| Gregsynth 22.01.2015 09:04 |
What was it like seeing a band of that caliber playing in those intimate venues? There were some venues on that tour that only could hold a few hundred people! I imagine that the atmosphere was fantastic! |
| Vocal harmony 22.01.2015 10:07 |
I saw them at the Brighton Centre and The Rainbow, both shows were very loud, Brighton more so. There was a huge amount of energy at both shows, and in a way they were almost over powering, performing like they were in arenas, which is what they'd been doing for over two years leading up to the Crazy tour. Brilliant brilliant shows! |
| Gregsynth 22.01.2015 10:35 |
Awesome! |
| snelly1 22.01.2015 12:00 |
I saw them at the Birmingham NEC. I was 15 and it was the first concert I had been to. Had been a massive fan since ANATO. Just unbelievable concert and I remember what it was like as clearly as if it was yesterday. The lighting rig slowly rising as the music got loader..and then Freddie bursting on stage in his black leathers. They also played Save Me for the first time and before it had been released as a single - a massive highlight. Enjoyed them again at the O2 last week-end and nice to hear Save Me again! |
| master marathon runner 22.01.2015 12:38 |
I was at Newcastle on December 4 ? - 3rd row, of course it was phenomenal, having the boys almost at touching distance. Imagine the 4 of them lined up in front of you for"39" They were very relaxed that night and were having fun, which, I suppose, they were most of the time. Fast and loud and rocking it big time. I turned around at one point, looked up to the upper balcony ,(the circle?)- and the mass of fans , bouncing as one, during. "tie y m down" was a memory that will stay with me forever. Obviously. Check out the date on queenlive ca ? , the real wizard's site and view the. 2 photos I submitted, one with Brian on piano during the virginal "save me" and Freddie rocking it large. "memories, my memories, how long must you stay to haunt my days" !! |
| The Real Wizard 22.01.2015 14:31 |
snelly1 wrote: I saw them at the Birmingham NEC. They also played Save Me for the first timeSo they didn't play it in Dublin a couple days before ?! The NEC show was the second show of the tour. Anyone here attend the Dublin show and knows for sure? |
| QueenTwo 22.01.2015 15:19 |
I saw 2 shows at Glasgow Apollo, although i'd seen them in previous tours I felt by crazy tour time they were defo at the top of there game, both shows were fantastic, and on the first night I managed to see the soundcheck to. great memories indeed.The place was electric |
| philip storey 23.01.2015 04:22 |
I also went to the NEC show and it was my first of 8 Queen shows that i saw over the years.I would have been 15 at the time, we went on a bus from Nottingham.Those were the days when record shops organized trips to various shows.I think at the time the NEC show held the record for a standing indoor event.The stage looked awsome when we took our places not too far back on the left side of the stage.When it got near to show time and the music that was being played through the Speakers stopped for a few seconds the crowd went wild ,urging the show to start,but then the music came back on.I thought it was never going to happen and then the house lights went down,a massive roar went up and this high pitched sound started to build and got louder and louder the stage was also moving ,as though it was coming to life.Then the band appeared the show started the crowd went nuts,it was a fantastic concert i had never seen anything like it in my life.It was talked about for months afterwards with my mates who also went.I still look back on that show with great memories. |
| brENsKi 23.01.2015 07:48 |
Gregsynth wrote: What was it like seeing a band of that caliber playing in those intimate venues? There were some venues on that tour that only could hold a few hundred people! I imagine that the atmosphere was fantastic!well for me - it was my first gig AFTER starting work - so it was a night out and the atmos (for me) was totally different because of that. and the NEC was/is anything but intimate in those days we had the NEC and Odeon in brum, added to that Stafford Bingley hall and one or two other "cowshed" venues. the "intimate" venues were our locals - like R&Js, Irish Centre, and a couple of colleges - and queen were well past this stage as far as our city was concerned. |
| Mr.Mouth 23.01.2015 07:58 |
My father and mother were in Zagreb 1979... They said there were few people recorded it and still they didnt uploud bootleg.. Im searching it onCroatian forums but no found still. But I will try and try to get that bootleg.. |
| thomasquinn 32989 23.01.2015 08:07 |
I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing? |
| Sam99 23.01.2015 10:30 |
I was a bit too young to go to this, but I remember some older guys from my school did see Queen at the RDS in Dublin, I questioned them endless about it and clearly recall they told me Save Me was played! |
| people on streets 23.01.2015 10:34 |
Mr.Mouth wrote: My father and mother were in Zagreb 1979... They said there were few people recorded it and still they didnt uploud bootleg.. Im searching it onCroatian forums but no found still. But I will try and try to get that bootleg..Cool parents. |
| people on streets 23.01.2015 10:36 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote: I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing?link |
| Vocal harmony 23.01.2015 11:19 |
