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mr bad guy 5656
Bohemian: 143 posts
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What I've been wondering for a long time, is what the political preferences were of all queen members. I suppose they had to vote like common people, so... :)
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Flashman
Deity: 4523 posts
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They were all Tories, of course. Most sensible people are.
FLASHMAN STRIKES AGAIN!
Paul Rodgers is not the best thing since fried Fred.
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bigc
Bohemian: 353 posts
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hahahahahaha Like Iain Duncan Smith you mean?
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kyassor
Bohemian: 229 posts
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Flashman wrote: They were all Tories, of course. Most sensible people are. I'm so glad I'm not sensible then :-)
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bigc
Bohemian: 353 posts
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Serry...
Deity: 8271 posts
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They used President Gorbachev's hydrofoil when they came from Vienna to Budapest. But actually it wasn't Gorbachev's hydrofoil (though it was made in USSR) - that's a rumour.
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bigc
Bohemian: 353 posts
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how do you know it was gorbys? did it have a big red mark on it?
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tupincs
Bohemian: 149 posts
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Officially they're all non-political. I think it's good, it wasn't right, if they influenced young people's opinion. Btw they might be liberal mostly.
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Serry...
Deity: 8271 posts
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bigc wrote: how do you know it was gorbys? did it have a big red mark on it? It's in all bios. Read books, mate!
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Wet Willie
Bohemian: 148 posts
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Well, according to Phoebe, Freddie would have voted Conservative. Roger, in the Cyberbarn video, mentions he's glad Tony Blair won the eclections (that would make him Labour) Brian, well seeing how political he has become, and the way he raises his left fist for Hammer to Fall... I would say Left (not Labour, but maybe a little further to the left). No sure here, so don't thinnk it's true. John... well seeing his ideal of clothes (I want to break free video)... Liberal?
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bigc
Bohemian: 353 posts
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Chrirons wrote: Well, according to Phoebe, Freddie would have voted Conservative. ? makes no sense to me the tories brought in section 28, any UK people know what that means, and were very anti-gay at points.
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Wet Willie
Bohemian: 148 posts
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it's in the Mr Mercury memoirs, penned by Phoebe. To give you an exact page is going to be difficult. I do remember thinking it was an odd combination at the time too.
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Fenderek
Deity: 4924 posts
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Chrirons wrote: it's in the Mr Mercury memoirs, penned by Phoebe. Yep- it was there, "An Intimate Memoir". Found it strange too...
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bigc
Bohemian: 353 posts
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kenny everett did too. but then again freddie was a bit of a sell out. sorry!!!! i respect his music and him,but if you look at the facts..it does seem like a little bit of a sell out. homosexuals were certainly given a rough ride by Tory adminstrations in this country.
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tupincs
Bohemian: 149 posts
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In my country conservatives are not really kind to homos, but my gay friends vote them. I don't understand it either. Brian is an artist, a dreamer. What he says isn't really based on reason, but on emotions. And for me a millionaire is not really authentic as far-left voter. (Which he is probably not.) In political issues Roger is smarter.
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August R.
Bohemian: 563 posts
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Well, on Happiness album Roger sings "an honest politician is just a contradiction in terms" (in a song called The Key, if I remember correctly) and I think that tells us what he thinks about politics. I think his relationship to politics is same as his relationship to religion: "they're just to fuck people up." But when I hear Roger singing Lennon's Working Class Hero, I think he makes a statement there as well. End of discussion, as far as Roger is concerned.
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Fairy
Bohemian: 902 posts
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tupincs wrote: Officially they're all non-political. I think it's good, it wasn't right, if they influenced young people's opinion. I've always appreciated them for it. I wish other stars learned from them, especially here in Italy where it seems that if you don't shout to the world that you're a Leftist you can't make a good artist... Instinctly I would think Freddie was a conservative like Peter says, but of course I can't tell and it's OK so. Fairy
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onevsion
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Wet Willie
Bohemian: 148 posts
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August R. wrote: But when I hear Roger singing Lennon's Working Class Hero, I think he makes a statement there as well. End of discussion, as far as Roger is concerned. As much as I like RMT's version, this song, sung by a milionnaire kind of sounds... not quite right. Even when Lennon sung it, as he used to be very auto-biographical in his songs, it sounds more like self-indulgence than anything else.
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August R.
Bohemian: 563 posts
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Chrirons wrote: August R. wrote: But when I hear Roger singing Lennon's Working Class Hero, I think he makes a statement there as well. End of discussion, as far as Roger is concerned. As much as I like RMT's version, this song, sung by a milionnaire kind of sounds... not quite right. Even when Lennon sung it, as he used to be very auto-biographical in his songs, it sounds more like self-indulgence than anything else. I agree, totally. It's not very convincing when a millionaire rocker (who was also going to b a dentist once) sings this song. But, Roger wanted to put this song on the record, and I think he did it because he agreed with the ideology in the lyrics. BTW, am I the only one who loves Roger's version of this song?? I think it kicks ass!
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