Thursday, October 27, 2005
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I went to the Queen + Paul Rodgers show in Tokyo tonight, or more specifically in the Saitama Super Arena. From what I recall, the set list was very similar to that listed for the Hollywood Bowl, which was:
Reaching Out
Tie Your Mother Down
Fat Bottom Girls
Another One Bites The Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bad Company
Say Its Not True
'39
Love Of My Life
Hammer To Fall
Feel Like Making Love
Drum Solo
I'm In Love With My Car
Guitar Solo
Last Horizon
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Radio Ga Ga
Can't Get Enough
Rock And Roll Fantasy
I Want It All
Bohemian Rhapsody
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The Show Must Go On
All Right Now
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
I can not really remember anything that was different, except from perhaps a solo by Brian May on acousticic guitar. Although I have lived in Japan for many years, it was really the first time for me to attend a big concert. The Saitama Super Arena is actually one of the stadiums that was built for the World Cup in 2002, and tonight there were tens of thousands of people in the audience. Considering that Queen has not visited Japan in about 20 years, it is not a bad accomplishment to gather that many people. Not only that, but 5 more sets are planned in Japan later this month and early November.
The only weakness in tonight's concert was perhaps that Paul Rodgers is not very known in Japan. During most of his songs, except perhaps "Feel Like Making Love", the audience kept mainly silent. The Japanese audience is of course strange it other ways as well, as they are extremely well behaved even during rock concerts. If an observer did not know a concert was going on, he might as well believe that the audience was observing an autopsy.
Anyway, it is interesting to see that Queen still is able to attract the same big audiences that they did 20 years ago, especially when considering that they can not bring Freddy Mercury along. That alone is a great tribute to their music.
I went to the Queen + Paul Rodgers show in Tokyo tonight, or more specifically in the Saitama Super Arena. From what I recall, the set list was very similar to that listed for the Hollywood Bowl, which was:
Reaching Out
Tie Your Mother Down
Fat Bottom Girls
Another One Bites The Dust
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bad Company
Say Its Not True
'39
Love Of My Life
Hammer To Fall
Feel Like Making Love
Drum Solo
I'm In Love With My Car
Guitar Solo
Last Horizon
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
Radio Ga Ga
Can't Get Enough
Rock And Roll Fantasy
I Want It All
Bohemian Rhapsody
---
The Show Must Go On
All Right Now
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
I can not really remember anything that was different, except from perhaps a solo by Brian May on acousticic guitar. Although I have lived in Japan for many years, it was really the first time for me to attend a big concert. The Saitama Super Arena is actually one of the stadiums that was built for the World Cup in 2002, and tonight there were tens of thousands of people in the audience. Considering that Queen has not visited Japan in about 20 years, it is not a bad accomplishment to gather that many people. Not only that, but 5 more sets are planned in Japan later this month and early November.
The only weakness in tonight's concert was perhaps that Paul Rodgers is not very known in Japan. During most of his songs, except perhaps "Feel Like Making Love", the audience kept mainly silent. The Japanese audience is of course strange it other ways as well, as they are extremely well behaved even during rock concerts. If an observer did not know a concert was going on, he might as well believe that the audience was observing an autopsy.
Anyway, it is interesting to see that Queen still is able to attract the same big audiences that they did 20 years ago, especially when considering that they can not bring Freddy Mercury along. That alone is a great tribute to their music.
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