Who Scott Mercury think the real fans are!!

Scott_Mercury wrote:

Here's the deal.

Us mature fans, who were Queen fans long before there was a "Innuendo"...long before there was a "re-release" of Bohemian Rhapsody....long before there was a over-rated, unfunny movie called "Waynes World" ..... and who were fans long before the touring stopped, and Freddie's fight with his illness began... we are the real fans.

I notice that the group of older, more mature fans on this website also seemed to be more accepting of Paul Rodgers doing his best on this tour.

So, if Brenski, and Thomas Quinn, and Arlene...and a whole slew of others on here, that was blasting their ear drums with Freddie & Co. long before most of the "complainers" were born.... then why can't the bitchers and moaners take a hint???

Paul Rodgers isn't Freddie... yeah we know.
Paul's voice doesn't wrap around some of Queen's tunes like Freddie...yep, we are aware of that.
Paul doesn't have Freddie's range...or stage presence..... but then again, who does???

However, Paul Rodgers is one hell of a singer... and for most singers, they would shit their pants at the thought of filling in for Freddie on a Queen jam session.... Paul had the balls to lay it on the line, and give it a shot.

And Paul hasn't been this popular since 1976.

The fact is, we all LOVE FREDDIE.
No one is going to replace Freddie... duh, no shit.

I've had enough of the idiots, aged 12 to 18 on this website, who are trying to come out to mom and dad, and Freddie is their idol... (as of 3 months ago, so they are Freddie experts) .....

Or, 14 yr old girls, who have read 2 Queen articles, so now they are a fucking music historian.

I'm laying it on the line.... if you own 4 Queen cds... but haven't "saved up yet for the others".... should you really be posting here??

If you have been a Queen fan since 2003.... what the HELL could you possibly "teach" some of these people that we AT WEMBLEY...or AT MILTON KEYES???

The smartest ass mouths, and most reliable info on here seem to come from the teenagers, who just saw Waynes World on TBS, and are now a Queen genius... or , they've just kissed a member of the same sex...liked it...and are now trying to out themselves to the folks.

Meanwhile, they are Freddie experts...Queen experts.... and can conclusively tell you that Paul Rodgers sucks (Bryans Permed Poodle calls P.R. a "karoke singer").... and that Brian and Roger are money hungry moochers, who are trying to gain cash off of Freddie's legacy.

I, personally, have no interest in the "2 month" , newbie, 13 yr old fans at this point...who haven't a clue as to what they are talking about.

The "real fans" were there at the beginning, we'll be there at the end... I don't give a fuck if Lizi Minelli is the lead singer... I support Queen. period.

S.M.

That was a bit harsh. I'm only 14, but I don't pretend I know everything about Queen, and neither do I think I'm a "Freddie Expert". I sometimes wish I had been born a couple of decades earlier, but I wasn't, and that's life. You can't blame us for being born later than you, and therefore not seeing Queen live with Freddie. You can't blame us for liking Queen either. Would you rather no one under the age 20 likes Queen? Or you can only be a Queen fan if you have seen them live while Freddie was alive?

I have only been a Queen fan for about a year, but I have already spent over £200 on their albums, on posters, on concerts, etc. This obviously does not make up for not being born earlier, and I'm sorry for that, but there's nothing I can do about that. Most of us young ones are NOT like you think we are, and we don't think we know it all. I respect all older Queen fans, especially those who saw Queen live, because they have those memories I will never have.

Please think twice before labeling us all "immature&q

Young QZ Padawans, Newbies...please read MY post...

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Arlene R. Weiss wrote:

Young QZ Padawans, Newbies...please read MY post...

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Geez I don't really care who Scott Mercury thinks the real fans are.
It seems pretty arrogant to be making judgments about anonymous strangers on an Internet message board.
I was a teen when I discovered Queen. I heard BhoRap on the radio and had to tell my friends about it. My friend played an album that his brother owned and I recognized Killer Queen. Three decades later and I still listen to Queen but I don't obsess over them.
If 26-year-old Scott discovered Queen at the time of Hot Space he would have been 3 years old. 26-year-old Scott would have been 12 when Freddie died.
There are always new fans of good music and they always act like its new because it is new to them.
A little thought and consideration is all that is needed. Taking the piss out of kids without showing them the way is pointless.
Share the pleasure the music gives you and lighten up. A Kind of Magic is as good a place to start listening to Queen as Queen II. Respect that some people prefer the pop music Queen while others prefer the earlier Rock music Queen. It's still Queen.

