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Tribute To Queen - Brit Rock Legends

by Jag82
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I love Queen. Absolutely adore them.

Freddy Mercury is such a charismatic front man,
but it's such a pity he left us too early.

Let's not forget Brian May's hypnotic guitar skills.

Legends!

A few of their songs:






Any Queen's fans out there?

Please come out to rock!

Jag
  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    Big Queen fan. In my opinion, Freddie Mercuries lead vocals, the background
    vocals and Brian May's guitar playing WAS Queen.

    I'll try to dig up some of my favorite tunes and post them when I get a
    chance.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Tunnah
      Grow up on Queen. A truly top band.

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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Where do I start?
        Many, many, years ago when I was more then a couple of bubbles off plumb, this song saved my life more then a few times.

        This one is still like doing a shot of speed to me.
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        Life: Nature's way of keeping meat fresh
        Getting old ain't for sissy's
        As you are I was, as I am you will be
        You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.

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      • Profile picture of the author Quill
        One of my fave songs ever!!! thanks !
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Wright
          They have been showing just about all the major Queen concerts
          and documentaries on the Sky Arts TV channels this last month
          or so in the UK. PVR running at full capacity

          It should be remembered that Bohemian Rhapsody almost
          literally created the whole pop music video scene/market

          Due to Freddie's vocal range, tribute performances by most
          if not all other artists/performers have had to be rewritten
          in different keys because they were unable to sing many
          of the songs in Freddie's range. George Michael did a pretty
          good near original version of some of them imho.

          Sad loss .... but his music carries on....
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          • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
            I wanted to see what everybody else posted before I submitted my own.
            I figured the popular stuff would already be covered and I didn't want to
            just do the same old same old.

            This is from Queen's first album, though this video is actually from a later
            release. You can hear the original online if you want, but here you get to
            see Freddie and the rest of the crew and I figured that was worth making
            the little substitution.

            This song gives each member of the band a chance to shine, which is
            actually rare for them...especially as you got into the more commercial
            stage of their career. Most of their tunes essentially featured Freddie,
            the background vocals and Brian May's guitar leads with drums and bass
            pretty much in the background. But not here.

            From "Queen"

            "Liar"

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    • Profile picture of the author Jag82
      Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

      Big Queen fan. In my opinion, Freddie Mercuries lead vocals, the background
      vocals and Brian May's guitar playing WAS Queen.
      Yes, the background vocals!

      Not forgetting the bassist John Deacon,
      and drummer Roger Taylor.

      Awesome group!
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  • Profile picture of the author Anthony K
    Greatest. Band. Ever
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Someone HAD to post this one. Every song that has been posted above are all classics. This one is what they will ALWAYS be remembered for though.

    If a vote was taken to determine the "best" song ever, this would probably be at number one. Yep, I reckon this would get more votes than "Stairway To Heaven".

    I remember it came out just before Xmas in 1975, so by the time we all got back to school in early 76 (yes, I'm that old), this song was ALL that EVERYONE was talking about. Number one on the Aussie charts for about 8 weeks from memory.

    It needs no introduction.

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    • Profile picture of the author Jag82
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post


      It needs no introduction.

      YouTube - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

      This is THE song! THE song!

      If I'm not wrong, it was voted the best song of the last century.

      May be subjective. But there's no shadow of a doubt that
      Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the best songs of ALL TIME!

      Jag
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Originally Posted by Laura Knight View Post

    Everyone loves the Bohemian Rhapsody! I worked in an office once, and when one of the girls started to sing this, I jumped in with her, and before we knew it, everyone in the office was singing! What fun!
    Where's the video?

    That would probably be as much fun as this one.


    And while we're at it, everyone loves the Muppets as well.

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  • Profile picture of the author Jag82
    Originally Posted by Laura Knight View Post

    Everyone loves the Bohemian Rhapsody! I worked in an office once, and when one of the girls started to sing this, I jumped in with her, and before we knew it, everyone in the office was singing! What fun!

    Awww. That's cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author FortressDataProtection
    OMG flashback, can remember listening to whole albums (oops that dates me) with friend and ... oh, I guess I should not say the other thing we were doing ... and it was GGGRRRREEEEAAAATTTTT.
    Love Queen, and so many of their songs rocked like no other band could. Guitar and melody and harmony and vocals combined in superior symphony. Still love to relive it. Queen rocks like no other.
    -- Dr. David
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