OFF: Queen

[Jon Browne]

In article <19980318205428.19388.qmail at hotmail.com>, Torgo Sedler
<drtorgo at HOTMAIL.COM> writes
>When I think of someone who gave their music their ALL, I think of
>Mercury. The man is dying of AIDS and he still wrote some phenomenal
>tunes, laid down some killer vocals as only he could, appeared in videos
>in his weakened and frail state, and gave us a smile right till the end.
>He never wavered for a second, and never used his illness like other
>celebs will do at times to fuel a 16th minute of fame. When I think I
>can't go on, I think how Mercury did it, and I stop whining about my
>petty problems.

True, True and fair enough. I have no problems with the geezer.
Bit of a chap, really.

>
>So that's all fine and dandy, but does it bother me when people bash
>them? Not at all, not for a second. It didn't bother me when people
>bashed RUSH either, who I like just as much. This is a FREE discussion
>group, and if I wanna say that I think Lemmy is the most over-rated and
>over-picked scab on the music scene today, with a voice that sounds like
>Harvey Firestein with a broken whiskey bottle lodged in his windpipe,
>and lyrics that would make a 4th grader wince, THAT IS MY RIGHT.

I would still humbly submit Ace Of Spades is a better choon than Radio
Ga-Ga.
--
Jon