| Mr.Jingles 24.02.2005 15:47 |
After doing some research I was able to find out that these are the artists and bands that the members of Queen like (and dislike as well). I'm not sure how accurate is this list, but let me know if there's anyone missing. JOHN DEACON Favorites: - Bob Marley - Tony Thompson - Stevie Wonder - Leon Sylvers III - Aretha Franklin - Whispers - The Beatles - Skyy - Commodores - Chic - The Police - Nolans - Adam & the Ants - Bad Manners - Blondie - Gonzalez - The Jacksons (& Michael Jackson solo) - Elvis Costello Dislikes: - Kiss - Japan - Brotherhood of Man - Toyah - Whitesnake - Clash - Robbie Williams (perhaps) (Country & folk music) ------------------------------------------------ ROGER TAYLOR Favorites: - The Who - Kansas - Jimi Hendrix - The Beatles - U2 - Bruce Springsteen - Led Zeppelin - Hank Marvin - Bob Dylan - David Bowie - John Lennon Dislikes: - The Clash - Spandau Ballet - The Ramones - The Sex Pistols - The Osmonds - The Carpenters - Ray Coniff - Captain & Tenille - David Cassidy - Lynyrd Skynard ------------------------------------------------ BRIAN MAY Favorites: - The Who - Jimi Hendrix - The Beatles - Led Zeppelin - Pink Floyd - David Bowie - John Lennon - Van Halen - Bad Company - Kansas - Cream - Aerosmtih - Guns N' Roses - Def Leppard - Foo Fighters - Avril Lavigne - Extreme - Black Sabbath - Smashing Pumpkins - Muse - The Darkness - Franz Ferdinand Dislikes: - Omen - The Carpenters - Johnny Mathis - Blondie ------------------------------------------------ FREDDIE MERCURY Favorites: - Nicolo Pagannini - Montserrat Caballe - Aretha Franklin - The Beatles - The Platters - Fats Domino - Elvis - Led Zeppelin - The Who - Mott The Hopple - Elton John - The Jacksons - Michael Jackson - Prince - Jimi Hendrix - David Bowie - Boy George & Culture Club - George Michael - Spandau Ballet - Tears For Fears - Liza Minelli - Bette Midler Dislikes: - AC/DC - The Clash - Kiss - Billy Idol - U2 - Guns N' Roses |
| vanush 24.02.2005 16:08 |
Freddie basically disliked anyone who couldn't sing, ie AC/DC , GnR :P pity that he didnt like the gunners, considering Axl Rose loved Queen and they performed at his tribute. |
| Lester Burnham 24.02.2005 16:10 |
I'd add Lynyrd Skynyrd to Roger's 'dislikes' column. |
| Whisperer 24.02.2005 16:13 |
vanush wrote: Freddie basically disliked anyone who couldn't sing, ie AC/DC , GnR :P pity that he didnt like the gunners, considering Axl Rose loved Queen and they performed at his tribute.Any idea what Freddie thought about November Rain? It was released before he died, right? |
| Mr.Jingles 24.02.2005 16:22 |
vanush wrote: pity that he didnt like the gunners, considering Axl Rose loved Queen and they performed at his tribute.I don't know if Freddie disliked Guns N' Roses for their music, but at least I know that he didn't like Axl for the fact that he wrote "One In A Million", a song that sparked a controversy at the time the album 'Lies' was released due to the racist and biased overtone of the song. This is one of the lines: "Immigrants and faggots They make no sense to me They come to our country And think they'll do as they please Like start some mini Iran, Or spread some fuckin' disease They talk so many goddamn ways It's all Greek to me" link Axl has mentioned that the opinions expressed on this song are not his own, but the reflection of the feelings of hatred among people that he witnessed after moving to Los Angeles. I remember reading on one book where Freddie was asked whether he'd like to meet Axl Rose, who mentioned how much he loved Queen and said he'd like to meet Freddie in person. Freddie replied by saying "I'd like to meet him too, so I can spit on his face". Now, about U2 something similar happens. He probably didn't dislike U2 much for their music, but for the fact that they used their band as a vehicle to express political opinions. |
| Mr Fred 24.02.2005 16:29 |
It isn't fair to not have beatles on Johns favourite list. He is possibly the one that are most infuenced by them in the whole band, allthough surly everyone liked them and like them. |
| Mr.Jingles 24.02.2005 16:37 |
