[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: [/QUOTENAME] but now I feel as though it was a bit of an ego trip from Brian. Why IWIA? Why LPDA? Why HTF? Lets open with TYMD. I would rather it had been based around the songs that Freddie had written.
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I think that would've been a terrible mistake. Bohemian Rhapsody was embarrassing enough as it was.
Morally, you are correct - a Freddie Mercury tribute would in theory be better off with more Freddie Mercury songs.
But if you look at it musically, how many of those guest singers would seriously stand a chance of doing any of the songs justice??
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Ive heard rumours that Lars Ulrich is virtually obsessed with Roger Taylor. He actually looks remarkably like him when playing, down to the hairdo, the clothes and drummins style.
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.
I was lucky enough to get a ticket and it was one of the most emotional day s of my life.
The video doesn't ever capture what the 'spirit' is like there but rest assured it was indeed the best send off ever...
Mind you although smaller the george Harrison one a few years later was pretty dam amazing too.
Freddie would have loved every minute I am sure, and although things were not note perfect it didn't seem to matter, in a way it added to the emotion
The video doesn't ever capture what the 'spirit' is like there but rest assured it was indeed the best send off ever...
Mind you although smaller the george Harrison one a few years later was pretty dam amazing too.
Freddie would have loved every minute I am sure, and although things were not note perfect it didn't seem to matter, in a way it added to the emotion
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingogre wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Ive heard rumours that Lars Ulrich is virtually obsessed with Roger Taylor. He actually looks remarkably like him when playing, down to the hairdo, the clothes and drummins style.
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.[/QUOTE]
I heard this a long time ago. But I doubt it's true. I know Kirk Hammett is the big Queen fan in their band because when Metallica performed in Sweden in 2000(or was it 2001?), I was in attendance and after the concert Kirk Hammett was talking about Queen II with some Swedish musicians(some Death metal folks). At the time, I didn't know ANYTHING about Queen so it didn't make sense to me so I thought it was some dumb in-joke when he was saying that he was the "Lord of all darkness". I think I hated Queen then, lawl. What a dumbass I was!
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.[/QUOTE]
I heard this a long time ago. But I doubt it's true. I know Kirk Hammett is the big Queen fan in their band because when Metallica performed in Sweden in 2000(or was it 2001?), I was in attendance and after the concert Kirk Hammett was talking about Queen II with some Swedish musicians(some Death metal folks). At the time, I didn't know ANYTHING about Queen so it didn't make sense to me so I thought it was some dumb in-joke when he was saying that he was the "Lord of all darkness". I think I hated Queen then, lawl. What a dumbass I was!
Not sure if I believe it either. But he seems to at least have had some influence on him. Ive gotten the impression they are Queen fans though. At least it wouldnt be surprising since many hard rock/metal-musicians that grew up in the 70s are. Ive heard somewhere James is a big Aerosmith fan.
Wasnt it 1999? I attended their Stockholm-concert that year. I dont remember if they played in 2000 or 2001 again.
I didnt care much for Queen then either. It was only Metallica and Slayer and that stuff. Since then Ive started listening to a lot of music I wouldnt have thought back then.
Wasnt it 1999? I attended their Stockholm-concert that year. I dont remember if they played in 2000 or 2001 again.
I didnt care much for Queen then either. It was only Metallica and Slayer and that stuff. Since then Ive started listening to a lot of music I wouldnt have thought back then.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]henke1980 wrote: [/QUOTENAME] ...And who would have thought they see Axl Rose and Elton John on the same stage ,at the same time, singing the same song lovingly hugging eachother. [/QUOTE]
I started to believe in miracles when i saw them two on stage huging and singing like a perfect couple:lol: It was a real suprise...
Tribute was realy good... it was realy killing... Loved when Robert and Brian did the mixture of Thank You/Crazy little Thing Called Love... Loved when George Michel singed Somebodie To Love, Lisa Stansfield singed I Want To Break Free along with the whole crowd... When crowd started singing tears started to fell like rain from my eyes... It was realyu great... It a pity that the vidio that i have doesnt include the appearence of Brian Johnson and The Young Brothers...
I started to believe in miracles when i saw them two on stage huging and singing like a perfect couple:lol: It was a real suprise...
Tribute was realy good... it was realy killing... Loved when Robert and Brian did the mixture of Thank You/Crazy little Thing Called Love... Loved when George Michel singed Somebodie To Love, Lisa Stansfield singed I Want To Break Free along with the whole crowd... When crowd started singing tears started to fell like rain from my eyes... It was realyu great... It a pity that the vidio that i have doesnt include the appearence of Brian Johnson and The Young Brothers...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingogre wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Not sure if I believe it either. But he seems to at least have had some influence on him. Ive gotten the impression they are Queen fans though. At least it wouldnt be surprising since many hard rock/metal-musicians that grew up in the 70s are. Ive heard somewhere James is a big Aerosmith fan.
