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Just a little change of subject to start the day out on a happy note. ❤️
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)I wish he was still around, curious what songs he would write at this time?
Throck
(2,520 posts)Everybody......
KWR65
(1,098 posts)tavernier
(12,376 posts)Still the greatest male singer of all time
Duppers
(28,117 posts)Talent + attitude.
Freddie...
"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.
I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics."
😁
Roger Daltrey commented in Jim ODonnells 2013 Queen Tribute book, Freddie was the best virtuoso rock n roll singer of all time. He could sing anything in any style. He could change his style from line to line and, God, thats an art. And he was brilliant at it.
Sucha NastyWoman
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we can do it
(12,180 posts)Ohiogal
(31,969 posts)at 74, which is what hed be today.
He would still be rockin it and flamboyant I am sure.
tavernier
(12,376 posts)Happy Birthday Fred. After all this time, we still miss you. Rog. (Along with pic of both wearing sombreros)
Made me tear up for a sec... they were like brothers.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)Still rockin it, but at a more deliberate pace.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)The QUEEN himself. He died 4 days before my beloved Grandpap did.
I remain a Queen fan to this day.
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Love you Freddie.
tavernier
(12,376 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,783 posts)Which revived Queen and kept them on top until Freddie died on November 24th, 1991.
Their music is as much popular today as it was then. The Oscar and Golden Globe winning film BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, saw to that.
Nay
(12,051 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
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When I hear the iconic music of Queen, one cannot escape the genius that is Brian May. The guitar sounds of all the Queen arrangements are from Brian. The most iconic riff is from "Bohemian Rhapsody ". His iconic guitar, the Red Special, was homemade with parts in his father's garage set to wood from an 18th Century fireplace. He still plays with that guitar since 1969.
Ohiogal
(31,969 posts)Has been heralded as the greatest live rock n roll performance of all time.
I find it hard to disagree....
AllyCat
(16,177 posts)Queen. First and best concert I have ever seen.
tavernier
(12,376 posts)He once wrote that he loved to make people happy, make them smile.
kairos12
(12,852 posts)Unforgettable!
tavernier
(12,376 posts)Lucky you!
I never saw a live Queen concert but the ones on YouTube are very good.
Going to see Almost Queen in April in Michigan. I heard they are very good. I had tickets for last April but it was postponed twice due to Covid. Fingers crossed. I would love to see Queen someday, but I would have to cash out my retirement. (Eye roll)
kairos12
(12,852 posts)moreland01
(737 posts)We named a dog after him. It was a sleek black Doberman. I miss her so much. And I miss Freddie Mercury too. We got the dog within a couple of days after FM died .
tavernier
(12,376 posts)I dont have a dog but I have five Freddie shirts, three pop funko Freddie dolls, coffee mugs, wine glasses, magnets, biographies, stamps (just recently minted), hats, and car decal, most from friends and family who love to get me Freddie stuff for birthdays and holidays because they know me. Maybe I should start a museum?
mercuryblues
(14,530 posts)mercuryblues
(14,530 posts)mercuryblues
(14,530 posts)I remember playing this one as loud as my stereo would go. I wasn't exactly a quiet rebellious teen.
tavernier
(12,376 posts)and a perfect theme for an astrophysicist.