Mr Fred wrote: It isn't fair to not have beatles on Johns favourite list. He is possibly the one that are most infuenced by them in the whole band, allthough surly everyone liked them and like them.I'm sure John liked The Beatles, I mean what musician didn't like them? John mostly credits R&B and soul artists as his influences, but sure thing The Beatles have to be there. I'll put artists and bands on the list as you guys come up with those missing. ...and Hell Lynyrd fu**in' Skynard deserve to be on Roger's list. |
| Zander05 24.02.2005 20:16 |
Didn't Brian also say he liked Slipknot? I read this a long time ago. |
| Mr.Jingles 24.02.2005 20:57 |
Zander05 wrote: Didn't Brian also say he liked Slipknot? I read this a long time ago.What the hell?? Are you kidding me?? Sometimes I feel like Brian says good things about artists just to be nice, even if he doesn't really feel that way. |
| Mustapha Ibrahim 25.02.2005 05:25 |
Not many people did like Axl Rose he was and is a complete lunatic but i love him for it such an amazing character to look at. Unfortunately Freddie didnt think that they could of collaborated. Could you imagine that they would kill each other. |
| News Of The World 25.02.2005 06:56 |
I think with AC/DC it's the same, it's not that Freddie disliked them for their music ( not being sure if he did like it or not ) but i read somwhere that Angus Young made fun of his teeth once. Or the fact that AC/DC where considred first to play in a movie called Dracular Rocks,and Queen where asked only when AC/DC declined to do it, but in the end the role was excepted by the Boomtown Rats. That I found out in a book called AC/DC: The Definitaive History. |
| Leppar 25.02.2005 07:22 |
Mustapha Ibrahim wrote: Could you imagine that they would kill each other.No, they wouldn't kill each other - Axl would murder Freddie. For all his great singing Freddie was no Hulk Hogan. Also, good to see one member of Queen with some taste - Def Leppard - good ol' Bri. He was awesome when he performed with Def Leppard. It doesn't get any better than that. |
| Sebastian 25.02.2005 08:24 |
John said in musiclife '76 that his favourite songwriters were the Beatles, and in '96 mentioned that they inspired him to be a musician. Btw I've never seen any confirmation that he disliked Kiss. He only said that he had been so busy with touring and had never seen a Kiss show, that's it. Roger mentioned in Rhythm Mag '80 that he disliked Clash and Ramones, he liked Pistols' first album but he tought they lost direction after that. Where did you hear/read that Fred didn't like U2? He was kind of friendly with Bono at Live Aid anyway... |
| The Fairy King 25.02.2005 10:31 |
Roger didn't like Spandau Ballet! |
| QueenZeppelin 25.02.2005 11:48 |
Leppar wrote:Mercury was pretty buff in his heyday, and Axl was a skinny little mother fucker, so I assume Freddie could prolly beat the shit out of him.Mustapha Ibrahim wrote: Could you imagine that they would kill each other.No, they wouldn't kill each other - Axl would murder Freddie. For all his great singing Freddie was no Hulk Hogan. Also, good to see one member of Queen with some taste - Def Leppard - good ol' Bri. He was awesome when he performed with Def Leppard. It doesn't get any better than that. |
| Scott_Mercury 25.02.2005 12:45 |
Totally agree with QueenZeppelin- I know this is 7th grade crap, but I think Freddie would have whipped shit out of ole' Asshole Rose. Everytime Asshole went after someone, he'd usually end up on the ground a few seconds later. Freddie's height in inches is about equivelent to Asshole's IQ, and I always put money on the more intelligent fighter. |
| Leppar 25.02.2005 13:10 |
Is this the same Axl that had Kurt Cobain running scared? Or the Axl that was always getting into fights and wasn't scared? While the 'buff' Freddie was being hard and crying just because someone bit his finger. Oh no, what agony, poor lickle Freddiepoos. Freddie was the more intelligent but Axl was much harder. |
| greaserkat 25.02.2005 14:07 |
Leppar wrote: Is this the same Axl that had Kurt Cobain running scared? Or the Axl that was always getting into fights and wasn't scared? While the 'buff' Freddie was being hard and crying just because someone bit his finger. Oh no, what agony, poor lickle Freddiepoos. Freddie was the more intelligent but Axl was much harder.Freddie was a winning boxer when he was a kid, he won trophies as a boxer, so i think he'd kick the shit out of Axl. |
| Daburcor? 25.02.2005 14:12 |
Jingles, Don't you know ANYTHING!? Free/Bad Company/Paul Rodgers should be at the VERY top of all of their lists! ;) |
