A Word In Your Ear 17.11.2012 09:28 |
An excellent night was had by all at Portsmouth last night. Not going to harp on about how good the show was but the, highlight of the night (well to me anyway) was when Brian was handed an Ukelele by Pete, Brian Told a little story of "how he first learned to play the Uke' before trading it in for a guitar", He then went on to play & sing "Good Company" As far a I know, it's the first time EVER he's sang this song live at a gig, & played the Uke', live at a gig for that matter. Pure excellence!!!!! Also I am looking to TRADE any recordings from this tour (or any other recording I don't have in my collection), I have some recordings from this tour, all complete, if anyone is interested in a trade. |
mooghead 17.11.2012 09:31 |
He said on Twitter its the first time he has ever done Good Company 'in public' |
last-horizon 42265 17.11.2012 10:03 |
Here it's the video: link Except for "Seaside Rendezvous", all the songs from the ANATO album have been performed live by now. I am currently working on Born Free tour recordings and I might be sharing a full lenght thing within a couple of weeks. |
Ozz 17.11.2012 10:42 |
Excellent, now i can improve my own Uke playing of this song :D |
last-horizon 42265 17.11.2012 10:44 |
A Word In Your Ear wrote: An excellent night was had by all at Portsmouth last night. Not going to harp on about how good the show was but the, highlight of the night (well to me anyway) was when Brian was handed an Ukelele by Pete, Brian Told a little story of "how he first learned to play the Uke' before trading it in for a guitar", He then went on to play & sing "Good Company" As far a I know, it's the first time EVER he's sang this song live at a gig, & played the Uke', live at a gig for that matter. Pure excellence!!!!!I have PM'd you. :-) |
DLCVinnuendo 17.11.2012 11:25 |
excellent version!!!! |
michael donnelly 17.11.2012 12:30 |
Brilliant, Brian, brought a wee tear to the eye, that did. Wish they had included a couple Scottish dates on the tour though. Maybe next year. X |
Queen1973 17.11.2012 13:17 |
That was great wish i was there loved the mess up also made me smile. |
tomchristie22 18.11.2012 02:00 |
A Word In Your Ear wrote: As far a I know, it's the first time EVER he's sang this song live at a gig, & played the Uke', live at a gig for that matter.link 0:48 is a ukulele banjo for a few seconds, if that counts haha |
A Word In Your Ear 18.11.2012 07:03 |
tomchristie22 wrote:Yeah, He used to do that Ukulele Banjo thing in Leroy Brown, but I meant just a proper Ukulele. as far as I know, the only time he's ever played one live in front of a paying audience.A Word In Your Ear wrote: As far a I know, it's the first time EVER he's sang this song live at a gig, & played the Uke', live at a gig for that matter.link 0:48 is a ukulele banjo for a few seconds, if that counts haha |
Sebastian 18.11.2012 08:05 |
Yeah, its a different instrument from the one he used for the Leroy Brown break. There are no documented live versions of GC by Queen so yes, maybe this is the first time a Queen member plays the song live in public. Dr May's, whose memory's sometimes quite off, got it right this time. |
Sheer Brass Neck 18.11.2012 09:38 |
michael donnelly wrote: Brilliant, Brian, brought a wee tear to the eye, that did.To me, this is what is sad about what's left of Queen post Freddie. Brian and Roger have a wonderful catalogue to choose from, people are emotional about these great songs but they always play the same old tunes. I remember the excitement when Taylor Hawkins got Brian and Roger on stage and they played Long Away. People on this board loved it! I think Brian and Roger like the adulation too much to take a chance on having fewer people show up if they don't know the songs, so they trot out all the greatest hits for the millionth time. If I was Jim Beach I'd have them do an intimate venue and do all the gems like Good Company, Drowse, White Queen etc. BTW, flubs and all, that was fantastic. |
dysan 18.11.2012 10:52 |
Totally agree. I'm still stunned we got SSOR / KYA and WWRY Fast on the AL tour. |
GratefulFan 18.11.2012 12:45 |
Sheer Brass Neck wrote: To me, this is what is sad about what's left of Queen post Freddie. Brian and Roger have a wonderful catalogue to choose from, people are emotional about these great songs but they always play the same old tunes. I remember the excitement when Taylor Hawkins got Brian and Roger on stage and they played Long Away. People on this board loved it! I think Brian and Roger like the adulation too much to take a chance on having fewer people show up if they don't know the songs, so they trot out all the greatest hits for the millionth time. If I was Jim Beach I'd have them do an intimate venue and do all the gems like Good Company, Drowse, White Queen etc. BTW, flubs and all, that was fantastic.For established musicians smaller more intimate shows are almost always labours of love and conviction in one way or another. I think often of Taylor Hawkins pounding out stuff with the Coattail Riders with everything he had for about 28 people on a Monday night in a Toronto bar. For Brian the Kerry Ellis stuff seems in large part to be about the challenge and frehness of roles like mentor, producer, arranger, provider of accompaniment and co-creator of