Official FB account bollocks

I can understand everything, but not this.. Or do they think that at least 36 weeks is a few?

Yes, they posted that on all social media accounts. Stupid. And they fail to mention John Deacon as having been part of Queen on YouTube now.

In a few years they will tell everybody he recorded it a week before his death.
Whatever sells.

He wrote & recorded it from his deathbed while overlooking the snow in the garden of his home Garden Lodge while also setting up the Mercury Phoenix Trust and telling Brian and Roger to fire John because he would only hold them back.

DJGreg wrote:

Or do they think that at least 36 weeks is a few?

Yes. Frederick's lifetime lasted 2,359 weeks. His vocal on that song was compiled when he had 28 weeks left. 28 weeks was 1.18% of his lifetime, which means 98.82% of his life took place before he finished work on 'A Winter's Tale'.

Sebastian wrote:

DJGreg wrote:

Or do they think that at least 36 weeks is a few?

Yes. Frederick's lifetime lasted 2,359 weeks. His vocal on that song was compiled when he had 28 weeks left. 28 weeks was 1.18% of his lifetime, which means 98.82% of his life took place before he finished work on 'A Winter's Tale'.

On the other hand. if someone told you that if you agreed to stop eating for a few weeks and he would give you a million pounds, then he revealed "a few" was actually 36 weeks, I doubt you would agree with his definition of "a few". Or as the old Irish saying goes, a mile isn't very long unless you have to push a pea along with your nose.

Human pregnancy is only a "few" weeks.

i recommend using this "factoid" while in the delivery room ... you will never walk again if she is in kicking distance.

The Fairy King wrote:

In a few years they will tell everybody he recorded it a week before his death.
Whatever sells.

True.

Holly2003 wrote:

On the other hand. if someone told you that if you agreed to stop eating for a few weeks and he would give you a million pounds, then he revealed "a few" was actually 36 weeks, I doubt you would agree with his definition of "a few". Or as the old Irish saying goes, a mile isn't very long unless you have to push a pea along with your nose.

True. In the case of starvation, pregnancy, drowning, etc., 36 weeks is quite a long time. But in the case of human lifespan, it's 'a few' indeed.

Saint Jiub wrote:

Human pregnancy is only a "few" weeks.

i recommend using this "factoid" while in the delivery room ... you will never walk again if she is in kicking distance.

Hands down, this is the greatest thing you've ever said on this website.

If I didn't know, I'd interpret "a few weeks" as between, say, 6 and 12 weeks. People also say this about the "These are the days of our lives" video, saying it was recorded a few weeks before he died, when it might be more accurate to describe it as a few months.

I don't think on the official facebook page it will be someone we know about doing the updates - it won't be Roger or Brian of course, and it won't be someone like Jacky Smith from the Fanclub (not that they are the source of all knowledge when it comes to Queen), but it will be some P.R. person who knows a bit and puts something together.

Queen were always very good at spinning what was going on through the fan club magazines and in the media, but in recent weeks (meaning, since the release of the film), things seem to have gone crazy - denying the works tour recently was a good one from Brian May.

miraclesteinway wrote:

Queen were always very good at spinning what was going on through the fan club magazines and in the media, but in recent weeks (meaning, since the release of the film), things seem to have gone crazy - denying the works tour recently was a good one from Brian May.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

different people have different opinions, I think both these sites have some good info regarding official accounts which make them unique. According to https://weednews.co/ the latter has attracted more people rather than the other one. The others need to work as much as hard tho.

Do we actually have dates for A Winters Tale?
I mean, i think we all know it's between December 1990 and may 1991, but anything more accurate than that?

Winter