| Bigbrotherbp 08.07.2007 04:18 |
Anybody here listened to Queen before saw them? So, I imagined: They had 4 people... Lead singer (Freddie): Blonde English lead singer with ruffled head of hair. Guitarist (Brian): Curly black hair with moustache. Drummer (Roger): N / A Bassist (John): Black hair with a hairy hands :D I first looked at their image at sing365.com + queen biography. And thought Freddie was Roger, Roger was John, and John was Freddie :D. |
| Sweetie 08.07.2007 07:27 |
when I first heard them it was about three seconds before I saw them because I couldn't see the TV screen...but my first thought was a big hairy lead singer - how right I was |
| Freya is quietly judging you. 08.07.2007 08:24 |
I always knew what Brian looked like, and Roger too, but I always imagined Freddie as being a hairy, darker haired version of Mick Jagger. I wasn't too far off the mark really. As for John... I don't think I really thought about him. |
| deleted user 08.07.2007 10:16 |
I never really thought about it. When I just saw a picture, I thought Brian was Freddie - I think it was the hair. |
| Ella! Formerly known as the Metal Maiden 08.07.2007 10:19 |
I always figured they looked kinda like KISS, only w/out the makeup. But that was before I saw the actual band. |
| MamaQueen 08.07.2007 11:09 |
I saw their picture in the Greatest Hits I LP a friend of mine had in 1979. I thought, what a bunch of dark dressing, somber, serious guys. Ja, was I fooled! But I loved their music from the begining. |
| Sergei. 08.07.2007 11:22 |
I thought they'd be ugly. I listened to CCR long before I saw pictures of the members, and I was quite disappointed. Same with The Byrds. And Sublime were ugly. too. I thought they'd all be more attractive. xD Shame on me. I was pleased with Queen, though. :P Same with Zeppelin and the Beatles. And a few other bands. I wasn't personally attracted to any of the members; but I won't deny they looked good. :D |
| Sebastian 08.07.2007 12:16 |
Good question. I really don't remember ... I think I pictured them as some sort of Led Zeppelin wannabes. |
| ANAGRAMER 08.07.2007 14:10 |
First time I saw them, I genuinely thought they were French - no idea why. I also thought that Brian played in the Alex Harvey band (clown make-up) as well as Queen. Saw them live in 82 at Ingleston - actually third time but first time close-up. Struck how immaculate they were in terms of appearance! Then Fred invited everyone to shower with him because the venue was 'like a bath-house!' - I was seriously terrified at that moment (tender age of 17!!) - no way was I showering with Freddie Mercury!!!! How stupid was I? D'oh |
| Dusta 08.07.2007 15:55 |
I was an odd kid. I didn't picture them as people, but, as a kind of purple and blue cloud. |
| Joeker 08.07.2007 19:14 |
4 old ladies still rockin' away |
| saltnvinegar 08.07.2007 19:23 |
ANAGRAMER wrote: First time I saw them, I genuinely thought they were French - no idea why. I also thought that Brian played in the Alex Harvey band (clown make-up) as well as Queen. Saw them live in 82 at Ingleston - actually third time but first time close-up. Struck how immaculate they were in terms of appearance! Then Fred invited everyone to shower with him because the venue was 'like a bath-house!' - I was seriously terrified at that moment (tender age of 17!!) - no way was I showering with Freddie Mercury!!!! How stupid was I? D'ohThat's a great concert quote there Anagramer-thanks- If I'd have been there I'd have taken him up on his offer! |
| saltnvinegar 08.07.2007 19:26 |
Dusta wrote: I was an odd kid. I didn't picture them as people, but, as a kind of purple and blue cloud.Wow, that's a cool image, what did they put in your milk as a child?!! |
| Dusta 08.07.2007 19:40 |
Lucky Charms, I believe!saltnvinegar wrote:Dusta wrote: I was an odd kid. I didn't picture them as people, but, as a kind of purple and blue cloud.Wow, that's a cool image, what did they put in your milk as a child?!! |
| skiqueen 08.07.2007 21:25 |
