QueenZone discussion #1083896
Hey remember queen before internet??
| Daveboy35 21.02.2008 07:11 |
Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell. |
| Bohardy 21.02.2008 07:44 |
I remember the weekend ritual of ringing up the Fan Club to hear whatever news Jacky had left on the answerphone message. I'm pretty sure that the first public airing of Heaven For Everyone was on her answerphone one weekend. Exciting times... |
| NickName 21.02.2008 07:48 |
Bohardy wrote: I'm pretty sure that the first public airing of Heaven For Everyone was on her answerphone one weekend. Exciting times...At least the first public airing of Radio GaGa was there by mid January 1984... two weeks before the single was released.... |
| una999 21.02.2008 09:55 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Yes i agree, that's why bands these days will never be a Queen or Beatles again. There are too many other outlets...internet... These days there's a big news story every day and nothing sounds good. Suppose the world has moved on. Those decades were a once off in that Queen were just around at the right time to capatilise on technology changes and now look whats happened - too much information these days! |
| Erin 21.02.2008 09:58 |
I remember actually having to buy singles to hear b-sides. ;-) |
| Ale Solan 21.02.2008 10:03 |
Erin wrote: I remember actually having to buy singles to hear b-sides. ;-)Or paying lotta fucking money for a bootleg/pirate CD to hear some rarities (circa 1992/1993) ;-) |
| Christl 21.02.2008 10:27 |
going to the bookstore every week and go through all the magazines hoping for some news or pictures......... |
| Roger Meadows Tailor 21.02.2008 10:34 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Yea David. I remember release dates of singles or albums i used to standing queueing outside record shops at least an hour before they opened.Then the journey home on the bus.It was ritualistic.Opening up the album.Reading the sleevenotes cover to cover.Even reading the record label.Does anybody ever remember doing that.Even admiring the brand new pristine virgin vinyl.Better still when you got home and you heard the brand new sounds.You played it and played it until at the end of the day you nearly knew all the songs already. I even queued for the Japanese releases.How mad is that.:-) Good happy post.Cheers David |
| PieterMC 21.02.2008 10:39 |
Bohardy wrote: I remember the weekend ritual of ringing up the Fan Club to hear whatever news Jacky had left on the answerphone message.I used to do that! I had forgotten all about that until you mentioned it. |
| Gratzi 21.02.2008 10:49 |
Imagine being a Queen fan in communist Romania with the secret police always watching your every move. Luckily for some that owned a radio set there was Radio Free Europe. These guys used to play the most important records that would come out. This is my dad's experience as a teenager and a Queen fan: it was back in 1978 when Jazz came out and of course he was very excited, but he did not have a radio set, so one of the neighbours placed his on his balcony so my dad could listen. It was an amazing experience for him, and he still remembers that first time he heard Bicycle Race, altough he didn't understand a word. :D We take a lot of things for granted these days. |
| radio_what's_new 21.02.2008 13:17 |
<font color=gray>Gratzi wrote: Imagine being a Queen fan in communist Romania with the secret police always watching your every move. Luckily for some that owned a radio set there was Radio Free Europe. These guys used to play the most important records that would come out.And our dutch hero Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema was the director of radio free europe, but that's a different story.... |
| Jazz 78 21.02.2008 13:50 |
For me? I grew up at the height of Queen's reign here in the States and it was ALWAYS a really exciting feeling when you heard a new song for the first time. "Rock You" and "Champions" started it all off. But I remember when I first heard "Crazy Little Thing Called LOve" on the radio. It was around Christmas 1979 and it was so much fun to hear it for the first time. You had to stay tuned in to the radio and wait for it to be played. One of the most exciting things was hearing the radio promos for their tours. I had a recording of one for the Providence show in 78 for the Jazz tour but sadly it's long gone. Those were the days when you really depended on the radio for your information. |
| Dan C. 21.02.2008 14:02 |
What the fuck is the internet? |
| queentel 21.02.2008 14:28 |
I was a serial taper, i hold my hands up, i was given a tape way back in 1987, which was a mix of Queen from a very dear friend of mine, ( i wonder what he is doing now? ) anyways, i have never looked back. |
