Here are my suggestions (one can dream): - Ogre Battle; - Stone Cold Crazy (Rufus Taylor on drums); - Was It All Worth It; - April Lady; - Cosmos Rocking; (Roger on vocals) - Princes Of The Universe; - No More Fun; (Roger on vocals) - Business; (Brian on vocals) - Heaven For Everyone; - Son and Daughter; - Flick Of the Wrist; - Get Down Make Love; (Roger and Adam duet) - The Hero; - Tenement Funster; (Roger on vocals) - Some Things That Glitter; (Brian on vocals) - Sail Away Sweet Sister; (Brian on vocals) - White Queen; - March Of the Black Queen; - Let Me Out; (Brian on vocals) - New Dark Ages; (Roger and Adam duet) - Modern Times Rock'n Roll; (Rufus on drums) - Dragon Attack; - It's Late; - 2 or 3 Greatest Hits :) Cheers, Ogre- |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 06.03.2012 20:33 |
Micrówave wrote: This thread shows exactly why Brian and Roger won't be taking requests.LOL |
| Jimmy Dean 06.03.2012 21:28 |
In all seriousness... a great setlist to fit the bill: 1) We Will Rock You (Fast) 2) Let Me Entertain You 3) Tie Your Mother Down 4) I Want It All 5) Somebody To Love 6) Under Pressure 7) Another One Bites The Dust 8) Somebody To Love 9) I Want To Break Free 10) Sail Away Sweet Sister (Brian) 11) A Kind Of Magic 12) Now I'm Here 13) Keep Yourself Alive (with Brian and Roger "mini" solos) 14) Love Of My Life (sung by Freddie and the crowd) 15) Say It's Not True (Roger Taylor) 16) Radio Ga Ga 17) Ride The Wild Wind (Roger) 18) Stone Cold Crazy / Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy / Killer Queen 19) Don't Stop Me Now 20) Crazy Little Thing Called Love 21) Bohemian Rhapsody E 22) Sheer Heart Attack 23) Headlong 24) In The Lap Of The Gods E 25) March Of The Black Queen (Full Suite --> would make us appreciate Adam Lambert if he could nail it) 26) The Show Must Go On 27) We Will Rock You 28) We Are The Champions |
| tomchristie22 06.03.2012 22:50 |
Send suggestions to them, not in this thread :P Even if there's only a slim chance that they'll play anything we suggest, it's still worth the few seconds it takes to send them in rather than being overly cynical about it. I mean, a slim chance is a lot better than nothing at all. |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 07.03.2012 00:31 |
What a generous idea, to solicit suggestions from crazy people for songs to sprinkle into this major show! Love it! Well, why not? Go for broke! Putting aside most of the traditional live standards, I think it would really be a thrill to hear some of the lesser-performed ones... list is not a "setlist", just songs I'd love to hear new live versions of. Liar Son And Daughter Ogre Battle March Of The Black Queen Father To Son Stone Cold Crazy Lily Of The Valley The Prophet’s Song Seaside Rendezvous Long Away White Man It’s Late Fight From The Inside Let Me Entertain You Don’t Stop Me Now Save Me Let’s Get Crazy (from Roger’s Fun In Space) Action This Day Dancer Innuendo Headlong Hitman Bijou It’s A Beautiful Day A Winter’s Tale C-Lebrity Surf’s Up… School’s Out Dangerland (from Kerry Ellis’s CD) Well, that's what I emailed to them, anyway. Who knows? :D |
| Holly2003 07.03.2012 05:33 |
This is clearly about marketing and publicity. However, I suppose there is a slight chance that Lamber might persuade Brian and Roger to do something interesting. The Foo Fighters convinced Brian to play Sleeping on the Sidewalk, for example. However, I suspect this will be a "greatest hits" concert. In the off chance this is serious I'll bet Brian has already emailed the website 2000 times asking for We Will Rock You to be played :) |
| deleted user 07.03.2012 11:15 |
Actually, this is really just marketing. Brian mentioned in the press release that he received terrific response from Queen fans about the Adam Lambert show. Which we all (at least all genuine Queen fans) know just cannot be true! This request thing is just another piece of publicity crap. No genuine Queen fan wants Adam Lambert; neither do we want the greatest hits. Just Brian and Roger singing will do us just fine. Especially from Queen and QueenII. |
| fjac1980 07.03.2012 11:36 |
My set list - One Vision - The Hero - Seven Seas Of Rhye - Somebody To Love - Doing All Right - Save Me - Was it all worth it - I can't live with you - Teo Torriate - 39 - Love of my life - Chinese Torture - These Are The Days Os Our Lives - Bohemian Rhapsody - Radio Gaga - Don't Stop Me Now - Another One Bites The Dust - Keep Yourself Alive - Tie Your Mother Down - Its Late - We Will Rock You - We are the champions - |
