So I am a MASSIVE Queen fan and I LOVE talking about Queen, so I thought it was a good idea to share some information with you :D
The members
Brian May
- Guitarist
- Lead vocalist on some songs (e.g. '39, Sail Away Sweet Sister, All Dead, All Dead)
- is a guitar legend, has a PhD in astrophysics AND is an animal rights activist
- His signature guitar (the Red Special) was built by him and his dad when he was a teenager.
Some popular songs Brian wrote: We Will Rock You, Hammer To Fall, Who Wants To Live Forever, I Want It All, The Show Must Go On
Roger Taylor
- Drummer and backing vocalist
- Lead vocalist on some songs (e.g. I'm In Love With My Car, Tenement Funster, Drowse)
- Has a four octave vocal range (just like Freddie)
- Sings the highest notes in Queen songs (for example the high 'Galileos' in Bohemian Rhapsody)
- In the 70s his nickname was 'sex on two legs' and I can see why ๐
Some popular songs Roger wrote: Radio Ga Ga, A Kind Of Magic, Breakthru, These Are The Days Of Our Lives
John Deacon (a.k.a. 'Deaky')
- Bassist
- Is the most quiet and drama-free member
- Sometimes nicknamed 'Disco Deaky' for the way he moves on stage
- Unfortunately he retired from his music career in 1997
Some popular songs he wrote: You're My Best Friend, Another One Bites The Dust, I Want To Break Free, Friends Will Be Friends
Freddie Mercury
- Lead singer, piano, sometimes played guitar
- Best performer ever in the history of music (imo)
- He was born in Zanzibar, went to boarding school in India and moved to England as a refugee at age 18
- Cat lover
- Fashion icon
- Sadly he died from aids complications in 1991 at age 45 </3
Some popular songs he wrote: Killer Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Are The Champions, Don't Stop Me Now
Some facts
- Freddie Mercury studied design and he designed Queen's logo himself
- Queen's first international hit song was Killer Queen in 1974
- Bohemian Rhapsody is the oldest music video with over 1 billion views on youtube (and it's also one of the first music videos ever made)
- Queen's performance at the charity event Live Aid in 1985 is considered to be the greatest rock performance of all time (watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFHYODzRTs)
- Queen is the only band with all of it's members in the songwriters hall of fame
- Queen's first album is called 'Queen' and was released in 1973
- Queen's fifteenth and last studio album is called 'Made In Heaven' and was released in 1995
- The video for I Want To Break Free (1984) was banned from MTV because it promoted cross-dressing
- Brian and Roger are still very active and are currently touring America with Adam Lambert
My personal fave songs
album: Queen (1973)
- Keep Yourself Alive
- My Fairy King
- Liar
album: Queen II (1974)
- White Queen (As It Began)
- The Loser In The End
- The March Of The Black Queen
- Seven Seas Of Rhye
album: Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
- Killer Queen
- Tenement Funster
- Flick Of The Wrist
- In The Lap Of The Gods
- In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
album: A Night At The Opera (1975)
- Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
- I'm In Love With My Car
- You're My Best Friend
- '39
- Love Of My Life
- Bohemian Rhapsody
album: A Day At The Races (1976)
(my favourite album)
- You Take My Breath Away (this is my favourite song)
- The Millionaire Waltz
- You And I
- Somebody To Love (this was Freddie's favourite song I think)
- Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- Drowse
album: News Of The World (1977)
- We Are The Champions
- All Dead, All Dead
- Spread Your Wings
album: Jazz (1978)
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- Jealousy
- Bicycle Race
- Dreamer's Ball
- Don't Stop Me Now
album: The Game (1980)
- Play The Game
- Another One Bites The Dust
- Need Your Loving Tonight
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
album: Hot Space (1982)
- Back Chat
- Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
- Under Pressure w/ David Bowie
album: The Works (1984)
- Radio Ga Ga
- It's A Hard Life
- I Want To Break Free
album: A Kind Of Magic (1986)
- One Vision
- A Kind Of Magic
- One Year Of Love
- Friends Will Be Friends
- Who Wants To Live Forever
album: The Miracle (1989)
- Khashoggi's Ship
- Breakthru
album: Innuendo (1991)
- Innuendo
- I Can't Live With You
- Delilah
- Bijou
- The Show Must Go On
album: Made In Heaven (1995)
- Let Me Live
- I Was Born To Love You
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
Heaven For Everyone - The Cross ft Freddie Mercury
Technically not a Queen song but it has two Queen members on it so I think it counts. (The Cross is a band with Roger Taylor as the lead singer and guitarist). This song is SO beautiful and meaningful and underrated
Some more pictures
Congrats if you've read all of this because this is a LONG article hahaha I'm so sorry. I really tried to make it shorter but I just love talking about Queen too much.
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HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
