I'm not an expert on religion so somebody could maybe explain to me... Freddie led a wild life for which he's undoubtedly burning in hell (supposing there's something like heaven or hell). Now were his prayers useful in any way? I mean can I fuck anybody I meet in a club, then say a prayer before I go to sleep and everything is solved, everything is OK and I'll come to heaven? I'm just curious.
As for Rome, I'm with Queen. Maybe it's not 100% ethical but would you want to explain this to 9000+ people? For many of them it was the best night of their lives. It's like all these Queen bootlegs :-) They're not legal, they're not 100% ethical either but they do please thousands of fans.
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Should anyones' respect being hurted by a concert like this?
As long as the show is not on the St Peter Square I see no problems
No one needs to go to the concerts, but the ones who want to go, give them the same feedom to cheer as the others have to mourne
Now Prince Reinair of Monaco (how the hell you write that name *G*) passed away, you might as well suggest to skip the entire tour
A dear friend of me passed away as well, so should I not go to the show?
Life is real
The show MUST go on
and no one gonna stop us now
It's written in the stars
As long as the show is not on the St Peter Square I see no problems
No one needs to go to the concerts, but the ones who want to go, give them the same feedom to cheer as the others have to mourne
Now Prince Reinair of Monaco (how the hell you write that name *G*) passed away, you might as well suggest to skip the entire tour
A dear friend of me passed away as well, so should I not go to the show?
Life is real
The show MUST go on
and no one gonna stop us now
It's written in the stars
I'm not an expert on religion so somebody could maybe explain to me... Freddie led a wild life for which he's undoubtedly burning in hell (supposing there's something like heaven or hell). Now were his prayers useful in any way? I mean can I fuck anybody I meet in a club, then say a prayer before I go to sleep and everything is solved, everything is OK and I'll come to heaven? I'm just curious.
As for Catholicism, there is at least the principle of “confession”. You can always start all over with a clean slate. I don’t think heavy partying and leading a wild life is considered a very heavy sin. If you are interested, here is a link to the “parable of the lost son”, about a guy who is forgiven by his father after leading a riotous life:
http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/pbl34.html
Freddie may have liked the story.
Whether other religions (Protestantism?) have more problems with forgiving sins, I don’t know.
Why should Freddie be burning in hell??? As long as you don't hurt anyone, why should you be punished?? He wanted to have a good time. This is no sin. It may be, if you strictly apply religious teachings, not just Catholic. But I believe in the religion of common sense. He did so much good to milions of people!!!!
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They did the right thing, why on Earth should people in mourning be offended because other people are having fun? Life goes on.
Queen absolutely did the right thing by going ahead with the show, and a moment of silence for respect shows their intentions. If Carol W had the ability to speak in his last days, of course he would-- so Queen, having the means to perform, should also. Musical talent is a gift from YHVH, not politicians. And if Brian and Roger and Paul were crucified (hi Lester!) yeah that would be an impressive scene but when they find Resurrection, THAT's really impressive imho.
Queen didn't stop anyone from mourning, didn't stop anybody from seeing a funeral, and given Freddie's circumstances, it's slightly mad for people to criticize Queen as being insensitive.
This might be a situation where Freddie's remark "people come to a Queen show to forget their problems for a little while" came true in a very real way.
Now about that set list...could we please have some Innuendo? Pretty please with Cristal and caviar on top? ;)
Queen didn't stop anyone from mourning, didn't stop anybody from seeing a funeral, and given Freddie's circumstances, it's slightly mad for people to criticize Queen as being insensitive.
This might be a situation where Freddie's remark "people come to a Queen show to forget their problems for a little while" came true in a very real way.
Now about that set list...could we please have some Innuendo? Pretty please with Cristal and caviar on top? ;)
as a queen fan ( and an ateist ), i am shocked and apalled with the way queen handled situation with the rome concert
roger taylor and brian may should be ashame of themselfs
is it all about fucking money ?
the couldn´t postpone the concert?
i doubt it
those two just lost a lot of respect from me
And they must be real worried
And they must be real worried
i have a right to comment, and i will comment
despite fools like you
p.s.
analogy with diana situation is good
if they did that in london, they would be burried in the media all over the world
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Brian has spoken about his own father's passing and how it devastated him.Can he really not understand that to Catholics this Pope was a beloved spiritual Father?
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Well, this is really strange comparison. In fact, for me is life of my father million times more precious, than life of any pope on the world. The pope is ordinary man, like others (well, I'm atheist, so maybe that's why I see it this way). I didn't know him personally, so why I should mourn too much? If somebody wants mourn, OK, it's his decision, but don't push others to the same behaviour.
If good man die, it's always sad. But this is called life. It's not necessary to exaggerate it. Everyone should decide by themselves, what to do. IMO, Queen didn't do anything wrong, if they played.
Looking at it from the opposite side - will the Pope's visit of the UK be cancelled if John Deacon dies the day before? I somehow doubt that.
Or is it that some people are more important than others?
Pope was father to millions of people. Well, Queen is a mother for millions of fans.
Or is it that some people are more important than others?
Pope was father to millions of people. Well, Queen is a mother for millions of fans.
Looking at it from the opposite side - will the Pope's visit of the UK be cancelled if John Deacon dies the day before? I somehow doubt that.
Hmmm, during that visit to the UK after Deacon's passing, the Pope would at least have behaved a bit more serenely and quietly than P.R., and he sure would not have yelled: “Tie your mother down”.
The Pope condemned homosexuallity, which wouldn't do Freddie any favours getting into heaven in the Catholic view. He also condemned any form of contraception including condoms, which has helped the spread of AIDS. Did he show respect to Freddie or was he saying in so many words "Freddie got what he deserved for being gay?"
Sure the Pope did a lot of good, but he also spread a lot of evil and intolerance, the above is just a couple of examples. He fought Brian and Roger's message about safe sex, so why should they cancel a show to show him respect, wouldn't that be hypocritical?
Dan
Sure the Pope did a lot of good, but he also spread a lot of evil and intolerance, the above is just a couple of examples. He fought Brian and Roger's message about safe sex, so why should they cancel a show to show him respect, wouldn't that be hypocritical?
Dan
Sure the Pope did a lot of good, but he also spread a lot of evil and intolerance, the above is just a couple of examples. He fought Brian and Roger's message about safe sex, so why should they cancel a show to show him respect, wouldn't that be hypocritical?
Dan
Yeah, totally agree!
Why did Queen refuse to reschedule after the Vatican made a very generous offer to reimburse the concert rescheduling costs as well the fan's costs to reschedule?
Sorry, I have to agree here. Alot of you are acting like the Pope doesnt matter because maybe he wasnt your leader etc etc. This was very very very disrespectful of the boys, especially since they work on the same charity stuff as the Pope did. They have the power to cancel a concert whenever- they are the BAND. just look at Axl Rose. If charles cancelled his wedding out of respect, the boys should have taken the same leaf. they would have earned more respect for it. Im very dissapointed in them, and in the rest of you for not thinking about the effect this has on millions of Catholics and peace lovers alike.
Who are you to tell them what to do? Can somebody please tell me why they are calling the Pope great? He had a very old fashioned way of thinking. No contraception? What kind of attitude is that in the 21st century? Not everybody is religious. And not everyone is a Roman Catholic. I wouldn't have cancelled a gig. And I don't think the fans who went there were too sad to go.
When someone dies, if you just mourn you drive yourself mad. Celebrate the life, don't pine on the death.
When someone dies, if you just mourn you drive yourself mad. Celebrate the life, don't pine on the death.