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Queen Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • The songs We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions are used in many sporting events, especially baseball games. []
  • Queen became the first and currently the only band to have ever been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. []
  • In 2005 Queen was inducted into VH1 Rock Honors. []
  • In 2004 Queen was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. []
  • In 2004 Queen's hit song Bohemian Rhapsody was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. []
  • The Queen crest (the logo used on some posters and albums) included all four of the band members Zodiac signs in it. It had a crab for Brian May (Cancer), fairies for Freddie Mercury (Virgo) and lions for John Deacon and Roger Taylor (Leo). []
  • According to the Guinness World Records, 'The Official International Queen Fan Club' is the Longest-Running Rock Group Fan Club in the world. []
  • According to Queen, A Night At The Opera used no synthesizers for any of the songs on the album. []
  • Queen did the scoring for the major 1980 sci-fi film, Flash Gordan. []
  • The musical, We Will Rock You, uses and is based around Queen's songs. []
  • In early 2002, Queen were inducted into the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. []
  • Vanilla Ice sampled Under Pressure for his iconic rap song, Ice Ice Baby. []
  • In 2002, Queen were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. []
  • Queen pipped the The Beatles to win the title of 'Greatest British Band of All Time' in a public vote. Queen polled 400 more votes than the The Beatles in the poll conducted by BBC Radio 2, which asked listeners to choose between a list of five bands, also including The Rolling Stones Take That and Oasis. Each group was judged on song-writing, lyrics, live gigs, originality and showmanship. Over 20,000 listeners voted in the poll. The Rolling Stones came third in the vote, followed by Oasis in fourth and Take That in fifth. []
  • Queen's song We Are the Champions is ranked #86 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll. []
  • Queen is #13 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artist of Hard Rock. []
  • Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the No. 2 greatest number one hit of all time in the UK Channel 4 poll []
  • The members of Queen in order of oldest to youngest is Freddie Mercury (would be 59), then Brian May (58), then Roger Taylor (57), and John Deacon (I) is the youngest (54), even though he looks like the oldest. []
  • No One But You is Queen's only new, post-Freddie Mercury studio recording to date. []
  • Queen teamed up with artist David Bowie to make the song Under Pressure which was a huge success. []
  • Bohemian Rhapsody remains on the top 5 best selling singles for Queen in Britain. []
  • Critics claim that Queen greatest release was their A Night at the Opera. On this release was the song Bohemian Rhapsody. []
  • Queen received their first Gold Album in The United States in 1974. []
  • Queen did some First Band Up for the touring Mott the Hoople. []
  • In 1974 Queen released their second album called Queen II it did not do to well when it was first released. []
  • In 1971 Queen changed their name to match their first album release Queen. []
  • The original group Queen consisted of Brian May and John Deacon (I) who played with a band named Smile, when their lead singer left, Freddie Mercury joined. []
  • On the Queen's Greatest Hits CD Freddie Mercury wrote all of the songs but he was not the only songwriter of Queen . All the members had a hand in writing the songs they sang. []
  • Queen had four members to their group. Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon (I). []
  • Freddie Mercury designed the Crest that the band uses as an Official Crest for Queen. []
  • Queen is now recognized as paving the way for music videos as they did so with their number one hit Bohemian Rhapsody. []
  • Queen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001. []
  • Queen remains second in their home country for popularity and collect ability. The only other group that has surpassed them are the The Beatles. In terms of weeks spent on the chart however, in 2005, Queen passed The Beatles for spending more weeks on the charts. []
  • Queen has sold more than 300 million albums since they began. []
  • Queen hails from Britain and became famous in the mid 70s. []
  • Queen's video for Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the 4th greatest music video of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll. []

Quotes

  • Freddie Mercury: (talking of the band) The others don't like my interviews. And frankly, I don't care much for theirs. []
  • Queen: We've been slagged in the press for our flamboyant stage show. We think a show should be a spectacle. []
  • Freddie Mercury: You know, I designed the Queen crest. I simply combined all the creatures that represent our star signs-and I don't even believe in astrology. []
  • Brian May: There was all that time when we knew Freddie was on the way out, we kept our heads down. []
  • Freddie Mercury: I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid. It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. []

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