Freddie

ItsAWindUp · 24-11-2011 07:32PM

Loanshark Blues wrote: »

At what?

Music, obviously.

acidskiffle · 24-11-2011 07:32PM

orourkeda wrote: »

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

Not getting arsey in the slightest.
Just don't see the point in expressing a negative opinion about a band when the thread was made to commemorate their frontman's 20th anniversary.

suicide_circus · 24-11-2011 07:40PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0

mehfesto · 24-11-2011 07:41PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sifdmOsCJs

Watched this last Christmas night at about 1am on the beeb. It was brilliant entertainment - espcially the medley bit!

Freddie was, in my opinion, one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. His voice was always filled with soul and grit. I wouldn't be the biggest Queen fan, but I love that voice and May's guitar tone together.

Freddie59 · 24-11-2011 07:45PM

acidskiffle wrote: »

Best frontman ever. Fact.

+100 to that! The ultimate showman. Still sadly missed.

Freddie59 · 24-11-2011 07:53PM

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Music, obviously.

:rolleyes: I suppose it takes all sorts really.

ItsAWindUp · 24-11-2011 08:00PM

Freddie59 wrote: »

:rolleyes: I suppose it takes all sorts really.

Yeah, coming from somebody with a Bible quote as their signature that is laughable.

John Doe1 · 24-11-2011 08:00PM

Freddie59 wrote: »

:rolleyes: I suppose it takes all sorts really.

I bet you thought this thread was about you freddie 59:p

WoollyRedHat · 24-11-2011 08:02PM

Queen were hardly useless at music, maybe to you, but that's fair enough.
Although their legacy would hint otherwise generally speaking, but anyways whatevs leik lol

Stained Class · 24-11-2011 08:03PM

Hard to believe it's 20 years ago today.

I was working late that day & heard the news later on in the pub.

Couldn't believe it!

The first major gig I went to was Slane '86 with Queen topping the bill.

They put on a great show despite the rain.

The whole audiance doing the handclapping thing for Radio Ga Ga was an unforgettable sight.

25 years on from that show, I'm now only a couple of years younger than Freddy when he died.

Way too soon.....

super_furry · 24-11-2011 08:04PM

Great, great frontman. Gave Robbie Williams a career as a tribute act too.

xoxyx · 24-11-2011 08:08PM

This is my favourite..

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

I find it hard not to jump on the table and rock out when I hear this tune.

Keitho Dub · 24-11-2011 08:09PM

Just have a look at what is about now days JOKES, music of old much better.

John Doe1 · 24-11-2011 08:12PM

Keitho Dub wrote: »

Just have a look at what is about now days JOKES, music of old much better.

Aye back when the kids could play outside and racism was acceptable, ah good days

Benny_Cake · 24-11-2011 08:14PM

Superbus wrote: »

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.

It's true they were a little vacuous - their excuses as to why they played Sun City were laughable for example. But the music and Freddie's charisma and showmanship ...it was the soundtrack of my childhood too.Think I'll always love it.

artvanderlay · 24-11-2011 08:26PM

My favourite Freddie moment is at the beginning of the Live At Wembley concert when they kick off with One Vision and Freddie comes out strutting like a peacock and belting the song out. It was like he owned the place! I think Queen's albums were not rated that highly because they were truly at their best playing live.

Ellis Dee · 24-11-2011 08:36PM

How time flies! The don't make them like Freddie any more.:)

This video is one of the best I've ever heard.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-EO1c1pQdw

cml387 · 24-11-2011 08:40PM

Funny how things get to you.

I was a major Queen fan when Seven Seas Of Rye came out (1974 - pop fans) as their first hit single. A Night At The Opera blew us all away.

Then Queen and I kinda drifted apart,each album slightly less great than the previous.

Live Aid was superb,but was just a moment in time.

So although I was aware of his work it was just in the backround.

Three years ago I was in Barcelona. I said to Mrs CML that we might go up to Place D'Espana and see the fountains.

It's a magnificent show. The fountains are gigantic and lit with constantly changing colours.

Just as we arrived, Barcelona started (Freddie with Montsarrat Caballe).