new music combinations and energies. Similarly both Brian and Roger traded larger crowds for a shot at having their solo efforts heard. So they're both capable of 'going there' under the right circumstances, which makes the fact that they haven't telling, despite essentially assured success and fan interest. Beyond broad and vague statements about being proud of what they accomplished as Queen I have never had the sense that they adequately valued the brilliance and worth in the finer details of heir own history. You see it for example in Roger's expressed attitude about an anthology (an uninspring future obligation to a record company) and Brian's position on unpolished rarities. So many album tracks are emotional to us but who knows what they represent to the band. The past, staleness, artistic compromise, tensions, regret, failure, boredom, nothing - all possible in varying degrees. Given what we can glean about band attitudes to the things that are important and valuable to serious Queen fans a series of intimate shows seems unlikely, even cynical. |
angermair73 18.11.2012 12:47 |
That was great! |
The Real Wizard 18.11.2012 13:24 |
Great to see Brian finally attempt this one live. It worked surprisingly well, even with the middle 8 mishap ! |
MERQRY 18.11.2012 13:43 |
I love how the song worked! it's a nice song and sounds very well live |
Dan C. 18.11.2012 14:54 |
Love it! And the flubs actually made me love it more. |
Holmsey 18.11.2012 17:34 |
It was my original you tube good company video. I have a few more bits and some piccies also. It was a brill night, i was second row in the middle and it was only a 500 seater theatre anyway.Brian and Kerry were on fab form chatting alot and making mistakes which was so fabulous. It was a really really great, relaxed vibe. |
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Martin Packer 20.11.2012 05:20 |
I think he got Good Company right last night in Wycombe. Or at least good enough to fool ME - which doesnt' take much doing. :-) No guitar solo, by the way. |
The Real Wizard 20.11.2012 08:41 |
The solo requires three guitars (trombone, trumpet, clarinet), so it's a pretty safe bet that he won't be doing it live. Or do you mean the little ukulele solo in the middle? |
Sheer Brass Neck 20.11.2012 11:52 |
GratefulFan wrote: For established musicians smaller more intimate shows are almost always labours of love and conviction in one way or another. I think often of Taylor Hawkins pounding out stuff with the Coattail Riders with everything he had for about 28 people on a Monday night in a Toronto bar. For Brian the Kerry Ellis stuff seems in large part to be about the challenge and frehness of roles like mentor, producer, arranger, provider of accompaniment and co-creator of new music combinations and energies. Similarly both Brian and Roger traded larger crowds for a shot at having their solo efforts heard. So they're both capable of 'going there' under the right circumstances, which makes the fact that they haven't telling, despite essentially assured success and fan interest. Beyond broad and vague statements about being proud of what they accomplished as Queen I have never had the sense that they adequately valued the brilliance and worth in the finer details of heir own history. You see it for example in Roger's expressed attitude about an anthology (an uninspring future obligation to a record company) and Brian's position on unpolished rarities. So many album tracks are emotional to us but who knows what they represent to the band. The past, staleness, artistic compromise, tensions, regret, failure, boredom, nothing - all possible in varying degrees.Agree with everything stated GF, but when Brian complains about people only knowing the hits and wishing they'd discover the albums, and Roger complains about people not knowing what a wonderful musician Freddie (and the band) was, there is something that says for all their success, they wish for more. They can do it, maybe it doesn't mean so much to them. I still think a small venue tour would do big box office . |
Sebastian 20.11.2012 16:55 |
The Real Wizard wrote: The solo requires three guitars (trombone, trumpet, clarinet), so it's a pretty safe bet that he won't be doing it live. Or do you mean the little ukulele solo in the middle?Queen were adamant NOT to replicate the studio versions. Theoretically, Brian could arrange a live version for GC with a guitar solo that was a reduction of the jazz-band arrangement, the same way he did Killer Queen and GOFLB, and many others. |
The Real Wizard 20.11.2012 18:44 |
Very true ! |
tomchristie22 21.11.2012 23:29 |
I don't think it was trying to be different to the studio version as much as it was doing the best and closest possible version with only one guitar, and still have it sound like a coherent solo, which I think they did successfully with those you mentioned. But that was the 1970s, and I doubt Brian would be that adventurous nowadays. |
Martin Packer 22.11.2012 11:03 |
By mentioning "he got it right" I was comparing and contrasting to what he instantly acknowledged as "getting it wrong" - the other night. Nothing deeper than that. |
jpgthfc 22.12.2012 18:40 |
I went to the wycombe concert at the end of the tour- he played it then as well! great to see an old gem like that be revived |