The Cat 3 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/22200000/Little-Freddie-freddie-mercury-22211312-365-450.jpg Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/22200000/Little-Freddie-freddie-mercury-22211312-365-450.jpg Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury! Freddie would've been 69 years young today, but God wanted that beautiful voice back at the great gig in the sky. Oh well, we'll all be up there and here Fred sing again soon enough, and this time with a real gospel choir. Happy Birthday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 :cheers: I think I'll put The Miracle in the car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 My husband told me yesterday, when I was telling him about this thread, that the lead singer of Queen is a trained opera singer. With my husband I always employ the Ronnie Reagan method of "trust but verify." So I am asking you Queen adulators if what he says is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 My husband told me yesterday, when I was telling him about this thread, that the lead singer of Queen is a trained opera singer. With my husband I always employ the Ronnie Reagan method of "trust but verify." So I am asking you Queen adulators if what he says is right. No. Piano lessons from 7 til 9. But, he had a 4-octave vocal range, he was a natural baritone. He felt quite inferior to real opera stars, hence his shyness when he first met Monserrat Caballe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Freddie Did a duet WITH an opera singer. but no......he was never one. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 My husband told me yesterday, when I was telling him about this thread, that the lead singer of Queen is a trained opera singer. With my husband I always employ the Ronnie Reagan method of "trust but verify." So I am asking you Queen adulators if what he says is right. No. Piano lessons from 7 til 9. But, he had a 4-octave vocal range, he was a natural baritone. He felt quite inferior to real opera stars, hence his shyness when he first met Monserrat Caballe.Freddie Did a duet WITH an opera singer. but no......he was never one. Mick Why am I not surprised he got it wrong? Thank you gentlemen! From what I can gather here, he's dead? When did he die, and from what? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 My husband told me yesterday, when I was telling him about this thread, that the lead singer of Queen is a trained opera singer. With my husband I always employ the Ronnie Reagan method of "trust but verify." So I am asking you Queen adulators if what he says is right. No. Piano lessons from 7 til 9. But, he had a 4-octave vocal range, he was a natural baritone. He felt quite inferior to real opera stars, hence his shyness when he first met Monserrat Caballe.Freddie Did a duet WITH an opera singer. but no......he was never one. Mick Why am I not surprised he got it wrong? Thank you gentlemen! From what I can gather here, he's dead? When did he die, and from what? Nov 24 1991. Complications arising from AIDS. I cried for days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 My husband told me yesterday, when I was telling him about this thread, that the lead singer of Queen is a trained opera singer. With my husband I always employ the Ronnie Reagan method of "trust but verify." So I am asking you Queen adulators if what he says is right. No. Piano lessons from 7 til 9. But, he had a 4-octave vocal range, he was a natural baritone. He felt quite inferior to real opera stars, hence his shyness when he first met Monserrat Caballe.Freddie Did a duet WITH an opera singer. but no......he was never one. Mick Why am I not surprised he got it wrong? Thank you gentlemen! From what I can gather here, he's dead? When did he die, and from what? Nov 24 1991. Complications arising from AIDS. I cried for days. i rember that well. i was a wee lad. but i was already rockin' to queen by then. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I know nothing about them except for their popular songs from the seventies mostly and early eighties, and I only owned one of their albums, so forgive my ignorance when I ask if they are no more and, if they are still around, how is their replacement singer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I know nothing about them except for their popular songs from the seventies mostly and early eighties, and I only owned one of their albums, so forgive my ignorance when I ask if they are no more and, if they are still around, how is their replacement singer? Queen.....meaning Brian May and Roger taylor......toured with Paul Rodgers. who....IMO was kick ass. No Freddie.....but he did great. They are now with Adam lambert of American Idol. he's just........no. not for me. Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Queen is so much more than just their hits. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Queen is so much more than just their hits. You said it. they're first 7 albums are works of pure art. Mick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I know nothing about them except for their popular songs from the seventies mostly and early eighties, and I only owned one of their albums, so forgive my ignorance when I ask if they are no more and, if they are still around, how is their replacement singer? They are now with Adam lambert of American Idol. he's just........no. not for me. Mick Please, for the love of all things righteous and holy, no, just no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 I know nothing about them except for their popular songs from the seventies mostly and early eighties, and I only owned one of their albums, so forgive my ignorance when I ask if they are no more and, if they are still around, how is their replacement singer? They are now with Adam lambert of American Idol. he's just........no. not for me. Mick Please, for the love of all things righteous and holy, no, just no. Brian and Roger were on AI as coaches too. it's like.......i love you guys.....but......really? We're that desperate? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Queen! The only band I love more than Rush. Let's discuss! This band is immaculate. The only song I can't stand in the entire canon is "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I know nothing about them except for their popular songs from the seventies mostly and early eighties, and I only owned one of their albums, so forgive my ignorance when I ask if they are no more and, if they are still around, how is their replacement singer? They are now with Adam lambert of American Idol. he's just........no. not for me. Mick Please, for the love of all things righteous and holy, no, just no. Brian and Roger were on AI as coaches too. it's like.......i love you guys.....but......really? We're that desperate? Mick May has one of the greatest guitar tones in the universe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Roger Taylor plays the drums on Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill." I thought it was Tony Thompson. Rrrrrroger KICKS ARSE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Roger Taylor plays the drums on Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill." I thought it was Tony Thompson. Rrrrrroger KICKS ARSE! Ummm. Roger Taylor is the drummer for Duran Duran. Different guy. Same name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 On a very basic level, I now enjoy this band. Brian May. Legend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 On a very basic level, I now enjoy this band. Brian May. Legend. Step in the right direction. Baby steps. go Segue! Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 On a very basic level, I now enjoy this band. Brian May. Legend. Step in the right direction. Baby steps. go Segue! Mick Also, after months of playing Dennis DeYoung Styx albums, Mercury sounds...I dunno...completely bearable! Funny...but his voice rarely, if ever, annoys me. But I also don't feel a pull towards their music like I do my favourite bands. Then again, I used to say that about Bon Jovi and Foreigner. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Queen Elizabeth II is set to become the longest reigning monarch in U,K. history, tomorrow! http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/plantfan40/85.jpeg (You did say the Royal Queen thread . . . . . ) :o 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Queen Elizabeth II is set to become the longest reigning monarch in U,K. history, tomorrow! http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp338/plantfan40/85.jpeg (You did say the Royal Queen thread . . . . . ) :o She is a babe. No need to pass the hot sauce, she is already here! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 In response to previous posts/conversations: Freddie Passed away from pneumonia from aids at the all too young age of 45. He also recorded some of his most impassioned and everlasting vocals while on his death bead, the band having stopped touring in 1986 so they could focus more on re-perfecting their studio magic. I wasn't alive for any of that, but it hits me with just as much emotion as some of the others on this thread who went through losing him. Freddie wasn't technically an opera singer, but he did do some opera once, because he loved it and he could, and for that he recieved the highest praises of the actual opera singer he worked with. He was also absolutely honest in his early claims that Queen were doing something that had never been done, combining rock and opera, this mainly showing in the immortal Bohemian Rhapsody. I never had the chance to see or hear Queen + Paul Rodgers, but he's a great singer, so it was probably great. However I nearly had the chance to see Queen + Adam Lambert the summer before last (had to miss it, much to my dismay, for a saxophone camp which had already been paid for), and my friend who invited me later said simply "Freddie would've been proud." I believe that. Though I still wish I could see it for myself (I know you were just here, but come back to the states Brian, Roger, and Adam! I didn't get to see you last time! :( ) Yaaaay! Segue is beginning to enjoy the majesty of Queen! A righteous occasion indeed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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