| Mr.Jingles 25.02.2005 15:52 |
Leppar wrote: Is this the same Axl that had Kurt Cobain running scared? Or the Axl that was always getting into fights and wasn't scared? While the 'buff' Freddie was being hard and crying just because someone bit his finger. Oh no, what agony, poor lickle Freddiepoos. Freddie was the more intelligent but Axl was much harder.Axl had a feud with Vince Neil from Motley Crue, after they had an encounter at the 1988 or 1989 MTV Awards. I'm not sure what triggered the fight, but I think the whole feud started when Steven Adler was hitting on Vince's girlfriend. Vince challenged Axl to a fist fight and told him to pick the time and place, Axl replied by calling him names but guess he didn't want to fight, perhaps because Vince Neil might kick his ass. About Kurt Cobain, Axl didn't exactly pick a fight with Kurt but rather with Courtney Love. That was at the 1992 MTV Awards, and he told Kurt... "Why don't you tell your bitch to shut up!". Weird thing is that Axl was very supportive of Nirvana when they got their contract with Geffen Records, which was also the record company of G n'R. Axl can be seen wearing a blue Nirvana baseball cap on the "Don't Cry" video. |
| farouhkina83 25.02.2005 15:55 |
How do you know Freddie didn't like U2? |
| Mr.Jingles 25.02.2005 15:58 |
Sebastian wrote: Roger mentioned in Rhythm Mag '80 that he disliked Clash and Ramones, he liked Pistols' first album but he tought they lost direction after that. Where did you hear/read that Fred didn't like U2? He was kind of friendly with Bono at Live Aid anyway...I'm not sure whether Freddie exactly said that he didn't like U2, but he mentioned that he didn't like the fact that they were too political. Can't remember where I read it, but it's been quoted quite a bit on different Queen books. Now speaking of Live Aid, I recall reading on some U2 book, that Brian walked up to Bono and told him: - "That guitarist of yours, 'The Hedge' is really good". |
| Bizon 25.02.2005 16:23 |
Whisperer wrote:no it wasn't.. UYI was released sometime in summer 1992 after FM tribute gig... axl started this song around 1982 but it wasn't finished until 92 and they never played it live before UYI tour...vanush wrote: Freddie basically disliked anyone who couldn't sing, ie AC/DC , GnR :P pity that he didnt like the gunners, considering Axl Rose loved Queen and they performed at his tribute.Any idea what Freddie thought about November Rain? It was released before he died, right? and to someone who claimed that axl can't fight.. have you seen footage from st.louis riot? axl jumped from the stage on the head of some guy from a motorcycle gang because the security didn't want to get a camera (and a knife as some poeple claim) from the guy so axl jumped from the stage and started a fight with this guy... :) |
| farouhkina83 25.02.2005 16:41 |
If you watch carefully "Do they know it's christmas" at Live Aid you can see that Freddie is friendly to Bono, so I don't think he had anything against U2. I think by then anyone could see the potencial of U2 and personally I don't think Freddie would have wanted any rivalty with them |
| farouhkina83 25.02.2005 16:41 |
He was far too clever. |
| farouhkina83 25.02.2005 16:43 |
I think you should add to Freddie's list "Tears for fears". I don't know where I read they were one of his favorites bands of the 80's because he liked their lyrics. |
| bigc 25.02.2005 17:12 |
Bizon wrote:Use Your Illusion was released during the summer of 1991.Whisperer wrote:no it wasn't.. UYI was released sometime in summer 1992 after FM tribute gig... axl started this song around 1982 but it wasn't finished until 92 and they never played it live before UYI tour... and to someone who claimed that axl can't fight.. have you seen footage from st.louis riot? axl jumped from the stage on the head of some guy from a motorcycle gang because the security didn't want to get a camera (and a knife as some poeple claim) from the guy so axl jumped from the stage and started a fight with this guy... :)vanush wrote: Freddie basically disliked anyone who couldn't sing, ie AC/DC , GnR :P pity that he didnt like the gunners, considering Axl Rose loved Queen and they performed at his tribute.Any idea what Freddie thought about November Rain? It was released before he died, right? |
| bigc 25.02.2005 17:15 |