Wasnt it 1999? I attended their Stockholm-concert that year. I dont remember if they played in 2000 or 2001 again.
I didnt care much for Queen then either. It was only Metallica and Slayer and that stuff. Since then Ive started listening to a lot of music I wouldnt have thought back then.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, must be 1999. Bad memory XD.
Wasnt it 1999? I attended their Stockholm-concert that year. I dont remember if they played in 2000 or 2001 again.
I didnt care much for Queen then either. It was only Metallica and Slayer and that stuff. Since then Ive started listening to a lot of music I wouldnt have thought back then.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, must be 1999. Bad memory XD.
glad to see that there were a few of us there and that we wernt all in nappies in that year on this site.
me,i was up to the left of the stage as you look towards it.
Metallica were ok,Extreme were brilliant and knew what they were there for.did a nice little medley and then Love Of My Life and More Than Words,Def Leppard were complete bollox and can someone explain why Spinal Tap were on the bill? mind you,62,000 people telling them to 'fuck off' was rightly given to them.
i still try to ignore the fact Liz Taylor was there in the hope that it will be erased [in time] from history,the woman is the original 'good time had by all'.
the main gig was fine apart from Robert Plant being on any other planet apart from Earth and fucking up Innuendo all over the place and his version of 'cWazy little thing called love' still makes me laugh out loud,to me he sounds like Elma Fudd :-p
but yeah,there were a lack of Freddie's friends on the gig,no Cliff for one,but then ive always thought that the gig was aimed more at the US audience market [remember that they had just signed with Hollywood records] and not at all to do with giving Freddie a 'send off'.
watching the show next day on video was even worse,Tony Wilson's [founder of factory records and manager of Joy Division] commentary on BBC2 was just the pits and a piss poor choice,he hardly knew the videos of Queen he was introducing.
me,i was up to the left of the stage as you look towards it.
Metallica were ok,Extreme were brilliant and knew what they were there for.did a nice little medley and then Love Of My Life and More Than Words,Def Leppard were complete bollox and can someone explain why Spinal Tap were on the bill? mind you,62,000 people telling them to 'fuck off' was rightly given to them.
i still try to ignore the fact Liz Taylor was there in the hope that it will be erased [in time] from history,the woman is the original 'good time had by all'.
the main gig was fine apart from Robert Plant being on any other planet apart from Earth and fucking up Innuendo all over the place and his version of 'cWazy little thing called love' still makes me laugh out loud,to me he sounds like Elma Fudd :-p
but yeah,there were a lack of Freddie's friends on the gig,no Cliff for one,but then ive always thought that the gig was aimed more at the US audience market [remember that they had just signed with Hollywood records] and not at all to do with giving Freddie a 'send off'.
watching the show next day on video was even worse,Tony Wilson's [founder of factory records and manager of Joy Division] commentary on BBC2 was just the pits and a piss poor choice,he hardly knew the videos of Queen he was introducing.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Appolo Jupiter wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]henke1980 wrote: [/QUOTENAME] ...And who would have thought they see Axl Rose and Elton John on the same stage ,at the same time, singing the same song lovingly hugging eachother. [/QUOTE]
I started to believe in miracles when i saw them two on stage huging and singing like a perfect couple:lol: It was a real suprise...
Tribute was realy good... it was realy killing... Loved when Robert and Brian did the mixture of Thank You/Crazy little Thing Called Love... Loved when George Michel singed Somebodie To Love, Lisa Stansfield singed I Want To Break Free along with the whole crowd... When crowd started singing tears started to fell like rain from my eyes... It was realyu great... It a pity that the vidio that i have doesnt include the appearence of Brian Johnson and The Young Brothers... [/QUOTE]
WHAT!!?!?! AC/DC WERE THERE!?!?!?!? WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!?!?!?!?
I started to believe in miracles when i saw them two on stage huging and singing like a perfect couple:lol: It was a real suprise...
Tribute was realy good... it was realy killing... Loved when Robert and Brian did the mixture of Thank You/Crazy little Thing Called Love... Loved when George Michel singed Somebodie To Love, Lisa Stansfield singed I Want To Break Free along with the whole crowd... When crowd started singing tears started to fell like rain from my eyes... It was realyu great... It a pity that the vidio that i have doesnt include the appearence of Brian Johnson and The Young Brothers... [/QUOTE]
WHAT!!?!?! AC/DC WERE THERE!?!?!?!? WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!?!?!?!?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
the main gig was fine apart from Robert Plant being on any other planet apart from Earth and fucking up Innuendo all over the place and his version of 'cWazy little thing called love' still makes me laugh out loud,to me he sounds like Elma Fudd :-p
but yeah,there were a lack of Freddie's friends on the gig,no Cliff for one,but then ive always thought that the gig was aimed more at the US audience market [remember that they had just signed with Hollywood records] and not at all to do with giving Freddie a 'send off'. [/QUOTE]
Firstly, Plant made me laugh enough a few years ago I made it my Queenzone name! :D
Secondly, I think thats a little bit cynical - I cant believe for a second they were paying any attention to re-establishing themselves in the US during an event like that. I reckon it was purely about Freddie and AIDS awareness, and dealing with grief to a point as well.