people on streets wrote:thomasquinn 32989 wrote: I don't get it - I consistently hear about the loudness of Queen-shows, especially in smaller venues (relative loudness, of course. It makes sense that the overall volume is higher in a stadium than in a club), and I really don't understand the reasoning behind that. Excessive loudness is what spoils live music for me, and the main reason I absolutely refuse to go to big venue rock concerts now. What is it about ear-shattering loudness that makes the music sound like one big garbled mess that people find so appealing?It depends, I've been at loud arena shows and loud club or theatre shows. The sound on the Magic tour ( out door stadiums) was caped at 110 db in the UK as part of the agreement for granting licences for the shows. They were using 500,000watts of speaker handling but not driving it to the limit, which produced a really good quality live sound The overall sound on The Crazy Tour was loud, 110db BM's acoustic guitar solo. ( internationalmusician feb/march 1980) rising to 118 to 125 for the rest of the show. Clearly louder than the bigger outdoor shows. On the current tour Robert Collins thinks the average is about 115db, but using a line array system means that although the volume is there it's not always so noticeable. The nature of the system is that it's very direct and works more like a hifi system rather than a big box PA. I've also been to small club gigs with a relatively small PA pushing out 98db but because of the, less than good quality of sound, it's sounded louder. At the end of the day, 110db for instance in a stadium is no different to 110 db in an arena. It a scaled measure of volume and that doesn't chance link |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 12:18 |
Vocal harmony wrote: The overall sound on The Crazy Tour was loud, 110db BM's acoustic guitar solo. (internationalmusician feb/march 1980) rising to 118 to 125 for the rest of the show. Clearly louder than the bigger outdoor shows.That's crazy insane ! Can all the harmonic complexity still be discerned at that volume in a small venue like that? |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 12:19 |
Mr.Mouth wrote: My father and mother were in Zagreb 1979... They said there were few people recorded it and still they didnt uploud bootleg.. Im searching it onCroatian forums but no found still. But I will try and try to get that bootleg..Good luck ! |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 12:19 |
Sam99 wrote: I was a bit too young to go to this, but I remember some older guys from my school did see Queen at the RDS in Dublin, I questioned them endless about it and clearly recall they told me Save Me was played!Cool. Thanks a lot for clarifying. |
| Nickman 23.01.2015 16:04 |
I saw them at The Lyceum Ballroom, The Rainbow, Purley Tiffanys, Lewisham Odeon, and The Alexander Palace. Had a ticket for the gig at the Hammersmith Odeon but went to dinner with my new boss (D'oh!). The gigs were amazing. I remember the Lewisham Odeon one especially because I waited at the stage door after the gig to get a glimpse of my heroes. Wasn't dissappointed, got to see them all close up. Too star struck to get autographs though (I was only 16 years old at the time). The best gig for me was at Purley Tiffanys which was basically a night club! I remember standing right in front of Brian, in the front row, about 5 feet away. I'd collected a few sixpences which I'd throw up on stage thinking he probably had a shortage of them, ha, ha! Seeing the band this close was incredible, and I feel so priviliged to have been able to have been a part of it. I saw them again a few years later, but this time at Wembley the day John Lennon was murdered (9th of December 1980). An amazing concert, but nothing like the Crazy Tour of London, where I got to get up close to my heroes and see the amazing and mythical Freddie Mercury, the powerhouse that is Roger Taylor, the solid, rythmical John Deacon, and the maestro himself, Brian May. These gigs, especially the Purley Tiffany one, were like being at a club gig, that's how intimate they were. You would very rarely nowadays get a band of Queens magnitude go out on tour and play small venues like they did back in 1979. |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 17:22 |
Nickman wrote: The best gig for me was at Purley Tiffanys which was basically a night club! I remember standing right in front of Brian, in the front row, about 5 feet away. I'd collected a few sixpences which I'd throw up on stage thinking he probably had a shortage of them, ha, ha!Love these stories. Keep 'em coming. A fun FYI - George Michael was at the show too, so probably just a few feet away from you. He was 16 as well. |
| Kate Loves Brian 23.01.2015 17:57 |
i would see them on the 4th of Februar at o2 in Berlin... only 11 days until...yippi.... |
| Planetgurl 23.01.2015 17:58 |
I wish I still had the review of that Purley Tiffany's gig because it was fantastic and really made me wish I'd gone....especially the bit about it being so loud the walls were shaking and they nearly brought the ceiling down because the volume was akin to an aircraft taking off. There was also a great review of Brighton I had. And the Lyceum would have been a brilliant place to see them. That was a smaller venue because I went to some gigs there, especially memorable was The Stray Cats early on. |
| Nickman 24.01.2015 04:15 |
Yep, remember seeing George Michael at the Purley gig! No, only joking! |
| gerry 24.01.2015 07:43 |
Queen at Newcastle City Hall Dec 4th 1979, wow what an awesome concert and john Deacons bass was so powerful it was punching us all in the stomach! A very small venue but great for the fans like myself to get closer to the Queen magic, and i have to say that night left me stunned! Freddie was absolutely fantastic dressed in leather and strutting around a lanky stylish Brian May, god on guitar, and proving why Queen were the greatest rock and roll band ever!! When Freddie announced they were going to sing there new single "Save Me" everyone went so quiet and listened very carefully! We were left amazed when the song had finished, but i was saddened when the single only managed no11 in the british charts! Queen got robbed. |
| master marathon runner 24.01.2015 08:09 |
/ ...........and Fred with a curly perm (almost) and a white silk tie !! |