| Freya is quietly judging you. 02.01.2006 15:33 |
When did you get into Queen and how? I was just wondering because many of us here are teenagers..so how did you get into Queen? I remember the first Queen song I listened to properly was 'Under Pressure' as I've always been a big fan of Bowie, I never particularly loved it though. I only really got into Queen about two years ago though, I remember I was at a party and WWRY came on and I remember thinking how much I liked Queen but I'd never bothered getting into them..but that all changed..I bought GH1, 2 and 3 and I suddenly realised all these great songs like 'Bicycle Race' and 'Don't Stop Me Now' were Queen songs. So now I have shelves and shelves of Queen stuff and Queen are most definitely my favourite band..Don't know how I ever lived without them. The song that got me into Queen though was 'Killer Queen' I love that song.. |
| doremi 02.01.2006 15:47 |
I was about 14 and very much into post 60's early 70's hippie pre-teen fads. I had a blacklight in my room, a celestial light, furry flourescent feet going up my wall and ceiling, flourescent rock band posters on my bedroom walls. I had tons of beads hanging and used to light candles and listen to the great classic rock FM stations and music of the time, in my room for hours after schooln, and they played Queen and BoRhap ALOT, along with You're My Best Friend, Somebody To Love..and the rest as they say...is history! I also used to watch videos and performance footage of Queen on the old TV shows, NBC's ''The Midnight Special, ''Don Kirschner's Rock Concert''. |
| lozitopj 02.01.2006 15:51 |
I bought ANATO ON cassette in 1992 and then I was addicted!!!!!! Freddie and the boys definitely changed my life!!!!! Take care!!!! |
| Fraz 02.01.2006 15:57 |
began last year i always liked the music, and since joining this site have bought all the albums. |
| Janet 02.01.2006 16:04 |
In 1975 I was at a school dance. They were playing records, and they played the song "Killer Queen". I was hooked, and have been a fan ever since. |
| brENsKi 02.01.2006 16:21 |
Janet wrote: In 1975 I was at a school dance. They were playing records, and they played the song "Killer Queen". I was hooked, and have been a fan ever since.Janet, you beauty! i got hooked by KQ also... i was 12 at the time...and it just seem to be the change the whole glam-rock thing needed - i do vaguely remember SSOR - but KQ really did it |
| Janet 02.01.2006 16:34 |
I was the ripe old age of 14! ;-) |
| not that bad 02.01.2006 19:00 |
the first song i remember was radio gaga it was played on mtv in 1986 or 1987, and it really begun in 1991 when freddie died, i soon realized that crazy little.... champions, will rock you where queen songs. my first album was innuendo and i do remember that the music was to complicated for my friends. i was 13 and it was the time of public enemy, enigma, snap etc |
| Robin 02.01.2006 19:03 |
I was around 14. It was 1974-ish. Heard KK, and liked it a lot but when I heard BoRhap I was hooked! |
| it was electric7 02.01.2006 19:20 |
it was December 2004 and we are the champions came on the radio and i asked who sang it and my brother said Queen so i started to search for them!!! i downloaded bo rhap and became...IN LOVE |
| YlvaDaJackass 02.01.2006 19:28 |
My dad listened to Queen alot when I was younger, he always said to me that Freddie Mercury was the best singer of all time. My dad had I think The Miracle-album, Made in heaven and a greatest hits album too. I never really noticed the music. But then, maybe a year ago... I was in a really bad place, I didn't feel well, I had a lot of issues with myself and who I were and felt very lonely and all that. And then... Then I heard Save me. I mean, I had heard it before, since my dad played Queen so much, but I had never really listened to it. And I cried so much the first time I heard it, because it described my life so exactly and I finally got the kinda help and understanding that I couldn't find anywhere else. And then I started to listen more to Queen, and you know, then it became an obsession :) . And Queen just changed my life, I am a totally different person now. I am not afraid anymore, I was always afraid before, afraid of what people would think of me. So, you know, it began when I heard Save me, and now, a year later, I'm sitting here with green hair in the middle of the night posting messages at QZ and listening to Teo Toriatte. Haha, I've never been happier!! :) Queen rocks. |
| goliath 02.01.2006 21:06 |
First of all how old are most of you? Second, I find it very strange some of the topics people put up, but now that someone has stated that most members are teenagers it would explain why the topics are so childish. |
| Future Queen Guitarist 02.01.2006 21:10 |
well i got into queen last (literrally!) when i traded an old polish rock band tape i really did'nt like so much for my da's queen cd a nd tht's how it all started out later i bought gh 123 so now i luv freddie and the boyz |
| Saint Jiub 02.01.2006 22:34 |
double post |
| Saint Jiub 02.01.2006 22:36 |
Rip Van Winkle wrote: I liked KQ, but Queen could have been a one hit wonder for all I knew. At the time it was the only Queen song on the radio in the USA. However, when Bo Rhap came out I was hooked ... at 13 I grew up listening to Queen. |
