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Hi I'm QueenOz
I'm very lucky in that I've been around long enough to see Queen from the early days. Way back
then, of course I still loved the Beatles (didn't everyone?) and various sugary pop groups, but when I played music myself it was folk/country.
But Countdown changed all of that when Ian "Molly" Meldrum started to play the Queen videos. It was just so amazing, here was this group who were way out there, musically, theatrically, everything! From that moment my outlook on music changed and I became a closet lover of the wonderful Queen. None of my friends were into that kind of music so I kept my love of Queen to myself. I didn't get to see them when the came to Australia and it's something I'll regret forever. Now that I’m older I can indulge in my love of Queen and am thoroughly enjoying it.
When Freddie died it was devastating. I knew he was ill, it was obvious from the pictures and videos of him, and like most people I suspected it was AIDS. What a terrible way for him to die, AIDS is so cruel. At the time some people said horrible things about him because of his illness, but others praised what he'd given the world of music.
When Queen + Paul Rodgers got together I had mixed feelings about it. And when I was going to watch Return of the Champions for the first time I really didn't know what to expect. What was it going to be like without Freddie? Would Brian and Roger still have "it"? Well all of my doubts flew out the window after the first song of the set.
Paul is great out the front, putting his own touch to Queen music and not trying to replace Freddie. As for Brian and Roger - WOW!!!! All of the energy and excitement was there and they were brilliant for 2 ageing Queens (as Freddie would have said). Also they looked like they were having such a wonderful time, really enjoying themselves.
Brian's rendition of Love of My Life was truly beautiful and his superb playing throughout the show was beyond words. “Last Horizon” just completely blew me away – I just don’t have the words to describe what I felt, truly beautiful.
When Roger sang "Say It's Not True" it showed that he hasn't changed one single bit and his "Let It Be Drums" was absolutely fantastic. The blond god of percussion reigns supreme!!!!
I want them to come out to Australia so badly, I’ll go to every show.
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