Am I odd??


I always cry like a baby when I watch this concert. Especially in the end when Liza looks to the sky and says "We just wanted to let you know we were thinking about you"
It's really wierd though, cause I'm only 19 and therefore wasn't around to witness Queen's glory days. My dear Freddie was long gone when I discovered Queen's music, so I find it very strange that the death of Freddie affects me so. I never knew who he was when he lived, so why do I feel like some part of my stomach has been brutally ripped away whenever I'm reminded of Freddie's death??

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no it makes me upset althouhg i am only 16
i just think he was a great man that its a shame he is gone

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Me to! I'm sixteen and get this really bad feeling when I think he isn't among us any more. It's totally weird. I kinda miss him, weird as it may be. I almost get tears in my eyes when I see the DVD, especially with that part you mentioned. Also the intro where the rest of the band talk. It's incredible.

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I'm also 16. I remember singing along to Queen as young as 4. I have always been a fan and an obsessed one.

I get really depressed when i think how i will never get to see them in concert and stuff etc

Is it just me or does anybody else get *really* offended and protective when people mention this whole.. Queen coming back with Robbie Williams in replace of Freddie???

NOBODY CAN REPLACE FREDDIE MERCURY!!

† Steph †
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"So does he have a hump? a hump and a hair peice?"

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I am the same without the crying, i havent actually seen that concert but have seen nearly every other 1, live at the rainbow, live at hyde park, wembly 86', on fire milton keynes, rio, earls court, hammersmith, and so on. I think the reason why you feel like that is because you didnt actually get to "be" in his era. If you get wot im sayin!?!

What is the concert like without freddie? they didnt really get on well, as you can see in some of there interviews, they were an amazing band!

I am an avid guitar play and want to be brian may so i dont feel the same as you guys about freddie. I think queen were and are the soul of rock! Sadly i am stuck in north cyprus with ma mum and dad, im 18, so i cant just go out and buy these dvds.

Anyway do any of you play an instument?

Dan

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You're not odd. Most of the slower Queen songs make me want to sob. D;
I'm only twelve, and the first ever time I saw These are the Days of our Lives, I cried probably slightly more than I had in a year or two. Actually, the first time I saw These are the Days was on a little Freddie / Queen show / Documentary thing. They were running a few clips and the end, and then they put on the bit from I'm Going Slightly Mad where he has the banannas on his head and kinda lifts them up... I didn't know if I should be clutching my sides, trying to stop giggling or be burying myself in a box of Kleenex. That's the problem with me, I see things like these and it just makes me remember him... well, dying. And I get all emotional, even though I hardly know him, and... yeah. ;;

Queen Mania pained me, I had to leave the room. >.>; I didn't see it as much to do with Queen, I saw it as a chance for old and dead singers to revive their longgone career. Pathetic, utterly pathetic. I'm sticking to the documentarys on the Biography Channel from now on.

I remember when I bought the Platinum Collection and listened to Save Me. I cried then, too. I think I had tears in my eyes at the beginning of Live at Wembley and... well, by the end of both MK Bowl and Wembley, I was almost rolling on the carpet laughing my head off. They are so brilliant to watch on stage, I only wish I was able to see them live. o-o; Yes. Queen do make people act in odd ways...

... I agree, he'll never be forgotten and neither will Queen. I damn hope so, anyway. When I'm old and have arthritis in every avalible apendage, I want some good ol' Rock 'N' Roll to listen too. Alas, it seems the younger generations are turning to Heavy Metal and Rap...

o-o; I'll stop sounding like I'm 50-odd, mmh?

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Awwwwwwwwww i am 19 now and i know i didnt get a chance to knw him well i have the live at wembly concert and i have read 3 queen books i really luv freddie i hate reading about his death cause it does make me cry and thinkin that his last video 'days of our lives' was shot he could hardly stand bless him may he rip he was the best singer ever!!!!!!!!

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This concert always brings me to tears.

I either cry at Brian May's performance of 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', or the finale. I have to say that I'm not quite fond of Liza Minelli's voice but she gave a decent performance. Yet the crowd singing along to 'We Are The Champions' with every beat of their hearts is just amazing and absolutely touching.

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No, there is definitely nothing odd with you!!
There are a lot of emotional moments which makes me feel really sad: Brian May's "Too much love will kill you", and Seal's interpretation of "Who want's to live forever".
Elton John's "The show must go on" was really great as a hommage to a great performer...

...I still remember that this concert inspired me joining a band.
Well, bottom line: My musical carreer was quite short, but I always enjoy watching the concert.

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Yeah, I am 25 and although I wasn't around to see them perform live (At their last concert I was 6 years old), I remember growing up on Queen's music. This tribute is really nice and I liked Robert Plant's "Thank You" homage before getting on to "Crazy little thing...". That was awesome. Also all of George Michael and Elton John's tributes were classy.

