| victorvortex 24.09.2018 19:22 |
Anyone know which Rock albums Freddie owned/loved? I know he was well into Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles etc Also I heard an interview once where he expressed admiration for Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'... Any others? |
| Holly2003 24.09.2018 19:39 |
As we all know, he listened to Aretha Franklin. I think Roger mentioned "Aretha Live" which is presumably the 1971 album "Live at the Fillmore West". Some random website I just visited says he loved Aretha's gospel album "Amazing Grace." |
| princetom 24.09.2018 19:45 |
as Paul Rodgers was his favourite singer.... oh. noes... I appologize ! |
| Galileo1564 25.09.2018 00:52 |
This would be a good question for “Ask Phoebe”. |
| Dean_ 25.09.2018 01:41 |
It's something that I'd have loved to have known. Any of his entourage that have commented on it have mentioned artists like Aretha, Montserrat Caballé etc, yet Brian commented on how Freddie followed Hendrix over England when he done shows here and his old dear also mentioned of his admiration of Jimi. I'd like to think that Freddie still had an ear for heavier stuff, then again there is every possibility that once he was out the studio that he very seldom listened to music in his free time and just kept up to date with the hits of the day. |
| Michael Scapp 25.09.2018 02:51 |
Ratty stated in his book that Freddie loved Purple Rain by Prince and Blue by Joni Mitchell |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 25.09.2018 09:50 |
I agree with your comments. I did not know, though, about Purple Rain and The Wall. Thanks for mentioning that. I would add that some of his '80s pop compositions gave away a part of what he was into those days. Mother Love (Chris Isaak's Wicked Game), Keep Passing the Open Windows (Joe Jackson's Stepping Out) and Man on the Prowl (Elvis' style rockabilly, like CLTCL), for instance. Not to mention the more dance oriented music he was into during his NY days and it's influence on Hot Space, Mr. Bad Guy and elsewhere. PS (edit): Also opera, of course, as Montserrat Caballet (Barcelona, etc) and It's a Hard Life's intro (Ruggiero Leoncavallo). Cheers, Ogre- |
| Dr Magus 25.09.2018 13:01 |
Freddie loved The Police as well and their influence shows on The Game. |
| thomasquinn 32989 25.09.2018 15:04 |
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira wrote: I agree with your comments. I did not know, though, about Purple Rain and The Wall. Thanks for mentioning that. I would add that some of his '80s pop compositions gave away a part of what he was into those days. Mother Love (Chris Isaak's Wicked Game), Keep Passing the Open Windows (Joe Jackson's Stepping Out) and Man on the Prowl (Elvis' style rockabilly, like CLTCL), for instance. Not to mention the more dance oriented music he was into during his NY days and it's influence on Hot Space, Mr. Bad Guy and elsewhere. PS (edit): Also opera, of course, as Montserrat Caballet (Barcelona, etc) and It's a Hard Life's intro (Ruggiero Leoncavallo). Cheers, Ogre-I like Joe Jackson, but I can't say I've ever mentally connected Keep Passing The Open Windows with Stepping Out. What is it, specifically, that you think connects the two? |
| Pim Derks 25.09.2018 15:08 |
I think he had The Who's Tommy and the Cabaret soundtrack as well in the late 60's? |
| *goodco* 25.09.2018 15:32 |
thomasquinn 32989 wrote: I like Joe Jackson, but I can't say I've ever mentally connected Keep Passing The Open Windows with Stepping Out. What is it, specifically, that you think connects the two?tq, it's all over it. Just listen to the piano and chorus of Stepping Out before 'Windows'. btw, it is a great influence. Going way back in time to the old Creem magazine, they used to have a two page section with pictures of various artists discussing their influences/what they were listening to at the time. I still remember one with Freddie around '81, and he had an Aretha Franklin LP listed, as well as The Police's 'Zenyatta Mondatta'. Didn't care for the band at the time, but thought, 'what the hell' and bought that LP. And really liked it (and their two follow ups) |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 25.09.2018 15:37 |
Hi, ThomasQuinn! I am not a musician, so, as a mere fan of music, I find them to be very similar in their structure of bass/drums/piano and the vocals using long expressions of vowels like in "ooout" and "beliiiieve". Maybe it is just me, though, but I think somebody mentioned this before around here. Cheers, Ogre- |
