QueenZone discussion #1568555

MisterCosmicc wrote: It was JoJo Siwa. She is a big Queen fan and bases her costumes on Freddie and also uses half a microphone stand. She wanted to meet Brian and Roger.

Toon_86 wrote: link Nice to see, but man, what are they doing??

flash00. wrote: At 3:09 I thought for fux sake it's Fagin from Oliver Twist playing guitar ha, did Queen pre 1986 ever play at these corporate gig things? just wondering.

flash00. wrote: At 3:09 I thought for fux sake it's Fagin from Oliver Twist playing guitar ha, did Queen pre 1986 ever play at these corporate gig things? just wondering.

Snefru wrote: Which date was this private gig. Last week, but which day?

MisterCosmicc wrote: Freddie was disgusted by the the thought of playing for private corporate events like that. He didn’t enjoy attending ones for like corporate staff on labels, and he wasn’t even performing at them, and would try to avoid them. Peter Freestone wrote about this and had said Freddie wouldn’t have enjoyed feeling like a puppet at a private event.

MisterCosmicc wrote: Freddie was disgusted by the the thought of playing for private corporate events like that. He didn’t enjoy attending ones for like corporate staff on labels, and he wasn’t even performing at them, and would try to avoid them. Peter Freestone wrote about this and had said Freddie wouldn’t have enjoyed feeling like a puppet at a private event.

rockchic65 wrote:

MisterCosmicc wrote: Freddie was disgusted by the the thought of playing for private corporate events like that. He didn’t enjoy attending ones for like corporate staff on labels, and he wasn’t even performing at them, and would try to avoid them. Peter Freestone wrote about this and had said Freddie wouldn’t have enjoyed feeling like a puppet at a private event.

Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?

MisterCosmicc wrote: “Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?” Corporate, private. Not much of a difference... it’s a limited audience. Peter Freestone discussed this. Freddie declined those offers because, Peter’s words, Freddie didn’t want to be “a puppet” and thus is why he declined such things. Freddie was his own boss, not a hired band by some yuppies. Read Peter’s books, you’ll learn a lot. Freddie preferred huge concerts performing for a general Queen audience and for anyone else who wished to come. The more people, the merrier.

MisterCosmicc wrote: “ What does that have to do with QAL? Nothing.“ You asked about corporate vs private in terms of Freddie, therefore indirectly questioning Freddie’s view and I pointed you to a direction with some answers.

MisterCosmicc wrote: “Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?” Corporate, private. Not much of a difference... it’s a limited audience. Peter Freestone discussed this. Freddie declined those offers because, Peter’s words, Freddie didn’t want to be “a puppet” and thus is why he declined such things. Freddie was his own boss, not a hired band by some yuppies. Read Peter’s books, you’ll learn a lot. Freddie preferred huge concerts performing for a general Queen audience and for anyone else who wished to come. The more people, the merrier.

snifflese wrote: As I said, the stuff I read here by real Queen member (shock!!) is pretty nasty.

MisterCosmicc wrote: “Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?” Corporate, private. Not much of a difference... it’s a limited audience. Peter Freestone discussed this. Freddie declined those offers because, Peter’s words, Freddie didn’t want to be “a puppet” and thus is why he declined such things. Freddie was his own boss, not a hired band by some yuppies. Read Peter’s books, you’ll learn a lot. Freddie preferred huge concerts performing for a general Queen audience and for anyone else who wished to come. The more people, the merrier.

The Real Wizard wrote:

MisterCosmicc wrote: “Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?” Corporate, private. Not much of a difference... it’s a limited audience. Peter Freestone discussed this. Freddie declined those offers because, Peter’s words, Freddie didn’t want to be “a puppet” and thus is why he declined such things. Freddie was his own boss, not a hired band by some yuppies. Read Peter’s books, you’ll learn a lot. Freddie preferred huge concerts performing for a general Queen audience and for anyone else who wished to come. The more people, the merrier.

These things are a lot more common now than they were in the 80s. Virtually every artist plays private events nowadays. And just because they're getting paid doesn't mean the money is their primary motivator. Even if Mercury were still alive, maybe he would've changed his mind, because people can change. The intimacy of a smaller audience is something plenty of artists come to desire later in life. Quality over quantity. Or they can enjoy both for different reasons.

runner_70 wrote: Yeah playing in front of a drunk birthday crowd who probably only know WWRY and WATC is completely fulfilling. Idiot.

runner_70 wrote: I guess that they came for the birthday in the first place and QAL were their Background music. Idiot.

runner_70 wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote:

MisterCosmicc wrote: “Since when is a birthday party a corporate gig?” Corporate, private. Not much of a difference... it’s a limited audience. Peter Freestone discussed this. Freddie declined those offers because, Peter’s words, Freddie didn’t want to be “a puppet” and thus is why he declined such things. Freddie was his own boss, not a hired band by some yuppies. Read Peter’s books, you’ll learn a lot. Freddie preferred huge concerts performing for a general Queen audience and for anyone else who wished to come. The more people, the merrier.

These things are a lot more common now than they were in the 80s. Virtually every artist plays private events nowadays. And just because they're getting paid doesn't mean the money is their primary motivator. Even if Mercury were still alive, maybe he would've changed his mind, because people can change. The intimacy of a smaller audience is something plenty of artists come to desire later in life. Quality over quantity. Or they can enjoy both for different reasons.

Yeah playing in front of a drunk birthday crowd who probably only know WWRY and WATC is completely fulfilling. Idiot.

runner_70 wrote: I guess that they came for the birthday in the first place and QAL were their Background music. Idiot.