How did you discover the band queen?

Well, they came to me in 1971 and signed with my company, Trident Records. I can tell you that as soon as they walked in the door, I could tell they were talented, but also desperate suckers. So I fleeced them in every sense of the word! Ha ha, I got them working for 50 quid a week if you can believe it, stored them all in some shithole in Kensington and sucked them dry.

They didn't like me much, especially that fairy singer of theirs. Anyway, they left in breach of contract, which gave me pretty much all revenue from their next 5 albums. Then the fairy wrote a nasty little ditty about me, for which I got another load of money, and when all was said and done, they had padded my retirement fund.

Anyway, nice chaps, it was a pleasure screwing..I mean doing business with them. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off for a drive in my vintage Rolls..the second one. Ta!

-Norman Sheffield

Ive always been a fan of queen and ive always been surrounded by there music as my mum is a fan but it was about 3/4 years ago and my mum and dad was watching Live at wembley on VH1 and i had nothing better to do so i took my quilt and i layed on the floor and i watched the concert the whole way through. I asked my mum like a millionn questions about them and by the end of the concert i knew about half of what i know now about Queen LOL. Ecer since then i have been a die hard fan- even more die hard then my mum!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]zaiga wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I was born in 1978 and I'm a Queen fan for as long as I can remember. I think I became a fan when I heard Bohemian Rhapsody on my brother's tape when I was 5 or 6 years old. I played it over and over again. I was enthralled by the choir in the beginning, the beautiful melodies in the piano part, the weicked opera part and then the heavy metal part. It was just something that clicked in my young brain there and then.

At that same time Queen performed at Live Aid, which I vaguely remember watching (I was 5 years!) and A Kind Of Magic was released around that time as well. I also remember watching Queen live footage, including a scene where Freddie falls backwards with two "fat bottomed girls" in his arms. Anyone know where that is from? Again, the pomp and theatrics of Queen made a huge impression on me.

I conciously became a fan when I heard "Breakthru" on the radio. I also loved the other Miracle singles, and I remember watching "The Miracle" video, wishing I was that kid miming Freddie. By that time I also had Greatest Hits on tape, and played it over and over again. By then there was no turning back, I was a Queen fan![/QUOTE]

I was born in 1978 too but I discovered Queen in 1992. It´so sad that so late. It was a great time to discover them.

My mum bought me the We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You single in 1977 when I was 6. I then got Greatest Hits for Christmas 4 years later, but I really got into them when my Dad had a Greatest Hits in the car a couple of years later, and I would insist on listening to it every time I was in the car. Just after that EMI were selling off the Queen vinyl back catalogue at a knockdown price (most albums were £3.99), and apart from going to watch Ayr United my earnings from my paper round all went on building up my Queen collection. John Menzies made a lot of money out of me in the mid eighties.

I believe I first heard of Queen from either We Are the Champions or Bicycle Race...then I was randomly walking around a store thinking...

'What in the hell kind of a name is Queen for a group of guys?... I don't think I'd ever love that band'

Then a year or two later...friend gets obsessed with Queen...friend lets me listen to different songs...friend gets me obsessed with Queen....well what do ya know?

I didn't discover Queen.

Queen discovered me.

One day, aged 11, while my parents were away and I was looking through my dad's record collection, I found Jazz - I think the cover design attracted me.

This was the start of my transition from The Radio 1 Rap Show and crappy dance music to rock and pop.

Bicycle Race was the one song I knew instantly, and it started my fascination with now finding songs I heard as a child on TV or whatever.

The Platinum Collection was one of the first cds I ever bought (along with The Deep Purple Collection).

My mom used to listen to it and so I have listened to it sine I was very little but I din't really start paying attention to it till a couple years ago

My mom used to listen to it all the time and so I grew up with it and then I really got into it a few years ago and now I'm a bit obsessed :P

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=pink>The Millionaire Waltz wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I didn't discover Queen.

Queen discovered me.[/QUOTE]

Ya got dat rigt m8. reel rigt. Queen rox!!

I remember being really little... about seven or so, when my dad was working quite hard. When he was working, he'd always listen to music, and most of the time it was this CD with weird songs, something called 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon', and sweet songs, like 'You're My Best Friend'. I loved this music, and, at seven, had no idea who wrote it, and I didn't really care. There was also a song that was on our family computer - Bicycle Race. I loved that song, too, and had no idea the same people who wrote my dad's music wrote that song.

Then one day, about two years ago, I was watching American Idol on TV, when one of the contestants 9my personal favourite, Constantine Maroulis) sang a song called 'Bohemian Rhapsody', by some guys called Queen (what a strange band name for MEN!!). I thought my dad had a Queen CD, so I asked him, and he gave me A Night At The Opera. It was the exact same CD he listened to when I was younger. Then I found out Bicycle Race was also by Queen. I was hooked.

And you know what? At first, I didn't even know that WWRY and WATC were written by them. Haha, strange story, huh?

My father got me the Greatest Hits, and now I just love love love them! :P

:)

Golly. It's been at least a year since this topic last came up....
I discovered Queen as a consequence of watching my fav music video on the DVD of my fav movie. That movie was none other than Highlander.
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What more need I say..?

Funny, I discovered Queen through Highlander too. First I saw the movie, than I read in the newspaper that music for Highlander performed by Queen. After that I bought a tape "Greatest Hits |||" (I could not get anything else). I kept it on my shelf for a mounth and after that time I tried to listen to it. And... I fell in love!

Well, I heard Bo Rhap when i was in first grade and thought it was crazy. I also heard Another One Bites The Dust that year, and loved it. Those songs were part of car trips for years. Then, one day my little brother fell in love with We Will Rock You.  I started to like We Are The Champions when my dad played it on greatst hits. Since then, I've been in love with Queen.