Did you ever suspect Freddie wasn't white?

I was a kid in the '80s and saw Queen during the 82 US tour and I never even knew or suspected he wasn't your average British dude. I mean, he kinda looked Greek or Italian or even Spanish to me. I know I was a dumb kid and wasn't into investigating anything. I was just enjoying the music.

I'm Indian-American though and I only found out his background late in the '80s. I realized then that he was Parsi and why he looked and sounded the way he did.

Good thread. Weird, but good.

As for me, Freddie have always been europeoidic (?????????) but not xantocroid or european (????????, ???????? ?????). Parsi are europeoidic.

Bicycle RACISM

lol

We dodged a bullet here with him not being indian...

He was Indian. He was Indian Parsi. And don't try to "educate" me on that. I grew up with a number of them as close friends. So save it.

stfu idiot

Weirdly racist thread...he was Indian of Persian descent aka Parsi...Indians are of diverse descents...Arab, Aryan, Mongloid, indigenous tribal Indians. Irish Americans, for example, are Americans of Irish descent. Parsis have been in India for longer than the Irish have been in America, in fact before there was the US of A

Freddie was actually orange with purplish blotches. Everybody is on his home planet Melmak.

His teeth were actually quite small for a Melmakian. Hence he came to Earth in embarrassment.

This thread is fascinating. Well Queenzone overall is. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but when I listen to music I think about if I like it or not, sometimes I think about what the lyrics means if it's a lyrics driven song. But after spending 14 years on Queenzone and reading threads like this one I guess I was doing it all wrong. I should all the time think about the race of the singer, his/her sexual orientation, who his/her friends are/were (210 pages of the "friends" thread? WTF?), whether s/he is/was transgender and similar important stuff. Well at least it's not boring in here

I think the difference is that in the old days, we did actually listen to the music and explore it and spend time with it. These days it's more 'oh there is a film about someone I've never heard of' so they listen to a spotify playlist and start and instagram fan account posting memes and chatting jealously about how dreamy Jim was and how evil Mary was.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

I think the difference is that in the old days, we did actually listen to the music and explore it and spend time with it. These days it's more 'oh there is a film about someone I've never heard of' so they listen to a spotify playlist and start and instagram fan account posting memes and chatting jealously about how dreamy Jim was and how evil Mary was.[/QUOTE]

This, basically. People usually get up to no good when they're bored with the lack of new music.

Damn that typo.

That long thread of Thor/Lee started after Thor decided to google himself one day and low and behold it brought him to queen zone. It's quite nice talking to someone who knew Freddie, especially the Freddie that Queen Productions aren't that keen on people knowing.

. Maybe I'm old-fashioned too although whilst listening to music, what the lyrics mean etc etc, I also find it enjoyable chatting with people who knew him.

Lack of good music I totally agree with, I did grow up with Queen music surrounding me and I still love it to this day.