Are some Queen fans too Freddie centered?

Totally the opposite. Fred was the least interested in Hot Space. As Brian said, Fred just went in did his bit and left. Brian, Roger and John had way more input there. And Mack

Fenderek, I must say I agree with you.. IMO, Queen would never be what it was without only one member. THEY WERE ALL EQUAL if u ask me. Together they made unique Queen-sound. As for Freddie being a God or a perfect icon, I don't see him like that. I THINK

... he was a beautiful person, and a great songwriter and performer. The best actually, for me of course. I don't think he was perfect, not at all. He was only a human, but even though he (and Queen) made my life so much more beautiful. I can't imagine just one day without Queen music. Without Brian's guitar, John's bass, or Roger's drums. You know, sometimes when I listen to Queen, I try to concentrate only on one instrument, sometimes I try to listen only guitar, or drums, or piano, or only bass (which I found the most interesting:))) So my point is, none of them are perfect, including Freddie. Queen are all equal, and I don't think some of them are easier to replace then Freddie. The four of them were a perfect combination, and that made them the best.

Of course they´re not perfect, they´re not equal either. It´s their difference what made the difference if you know what I mean

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To me Queen were the perfect band, they had the perfect guitarist, perfect bassist, perfect drummer and perfect vocalist and this chemnistry made them one of the greatest and most talented bands on the planet.

Freddie was special, as almost every lead singer, he sometimes was called "the leader of the band". And without Freddie's voice and stage performance Queen wouldn't have been Queen. He was the magic about Queen I think, the one that the audience looked up to at show.
So I think at concerts it was Freddie!

But NONE of the others were less important for Queen's music. If any of them wouldn't have been there or would've been replaced it wouldn't have been Queen anymore.

As far as the singing is concerned I am Freddie centered cos he had the most amazing voice I've ever heard. And I think he was just an absolutely interesting person. I'm not saying that the others were boring though ;-)

But I personally even like Brian's songs much more than Freddie's. So without Brian many of my favourite songs wouldn't even exist....
So, I wouldn't say that I am Freddie centered in general.

Fenderek wrote:

>>So many times I've heard that Freddie wrote "Show Must Go On" because he was dying- that was supposed to bring even more drama... But if it was really Freddie, I would just say- pretensious... Brian wrote it- that's another story; knowing all the meanings of the song- it's not banal at all... Isn't it more dramatic that Freddie in his last years was recording sth like "Delilah"? Guy is dying and singing happy tune about his fav cat... Isn't this heartbreaking ENOUGH...? <<

This post made me cry.

To sum up what I`ve said in this thread, I think Queen owes its quality (or greatness, or however you want to put it) to all four plus producers and crew.

But they owe their success to Fred. Songs like Best Friend or Rockyou were hits because they were released by an already famous band (if Sparks had released them the story would be very different). And the band was already famous because of Bo Rhap (written by Freddie). And Bo Rhap was famous because the audience was expecting a lot for the next Queen single, cause the band was famous for Killer queen (written by Freddie). And that`s because they had had a top 10 hit in the UK with Seven Seas Of Rhye (written by Freddie).

I disagree. Rockyou`s promotion was fundamental for its now everlasting status. Same with Champions. Lets imagine Queen didn`t have anything when they did the stomp stomp clap thing. Would they have reached the top with that? I doubt so. It doesn`t mean they wouldn`t, I just say, imo, that an already famous band released the WWRY/WATC single, and that was fundamental for the good airplay they had, and that was fundamental for the success ofthe album, which made more people know the songs, and that was fundamental for the tours, and then the next album, and then the next, and then Greatest Hits... back in `77, they weren`t the big anthems they`re now.

Rockyou doesn`t owe its fame to Bo Rhap, it owes it to a combination of stuff. For example, the Live Aid performance (with all Wembley singing the chorus). All of that was making the song gain each time more its anthemic status. Of course, it was already famous at the time of Live Aid (otherwise the audience wouldn`t know the chorus), but after that it become even more, and now it`s an anthem, but it was not only because of the catchy rhythm itself.

The thing is, imo, neither Rockyou or Bohemian Rhapsody or Under Pressure or Yesterday etc would have been as everlasting without the promotion. We Will Rock You is famous because of a lot of things, I don`t mean it`s famous because of Live Aid, or because of its rhythm, or because of Champions (and vice versa), or because of Queen`s fame... all those factors contributed.

Same as Bo Rhap, was it a hit because of the video? because of its originality? because of the tour? because of the album success (and vice versa)? because of the title? no, because of all those little details combined.

But, my point remains... the fame of the band is mainly because of Freddie. Without 7Seas, Killer Queen, Bo Rhap and somebody To Love it`s possible that they wouldn`t last until 1977 in the first place. And, as you pointed out, many people don`t relate the two anthems (Rockyou and Champions) to the band.