The band continues with Crazy Little Thing Called Love. The band jams for a long time, and it’s nothing but great hard rock power. This has some of Brian’s best guitar playing in it. The performance is thrilling, except that they leave the stage during the opera part, leaving it to a tape to do the job. By the end it’s very hard, utilizing Brian’s electric guitar and wonderful piano playing.Īfter that, without any introduction, Freddie starts playing the world famous piano intro to Bohemian Rhapsody. The best of all the songs is easily Tutti Frutti. Queen does a short section of paying tribute to them here. Most classic rock bands drew inspiration from these performers. A time of Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly etc. This part of the concert is kind of skipable. Not a great song, it just goes to show Queen was much better electric than acoustic. Just when you think it ends it keeps going. The crowd basically sings most of it, since it’s a very well known song amongst the type of people that would show up. Love Of My Life is played very slowly, but without the beautiful piano unfortunately. This is a wild song that means absolutely nothing, but is so cool live.
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He uses a ton of different crazy effects to harness Red Special’s full power. But nevertheless, some of his guitar tricks are just so wild. It is a lengthy nine minutes, and if you’re not a guitar nerd you might find it boring. Brian then plays the solo to the classic Brighton Rock. His guitar playing is as brilliant as always. Freddie wails above a brilliant piano part and some very fast slapped bass. Queen performs an entire impromptu song, titled Impromptu. Now, this is the section in the concert where things start getting crazy. Freddie's voice isn't as great as it was, but he gets the job done. The crowd sings the beginning lines before Queen takes it away for a great performance. Following that is the steller I Want To Break Free. At first the song might seem a bore, but it's pretty cool overall. Brian plays synth for Who Wants To Live Forever until his trademark solo comes in. The second half of the song is basically impromptu jamming. The structure of the song is completely different than the original recording from The Game. Another One Bites The Dust is a ton of disco fun. I guess this is the section of the concert that features the bass, because the next song might be just as famous as the previous. “This is our last dance, this is our last dance, this is ourselves, under pressure.” Gotta love that song. The ending of the song is as brilliant as always. The song is played to complete perfection, even if it’s lacking David Bowie and the famous piano riff. Under Pressure is the next song, it's also one of the best songs this band ever made. He then explains about how people shouldn’t think that Queen is going to end anytime soon, because they’ve promised to stay together till death. He makes the crowd chant back every word, which gets boring, until he yells out, “*** you!” I generally skip this part. After it Freddie does this thing for about two minutes, which sounds like he’s warming up his voice. The singing and wild guitar playing takes complete control of the crowd.Ī Kind Of Magic, which you could call the “Tour Track,” is a total bore. Only about the first minute of it is played, because it soon morphs into Tear It Up. It seems like a regular piano ballad until Freddie gets the crowd to chant along “Fa La, La La La!” Freddie goes back to the piano and plays the riff to Seven Seas Of Rhye. A very old song from Shear Heart Attack is next, In The Lap Of The Gods. The guitar playing is fabulous, the lyrics are violently beautiful. As you may already know, this song kicks butt. Then another Queen classic starts, Tie Your Mother Down. The band jams for a while at the end, just for fun. This song is performed very well, definitely a great way to kick off the concert. The crowd appears a little confused until the guitar riff comes screaming out of nowhere, and Freddie runs out to the thousands of roaring fans. The concert kicks off with footage of the stage being put together on fast-forward, while the intro to One Vision is played. Spike Edney: additional keyboards and guitar This is the band’s next-to-final performance, at the legendary Wembley Stadium. Queen looked like they still had a great deal of creativity and energy left in them, and it would remain for five more years. They embarked around planet earth, selling out shows virtually everywhere, becoming rock’s hottest ticket. They had just released A Kind Of Magic to decent sales. “We’re gonna stay together until we f******, well, die.”