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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 18th 2009
     
    I was about 15 years old, and me and my friend went to see 'Mercury' in concert, at our local Palace Theatre. They are a Queen tribute band - the best tribute band too, they are in fact quite close with Brian May and Roger Taylor, and they're performing at Freddie Mercury's memorial on Tuesday in London (it's taken us 18 years to finally release some sort of plaque in his memory).

    Anyway, let's go back to when i was 15 and in the concert watching them perform. I couldn't believe how much this guy sounded like Freddie.

    After the gig, we saw him in the bar and i got all tongue tied and nervous as i was foolish and just a teen - and i remember harassing him for his sweatband LOL! He actually did give it me in fact.

    They tour all over Britain now, sometimes abroad, they're really worth going to see if you're a Queen fan and they're near you.

    Tonight, i was in a Queen forum, and i realised i still had a PM that i hadn't replied to...it has been in my inbox all week. So i responded, and it turns out this guy is actually from Mercury! He lives not too far from me, and at first i thought it was the guy who played as Roger, because i know he lives close by. But he told me he was in fact the guy who plays Freddie. We then got chatting and he actually remembers giving me the sweatband! Even though it was nearly 10 years ago!

    He then told me he had to go on stage, but he's given me his email address. Which was a nice touch.

    It might not be the real Freddie, but it's good enough, eh? ;) lol.
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    I think that's wonderful! A musician I met years upon years ago, in one of the most successful bands in the South, has remained a friend of mine through the years. Sometimes our paths don't cross often, but it's nice knowing he's out there.
    He's a bass player. I used to be their "mascot", because I befriended them and took them home to fix supper for them. They hadn't eaten. I felt sorry for them,a nd they were such a good-sounding group. We were all in high school. They went on to be the youngest group to ever perform at the Birmingham Shower of the Stars.
    Went on right before some very big names. He's a great family man, and a respected business man, but he still plays the bass. One of the nicest people I have ever met. But then, I think bass players are very cool. (as in Paul).

    However, ours is friendship, not romantic, but I think yours sounds like it cold be romantic, Lozzy? If so, good for you!
    • CommentAuthorwudy
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    How neat. It reminds me of my friend Tiffany. She and her sister are huge fans of music and, yes, musicians. She and her now partner met at a club after one of his gigs. Tim came and chatted with Tiff and Carrie at their table: numbers and e-mails were exchanged. Tiff e-mailed him like two days later thinking there was no way ever in the world he would remember her; and, he not only remembered her name, her clothes, their discussion, etc.. They’ve been together almost 5 years now. He is a bass player (what is it with guitar players) with a hugely successful and respected punk singer/TV personality and Tiff travels with them when she can. One can never tell.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Well...yes. I have been worried actually that it might sound 'romantic'. I have a boyfriend you see...of 4 years. There's no way I could ever go out with this freddie guy...but maybe he's just being friendly?
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      CommentAuthorgiacoma
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Why not, maybe he is being friendly
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Or maybe he wants to pluck her G-string.
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    I start enjoying not to understand English immediately. I read ”Or maybe he wants to pluck her G-string” and thought he wants to play a concert in G on her G point.
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    Or *that* was the meaning? A sonata on G-strings? LMAO Mrs T! :swingin:
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    He can pluck my G-string as many times as he wants ;)
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    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Lozzy plays the guitar...guitars have a G-string...a piece of naughty undies is sometimes called a G-string...I have a dirty mind...I like bawdy jokes.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    i was thinking about the naughty undies...

    speaking of guitar, i'm trying to write a song but my mind has been all over the place this week.

    I'm writing the music first, then lyrics after. I enjoy writing lyrics - my speciality.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Back when I used to write songs, I usually got either the music or the lyrics first as an inspiration, then fit the words or the tune to it. But I had to have an insipiration--I've never sat down to write a song unless I had something rattling around in my head to start with.
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    Lozzy he sounds very cute, you should keep talking to him and maybe mention your bf "by the way"... Must be awesome to be remembered like that. I hope that the band I used to work with will remember me too when they're big and famous.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    Yeah, i've mentioned my boyfriend....don't think it's bothered him, therefore he must just wanna be friends.

    he's invited me to a gig - 27th Dec, a local gig. I might go. Would be nice to see him again.

    It's funny, i keep wanting to email him, like...all the time. We were chatting earlier and he never replied to something i said, and not heard from him since. Maybe he's just busy.

    He always asks me if i've had a good day etc...

    god! listen at me! I have a boyfriend for heavens sake! lol
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    It's perfectly normal. You just have to realize this is just excitement and not love :)
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2009
     
    :)
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    Go to the gig! You might meet another guy there! Then you would have three to pick from.

    okay, I'm going to live through you on this one. Hey, don't settle down for one. Just enjoy life. Love them all.

    ah hell. bad advice. I didn't even do that. I stayed shut up in my house like Bette Davis "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane"
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2009
     
    Me and my boyfriend don't go out much.

    This would be good for us.
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    Does he like Queen too?
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      CommentAuthorgiacoma
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2009
     
    Fan I really like your suggestions!
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 20th 2009
     
    Possum yeah, but not as much as me lol. Fanny - I'm no cheater.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    He wanted to see a pic of me!!!
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    A nekkid pic? :shocked:
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 23rd 2009
     
    noooooo!
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    An half-nekkid one?
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2009
     
    Which side, left or right? Inquiring minds want to know!
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2009 edited
     
    well, we have been talking about nipples, titties, arses and sex a lot if you must know.

    but it wasn't a naked picture.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 24th 2009
     
    actually, our conversations are getting just too dirty now.

