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This is a snippet from a documentry show here in the UK a while back of what was voted by music fans all over the globe of what they thought is "The World's Greatest Live Performance" - and your winner is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_ ... een%20live

OK, so i'm a little biased but this programme consisted of Elvis in Hawaii, Elvis 1968 Comeback, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, some serious performances, yet nothing came close to the audience reaction to that of this Queen performance at Wembley. What adds to this being the greatest live performance is that this audience was a neutral crowd, not a Queen audience!

Awesome!!

Absolutely correct...I had chills going down my spine watching that.

Damn, that just gave me chills. I remember watching it on TV. It was an awesome performance. At one point, so many hands are in the air, it looks like a big field of grass blowing in the wind.

Freddie was one of a kind.

Paul_UK wrote:This is a snippet from a documentry show here in the UK a while back of what was voted by music fans all over the globe of what they thought is "The World's Greatest Live Performance" - and your winner is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_ ... een%20live

OK, so i'm a little biased but this programme consisted of Elvis in Hawaii, Elvis 1968 Comeback, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, some serious performances, yet nothing came close to the audience reaction to that of this Queen performance at Wembley. What adds to this being the greatest live performance is that this audience was a neutral crowd, not a Queen audience!

Awesome!!

KICK ASSS

Lady Luck wrote:Damn, that just gave me chills. I remember watching it on TV. It was an awesome performance. At one point, so many hands are in the air, it looks like a big field of grass blowing in the wind.

Freddie was one of a kind.

And he certainly stole the show that day. And what a show to steal!
Thats some legacy. He was great wasn't he?

The scene during "radio ga ga," where the whole audience claps together, is one of the greatest live moments I've ever seen. It really does give me chills every time I see it. Henry Rollins said in the clip “…It's like a Nuremberg Rally…,” and it really is, lol. Freddie had that crowd totally under his spell.
Hail Freddie!!

Paul_UK wrote:This is a snippet from a documentry show here in the UK a while back of what was voted by music fans all over the globe of what they thought is "The World's Greatest Live Performance" - and your winner is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_ ... een%20live

OK, so i'm a little biased but this programme consisted of Elvis in Hawaii, Elvis 1968 Comeback, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, some serious performances, yet nothing came close to the audience reaction to that of this Queen performance at Wembley. What adds to this being the greatest live performance is that this audience was a neutral crowd, not a Queen audience!

Awesome!!

QUEEN and Freddie - just unreal.

The songs QUEEN performed were made popular through the radio and touring - being WITH people LIVE. It seems to me that the internet is destroying that "organic" relationship that artists NEED and WANT to have with their audiences.

I wonder how Freddie would've dealt with the internet. Would he have been able to master it like he did music videos? Would he have been a pioneer? Sure miss the guy.

Freddie really was the greatest. There may be many pretenders to his throne, but we all know the truth. There can be only one! And that one is our Freddie.

Absolutely amazing!

Its very rare that a performer has it all these days, and Freddie was certainly a guy who ticked every box!

Of course there have been some fantastic Rock singers over the years, but Mercury was so much more than that...along with that all powerful voice, he was the ultimate showman, able to connect with a crowd of any size and also what people tend to forget he was a fantastic musician too!

Miss him loads!

I've seen Queen many times live and they were always just astounding....

But that performance was one in a million. The stars were in alignment that day. It was the definition of perfect.

How I miss them..

Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

Truly GREAT frontman!

Matthew wrote:Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

INCREDIBLE!! I love watching him. Very cool seeing the stage setup too.

Paul_UK wrote:Its very rare that a performer has it all these days, and Freddie was certainly a guy who ticked every box!

Of course there have been some fantastic Rock singers over the years, but Mercury was so much more than that...along with that all powerful voice, he was the ultimate showman, able to connect with a crowd of any size and also what people tend to forget he was a fantastic musician too!

Miss him loads!

SO true and so eloquently stated!

dig that sound,, that time,, the entertainment.. heres REO at thier best... love the good ole days,,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fkzeZb2E62U

Paul_UK wrote:This is a snippet from a documentry show here in the UK a while back of what was voted by music fans all over the globe of what they thought is "The World's Greatest Live Performance" - and your winner is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_ ... een%20live

OK, so i'm a little biased but this programme consisted of Elvis in Hawaii, Elvis 1968 Comeback, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, some serious performances, yet nothing came close to the audience reaction to that of this Queen performance at Wembley. What adds to this being the greatest live performance is that this audience was a neutral crowd, not a Queen audience!

Awesome!!

Whoa!!!!! I'm a relatively new Queen fan and that was unbelievable!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Paul_UK wrote:This is a snippet from a documentry show here in the UK a while back of what was voted by music fans all over the globe of what they thought is "The World's Greatest Live Performance" - and your winner is.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_ ... een%20live

OK, so i'm a little biased but this programme consisted of Elvis in Hawaii, Elvis 1968 Comeback, Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, some serious performances, yet nothing came close to the audience reaction to that of this Queen performance at Wembley. What adds to this being the greatest live performance is that this audience was a neutral crowd, not a Queen audience!

Awesome!!

Some greatness for sure! One muvid led to the next, the next and next. Awesome entertainment! Thanks for the beginning link!

Paul_UK wrote:Its very rare that a performer has it all these days, and Freddie was certainly a guy who ticked every box!

Of course there have been some fantastic Rock singers over the years, but Mercury was so much more than that...along with that all powerful voice, he was the ultimate showman, able to connect with a crowd of any size and also what people tend to forget he was a fantastic musician too!

