| Mercuryman12 23.01.2015 15:29 |
What's a story about the band in the studio or on the road that sticks out in your mind and fascinates you? For example mine is how the crew were mistreated in Monterey in 1981 |
| winterspelt 23.01.2015 16:03 |
About the show in Monterrey: AFAIK the story behind the food is fake, or so Ive been told by a guy from the local staff but the story about the show being bad organized was true. My favorite story about the show in Monterrey is a popular story that I dont know if it was true, but Ive been told by the people who were there that it is: Someone from the audience got one of Roger's drumsticks, he was chased by lots of people who were trying to steal it! There's another story, I dont know if its real cause it always appears on magazines and newspapers but I havent seen a note in any news paper from that time about it, also I havent met any of the supposed victims. The story is about a few rows falling apart because of the overbooking, causing some people to be taken to the hospital, the story says that the full band went to the hospital to visit the people who got injuries. |
| The King Of Rhye 23.01.2015 16:10 |
Totally different story from the above, but I always found it kinda funny that Tim Staffell made the the alien-guy-thing that was used on Roger's first solo album's cover.......and neither of them knew till years later! |
| Chief Mouse 23.01.2015 16:17 |
Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me? |
| Mercuryman12 23.01.2015 16:23 |
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| Mercuryman12 23.01.2015 16:23 |
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| Mercuryman12 23.01.2015 16:25 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right? |
| The King Of Rhye 23.01.2015 17:00 |
Also theres the often repeated tale of Queen playing with Aerosmith and arguing about who would go on first while Brian got smashed with Joe Perry :D |
| master marathon runner 23.01.2015 17:11 |
............the one about Freddie clambering out of the beat up transit van , after travelling all night from London to Barnsley?, or some other Yorkshire mining town, just as the miners were on their way to their grim, early morning shift, Freddie resplendent in skintight white satin trousers, black fingernails et all, under a slate grey morning light and the miners gawking in disbelief. What a picture. |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 17:25 |
winterspelt wrote: There's another story, I dont know if its real cause it always appears on magazines and newspapers but I havent seen a note in any news paper from that time about it, also I havent met any of the supposed victims. The story is about a few rows falling apart because of the overbooking, causing some people to be taken to the hospital, the story says that the full band went to the hospital to visit the people who got injuries.Wow - amazing if true. Are you sure that's Monterrey and not Puebla? The latter venue was literally falling apart, so that would make some sense. But - considering how bad the first night in Puebla went, methinks they were keen to make a beeline out of the country ASAP after the second night. Any chance you can clarify the details? |
| The Real Wizard 23.01.2015 17:44 |
winterspelt wrote: About the show in Monterrey: AFAIK the story behind the food is fake, or so Ive been told by a guy from the local staffOf course they're going to deny that ! Who's going to admit, even 30-something years later, that they tried to poison Queen's crew? |
| Planetgurl 23.01.2015 18:22 |
Not one from the road but I find it fascinating that Fred early on served Bowie and fitted him for a pair of boots when he was manager of Alan Mair's boot shop in Ken Market... I didn't realise that Fred was the manager there until recently when someone told me who worked in Ken Mkt at the time. |
| Hoopsie 24.01.2015 07:30 |
Peaches and The Dungeon and New Orleans i.e. Brian getting himself in trouble. By and large the band kept their playtime pretty much off the radar but I am sure there are groupies out there with tales to tell. |
| OwenSmith 24.01.2015 07:32 |
master marathon runner wrote: ............the one about Freddie clambering out of the beat up transit van , after travelling all night from London to Barnsley?, or some other Yorkshire mining town, just as the miners were on their way to their grim, early morning shift, Freddie resplendent in skintight white satin trousers, black fingernails et all, under a slate grey morning light and the miners gawking in disbelief. What a picture.I grew up not far from Barnsley, and my dad worked there at a glass factory. I remember the grime, the miner's strike, power cuts etc. And yes, Freddie would have stuck out like a sore thumb in Barnsley in the 1970s. |
| Jimmy Dean 24.01.2015 07:33 |
Coke-serving midgets. |
| Chief Mouse 24.01.2015 10:41 |
Mercuryman12 wrote:Not sure. Sorry.Chief Mouse wrote: Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right? It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out. |
| Sebastian 24.01.2015 11:08 |
All the instrument-switching (e.g., John playing guitar, Brian playing keyboards, Roger playing bass, Freddie as a producer). Also, Brian getting people from band and crew to stomp and clap and Roger moaning about it because he felt he had better things to do. |
| MercurialFreddie 24.01.2015 12:41 |
1) The fact that Freddie dedicated his solo album to his cats and all the cat-lovers across the universe. 2) Getting all the people in the studio available back in the day to sing "I do like to be beside the seaside..." at the end of SSOR. Hmm, I wonder if there is a longer take of them all singing it in the vaults. |
