Queen : a kind of magic

I went and saw the Queen tribute concert this week. First off, there will be only one Freddie Mercury. His talent and charisma was singular. As I said to Rob while watching, I am kind of glad it as as good as Queen. It would have been disappointing if a bunch of guys got together and sound exactly like them. It was great fun, and reminded me why I loved their music so much back when I was young. It certainly doesn't always RAWK out, but is full of poppy hooks and is great fun! I can remember singing along to Good Ol Fashion Loverboy when I was 16, 17 years old and loving it! This at a time when you had to be a headbanger or else. And as obvious as it seems now, I really didn't think that much about Fredide being gay. I mean it never crossed my mind! Through Queen I learnt to appreciate other genre's of music.

I always recall the comment Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails said about Freddie Mercury in an interview with an older journo from Rolling Stone or Spin. "When Freddie Mercury died it wasthe same for me, as it was when you lost John Lennon."