Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Queen : Tokyo Japan,Nippon Budokan, 04/23/79


WHEN I'M GONE
NO NEED TO WONDER 
IF I THINK OF YOU
THE SAME MOON SHINES
THE SAME WIND BLOWS
FOR BOTH OF US,
AND TIME IS BUT
A PAPER MOON
BE NOT GONE..

This is the first of three

 consecutive nights in Tokyo. 

Although Freddie gets off

 to a decent start, 

his voice is 

very strained 

by mid-show.

After his piano

 and vocal intro to 

Somebody To Love, 

he declares, 

"OK sweethearts, let's go!" 

In the second chorus, 

Trip Khalaf 

at the front of house 

briefly lowers 

Brian and Roger's faders

 to enjoy hearing

 the audience sing

 "Somebody" 

in unison. 

Two beats later

 Brian and Roger return

 to the mix. 

He pulls the same trick

 in the second chorus

 of Killer Queen, 

hoping for an 

"Anytime" 

from the audience 

but they come up empty.

Fat Bottomed Girls 

is dropped from

 the setlist 

after tonight.

The band are smoking hot 

by this point on the tour, 

particularly 

Brian May 

who is throwing in 

extra licks

 all over the place,

 like in the 

modulation connecting 

Death On Two Legs 

to

 Killer Queen.

Freddie does his 

usual introduction to

 Now I'm Here 

and adds,

 "I just know you'll join in,

 so I'm not gonna press you."

 After his successful

 (and creative) 

vocal exchange

 with the audience 

part way through 

the songs,

 he quips,

 "Oh god, they're learning fast."

Freddie, after 

Now I'm Here:

 "We'd like, straight away,

 to introduce 

Brian May 

on the piano.

 We're gonna do 

something 

special tonight. 

We didn't do it

 the last kinda shows

 we did here.

 This is... by the way, 

we'd like everybody to sing, 

meaning.. in Japanese

 he invites them to sing, 

which is becoming

 a regular thing

 So do it! 

This is called

 Teo Torriatte.

After the song 

he jokes, 

"One of these days

 I'm gonna play guitar." 

Perhaps he wasn't 

entirely joking,

as he'd be 

playing guitar on

 Queen's first US #1 hit 

within six months.

TRACKLIST


CD 1:

01 - Start/SE
02 - We Will Rock You
03 - Let Me Entertain You
04 - Somebody To Love
05 - Fat Bottom Girls
06 - Death On Two Legs
07 - Killer Queen
08 - Bicycle Race
09 - I'm In Love With My Car
10 - Get Down, Make Love
11 - You're My Best Friend
12 - Now I'm Here
13 -Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) 
14 - Don't Stop Me Now

CD 2:

01 - Dreamers Ball
02 - Love Of My Life
03 - Band Introduction
04 - '39
05 - It's Late
06 - Brighton Rock
07 - Inferno
08 - Guitar Solo
09 - Guitar and Drum Jam
10 - Brighton Rock (reprise)
11 - Keep Yourself Alive
12 - Bohemian Rhapsody
13 - Tie Your Mother Down

Encore 1

14 - Sheer Heart Attack

Encore 2

15 - We Will Rock You
16 - We Are The Champion
17 - God Save The Queen
18 - Announcement






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