| Roger Meadows Tailor 21.02.2008 15:14 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Hi David again. I |
| Roger Meadows Tailor 21.02.2008 15:19 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Hi David again. I can remember having to record The hammersmith Odeon gig on mono tape.Does anybody remember that.Brilliant. |
| onevsion 21.02.2008 15:26 |
I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone... Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded. |
| Roger Meadows Tailor 21.02.2008 15:37 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Hi David again. I can remember having to record The hammersmith Odeon gig on mono tape.Does anybody remember that.Brilliant. |
| Daveboy35 21.02.2008 15:45 |
Yes roger meadows tailor i also used to do that i vividly remember the xmas75 gig on radio 1 in concert series and i had a c120 cassette (fuck remember them) and i managed to tape the whole gig including the encore. Great days man i still have tapes of queen from the 80's interviews and stuff they are mementoes of my younger years. Great to hear all your thoughts. Keep em coming! |
| eiddref 21.02.2008 16:45 |
I remember being very familiar with the works of Quiet Riot, Queensryche, Quarterflash and Suzi Quatro. At least the covers of their albums in that section of the store! |
| ...assdude.... 39702 21.02.2008 17:40 |
DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet. This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl. I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well. And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!. Anyone with similar to tell.Hey Dave, I can only go as far back to hearing Innuendo on the radio and was gobbed smacked. But at that time, i was not old enough to under stand releases as such, for it was dad who already had albums like AKOM, the Works, The Mirical, NATO, GH's and ... eh hm hot space, so I just pressumed albums were thhere. Untill one day dad came home with Headlong blearing away in the car, show me the cd, I pissed of my mates and just ran straight in the house and played the Album.. apart from that, there was MIH, which was to be the only album I knew was coming out at a time when the net was in its mainstream infancy. So, there was that whole waiting for the album, gettting the ablum and locking your self in your room once you got it. But before the album came out, it was a case of spending hours by the radio with your finger on the record button waiting till HFE was playing... So the dedication was always there, so in a sense, Freddie leaving new music for fan's after he was gone will always be dear to me, as it did enable me to hear a new album for the first time with every one else. |
| shieldmatron 21.02.2008 19:42 |
In late '77-'78 the radio station that I listened to in college would play We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions every morning at 6 a.m., 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. just to blow everyone out of bed! 7 a.m. and my clock radio went Boom Boom Bah! Boom Boom Bah! Or something like that. |
| QueenMercury46 21.02.2008 20:05 |
I really wish I was around during those days, it seems more exciting. Nowadays people just buy a song off of iTunes and it's just so easy and...well, boring. One thing I never like to do is buy a cd from iTunes. Some people think it's weird, but it's just not as fun as finding it in a store, taking it home, opening it up, popping it in right away, and looking at the inside pictures, etc. I've always loved the excitement of doing that. For me, music just doesn't seem like it should be downloaded from a computer. It's more special than that. |
| The Fairy King 22.02.2008 02:53 |
Ducksoup wrote: I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone... Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D |
| onevsion 22.02.2008 06:54 |
<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote:Do you also have the commercial for the Golden greatest hits 1+2 boxset from 1994? Would love to see that one..Ducksoup wrote: I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone... Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D |
| Lady Nyx 22.02.2008 13:54 |
