Is it bad to be a Stepford Fan for Queen? Cause I do believe I am a Stepford fan. Apparently they can do no wrong in my eyes.
Freddie Mercury(who is also Larry Lurex) may you rock in peace!!!
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Thats bad.......You agree with the musical too??
I've seen the musical. I thought it was gonna be crap and it was actually a family trip. So I went there thinking the worst and was hugely surprised by how good it was. Let's just examine that... I believed what people were saying on this board and to be honest from what I'd read about the show, it sounded bad. But in the end, going there and experiencing it for myself was a great feeling.
Peace,
Adam.
Peace,
Adam.
welcome here, I'm Pim - the local evil lord.
um, well, i never saw the musical. i dont think they ever had it over here in the US. If they did, i cant believe i missed it. is it bad? i hear people saying that it is.
Freddie Mercury(Larry Lurex) may you rock in peace!!!
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Freddie Mercury(Larry Lurex) may you rock in peace!!!
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I saw the musical a couple of years back and am hopefully going again in a couple of weeks. Had a great time, mind you, Flashman and I had indulged in a couple of double vodkas.
By all means leave your brain at the door but the band is superb and loud.
Most people who dislike it haven't seen it.
By all means leave your brain at the door but the band is superb and loud.
Most people who dislike it haven't seen it.
I cant judge the musical, I havent seen it, and I will one day, what annoys me is the every single little bit of advertising all over everything Queen related! On the LAW DVD on the interviews, Brian is sat at the piano with a WWRY music book on the music stand, BLATANT advertising.
Stepfords will buy those WWRY cars off QOL, ouch.
Stepfords will buy those WWRY cars off QOL, ouch.
Wow. Well, I hope to see it. I think it was on VH1, but it said that Robert Deniro was in it. I am probably wrong, but hey, i tried.
Freddie Mercury(Larry Lurex) may you rock in peace!!!
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Freddie Mercury(Larry Lurex) may you rock in peace!!!
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Yes, youre wrong.
Brian is sat at the piano with a WWRY music book on the music stand, BLATANT advertising.I laughed like a lunatic when I saw that. My brother asked what I was laughing at and I told him 'subliminal messages'. :P
Stepfords will buy those WWRY cars off QOL, ouch.You mean you HAVEN'T!? ;)
I also remember that it was videotaped for show at a convention. But to be honest, that's a shitty experience, i.e. watching it on a tv screen in mediocre quality. It's just asking for you to doubt it. Especially since it was not professionally done.
Experiencing it in that hall in London...wow. The sound was very pleasing as it surrounded me. I had goosebumps when Innuendo started the proceedings off with Freddie singing it! I recently read on Brian's site that they play that song "live" to Freddie's vocal.
I took a listen to the recorded cd. But it wasn't great. I don't know if it was the "live" or "studio" cd I listened to. Probably the "live" one.
Peace,
Adam.
Experiencing it in that hall in London...wow. The sound was very pleasing as it surrounded me. I had goosebumps when Innuendo started the proceedings off with Freddie singing it! I recently read on Brian's site that they play that song "live" to Freddie's vocal.
I took a listen to the recorded cd. But it wasn't great. I don't know if it was the "live" or "studio" cd I listened to. Probably the "live" one.
Peace,
Adam.
The cd of the musical does bring back the images in the theatre but you can only get the real atmosphere in the theatre itself. The opening is indeed stunning.
In October we have our annual fanclub meeting in The Netherlands and this time they will show this videotape.
Question for Pim: are you going to watch that? :)
In October we have our annual fanclub meeting in The Netherlands and this time they will show this videotape.
Question for Pim: are you going to watch that? :)
Rien, ofcourse not. I stay away as far as possible from anything related to the musical.
I have front row seats for the last WWRY premiere in Vegas on Sept. 7th - I am a little scared of what to expect....I am SO not a stepford, so I am not expecting it to be great just because its Queen......we shall see!
Personally, I have always opposed the way the meaning of "stepford fan" has changed.
Buying a piece of Queen-merchandise even though you think/know it's shite is a somewhat paradoxical and even slightly masochist act, which was fittingly stigmatized with this expression.
On the other hand thinking that Queen were beyond reproach is nothing but an opinion about Queen, which - whilst not being shared by a majority of fans - is not paradoxical at all, as it's very well possible to sincerely feel about the issue like that. When someone's such an enthusiast that he enjoys all they ever do, then he simply does that and it's fair enough.
Per definitionem, the original stepford didn't have anything to do with the latter. In fact, he DID think that Queen could do wrong, because only thus he could buy a release he didn't like.
The type of fan that got branded as stepford later on buys his GH IIIs and assorted releases because he actually likes them and really wants to have them.
I thus would like to make the proposal that we all shall return to the original definition of stepford, as coined by GordonoBurstingFoam !
Buying a piece of Queen-merchandise even though you think/know it's shite is a somewhat paradoxical and even slightly masochist act, which was fittingly stigmatized with this expression.
On the other hand thinking that Queen were beyond reproach is nothing but an opinion about Queen, which - whilst not being shared by a majority of fans - is not paradoxical at all, as it's very well possible to sincerely feel about the issue like that. When someone's such an enthusiast that he enjoys all they ever do, then he simply does that and it's fair enough.
Per definitionem, the original stepford didn't have anything to do with the latter. In fact, he DID think that Queen could do wrong, because only thus he could buy a release he didn't like.
The type of fan that got branded as stepford later on buys his GH IIIs and assorted releases because he actually likes them and really wants to have them.
I thus would like to make the proposal that we all shall return to the original definition of stepford, as coined by GordonoBurstingFoam !