Famous bands/artists talking about Queen

John Cleese. What a legend.

Patti LaBelle planning on releasing a cover of The Show Must Go On!

I've got a video of Morten Harket, lead singer of a-ha, talking about Queen at the Norwegian premiere of We Will Rock You. Unfortunately It's all in Norwegian which I do not speak.

Post the vid mate. Hopefully we can get someone to translate it.

This video also has a bit of him interviewed at the Oslo premiere.

The whole Rage interview/video with Muse is worth watching. It's hilarious.

Robbie Williams and Luke Spiller (The Struts) talk about Queen and especially some of our fellow fans...



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Elvis "Not A Fan" Costello about Under Pressure in 1981 (Source: Melody Maker October 31st 1981).

More from a-ha's Morten Harket, now in english!
Here's some parts from his interview at the Oslo premiere of We Will Rock You translated with him talking about Freddie Mercury:
"'Freddie Mercury was one of the vocalists I tried to sound like when I first started singing', Morten told Dagbladet on the red carpet.
'He hit me when I was around 15-16, during a period when I was really developing [as a singer], and I walked the streets trying to sing like him and Johnny Cash. That’s how I became what I am.'" (Source)

In an article in The London Times (i'm guessing this one), Morten cited Queen as big inspirations twice:
"Vocalists: Freddie Mercury. "A great range, and also a great approach to singing. He knew how to use the media - not by taking it seriously, by understanding how unimportant it really was. I think he was a deeply honest man. I never met him properly but he was a good friend of my former manager, who always loved him".

Albums: A Night at the Opera - Queen. "This was a real climax, although I loved some of the earlier Seventies stuff too. What strikes me more than anything else about Queen is character. Technical singing is secondary to flamboyance doesn't mean much to me. Character is everything."" (Source)

Additionally, here's a video of him covering Love Of My Life in 1991, he supposedly has also performed Killer Queen (and Love Of My Life) live around 2004.