Aren't Queen fabulous?

[poshsinglemum]

And timeless.

DP thinks so.

Nope, they broke the UN sanctions against South Africa to play to an entirely white audience at Sun City during apartheid. They cannot be forgiven putting their own swollen bank accounts above the human rights of others in such a brazen way.

Girls Aloud are timeless ? Because their songs are great ?

[thud]

Although Queen, I feel, should really have called it a day when Freddie died. maybe after the "Heaven" album as that still had his unfinished work on it. John Deacon has done the right thing by stepping back now. I think Brian and Roger are cheapening the name with all these endless re-issues and remixes. The Wyclef Jean one was especially awful.

Sausage, you may mock, but that's why they've lasted the best part of a decade.

All FallDown- that does suck but they are still cool. As Freddie was gay I think he is on the liberal side.
Also- I love hiphop but I have been to many a hiphop party where I was started on because I am white.

I agree with what you say UQD but DP is too young to have attended a concert with Freddie, but at least got to go to the Hyde Park concert they did with Paul Rogers and is grateful to have been able tpo see Brian May and Roger Taylor perform live. I went too, it was due to be the day after the July 7th bombings but was put off for a week, we were lucky enough to be in teh gold circle right at the front and watching Brian May do 'Love of my life' followed by 'Imagine' (as a tribute for the July 7th victims) was really quite incredible.

Fair enough, continuing to perform live I don't have a problem with, just remixing and reissuing old material.

in answer to the op
yes freddie was pure brilliance and made queen

One of my earliest memories is sitting with my gran watching the news when he died. And she was sobbing.

Show must go on is in my top 5 favourite songs ever. (I love the moulin rouge version too)

I used to listen to;
Who wants to live forever? (when dumped)
Don't stop me now when clubbing at Uni (Blue Angel nightclub aka the Raz!)
Innuendo (for general inspiration)
I want to break free (when fed up with everyone.)

I feel all nostalgic now.

Not sure that Take That should be in there either.

I can't even name a Girls Aloud song.

Well, during the 80s ABBA were a joke, as I recall. They were considered derisory, disposable fluff in silly lurex flares. People were too close to the fashions to realise the quality of the songs. When "Gold" came out in 1992, that was the start of their rehabilitation.

Poshsinglemum ... I'm sorry you've been picked on at hip-hop parties; but that's got absolutely nothing to do with the fact the Queen did the unforgivable thing of playing Sun City. It's possible to be gay and illiberal, and Freddie Mercury proved that by endorsing a racist regime.

When I was at Uni I shared a flat with some rockers. They hated black music and seemed to be a bit racist. I think that it sad when music becomes a way of dividing races.Music should make the people come together (man) but it all too often seperates people into tribes I am not suggesting that rockers are racist btw.

I didn't know that Queen had done that btw but unless you can convince me that they are racists I remain a fan.

Also- I don't think that their song lyric sare racist? If he did play that gis for money it was a sad misjudgement but I don't think it makes him a racist. The lyrics of their songs tend to lean towards world unity methinks.

Mabe the whites would have benefitted from a bit of Queen magic?

Queen's breaking the cultural boycott was what led to the Artists Against Apartheid single (I Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City. Judge them by what they do, not what they say. And what they did was offer succour to an instiutionally racist regime. By doing so they made music a way to divide people, since the only black people allowed into the gig were the ones working in the service jobs at the Sun City resort.

Queen, however, made sufficient money for the music industry that this transgression has been more or less written out of history. Vile band.

I can't stand Queen.
Not my cup of tea at all.
Actually, I don't like Abba, take That, Girls Aloud or Spandau Ballet either.

Ooh, Poshsinglemum when were you at Uni? I too used to go down the Raz aka Blue Angel. A long time ago..........

DH is big Queen fan, we have just been to see the musical "We will rock you" which we both enjoyed.

Dad rock.

But great example of it. We were teaching the dc to do the radio gaga hand clap yesterday - naff, but great fun

Yes. Love them. It was a teenage thing for me too.

Queen? Awesome.
The Raz? Brilliant! especially if you got the pole....

DD's both love We will rock you, and and I love the intro to Breakthru.
DD1's besta nd favourite song is Bicycle race though

I love Queen. My Dad is a huge fan and I was brought up listening to them. My Dad saw them loads and loads. He also went to the tribute concert, someone outside asked to buy his ticket and my Dad said he wouldn't have sold it for a million pounds.

I love Breakthru and I also love Barcelona that Freddie did with Montserrat Caballé.

I love Queen, can you tell?

I never got to see them with Freddie as I was far too young, my Mum was a huge fan I remember crying everytime she went to see a concert because I wanted to go too. I've seen them a few times + Paul Rodgers though.

I named my ds2 Freddie in honour of the late great one