| AndrewR 07.03.2012 13:28 |
The number one song of all time is Hammer to Fall I am voting on behalf of my 6 year old and ten year old who play it constantly at home Andrew |
| pma 07.03.2012 14:26 |
My setlist Procession Father to Son Funny How Love Is The March of the Black Queen The Aftermath Whataya Want From Me Love of My Life oh fuck it! Y.M.C.A In the Navy Macho Man Go West + WWRY Champions |
| jeffuk49 07.03.2012 15:50 |
1 Liar 2 Breakthru 3 Innuendo 4 Ride the Wild Wind 5 Hitman 6 White Queen 7 The Invisible Man 8 Ga Ga 9 Magic 10 TYMD 11 Seven Seas 12 Bohemian Rhapsody 13 Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) 14 Love of My Life/Bijou 15 White Man 16 Friends will be Friends 17 It's Late 18 Don't Stop Me Now 19 Play The Game 20 Dragon Attack 21 WWRY 22 Was it All Worth It 23 WATC 24 GSTQ |
| luis663 07.03.2012 16:21 |
1. Intro-Procession 2. Ogre Battle 3. Liar 4. Seven Seas of Rhye 5. Father To Son 6. Sheer Heart Attack 7. Medley: (similar to Live Killers’) Death on 2 legs, Killer Queen, Bicycle, Love with my car. 8. Let me live (you guys in vocals) 9. Innuendo—full version 10. Days of our lives 11. Somebody to love 12. Great King Rat 13. Don’t stop me know 14. Sail away sweet sister 15. Who wants to live forever 16. Princess of the universe 17. Guitar solo—Bijou + original guitar solo—no Brighton please 18. GAGA 19. Dust 20. Thing called love 21. Show must go on 22. Boh rap 23. Mustapha 24. WWRY 25. Champions 26. Was it all worth it 27. God save the queen |
| tomchristie22 07.03.2012 23:18 |
This turned fairly quickly into a 'post your ideal setlist' thread :P |
| waunakonor 08.03.2012 19:45 |
tomchristie22 wrote: This turned fairly quickly into a 'post your ideal setlist' thread :PThey should play every Queen song ever. |
| Wiley 08.03.2012 22:34 |
So, let's say this was for real. Everybody posts their setlist. 99.9% of them have BoRhap, Rock You, Champions and Crazy little thing called love. Some QP chump makes a list and sends the top 10 (or 20) tracks to Brian and Roger... the result? A greatest hits setlist, my friends! |
| Makka 09.03.2012 08:27 |
Has anyone mentioned Doin' Alright? Would love to hear that live again after so many years. Also Death On Two Legs! |
| Fone Bone 12.03.2012 09:51 |
My browser(s) are not Queenonline friendly : can someone please give me the e-mail address to send the requests to ? Thanks ++ I'm asking for Innuendo Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...... The Miracle Somebody To Love Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited Headlong It's A Hard Life Killer Queen Who Wants To Live Forever Ride The Wild Wind (Roger vocals) Sail Away Sweet Sister (Brian vocals) |
| beautifulsoup 12.03.2012 10:09 |
Never let Adam sing Love of My Life. Never let Adam sing Who Wants to Live Forever. That's all I got. |
| john bodega 12.03.2012 12:05 |
He won't. Oh, Brian and Roger might try to play those songs. The names might be written on the setlist. Adam might even approach the mic and try to make some noise. But it won't resemble those songs. |
| brENsKi 12.03.2012 17:43 |
This was posted on QueenOnline's news page today "To anyone out there with regards to Knebworth... It would be great to have an idea on the songs you would most like to hear us play. Roger and Brian" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ i'm taking them literally. so.............. boston - more than a feeling sabbath - children of the sea rainbow - stargazer chickenfoot - different devil thin lizzy - still in love with you springsteen - for you smetana - the vltava score camille san saens - carnival of the animals badfinger - day after day love - alone again, or? strawbs - lay down ccr - fortunate son bob dylan - shelter from the storm so...what do you reckon to my chances? |
| queenUSA 12.03.2012 18:51 |
I want to hear: Get Down Make Love |
| Queen4ever13 14.03.2012 11:21 |
Yeah I agree, I think they're getting nervous at the backlash of comments on once again having Lambert fronting them and they're trying to feel out the fans. As much as I hate to say this, I hope the true Queen fans really show their dissatisfaction at this performance, maybe they'll decide to never repeat this again. |
| Queen4ever13 14.03.2012 11:36 |
I agree, that would be sacrilege. |
| Day dop 14.03.2012 22:09 |
Chinese Torture?!?!? That's the worst track Queen ever did. It's not even like a track. It's just .... torture! |
| lk 15.03.2012 05:16 |
I'd like them to dust off Driven By You & Man On Fire would be interesting |