mszue
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Post by mszue on Feb 24, 2018 20:12:03 GMT -5
I don't know where to ask this. (I checked the Performance and Recap archive, but that seemed to be mostly an annual overview of shows.) I didn't see a list or a poll concerning "best live performances of [song xyz]." I was wondering if any of y'all, who have been to or seen videos of many shows both solo and QAL over the years, could point me to what you consider his best live performances of any of his songs and/or Queen songs? Or any covers he's done (outside of Idol or pre-Idol stuff)? For Queen songs, the only one I have right now is that the Isle of Wight performance of WWTLF is a standout. I don't know which of the others is considered his definitive version of it (and I realize that he could deliver the "best" one at any time in the future, as well). I don't know where to look for his own songs. The only other "standout" performances I've become aware of in my catching up on his career are his beautiful cover of Rihanna's "Stay" in Seoul and his cover of "Girl Crush" with Leona Lewis. I feel like there's so much that I'm missing, and there are so many videos of so many shows, that I don't know where to look for best performance/best audio/best atmosphere/etc of a song. Is there a place or a way to talk about favorites like that? Sorry for being off-topic! Two of my favourite live solo performances that show off the softer, tender side to his voice that I just love sfm. Outlaws of Love from the Snowfest is just gorgeous - love the tender way he sings this - the ending is just divine, and it's nice hearing it with the piano accompaniment as a change to the guitar. Stay/Underneath from Kanazawa WAG tour.... other versions of this song are more widely shared, but the tenderness and emotional range he conveys in this performance is the best of them IMO That Stay/Underneath combo was/is so heartwrenching...it was hard to watch at the time. Is it any wonder so many of us wanted to see Sauli back in Adam's life, to fill that hole Adam wandered about with in full view for a time. It seems pretty much healed now but was raw then.....
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Post by marionm on Feb 24, 2018 21:01:27 GMT -5
eri9 : Thanks for sharing! Don't remember seeing that one! Yes, the one from Seoul is much shared...if I'm not mistakin' Adam takes this deep breath...crying...he has tears in his eyes in this performance also... mszue : you're words caught me off guard...made it hard to breath there for a moment... P.S.: As a heart-patient I NEED that t-shirt of Adam...would be totally appropriate^^
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 24, 2018 21:38:01 GMT -5
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 24, 2018 21:52:00 GMT -5
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Post by girldrummer on Feb 24, 2018 21:59:56 GMT -5
Outlaws of Love, Stay, Underneath. So many beautiful gems from Adam that so few have heard. His albums have been full of hits, IMO. There is no other voice quite like his. Every now and then Pick U Up pops into my head, too. It's one of my all-time faves. I do enjoy some others singers, I really do. But his voice outshines even the best singers that I know and love. He's just that good. So frustrating that he is still a secret to so many.
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 24, 2018 21:59:57 GMT -5
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 24, 2018 22:00:50 GMT -5
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Post by marel on Feb 24, 2018 22:08:16 GMT -5
Hoping for a quick answer. A friend in Calif who has been with me to Adam concerts and also IHeart NOW wants to go to London. Better tickets are available from the TM Resale... Any reason why these are not a good idea? Do they snail mail out or do etickets??? OK seats for July 2 and the 4th. Thanks.
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Post by happy on Feb 24, 2018 22:27:58 GMT -5
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Post by DancyGeorgia on Feb 24, 2018 23:09:19 GMT -5
Hoping for a quick answer. A friend in Calif who has been with me to Adam concerts and also IHeart NOW wants to go to London. Better tickets are available from the TM Resale... Any reason why these are not a good idea? Do they snail mail out or do etickets??? OK seats for July 2 and the 4th. Thanks. I don't know about TM Resale, but the original TM tickets sold by TM are only sent out by snail mail, no etickets! For the Jan 2015 UK shows, tickets were mailed out about 4 weeks before the concerts. But for the 2017 UK shows, tickets were mailed out 3 days to 1 or 2 week before the concerts. Some people in the UK did not even get their tickets in time! 9 days before I was supposed to fly over from the US for the last 8 2017 UK concerts, none of my tickets had been mailed out yet. I emailed TM and asked them to hold all of my tickets at the box office. But then I was too sick to fly over for my 2 week trip and had to reschedule my flight to a week later. I only made it to the last 4 UK concerts instead of the last 8 concerts. I tried to give away my tickets to the first 4 of those 8. I called TM and the only way to do it was to give someone a letter of authority to pick up my ticket. But only 3 of the 4 venues would even allow that. When the 2018 tickets went on sale, I noticed that London O2 venue explicitly stated that it would not accept letters of authority. So my point is to be really careful about buying tickets from TM Resale. I don't know if they only sale tickets originally bought from TM. If that is the case, inquire from TM Resale if those tickets are sent directly to you from TM or the venue, or if they are first sent to the person who bought the tickets who then is expected to send them on to you. In the 2nd case, there might not be enough time for the person to mail the tickets to the US. The AXS ticket seller gave the option for etickets. Might be best if you can find tickets that originated from AXS as etickets. Of course this makes it harder for people to resale their tickets. I have an extra ticket of the 1st O2 show in July. But to get the ticket to someone I have to hope that the ticket is mailed out in time for me to mail it to someone else, or meet them at the O2 on concert day, assuming nothing prevents me from getting to the concert.
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