19. Liar (Queen-Live In Newcastle: 12/4/1979) (Remaster)
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- Опубликовано: 4 дек 2012
- As if one Newcastle upload wasn't enough, I am going to upload the remastered version of the SECOND Newcastle concert on the Crazy Tour! For this upload, I corrected the pitch/speed, and did some minor EQing work (brought out the mids slightly, and eliminated the tape hiss). Like the first Newcastle show, I will leave up the original upload from a couple years back (to compare the quality--and to show how bad the original description was). This recording has pretty decent quality and is 99% complete (there's a cut on "Love Of My Life").
This legendary concert has been cited numerous times as being either the "best Queen show ever" and/or "Freddie's best show." It also has been ranked highly on various polls and videos all across the internet. The overall performances on this show do suggest that those possibilities are likely! Do you guys think it's the #1 Queen show (either overall, or for Freddie)?
Freddie's voice starts off in superb shape (up to "Save Me"). After "Save Me" is played, his voice actually blossoms up to another level: "Amazing." By this point in the show, Freddie's voice is well-oiled, and he sings nearly every song at "studio-level" (in some cases he eclipses the studio renditions). This show has many performances that rank high on "Freddie's best live vocals" list! Now it's time to describe the performances...
"Jailhouse Rock" is an awesome rendition (with Freddie embellishing random high notes that touch as high as C#5), the fast "We Will Rock You" has Freddie switching the lyrics around, but he makes up for that by throwing in some more high notes (B4s and a C5), "Let Me Entertain You" is a great version--but is surprisingly not the best version (the 1st Newcastle and Hammersmith are better), "Somebody To Love" ranks extremely high--with Freddie sounding awesome and nailing those high notes, "Mustapha" is an elite version, "Death On Two Legs" sounds great, "Killer Queen" is a solid version (with NOTW and pre-Game Tour phrasing) but there's better versions out there, "I'm In Love With My Car" is great, "Get Down Make Love" is a great version, "You're My Best Friend" sounds nice, and "Save Me" is brilliant (although the 1st Newcastle night is better)!
Now, this is where the show really starts to explode: The version of "Now I'm Here" from this show is absolutely amazing (plus the improv section is superb)! "Don't Stop Me Now" is great--but is slightly overshadowed by the 1st Newcastle and Hammersmith renditions (the guitar solo is better and Freddie sings it slightly better), "Spread Your Wings" is breathtaking and is one of Freddie's all-time best live performances, "Love Of My Life" is cut--but what we have is excellent, "'39" is thunderous (both Newcastle versions tie for the best version), "Keep Yourself Alive" shows off Freddie's awesome vibrato and is possibly the best version of the song, "Liar" is so epic--that it'll make grown men cry (this smashes the studio version), "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is one of the best pre-1982 versions (before they added the external keyboard player) and is possibly the best Crazy Tour version, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the best version ever (Freddie nails the C5 in the rock section, hits the "Carry On" Bb4, and generally sounds beastly), "Tie Your Mother Down" has Freddie bungling the first couple lines--but otherwise sounds great, "Sheer Heart Attack" is beastly, "We Will Rock You" is another fantastic rendition, and "We Are The Champions" is very strong!
ENJOY!!!
Note: I lost track at how many high notes (B4 and higher) Freddie hits on this recording!
Note 2: The "Bohemian Rhapsody" performance is only one of two (known) times where Freddie hits the C5 on the rock section.
Note 3: "Now I'm Here," "Spread Your Wings," "'39," "Keep Yourself Alive," "Liar," and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are sometimes brought up as being Freddie's best live performances!
Note 4: Compare this show with the first Newcastle show (which one is better?)!!!
Note 5: Here's a thought: As great as this show is, imagine if there's ANOTHER Crazy Tour show that rivals this one or beats this! We only have four recordings from this tour. Maybe there's shows that will totally knock us on our backs (when comparing them to the Newcastle shows)! 
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5:13 I love how Freddie is in complete control of the crowd in this section
I f*king love the first album and this song.
My favorite song from this album used to be "keep yourself alive", but when I listened to "Liar" I changed my mind! 👐👐
For me Doing all right is my favourite song from this album
I personally like "My Fairy King" the best. "Great King Rat", "Jesus", and "Modern Times Rock n' Roll" are also good, not to mention obviously "Liar" and "Keep Yourself Alive".