I agree with all of you that remembering Freddie makes all of us emotional and sad and wish he'd lived on. The mark of a true performer is that he recorded his last album on his deathbed! Many of his songs make me cry like a baby and I can sense his pain in some of his songs:

For example-

Bohemian Rhapsody:
"Mama ooo,
Didn’t mean to make you cry-
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-

or
Too late,my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Body’s aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-I’ve got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
I don’t want to die,
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all-

We are the champions:
"I’ve paid my dues -
Time after time -
I’ve done my sentence
But committed no crime -
And bad mistakes
I’ve made a few
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face -
But I’ve come through
We are the champions - my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting - till the end "

Who wants to live forever:

Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever....?

There’s no chance for us
It’s all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

These are just three songs and you'll notice his feelings in most songs. All this tells me did he know somehow that he would not live long. Mind you many of these songs were composed before he realized he had HIV.


Also,I watch the DVD "Live at Wembley-86" over and over and over again. EVERY Queen-Freddie Mercury fan should see and own it! Freddie was the perfect showman.

And NO! Nobody can replace Freddie. In fact Queen's May and Taylor said in a recent interview for the "Queen + Paul Rodgers interview" is that they were initially uncomfortable with having another lead vocalist on tour, but Paul Rodgers was a friend of Freddie and is a legend in his own right" Paul is just being himself and spreading Freddie's legacy to people and can never be a replacement to Freddie.

You can see the interviews on queenonline.com

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Hello children :-)

I'm 43 years old. I have lived a life with Queen on the radio every day growing up. My favorite song at 7 years old was the -just released- "Killer Queen".

Are you odd? No. If you -don't- cry or feel a pound in your chest at the sight of him performing then there IS something wrong with you.

He was the very definition of entertainment in Rock. He lived his life to the fullest every day, and it showed. That is why we cry, partly for the great loss of a perfect soul, and partly because we all choose not to live our lives to the fullest, as he did.

A quiet man off the stage, he still recognized people as friends and treated them all as gifts from God. I believe that may be why he never married, how could he choose just one person to love, when he loved everyone. His song, Find Me "Somebody To Love", should have read "Find me somebody to love more than everyone else in the world". Impossible.

He will be missed for many, many years to come.

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Nope. I get all weepy, too. I remember watching this concert when it first aired back in 1992. I have the same reactions now that I had all those years ago. It was just a beautiful concert. It's sad, but uplifting at the same time.

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." -H.L. Mencken

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Have to dig deep... but I think I was 13 when it aired in 92 and I saw the whole thing live on TV. Which was bloody awesome because my mum let me stay up late just for that. Which isn't all too weird because she also loves Queen. But still...

Anyways, it's good memories when I think back to those days. Collecting Queen stuff for most of my life now and I still get weepy whenever I see a CD-shop stuffed with lots and lots of absolute rubbish modern pop... and a quiet little corner where they stash the Queen stuff.

Absolutely brilliant

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ive just watched pieces of this concert on youtube and i always feel like crying
i was only 1 when freddie died...and maybe ten when i seriously started listening to queen (and maybe 13 when i got all the sexual innuendos, etc.)
but for some reason i miss freddie mercury so much. he seemed like such a great guy, a great performer, full of charisma. he really contributed a lot and he didn't die because of some stupid drug overdose or suicide.
i mean, elvis' death was kinda sad cause he was talented and young and all, but freddie's affects me so much more because it was not his fault that he died. and because i just get this great feeling about him.
but anyway, george michael's somebody to love gets me every time. i just think, these were freddie mercury's creations, look how many people he affected
i know im responding to this post years after it was posted
but i just felt the need

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I have an 8-y-o son who is ruining my queen cds - especially the live ones. Still - I have moved onto MP3s.

He adores Queen and I have yet to explain how Freddie died. But his passion for Queen is astounding.

2 tear-jerking Queen stories. The night he died BBC showed a new documentary - superb in the way it was produced at short notice. The last segment was the first showing of the unfinished video for Days of our Lives. The emotion from the whole day had me in tears.

The following weekend, I went to visit friends. To cut a long story short, The guy i was crashing with was my friend through a love of Queen. He wasn't back, but left me the 12" version of Who Wants to Live Forever.

Even now, both songs can bring a lump to the throat.

No you are not odd

Finally. Queen + Paul Rogers was excellent, different but excellent.

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I threw on the concert last night for a little bit and I immediately started tearing up. It's always made me weepy even after all these years. I can't believe he's been gone for over 15 years. I didn't become a Queen fan until after his passing unfortunately but I love the concert and towards the end the tone gets very sad. You can see the tears in Brian May's eyes right before he introduces Liza.

"Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly...far far away from here" ~ Forrest Gump

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