| Megine 11.07.2012 12:48 |
As we know, Live Aid was on 13 July 1985. And my birth was on 14 July 1998, but it doesn't matter (to you). The storming of the Bastille was on 14 July 1789. Anyway, what do you think of the Queen performance at Live Aid. Oh, please read where it's written: "be gentle, I'm a newbie" And... sorry for my English, I'm still learning and I hope you guys understand what I wrote. Have a nice day! |
| croatiafan 11.07.2012 13:57 |
"The greatest twenty minutes in the history of rock and roll" "The? day when the Earth stood still for Freddie" "The best live rock performance ever" "Live Aid was watched by more than a billion of people worldwide; in 17 minutes Queen gave probably the most impressive performance of their existence":) |
| Micrówave 11.07.2012 14:23 |
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| brENsKi 11.07.2012 16:17 |
i'd like to say that queen at live aid was a great moment in a very good day. as someone who remembers it all vididly and saw it from the wembley opening right thru to the end of the philly gig, i loved the whole day. queen were one of many highlights. but @croatiafan: really? you really do think this? then you need to get out more!!! let's deal with your comments individually: "The greatest twenty minutes in the history of rock and roll" come on, you're not going to let "dark side of the moon", beatles on ed sullivan, bob dylan going electric, woodstock, pistols and bill grundy, mtv airing for the first time...get in the way of your weird perspective are you? "The? day when the Earth stood still for Freddie" no. the "day the earth stood still" in rock n roll parlance would put, buddy holly's death, john lennon's death, elvis' death, kurt cobain's death and EVEN freddie's death above live aid as "stood still moments" "The best live rock performance ever" no. the best live performance at live aid, maybe. but on 4 of the five times i saw queen live they were better than live aid. that 18 mins at live aid was good. and in the sphere of live aid it was incredible, but in reality it wasn't anywhere near "the greatest live rock performance ever"...i have seen many gigs from 79 to date and i speak from experience when i say that some of these were MUCH better than quene at live aid. and that's not including the gigs i haven't attended that definitely sound better than queen at live aid....the who at leeds, the lizzy gig at philly (unedited), purple california jam, knebworth, elton and bowie at the NEC in the early 80s, |
| croatiafan 11.07.2012 16:30 |
brENsKi wrote: i'd like to say that queen at live aid was a great moment in a very good day. as someone who remembers it all vididly and saw it from the wembley opening right thru to the end of the philly gig, i loved the whole day. queen were one of many highlights. but @croatiafan: really? you really do think this? then you need to get out more!!! let's deal with your comments individually: "The greatest twenty minutes in the history of rock and roll" come on, you're not going to let "dark side of the moon", beatles on ed sullivan, bob dylan going electric, woodstock, pistols and bill grundy, mtv airing for the first time...get in the way of your weird perspective are you? "The? day when the Earth stood still for Freddie" no. the "day the earth stood still" in rock n roll parlance would put, buddy holly's death, john lennon's death, elvis' death, kurt cobain's death and EVEN freddie's death above live aid as "stood still moments" "The best live rock performance ever" no. the best live performance at live aid, maybe. but on 4 of the five times i saw queen live they were better than live aid. that 18 mins at live aid was good. and in the sphere of live aid it was incredible, but in reality it wasn't anywhere near "the greatest live rock performance ever"...i have seen many gigs from 79 to date and i speak from experience when i say that some of these were MUCH better than quene at live aid. and that's not including the gigs i haven't attended that definitely sound better than queen at live aid....the who at leeds, the lizzy gig at philly (unedited), purple california jam, knebworth, elton and bowie at the NEC in the early 80s,Jesus Christ! |
| Sebastian 11.07.2012 17:06 |
Very good, but over-rated. Queen gave 50+ better performances throughout their history. At least. |
| dowens 11.07.2012 18:28 |
It's great. Love it. |
| Holly2003 11.07.2012 18:30 |
