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In the photo it looks like Freddie has a cigarette in his hand.
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[QUOTE] [b]jrd1951 wrote:[/b]
It was Brian and Roger.Freddie himself told me that when we met them at Olympic Studios in 1988,half joking possibly.Roger had phoned in sick,and Freddie said something like 'at least he can't moan about Brian's guitar parts for a day'.Thought we would get maybe a few minutes with a band member having won a fan club competition to meet them recording The Miracle.They had kind of vanished since the Magic Tour that I saw them on in 1986.Freddie wouldn't talk to journalists,but was quite happy to spend time with fans.Anyway he was first out,superbly dressed in all white,you had to double take,as you couldn't believe that this softly spoken polite guy was the same one I saw on stage.Brian chatted to some of us about guitars and AC30'S and all that,I spoke to John and Freddie who got on so well,not surprised John looks depressed today.This great Rock star wanted to know about our lives,what we liked etc(there was a glare when I said a Night at the Opera as my fave...)we got a fab sausage roll cooked by his chef Joe(had no idea who Joe Fanelli was then) and had a great day all told.Hard to believe in three years this great man was dead.RIP Freddie x[/QUOTE]
Cool story. Experience of a Lifetime. Any other pix from that meeting?
It was Brian and Roger.Freddie himself told me that when we met them at Olympic Studios in 1988,half joking possibly.Roger had phoned in sick,and Freddie said something like 'at least he can't moan about Brian's guitar parts for a day'.Thought we would get maybe a few minutes with a band member having won a fan club competition to meet them recording The Miracle.They had kind of vanished since the Magic Tour that I saw them on in 1986.Freddie wouldn't talk to journalists,but was quite happy to spend time with fans.Anyway he was first out,superbly dressed in all white,you had to double take,as you couldn't believe that this softly spoken polite guy was the same one I saw on stage.Brian chatted to some of us about guitars and AC30'S and all that,I spoke to John and Freddie who got on so well,not surprised John looks depressed today.This great Rock star wanted to know about our lives,what we liked etc(there was a glare when I said a Night at the Opera as my fave...)we got a fab sausage roll cooked by his chef Joe(had no idea who Joe Fanelli was then) and had a great day all told.Hard to believe in three years this great man was dead.RIP Freddie x[/QUOTE]
Cool story. Experience of a Lifetime. Any other pix from that meeting?
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Chopin1995
Thank you Jrd1951 for the story!
spiralstatic
What a cool story jrd1951 and wonderful memory, thanks for sharing. I had no idea Queen did anything like this, especially so late on.
Did you have an overall impression of the nature of each band member? In any case, very happy you got such an experience and the photo makes me smile. We all wish we were 50 so we could have had a chance to be there too.
I'm intrigued to hear you got a glare for saying A Night at the Opera was your favourite album. Haha, yeah, I guess Freddie was always moving on to the next thing!
Did you have an overall impression of the nature of each band member? In any case, very happy you got such an experience and the photo makes me smile. We all wish we were 50 so we could have had a chance to be there too.
I'm intrigued to hear you got a glare for saying A Night at the Opera was your favourite album. Haha, yeah, I guess Freddie was always moving on to the next thing!
bucsateflon
It may be that Roger fought a lot with Brian but Roger seems to be the most supportive of Brian's old fashion ways in making music.