| The prophet's song 02.01.2006 22:45 |
I got into Queen when I was about 2. My dad had 'greatest hits II' and I just grew up listning to it. You know what it's like when you're a kid, everything is on repeat, except for me it was Queen instead of 'sing yourself silly'. I knew all the words to 'I want it all' by the time I was 3! I kept nagging dad to buy new Queen CD's for us to "share". Some of the only times my brother was nice to me was when we would pretend to be Queen. I would be Roger Taylor, with my pot's and pan's drumkit and chopsticks, and my brother would be Brian May using a tennis racquet instead of the 'red special'. I am now glad to say my 3 yr old cousin and his 7 yr old sister are into Queen too, it made me so sad the other day when the 7 yr old asked me if she wrote a nice letter to god, would he let us have Freddie back? |
| NJQueenFan 02.01.2006 23:03 |
The Mighty Ducks 2 soundtrack had We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, and I watched that movie all the time and they soon became my two favorite songs. My dad was always a huge Queen fan, so he'd play his News Of The World cassette whenever I was in the car with him. Loved it, and he introduced me to ANATO soon after, been a fan ever since. Originally only really listened to ANATO, NOTW, Innuendo, and The Game, and Greatest Hits 1 & 2, got into the rest of the albums over the last couple years. |
| That guy who digs energy domes 02.01.2006 23:32 |
in the year of 89 was born here a wrestler in the days when bands were few and he soon set out to his dad's old cd case Next thing you know, he found Queen And the night followed day And his parents would say That the small young lad inside For many loneley day Run across the city streets Neer looked back never feard never cried Cant you hear his song though he's many miles away cant you hear him calling you? Gets his CD's at the store though the clerk is quite a whore in the land that his grandparents knew! |
| Maz 03.01.2006 00:32 |
Stole a tape from my brother sometime in the 1980s. Got hooked. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 03.01.2006 02:15 |
Janet wrote: I was the ripe old age of 14! ;-)God that was a long time ago! *only Joking Lovely!* 1987 for me, I brought a copy of GH1 on vynil for £5 off my cousin. I still have it, its totally battered and covered in those fake autographs that many nine year olds tend to do.......and most of ebay these days! Yes, I was 9, hooked and still am. |
| darkblue 03.01.2006 02:16 |
it was in 1992,I made my parents buy me a greatest hits 1,I don't know why I did it back then,and where I found out about them.but I remember quiet well playing in my room and listening to bicycle race and flash gordon.I do not have the cassette anymore unfortunately |
| Mercury007 03.01.2006 03:52 |
I was just starting to learn the Bass Guitar, and my teacher gave me the riff of AOBTD. I listened to the song fully, and it went on from there! |
| dixie 03.01.2006 05:59 |
it was 98 i think when my dad bought queen rocks. and i listened to songs like wwry and tymd. etc. and i was hooked |
| FLICK 03.01.2006 06:00 |
Saw them doing ‘Seven Seas Of Rhye’ on Top Of The Pops in Feb 1974 and I was hooked. I was 11 years old. |
| deleted user 03.01.2006 06:09 |
it was in 2004, 13th january, i was bored one evening and i was flicking through the music channels and i was on VH1 and there was a queen night so i was about to watch it when my friend called for me so i asked my mam to tape it and when i got back i watched it and i was in tears by the end because F.M the untold story came on and i was just so moved by it. other programmes were, queen legends, queen top 10 and live at the bowl. so i began listening to the music and i fell in love with this extroadinary band. |
| YlvaDaJackass 03.01.2006 06:24 |
<marquee>Queen Of Wrestling</marquee> wrote: in the year of 89 was born here a wrestler in the days when bands were few and he soon set out to his dad's old cd case Next thing you know, he found Queen And the night followed day And his parents would say That the small young lad inside For many loneley day Run across the city streets Neer looked back never feard never cried Cant you hear his song though he's many miles away cant you hear him calling you? Gets his CD's at the store though the clerk is quite a whore in the land that his grandparents knew!Hahahahah!! "...though the clerk was quite a whore.." hahahahahahahaha!! Great!! |
| That guy who digs energy domes 03.01.2006 09:34 |
YlvaDaJackass wrote:Most creative thing I did all week.<marquee>Queen Of Wrestling</marquee> wrote: in the year of 89 was born here a wrestler in the days when bands were few and he soon set out to his dad's old cd case Next thing you know, he found Queen And the night followed day And his parents would say That the small young lad inside For many loneley day Run across the city streets Neer looked back never feard never cried Cant you hear his song though he's many miles away cant you hear him calling you? Gets his CD's at the store though the clerk is quite a whore in the land that his grandparents knew!Hahahahah!! "...though the clerk was quite a whore.." hahahahahahahaha!! Great!! |