<font color="sky blue">QueenMercury46 wrote: I really wish I was around during those days, it seems more exciting. Nowadays people just buy a song off of iTunes and it's just so easy and...well, boring. One thing I never like to do is buy a cd from iTunes. Some people think it's weird, but it's just not as fun as finding it in a store, taking it home, opening it up, popping it in right away, and looking at the inside pictures, etc. I've always loved the excitement of doing that. For me, music just doesn't seem like it should be downloaded from a computer. It's more special than that.i completely agree! its like a sport! i love goi to great house of guitars nad digging thru the shelves and under corridors to find the CD i have wanted for so long. i actually wrote a paper on how downloading should be banned for the sport of it XD i used to save all my earnings just to buy some new CDs. i still buy them, in case my itunes dies XD. i still buy tapes too! its grea to hear stories about how people used to anticipate new albums. ive always wondered what that would be like. the closest thing i had to that was when i was younger and 'made in heaven' came out, and mom bought it. this was when our queen repetiore was first starting to build (other than greatest hits) so it was a real treat! and before i was net-savvy (taha) i used to love scouting out the cds in the stores. is there anyone in rochester NY who ever particpiated in the 'all night album release' stuff at GHOG? |
| slithybill 22.02.2008 14:07 |
Just a few random memories...I remember getting the lyrics to Radio Ga Ga in the Fan Club Magazine before the single was released. I used to re-read them silently in calculus instead of listening to the teacher. Wish I could remember what I thought the song was going to be like before I actually heard it! I must have called the local rock radio stations every day to see if they had it yet and would play it. Little did I know it wouldn't really fit into their formats. But "I Go Crazy" sure would have. Anyone remember the big Audiolog and Videolog books/binders that record stores used to have in the States? I was always looking through those things to see if there was something new from Queen. In the days before the internet, I used to go to every record store I could find. A friend and I would travel hours to go to record conventions - Bwian looking for LedZep and Fleetwood Mac and me looking for Queen and Adam Ant. I remember one convention in particular where I found the Larry Lurex single. Well, actually it found me. I finally told one vendor what I was looking for, and he told his wife he'd be right back. He came back a few minutes later with the single. I figured out later he'd simply gone to another dealer's booth and bought it from him then sold it to me at a higher price. I used to keep a list in my wallet of artists to look for -- Chris Thompson, Hilary Hilary, and Jack Green come to mind. I had to go to the bank and get an International Cashier's Check or something like that to join the fan club and buy stuff from the UK. And buy IRC's. I wrote the fan club a few times and got actual letters back from Jacky and Fiona. I never did send in for an autograph, though. In college I spent hours roaming the library stacks looking for obscure articles on Queen - instead of studying. Found articles in magazines like Billboard, Stereo Review, Guitar Player and Crawdaddy. I found Gerry Stickells' phone number in Billboard once and called him to find out when Queen were going to tour the States again. In the early days of the internet I subscribed to the QMS, and even joined Royal Vision. But then the internet bloomed and it became information overload. What fun was it going to record stores anymore when you could click on a button and order anything you wanted? Collecting lost its thrill for me after that. And Question Mark and the Mysterians is another group to add to eiddref's list of Q artists whose album covers I'm all too familiar with. |
| cmsdrums 22.02.2008 16:09 |
I remember buying Record Collector magazine in the UK and scouring through and drooling over all the rare Queen astuff that I couldn't afford to buy, seeing ads in the back for people offering the Hyde Park BBC Transcription disc etc... Also trying to hunt down Roger Taylor Lps of Fun In Space and Strange Frontier in second hand record shops and getting pissed off with continually seeing Tyger of Pan Tang albums cos they were next to him in the aplphabet!!! |
| Dubroc 24.02.2008 17:27 |
I used to get old records from a friend next door, wich I trade in to buy a new Queen album. At least that's how I bought a few. I clearly remember seeing I Want To Break Free the first time on TopPop (the dutch equivalent of Top of the Pops). This song was on the Tipparade so the video was showed at the end of the show. Fully excited I waited in front of the tv. Suddenly I heard the beginning synths of IWTBF. I didn't see a whole lot of the clip because I was laughing my head of ! I used to buy Popfoto Magazine to read about Queen and collect the pictures and posters. The first time I could watch clips and performances were the ones on videotape I rented. The first videotape I owned (and still have) is Queen Live in Montreal/We Will Rock You on the BETAMAX format. |
| Roger Meadows Tailor 25.02.2008 18:22 |
