| WKMahlerMahlers.Com 13.11.2014 00:19 |
Only a handful of Queen songs having more than synth, piano, drums, bass, vocals and guitar, there's probably under ten songs in total by the band, officially released by the band out of hundreds of songs, performed live and or in studio that come to mind. Bring Back That Leroy Brown Fairy Feller's Master Stroke Good Company Seaside Rendezvous Love Of My Life Teo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together) One Year Of Love Surf's Up...School's Out Not that many efforts as a whole by any incarnation of Queen. Also, for a band that didn't hold back in the studio, sparing no expense for songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody", "The Prophet's Song", "Father To Son", "Someday One Day", songs that incorporated layers upon layers of vocals and or guitar work, others like "It's A Hard Life", "All Dead, All Dead", "You Take My Breath Away", "Somebody To Love", "The Millionaires Waltz", please understand, the songs that fall into the category of classical, symphony, orchestras - translated into rock songs, well, what could Freddie, John, Roger & Brian expect when faced with the challenge of live performance and acceptance by the audience? I was let down considerably when I first heard the live version of "You Take My Breath Away", just Freddie and his piano as he tried in vain to do justice to the elaborate ballad, so much so, it's as if he didn't bother to try more than merely just wanting to get it over with, it was that bad compared to the lovely studio version - and I still am let down to this day, over a decade after hearing the song live via a bootleg on cassette for the first time.1 I'd like to believe they could've afforded a chorus of people, 10 - 20 backup singers, set up behind Roger's drum kit for live renditions of "Bohemian Rhapsody", the operatic section and all the backing soulful vocals of "Somebody To Love" and I'd like to believe they could've found someone to play sax for "One Year Of Love" live in concert, were they really that stingy or just wanting to be a stripped down mainly four piece band for the longest time until they needed someone to play piano for Freddie seemingly couldn't do it anymore. At least Brian May when he toured solo in support of both of his releases, he had back up singers with him at every show. I can't write about Roger's solo concerts or his live gigs with The Cross, I've not heard more than one or two shows and both were bootlegs too. When Paul Rodgers joined in, it became apparent that Jamie M., Brian's accompaniment on guitar was singing back ups and the song of Mercury era Queen took on a whole new life without that much of a drastic change. When Freddie and the boys first performed "Fat Bottomed Girls" in concert and it was bootlegged, I heard that many years later and was shocked to hear them struggle to sing the beginning of the song, just Roger & Freddie at different octaves from each other, raw and pure, unconditional and unprocessed unlike the full and grand chorus of many repeated overlaying vocals for "Fat Bottomed Girls". Paul Rodgers version gave excellent respect to the original version of "Fat Bottomed Girls" meaning, the vocal intro seemed to flow better than any version Freddie did in concert - and it became one of the primary reasons I think why "Fat Bottomed Girls" was left off of "Live Killers" (and "Somebody To Love" as well.) I could go on but it's 1:13 a.m. est here on the east coast of the USA, I should be sound asleep presently. WK |
| GERRYISADICK 13.11.2014 04:50 |
Please Fuck off and go take your meds! |
| Hoopsie 13.11.2014 07:23 |
WKMahlerMahlers.Com wrote: I could go on but it's 1:13 a.m. est here on the east coast of the USA, I should be sound asleep presently.Thank God for small favors. |
| WKMahlerMahlers.Com 13.11.2014 08:04 |
Jefffabiano wrote: Please Fuck off and go take your meds!Hey JeffAbiano I reckon you don't have a job, live with your parents, collect welfare, your boyfriend is threatening to leave you and why? YOU are a pathetic little loser who finds nothing more pleasant than to write illogical, unethical and unwarranted comments about me and anyone else that is a far superior writer, musician and human being than you. Keep hiding behind your keyboard, cover up your webcam and f**** off wanker. |
| scottmax 13.11.2014 09:09 |
Mate you talk some shit, boring shit, why don't you go to QOL? |
| The King Of Rhye 13.11.2014 09:50 |
Freddie, Brian, John, and Roger was plenty enough on the stage, thank you................you mentioned Somebody To Love.........listen to the version from Live At The Bowl, also on the 2011 remaster or ADATR..............they didn't NEED any backup on that one!!!!! |
| Vocal harmony 13.11.2014 10:50 |
WK it seems strange that dome one who is so disappointed with Queen's live performance of so many songs is still a fan. Most of what they played live was the core of the song, with all the studio wizardry removed. You Take My Breath Away is a beautiful song, the colour added by the backing vocal and guitar orchestration in the studio add to this. The live version is still the same song, same piano chords, same melody. How could Freddie sing those layered backing vocals live? If they'd used extra backing singers the sound wouldn't have melted together like the studio anyway. The way they perform Bo Rhap is great, they don't pretend to perform the middle section, why would they take a choir on tour just to perform one song. . . To do the opera section you need more than ten or twenty voices. Get Real. Other songs, for instance White Queen which were big production songs in the studio take on a different, interesting and very musical life live which is a different way of performing the same song. The Millionaire Waltz worked really well live. Oh wait you didn't slate Love OF My Life live. . . . No Piano, No Harp, no Guitar orchestration, no backing harmonies. . . . How could you miss that? |
| kosimodo 13.11.2014 12:17 |
You take my breath away live in hyde park take mine away... man i love that live version. You gotto listen to that;) |
| Nitroboy 13.11.2014 14:57 |
While we're at it pretending they needed 10-20 back-up singers, why not pretend they also needed 4-6 dancers on stage as well - surely the massive stages were too much for Freddie to handle alone.... |
| musicland munich 13.11.2014 19:06 |
At first QUEEN is a classic Rock Group...wich kind of instrument do you expect those Bands should use on their albums ? ...and listen Mr.Mahler do you her them ? There a horns on "Staying Power"....oh have another listen...can this be true ? A whole fucking orchestra on "Who wants to live forever" ... ..why on earth they should look out for someone who would play Sax(live) on "One year of love" ??? It was never on a live setlist ! |
| GERRYISADICK 13.11.2014 19:17 |
WKMahlerMahlers.Com wrote:Really?Jefffabiano wrote: Please Fuck off and go take your meds!Hey JeffAbiano I reckon you don't have a job, live with your parents, collect welfare, your boyfriend is threatening to leave you and why? YOU are a pathetic little loser who finds nothing more pleasant than to write illogical, unethical and unwarranted comments about me and anyone else that is a far superior writer, musician and human being than you. Keep hiding behind your keyboard, cover up your webcam and f**** off wanker. In the words of one of my Heros Suck a tailpipe! |
| Costa86 14.11.2014 15:18 |
I keep saying this, but why is it that about 75% of threads on QZ always descend into this sort of agressive name-calling and generally hostile attitude? EDIT: Is it because there is something inherently wrong with Queen fans? |
| The Real Wizard 16.11.2014 14:25 |
No. It's because there is no moderation on this forum. On virtually any other forum, these buffoons would've had their IP addresses banned months or years ago. This forum is someone's own design, and it doesn't have the capability of banning an IP address (nor does said person have the desire, barring extreme cases that border on slander and libel), so what you see is what you get. |