30 Day meme challenge

[dizzojay]

Day 6 - A band or musician that is important to you

I've always loved Queen.  Roger Taylor, the drummer was one of my first crushes back in the early eighties, and Freddie Mercury was the ultimate showman and he was backed up by three of the most brilliant musiciams ever to take the stage.  As far as I'm aware, Queen have never produced a song I didn't like.

I would have loved to go to a Queen concert, but I never had anyone to go with, and so it didn't happen.  Then, when I first met Mr D in May 1991, one of the first things we established was a mutual love of Queen and we decided that we would go to a Queen concert the next time they toured.

Then a couple of months later Freddie Mercury died, and the world lost one of the most gifted performers who ever lived :(

I know Queen have continued in one form or another since Freddie's departure, but I prefer to think of them as the complete unit that they were back in the 70's and 80's, so I will never fulfil my wish of going to a Queen concert.  But that's fine, I still listen to their songs regularly, and never fail to enjoy them.

In the meantime, here is one of my favourite Queen songs and I particularly love this video because it was made at the height of my Roger Taylor crush.  Just try to resist those eyes ...

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Comments

[stir-of-echoes.livejournal.com]

What an excellent choice. Freddie was an born entertainer, and true artist. His passing deeply saddened me. It was a great loss to the music industry and the world in general.

And I can see the interest in Roger Taylor :)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Freddie was such a natural and gifted performer. He used to captivate me every time I saw him on TV.
And yes, Roger was a very handsome young man. Sadly the passage of time has not been kind :(

[stir-of-echoes.livejournal.com]

Me too, so very much. Time can be a a cruel mistress sometimes.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I still sob my heart out every time I hear the last song Freddie ever recorded properly.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Was that 'the show must go on'? because that one always has the same effect on me!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Yes, he did it in pieces as he was dying, poor dedicated hard working genius!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Roger Taylor was very pretty, it's a shame he looks like Richard Attenborough now! I'm sorry you never got a chance to go to a concert, thank goodness for YouTube to see Freddie and the band in action.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Yes, time has not been kind to dear Roger!
Thank goodness, as you say, for Youtube!

[loki-dip.livejournal.com]

Very nice. My Mum has a thing for Brian May (I haven't ever worked out if it's his mind, his musical talent or his lifelong commitment to 70s rocker hair. Maybe it's a mix) and so I've seen Queen with Paul Young, and Brian May with Kerry Ellis.

The whole band was very talented.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

They were an amazing band.
A little fun factoid, Brian May lives about two miles down the road from me!!

[loki-dip.livejournal.com]

Really? That is a fun factoid. Do you every hear him practice?