I could remember buying News Of The World on the day it was released and going home on the bus with my new vinyl album,opening it up and reading the lyrics and wondering"I wonder how Its Late goes"and "Who Needs You" and wondering why Freddie wrote only three tracks on it.Even wondering then if Queen were changing,just by looking at the album sleeve. These were great days to be in.Nowadays they complain if something is lossy or not.We just were happy to even have the bloody thing. I can remember being classed as a "toff"coz i had a MONO recording on a CASSETTE TAPE of 24 Dec 1975 Hammersmith Odeon gig.I once knew someone who had the "Duck Soup" bootleg album and he ended up being treated like a lord.I took a blank C120 tape to him to record it for me.I treasured that tape for years till it broke. I wouldnt change these days for the world.FAB |
| DavidRFuller 25.02.2008 18:29 |
Lady Nyx wrote:I've never done the all night thing, but I love the HOG. I live about a half hour away from there.<font color="sky blue">QueenMercury46 wrote: I really wish I was around during those days, it seems more exciting. Nowadays people just buy a song off of iTunes and it's just so easy and...well, boring. One thing I never like to do is buy a cd from iTunes. Some people think it's weird, but it's just not as fun as finding it in a store, taking it home, opening it up, popping it in right away, and looking at the inside pictures, etc. I've always loved the excitement of doing that. For me, music just doesn't seem like it should be downloaded from a computer. It's more special than that.i completely agree! its like a sport! i love goi to great house of guitars nad digging thru the shelves and under corridors to find the CD i have wanted for so long. i actually wrote a paper on how downloading should be banned for the sport of it XD i used to save all my earnings just to buy some new CDs. i still buy them, in case my itunes dies XD. i still buy tapes too! its grea to hear stories about how people used to anticipate new albums. ive always wondered what that would be like. the closest thing i had to that was when i was younger and 'made in heaven' came out, and mom bought it. this was when our queen repetiore was first starting to build (other than greatest hits) so it was a real treat! and before i was net-savvy (taha) i used to love scouting out the cds in the stores. is there anyone in rochester NY who ever particpiated in the 'all night album release' stuff at GHOG? |
| Mr Prime Jive 27.02.2008 03:21 |
I remember recording my CD's on tape, one track after one, making a Queen's "Best Rocks Songs" compilation (including live tracks and some B-sides) for listening in my car. Spending hours doing it, making smooth transitions, artwork and stuff. Now, i don't have the time anymore to rip and organise my CD's, so I **download** (ouch') them and store them on my IPod... What a time !! |
| Dubroc 11.03.2008 17:31 |
I do download stuff on mp3 for use on my PC or to listen to in my car. I don't want to convert my cd's to mp3. Since I already bought the music legally I don't think downloading it again isn't such a problem. For example some of the b-sides of my 7" singles have scratches on them. I can't buy them in the store anymore, so I downloaded them from Limewire.com I know it's illegal, but so is pissing behind the church... |
| Serry... 12.03.2008 01:01 |
We were reading fanzines and articles in newspapers. Yeah... Bootleg catalogues over the post... |
| Dane 12.03.2008 07:58 |
About 9 years ago I was working at a bike shop. One of my customers noticed I was playing the Sheer Heart Attack album, and we got talking. A couple of days later he came by with a cassette tape filled with De Lane Lea demo's, some 12'' versions and some other demo's... I was absolutely in shock for about a month!! those were the days.. :p |
| Double-U 12.03.2008 08:53 |
In East-Germany there was a radio station called DT64. Every sunday they played one side of an album which was a new release in the year. Beside The Cure´s "Desintegration" in 1989 I remember recording Queen´s "A Kind Of Magic three years earlier. One sunday side one and one week later the other side. It was hard to get western records, tapes and whatever. All you could get were licenced records from Hungary or Czechoslovakia and the east-german release simply called "Queen" (when you had a good relationship to the man behind the store desk) After the political change it was hard to find vinyls because the CD start´s it rise a few years before. So I bought tapes and visited second hand stores and flee-markets in West Berlin to find some singles. I read magazines called "Bravo" and "Popcorn" today I know they are nothing else then "The Sun" or "The News of The World" for kids. A lot of facts were wrong and fast written. I was on the top when my aunt from West-Germany brought me the Innuendo-single as a present in 1990. so was it W. |
| goodco 12.03.2008 14:07 |