19. Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen-Live In Barcelona: 8/1/1986)

After getting some requests, I have finally decided on one of the BEST Magic Tour gigs overall (early, mid, and late legs): Barcelona 1986! This was Queen's first stop in Spain on the Magic Tour, and this is generally considered the best Spanish show on the tour: Freddie sounds unbelievably strong and SO FUCKING POWERFUL on all the songs (In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Tear It Up, I Want To Break Free, Bohemian Rhapsody, Friends Will Be Friends, and We Are The Champions, are prime examples of his power). Honestly, I haven't heard him sound THIS powerful since the Stuttgart 1984 gig (I'm including the early Magic gigs as well)! Freddie is like a 5'9 Persian dragon on this gig--roaring out those high notes!

The rest of the band are on fire tonight, and Brian plays riffs from "Chinese Torture" for the first time (he will do this for the rest of the gigs). This gig is in great quality, and is almost complete (there's a few cuts).

ENJOY!!!

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• The Magic Tour
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• Freddie Mercury
• Brian May
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[The90Game]

"Nothing really matters...to me" is simply amazing.

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

Agree!

[rhcp6131]

this one just stood above the rest i guess!

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

Because it's Barcelona!

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

Well, the recording does play quite slow! That could explain the "labored" part.

How would you grade the post-Wembley versions? I think Cologne is awesome!

[gunnersorginal2010]

@Gregsynthbootlegs Its just too laboured for my liking, I don't feel any energy to it from the band or Freddie really...

Still that is a wicked Carry on he gets, that alone pushes that version up the list...Its just I hear Manchester, Barcelona, Cologne and I hear the emotion/passion...and I just don't hear it at all in Frejus, its like hes just going through the motions.

Plus he sounds VERY like Stockhom on the Bb4s in the first verse!

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

Is it too close to the studio? :D

[gunnersorginal2010]

This is IMO the 2nd, maybe 3rd best Post Wembley version, behind Cologne and maybe Manchester...Frejus is obviously good but I just dislike something about that version...

[Gregsynthbootlegs]

He got that note in tune on many occasions!

[rhcp6131]

@Gregsynthbootlegs I meant in tune!