Youngsters and Queen

Well I was born in 1988 so it wasn't after Freddie dies, but I am still young.
Well I always liked WWRY, DSMN and Bohemian Rhapsody. The songs I knew. Once I was on the PC and DSMN came on the radio, and before I knew it I was dancing around my living room.

Also one art lesson my teacher put on her Queen CD. I listened to it in awe and really loved their music. So I decided to ask mum for their greatest hits for xmas. I found myself listening to them every day. I had the CD's on endless repeat. I thrived for more; and my collection of albums grew. So did all my Queen stuff such as videos and DVD's. I have also plastered my bedroom wall with their pictures. As I find them an attractive band also ;)
I have a Queen calendar which I also adore.
I am so thankful for a band like this. It awoke my ears to the real music! As before I was in a state of confusion with the ditzy pop.

Queen you are a legend! I only wish I was born earlier so I could have watched you grow in your glory and magnificence :(

Im 16 and really into Queen dude's :D why did my parents made me so late :@

14 years old here. About to enter high school.

Well, I guess you could say my dad got me into Queen, but they're not one of his favorte bands, he only owns one album, plus a Greatest Hits. One day I stole the GH and the next day, after listening to it, I was obsessed and needed more. Beginning of story.

i vividly remember playing at my house whilst singing AOBTD, when i was about six or seven. my mum heard me and asked me how i knew that song, she was really shocked that i could have heard of it when i was a hit five, six years before i was born (she was soon to realise that i, unlike a lot of teenagers do not care how old something is or how 'uncool'). i have no idea where i heard it from because at that age i was only listening to what my parents were listening to and they do not like queen (don't ask me why, usually they have quite good taste in music really) i probably heard it from my older sister or something.

fast forward a few years and i was on a school trip in russia at fifteen years old. of course i knew OF queen and the staple WWRY and champions, but never really felt compelled to listen to them, mainly because i was still istening to my parents records (who, as you remember do not like queen), having never really got into the (mostly) crap that is the music today. we were able to buy CD's in russia really cheaply, (im guessing illegal) and i was perusing through the racks not really knowing what i was looking for and then suddenly stopped dead as i saw a CD with THE most interesting looking guy i have ever seen on it. it was of course, our Freddie. i immedieately bought te CD, which turned out out to be freddie's solo work but which spurred me on to get every queen CD i could get my grubby little hands on. i haven't been the same since.

i vividly remember playing at my house whilst singing AOBTD, when i was about six or seven. my mum heard me and asked me how i knew that song, she was really shocked that i could have heard of it when i was a hit five, six years before i was born (she was soon to realise that i, unlike a lot of teenagers do not care how old something is or how 'uncool'). i have no idea where i heard it from because at that age i was only listening to what my parents were listening to and they do not like queen (don't ask me why, usually they have quite good taste in music really) i probably heard it from my older sister or something.

fast forward a few years and i was on a school trip in russia at fifteen years old. of course i knew OF queen and the staple WWRY and champions, but never really felt compelled to listen to them, mainly because i was still istening to my parents records (who, as you remember do not like queen), having never really got into the (mostly) crap that is the music today. we were able to buy CD's in russia really cheaply, (im guessing illegal) and i was perusing through the racks not really knowing what i was looking for and then suddenly stopped dead as i saw a CD with THE most interesting looking guy i have ever seen on it. it was of course, our Freddie. i immedieately bought te CD, which turned out out to be freddie's solo work but which spurred me on to get every queen CD i could get my grubby little hands on. two years on and i haven't been the same since.

I'm 19 and I saw BoRhap on a children's playback show & Saw the FM Tribute - both in 1992. Been a fan since, collecting since 1995/1996-ish.

I got into Queen in 1992 when Wayne's World came out (that movie, literally changed my life for the better!). And then, in 1996, I got a tape player for my birthday, and my parents gave me a bunch of old cassettes, including the American version of Greatest Hits (it had Keep Yourself Alive on there). Sad to say, the tape was eaten long ago and my parents forced me to pitch it :-( But, my collection grew and now, I'm 17 and I am the BIGGEST Queen fan in my school, if not, my whole town.

I'm 17 and became a Queenie when I was 11. My sister played me GH1 and it grew on me. I was very shy about my secret passion for years, but I bought the works a while later, I think I was 13. I still have a couple of albums to get, but I like that I still have music to discover. I feel really fortunate to be a Queen fan as they have given me a community (hugs to all you guys), a good ear for analysing music, and Freddie taught me to sing :)