Story that sticks out in your mind

[QUOTE] [b]Mercuryman12 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?[/QUOTE]

That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right?[/QUOTE]

Not sure. Sorry.
It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out.

All the instrument-switching (e.g., John playing guitar, Brian playing keyboards, Roger playing bass, Freddie as a producer). Also, Brian getting people from band and crew to stomp and clap and Roger moaning about it because he felt he had better things to do.

1) The fact that Freddie dedicated his solo album to his cats and all the cat-lovers across the universe.

2) Getting all the people in the studio available back in the day to sing "I do like to be beside the seaside..." at the end of SSOR.
Hmm, I wonder if there is a longer take of them all singing it in the vaults.

[QUOTE] [b]MercurialFreddie wrote:[/b]

1) The fact that Freddie dedicated his solo album to his cats and all the cat-lovers across the universe.

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I always liked the note on Fun In Space: PS 157 Synthesizers. :D

Fucking bugs...
Double post, sorry!

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]


Wow - amazing if true.

Are you sure that's Monterrey and not Puebla? The latter venue was literally falling apart, so that would make some sense.

But - considering how bad the first night in Puebla went, methinks they were keen to make a beeline out of the country ASAP after the second night.

Any chance you can clarify the details?
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Ok, I got the information:

The rows falling is true, some sources claims it was between 50 - 100 people hurt, they were taken to the hospital. 15 of those people had broken bones and one guy had a exposed bone. For some reason the band wasnt allowed to leave the venue (perhaps for security reasons) and Jim Beach asked what was going on, so he was told about it. But I have no way to prove if the band really went to the hospital to see the victims of the accident. That same magazine have the information about a limo picking up the band at midnight taking them to the hospital, it seems that the rumor was coming from the hotel staff and the hospital staff. One guy who was a very famous host in a radio show said it is just a rumor, so I think, at the moment, we should take it just as a rumor.

Placido Domingo was doing a recital in Monterrey that night and most of the media gave him a huge coverage and almost ignored Queen.


The information I wrote comes from an old magazine "Lengua" that was the most important rock magazine in Monterrey. I had it but I think it was lost so I asked a friend a scan of the article (which is in spanish) in case you wanted to verify the information.

If you want to download it just send me a PM.

^ I've just sent you a PM.

[QUOTE] [b]BETA215 wrote:[/b]

^ I've just sent you a PM.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Mercuryman12 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?[/QUOTE]

That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right?[/QUOTE]

Not sure. Sorry.
It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out.[/QUOTE]

http://queenlive.ca/queen/85-04-13.htm

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Mercuryman12 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?[/QUOTE]

That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right?[/QUOTE]

Not sure. Sorry.
It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out.[/QUOTE]

http://queenlive.ca/queen/85-04-13.htm[/QUOTE]

Thank you for the link!

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I like the story about Roger being asked to join Genesis, before Phil Collins.

Every time I think about it, I cant stop thinking how cool it would be to have Roger on Selling England by the Pound...

I think the story of the Prophet's Song recording, Brian working an all-nighter to finish it, bits of tape hanging all around the studio like jungle vines, whilst the preliminary version makes its way to the radio (courtesy of Kenny Everett?) - Brian was incensed, and I can't imagine...

Probably the funniest story I know about Queen : one night in 1981, John Deacon and members of the road crew got extremely drunk and someone put on the Flash Gordon album. After a few minutes, John slurs to Crystal Taylor "Who is this?"

Roger locking himself in a cupboard until the others agreed to put "I'm In Love With My Car" on the B-side of Bo Rhap isn't bad either!

And another funny story, this one I lifted from queenlive.ca, I hope Bob won't mind! ;)

So this happens at a show in East Rutherford, NJ in 1982. A bit over three minutes into his solo spot, Brian breaks a string on the Red Special. He turns off the analog delays, and tries to make the best of the situation for a brief while (the other five strings go out of tune when you break a string on an electric guitar with floating tremolo). But he ultimately gives up, unplugs, and is then handed his John Birch copy. Within a couple minutes, the Birch goes out of tune. He takes the guitar off, and throws it over his stack of Vox cabinets (the one and only time he did this), snapping it in half. Some audience members watch in bewilderment as they have witnessed the normally gentle and soft-spoken May lash out in frustration. Others cheer the 'coolness' factor. A roadie, visible to the audience, picks up a piece of the Birch guitar and holds it up for a brief moment. Brian then finishes his solo spot with a Gibson Flying V.

(...) After the song ends, Freddie asks, "How are we doing with the guitars?" He tells the audience, "I think tonight's the night we're gonna break as many guitars as we've got. If anyone in the audience has a spare guitar, bring it over here!" Someone in the audience replies, "I've got three!"