Newer members, what brought you here, and why now?

Hiya.

I first got onto the Queen discussion boards in 1999.  It was the one on the fan club website.
It was in the run up to the release of Hits 3 and I thought some of the negative reactions to it were so over the top they were funny.  That's where I came up with my name.

Now, 10 years on, I'm ranting like a lunatic here as much as anyone about the release of Absolute Greatest! 

Is that progress?  Let's see how we are in 10 years time with the release of Ultimate Greatest.

The fan club board fell victim to the millenium bug, the only victim in the world that I know of.  We went over to QueenRocker and when that crashed came here.

And there you have it!

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[b]Voice of Reason 2009 wrote: [/b]

Hiya.

I first got onto the Queen discussion boards in 1999.  It was the one on the fan club website.
It was in the run up to the release of Hits 3 and I thought some of the negative reactions to it were so over the top they were funny.  That's where I came up with my name.

Now, 10 years on, I'm ranting like a lunatic here as much as anyone about the release of Absolute Greatest! 

Is that progress?  Let's see how we are in 10 years time with the release of Ultimate Greatest.

The fan club board fell victim to the millenium bug, the only victim in the world that I know of.  We went over to QueenRocker and when that crashed came here.

And there you have it!

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Voice of Reason - here? Sometimes an uphill battle! But fun too.

Your tale of the demise of groups in your wake makes it all sound so ephermal. Oh well, talk is cheap, after all. Yes, Hits, Classics, More Hits, and Stone Cold Classics, with no end in sight apparently.

Good to hear from the occasional [i]Oldtimer [/i]too - more perspective on things.

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[b]cacatua wrote: [/b]
Hi Emma. :o)
I like your screen name, LosingMyBeat - one of my favorite bits of lyric. It sounds as though you must have just absorbed Queen by way of osmosis. How wonderful!

I'm so impressed that you are a mechanic. My father was a mechanic-watchmaker-machinist and I think there must be something genetic about it, or perhaps another case of osmosis, as although I do not work in that field I am mechanically inclined whenever I need to be.

Thanks for dropping by!





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Nice to get a reply :D
"Got no feel, got no rythm, I just keep losing my beat" is my favourite lyric of all Queen lyrics (well I could name a few actually), sometimes I listen to Somebody to love just to hear that sentence.. so simple and still so poetic!
Just tragic that I can't correct the spelling of my nickname, I't doesn't seem to work to change nick :D This mistake is common for swedes for some reason... maybe cause many words with the same sound - fool, cool etc. is spelled with 2 o:s and lose sounds like it should be pronounced like hose... :D Well I discovered my mistake right away but too late!

On the note of genetics, my father is a mechanic too and I'm absolutely sure that i inherited it from him. Before getting this job, first as a temp and later on permanently, I really didn't know about my mechanic-skills. I'm educated in culture and litterary history (lol) Not many jobs in that area. I started with smaller repairs but learned stuff real quick and after three years i got a steady job. Being a girl I don't think its expected of you to know these typically masculine traits and we hardly ever even get to try it. I'm lucky I did try it because it's fun, I love my job.

Hoping to become a permanent Queenzoner

Hey, LoosingMyBeat! You started  a topic "Underground Acoustics", didn't you? I liked that story, just like everything original. 
My favourite quote from "Somebody To Love" is:
" I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!" - lots of passion in it!
I love Swedish city Helsinborg- I bought some Queen's vinyls there. There are beautiful architecture also.

Dragon-fly: Nice you have been to Sweden :D I live in the most northern city in Sweden so it's really on the other side of the country from Helsinborg.
Somebody to love is really a emotional song all over with passion, soul, frustration and melancholy... Perfect rock ballad in my taste :D

Would just like to point out to LoosingMyBeat that the misspelling of 'Losing' is definitely not confined to Swedes.



In the year or so that I have been visiting forums, I have seen that particular word spelt wrong  almost more than any other, and it seems to be mostly Americans that do it.



Along with 'definintely' - which becomes 'definately' and the one that DOES wind me up - 'could of', 'would of' and 'should of' - which my not be a spelling error as such, but is very annoying LOL.



For all those that do that, it's 'would HAVE', 'could HAVE' and 'should HAVE'.



Ok rant over, sorry everyone :)

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[b]Queen On Ice wrote: [/b]



 



Would just like to point out to LoosingMyBeat that the misspelling of 'Losing' is definitely not confined to Swedes.



