Freddie

fryup · 24-11-2011 06:23PM #1

Can you believe it....Freddie is 20yrs dead today:eek: (seems like yesterday)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRavEPU_AJQ

acidskiffle · 24-11-2011 06:26PM

Best frontman ever. Fact.

hondasam · 24-11-2011 06:26PM

LEGEND best showman ever.

Benny_Cake · 24-11-2011 06:28PM

A true legend - how they really hit the big time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

And sixteen years later - still chokes me up every time I see it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLiw8dnHO4

BraziliaNZ · 24-11-2011 06:28PM

ugh, worst band ever imo, music is the aural equivelent of chewing tinfoil for me ffs

fryup · 24-11-2011 06:30PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

ugh, worst band ever imo, music is the aural equivelent of chewing tinfoil for me ffs

ah shush

mojesius · 24-11-2011 06:30PM

No one and I mean NO ONE rocked a wife beater and a pair of Wranglers like Freddie! What a voice! I wish I had the chance to see him perform live.

rainbow kirby · 24-11-2011 06:31PM

What a legend. Been listening to Queen all day in work and reminding myself of just how awesome he was.

take everything · 24-11-2011 06:32PM

Benny_Cake wrote: »

And sixteen years later - still chokes me up every time I see it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLiw8dnHO4

Just listening to These are the Days of our Lives there last night.
Amazing song and performance.

cruiser178 · 24-11-2011 06:34PM

I grew up listing to Queen and was devestated when the news broke of his death. RIP Freddie Mercury the king of queen and the greatest showman that ever lived.

Ready Freddie

Benny_Cake · 24-11-2011 06:34PM

take everything wrote: »

Just listening to These are the Days of our lives there last night.
Amazing song and performance.

He was in the final stages then, it took a huge effort for him to even be able to stand and sing but he did it. A beautiful farewell.

hondasam · 24-11-2011 06:35PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

aids up the ass.......:cool:

Oh really piss off,

fryup · 24-11-2011 06:35PM

^^^^^^^^^^

that video was recorded just a few weeks before he died, you can see it in his face > very gaunt

orourkeda · 24-11-2011 06:35PM

I always thought Queen were overrated as a musical act

cruiser178 · 24-11-2011 06:36PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

ugh, worst band ever imo, music is the aural equivelent of chewing tinfoil for me ffs

your not getting any thanks from me.....ever

just kiddin

hondasam · 24-11-2011 06:36PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLiw8dnHO4

MY fav.

take everything · 24-11-2011 06:37PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I always thought Queen were overrated as a musical act

You're looking for the "I Hate Queen" thread.

TheMilkyPirate · 24-11-2011 06:38PM

Fromthetrees wrote: »

aids up the ass.......:cool:

Bye now.

xoxyx · 24-11-2011 06:40PM

Benny_Cake wrote: »

He was in the final stages then, it took a huge effort for him to even be able to stand and sing but he did it. A beautiful farewell.

He was amazing. A young death is always a horrible thing, and he must have had so much he wanted to live and see. He died 20 years ago, at the age of 45, as a result of AIDS, and, every time I hear a Queen song, I think of that and the fact that AIDS is still so rife a disease.

So sad, but what a man to celebrate, and what a topic to keep to the forefront of your mind.

Nforce · 24-11-2011 06:46PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-aITCcrdk

CrazyRabbit · 24-11-2011 06:49PM

Freddie is reborn....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyC77mlkyXA

He truly was gifted at his craft. Most of Queen's songs are still great today and haven't aged. That's the sign of true brilliance.

acidskiffle · 24-11-2011 06:52PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I always thought Queen were overrated as a musical act

Yeah but the thread is about honouring the anniversary of his death isn't it? Not about your musical opinions.

RichieC · 24-11-2011 06:59PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I always thought Queen were overrated as a musical act

So did I until I actually listened to their albums.

sgb · 24-11-2011 07:02PM

He and Queen were the star of Live Aid

fryup · 24-11-2011 07:05PM

his boyfriend Jim Hutton was irish

orourkeda · 24-11-2011 07:11PM

acidskiffle wrote: »

Yeah but the thread is about honouring the anniversary of his death isn't it? Not about your musical opinions.

Where did you get that idea from? Theres no need to get arsey

John Doe1 · 24-11-2011 07:15PM

so we are all in agreement queen are ****e

Superbus · 24-11-2011 07:21PM

When I was 6 or 7 I was always in the car with my mum going to see my Granddad in hospital in Kildare, and she'd just bought the Queen Greatest Hits 1,2 and 3. We listened to it non-stop for about a year and a half, really became the soundtrack of my childhood around then.

Incredible live obviously, as others have said Freddie was probably the greatest frontman ever, I just wish I could've seen them at their peak. But it's the recordings that have real resonance for me.

And I get how weird it is to like Queen, of all bands, like that. Considering they were pretty vacuous most of the time. I guess it's the baggage connected with them for me.

ItsAWindUp · 24-11-2011 07:23PM

Queen were useless.

paulosham · 24-11-2011 07:27PM

Doesn't seem like 20 years, my favourite band. I went to the tribute concert in 92, I've got all their records and tons of singles and bootlegs. So many hidden gems on lots of their albums. The Night Comes Down, Tenement Funster, Dead On Time to name but a few.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhk6UAS__U

Loanshark Blues · 24-11-2011 07:31PM

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Queen were useless.

At what?

***Freddie***

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