I grew up when Queen was extremely popular

[Maestro]

and of course I was/am still a big fan. On my iTunes party shuffle the song, Who wants to live forever? , just came on. I really think it is one of the poignant songs around especially if you consider that Freddie Mercury probably sang it knowing that he was dying of AIDS at the time. Really great song!

There’s no time for us
There’s no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away
From us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever....?

There’s no chance for us
It’s all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever?
When love must die

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today

Who waits forever anyway?

[Shell Beau]

1. I love Queen and I am 26!

[Maestro]

2. Well Freddie died in '91, right?

Did you know Queen when they were still performing?

[Shell Beau]

5. I knew some of their songs, but at age 13, I was more into Madonna

sad to say!

[lenidog]

8. Everybody goes thru that phase

Now you know better. ;-)

[Shell Beau]

I definitely know better!!

Ahh, life's lessons!!!

[lenidog]

12. It would be hard to find a better band to love

[lenidog]

6. My older sisters first concert was Queen opeining for Jethro Tull

[Maestro]

14. Wow!

I never was a Tull fan though, but Queen! Yes!

[lenidog]

19. I was never one either but that might have been a cool show

[Maestro]

28. Agreed. -nt

[purr]

10. Me too and I'm 24!

n/t

[Maestro]

15. 24?

You seem much more older by the way you post. Actually I mean mature. ;)

[purr]

17. Aww thanks :)

Having my first son at the age of 20 made me mature real fast. Dont get me wrong, I can still have fun but I dont act like half of my friends my age.

:)

[Maestro]

24. And you have really cool cats!

If only I can talk my wife into one, but she is hesitant because we have a relatively skittish dog and two small kids.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. I really miss Freddie...

:cry:


Greatest Rock Singer Ever...

[tk2kewl]

9. What a voice!

He always will be one of Rocks greatests.

[lenidog]

11. I remember watching a show after Freddie died and they were talking

about Queen and Freddie. One of the people they were talking to was Paul McCartney and he was saying that when the great book of rock & roll is written the Freddie and Queen will be in the top ten all time greatest bands. I thought that was a cool statement from a guy who was in the band that will make it in the number one slot.

[lenidog]

4. How about this one from the last album the recorded together

Show Must Go On


Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for...
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for ?
I guess I'm learning (I'm learning learning learning)
I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning (turning turning turning)
Round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on, yeah yeah
Ooh, inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

Yeah yeah, whoa wo oh oh

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on) yeah yeah
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on)
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show

Ooh, I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the show
On with the show
The show - the show must go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on
Go on, go on

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

23. That song is why I don't mind the remaining members touring with Rodgers

Freddie was like that. Freddie wanted them to continue.

Looking back over the last three albums Queen put out before Freddie died ("A Kind of Magic", "The Miracle", and "Innuendo") I realized that there were a lot of hidden thoughts like that...the last song on "The Miracle" was "Was it all Worth It?":

What is there left for me to do in this life
Did I achieve what I had set in my sights
Am I a happy man or is this sinking sand
Was it all worth it was it all worth it

Yeah now hear my story let me tell you about it
We bought a drum kit blew my own trumpet
Played the circuit thought we were perfect
Was it all worth it
Giving all my heart and soul and staying up all night
Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll a godforsaken life
Was it all worth it was it all worth it all these years

Put down our money without counting the cost
It didn't matter if we won if we lost
Yes we were vicious yes we could kill
Yes we were hungry yes we were brill
We served a purpose like a bloody circus
We were so dandy we love you madly

Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll this godforsaken life
Was it all worth it was it all worth it
When the hurly burly's done

We went to Bali saw God and Dali
So mystic surrealistic
Was it all worth it yeah yeah
Giving all my heart and soul staying up all night
Was it all worth it
Living breathing rock'n'roll this never ending fight
Was it all worth it was it all worth it
Yes it was a worthwhile experience

It was worth it

I believe Freddie knew he had AIDS way back in 1988 when "The Miracle" came out.

[Maestro]

27. You're right

I just so wish he hadn't gotten sick. There are a few entertainers that I really miss, Freddie, Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughn (I actually met him), Michael Hutchence to name a few. Damn it!!!!!!! The only one of that group that lived a full life was Johnny and I still think he went too early.

[Maestro]

25. I love that song as well and it was written

near or just before he found out he was dying.

[Kraklen]

7. Yeah, interesting that a song from Highlander...

could be so deep.

[The Donkey]

13. I still love Queen!

Sometimes when I say that, I get an odd look.

However, I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy at least a few of their songs.

Also, they are one of the few bands who had their own sound. Even if you don't hear Freddie - you'll likely be able to pick out a song as being Queen just by the music.

[Cooley Hurd]

18. Brian May and that HELLACIOUS power chord, heavily-laden with...

...distortion and synth. Makes my back teeth ache in a very GOOD way!:thumbsup:

[catbert836]

16. Now you'll make me cry

I was to young to appreciate music when Freddie died... If I could do one thing over about my life, I would change my birthdate to several decades ago so I could appreciate great music as it was made.

