this article might be intesting for those who understand german. it's about queen being britains best band ever, and after that a listing of "scandals" or "curios things" involving the band. link
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In English:
The inquiry of the Radisender BBC 2 was organized. 20.000 participated in the Voting, to the choice stood the criteria composition, Songtexte, live-auftritte, originality and show qualities. Queen were selected with 400 voices distance before the Beatles to the "best one British volume of all times". Third the Rolling Stones, followed of Oasis and Take That. Originally thousands groups were nominated, the final choice applied only for the usually nominated five. One may the result doubtful find, should not however not forget that it concerns a play. Exactly like the ten remarkable moments of world history, which are connected with Queen. 1. Deadly On the way to a concert in Sao Paolo at the Brazilian border each part of the 110 tons heavy equipment one controlled. A customs officer suffered thereby a cardiac infarct. 2. Nackig 1978 invites Queen nearly each agency into England to a press conference in the Wembleystadion. Nothing is to be seen by Queen, but drive bicycle to 65 naked girls. The bicycle lender wants to have replaced those to saddle. 3. Shrills in the video tie-clip to "I want ton of BREAK Free" disguises themselves Freddie Mercury as a woman and carries peruecke, black mini skirt and elegant strapse. In this Outfit the artist practices in the house finery and sucks themselves dust. 4. Royally to the 25-year old throne anniversary Queen give II. Elizabeth two concerts. They lose 75,000 Pound. Reason for it is the expensive light show contributed by them. 5. Auferstanden 2000 reanimiert a Comic series of skirt star such as Kurt Cobain and Freddie Mercury. Sadly over it that he wins now no more prices, it lends other dead star first "DEAD skirt star Award" to it. 6. Orgiastisch Ballerinas, Transsexuelle, monsters, Trolle and dwarves danced on Freddie Mercurys 39. Birthday. The latters carried trays on the head, with mountains of cocaine. 7. Unbelievably In Rio de Janeiro played Queen 1985 before 250.000 humans, the largest public in volume history. The four musicians with six people had the smallest 1972 in the Londoner Bedford college. 8. Outrageously On its first route inspired Queen the fans with a extravaganten show: Rubber dolls fall from the cover. The press later adversely speaks of "four crazy gays". 9. See with dignity In only four hours Queen a Filmchen turned to "Bohemian Rhapsody", the first video tie-clip of skirt history. And only, because they could notice a television appearance not personally. 10. Woodenly "the axe in the house saves the Carpenter", imagined Brian May 1963. The studied astrophysicist built its famous first e-guitar. It provided later for the unmistakable guitar sound with Queen
they talk about the reanimation in 2000 in comic series of rockstars like cobain and mercury, and because they are dead and can't get an award they get the first "dead rock star award" from other dead stars. in the text rockstar is translated as skirtstar, don't know why.