QueenZone discussion #534247

Frog wrote: :P They BOTH have some songs I doubt they'd play. Not just bohemianrhap84's. neodave has 'Spread Your Wings'.. when is the last time they did that song?

neodave wrote:

Frog wrote: neodave has 'Spread Your Wings'.. when is the last time they did that song?

yes, you're right. they played it for the last time in the early seventies(?).

kyassor wrote:

neodave wrote:

Frog wrote: neodave has 'Spread Your Wings'.. when is the last time they did that song?

yes, you're right. they played it for the last time in the early seventies(?).

Try again - as a hint, try looking at the Live Killers track listing ;-) Another clue is that it wasn't officially released on an album until 1977

Suigi wrote: I'll lead off with the first Canadian stop on the "Miracle on Earth" tour. Freddie, Brian, Roger and John were all excited about coming back to North America, especially with the sales of The Miracle north of the 49th.
So, without further ado, the set list from "Miracle in Toronto", live from the SkyDome, July 15, 1989.
1. I Want It All
2. Tie Your Mother Down
3. Long Away
4. Breakthru
5. One Vision
6. A Kind Of Magic
7. Another One Bites The Dust
8. The Invisible Man
9. I Go Crazy
10. I Want To Break Free
11. Keep Yourself Alive
12. Guitar Solo
13. Now I'm Here
*Intermission, band sort of lazes around, chats amongst themselves*
14. Love Of My Live
15. The Miracle
16. Fat Bottomed Girls
17. Action This Day
18. Seven Seas Of Rhye
19. Hammer to Fall
20. Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Scandal
22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
23. Radio Ga Ga
24. We Will Rock You
25. Kashoggi's Ship
26. We Are The Champions
27. God Save The Queen/O Canada
The intensity of the crowd was high with the SkyDome wide open, and brilliant lights shining all over the place. The "Miracle Face" was displayed on a large video scren behind the stage, and out of nowhere, it spoke "I Want It All, I Want It All, I Want It All, and I Want It NOW!" Cue the massive pyrotechnics, Queen has arrived! The band pulled out all the stops for their opening number, Freddie being as lively as ever. Frederator was in a Toronto Blue Jays tee and blue jeans, Brian was wearing his Magic Tour get-up, John was in leather jacket and shades, and Rog seemed to be wearing...well, not much. The band swung right into another high-paced number, Tie Your Mother Down, to get the place jumping. They quickly took it down a notch afterwards. Brian said something about "reaching to our bag of tricks and making some miracles tonight." And just like that, Long Away starts, completely surprising the better part of the audience! Freddie and Brian sang vocals back-and-forth, until John decided to do his own thing, and shunt the tune into Breakthru, which was the popular single at the time. One Vision and A Kind of Magic were next, with Freddie trotting out in his old Magic Tour jacket, "just for old time's sake." Another One Bites the Dust followed, with the band warning that "things are gonna get a little steamy in here." AOBtD led into the Invisible Man, with John actually singing his part, getting a good rise out of the crowd. Afterwards, another "miracle" from the band: they play I Go Crazy! No one really even knew that this song would be played live! EVER! But it received a decent response from the crowd. IWTBF followed it, which led into Keep Yourself Alive (another nifty one from the archives), after which Brian decided to do his guitar solo. It seemed the band just threw together their setlist at the last moment, which is why there wasn't any Impromptu beforehand. Now I'm Here closed out the 1st half of the concert, leaving the 55,000 or so in attendance nicely buzzed.
Freddie: Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to take a bit of a break. We are, after all, four aging queens. We're old. We need rest. *trots off*
(and btw, Rog was wearing Canada-flag boxers...)
The intermission was a bit of a weird one. The band came back after a while with a change of clothes, but without instruments. They just sorta lay around on stage, chatting about how the concert's going, and plotting out their second half, cracking the occasional joke, stuff like that. (I honestly hope this part makes the DVD...)
Eventually, Brian finds his guitar, and Love of my Life is played. Following that, an acoustic version of The Miracle was sung by Freddie and Brian, which was a bit of an accomplishment considering the source material. Afterwards, the band

Suigi wrote: Maybe we should try and patch together a setlist of the Miracle tunes and other live releases, add in some crowd noise and reverb, and release a "live" album onto the QZ tracker.

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: 'I Want To Break Free' and 'Now I'm Here' came next, and Brian remarked after 'I Want To Break Free' that he would've liked to see Freddie appear with his false breasts and wig again. John suggested Freddie do that only if Roger dress up in his schoolgirl outfit, which resulted in cat calls and whistles from the audience. Brian then said, 'We're gonna rock you, Philly,' and blasted out the intro to 'Now I'm Here'.
The lights dimmed for a second, and a single spotlight picked out Freddie and Brian on stools at the front of the stage. Brian announced, 'These two songs always seem to go hand in hand, but we're gonna try expanding it a little bit tonight. This is 'Love Of My Life'.' As usual, 'Is This The World We Created?' followed, and it seemed that the audience became temporary lead singers for these two songs. After 'Created' was over, Freddie walked over to the piano and said, 'OK, we've never done this one before,' and he plucked out the introduction to 'Jealousy', a song they'd never done in the live setting before. The audience listened quietly and intently - something that's very rare in concerts these days. Brian walked off the stage, and Roger and John came out while Freddie stayed at the piano. I had an idea of what song they were going to do, but the very fact that they were resurrecting 'My Melancholy Blues' was pretty much the highlight of the entire concert - up to that point, of course.
Freddie concluded the song, then Brian came back out, and a stellar version of 'White Queen (As It Began)' followed. The band really shone on this one. Freddie then introduced the band: 'Brian May is over here on my left - your right - and he's the one who plays guitar. John Deacon is on my right - your left - and he just looks smashing tonight, doesn't he? Roger Taylor is behind me, and he's just plain smashed. Spike Edney is somewhere in the shadows, farting around on piano and guitar, while I'm running around this fucking stage working my arse off. We call ourselves Queen.'
Roger smacks his snare drum twice, and the band launch into 'Friends Will Be Friends'. I heard they performed this as a medley between 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions' in 1986, but I'm glad they performed a full version of this. 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'Hammer To Fall', and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' all followed, and they were all performed perfectly. Freddie seemed delighted to dance around the stage with an acoustic guitar for most of 'Crazy Little Thing', while Spike Edney helped out on piano. Spike also played rhythm guitar on 'Hammer To Fall', and 'Bites The Dust' was a good chance for John to lay down some funky beats - they've really worked this one up from the previous tour.
'Radio Ga Ga' concluded the set, and left the audience screaming for more. Five minutes later, the lights darken, and all we hear is, 'Here we are. Born to be kings, we're the princes of the universe.' Smoke bombs go off as the band explode onto the stage again, launching into 'Princes Of The Universe'. As usual, the audience sings along to every word, prompting Freddie to remark, 'Hey you're good!' At the song's conclusion, the stage goes dark again, with laser beams, smoke, and lights creating a menacing effect while a keyboard drones and Brian creates feedback with his guitar. All of a sudden, Brian tears down the neck of his guitar, and the stage is bright again - 'Was it All Worth It''
The band leave the stage for about two minutes, before a single spotlight picks out Roger, and pounds out the intro to one of the most instantly recognizable songs ever - 'We Will Rock You'. Oddly enough, after the last chorus of 'We will, we will rock you,' instead of the guitar solo, the band launch into the fast version of the song, with a blazing bass guitar solo. We know the show is coming to a close, and Freddie addresses us again: 'This has been