[Texasgal]

20. I Looooooove Queen!

I also grew up when they were at their peak.

Here's one of my favs. I miss Freddie too. :(

Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord!
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay all on my own -
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord - somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me - somebody to love?

(He works hard)

Everyday - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm goin' crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Yeah - yeah yeah yeah

Oh Lord
Somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm ok, I'm alright
Ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!

Find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

[Maestro]

26. Awesome song as well

Damn I miss these guys. At least the rest of the band is doing fine right now. Actually, Brian May is really a laid back guy. He was probably the anti-thesis of Freddie.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

21. These lyrics really don't convey the power of that song:

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today

This is a song that has to be heard.

RIP, Freddie. And thanks.

[Kraklen]

22. Agreed.

It needs to be heard in that amazing voice of Freddie Mercury.

[Maestro]

29. The people responding here probably already know this

but here is the link to a good Queen site. http://www.queenonline.com/index2.php

[Maestro]

31. And here is something from Brian May's site.

Read this while listening to The Show Must Go On and No One Wants to Live Forever Dammit! I hate AIDS and the fact that good people have to die young sometimes.

http://www.brianmay.com/freddie/dm220100/dm220100.html

[Tsiyu]

30. I saw them perform several times in my "youth."

Freddy wore THE most outrageous leotards but that band could put on a live show you wouldn't believe.

And everyone my age knew all the words to Bohemian Rhapsody...

[Maestro]

32. I have seen upteen zillion groups in concert

but Queen wasn't one of them. Sheesh! Oh well. You are a lucky one!

[Maestro]

33. And don't forget the good these guys are doing now.

http://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com/index2.html

[Maestro]

34. BTW

the song, Dragon Attack , from The Game is a wonderfully rythmic song with a great bass line that is completely underrated. It never made it on any greatest hits album but I count it as one of the best they ever did. Of course I was a bass player back in the day.

[DS1]

35. When I was growing up, the only Queen I was exposed to besides the classic

s was the Iron Eagle soundtrack

[Maestro]

36. Around 1980, I was in Jr. High, the album

The Game was hellaciously popular. Before that, I remember News of the World and A Night at the Opera being very well known.

[Maestro]

37. With all this talk

I put together a Queen iMix of some of my favorites.


If you have iTunes you can vote for it here.... http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPublishedPlaylist?id=380904

[Maestro]

38. Kick for the night crowd

:kick:

[Blue_Tires]

39. lol..i liked tha Flash Gordon soundtrack n/t

[hickman1937]

40. I remember Queen their first time around.

I was more of a Who, Kinks, BB King fan, but the humor that they put in their music was so enticing. I always thought that Kiss ripped them off, and couldn't reproduce the level of humor, so amped up the presentation.

[Maestro]

41. I never was a big KISS fan

even though in the 70's I had a girlfriend named Beth about the same time they had a hit by the same name.

[hickman1937]

43. I also remember taking my kids to the roller rink in the 80's,

and they were playing Queen all the time. Probably because of Mike Myers. I loved it.

[Maestro]

44. Mike Myers?

The Wayne and Garth thing? I think that was the 90's or perhaps my decades are running together. ;) In the 80's, Another One Bites The Dust and a few later songs were very popular. With Myers everyone rediscovered Bohemian Rhapsody

[Maestro]

42. It was alright,

but I had hoped that Queen stayed away from soundtracks.

[Zomby Woof]

45. One of the most pretentious and posturing bands ever

Ultimately boring, despite the theatrics. Form triumphs over content.

[Maestro]

49. You can add bombastic to that too

The whole band was like that to rise up and over the crap that the 70's was producing in general, give or take a handful of great bands.

[Zomby Woof]

46. Oh, and they played Sun City during apartheid and the boycott

So they were conservative too.

And people call Skynyrd racist? They campaigned for Jimmy Carter. Queen played Sun City because profit mattered over people.

Fuck Queen.

[Maestro]

47. Wow!

What do you really think? Hey but it's your opinion.

[Zomby Woof]

50. Yeah, very novel of me

Going on DU and expressing my opinion. I forgot I am not supposed to do that.

[Maestro]

52. Dude!

Chill out. Express all you want. You don't like Queen. Got it. All is cool. I could care less. No one is attacking.

[Maestro]

53. And I forgot to mention,

not that it matters really, but Queen is highly involved in the following: http://46664.tiscali.com/ It benefits the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

[bbernardini]

48. That's on your PARTY shuffle?

You must have some...interesting parties.

[Maestro]

51. This is my current shuffle

I listened to a ton of Queen last night! ;)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

54. From what I've read, she is still very popular....

[Maestro]

55. Hey, in all truthfulness,

I think Queen played for the Queen. :)