| Lplix 25.09.2018 16:47 |
if I remember correctly Freddie said that he was crazy about Lionel Richie's All Night Long and that he was inspired by his movements in the music video of the song |
| scollins 25.09.2018 23:04 |
Peter Freestone once said to me that Freddie loved the Aretha Franklin album amazing grace and the 1971 live album, he would play alot but apart from that it was usually just the radio in the background. |
| Reid_Special_98 25.09.2018 23:44 |
I always thought “Lazing on a Sunday afternoon” reminded me of “it’s a jolly holiday” from Mary Poppins. |
| Chopin1995 26.09.2018 11:56 |
Pim Derks wrote: I think he had The Who's Tommy and the Cabaret soundtrack as well in the late 60's? |
| aion 26.09.2018 21:53 |
I've been under the impression that none of the members of Queen were really fans of music and their personal record collections were quite small. When they were starting out they were inspired by Little Richard, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin - the all-time biggest names of rock history - and as they got older their musical knowledge was pretty much limited to the most popular hits of the time. Like in the 80s they would be aware of U2 and Michael Jackson because they were played on the radio all the time and every person on Earth was aware of them, but they would have no idea of Sonic Youth, or The Smiths, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Pixies, The Fall, Cocteau Twins... In comparison for example Elton John, Bowie and the members of Radiohead have had a far deeper knowledge of different bands and you could ask for music recommendations from them, but you couldn't ask from the Queen guys because they wouldn't know more than the average non-musical person. |
| The Real Wizard 26.09.2018 22:42 |
aion wrote: I've been under the impression that none of the members of Queen were really fans of music and their personal record collections were quite small.You may not be wrong. But it's certainly not unique to the guys in Queen. A lot of artists need to disconnect from the larger scene, as they don't want to be too influenced by what's going on around them. Living under a bubble can bear its fruits too. Eddie van Halen and Ozzy have both stated this outright. But for others it may not even be conscious. |
| runner_70 27.09.2018 06:38 |
His fave song was TwoFux |
| Dr Magus 27.09.2018 09:49 |
In an interview in 79 Roger was asked if he liked Public Image Ltd and said something like 'oh no, terrible album'. He also said he really liked Talking Heads. We can only speculate as to the size of their own personal record collections but i'd say they would be more vast than small. And Elton John owns tens of thousands of albums. |
| Sheldon 27.09.2018 14:32 |
It always amazes me how performers, who have written some of my most favorite songs, themselves listen/listened to music I dislike the most. Purple Rain (what a horrible horrible track!) and Jimi Hendrix the best examples of this in this thread. |
| FunLovinCriminal 27.09.2018 22:01 |
There's a Garden Lodge-video on YouTube which features Freddie showing some (unknown-to-me-guys) around the house (or the Mews-house). When the camera turns into a rather large room, there's a guitar solo heard which is from Frank Zappa's „Guitar“-double-CD. Thus, FM must have had a liking for FZ, I guess. I very much doubt that Joe, Phoebie or Jim Hutton liked FZ... And neither did any of Freddie's guests that night looked anything like FZ-admirers... But I am generalizing a bit here... sorry... I often wonder what Freddie thought of Kate Bush. They were label-mates and „Wuthering Heights“ seemed to be another „impossible“ number one-success, after BoRhap... |
| FunLovinCriminal 27.09.2018 22:17 |
Always had the impression that Freddie and Roger were open-minded and passionate about other people's music. Freddie's musical taste had obviously been rather eclectic. He liked rock, he liked opera, had always had an ear for current pop music and his liking for soul and funk is well documented. Having cruised the gay-bars in the US in the late 70's, he must also have had a fling with what was called disco at that time (as terrible as it reads today). |
| MisterCosmicc 04.10.2018 13:07 |
Chim Cimbled was in his collection |