| The King Of Rhye 24.01.2015 15:53 |
MercurialFreddie wrote: 1) The fact that Freddie dedicated his solo album to his cats and all the cat-lovers across the universe.I always liked the note on Fun In Space: PS 157 Synthesizers. :D |
| winterspelt 24.01.2015 19:11 |
Fucking bugs... Double post, sorry! |
| winterspelt 24.01.2015 19:11 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Wow - amazing if true. Are you sure that's Monterrey and not Puebla? The latter venue was literally falling apart, so that would make some sense. But - considering how bad the first night in Puebla went, methinks they were keen to make a beeline out of the country ASAP after the second night. Any chance you can clarify the details?Ok, I got the information: The rows falling is true, some sources claims it was between 50 - 100 people hurt, they were taken to the hospital. 15 of those people had broken bones and one guy had a exposed bone. For some reason the band wasnt allowed to leave the venue (perhaps for security reasons) and Jim Beach asked what was going on, so he was told about it. But I have no way to prove if the band really went to the hospital to see the victims of the accident. That same magazine have the information about a limo picking up the band at midnight taking them to the hospital, it seems that the rumor was coming from the hotel staff and the hospital staff. One guy who was a very famous host in a radio show said it is just a rumor, so I think, at the moment, we should take it just as a rumor. Placido Domingo was doing a recital in Monterrey that night and most of the media gave him a huge coverage and almost ignored Queen. The information I wrote comes from an old magazine "Lengua" that was the most important rock magazine in Monterrey. I had it but I think it was lost so I asked a friend a scan of the article (which is in spanish) in case you wanted to verify the information. If you want to download it just send me a PM. |
| BETA215 24.01.2015 19:57 |
^ I've just sent you a PM. |
| winterspelt 24.01.2015 20:27 |
BETA215 wrote: ^ I've just sent you a PM.Mensaje respondido! |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2015 14:51 |
Chief Mouse wrote:linkMercuryman12 wrote:Not sure. Sorry. It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out.Chief Mouse wrote: Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right? |
| Mercuryman12 25.01.2015 14:54 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Thank you for the link!Chief Mouse wrote:linkMercuryman12 wrote:Not sure. Sorry. It's probably documented on Bob's site, if you want you can check out.Chief Mouse wrote: Freddie being in bad mood or drunk in New Zealand or Australia 1985. I think Roger told this on DOOL doc. Freddie was apparently not singing at all at some point and was banging his head on the piano. My memory is hazy, I might have written some bollocks :) Anyone care to correct me?That was also when Tony Hadley came on for Jailhouse Rock and forgot the words right? |
| Mercuryman12 26.01.2015 05:17 |
Test |
| Mercuryman12 26.01.2015 11:52 |
Test 2 |
| winterspelt 26.01.2015 20:36 |
I like the story about Roger being asked to join Genesis, before Phil Collins. Every time I think about it, I cant stop thinking how cool it would be to have Roger on Selling England by the Pound... |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 27.01.2015 01:16 |
I think the story of the Prophet's Song recording, Brian working an all-nighter to finish it, bits of tape hanging all around the studio like jungle vines, whilst the preliminary version makes its way to the radio (courtesy of Kenny Everett?) - Brian was incensed, and I can't imagine... |
| Bike It 80 17.08.2015 18:24 |
Probably the funniest story I know about Queen : one night in 1981, John Deacon and members of the road crew got extremely drunk and someone put on the Flash Gordon album. After a few minutes, John slurs to Crystal Taylor "Who is this?" Roger locking himself in a cupboard until the others agreed to put "I'm In Love With My Car" on the B-side of Bo Rhap isn't bad either! And another funny story, this one I lifted from queenlive.ca, I hope Bob won't mind! ;) So this happens at a show in East Rutherford, NJ in 1982. A bit over three minutes into his solo spot, Brian breaks a string on the Red Special. He turns off the analog delays, and tries to make the best of the situation for a brief while (the other five strings go out of tune when you break a string on an electric guitar with floating tremolo). But he ultimately gives up, unplugs, and is then handed his John Birch copy. Within a couple minutes, the Birch goes out of tune. He takes the guitar off, and throws it over his stack of Vox cabinets (the one and only time he did this), snapping it in half. Some audience members watch in bewilderment as they have witnessed the normally gentle and soft-spoken May lash out in frustration. Others cheer the 'coolness' factor. A roadie, visible to the audience, picks up a piece of the Birch guitar and holds it up for a brief moment. Brian then finishes his solo spot with a Gibson Flying V. (...) After the song ends, Freddie asks, "How are we doing with the guitars?" He tells the audience, "I think tonight's the night we're gonna break as many guitars as we've got. If anyone in the audience has a spare guitar, bring it over here!" Someone in the audience replies, "I've got three!" |