I was,quite suddenly and for no reason,in tears.

Luckily it was raining because I couldn't have explained what exactly I was crying about.

Fair dues Freddie,one of the greats.

Benny_Cake · 24-11-2011 08:44PM

cml387 wrote: »

Funny how things get to you.

I was a major Queen fan when Seven Seas Of Rye came out (1974 - pop fans) as their first hit single. A Night At The Opera blew us all away.

Then Queen and I kinda drifted apart,each album slightly less great than the previous.

Live Aid was superb,but was just a moment in time.

So although I was aware of his work it was just in the backround.

Three years ago I was in Barcelona. I said to Mrs CML that we might go up to Place D'Espana and see the fountains.

It's a magnificent show. The fountains are gigantic and lit with constantly changing colours.

Just as we arrived, Barcelona started (Freddie with Montsarrat Caballe).

I was,quite suddenly and for no reason,in tears.

Luckily it was raining because I couldn't have explained what exactly I was crying about.

Fair dues Freddie,one of the greats.

Great story! I heard Barcelona on the radio in the car today,just beautiful. Says so much about his talent and the diversity of his interests that he could turn his hand to something like that.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 24-11-2011 08:50PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUJkCXE4sAA

acidskiffle · 24-11-2011 09:01PM

Anyone else remember Highlander every friday night before Walker Texas Ranger? First time I ever heard this gem..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeGMaq0O98

rainbow kirby · 24-11-2011 10:57PM

cml387 wrote: »

Just as we arrived, Barcelona started (Freddie with Montsarrat Caballe).

I was,quite suddenly and for no reason,in tears.

Luckily it was raining because I couldn't have explained what exactly I was crying about.

Fair dues Freddie,one of the greats.

The Barcelona marathon starts with that song playing too, it's bloody epic coming down the Avenida Maria-Cristina with that playing and the confetti everywhere to start the race.

philstar · 24-11-2011 11:01PM

Benny_Cake wrote: »

It's true they were a little vacuous - their excuses as to why they played Sun City were laughable for example

they went way down in my estimation after that, to play in south africa during the height of the apartheid regime was unforgivable...just proved that they were corporate whores at the end of the day..only in it for the money:cool:

Mint Sauce · 24-11-2011 11:12PM

One of the first Queen songs I heard. Cant beleive its 20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63_HRwdAgk

El Guapo! · 24-11-2011 11:14PM

My favourite Queen song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8-FTvSVxs

And my next fav!

Conall Cernach · 24-11-2011 11:27PM

cml387 wrote: »

Funny how things get to you.

I was a major Queen fan when Seven Seas Of Rye came out (1974 - pop fans) as their first hit single. A Night At The Opera blew us all away.

Then Queen and I kinda drifted apart,each album slightly less great than the previous.

Live Aid was superb,but was just a moment in time.

So although I was aware of his work it was just in the backround.

Three years ago I was in Barcelona. I said to Mrs CML that we might go up to Place D'Espana and see the fountains.

It's a magnificent show. The fountains are gigantic and lit with constantly changing colours.

Just as we arrived, Barcelona started (Freddie with Montsarrat Caballe).

I was,quite suddenly and for no reason,in tears.

Luckily it was raining because I couldn't have explained what exactly I was crying about.

Fair dues Freddie,one of the greats.

I got a similar feeling while on holidays in Montreux a couple of years ago. There's a statue there of Freddie doing the pose from the Rage Comics (you know what I mean) and every day someone lays fresh flowers at it. I think there must have been a cold breeze coming off the lake or something but my eyes felt odd and I had to sniff my nose.

I'd like to add that Eric Carr the drummer with Kiss died the same day as Freddie. The greatest frontman and one of the greatest drummers in one day.

Dotrel · 24-11-2011 11:30PM

The greatest song ever written about a household detergent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv7HNAtCH74

philstar · 24-11-2011 11:32PM

Dotrel wrote: »

The greatest song ever written about a household detergent.

from the worst movie ever made

oppenheimer1 · 24-11-2011 11:34PM

Freddie who?

Dotrel · 24-11-2011 11:36PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Freddie who?

Starr

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