Hmm, that's got me thinking. Something off Queen2, probably. Death on Two Legs spring to mind right now, for some reason. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com) \`\ | /`/ `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
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<g> Thank you! It was in the days when you had two or three acts, an interval, then two or three more. The only ones I can remember are the first (Long John Baldry) and the last (the Stones). A couple of years earlier the Stones had been opening for LJB.
I saw him on that tour, in Manchester. Henry Cow was the support act. All this nostalgia makes you feel old.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT Can't *really* remember which was my first "big" gig, but I suspect it was Whitesnake at Hammersmith in 1978.
Hmm, I think not. At least that song most definitely wasn't. First off we have at least four different camera angles (there may have been more but I'm not going to watch it again). When the camera pulls back at the end only one other camera is visible. As they were shooting real film back then, a two camera shoot sounds absolutely normal. Now, it could be argued that the two other cameras hid behind the stacks for this shot, however... ....when we see Mason, you can plainly see the curved dolly track the camera that's shooting him is travelling on. To remove this track, and the camera and dolly that's using it, would take an absolute bare minimum of 5 minutes, so there's no way it was removed during a 'live' performance. Also, when we see Mason we don't see the 30' of straight dolly track that we see at the end of the shot. Just laying that track would be at least 15 minute job. The footage of Wright playing was shot with the camera on a tripod, although more likely on a static dolly (this was and still is absolutely normal practice). There's no way that could be moved out of frame in time for the last shot. Basically, what you're seeing is not a live performance, continuously shot live, with a few atmospheric images cut into the live footage. It's probably also worth remembering that fake live recordings were also pretty common back then, too. -- Veggie Dave UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08 IQ 18 FILMS http://www.iq18films.com POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me
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There's an imminent release of DG 'Live at Gdansk', from which I've been hearing some really good stuff (on the radio) and shall be buying it.
That's on Night at the Opera. Next gig - Queen at Sheffield Arena, 19th Oct. I'm insanely jealous of Champ for seeing Queen in the 70s, almost as much as my mate at school who scored Live Aid tickets, and my mates sister who got tickets to the Freddie tribute concert. Grrrrrr.
<fx:tries harder> Well, as well as Quuen being my first ever gig in '78, I saw them at Wembley Arena in both 1980 and 1981 and at their last ever gig at Knebworth in 1986[1]. Indeed. [1] The one where my Z1100R got nicked.
I know :-( Paul Rodgers is ok I guess. Not heard the new album yet, I think it's out now. Somewhat, I think my first gigs were Brian May (NEC, Sheffield City Hall) and then Roger Taylor (Sheffield Leadmill, I was a very late entrant into live music (outside of pub bands anyway)). I'm also a big fan of Spike Edneys 'SAS Band' (he played keyboards in Queen in the 80s for the live gigs). If you do a bit of googling he's got a hell of a guest line up, and no doubt I'll get the piss ripped out of me but a line up that includes Roger Taylor, Fish, Brian May, Jamie Moses, Madeleine Bell, Paul Young (both of, til..), Tom Robinson, Richard O'Brien, Roy Wood, Arthur Brown, Leo Sayer and Damon Hill all on the same bill ain't all bad for 20 quid.