 



In the year or so that I have been visiting forums, I have seen that particular word spelt wrong  almost more than any other, and it seems to be mostly Americans that do it.



 



Along with 'definintely' - which becomes 'definately' and the one that DOES wind me up - 'could of', 'would of' and 'should of' - which my not be a spelling error as such, but is very annoying LOL.



 



For all those that do that, it's 'would HAVE', 'could HAVE' and 'should HAVE'.



 



Ok rant over, sorry everyone :)



 

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That's great, to get wound up when it comes to grammar and spelling :D Where would we be if no one took care of our languages... living in an illiterate world, now we just can't have that :D
Myself I can get really agitated when it comes to sheer language negligance, atleast when it comes to Swedish.
Funny thing is, being on a forum writing in english I'm really struggling with spelling and grammar... heck I even spelled my name wrong... It hurts deep into my soul ;D

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[b]Queen On Ice wrote: [/b]



 



Would just like to point out to LoosingMyBeat that the misspelling of 'Losing' is definitely not confined to Swedes.



 



In the year or so that I have been visiting forums, I have seen that particular word spelt wrong  almost more than any other, and it seems to be mostly Americans that do it.



 



Along with 'definintely' - which becomes 'definately' and the one that DOES wind me up - 'could of', 'would of' and 'should of' - which my not be a spelling error as such, but is very annoying LOL.



 



For all those that do that, it's 'would HAVE', 'could HAVE' and 'should HAVE'.



 



Ok rant over, sorry everyone :)



 

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Somebody also does mistakes:)
No, no, no- I do not criticize.  I'm kidding. I'm just too much meticulous. I hate when I do mistakes. But I still do. I very often forget about the articles. And tenses...  But that's the way to learn...
But it's good that we can just write what we think without any hard control. The theme is more important.
:D

I want to clarify that I have no problem with people making mistakes - especially when English is not their first language. I am from London, and as such have worked with people from all over the world, and I have had mostly foreign girlfriends too. I am more than used to helping non-native speakers with their English.







It is just annoying when native speakers make these mistakes - English, American, Australian, Canadian etc.







It is ALL over every forum I visit and seeing the same mistakes over and over just gets a LITTLE bit annoying over time. I am not getting 'upset' or 'worked up' by anything - just pointing it out.







If I was THAT bothered I would have made a whole thread about it would I not?



And before anyone else butts in to say it, YES I am aware of learning difficulties and dislexia etc. I reiterate that I was merely making a harmless point, not getting wokred up.

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[b]Queen On Ice wrote: [/b]



 



I want to clarify that I have no problem with people making mistakes - especially when English is not their first language. I am from London, and as such have worked with people from all over the world, and I have had mostly foreign girlfriends too. I am more than used to helping non-native speakers with their English.



 



 



 



It is just annoying when native speakers make these mistakes - English, American, Australian, Canadian etc.



 



 



 



It is ALL over every forum I visit and seeing the same mistakes over and over just gets a LITTLE bit annoying over time. I am not getting 'upset' or 'worked up' by anything - just pointing it out.



 



 



 



If I was THAT bothered I would have made a whole thread about it would I not?



 



And before anyone else butts in to say it, YES I am aware of learning difficulties and dislexia etc. I reiterate that I was merely making a harmless point, not getting wokred up.



 

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Of course we understood it. Don't take it seriously.
I think it's a  funny subject in some way:)

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[b]Queen On Ice wrote: [/b]



 



I want to clarify that I have no problem with people making mistakes - especially when English is not their first language. I am from London, and as such have worked with people from all over the world, and I have had mostly foreign girlfriends too. I am more than used to helping non-native speakers with their English.



 



 



 



It is just annoying when native speakers make these mistakes - English, American, Australian, Canadian etc.



 



 



 



It is ALL over every forum I visit and seeing the same mistakes over and over just gets a LITTLE bit annoying over time. I am not getting 'upset' or 'worked up' by anything - just pointing it out.



 



 



 



If I was THAT bothered I would have made a whole thread about it would I not?



 



And before anyone else butts in to say it, YES I am aware of learning difficulties and dislexia etc. I reiterate that I was merely making a harmless point, not getting wokred up.



 

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No offense taken, I got exactly what you ment the first time around... [img=/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif][/img]

Alright, I'm Dan, 20 years old, from the UK. I'm from Wales originally, although I have lived most my life in Carlisle, and currently studying at Huddersfield.

