My cousin was their lighting director in the late 70's. He came home after the Day at the Races tour and showed us a copy of Creem magazine with Queen featured in it. This was the band he wanted to show his family he was working with now. I saw the photos inside and at that time I thought they looked ugly (they weren't very flattering photos)and kind of dismissed it. 6 months later NOTW came out and We Will Rock You and "Champions" was all over the radio. When I found out who it was I went out and bought the album just to see if Joe's name was in the credits. It wasn't. Then I bought each album up to NOTW looking for his name just to impress my friends. Well, it wasn't in any of those albums but I had become addicted at that point and the rest is history. 29 years later I'm still addicted. His name finally appeard in the Jazz and Live Killers albums. He left after the Jazz tour to work with Foreigner and numerous other bands but nothing compared to his time with Queen.
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When I was in 6th grade, I was friends with a guy named Jesse, who was the towel boy for the middle school wrestling team. I remember going to one of the meets just to keep Jesse company, and when the guys came out they were all singing We Will Rock You. At first I thought it was just something they'd made up in the locker room or something, so I didn't give much thought to it. Later, in 7th grade, I was on the volleyball team and on one of our bus trips some people on the bus started singing We Are the Champions after we beat a particularly tough team. I remember asking a teammate where the song was from, and she said "Some old band sang it a long time ago...I think they were called Queen." Again, I didn't give too much thought to it.
In 8th grade, my best friend introduced me to a TV show that she had fallen in love with called Highlander, based off of the movies. From the first time I heard Princes of the Universe I became obsessed! I had to find out who was singing that theme music, with the excellent guitar riffs and Freddie's powerful voice. Thank goodness that at the end of the show they gave Queen props for the intro music. I put two and two together, and realized I had to get their stuff! Sad part was, that it was 1996, and Freddie had passed. I didn't realize it until I started trying to look for albums, and every store I went to didn't carry them. Finally a clerk in one of them told me that since Freddie had died, they'd stopped carrying the Queen albums. The next day, I was watching Highlander with Jenny (my friend) and it was an epiode that featured Who Wants to Live Forever, and we both just sat there and cried for the beauty of the song, for Freddie, and for the sadness in the episode (Duncan's fiance had just been murdered). I assumed the band had broken up after Freddie's death, so I kinda quit looking for stuff. A few Christmas' later, my parents found me the It's a Kind of Magic CD, and after listening to that I decided that I had to find their older stuff.
Fast forward to 2 years ago...I was browsing through the CD section at my local store and found a 3 disc Platinum Edition of their Greatest Hits. Of course I bought it, and fell in love with them all over again. The variety and sheer musical talent was unlike anything I'd heard before....no song ever sounded the same as another. Unfortunatly, I haven't been able to find any other Queen CD's since. I could order them from Amazon or from Sam Goody, but money is a huge issue for me right now and I can't. So I've contented myself with what I've got, and Launchcast Radio has introduced me to a few Queen songs that weren't included on the greatest hits albums. I never got to see them live, since I didn't really know of their existance until 1996 (my parents listen to country....ick!), but I can just imagine what it must have been like.
Sorry about the novel!
In 8th grade, my best friend introduced me to a TV show that she had fallen in love with called Highlander, based off of the movies. From the first time I heard Princes of the Universe I became obsessed! I had to find out who was singing that theme music, with the excellent guitar riffs and Freddie's powerful voice. Thank goodness that at the end of the show they gave Queen props for the intro music. I put two and two together, and realized I had to get their stuff! Sad part was, that it was 1996, and Freddie had passed. I didn't realize it until I started trying to look for albums, and every store I went to didn't carry them. Finally a clerk in one of them told me that since Freddie had died, they'd stopped carrying the Queen albums. The next day, I was watching Highlander with Jenny (my friend) and it was an epiode that featured Who Wants to Live Forever, and we both just sat there and cried for the beauty of the song, for Freddie, and for the sadness in the episode (Duncan's fiance had just been murdered). I assumed the band had broken up after Freddie's death, so I kinda quit looking for stuff. A few Christmas' later, my parents found me the It's a Kind of Magic CD, and after listening to that I decided that I had to find their older stuff.
Fast forward to 2 years ago...I was browsing through the CD section at my local store and found a 3 disc Platinum Edition of their Greatest Hits. Of course I bought it, and fell in love with them all over again. The variety and sheer musical talent was unlike anything I'd heard before....no song ever sounded the same as another. Unfortunatly, I haven't been able to find any other Queen CD's since. I could order them from Amazon or from Sam Goody, but money is a huge issue for me right now and I can't. So I've contented myself with what I've got, and Launchcast Radio has introduced me to a few Queen songs that weren't included on the greatest hits albums. I never got to see them live, since I didn't really know of their existance until 1996 (my parents listen to country....ick!), but I can just imagine what it must have been like.
Sorry about the novel!