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3 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:11 pm
2seaoat
Thanks.....the dueling banjos was great.....however, I would not want to live across the street.
4 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:12 pm
Hospital Bob
I'll take the first video. He mighta been queer and all, but damn every time I hear that song he created I get goose bumps.
I know a lot of people today think it's sissified to even admit that you like Queen's music. But in the words of wikipedia, "Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world... and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history". So I guess a few others would admit to liking it too.
I know a lot of people today think it's sissified to even admit that you like Queen's music. But in the words of wikipedia, "Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world... and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history". So I guess a few others would admit to liking it too.
5 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:22 pm
dumpcare
They were one of the greatest rock band in history gay or not, does not matter to me. But that scene in deliverance of the dueling banjo's was also great.
7 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:23 pm
Hospital Bob
One thing unique about Bohemian Rhapsody. When you first hear it you think you must be listening to a group of rock musicians being accompanied by an orchestra. But then as you listen closer, you start to realize there aint no orchestra. Just the rock musicians making all that sound.
And it's not something created in a recording studio like so much you hear.
When you watch the youtube of the live performance at LiveAid, you hear all that same sound you hear on the record. Always performed just as skillfully as what you hear on the record.
And it's not something created in a recording studio like so much you hear.
When you watch the youtube of the live performance at LiveAid, you hear all that same sound you hear on the record. Always performed just as skillfully as what you hear on the record.
8 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:27 pm
Hospital Bob
I'll bet I'll surprise you with this. Fact is I first discovered Bohemian Rhapsody AND Queen only less than ten years ago. It and so much else came after I quit listening to music about 1972. Then in the last ten years I started listening to all I'd missed before. Now can't get enough of that era's music.
Odd huh. lol
Odd huh. lol
9 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:30 pm
Lisa12
Why did you quit listening to music about 1972?
10 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:31 pm
2seaoat
I have a friend who I have known since fourth grade who was married and with children who announced he was bisexual in the nineties after the kids left the house. He and his wife are still happily married living in Idaho, but what struck me was that he was the first person I ever met who loved Queen way before they became popular and he was a fanatic. I never was a fan of Freddie or his music......I mean its good, and its fun, but none of us understood his total celebration of his music. His wife has a jazz radio show in Idaho.....hard to believe......and most of my friends were traditional rock and roll fans who found Queen to be ......well......like kiss. You just had to be a fan. I loved the introduction of kiss into the music hall of fame....and I guess I am beginning to better understand the Queen fans......but it is ironic you brought this subject up.
11 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:32 pm
dumpcare
Very odd, but good music. I still listen to hard rock.
12 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:32 pm
dumpcare
Lisa12 wrote:Why did you quit listening to music about 1972?
Lost his hair.
Just kidding Bob.
13 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:34 pm
dumpcare
Bob wrote:I'll bet I'll surprise you with this. Fact is I first discovered Bohemian Rhapsody AND Queen only less than ten years ago. It and so much else came after I quit listening to music about 1972. Then in the last ten years I started listening to all I'd missed before. Now can't get enough of that era's music.
Odd huh. lol
I have seen it performed with a full orchestra either on TV or youtube, don't remember.
14 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:42 pm
Hospital Bob
Hi Lisa.
Music was my passion growing up until I got out of college. It was at that time that I turned all my attention to what I like to call urban archaelogy (antique picking). lol
That pretty much just took over my life and lasted until about ten years ago when I quit and retired.
The odd way it happened. From 11 years old to the time I ended college, I had always listened to music only on AM radio. I had conditioned myself to do so. Don't know why but I didn't make the transition to FM like normal folk.
AND, I had already learned to like both listening to and calling in to AM talk radio. So when the picking overcame me and put me on the road all the time, I got hooked on listening to local AM talk radio wherever I was at.
I remember listening to Limbaugh before he ever came to Pensacola when I was in south Louisiana. One of his first affiliates was a Baton Rouge station.
SO, I just never made it over to FM. And because of that, I became oblivious to what was happening in music. That lasted 35 more years.
My friends and I call it "Bob's Music Void".
Music was my passion growing up until I got out of college. It was at that time that I turned all my attention to what I like to call urban archaelogy (antique picking). lol
That pretty much just took over my life and lasted until about ten years ago when I quit and retired.