| Munchsack 03.01.2006 11:33 |
My mum had GH1 on vinyl and she played it sometimes. I thought it was OK, but I really got into Queen in 2002 aged 12 when my school Christmas concert was We Will Rock You. It wasn't actually the musical WWRY, but they played tons of Queen songs. I asked for the Platinum Collection for Christmas and got it. Didn't stop listening for weeks. Totally hooked. Have since bought all the albums and got my best mate into Queen (a bit). |
| deleted user 03.01.2006 11:37 |
My Mum played a lot of Queen cos she loves them. Then I saw 'A Winter's Tale' on a music channel and I loved it straight away. I recorded it onto DVD and needed to find the song. I eventually found it on a mp3 site and I finally bought the album last March. So ever since I've had to find every Queen song I can. |
| littlehedgehog 03.01.2006 12:54 |
in 1991, when I was 11. We had heard about Freddie's death and my father decided to buy a CD (GH2). Now I can't imagine my life without Queen! |
| deleted user 03.01.2006 13:38 |
It was about a year ago and i don't know if any of you watched it but loads of Queen vids came on VH1 and i they really impressed me!! then i realized some of my friends had their cds so i used to listen to them with them (especially my skool m8 but shes not as obsesed as moi!)haha :P so i started collecting their cds and i just need to get 3 more WHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! yea! :D |
| dorahc 03.01.2006 13:50 |
It all began for me with the I Want to Break Free video. I remember hearing the songs way before the video came out and was hooked. But it was that particular video that made a lasting impression on me. We had a glass coffee table in our living room, I was lying underneath the table watching the camera go up on Roger! My mother walked into the room and asked if I was enjoying myself and when I raised up, I broke the end of table with my head! So I have the scar that will always remind me of that life changing video! |
| DavidRFuller 03.01.2006 15:11 |
Summer 2004 listening to the radio and heard Killer Queen. Hooked ever since. |
| Bosdavid 03.01.2006 15:32 |
For me the first Queensong I liked was Bicycle Race, I think because of the bicyclebells somewhere in the middle. It was quite late when I started lo like Bohemian Rhapsody (after my grandfather died)... |
| Vallentine's 03.01.2006 15:39 |
I remember perfectly.... 14.1.1991. Listening to the Radio,I heard: "And here is the last single by Queen-Innuendo" Then I was 5-yeared boy and even then the song devastated me...I cannot find words to explain it even now! Then I bought the whole album...PURE MAGIC! I began to wonder if they are demigods or smth like that. Freddie died 3weeks and 3days after my 6th birthday.Then I bought Greatest Hits I..... And now I have all their albums! |
| blerp 03.01.2006 18:48 |
Hm, summer of 2004...Me and my friends were going off to the beach and her mom goes, "Hey, Ravie, have you ever heard of Queen?" And I was just baffled by the name, but I liked it. So I heard the usual WWRY, WATC, and AOBTD. I thought to myself, Woah! They did these songs? Cool. Then, I listened to Killer Queen and Somebody to Love and I was hooked. I was completely gaga over them for the rest of the summer, and most of the beginning of the new school year, but forgot them for 3 months for some reason. In spring, my sister bought their Greatest Hits and Classic album and listened to them non-stop. I looked them up online and dug deeper into the magic that was Queen. Anyway, I bought a couple more of their albums, and am still working on it... Phwoar! Yeah, I know it wasn't necessary to write an essay but whatever. |
| blerp 03.01.2006 18:52 |
And also, I got to keep my sister's Greatest Hits and Classic due to my obsession. Ha ha. |
| Roger'sGirl72610 03.01.2006 18:53 |
When I was a freshman in high school... my choir performed Bohemian Rhapsody. It was so amazing and breath taking that I wanted to hear more Queen music... I found one of my Dad's cds and I was hooked. |
| DrCari 04.01.2006 03:35 |
I started following Queen's music in the mid 1970's. The band wasn't very well known in the United States at that time. During my University years I met more Queen fans and some of us went to see the band when Queen toured here in 1978. I was sold on Queen forever after seeing my first live show....before that I really had no idea who Freddie was. The pictures from the album liners were nice, but they didn't begin to hint at the magnetism and charm Freddie displayed live. Even the videos don't capture the essence of 'live Freddie' in action. I made sure to see them everytime the band came to San Francisco/Oakland. I am sorry they stopped touring the US in the early 1980's. I am totally thrilled that so many teens and young adults have discovered and appreciate Queen. I remember the nasty reviews the critics gave the band in the 70's. Bohemian Rhapsody was seriously dissed by major music critics then. The same critics now praise the very same song as a brilliantmasterpiece now. It is a shame that Freddie never lived to see the worldwide acclaim for Bohemian Rhapsody. |