Miss him loads!

Well said. I could not agree more.

larryfromnextdoor wrote:dig that sound,, that time,, the entertainment.. heres REO at thier best... love the good ole days,,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fkzeZb2E62U

That one choked me up, thanks Larry, here's to the good old days.

Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John took all the other bands back to school that day and showed them just how it is done. Wow. What a set. Un-freaking-believable and un-freaking-forgettable! Rock royalty indeed.

Matthew wrote:Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

One of the best images from the Wembley gig (not the Live Aid one) was towards the end of Crazy Little Thing there's an aerial shot (from a plane, helicopter, or blimp--not sure which) from waaaaaaay up above the stadium. The way the lights on stage were flashing and the movement of the crowd, in time with the music it makes the stadium look like it's actually rocking. It must have been such a fun gig!

Beau Tox wrote:

Matthew wrote:Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

One of the best images from the Wembley gig (not the Live Aid one) was towards the end of Crazy Little Thing there's an aerial shot (from a plane, helicopter, or blimp--not sure which) from waaaaaaay up above the stadium. The way the lights on stage were flashing and the movement of the crowd, in time with the music it makes the stadium look like it's actually rocking. It must have been such a fun gig!

Yeah, that was amazing! I also loved the part of Live at Wembley where the audience is trying to mimic Freddie, and they just can't quite keep up LOL

Beau Tox wrote:

Matthew wrote:Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

One of the best images from the Wembley gig (not the Live Aid one) was towards the end of Crazy Little Thing there's an aerial shot (from a plane, helicopter, or blimp--not sure which) from waaaaaaay up above the stadium. The way the lights on stage were flashing and the movement of the crowd, in time with the music it makes the stadium look like it's actually rocking. It must have been such a fun gig!

I was lucky enought to have attended the gig the night before that one which was filmed! It was my very first live concert and what a way to start!

Enjoyed it so much i immediately booked my second concert a few weeks later...Queen live at Knebworth! Little did i know this was to be the very last concert the band ever played with Freddie.

Paul_UK wrote:
I was lucky enought to have attended the gig the night before that one which was filmed! It was my very first live concert and what a way to start!

Enjoyed it so much i immediately booked my second concert a few weeks later...Queen live at Knebworth! Little did i know this was to be the very last concert the band ever played with Freddie.

How cool that you were able to see them perform live, not once, but twice though!

Paul_UK wrote:

Beau Tox wrote:

Matthew wrote:Queen weren't shy at Wembley a year later either....

This is a great version of One Vision from July '86...amazing to see the crowd so fired up right from the outset....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdGcX-s9 ... een%20live

One of the best images from the Wembley gig (not the Live Aid one) was towards the end of Crazy Little Thing there's an aerial shot (from a plane, helicopter, or blimp--not sure which) from waaaaaaay up above the stadium. The way the lights on stage were flashing and the movement of the crowd, in time with the music it makes the stadium look like it's actually rocking. It must have been such a fun gig!

I was lucky enought to have attended the gig the night before that one which was filmed! It was my very first live concert and what a way to start!

Enjoyed it so much i immediately booked my second concert a few weeks later...Queen live at Knebworth! Little did i know this was to be the very last concert the band ever played with Freddie.

: ) Lucky you! I have quite a few friends who were lucky enough to be there (Wembley and Knebworth) as well.

See you over on QOL!

One of my favorites from Freddie. Love seeing his softer side, and this performance is beautiful. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOgbS7dRZ4A

nikkib703 wrote:One of my favorites from Freddie. Love seeing his softer side, and this performance is beautiful. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOgbS7dRZ4A

This is one of my favourite performances...again showing off that incomparable voice! It was filmed at London's Earl's Court back in 1977, a show that fan's are praying is still in it entirety on tape and in line for a DVD release sometime in the future.

Can you think of any other singer that has dabbled in nearly all musical genres and fitted like hand in glove with each? To me this is the sign of the perfect vocalist.

For example to name just a few!:

Barcelona (Opera)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Rock N Roll)
Somebody To Love (Gospel)
Another One Bites The Dust (Disco)
A Kind Of Magic (Pop)
Living On My Own (Dance)
Seaside Rendez Vous (Skiffle)
Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, Hammer To Fall...etc, etc (Rock)

Paul_UK wrote:
This is one of my favourite performances...again showing off that incomparable voice! It was filmed at London's Earl's Court back in 1977, a show that fan's are praying is still in it entirety on tape and in line for a DVD release sometime in the future.

Can you think of any other singer that has dabbled in nearly all musical genres and fitted like hand in glove with each? To me this is the sign of the perfect vocalist.

For example to name just a few!:

Barcelona (Opera)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Rock N Roll)
Somebody To Love (Gospel)
Another One Bites The Dust (Disco)
A Kind Of Magic (Pop)
Living On My Own (Dance)
Seaside Rendez Vous (Skiffle)
Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, Hammer To Fall...etc, etc (Rock)

Pure vocal genius! Like Roger Daltry said in one of the YouTube clips: "He could sing a hard rockin' line and then in the next line, he could sing as pure as a chiorboy, and he could change in a snap!"

a truley wonderful album is their very last ..MADE IN HEAVEN.. recorded when mercury was very ill... but its a masterpiece..you have to listen all the way through it , until it ejects.. a couple of gems at the very end..

http://www.amazon.com/Made-Heaven-Queen ... 18-2844805