The odd way it happened. From 11 years old to the time I ended college, I had always listened to music only on AM radio. I had conditioned myself to do so. Don't know why but I didn't make the transition to FM like normal folk.
AND, I had already learned to like both listening to and calling in to AM talk radio. So when the picking overcame me and put me on the road all the time, I got hooked on listening to local AM talk radio wherever I was at.
I remember listening to Limbaugh before he ever came to Pensacola when I was in south Louisiana. One of his first affiliates was a Baton Rouge station.
SO, I just never made it over to FM. And because of that, I became oblivious to what was happening in music. That lasted 35 more years.
My friends and I call it "Bob's Music Void".
15 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:46 pm
Lisa12
Bob, you are a very interesting guy! I hear a lot of stories in my line of work, but yours are always unique 
Glad you found your way back to music, as it helps take the edge off of daily life.
Glad you found your way back to music, as it helps take the edge off of daily life.16 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:47 pm
Sal
Bob wrote:I'll take the first video. He mighta been queer and all, but damn every time I hear that song he created I get goose bumps.
I know a lot of people today think it's sissified to even admit that you like Queen's music. But in the words of wikipedia, "Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world... and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history". So I guess a few others would admit to liking it too.
It's funny, Bob.
It sees obvious now, but no one at the time thought Freddy was gay.
I loved Queen then, and I love Queen now.
Same is true with Judas Priest.
17 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:50 pm
Hospital Bob
ppaca wrote:lost his hair
Actually that is right. The hair loss and the music loss began at about the same time. Is it a coincidence? I'd have to go to a shrink to answer that and I don't even know if Medicare Advantage would pay for it. lol
18 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:57 pm
Hospital Bob
Sal wrote:
It sees obvious now, but no one at the time thought Freddy was gay.
I didn't even know that but it makes sense to me. That was still the rock hudson era. lol
I have to clarify just one thing. I remained a movie buff all through my life.
And I did see Wayne's World and did see them do the song in it.
And I kinda figured it musta been some cult song. But I really didn't pay attention to it then because music had stopped being my thing.
19 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 10:59 pm
2seaoat
I am on full retro right now. I am simply loving HBO bringing the hall of fame awards and their series with the Foo Fighters. With the induction of Cat Stevens, I make no apology for a time in my life when his music was very important. Yet, I watched the kiss intro, and loved it, but I still do not get their music. A few years back I rediscovered the Animals and Eric Burden and I realized how Utube allowed us to revisit time where we actually only had explored the surface of music with AM radio. As much as I like to pisz T off, I just loved his Animal renditions, and I swear I am hearing their music in the background at casinos with modern groups and young people are discovering the wealth of talent which as a kid I thought I had fully explored.....nope...utube has opened my world to my life and my time. I do not know what life would be like without music. Look at the creativity of people with these decorations......the human spirit has a way of celebrating....and damn if it is not fun.
20 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:07 pm
2seaoat
It sees obvious now, but no one at the time thought Freddy was gay.
I never had a moment of doubt right from the get go. It was like this macho guy in the late 70s telling me how great the village people were. I quietly said Bill......I am very happy you like a gay group, because I never thought you would be that open minded. He almost wanted to fight because as I explained that they were gay, and what some of their songs were about, it was like his whole world had collapsed.
I never had a moment of doubt right from the get go. It was like this macho guy in the late 70s telling me how great the village people were. I quietly said Bill......I am very happy you like a gay group, because I never thought you would be that open minded. He almost wanted to fight because as I explained that they were gay, and what some of their songs were about, it was like his whole world had collapsed.
21 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:12 pm
Hospital Bob
Sal wrote: Judas Priest.
It's so silly for me to have to admit this being the age I am.
But if you put on Judas Priest music right now I wouldn't have a clue.
I was always aware there was a group named Judas Priest but that's still all I know about it.
I never heard of Ozzy Osburne until he showed up on reality TV.
But I just discovered Deep Purple about a week ago. I am now obsessed with listening to their music and learning about them. Especially Jon Lord's keyboard playing. I'm blown away to hear an organ being used to replace guitar leads on metal music. He's as good or better than Ray Manzurek. And that's saying something.
