| dowens 21.01.2013 11:16 |
Hi everyone...I'm sure this has been discussed before, so sorry if it has. After watching interviews with Led Zeppelin and their hesitation (well, seems to be Plant's hesitation) to tour without their original drummer and record new material got me thinking...what would have Queen done if Freddie lived and another member of Queen passed? I'd like to think they would have called it quits as well, but I wonder. |
| FreddieMercuryKingdom 21.01.2013 11:59 |
I think it would pretty much have happened the same thing.....All four members of the band knew it was the mixing of four of them that would create the magic, so they were devoted to the band ("we're going to stay together until we fucking well die...") and each other knowing that if someone was missing there would be no Queen at all....However, Brian and Roger just can't stay away of the music industry because they love it too much and I strongly believe that Freddie would fall into that category, too. He may have been quoted that he hadn't been planning to grow old and still singing on stage however a lot of people close to him believe he wouldn't have been able to stay away for too long, dispate his ageing. So, John Deacon is the only member who seems unwilling to go on outside the format of Queen and had chosen to retire. I believe Freddie would not have retired. So, they would have called it quits concerning the band, but not music in general. I just can't imagine Freddie wandering around Garden Lodge from dawn to dusk, playing with his cats and drinking tea...do you? link |
| brENsKi 21.01.2013 13:14 |
the Plant reasons aren't really about not touring without Bonham. think Plant is closer to Jason and Pat & John's other kids than the other two Zep members. anyhow, back on track, had Freddie lived - queen probably would've died anyway - I'm sure there's a quote somewhere from him about not wanting to get old and embarrassing - and anyway - freddie, would've been off trying new styles and stuff |
| AlbaNo1 21.01.2013 16:05 |
Plant has a decent solo career, thats what I thought the main reason. If Freddie lived, would a Queen musical , which Brian and Roger have drawn criticism for creating, have been more or less likely to have happened. Id say its highly possible Freddie would have been well into it. |
| brENsKi 21.01.2013 16:20 |
i agree and disagree. freddie woulda probably done many more musicals after "Time" ....but i strongly doubt (from Freddie's own quotes on taking NOT himself seriously) that the last thing about the man would be to be "so far up his own arse" -pardon the bad taste pun - as endorse a musical about his OWN band. no chance |
| TheWorks84 21.01.2013 21:26 |
I think maybe they would of done a couple of more tours in the late 1980s/early 1990s if Freddie would of lived ,but i think Queen would of split up not long after that. |
| Queen Matt 22.01.2013 05:22 |
^^^^ and still a Paul rogers tour |
| dudeofqueen 22.01.2013 06:58 |
Freddie would not have wanted to continue IMVHO; he knew (as John does) that the sum of the parts was much greater than any of the individuals. The 4 made A Great Band - anything less than that was less than Queen. It'd have taken the shackles off of Freddie too and would have allowed him to explore Broadway and West End theatre - at which he would have been INCREDIBLE. |
| waunakonor 22.01.2013 07:44 |
dudeofqueen wrote: Freddie would not have wanted to continue IMVHO; he knew (as John does) that the sum of the parts was much greater than any of the individuals. The 4 made A Great Band - anything less than that was less than Queen. It'd have taken the shackles off of Freddie too and would have allowed him to explore Broadway and West End theatre - at which he would have been INCREDIBLE.It's a fine idea, besides the fact that I don't see that happening whatsoever. |
| Holly2003 22.01.2013 08:08 |
Fred was planning to do a lot of work with Ted Nugent so I imagine him and Brian might not have seen eye to eye on everything, especially Fred's plans to buy a nature reserve so he and Ted could hunt badgers, foxes and John Deacon. |
| matt z 23.01.2013 01:10 |
Freddie would have entered into a twisted relationship with the pudge guy from backstreet boys that would have ended in a lovers quarrel and subsequent KNIFE FIGHT... he would have been disgraced and would have wound up working on a rap single with 50 and Eminem. Then that would have been it INNUENDO would have never been released and the band would have called it quits. FREDDIE would have worked on a musical CARTOON about a Russian princess and that sums it up. John retired |
| Bo Alex 24.01.2013 11:31 |
If Freddie would be alive yet, they woudn't achieve the legend status they have now. In many ways, early death makes legends, especially in rock n roll. |
| brENsKi 24.01.2013 11:51 |
try telling Karen Carpenter's family that - she's all but forgotten in RnR circles |
| waunakonor 24.01.2013 17:20 |
matt z wrote: he would have been disgraced and would have wound up working on a rap single with 50 and Eminem.That's not the first time you've joked about Freddie collaborating with 50 Cent and Eminem. |
| matt z 24.01.2013 17:49 |
waunakonor wrote:Wow!matt z wrote: he would have been disgraced and would have wound up working on a rap single with 50 and Eminem.That's not the first time you've joked about Freddie collaborating with 50 Cent and Eminem. Maybe it will happen! (Good memory, I probably have mentioned it before) |
| Heavenite 25.01.2013 06:56 |
I like to think that the "four old ladies" would still be rocking and rolling together. I think they said that the band was a like a marriage, so maybe they had already got over their rough patch in the early 80's and would have kept going, allbeit at a slower pace. However I reckon there would have been pretty questionnable albums every now and then as well as Freddie indulged himself in the latest fads. 50 cents and Eminem may not be that from the truth at all!...lol. And the creative peak with Innuendo towards the end of their career would have never existed. Freddie would be as bald as a badger and would have been using lots of different wigs on stage including ones of his former hair. No one who just went to a concert or saw the videos would have known the difference. He would have done a lot more work with opera singers (of course) and would have also reprised the success of Under Pressure, doing a full album with David Bowie. But despite all that, he would have always kept on coming back to the well. Brian would have done a similar thing with his guitar mates and we might have seen something akin to Starfleet parts II and III, but full albums rather than EPs. Rog would have been doing solo albums and The Cross never would have existed. John would have been the one they all would have had to keep on coaxing back for another album and/or tour. But with Freddie doing the coaxing, John would have found it intermittently too hard to resist. He would have also produced a female band and would have bonked the blond drummer (apparently he always had a subliminal thing for Rog and never knew it!). Brian would have been jealous, but would have stuck with Ms Glover as his extra bit....lol. Its nice to dream I guess. |
| Gregoryvincke 25.01.2013 08:56 |
what a pointless thread |
| tomchristie22 26.01.2013 04:33 |
You're right, discussion and speculation at a place like this should be scorned. |
| matt z 26.01.2013 09:18 |
Its kinda for humor. Nothing wrong with that. I DO think Freddie missed the boat on animated film scores. Oddly enough that might have got them back on top in the usa. Wish he would a worked with Annie Lennox |