i had the greatest hits cd and it came with a booklet with pictures, so i already knew how they looked, i just didnt know who was who, except for freddie, bc he was the guy with the moustache and who looked like my dad. i just got the rest of the band mixed up by their voices. when i heard im in love with my car, i thought it was brian, and when i heard '39, i thought it was roger singing. and then i didnt know where the fourth person fit in since he didnt sing. |
| Ella! Formerly known as the Metal Maiden 08.07.2007 21:59 |
skiqueen wrote: i had the greatest hits cd and it came with a booklet with pictures, so i already knew how they looked, i just didnt know who was who, except for freddie, bc he was the guy with the moustache and who looked like my dad. i just got the rest of the band mixed up by their voices. when i heard im in love with my car, i thought it was brian, and when i heard '39, i thought it was roger singing. and then i didnt know where the fourth person fit in since he didnt sing.Your dad looks like Freddie Mercury!!!??? Boy, you're lucky!!! My sister always said that my dad looked like a much, much, much fatter version of Enrique Iglesias (since my daddy is porky). And we're Russian! |
| galileo_figaro_magnifico 08.07.2007 22:03 |
skiqueen wrote: i just got the rest of the band mixed up by their voices. when i heard im in love with my car, i thought it was brian, and when i heard '39, i thought it was roger singing. and then i didnt know where the fourth person fit in since he didnt sing.haha...i did the same thing with "Let Me Live"...when Brian was singing, i could only see that voice coming out of Roger, and i was really disappointed that Brian had a raspy voice. i imagined Freddie a lot like how he looked in the earlier 70's with the longer hair, only without all the eye shadow, and without the teeth, and just less distinctive features altogether. as for the rest, i had NO clue. |
| galileo_figaro_magnifico 08.07.2007 22:05 |
oh, and when i looked up the video to BoRhap and finally saw him, i thought i would die because he was so ugly. funny how now i think he's the hottest person to ever live.... |
| skiqueen 09.07.2007 09:58 |
Wembley fan86 wrote:lol, no, he doesnt really look like him. when i was little i thought every dude who had dark hair and a moustache looked like freddie, and my dad has black hair and a moustache.skiqueen wrote: i had the greatest hits cd and it came with a booklet with pictures, so i already knew how they looked, i just didnt know who was who, except for freddie, bc he was the guy with the moustache and who looked like my dad. i just got the rest of the band mixed up by their voices. when i heard im in love with my car, i thought it was brian, and when i heard '39, i thought it was roger singing. and then i didnt know where the fourth person fit in since he didnt sing.Your dad looks like Freddie Mercury!!!??? Boy, you're lucky!!! My sister always said that my dad looked like a much, much, much fatter version of Enrique Iglesias (since my daddy is porky). And we're Russian! |
| you_rock_my_socks06 09.07.2007 11:55 |
galileo_figaro_magnifico wrote: oh, and when i looked up the video to BoRhap and finally saw him, i thought i would die because he was so ugly. funny how now i think he's the hottest person to ever live....Lol thats funny I know when I first saw what he looked like I was shocked at how ugly he was in that video but now I feel the same XD |
| Another Roger (re) 09.07.2007 12:39 |
Heh. The first time I heard Queen was in my cousins car. He tended to play them a lot when I was a kid. I always imagined that the vocalist looked like Niall Quinn. The football player. I think its because Quinn and Queen sounds quite similar. Stupid I know. Kinda miss those adventerues times though. Every time I saw a clip of Queen is was amazing. heh... |
| Jason DeLima 09.07.2007 15:56 |
I thought they were just one big choir. |
| deleted user 09.07.2007 18:20 |