Mr.Jingles79 wrote: About Kurt Cobain, Axl didn't exactly pick a fight with Kurt but rather with Courtney Love. That was at the 1992 MTV Awards, and he told Kurt... "Why don't you tell your bitch to shut up!". Weird thing is that Axl was very supportive of Nirvana when they got their contract with Geffen Records, which was also the record company of G n'R. Axl can be seen wearing a blue Nirvana baseball cap on the "Don't Cry" video.dont blame him...courtney love...jesus Axl....supporting Nirvana...they in a way helped your rapid decline:( GNR over Nirvana ANYDAY |
| Journeyfan05 25.02.2005 18:08 |
I've never heard of Freddie not liking U2. It's a damn shame though because they're a great band. |
| bitesthedust 26.02.2005 06:29 |
what about the Foo Fighters for Brian's likes list? |
| ActionThisDay 26.02.2005 07:48 |
How can Brian hate Blondie? Debbie Harry was a sex god in the 70's & 80's:( |
| Nuno 26.02.2005 09:13 |
You can definately add Extreme to Brian's list He loved them hen they was about and is still mates with Nuno |
| Vb 26.02.2005 09:55 |
Brian may also like black sabbath, he specelly lov1e thir first album "black sabbath" |
| Mr.Jingles 26.02.2005 13:17 |
The Fairy King wrote: Roger didn't like Spandau Ballet!Now speaking of Spandau Ballet, I think Freddie really liked them and he was good friends with the lead singer. |
| Russian Headlong 26.02.2005 14:51 |
I never read that Freddie hated AC/DC. Ironic as he was AC/DC! Brian is a massive AC/DC fan seen photos of him in AC/DC shirt and says he likes their pure energy. AC/DC are the 2nd greatest rock band of all time after Queen imo. |
| Mr.Jingles 26.02.2005 15:18 |
Dunno whether AC/DC is one of the best bands ever since most of their songs sound about the same, but without a doubt AC/DC is one of the best LIVE bands of all time. |
| Scott_Mercury 26.02.2005 18:46 |
Russian Headlong- We are right on the mark with each other....greatest rock bands in my opinion: 1) Queen 2) AC/DC 3) Led Zeppelin |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 26.02.2005 20:13 |
And isn't Brian guilty of being an Avril Lavigne (sp?) fan, too? Or does he just like all young chicks? Also, Roger appeared on some Kansas record or other, so I think you could safely put them under his likes. And he did 3 tracks on a Gary Numan album ("Dance") so I'm thinking maybe Gary ought be added... Gary conversely was a big Queen fan as well, as made evident by some of the DoRo clips. And I'll risk posting this again: I'm sure Freddie was a big admirer of Edith Piaf, though I can't quite come up with the quote to prove it... I did try on Google, but got tired of stupid pages... |
| farouhkina83 27.02.2005 12:39 |
What are the DoRo clips? |
| QueenZeppelin 28.02.2005 16:10 |
farouhkina83 wrote: If you watch carefully "Do they know it's christmas" at Live Aid you can see that Freddie is friendly to Bono, so I don't think he had anything against U2. I think by then anyone could see the potencial of U2 and personally I don't think Freddie would have wanted any rivalty with themWell, he can be friendly with the members of U2 and still dislike their music. I've never heard or seen anything that would indicate that Freddie did indeed dislike U2, but it just seems like a matter of common sense that he could be friendly with them and still dislike their music. |
| Mr.Jingles 28.02.2005 17:49 |
I added Robbie William's to John list. It's possible that John actually mentioned that Robbie William is not good enough to put on Freddie's shoes. Brian might deny the comments and say that the source is not reliable, but you never know. |
| kohuept 28.02.2005 18:02 |
Brian and Roger both like ELO. I heard Brian mention them in an old interview, and Roger made a comment about them at the UK HoF induction (I think). How do you know Brian dilikes The Carpenters? It just seems odd how that could have ever come up. |
| Mr.Jingles 28.02.2005 18:48 |
kohuept wrote: How do you know Brian dilikes The Carpenters?Because they SUCK Well, it was posted on one of the Fan Club Magazines. So no surprise why he dislikes The Carpenters, Brian is for the most part a man of good taste. |
| Freddie F 05.03.2005 11:20 |
Brian was almost enthusiastic about Whitney Houston in a "Q-Magazine" interview, he said something like "the best female singer in the world". Hope it was ironic from him, but I don't think so... |