croatiafan wrote:brENsKi wrote: i'd like to say that queen at live aid was a great moment in a very good day. as someone who remembers it all vididly and saw it from the wembley opening right thru to the end of the philly gig, i loved the whole day. queen were one of many highlights. but @croatiafan: really? you really do think this? then you need to get out more!!! let's deal with your comments individually: "The greatest twenty minutes in the history of rock and roll" come on, you're not going to let "dark side of the moon", beatles on ed sullivan, bob dylan going electric, woodstock, pistols and bill grundy, mtv airing for the first time...get in the way of your weird perspective are you? "The? day when the Earth stood still for Freddie" no. the "day the earth stood still" in rock n roll parlance would put, buddy holly's death, john lennon's death, elvis' death, kurt cobain's death and EVEN freddie's death above live aid as "stood still moments" "The best live rock performance ever" no. the best live performance at live aid, maybe. but on 4 of the five times i saw queen live they were better than live aid. that 18 mins at live aid was good. and in the sphere of live aid it was incredible, but in reality it wasn't anywhere near "the greatest live rock performance ever"...i have seen many gigs from 79 to date and i speak from experience when i say that some of these were MUCH better than quene at live aid. and that's not including the gigs i haven't attended that definitely sound better than queen at live aid....the who at leeds, the lizzy gig at philly (unedited), purple california jam, knebworth, elton and bowie at the NEC in the early 80s,Jesus Christ! Look Fred wasn't the messiah, he was a very naughty boy. |
| Sebastian 11.07.2012 18:43 |
As are Brian, John and Roger: both Dr Wig and his Blond Sidekick have committed adultery, and Duke Ostrich was found eyeing strippers. Is that what Jesus Christ taught them? |
| Holly2003 11.07.2012 18:50 |
Maybe Buddy Jesus had a word. |
| Missreclusive 11.07.2012 18:54 |
LOL@brENsKi with a bit of an eye roll with it. |
| Sheer Brass Neck 11.07.2012 21:15 |
They were the best band by light years that day, one of the few who were professional and had their shit together. I say them in the 70s at least twice where IMHO they were better due to the fact they were a rock band in the 70s and much rawer live. Having said that, they destroyed the place in front of a non-Queen audience. May not have been their best performance, but the fact that they won over so many people who may not have been fans/hated them is a testament to Adam Lambert's genius. Sorry, Freddie' s :) |
| Supersonic_Man89 12.07.2012 04:45 |
I'd argue that it was one of Freddie's best day's vocally...especially because he never performed as well live 2 years either side of that day. |
| BelfastQueenFan 12.07.2012 05:01 |
Queen were the champions of the world that day. The performance was so slick it was incredible. They had obviously nailed everything down to a T. My favourite bit is Freddie's face when he does his crowd improv and everyone in the stadium sings back. His face is a picture. |
| freddiefan91 12.07.2012 07:10 |
Its a great performance and you can never tire of watching it |
| tomchristie22 12.07.2012 07:20 |
I think we're actually going to the opposite extreme. Sure it's overrated, but I think some people are actually starting to UNDERSTATE it. It is definitely one of their strongest shows all around. |
| Pingfah 12.07.2012 08:35 |
It's a great performance made all the greater by the fact that Queen were just so damn savvy about it. Their popularity was waning somewhat, and given the opportunity to showcase the highlights of their career and remind the whole world why they were one of the biggest rock bands ever, they did exactly that. |
| brENsKi 12.07.2012 10:58 |
croatiafan wrote:why "Jesus Christ!" ???brENsKi wrote: i'd like to say that queen at live aid was a great moment in a very good day. as someone who remembers it all vididly and saw it from the wembley opening right thru to the end of the philly gig, i loved the whole day. queen were one of many highlights. but @croatiafan: really? you really do think this? then you need to get out more!!! let's deal with your comments individually: "The greatest twenty minutes in the history of rock and roll" come on, you're not going to let "dark side of the moon", beatles on ed sullivan, bob dylan going electric, woodstock, pistols and bill grundy, mtv airing for the first time...get in the way of your weird perspective are you? "The? day when the Earth stood still for Freddie" no. the "day the earth stood still" in rock n roll parlance would put, buddy holly's death, john lennon's death, elvis' death, kurt cobain's death and EVEN freddie's death above live aid as "stood still moments" "The best live rock performance ever" no. the best live performance at live aid, maybe. but on 4 of the five times i saw queen live they were better than live aid. that 18 mins at live aid was good. and in the sphere of