5.29.17 QAL NA 2017 – What will they perform?
May 28, 2017 23:56:26 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on May 28, 2017 23:56:26 GMT -5
QAL North America Tour 2017 – What will they perform?
5.29.19 by Q3
This year is the 40th anniversary of Queen’s News of the World album. Brian and Adam said a few things that indicate that the setlist will reflect this album anniversary.
News of the World by Queen
Released: October 28, 1977 (EMI)
Side One
We Will Rock You
We Are the Champions
Sheer Heart Attack
All Dead, All Dead
Spread Your Wings
Fight From the Inside
Side Two
Get Down, Make Love
Sleeping On the Sidewal
Who Needs You
It’s Late
My Melancholy Blues
Freddie Mercury – Lead & Harmony Vocals, Piano, Percussion
Brian May – Guitars, Percussion, Lead & Harmony Vocals
John Deacon – Bass, Guitars, Percussion
Roger Taylor– Drums, Percussion, Lead & Harmony Vocals
Produced by: Queen & Mike Stone
Recorded: Basing Street & Wessex Studios, London, July-September 1977
This album has two Queen megahits that will definitely be on the setlist: "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions.”
Here are the brief Wikipedia entries for both of these songs.
"We Will Rock You"
"We Will Rock You" was released as the B-side of "We Are the Champions", and became one of Queen's biggest songs worldwide as a staple of arena and stadium sports. It was a conscious decision by Brian May to make the song simple and anthemic ("stomp, stomp, clap, pause" twice per 4/4 measure), so that their live audience could be more directly involved in the show. In the video for "We Will Rock You" and "Spread Your Wings", May used a copy of his guitar. He supposedly did not want to commit his Red Special to the weather, as the videos for these songs featured the band performing in the snow in Roger Taylor's garden.
"We Are the Champions"
According to Freddie Mercury, "We Are the Champions" had already been written in 1975 but it was not recorded until 1977.[2] Released as a single with "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" reached number two in the UK and number four in the US. "We Are the Champions" was the first promotional video for which fan club members were invited to participate in the filming. The video was filmed at the New London Theatre on 6 October 1977. Everyone received a free single of "We Are the Champions", a day before the single was released and Queen did a free concert after the shoot.
So what else from News of the World will they perform? And, specifically, will they perform “Get Down Make Love”?
I say LIKELY NOT.
talon says, “LIKELY YES. It’s funk, it’s Adam-y, it was played often at this time. This one just makes too much sense. Honestly one of my least fav tracks from the album but I’d be more surprised if it doesn’t happen.”
And this is one case where I think Talon may be right but I sure hope and pray that he is wrong.
“Get Down, Make Love”
From Classic Rock Review (2012):
“Get Down, Make Love” was written by Mercury and makes heavy use of sexual innuendo, with suggestive lyrics that stop just short of being explicit. This funk and punk inspired club piece includes a short mid-section with effects that sound like the ambiance of an early 1980s arcade. However, these “psychedelic” effects were not produced on a synthesiser, but on but May’s guitar and an Electroharmonix Frequency Analyzer pedal. The album’s closer, “My Melancholy Blues” is a nightclub inspired, soft jazz number which includes Mercury’s vocal and piano backed only by a fret less bass and percussive hi-hat and kick drum.
Link: www.classicrockreview.com/2012/02/1977-queen-news-of-the-world/
Here is a live performance and the lyric video. If you are not familiar with this song, caution, this is an odd track. It is sort of funk, but not really. It is some kind of weird genre mashup with a funk bass. And the lyrics are… well I have no words.
Queen 'Get Down Make Love' Rock Montreal
youtu.be/ej0BS9U6aD8
Queen - Get Down, Make Love (Official Lyric Video)
youtu.be/inhExqvtztE
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