Why collect Queen?

NoMoreMrNiceGuy wrote:

I'm not ashamed to tell that I did buy a copy of the AG ltd ed box and I do buy the single collections.

Collecting is a form of materialism. You feel happy when you get what you're looking for. But for us, collectors/materialists, this feeling doesn't  last very long so we need to buy something new again and again. Because we will never have 'everything' we want we will never be satisfied with what we have and always look out for more.  

It's also very human that we want to be surrounded by our 'treasures', expose them, thinking that this is happiness.

i guess i'm not very human...

take me to your leaders ? ;)

TRS-Romania wrote:

I was thinking about deleting the following 2.39 GB of  Freddie material that I havent watched in the last 6 months ... or should I keep it ???

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Well you could put that on a DVD and share it witth us. It would be great to see those movies again

I read somewhere that collecting is hardwired into most peoples' brians, sort as a hold-over from our hunter/gatherer days, when we'd find something we thought might come in handy or valuable and we'd keep it (and defend it from other people who might want to take it). These days, it takes the form of collecting things related to something which interests us (stamps, 1st edition classics, Queen recordings, model trains). Supposedly, everybody needs a hobby of some sort in order to stay sane, whether it's being a sports fan or collecting coins or researching family trees.

rhyeking wrote:

I read somewhere that collecting is hardwired into most peoples' brians, sort as a hold-over from our hunter/gatherer days, when we'd find something we thought might come in handy or valuable and we'd keep it (and defend it from other people who might want to take it). These days, it takes the form of collecting things related to something which interests us (stamps, 1st edition classics, Queen recordings, model trains). Supposedly, everybody needs a hobby of some sort in order to stay sane, whether it's being a sports fan or collecting coins or researching family trees.

that is a good way to put it.

it makes me think of some of my ex-girlfriens...

i was the hobby.

only thing is... that would drive me insane !!!...héhéhé....

Jam Monkey wrote:

Something I been reflecting on alot recently on why I, and so many others, collect Queen (or other bands for that matter). I'm not talking about the people that collect the albums and a few singles; I'm talking about the serious collectors, the people that go to great lengths to get everything they want to collect.

There are many different types of collector out there of course. People like me who want every version of every song, some people like collecting the live shows etc etc. But whatever type of collector you are it's possible you could have a fanatical dedication to your collecting.

Take me. Queen released about 20 studio albums, a few live albums and a few compliations. Yet, as of today, I own about 225 separate items. Why is that? Of course some of that is understandable. Any reasonably serious fan will want to buy The Invisible Man to get Hijack My Heart, its a great track, but what about all the other releases? I once paid £75 for a promo CD just because it contains a minnor edit of a track I already had. I've also paid alot for vinyl that contians shitty DJ mixes I don't even like.

Clearly something is driving me, and its not the love of the band. I do love Queen, but surely no one loves them enough to pay alot of cash for a minnor edit, which after all contains less material than the album.

This situation is made worse by the fact that I know they are many more people who dedicate far more time and money than I do to this hobby.

Clearly this is fullfilling some kind of need in us all. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, if only just to know I'm not alone in all of this. 

I notice your post is long, and I read the title of it, and maybe the first word of the first paragraph you wrote, but I collect everthing Queen, because it's my favorite band, I enjoy vinyl records, and they have a song for every mood. I also enjoy spending loads of money.

TRS-Romania wrote:

I was thinking about deleting the following 2.39 GB of  Freddie material that I havent watched in the last 6 months ... or should I keep it ???

It really depends on how much you want to see Jim Hutton changing a dying Freddie's clothes, I guess...