And as for what some people are saying about Axl Rose being homophobic - whilst I cant say he isnt for a fact any more than I can for anyone else there that night, this business all comes from him writing "One in a Million" I think, which has some line about "immigrants and faggots" - I think you'll find the song was written as if through the eyes of someone else, and those werent Rose's sentiments.
Given he's a Queen fan I therefore done think its surprising at all he was there/invited.
the main gig was fine apart from Robert Plant being on any other planet apart from Earth and fucking up Innuendo all over the place and his version of 'cWazy little thing called love' still makes me laugh out loud,to me he sounds like Elma Fudd :-p
but yeah,there were a lack of Freddie's friends on the gig,no Cliff for one,but then ive always thought that the gig was aimed more at the US audience market [remember that they had just signed with Hollywood records] and not at all to do with giving Freddie a 'send off'. [/QUOTE]
Firstly, Plant made me laugh enough a few years ago I made it my Queenzone name! :D
Secondly, I think thats a little bit cynical - I cant believe for a second they were paying any attention to re-establishing themselves in the US during an event like that. I reckon it was purely about Freddie and AIDS awareness, and dealing with grief to a point as well.
And as for what some people are saying about Axl Rose being homophobic - whilst I cant say he isnt for a fact any more than I can for anyone else there that night, this business all comes from him writing "One in a Million" I think, which has some line about "immigrants and faggots" - I think you'll find the song was written as if through the eyes of someone else, and those werent Rose's sentiments.
Given he's a Queen fan I therefore done think its surprising at all he was there/invited.
Anyway, can anyone tell me if what Appolo Jupiter is saying is true? He says AC/DC's Brian Johnson and the Young Brothers were there in the concert but I've never heard this. Is it true?
He is just high. AC/DC are staying out of any extra appearences.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Saif wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]kingogre wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Ive heard rumours that Lars Ulrich is virtually obsessed with Roger Taylor. He actually looks remarkably like him when playing, down to the hairdo, the clothes and drummins style.
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.[/QUOTE]
I heard this a long time ago. But I doubt it's true. I know Kirk Hammett is the big Queen fan in their band because when Metallica performed in Sweden in 2000(or was it 2001?), I was in attendance and after the concert Kirk Hammett was talking about Queen II with some Swedish musicians(some Death metal folks). At the time, I didn't know ANYTHING about Queen so it didn't make sense to me so I thought it was some dumb in-joke when he was saying that he was the "Lord of all darkness". I think I hated Queen then, lawl. What a dumbass I was![/QUOTE]Indeed you were.
It was a great show, I remember it from being a child. I also remember that it was very big for years afterwards with homerecorded tapes being borrowed and copied.[/QUOTE]
I heard this a long time ago. But I doubt it's true. I know Kirk Hammett is the big Queen fan in their band because when Metallica performed in Sweden in 2000(or was it 2001?), I was in attendance and after the concert Kirk Hammett was talking about Queen II with some Swedish musicians(some Death metal folks). At the time, I didn't know ANYTHING about Queen so it didn't make sense to me so I thought it was some dumb in-joke when he was saying that he was the "Lord of all darkness". I think I hated Queen then, lawl. What a dumbass I was![/QUOTE]Indeed you were.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zebonka12 wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: [/QUOTENAME] but now I feel as though it was a bit of an ego trip from Brian. Why IWIA? Why LPDA? Why HTF? Lets open with TYMD. I would rather it had been based around the songs that Freddie had written.
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I think that would've been a terrible mistake. Bohemian Rhapsody was embarrassing enough as it was.
Morally, you are correct - a Freddie Mercury tribute would in theory be better off with more Freddie Mercury songs.
But if you look at it musically, how many of those guest singers would seriously stand a chance of doing any of the songs justice??[/QUOTE]
I can understand what youre saying but, the opening 3 songs of the 2nd set were Brians songs, surely they could have opened with a Freddie song. Sometimes I wonder if John left because of Brians ego..he didnt even attend Brians wedding remember!
Cynical I know, but thats what its like around here these days!
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I think that would've been a terrible mistake. Bohemian Rhapsody was embarrassing enough as it was.
Morally, you are correct - a Freddie Mercury tribute would in theory be better off with more Freddie Mercury songs.
But if you look at it musically, how many of those guest singers would seriously stand a chance of doing any of the songs justice??[/QUOTE]
I can understand what youre saying but, the opening 3 songs of the 2nd set were Brians songs, surely they could have opened with a Freddie song. Sometimes I wonder if John left because of Brians ego..he didnt even attend Brians wedding remember!
Cynical I know, but thats what its like around here these days!
They usually opened the shows with Brian songs like WWRY (fast) or TYMD and lets face it TYMD is a pretty much a perfect way to start a show.