Best rock band EVER!

Missed the Days of Our Lives documentary, so angry!

I'm a MASSIVE Queen fan too. A genius band

I don't think we'll see anything quite like Queen ever again. It was a unique combination of sheer talent: performance, singing, song writing and playing. I still think Queen's musical achievements are under-rated.

Lifelong fan, even from early childhood. I think my mum has a video of me as a toddler singing Radio Ga Ga with a drawn-on moustache.

My favourite albums are probably all but their 1980s stuff, when I tried ranking their studio albums in order of preference recently, I found all the 1980s stuff was last. My all-time favourite is probably Queen II. It's Late my favourite song, if push comes to shove.

I met Brian May at a book signing last year, an absolute dream come true, and he was such a nice man. Just to touch him was such an honour haha!

My parents and uncle saw them at Live Aid, plus my dad managed to sneak backstage when they played Knebworth, just at the end of Brighton Rock, and Freddie walked right past him, and even looked at him. Can't believe Freddie looked at my dad!

I've been expanding my musical tastes considerably in recent years so I haven't had much time for Queen listening, but the two very good documentaries have reignited it again and I've just downloaded their gig in Houston 1977 in FLAC quality. Orgasmic!

So true!

So jealous! I would love to meet Brian May, shake his hand and say thanks (although I'd probably just stand there staring). He is a living legend, one of the most remarkable musicians this country has ever produced.

Haha exactly that! I had planned that I would shake his hand, say thanks for the music as it's been a huge inspiration to me my entire life, and that it was an honour to be able to actually meet him. But no, when I got there all I could do was mumble my name and the next thing I know I was walking down the street with my signed book in hand!

Who else but Queen would ever dream of beginning a rock album (Night at the Opera) with a short, hauntingly beautiful Bach-like toccata for solo piano before plunging into discordant repeated chords on electric guitars before returning to simple repeated chords on the piano? It shouldn't work but it does and therein lies the genius. The sheer inventiveness of the group's musical imagination takes my breath away.

Death on Two Legs

Oh that would happen to me, I just know it. There's so much I'd love to say to him but I would just manage a squeak and shuffle away. But to have him autograph your book is awesome! and you can always look back and say 'I met Brian May'. Amazing.

One of the best live groups I've ever seen

I am horrendously jealous of anyone who has seen those genius' live

I've seen half of Queen live...Brian May and Roger Taylor were surprise guests at a Foo Fighters gig in London. They came out and did an old Queen song together. Think it was called '39'.

I made a thread about Freddie Mercury's album Mr. Bad Guy here quite a while ago and got no replies, so I'm going to post what I wrote here, as it's something that interests me and I was hoping for some good discussion!

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Not a huge fan of Freddie Mercury's solo work (it's quite dated nowadays), but I'm surprised Mr. Bad Guy hasn't had something of a resurgence in recent years.

Is anybody else familiar with it? With the likes of Lady Gaga dominating the charts now, I really thought this album would start to be seen in a much better light than what it was when it was first released in 1985.

Freddie Mercury appears to have quite an influence in this whole neo-eighties movement of recent years and it's quite clear why in Mr. Bad Guy. Even the songs of the era that didn't make it beyond the demo stage, such as Yellow Breezes and I Love Makin' Love could have great potential if covered by an artist in this style.

Tracks like Let's Turn It On, My Love Is Dangerous and Living On My Own have very clear similarities to the dance pop that is currently in vogue, much more so than anything Freddie did with Queen.

It's interesting that the two studio albums Freddie released, this and 1988's Barcelona with Montserrat Caballe, were critical and commercial failures, but have both been very much a blueprint of genres are now quite popular, with Barcelona hinting at what was to come with Il Divo and G4. Oh well, I'll forgive Freddie for it!

Anybody else have any thoughts on this album?

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Just listen to the B-side from this era, Stop All The Fighting, I honestly think you could mistake it for a Lady Gaga song!

'Let's Turn It On', 'I Was Born to Love You' and 'Living On My Own' are my favourites, but I've not heard the album for ages. I'll have to dig it out and relisten.

I think people like GaGa are consciously referencing the 80s in much of their music and so I guess that's why the album sounds more up to date than it might've done a few years ago.

First time I saw Queen was in December 1973 when they were supporting Mott the Hoople - last time I saw them was at Wembley in 1986 I saw them a few times in between those dates

I've loved Queen since I saw them on TV at Live Aid when I was 12. Never got to see them live although I did make it to the Freddie Mercury tribute concert which was amazing.

I thought the 2 part documentary was brilliant, saw lots of footage that I'd never seen before so hope it comes out on DVD with some extras.

Great to see some like-minded people

I first saw them at a London UC gig, 1973, just after they released their first album. They were not well known, but gave a fantastic show. I remember me and my mate going apeshit over it and saying 'that band is gonna be HUGE!'. lol, I dont think we realised how right we would be!.

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I WANT QUEEN!!!! I wanna see them LIVEEEEE. Why why why why why why was I born in 1992???

And the sooo sad thing is we are NEVER gonna get another band like them again!

Roger's son is a very good drummer. Does Brian have a son who's an amazing guitar player?

Apparently Brian May was at the Proms in the PArk last show last summer and my parents went to that but I was busy. ARRRRRRGGG

Have been a Queen fan for years, have most of their albums (on CD naturally but do have The Works on vinyl which I might have to get valued) I have a limited Edition of Greatest Hits 3......didnt realise this for about 2 years until a friend noticed the sticker on it.

I did have most of their videos but gave some to charity shops and binned a few that showed their age, still have Rare Live and Greatest Flix 3 (waiting for dvd version)

I also liked Freddies solo stuff thats been mentioned on here and also have Brian May's Back To The Light CD and I also have the three albums that Roger Taylor did with his band The Cross..................very very under-rated.

I have a couple of vinyl singles (aka 12" or maxi singles) I have Headlong which is a picture disc and a special edition of The Show Must Go On which has their signatures etched on the B side

Do I qualify to join this thread?


One thing I will ask....Made In Heaven.....bought this when it was released and realised that there was an instrumental bit at the end which goes on for about 20 minutes but nothing is shown on the tracklist...............has there ever been an explanation as to what this is?

is there any reason why queen should be featured on BBC 2 this week? i know it will be 20 years this year in november that freddie died ,other than that not sure what?

It's their 40th anniversary this year

oh right queen became queen in 1971?

Maybe just!

If I recall correctly, Brian May posted about Track 13 on his blog a few years back and mentioned that it was simply their way of giving their last album some finality, so to speak. He also said about how it spiralled into it's size and became almost a representation of Freddie's "musical ascent into heaven".

If anyone here uses Torrents, I recommend you check out the download section of the brilliant Queen Concerts website (here, you can find some of their gigs in gorgeous FLAC quality and uncut from pretty much every year in their existence. It's a fantastic source for Queen fans, and don't worry, it's legal!