Plenty of Young People Like Queen

Well, this topic was created for a few reasons.

"O, I like Queen and everyone thinks I'm weird and that Queen is gay and they all shun me and make my life miserable because I'm SO *different* from them" - I am sick of hearing this sort of crap.

We listened to Queen in class once, and most of the class was felt like singing along to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and other "commonly known" hits.

I have made a copy of "A Night at the Opera" for a friend - and she says it's her favourite CD now.

I watched "I'm Going Slightly Mad" with someone after he had watched some other Queen music videos (I happened to know that Uncut's article / page with Queen music videos wasn't blocked by the filters, and I shared this information).

I was playing Queen II once and a girl asked if it was Queen and she said she liked them.

I've seen a couple other people with Queen T-Shirts.


And these are different kinds of people, from what I guess would be all different of your little "social classes".


I guess this is partially a complaint. Liking Queen doesn't make you a social outcast - you just have your head stuck up your ass.

Yes, not everyone likes Queen. Poo-poo.

But, I am willing to bet that 90% of other pre-teens and barely-teens also believe that they are "SO WEIRD" and that no one could understand their taste.

Sorry to let you down, but plenty of people your age like Queen. I had an elementary schooler try to name off all the members of Queen in order to skip to 8th grade (a joke involving someone thinking I could entertain kids and not kill them).


And for everyone else who isn't a moody Queenie - young kids today like Queen. Yay !


O - and for the record, plenty of people have seen the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and it doesn't make you "weird" or "unique" to latch onto a film that's been around in the popular consciousness for several decades.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I've seen a couple other people with Queen T-Shirts.


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Oh! Oh! Me too! (but only at school! - that's something too I guess!) :D

You know something? You just made a really valid point! Half of my friends HATE Queen. Honestly though, I don't care. We never agree when it comes to music!



It's this thing called ... "diversity." lol

One more thing...
Liking Queen has actually introduced me to a lot of new people. Like all of you guys! Just the other day in school, I saw this kid wearing a Queen T-shirt in the library. I just walked over to him and said "I see you like Queen?" and we had a good long conversation! We're pretty good friends now! So, I KNOW that a lot of young people like Queen!

This is all true. BUT, some people wear or listen to Queen because they're posers, and they think it's cool. I see a person wearing a Queen shirt, I come up to her and ask her about it (if she DOES like Queen) and she goes "Nope. I just like the shirt" But other than that, I totally agree. :D

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Gratzi wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I've seen a couple other people with Queen T-Shirts.[/QUOTE]

Oh! Oh! Me too! (but only at school! - that's something too I guess!) :D[/QUOTE]

I got stopped once by someone who told me my Queen shirt was "cool" - at a grocery store. I don't remember seeing many people with Queen shirts outside of school in general, but I don't pay too much attention to life. XD


[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]MeganEnright wrote: [/QUOTENAME]One more thing...
Liking Queen has actually introduced me to a lot of new people. Like all of you guys! Just the other day in school, I saw this kid wearing a Queen T-shirt in the library. I just walked over to him and said "I see you like Queen?" and we had a good long conversation! We're pretty good friends now! So, I KNOW that a lot of young people like Queen![/QUOTE]

Exactly ! There so much music out there, I don't expect people to agree with everything I like, of course (though I have forced an opera video on my MP3 player on a lot of people, just for fun).

I love meeting new people (to a certain non-committal extent). :D


[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ZeppyQueen wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This is all true. BUT, some people wear or listen to Queen because they're posers, and they think it's cool. I see a person wearing a Queen shirt, I come up to her and ask her about it (if she DOES like Queen) and she goes "Nope. I just like the shirt" But other than that, I totally agree. :D[/QUOTE]

There are people that do that with EVERY band. I think the Beatles had it worse, because it was a fad last year to wear Beatles shirts, but that may have been a regional thing.

I used to get pissed when people would tell me that Queen isn't that good, and I would always say "have you heard the song Seven Seas Of Rhye?" and when they said no I would laugh at their judging Queen without having even heard one of their hits. they would sit there and tell me to listen to AC/DC and I would stare blankly at them wondering if they would ever realize that all bands are inferior to the Beatles. I learned not to trust these people because they thought you had to be gay to have AIDS, which is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. funny thing is, after I left that school, all my friends started a Queen/Beatles cult and refuse to admit that I showed them the light.

Without wishing to sound like your Grandad-I'm old enough to remember getting into Alice Cooper in 1970 (Schools Out) -my first yr at senior school, along wth Bowie, Deep Purple, Sweet, T-Rex and Queen following the much vaunted appearance on TOTP-my mother thought I'd 'turned' because suddenly a few posters appeared on my bedroom wall amongst others that showed men wearing make up-SHOCK HORROR!! At school I thinkthere were 3 of us who took up the Queen mantle-remembering all the music papers slagged them off and we (3) got some severe taunting -me I was off down the shop to buy the new Queen album...II & I coz pocket money had been saved (new album then £2.00!!!)
In fact me and my mates took to the white silk scarves thing aka II, getting our hair cut similar to FM or JD. Hey just get on with the enjoyment of some seriously excellent sounds and don't be fazed by the numpty's.
Best wishes

People like to pass Queen off by purely judging Freddie - "Isn't that the band with the gay guys?" - yet the green Bohemian Rhapsody shirt sells out at Hot Topic all the time.

I have been told I was born in the wrong decade. lol

^ I noticed the thing about Queen shirts. Weird.

Most of my friends are in to "old" music anyway. So I rarely have this problem. With the few friends that only like recent music, I don't argue with them or anything about it. We respect each others taste and that's that.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ZeppyQueen wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This is all true. BUT, some people wear or listen to Queen because they're posers, and they think it's cool. I see a person wearing a Queen shirt, I come up to her and ask her about it (if she DOES like Queen) and she goes "Nope. I just like the shirt" But other than that, I totally agree. :D[/QUOTE]

yeah, that annoys me. i went to school at the beginning of the year wearing a queen shirt that i got from target, feeling very proud of it, when i was, literally, six other people with the shirt on. it's not that i don't like other queen lovers, (i mean, hello, im talking to u guys, aren't i?)i just don't like people buying the shirt because they "liked the way it looked". ugh. that's the most annoying thing ever.
i do wish i could meet another queen fanatic at my school. it's fun talking to u guys, and it'd just be great to go on about queen in person. yup.

You know, Charles, you have a very good point. I haven't really met any people my age that like Queen (then again, over here in Singapore, I haven't really met anyone that likes Queen as much as I do or will talk about them with me), but I'm well on my way to 'converting' one of my best friends :D I've really had a lot more good Queen experiences than bad ones, though I absolutely hate it when people mistake all of them for being gay and sit there acting like it's totally disgusting. That annoys me no end

Two of my friends like Queen. Then I have five friends who like a few songs, three of the who didn't like Queen before, but now two have Radio Gaga on their Mp3 player and one has Bohemian Rhapsody and the Love Kills remix from Lover of Life, Singer of Songs. She'd get more points for the real song, but it's a start :p
But as far as I know, I'm the only one at school with a Queen shirt

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But, I am willing to bet that 90% of other pre-teens and barely-teens also believe that they are "SO WEIRD" and that no one could understand their taste.

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Actually they don't seem to be able to understand my tastes - they vary quite a lot you know