BTW I do think the "OMG look what Scott Mercury wrote about Freddie" thread was just plain pathetic so I'm not surprised to see this thread.
LIGHTEN UP!!

In summeray, Freddie IS STILL
the hottest looking guy I will ever lay eyes on!

My point exactly.

RohemianBapsody wrote:

I agree with the majority ofthe rant but .....

Liza Minelli lead singer, I would rather have baby spice :)

The only reason why Liza Minelli gets respect is thanks to the thousands (perhaps millions) of gay men who think she can sing.

Scott_Mercury wrote:

My point exactly.

I know. Sheesh. It's obvious she meant Roger. :P

I became a fan in 1993 when my mom got me a cassette tape of News Of The World for my tenth birthday, and that started a love affair with Queen that still lasts to this day.

I see where you're coming from, Scott, but I don't think you're approaching it correctly. When I was growing up (yeah, sounds like I'm a lot older than I actually am), I didn't have the wonderful resource known as the internet. Most of us probably didn't. The way that I would find out information was by reading, reading, and reading some more - I would try to lay my hands on any Queen book possible, and I would just READ. I wanted to know everything about them, and I also wanted to know more about them than anybody else. I wanted to become a Queen expert.

Thanks to the Internet, that has become a bit more of a reality. I've received so much great stuff from this site that I can't even begin to thank all the generous people - not only for shows or rare songs, but also for their information. John S Stuart's posts are invaluable, and there are a slew of other posters on here who know more about Queen than Queen probably ever did.

Unfortunately, there are the kids nowadays (there I go again) who have more or less bypassed the acquiring of knowledge and sharing that information with everyone and have instead started to ask question after question after question. It gets on my nerves too, which is why I understand your position, but it's also comforting and pretty damn cool that, in the age of MTV and American Idol, a teenager still decides he or she would rather listen to Queen than anybody else. I was particularly surprised to see a poster by the name of "Queen 2" (I think) who just celebrated his or her tenth birthday. That's amazing that there was somebody here who was listening to Queen in the age of the single digits!

However, I stop to think sometimes before I post a sarcastic response to a thread, "If I was this person's age, I would probably be asking the same question if I had the internet." You really just need to sit back and realize that this is just words on a computer screen, and it doesn't really matter how old a person is or when they became a Queen fan; we're ALL Queen's people, and that's what matters the most.

Basically I give a shit less, I'm smart enough to read past stuff that is full of shit.
And I don't need any one telling me if I'm a fan or not of something.

Errr...why are we fighting?
Just put on some early Queen, and mellow for a bit.
Now, I may be 18 years old (what Mr. Mercury classifies as "too young), and I wasn't a Queen fan when he was alive (obviously), but I think I'm a pretty big fan regardless.
The proof?
I have the 15 studio albums, the 4 live albums, the Live@Wembley DVD, the Live Aid 4-DVD set (that cost a shitload), and enough unreleased B-sides and demos to choke a horse.

So, you can see, I'm obsessed.
And young.
So that kinda debunks his theory of "you have to have been there to be a fan."
Scott, if I misinterpreted you, please let me know.

Then again, there is SOME validity to his sentiment. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, and I do feel that the younger fans, or n00bies, do disrupt a thread, a discussion of Queen with their inane comments.

But then again, take a look at the diatribe in this thread. Are the elder fans that much better?
I think everyone who posted here needs to take a step back, put things in perspective, stop taking posts on a message board so fucking seriously, and let logic take over from here on out.

OMGWTFLOL FREDDIE WUZ GH3Y?!?!?!?!?!
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Sorry about that.

teleman wrote:

BTW I do think the "OMG look what Scott Mercury wrote about Freddie" thread was just plain pathetic so I'm not surprised to see this thread.
LIGHTEN UP!!

So what did Scott Mercury write about Freddie? :P

Scott as I read your post I first figured you were just joking...So terribly sad to realize you were not...My only comment to your post is:
who do you think you are????????

Fairy

Scott, I am a 15-year-old Queen fan. I have all of their music on my computer and their Greatest Hits and Live at Wembley on CD.

I support the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour as well.

I find it a tad arrogant that you say that the "true" Queen fans are the ones who were there in the beginning.

I don't think a true fan needs to have been "around" since the inception of a group--or the creation of a movie or the writing of a book.

In fact, the very beauty of Queen's music is that it endures and carries on to other generations who weren't even alive whent hey were in their prime...only the truly great groups have that ability...The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, etc...

There are definitely some young idiots on this site who say and do annoying and immature things.

However, I believe that you branding everyone who wasn't there since the beginning as a non-fan is every bit as annoying and immature as what these fools are doing.