Survives virtual strangulation by  an over-starched ruff...  (It's a Hard Life!)    

Emerges unscathed from a vat of bleach...

 (Who Wants to Live Forever?)

And an extra just for you, folks!

He turns into a flirtatious, gum-chewing schoolgirl!

What a DRAG!

(I Want to Break Free...)

TWO, THREE, COUNT ME IN! 

MY BOOK OF TEENAGE EROTICA (c.1975)                                                                                  

Introduction:    Roger Taylor

Narrative:         Roger Taylor

Conclusion:         Roger Taylor

Do you know, do you know, do you know, just how I feel ? ...

I feel so inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar, inar – ticulate...  

 SHEEEEEEEEEEER HEART ATTACK!

  Roger Taylor, (Sheer Heart Attack - News of the World

/Queen Rocks)

‘The Love of my Life’ when I was a teenager, I both admired and looked up greatly to Roger. At the time he was quoted as saying ‘I’m no angel, and I don’t pretend to be’ (although many of us thought he looked like one!) It was only from a distance, but the group I adored, and Roger in particular, helped me through those harrowing months when I saw my mother die of cancer*. There are times when we need to draw strength from the good in another human being - after all, we are ‘All God’s People’.  Looking back now, I know I couldn’t have made a better choice than Roger – so I wrote a poem to express my feelings about it all today:

          To Roger, for my teenage years

It’s the brighter sun I remember

The bad things in life so few

The inspiration that I drew

Even as early as then, you said

Let me take your hand…be your guide

You and me – on each other’s side

The beat came from a different drum

Your heart forever on your sleeve

Always saying what you believe

You were my hero, my role model too

Not for you to sit on the fence

How great to feel your confidence!

…‘Til one day my life went downhill

It was my loss - I won’t pretend

So sorry that it had to end.

© 2004 NOW-IM-HERE.COM

         In colour, quotes taken from: Drowse,

These are the Days of Our Lives,

Ride the Wild Wind

Queen: Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll

Gonna really knock a hole in the wall

Gonna hit ya grab ya hard

Make you feel ten feet tall

Queen II : The Loser in the End

Forget regrets, and just remember

It's not so long since you were young

Sheer Heart Attack: Tenement Funster

I got a way with the girls on my block

Try my best to be a real individual

A Night at the Opera: I’m in love with my Car

Told my girl I'll have to forget her

Rather buy me a new carburettor

So she made tracks saying this is the end

now

Cars don't talk back they're just four wheeled friends now

News of the World: Fight from the Inside  

You gotta fight from the inside

Attack from the rear

Fight from the inside

You can't win with your hands tied

News of the World: Sheer Heart Attack

Hey hey hey hey, It was the D.N.A.

Hey hey hey hey, That made me this way

The Works: Radio Ga Ga

You gave them all those old time stars

Through wars of worlds - invaded by Mars

You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry

You made us feel like we could fly - Radio

The Miracle  - Breakthru*

I wake up

I feel just fine

Your face

Fills my mind

I get religion quick

'Cos you're looking divine

Honey you're touching something,you're touchin' me

I'm under your thumb, under your spell,

can't you see ?

If I could only reach you
If I could make you smile

If I could only reach you
That would really be a breakthru..

The Miracle  - The Invisible Man*

I'm the invisible man
Incredible how you can
See right through me...

I'm the invisible man
It's criminal how I can
See right through you... 

No-one knows what I've been through

 - let my flag unfurl
So I make my mark from the edge of the world...

*Queen compositions, lyrics mainly attributed to Roger 

A Day at the Races:  Drowse

Never wanted to be the boy next door

Always thought I'd be something more

But it ain't easy for a smalltown boy

Jazz: More of That Jazz

 Huh, only football gives us thrills

Rock 'n' roll just pays the bills

Only our team is the real team

The Game:  Rock it (Prime Jive)

When I hear that rock and roll

It gets down to my soul

When it's real rock and roll...

Hot Space: Action This Day

You've got the power to love and to live...

I gotta feeling that just won't quit...

...we've gotta learn to live

 A Kind of Magic: A Kind of Magic 

One dream, one soul, one prize, one  goal

One golden glance of what should be... 

Innuendo - Ride the Wild Wind*

Get your head down...

we're gonna ride tonight

Your angel eyes are shining bright

I wanna take your hand

lead you from this place

 Gonna leave it all behind...

Innuendo: 

These Are the Days of Our Lives*

Sometimes I get to feelin'
I was back in the old days - long ago
When we were kids, when we were young
Things seemed so perfect - you know ?
The days were endless, we were crazy - we were young
The sun was always shinin' - we just lived for fun

Made in Heaven: Heaven for Everyone 

This could be heaven for everyone

This world could be fed, 

this world could be fun

This should be love for everyone

This world could be free,

this world could be one

We should bring love  

to our daughters and sons

(Talking about ‘One Vision’ in 1985): The original words were actually about Martin Luther King. Now I haven’t got a clue what it’s about. Somebody said it was about Bob Geldof but I don’t think it is. They changed all my words – that rotter Freddie! 

(Transcribed from Greatest Hits II DVD)

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