Guide to highs in this performance
2:04 Bb4
3:08 B4
3:49 Bb4
5:17 Bb4
5:26 B4?
5:51 B4
What an amazing performance!
The B4 at 3:08 truly makes the song
What note Freddie sustained from 6:38 until 6:41?
A4
The First one was an a4
@@Dirtcowboy95 A4
Freddie at his best! Awesome version!
Tie, leathers jeans and a cape? This dude had an awesome sense in fashion.
That isn't a cape, that's a towel to wipe his sweat.
@@ryannewton1202 It's a cape to me, all right?
@@ryannewton1202 ick!!! 🤪
@@ej3922It’s a cape 😂✌🏼
The crowd is wonderful in this show.
Amazing this Liar versión
They should've played this song more often during the crazy-hot space tour period.
Real
The 4/24/1982 is a top version
@@brandontsunami9748 Indeed.
The song is too long tho, probably saving time for other songs
Audio recordings from about 50% of the shows from this tour exist, but we only have 4 :(
Simon Christensen how do you know that
Queenlive.ca is usually correct when it says that "an audience recording of this show exists." It was correct when it said that for the Liverpool concert that was released this year, and it was correct for the Providence 1978 concert that was only just released as well, so when it says that for 11/26 and 12/22, it is usually assumed to be true.
I remember it saying that on the website at one point but it isn't there anymore so maybe it was misinformation.
Holy fuck
@Rohan Rajan we'll never know, he hasn't replied in two years, pretty sure he's dead
I love how Brian compensates for the bad start of the solo by going crazy after 4:13!
3:08 and 5:26 are Awesome
0:59 sounds just like the transition from Seven Seas of Rye to Tear it Up at Wembley
Because the Tear it up intro was essentially Liar.
It WAS!
that's because the liar riff was used as a segue point between the two songs
It is just an excerpt of Liar as it has always been, they just put this little Liar piece between SSOR and TIU on Magic Tour.
Posser
There are two teories about the gigs in the Crazy Tour, They are better than this Newcastle gigs, or This gigs are the best. We will never Know, till we get a new recording of another gig.
A new recording could match this or not ! He could sound cleaner or rougher, Greg imagine A better version of "Save me" or even better than "spread Your Wings!
I'm sure there are some of the earlier shows that can top this show!
***** One thing i've wondered. How do we know this is the best tour? For all we know, the other shows could sound like Japan 1979... or worse.
Just exxagerating.
Imagine if the 1st night of the tour is another Dallas '78 incident... :P
Insane!
the best liar live ever!
Tied with Inglewood 1977.
I think the November Rainbow show 74' was the best
Only vocally
Nah Inglewood 77 and Philly 77
Lol Glasgow 1973 eats it for breakfast. It's the closest to thw original recording and it isn't sloppy
As good as this version is vocally, I'd say my favorite is Brussels or Leiden from the Hot Space Tour. The Improv section is MINDBLOWING!
Leiden is my personal pick, the audience sells it for me, plus the instrumentals are top tier along with Freddie getting "you're LYING to me".
i´d love to know someone who was there to tell me how epic it was!
Gerardo Sánchez I was at the Glasgow Apollo gig on the 2nd Dec and they did Liar there - no surprise as it was just 2 days prior, but I do remember an explosion of applause as Roger began the drum intro. The rest is a haze of Queen fan frenzy of attempts of one fan to out-sing every other just to enjoy the band being there and playing what they'd loved all those years on vinyl. Yes he sang the hi B in the bridge and yes I tried to sing along but mostly I was over-awed by the sheer quality and magnitude of the set. They were orgasmic for 2 hours. I still haven't recovered. Thanks Queen, for the best night of my life musically. Hope that gives you an inkling.
wow great!
Vocally the best version, but this can’t be the all-time best version of Liar because of this 3:58 :(
5:05 is a really strong and amazing sounding bit
This was the last tour for the full version of Liar, was it not?
Joy Tillery no it was '82
@Nieves only for the European leg.
freddie did everything he could to avoid singing falsetto in concert for some reason. maybe he thought the pa would'nt pick it up ?
I always was wondering about that too.. Very rarely you can hear him sing in falsetto
although he did do a falsetto improvisation on the wembley concert.
i can see that.
Hyde Park
I think he did the same thing just the other way around on the Works/Magic tour where he didn't go for that many high notes in chest voice but he did do improvs that were basically all falsetto.