Always liked the Queen hits, although I didn't really get into music until...I'd say 2005. I had a list of about 30 songs I would constantly play, and there must have been about 5 Queen songs within it. My dad bought me the Greatest Hits boxset. From there, my collection expanded slowly. I got A Night at the Opera first, although admittedly I wasn't hot at all on the sound, especially as I was occupied with other bands (Oasis being a big one).

But eventually I warmed to Queen, and I acquired all of their albums, including their live stuff. I have since purchased hard copies of all their released material, and in addition I have collected several bootlegs, unreleased stuff, things like that. Weirdly enough, I've never gone into their solo stuff. I have no idea why, I just don't think it would be great. I mean I like Roger as a song writer but I feel that if I listened to his stuff, it wouldn't have that Queen sound that has made them my favourite band.

As for Queen + Paul Rodgers, they were great in concert. But the album The Cosmos Rocks was very average. I have only played it once or twice. Whilst I like songs like Say It's Not True, I think the album sounds a bit too much like Talking Heads. Now I like Talking Heads, but I didn't buy TCR to listen to that sound.

I come here cos I like talking to others about my interests. I mean, I like football so I'm on a football forum, same with pro wrestling (no judging, please!). I love the information I get here, and I also love the sarcasm from some of us here. Users like Zebonka (or whatever his username is) and Microwave make me laugh a lot.

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[b]danwhite89 wrote: [/b]

Alright, I'm Dan, 20 years old, from the UK. I'm from Wales originally, although I have lived most my life in Carlisle, and currently studying at Huddersfield.

Always liked the Queen hits, although I didn't really get into music until...I'd say 2005. I had a list of about 30 songs I would constantly play, and there must have been about 5 Queen songs within it. My dad bought me the Greatest Hits boxset. From there, my collection expanded slowly. I got A Night at the Opera first, although admittedly I wasn't hot at all on the sound, especially as I was occupied with other bands (Oasis being a big one).

But eventually I warmed to Queen, and I acquired all of their albums, including their live stuff. I have since purchased hard copies of all their released material, and in addition I have collected several bootlegs, unreleased stuff, things like that. Weirdly enough, I've never gone into their solo stuff. I have no idea why, I just don't think it would be great. I mean I like Roger as a song writer but I feel that if I listened to his stuff, it wouldn't have that Queen sound that has made them my favourite band.

As for Queen + Paul Rodgers, they were great in concert. But the album The Cosmos Rocks was very average. I have only played it once or twice. Whilst I like songs like Say It's Not True, I think the album sounds a bit too much like Talking Heads. Now I like Talking Heads, but I didn't buy TCR to listen to that sound.

I come here cos I like talking to others about my interests. I mean, I like football so I'm on a football forum, same with pro wrestling (no judging, please!). I love the information I get here, and I also love the sarcasm from some of us here. Users like Zebonka (or whatever his username is) and Microwave make me laugh a lot.[/QUOTE]
I get what you are saying about TCR. It took me a while before I decided to give it a try and to be as objective as possible, not expecting the "Queen" sound. In that sense I found that I liked it mostly, and am very fond of some things on it. However, I am not familiar with these other groups, as I haven't kept up with the music scene. I've heard of some of them but couldn't tell if I were hearing them on the radio. I guess it is sort of a loyalty, by way of not giving a damn about newer music for many years.

I will not judge you on professional wrestling.[img=/images/smiley/msn/tounge_smile.gif][/img] Yes, I enjoy the sarcasm and horseplay too as long as it doesn't get mean-spirited, and mostly it doesn't. Yeah, Zebonka12 - I imagine him (?) looking like that picture of Brian with his face screwed up, and something about zzzzzzzzzebra stripes. That's sort of like when I hear the Queen song [i]You're My Best Friend[/i] I picture a marshmallow. [img=/images/smiley/msn/confused_smile.gif][/img]

Dan if you're new and you like Zebonka12 and Microwave, you should search for Fatty's secret diaries of Freddie Mercury thread - I had to join after that, it's hilarious.

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[b]Angeline wrote: [/b]

Dan if you're new and you like Zebonka12 and Microwave, you should search for Fatty's secret diaries of Freddie Mercury thread - I had to join after that, it's hilarious.


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yeah... it is... search there!!!!