Well, the first Queen CD I bought (Greatest Hits 1) had pictures in it. I knew who Freddie and John were. But I thought Roger's name was Brian and played drums. And I thought Brian's name was Roger and he played bass. (If that makes any sense.)And I thought John played the guitar.... I know that was stupid, but I was only eight years old when my mom bought me that CD... |
| steven 35638 09.07.2007 20:55 |
At the time I didn't even know much about rock and roll, so I really had no expectations. The first photograph of Queen I ever saw was in the Hollywood Records Greatest Hits release (the red one). It was on the first page of the booklet believe it or not. |
| Ella! Formerly known as the Metal Maiden 09.07.2007 21:02 |
skiqueen wrote:Wembley fan86 wrote:lol, no, he doesnt really look like him. when i was little i thought every dude who had dark hair and a moustache looked like freddie, and my dad has black hair and a moustache.skiqueen wrote: i had the greatest hits cd and it came with a booklet with pictures, so i already knew how they looked, i just didnt know who was who, except for freddie, bc he was the guy with the moustache and who looked like my dad. i just got the rest of the band mixed up by their voices. when i heard im in love with my car, i thought it was brian, and when i heard '39, i thought it was roger singing. and then i didnt know where the fourth person fit in since he didnt sing.Oh, ok. Cuz Freddie was unique...uniquely sexy that is! Your dad looks like Freddie Mercury!!!??? Boy, you're lucky!!! My sister always said that my dad looked like a much, much, much fatter version of Enrique Iglesias (since my daddy is porky). And we're Russian! |
| J R Deaky 09.07.2007 22:30 |
I didnt have that option. I already knew what they looked like before i heard them. I didnt even know the name of the band when i first saw them live on stage in 1973.=) |
| QueenTaylor 10.07.2007 01:17 |
When I first seen them- I got Brian and John mixed up. At that time, when I first heard and seen them, Brian was my favorite. I always liked the guitarist, but as I got to listen and see more and more of them, I really got to like Freddie and Roger the best! When I seen Freddie-I hadn't pictured him that way at all when I listened to the album. |
| queenrocks! 10902 11.07.2007 06:58 |
Heard their music on 'Gladiators' (AOBTD and WWRY) I knew who Freddie and Brian were when I looked at the sleeve of 'Greatest Hits I' on vinyl but didn't know Roger and John until I read their names on QueenZone! |
| MrTomaX 12.07.2007 22:23 |
My first image of Queen was just like they were in the 70's...but i never thought about their 80's look. The first time i saw Freddie with mustache i said "Who's that guy? That's not Freddie!" |
| is this a kind of magic? 12.07.2007 23:30 |
hehe it's funny, i remember back in 1998 ( i was 14 ) i was in an english course and became friends with a guy who was really into Queen. so, one day i was listening to the radio, and they played Bohemian Rhapsody. i thought the name of the song was "nothing really matters" and heard the radio guy say the band was queen. so i went to my friend and asked him if Queen had a song called like that, he says no, the name is bohemian rhapsody, and i couldn't believe, because the name didn't suit the song, i thought... then he showed me the video, and I asked him if all of them were gay (it pisses me off to hear questions as these now... but anyway)... i can still remember him saying that "no, for example this one (Brian) has hundreds of kids!!!" and i told him there are lots of gay men with children, but i was impressed nonetheless hahahaha well this was my first impression of Queen |
| sparrow 21754 13.07.2007 11:30 |
i remember watching 'classic queen' when i was little and when it went from 'a kind of magic' to 'bohemian rhapsody' i thought some girl was singing for freddie XD i debated with my mom over it. 'no mom! thats a girl singing for freddie! thats not him! he has a moustache!' then when we get to 'i want it all' he didnt have a moustache, and i was confused. |
| Grapes 15.07.2007 12:24 |
