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QUEEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - JULY 28, 1982 - TICKET - THEIR LAST SHOW AT MSG
QUEEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - JULY 28, 1982 - TICKET - THEIR LAST SHOW AT MSG

QUEEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - JULY 28, 1982 - TICKET - THEIR LAST SHOW AT MSG

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  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Genre: Rock & Pop
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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  • Industry: Music
  • Artist/Band: Queen

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    QUEEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - JULY 28, 1982 - TICKET - THEIR LAST SHOW AT MSG.
    This is one of Queen's best-ever US shows. The second night at the Garden would turn out to be their last show at the famed venue.
    Freddie Mercury is a man possessed tonight, turning in without a doubt the greatest version of Somebody To Love ever performed on this side of the Atlantic. Before launching into the familiar piano theme after his usual drawn out and emotional "Can you find me somebody to love" adlibs, he asks rhetorically, "Do you get the message, huh?" - probably a reflection of his personal life. He then does a brief vocal exchange with the audience as part of the vocal solo towards the end of the song, reflecting nothing but true passion for what the song means to him. Brian also adds many little nuances to the song, as he's clearly happy to have it return to the set.
    Before Save Me, Freddie tells the audience, "Coming to New York City is a real treat for us. It's been a while, too." He adds how New York is "filled with dirty people that wanna trash all night," yet another reference to this tour's excess (which was never greater than it was on this tour). He then asks them if they're "loaded gnomes" (which really doesn't need to explained, does it?). He gets no reaction and adds, "Well, you like rock and roll, anyway." Brian then starts playing the piano as he probably wants to just get on with it.
    Before Calling All Girls, referring to how it's Roger Taylor's first Queen single release (he has already had a few as a solo artist by this point), Freddie goes out of his way to say, "We don't normally give him a chance to release a single." Tonight he even dedicates Fat Bottomed Girls to prostitutes. Comments like these perhaps added to the already-present tensions within the band around this time.
    Brian May plays the riff of the Troggs' classic "Wild Thing" a couple times before Mercury comes in for the first verse of We Will Rock You.