Talk:Long Away

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Please don't merge. This song is too good for that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.224.81.202 (talk • contribs) 17:48, 18 January 2007

Fair use rationale for Image:Long Away audio cover.jpg

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Long Away performed live with Freddie Mercury?

Having a recording is the only way we can say for sure whether a song was performed live or not. However over the years, photo scan of reviews talking about the show at Saginaw had emerged and they all suggest that it was indeed performed. Sometimes reviews could be wrong with the songs' name, like "Light Man" instead of "White Man" but 3 reviews from 3 different people all claimed that "Long Away" was performed. It can't be a coincidence. Can we really say for certain that it wasn't performed with Freddie Mercury? Not to mention, the article in https://www.queenlive.ca/queen/77-01-13.htm was written on the basis that no recordings of "Long Away" (Live) is circulating at a time when those photo scans have not emerged yet. Can we really use the quote "Long Away was rehearsed before this tour (as confirmed by Brian in an interview later in the month), but it was never played live." as evidence that it wasn't performed in 1977? Especially when the same website also states "Three reviews (1, 2, 3) of the show all confirm that Long Away was performed at this show, almost certainly for the one and only time. Freddie presumably took on the lead vocal." in https://queenlive.ca/queen/77-01-20.htm. That's why I am editing the article and changing the wording to unsure whether it was performed or not. 219.78.110.97 (talk) 09:21, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]