I remeber I first saw them while watching Waynes World. I thought..what a crap band. Then I found a Queen piano music book with a picture of them on. My cousin was telling me Freddie was gay and liked it up the ass. I asumed he was Brian. And Brian was Roger and so on. |
| Vincent. 15.07.2007 15:37 |
Hm... I knew Freddie was gay...I pictured him as some big poof transvestite looking fellow. I thought he wore frilly frocks and lipstick. And in the first photo I saw of them...I thought Brian was Freddie. The hair, I suppose. And I got Roger and John Mixed up. I've always thought that Bri and Rog were handsome...And I've always though Freddie was really really ugly. When I first watched the Bo Rhap video I was so disappointed because he was hideous!(buck-toothed hairy gorilla) xD He still is kind of ugly, but somehow he's attractive. :P |
| ANAGRAMER 11.08.2007 15:36 |
saltnvinegar wrote:Somehow I don't think that's exactly what her had in mind - pretty sure you weren't his type!ANAGRAMER wrote: First time I saw them, I genuinely thought they were French - no idea why. I also thought that Brian played in the Alex Harvey band (clown make-up) as well as Queen. Saw them live in 82 at Ingleston - actually third time but first time close-up. Struck how immaculate they were in terms of appearance! Then Fred invited everyone to shower with him because the venue was 'like a bath-house!' - I was seriously terrified at that moment (tender age of 17!!) - no way was I showering with Freddie Mercury!!!! How stupid was I? D'ohThat's a great concert quote there Anagramer-thanks- If I'd have been there I'd have taken him up on his offer! (if ya catch my drift) |
| ANAGRAMER 11.08.2007 15:37 |
saltnvinegar wrote:Somehow I don't think that's exactly what her had in mind - pretty sure you weren't his type!ANAGRAMER wrote: First time I saw them, I genuinely thought they were French - no idea why. I also thought that Brian played in the Alex Harvey band (clown make-up) as well as Queen. Saw them live in 82 at Ingleston - actually third time but first time close-up. Struck how immaculate they were in terms of appearance! Then Fred invited everyone to shower with him because the venue was 'like a bath-house!' - I was seriously terrified at that moment (tender age of 17!!) - no way was I showering with Freddie Mercury!!!! How stupid was I? D'ohThat's a great concert quote there Anagramer-thanks- If I'd have been there I'd have taken him up on his offer! (if ya catch my drift) |
| Poo, again 11.08.2007 17:56 |
Upon hearing Bo Rhap, I envisioned Freddie as a young British guy with short hair and a serious acne problem. Slightly off topic: I thought Brian was the one with the raspy voice. |
| Winter Land Man 11.08.2007 18:12 |
MamaQueen wrote: I saw their picture in the Greatest Hits I LP a friend of mine had in 1979. I thought, what a bunch of dark dressing, somber, serious guys. Ja, was I fooled! But I loved their music from the begining.The greatest hits was from 1979 or the picture was from 1979? |
| MarkieKnopflie 13.08.2007 14:51 |
when i heard bo-rhap i thought they were 4 nerds singing under a bridge. i also thought freddie was roger me and my sister always called brian the 'sad one' because he looked so sad at who wants to live forever. |
| Matias Merçeauroix 13.08.2007 15:26 |
I always knew they weren't as handsome as Treasure Moment |
| deleted user 13.08.2007 15:30 |
I thought Freddie was tall with long curly hair and wore a white catsuit a la the Darkness (yes I know the Darkness took the idea but as a kid I saw Justin Hawkins before Freddie). I didn't care about the others. |
| RETROLOVE 13.08.2007 17:44 |
Bohemian Rhapsody video. |
| rosedewitt 13.08.2007 18:04 |
when i first heard queen i didn't know how they look like. in my imagination freddie looked like jon bon jovi, brian and roger like the guys of europe with long hair and john i didn't have any image. then i saw the cover of the greatest hits I, and i thought freddie is the blonde guy (roger), john is the one with the long hair (brian), brian is the one with the moustache (freddie) and roger is john. |