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Title: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: NicholeW. on April 26, 2009, 11:40:41 AM
Post by: NicholeW. on April 26, 2009, 11:40:41 AM
I was listening yesterday to "A Night At The Opera" (a few of you will recall it being released, and knew Bohemian Rhapsody before Wayne and Garth ever used it) and came, at last, to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and found myself crying about halfway through.
I was thinking about the loss and how wonderful it might be to have Queen among the "retro-resurrections" that have taken place. But, without Freddie I cannot imagine Queen being Queen. *sigh*
Thanks for the music Freddie, Brian, Roger and John. Beauty never dies I suppose, but the people who bring it into the world do.
Nichole being sentimental. :)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp8CNj9qBI#lq-lq2-hq)
I was thinking about the loss and how wonderful it might be to have Queen among the "retro-resurrections" that have taken place. But, without Freddie I cannot imagine Queen being Queen. *sigh*
Thanks for the music Freddie, Brian, Roger and John. Beauty never dies I suppose, but the people who bring it into the world do.
Nichole being sentimental. :)
Title: Re: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: Jay on April 26, 2009, 11:56:27 AM
Post by: Jay on April 26, 2009, 11:56:27 AM
I absolutely adore Queen, and yes it is extremly sad. :(
Queen well apart from Freddie (for obvious reasons) have been on tour with other guest singers but like you say no one could replace Freddie. A legend.
One by one
Only the Good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on -
Without you...
Too true.
Such a sad death, Queen has touched so many lifes. :(
R.I.P Freddie - 5 September 1946 to 24 November 1991 45 Years Old.
Jay :(
QuoteI was thinking about the loss and how wonderful it might be to have Queen among the "retro-resurrections" that have taken place. But, without Freddie I cannot imagine Queen being Queen. *sigh*
Queen well apart from Freddie (for obvious reasons) have been on tour with other guest singers but like you say no one could replace Freddie. A legend.
One by one
Only the Good die young
They're only flying too close to the sun
And life goes on -
Without you...
Too true.
Such a sad death, Queen has touched so many lifes. :(
R.I.P Freddie - 5 September 1946 to 24 November 1991 45 Years Old.
Jay :(
Title: Re: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: tekla on April 26, 2009, 01:27:40 PM
Post by: tekla on April 26, 2009, 01:27:40 PM
Did you ever go to see them live? It was a hoot. When they did that song, BR, which they could not do - they (and this is the truth) would leave the stage, and play the tape. And lights would go off, the sound system was cranking out at 110 db, and there were in the back drinking tea.
But, for the rest of the show, Freddie had about as good a set of pipes as any rock singer, and he could bring it live, for sure on that. Though the backstage scene was a bit different gender-wise then most band's backstages. Let's just say, it was not a good place to pick up girls. Or as my buddy says "no band was more perfectly named."
For his part, Freddie once said:
I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid, It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.
They were good, but I wonder how well that would go over these days though, outside of a Vegas/Hard Rock nostalgia deal. But I'm ever hopeful that had they stuck around long enough they might have got back to the sound of Queen II, and the third record, Sheer Heart Attack and stuff like Killer Queen, Brighton Rock, Flick of the Wrist along with Stone Cold Crazy (flat out, one of the most rockin songs ever put down) and the immortal She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes).
I thought by the end they had got more caught up in the show - the production - then in the music, and that often tends not to be a good thing. That clip you put up is considered by many to be one of the first true music videos, something created for that medium (TV) and that alone. It's set up like a concert, minus the audience.
One of the reasons that the Queen sound is so unique is that when he was young Brian May couldn't afford a guitar the quality he wanted, so with a lot of help from dad, he built his own. He played his hand-built "Red Special" most of the time.
But go back and listen to Sheer Heart Attack, it still rocks out.
But, for the rest of the show, Freddie had about as good a set of pipes as any rock singer, and he could bring it live, for sure on that. Though the backstage scene was a bit different gender-wise then most band's backstages. Let's just say, it was not a good place to pick up girls. Or as my buddy says "no band was more perfectly named."
For his part, Freddie once said:
I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid, It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.
They were good, but I wonder how well that would go over these days though, outside of a Vegas/Hard Rock nostalgia deal. But I'm ever hopeful that had they stuck around long enough they might have got back to the sound of Queen II, and the third record, Sheer Heart Attack and stuff like Killer Queen, Brighton Rock, Flick of the Wrist along with Stone Cold Crazy (flat out, one of the most rockin songs ever put down) and the immortal She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes).
I thought by the end they had got more caught up in the show - the production - then in the music, and that often tends not to be a good thing. That clip you put up is considered by many to be one of the first true music videos, something created for that medium (TV) and that alone. It's set up like a concert, minus the audience.
One of the reasons that the Queen sound is so unique is that when he was young Brian May couldn't afford a guitar the quality he wanted, so with a lot of help from dad, he built his own. He played his hand-built "Red Special" most of the time.
But go back and listen to Sheer Heart Attack, it still rocks out.
Title: Re: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: finewine on May 24, 2009, 07:48:11 AM
Post by: finewine on May 24, 2009, 07:48:11 AM
I regret never seeing them live before we lost Freddie.
The Show Must Go On! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRE0slFf4Zg#lq-lq2-hq)
The Show Must Go On! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRE0slFf4Zg#lq-lq2-hq)
Title: Re: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: Janet_Girl on May 24, 2009, 08:29:38 AM
Post by: Janet_Girl on May 24, 2009, 08:29:38 AM
I love Queen, And this classic in Particular. And of course it popular at all most every High School Home Game.
Queen-We Will Rock You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikKzQwgBJc#lq-lq2-hq)
Janet
Queen-We Will Rock You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikKzQwgBJc#lq-lq2-hq)
Janet
Title: Re: Remembering Queen, Remembering Freddie
Post by: Hazumu on May 24, 2009, 02:15:04 PM
Post by: Hazumu on May 24, 2009, 02:15:04 PM
Tekla, I remember the story about the guitar, the body was carved from a slab of wood that had been part of a fireplace mantel. And Brian May used a british coin (a sixpence?) as a pick. That and building up the guitar chords through overdubbing single notes developed that distinctive sound.
Stone Cold Crazy and Ogre Battle taught me about choking cymbals, and how to make it musical.
They were definitely part of my formative years :D
=K
Stone Cold Crazy and Ogre Battle taught me about choking cymbals, and how to make it musical.
They were definitely part of my formative years :D
=K