live aid it was incredible, but in reality it wasn't anywhere near "the greatest live rock performance ever"...i have seen many gigs from 79 to date and i speak from experience when i say that some of these were MUCH better than quene at live aid. and that's not including the gigs i haven't attended that definitely sound better than queen at live aid....the who at leeds, the lizzy gig at philly (unedited), purple california jam, knebworth, elton and bowie at the NEC in the early 80s,Jesus Christ! because i disagree with you, and give valid reasons why? because i actually saw queen perform WHOLE GIGS that were better than the 18-minute-xfactor-audition-come liveaid? look, it's subjective, and because i'm not some stepford who thinks they're the best at everything they do, does not make me NOT a fan, or my comments any less valid than yours... in case you didn't notice, a few others tend to take my objective view and agree with me....see below your "Jesus Christ" reply |
| madmetaltom 12.07.2012 13:05 |
Amzing gig |
| drmurph 12.07.2012 14:35 |
Queen blew everyone else away. Though not sure about the comment about waning popularity (in most of the world) given they'd released The Works the previous year with a number of hits but I think it certainly brought them back into popular focus as a great live ROCK band. As far as the actual performance goes Freddie was in great voice (as it wasn't during a long tour and his voice was rested), the band was generally tight being not long after The Works tour (the obvious exception being the end of Hammer to Fall as they tried to finish the song early). Considering the onstage sound was probably a bit dodgy given the nature of the event it was a brilliant. It's just a shame they hadn'y flew over to the U.S. to perform rather than Phil Collins then they'd have shown Americans what they'd forgotten. On a personal note I'd watched TV all day waiting for Queen and just whe they came on I got called for dinner. My mum got really angry so I missed some of it (at the time). |
| Gregsynth 12.07.2012 21:29 |
Live Aid was great overall. It's got some of Freddie's best vocals in a live setting (like Radio Ga Ga), and it shows that smoking didn't ruin his voice. |
| Dan C. 13.07.2012 02:19 |
Who the fuck are Queen? |
| Djdownsy 13.07.2012 10:06 |
In fairness, they were pretty much the only band that put the serious rehearsal into performing for that day. It's hardly a coincidence that they were better than anyone else. They're living(or not as the case may be) proof that practise makes perfect! |
| Djdownsy 13.07.2012 10:07 |
Dan C. wrote: Who the fuck are Queen?lol |
| mickeybrad173 13.07.2012 12:30 |
I thought Queen's performance was a show stopper and did steal the show. Considering that Freddie had throat problems and was told by his doctor that he shouldn't sing at Live Aid. I am so glad that Freddie ignored his doctors wishes. |
| Rubbersuit 13.07.2012 12:43 |
I was in grade-school at the time and slept over at a friend's house the night before so that we could spend all day watching Live Aid. Which was a good plan until my friend got all pervy on me that night and wanted to do some "playing around" then when Live Aid was on his mom declared that it was time for lunch and that the TV had to go off - just as Queen took the stage. All in all a pretty crappy day. |
| Sebastian 13.07.2012 14:25 |
Queen did blow (nearly) everyone else away, but that still doesn't mean it was their best gig. Queen performed at ca 60% of their skills. People like McCartney and Sting performed at ca 30% of theirs, others (like Page, Plant & Jones) performed at 15% of theirs - that's why Queen were 'better' that day. |
| Invisible Woman 23.07.2017 02:34 |
I often watch the video of their performance(on You Tube). That twenty minutes are magnificent,I wish I was there then. |
| thomasquinn 32989 23.07.2017 06:24 |
Invisible Woman wrote: I often watch the video of their performance(on You Tube). That twenty minutes are magnificent,I wish I was there then.Great. Did it take you more or less than 20 minutes to find this 5 year old thread and revive it? |
| Sebastian 23.07.2017 07:18 |
Sebastian wrote: Queen did blow (nearly) everyone else away, but that still doesn't mean it was their best gig. Queen performed at ca 60% of their skills. People like McCartney and Sting performed at ca 30% of theirs, others (like Page, Plant & Jones) performed at 15% of theirs - that's why Queen were 'better' that day.Five years later, I correct my statement... sort of: most artists did perform rather poorly compared to their usual standard, but they were also facing logistical issues which caused that. Queen were great. Way, way better than I used to give them credit for. |