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Archived Essays

March 2006 edition
The Revival of Queen Drummer Roger Taylor
It has been 19 years since Roger Taylor has toured with Queen as the drummer. Roger is currently on his second leg of the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour this time heading back to the United States also including Canada. Over night Roger has revived his own legacy as a rock hero, along with Brian May and the legacy of Queen. Roger Taylor may be looking gravely different from his long haired, tight leather pant and bare-chested looks of the 70's (See picture 1) - to a more sophisticated, mature and conservative look that he currently has in the 2005-06.
Today there are still hints of the young Roger still dwelling within his aging body as can be seen in some recent photos of Roger Taylor on the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour 2005-06.
Roger is still wooed and raved after by many hopeful women wanting to catch the eye of the aged drummer. Even at the age of 57 he is able to captivate and attract the purest of female hearts as he burns through his tour drumming new beats of admiration for him from his new and old fans. As each concert is preformed Roger's popularity amongst both male and female fans catapults to a new height of popularity, one that he has not experienced at this magnitude for some time.
As Queen move forward into a new direction with Paul Rodgers for a brief moment in time, something amazing is happening. The legacy of one of Rock's drumming legend is renewed and revived penetrating through the barriers of the current pop music culture that exists today in the modern day. See the articles listed below to see some of the media reports on Roger Taylor, Brian May and Paul Rodgers for current USA second tour.
All of a sudden a new generation of young adolescence that are accustomed to studio produced music now know who Queen are again and who the drummer in Queen is. As for the older long term Roger Taylor Queen fans, that have been starved from a man they all loved so dearly since the death of Freddie Mercury, they all of a sudden have their hero back in front of them playing for them all over again.
Only the mists of time can tell how long the Roger Taylor Revival will last. One thing is for sure the longer Roger continues with Queen in it's current format the longer the legacy of Roger Taylor and Queen will live on in the hearts and minds of new and the now older generation of Queen and Paul Rodgers Fans. Roger Taylor has stepped out of the shadows of the past into the current day finding new fame and acceptance from many different cultural groups and from a vast age range.
Keep on drumming Roger the younger generation are just getting to know you for the first time. There is a legacy that needs to be passed on and it is your turn to tell the story.
By Isis
'Liar' – A Rock ballad about betrayal by one that you open yourself up to and love.
My love could teach the blind to see
My love's the wildest mystery
My love said she'd be the one
Now I know
Baby you're a liar
You're a liar
(Reference: http://www.aussiequeens.com/lyrics/cr-madbadanddangeroustoknow.htm#liar)
One of the greatest sociological themes running through music is that of loss or betrayal of a loved one. The Cross song 'Liar' is certainly an example of this. Throughout history the theme of the gilted or betrayed lover occurs constantly, usually with the result of the betrayed person feeling hurt, lost, angry or depressed. This often leads to them seeking revenge, becoming sucidial, trying to rekindal a dead feeling or writing poetry.
The song 'Liar' falls into this last category. The protagonist of the song seems to have discovered that their lover has betrayed them. Rather than seeking revenge or top themselves they decide to bemoan their fate and redirect their anger by calling the object of their desires and instigator of heart ache a liar. Sociologically this shows how a relations once built on love and trust passes through this stage of anger to hatered once a betrayal of this trust has occured. The implication of this to society to in general show that love is a remarkable fragile thing which can be broken very simply. Is this indicative of the general fragility of society itself. Is The Cross making a suggestion that society which hangs together on mutal trust as fragile as a love affair that deteriorates the moment something happens to breach that trust.
As in the line of the song
When my love dances she makes me cry
My love dances with me tonight
My love said she'd be the one
(Reference: http://www.aussiequeens.com/lyrics/cr-madbadanddangeroustoknow.htm#liar)
Which clearly show the harmony of the relationship expressed through the neccesary harmonies of dance and music, but also the essential harmonies that create the dance of life we call society. We rely on this essential haromony on this "dance" to feel safe and secure within our role in this society. When that society betrays us such as through disaster, political unrest, unemployment we react in anger, stricking out at that socitey and labelling the representatives of that society as 'Liars'. At the same time however like our protaginist trying to win his lady back we try to reintergrate into society often by using inappropriate methods. As he states:
Baby you're a liar, oh yeah
You're a liar
A liar
I'm burning with desire
(Reference: http://www.aussiequeens.com/lyrics/cr-madbadanddangeroustoknow.htm#liar)
He is burning with desire to get back to this person who has betrayed him (unlikely after publically calling her a liar) parelles the social misfits desire to reintergrate into society while at the same time engaging in anti-social behaviour. Our protaginist attacks the object of his desire by calling him a liar. The social misfit attacks the object of their desire through crime, graffetti or otherwise making a spketical of themselves. Both are attemping to attract the attention of the object of their desire in a negative way having some strange belief that this will endear them and enable them once more to enter into a relationship.
With the look of a panther
I got lost in the jungle
(Reference: http://www.aussiequeens.com/lyrics/cr-madbadanddangeroustoknow.htm#liar)
The above quote amply illustrates this point. The panther, a master of camoflage, hides on the fringe of the jungle (ie. society) watching and waiting for a chance and leap in and once more become a member (ie. lost) of society.
So in the song Liar by Peter Noone, we can see not only the social stigma of a lost love but can broaden this to the social fear of being disenfranchaised.
By Icarus Falls and Isis

Archived News Reports

31st April 2006
Queen Fans throughout the world are running a 'Help Queen Get Into USA Main Media Email Campaign': Queen and Paul Rodgers are currently on tour in the states. They are getting very little media coverage from the USA press and the fans are now all sending in emails to a series of media places in a bid to pressure the USA press to cover the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour. Rumours are pouring out of the states that no one knows Queen are heading their way and they are claiming that the promoter has done very little to advertise the tour. Subsequently Queen are not selling out due to people just not knowing about the tour. The ticket prices have been slashed as they were initally set at too high a price. Tickets are selling now for as low as $37.25USD http://pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_433554.html

"Queen Heaven" The Laser Show is going to Vienna: The show is to happen on Feb. 9th at the Zeiss-Planetarium. For more details go to the German site: http://www.planetarium-wien.at/homesite/index.html