    I actually feel guilty when i look at my boyfriend, with all this flirting i've been doing.

    I'm not doing it anymore. It's just wrong.
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      CommentAuthorgiacoma
    • CommentTimeNov 25th 2009
     
    It sounds meaningless Lozzy.. Just the two of you having fun...speaking or exchanging e-mails
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    If it makes her feel bad maybe it's not meaningless.
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      CommentAuthorgiacoma
    • CommentTimeNov 25th 2009
     
    For her it is not maybe, but it sounds meaningless to me
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 25th 2009
     
    weeeell, what the hell! I'm still talking to him.
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    Ah bon

    You know what's in store for you, don't you








    NB I'M JUST JOKING! I'm in an Hawthornian mood since I wrote about old Nat's novel
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 25th 2009
     
    Does anybody in any industrialized society blink an eye at an "illegitimate" child anymore?
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    Of course not. I was just messing. And tbh just the idea of a child didn't even crossed my mind in this particular case. Maybe I'm the social inept here. Sorry.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2009
     
    Well, come to think of it, a child isn't always the result of adultery.
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    I know it perfecly and I wasn't insinuating that Lozzy is an adulterer. She's just chatting with this bloke and there's nothing wrong in doing it. But as she wrote "I actually feel guilty with all this flirting I've being doing" and then "Weeeeell, what the hell, I'm still talking to him" I thought "Ok, I'll make a joke!" This time I even wrote "I'M JUST JOKING!"
    Maybe it's a language misunderstanding, dunno.
    If Lozzy feels insulted I'll apologize to her.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 26th 2009
     
    And I was going off on a tangent.
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    Lozzy sweetie if it feels wrong, it is. The nature of your relationship is exactly the way you perceive it, consciously or subconsciously, and doesn't really depend on his intentions. If you can talk to him without feeling umm naughty, then great. But you should rethink it if guilt arises.
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      CommentAuthorgiacoma
    • CommentTimeNov 28th 2009
     
    But they are just talking!

    I mean, Lozzy don't you feel guilty for all the naughty things you have said here so far?!?
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      CommentAuthorDean
    • CommentTimeNov 28th 2009
     
    because, you're innocent when you dream.
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    MrsThing: "Does anybody in any industrialized society blink an eye at an "illegitimate" child anymore? "

    In the South, yes they do. In my town, they do. I lost jobs because of it. They call it "for moral reasons". Very bitter history for me there, except God in his Wisdom opened that window for me when the door closed and although I drive a long way to my job everyday, I am with good, wonderful people, with good hearts. I cried the first day on the job because everybody there, almost, hugged me and my child, and treated us nicely. We weren't used to that.

    You can be married and have lots of affairs in my town, though. It's considered OKAY. Doesn't make sense to me, but that's how it's been. The more money you have, the more affairs you can have.

    There's many good things about my town but as a whole I've been miserable here more than I've been happy. But I love the historic aspects, and I try to focus on that, and leave behind the meanness and the corruption. Sometimes it's difficult. Most of the time I can do it, though.
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    Back to Lozzy. Lozzy, do what your heart tells you to do. None of us know, only you do, as what to do. I just know that sometimes boyfriends can deceive you and I could kick myself for wasted time with someone not meant for me. However, if you got a good man, no need in losing him.
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    I tend to agree with Op.
    Gia, I didn’t read ALL the “naughty” things Lozzy wrote here – actually just something – but I always perceived what I read as mere jokes. I really enjoy Lozzy’s “naughtiness” here and on Twitter, she’s very funny, she makes me smile often and I think she enjoys herself when she writes “naughty” things in these contexts. So when I read “I actually feel guilty”, well… I know she’s just talking to this guy, there’s nothing wrong with the thing in itself, she’s not “guilty” but since she says she feels guilty maybe it’s not carefree chatting anymore.
    That said, Lozzy, Dean’s right: you’re innocent when you dream. You just have to understand why you feel guilty.

    P.S. I know I’ve been told to stop apologizing for my bad English, but still I want to do it because I misunderstood and have been misunderstood, mainly (at least, I hope!) because of my poor vocabulary and bad grammar.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2009
     
    Don't worry about misunderstanding and being misunderstood. We're very tolerant of that here. Just ask for an explanation, or give one when asked. No big deal.
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      CommentAuthorLozzykinz
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2009
     
    Thanks everyone for your lovely comments.

    Honestly, you do make me feel better about everything.

    You're right though, i have done nothing wrong, we're just talking, therefore....why feel guilty?

    When we have sex, now THAT'S when i should feel guilty ;)
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2009
     
    Maybe you feel guilty because you're attracted to this new guy? If you plan to keep your current boyfriend long-term, you'll find yourself attracted to other people from time to time. It's up to you what to do about it, but there's nothing wrong with being attracted to someone else.
    • CommentAuthorzelda
    • CommentTimeNov 29th 2009
     
    There is always temptation.What is loyal and what is not. You should be able to know that fairly soon.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeNov 30th 2009
     
    Man, if I stopped to count the number of men I've been attracted to since marrying Mr. Thing, I'd be stopped for a long time! A few of them liked me back, too. One of them made a pass at me, which I repelled. Just the idea of jeopardizing my marriage or his scared the shit out of me.