Informative interviews at the Queen Fan Club Conventions

Thank you for those shares! Well worth a view those!

it's not economically feasible for me to attend. I'd have to charter a 20 hour trip, (*directly after work) and use personal time off in case I did not arrive back on time.

the jet lag and alcohol, plus difficulty of using transit systems or rented vehicles in very foreign terrain would make it a very overwhelming nightmare for a few hours worthof presentations.

I'm very fascinated and interested in these studio recollections, as it's my good fortune to live near Hollywood where I regularly attend such Q&A sessions with cast and production for films I've loved and adored for years.

I don't flack it or attack it. Someday I would love to go to one of those conventions. Maybe someday I will

[QUOTE] [b]Benn Kempster wrote:[/b]

The Convention was never really something that interested me to be honest; I could never bare to think of being in a holiday camp (my idea of absolute hell) with a couple of hundred people wearing Queen t-shirts (outside of a Queen gig) and singing (mostly bad) karaoke.

Each to their own sewerage (as Townshend so beautifully wrote) I have always thought, but for me I just wouldn't enjoy it other than spending the whole time trying to record the material off of Queen TV.

HOWEVER, the value is ABSOLUTELY in what Greg has highlighted here. In trying to be all things to all people, the Convention HAS to appease both them and me and the contributions from the likes of Mick Rock, Mike Moran, Crystal et al must be absolutely invaluable. Personally, I'd probably pay to stream interviews like this, but provided that the questions were anything BUT questions about Freddie's love life and Brian's hair.

I'm glad Queen fans feel that they can still keep this tradition going - it's amazing to know that the band can still do this. BUT, not for me I'm afraid.[/QUOTE]


Every point bang on the money.

Attending a convention used to be a dream, when I was a lot younger (in my early teens). I only visited the Dutch fanclub convention during this time and it was something I always looked forward to. A couple of years ago I went along to the UK convention with a friend who was performing there and this year I also went to see them perform at the Dutch convention. If it wasn't for them I would definitely not go. People in their 50's dressed as Freddie, buying Freddie plates, listening to Freddie's cook, buying a tie signed by Roger/Brian for 250+ euros... It's all so absurd and bizarre to me these days.

I genuinely didn't know it was happening.

Who has got photos of freddie in the studios during te final sessions plus a new photo of the final appearance in 1988 at the dominion theatre.
Which has been showed by Noel Haris and John Brough. I would like to see these pictures.

Were any demos played?

Our community finds it very interesting and worth to take part. Some of us from Italy attend every year. We share almost live news from major happening. Thanks to all attendees and guests.

I do agree with the above post - when I first joined the fanclub in 1989 (and got ripped off!) seeing the articles about the convention was a bit off putting. Even as a kid I thought it a bit naff.

I went, it was great fun. Even got to see a clip of the Dont try so hard video which someone had on their phone, hardly recognised freddie

[QUOTE] [b]dudley-fufkin 7834 wrote:[/b]

I went, it was great fun. Even got to see a clip of the Dont try so hard video which someone had on their phone, hardly recognised freddie[/QUOTE]

You naughty little tease you!

Been in the fan club since 1980, never been to a convention and dont really ever intend to go, not really what I wish to do, I listen to Queen, play the songs myself and watch concerts, but dressing up like them and playing games is not my thing, I'd be interested to hear what folk who worked with them say, sure, but I'm not that interested that I have to spend a whole weekend doing it.

I buy the products when something interesting comes out, go to all the tours and and love reading the more technical side of what Brian and Roger do, I have collected a vast amount of Queen releated music equipment, and I'd go to a Red Special meet up, but again, not really interested in playing football and dressing like Freddie...

One thing you might be interested in Greg I finally have booked a trip to The Galapogos, something that we spoke about many years ago if you remember...

I would go to the Convention if I were in that Continent at that time. No luck so far.

Cheers,

Ogre-

[QUOTE] [b]Fireplace wrote:[/b]

Oh noes, Sir Archivist disapproves of the topic content on QZ. May as well pack it in guys, without the support of this community pillar we're done for anyway. How dare people who are actually musically inclined discuss Brian's equipment? Why would anyone be interested in how the music was put together when you can get real genuine 1975 replica balloons with a box set? Why discuss musicians when you could just as well go out and buy their branded vodka?

Just to be fair I'll answer your question as well. I did not attend the convention as it was not possible to travel to England just for the weekend. Some of us actually live outside the UK (yes, there is life there) and work for a living. Your description of some of the programme items certainly sounds interesting and entertaining and I can imagine most of us here would feel it's worth attending if it's within their reach.

If you feel the need to plug the convention, fair enough, we all stand to benefit from keeping the interest in Queen alive. Just do so without slagging of the other topics of conversation as they are just another manifestation of that same interest. [/QUOTE]


GB: How old are you, Fireplace? 13?

I wasn't slagging off other topics. I'm merely saying that the interviews at the convention, particularly the most recent one, invariably cover some very serious and significant Queen history - such as Freddie's last ever vocal sessions, and that's not being even mentioned on QZ, much less debated or analysed like everything else usually would be, whereas random speculation such as whether Freddie was autistic or not is deemed to be MORE thread/post-worthy.

Fireplace, you need to Surround yourself with some people that might be able to help you a bit with seeing that not everything on QZ is a dig.

Fireplace, Surround. See what I did there.

You're clearly a Hearth-hearted Mantle case !!!