Almost as good as Chuck Leavell. But of course nobody is as good as Leavell. lol
22 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:18 pm
Sal
2seaoat wrote:It sees obvious now, but no one at the time thought Freddy was gay.
I never had a moment of doubt right from the get go. It was like this macho guy in the late 70s telling me how great the village people were. I quietly said Bill......I am very happy you like a gay group, because I never thought you would be that open minded. He almost wanted to fight because as I explained that they were gay, and what some of their songs were about, it was like his whole world had collapsed.
I never even gave it a second's thought.
No one did.
Because we didn't know any gay people at the time.
The people who knew he was gay, were for the most part, gay.
23 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:19 pm
Hospital Bob
If all we still had was radio, records and CD's, I wouldn't be discovering any of this music. It's happening only because we now have free immediate access to literally every piece of music ever recorded in any fashion. Aka the internet.
24 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:24 pm
Sal
Bob wrote:Sal wrote: Judas Priest.
It's so silly for me to have to admit this being the age I am.
But if you put on Judas Priest music right now I wouldn't have a clue.
I was always aware there was a group named Judas Priest but that's still all I know about it.
I never heard of Ozzy Osburne until he showed up on reality TV.
But I just discovered Deep Purple about a week ago. I am now obsessed with listening to their music and learning about them. Especially Jon Lord's keyboard playing. I'm blown away to hear an organ being used to replace guitar leads on metal music. He's as good or better than Ray Manzurek. And that's saying something.
Almost as good as Chuck Leavell. But of course nobody is as good as Leavell. lol
Priest kicks Deep Purple's ass down the block.
And, they had a lead singer who makes Freddie look like Ward Cleaver.
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25 Re: Christmas light display 12/9/2014, 11:24 pm
Hospital Bob
according to his wiki page...
While some commentators claimed Mercury hid his sexual orientation from the public,[18][29][71] others claimed he was "openly gay."[72] [73] In December 1974, when asked directly, "So how about being bent?" by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied, "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way; there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further." Homosexual acts between adult males over the age of 21 were decriminalised in the United Kingdom in 1967, only seven years earlier. In the 1980s, he would often distance himself from his partner, Jim Hutton, during public events.[70] In October 1986, The Sun claimed Mercury had "confessed to a string of one-night gay sex affairs."[74]
During his career, Mercury's flamboyant stage performances sometimes led journalists to allude to his sexuality. Dave Dickson, reviewing Queen's performance at Wembley Arena in 1984 for Kerrang!, noted Mercury's "camp" addresses to the audience and even described him as a "posing, pouting, posturing tart."[75] In 1992, John Marshall of Gay Times expressed the following opinion: "[Mercury] was a 'scene-queen,' not afraid to publicly express his gayness, but unwilling to analyse or justify his 'lifestyle' ... It was as if Freddie Mercury was saying to the world, 'I am what I am. So what?' And that in itself for some was a statement."[76] In an article for AfterElton, Robert Urban stated: "Mercury did not ally himself to 'political outness,' or to GLBT causes."[76]
While some commentators claimed Mercury hid his sexual orientation from the public,[18][29][71] others claimed he was "openly gay."[72] [73] In December 1974, when asked directly, "So how about being bent?" by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied, "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way; there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further." Homosexual acts between adult males over the age of 21 were decriminalised in the United Kingdom in 1967, only seven years earlier. In the 1980s, he would often distance himself from his partner, Jim Hutton, during public events.[70] In October 1986, The Sun claimed Mercury had "confessed to a string of one-night gay sex affairs."[74]
During his career, Mercury's flamboyant stage performances sometimes led journalists to allude to his sexuality. Dave Dickson, reviewing Queen's performance at Wembley Arena in 1984 for Kerrang!, noted Mercury's "camp" addresses to the audience and even described him as a "posing, pouting, posturing tart."[75] In 1992, John Marshall of Gay Times expressed the following opinion: "[Mercury] was a 'scene-queen,' not afraid to publicly express his gayness, but unwilling to analyse or justify his 'lifestyle' ... It was as if Freddie Mercury was saying to the world, 'I am what I am. So what?' And that in itself for some was a statement."[76] In an article for AfterElton, Robert Urban stated: "Mercury did not ally himself to 'political outness,' or to GLBT causes."[76]
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