Queen - Killer Queen LIVE EVOLUTION (1974 - 1985)

In this video we will compare the song "Killer Queen" in Queen live, from 1974 to 1985.
"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock group Queen. It was written by singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became their first hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1975, Mercury received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. The song is included in Queen's first Greatest Hits compilation of 1981 and Absolute Greatest (2009). It is also recorded on the Live Killers and Queen Rock Montreal live albums.
Unlike the first two Queen albums, this song was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. The recording features elaborate four-part harmonies (particularly in the choruses, and also provides backing parts in the verses), as well as a Brian May multitrack guitar solo that makes use of the bell effect. At some point there are two distinct bass lines, one of which diverges in a downward run.
Killer Queen has been described by AllMusic as the very beginning of Queen's "radio sound" and "reminiscent of cabaret songs of the past, but it also shows how Queen were fast becoming a master of power pop."
0:05 Live at The Rainbow, 1974
0:29 Live in Tokyo, 1975
0:52 Live at Hyde Park, 1976
1:15 Live at Earls Court, 1977
1:38 Live in Copenhagen, 1978
2:02 Live at Hammersmith, 1979
2:25 Live in Oakland, 1980
2:49 Live in Montreal, 1981
3:12 Live in Japan, 1985

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[@mynamesgasolina5507]

My favourite version is Live at the rainbow 1974

[@junh.2427]

Hi 👋😊 from Japan 🇯🇵. I'll never get tired of this song.💕 I like "Killer Queen " Live at Earls Court.

[@shunf4071]

それなー！

[@junh.2427]

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[@videodeposu8741]

Konichiva

[@czvnndlcrz3203]

1:01 yeh we can hear Brian May's voice!

[@gaminglegend]

Brian is the middle harmony

[@michaelboston9850]

My favorite is all lives

[@guaglione]

my favourite version is Live at hammersmith Odeon 1975

[@maxigorosito]

My favorite Is '74 Live Rainbow

[@syarifd5605]

1:45-1:48 Freddie's voice is very similar on the works tour(84-85)

[@melladvs21ATgmail4Google]

Gods SPECIAL GIFT TO HUMANITY❤ FM-The Only Ever & 4ever.

[@RafaelFerreira-ej2lc]

0:33 look's like this was recorded with a smartphone, time travel?

[@danyfilmusic]

Looks like an old viewer camera to me! 😅

[@RafaelFerreira-ej2lc]

@@danyfilmusic true, for me too, that was a joke😂

[@danyfilmusic]

😂

[@Vel_0000]

It's a single 16mm camera

[@gaminglegend]

Looks like it could have been recorded on the first iPhone

[@micaelabenelli5661]

Perhaps 76??? I love that song and I cannot decide my favorite version

[@adamtime8038]

My favorite version is Oakland

[@danyfilmusic]

Mine, too!

[@guaglione]

Which year????

[@Floyd_Menor019]

My favorite version is the Live hyde park

[@justintheninja5687]

Especially when it's from an audience recording. (Because you can actually properly hear Freddie and Roger.) My opinion though.

[@doorreviewer7902]

​@@justintheninja5687where can i find the audience recording?

[@justintheninja5687]

@@doorreviewer7902 I've found ones of the full concert. Not necessarily the one song in specific. They usually have time stamps though.

[@sabineparewyck7129]

Killer Queen. ❤️🎶❤️🎶

[@iamjudy6518]

My favorite version is Copenhagen 1978

[@syarifd5605]

but very similar in years 84-85

[@michaelboston9850]

My favorite is hammersmith in 1979

[@joannainoa1946]

I like live at earl courts

[@syarifd5605]

I like killer Queen live in sun city(10/19/1984)and Birmingham (9/1/1984)

[@gaatllllll]

My personal favourite is Earls Court 1977

[@QueenFan432]

0:20

[@jaidenbowkett]

Did Freddie ever hit the high notes on “well versed” live?

[@gaatllllll]

As the performances of Killer Queen I've ever saw, I think no

[@clarenceeugene9692]

Live he never sang the falsetto on this song like he did on the record.

[@vincentmichaelcomia4307]

Killer queen live in tokyo is the best because its untouched by overdubs

[@clarenceeugene9692]

Most of these were untouched by overdubs. Live at the rainbow is probably the only one with overdubs.

[@gaminglegend]

@@clarenceeugene9692 And probably Montreal, let's be honest (even tho it's my fav)

[@guaglione]

POTRESTI FARE LIVE EVOLUTION DI IN THE LAPS OF THE GODS...REVISITED????

[@danyfilmusic]

Ok, scusa se non ho avuto ancora tempo per completarlo ma a breve uscirà. Il video è quasi pronto.

[@guaglione]

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[@danyfilmusic]

💞

[@guaglione]

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[@eve26036]

the best version is montreal 81

[@MrThedonhead]

What did America say “if New York dolls are a poor man Rolling Stones then queen are a tramps The Beatles”