8.26.14 Q+AL Sydney Australia Concert #1
Aug 26, 2014 17:13:34 GMT -5
Post by seoulmate on Aug 26, 2014 17:13:34 GMT -5
You know... aside from any Adam disses, there are some contradictions in that review that pissed me off.
Clearly, this Bernard Zuel person is a huge Brian May fan, and that's perfectly fine (I am, too!):
But, he was obviously unhappy with Love of my Life:
And he found the guitar solo boring:
I will never agree that the instrumental solos are dull, "mercifully short," and momentum killers. The entire concert is so high-powered, hard-hitting, and dynamic, I look forward to and LOVE the solo parts that bring the crazy energy down a notch... in a GOOD way.
Anyhow, it doesn't matter. Movin' on...
Clearly, this Bernard Zuel person is a huge Brian May fan, and that's perfectly fine (I am, too!):
"... Instead it quickly became clear that Queen today is finally, undeniably Brian May's band.
He'd always been the musical fulcrum but when you're in a band with a Freddie Mercury, who played, sang, wrote and dazzled, it's hard to be seen quite as clearly. Now however, May's guitar sounds were astonishingly good, his solos precise and his playing, whether choppy and tough in Stone Cold Crazy and Tie Your Mother Down, groove-aware on Dragon Attack or subtly prog in Love Of My Life, was fabulously on-point."
He'd always been the musical fulcrum but when you're in a band with a Freddie Mercury, who played, sang, wrote and dazzled, it's hard to be seen quite as clearly. Now however, May's guitar sounds were astonishingly good, his solos precise and his playing, whether choppy and tough in Stone Cold Crazy and Tie Your Mother Down, groove-aware on Dragon Attack or subtly prog in Love Of My Life, was fabulously on-point."
But, he was obviously unhappy with Love of my Life:
Taylor sounded good too in his lead vocal on Some Kind Of Magic, certainly better than May had in Love Of My Life and '39.
And he found the guitar solo boring:
Even as I enjoyed Under Pressure, with Taylor taking up the Bowie lines, and the cabaret rock of Killer Queen, I'm not sure what they were thinking with three separate instrumental sections where we had solo bass (technically impressive but inconsequential), a drum-off between the Taylors (energetic but clunky and dull) and a guitar exploration (which went from space junk to Mark Knopfler to several shades of tedium). Admittedly these were mostly mercifully short but they were also momentum killers.
I will never agree that the instrumental solos are dull, "mercifully short," and momentum killers. The entire concert is so high-powered, hard-hitting, and dynamic, I look forward to and LOVE the solo parts that bring the crazy energy down a notch... in a GOOD way.
Anyhow, it doesn't matter. Movin' on...
