missed it by that much
i've been a huge fan of queen ever since, at the age of three, i first heard bohemian rhapsody. i was utterly hooked from that moment on. i'd beg for the records and cassettes(yes, it really was that long ago) for birthday and christmas presents, i'd play my little stereo till its speakers bled. no other band got so much as a look-in.

then, one glorious day, my friend told me she had tickets to see queen in concert, would i like to come?
does a bear defecate amongst the foliage? of course i'd like to come!
with assurances from her father that we would be properly escorted and watched over by him, i raced home to give my parents the good news.



they said no.
just no.


despite the fact we had a responsible adult with us, despite the fact that i wouldn't have to pay a penny, despite the fact that it wasn't on a school night, they decided that i was too young to go and effectively dropped a portcullis across the drawbridge of well-thought-out arguments.

not only were my dreams thwarted, but the concert i was stopped from attending was the knebworth concert, their last before freddie mercury died.
i will never forgive them for this.


my greatest hero at the moment is terry pratchett, an absolute literary god. i queued outside forbidden planet for 4 hours to meet him and have him sign my books. despite the massive number of fans he'd already had to deal with, he was polite, courteous and an utter joy to speak to.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 15:17, 8 replies)

He
probably thought each person was the first.



...think about it!
(dchurch bah, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:01, closed)

ooo, that was naughty!
i'm sure he'd laugh, though.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:07, closed)

I applaud your parents
For shielding you from the experience of having to see one of the shittest bands in the history of the universe.
(username1, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:23, closed)

say what you like
he is beyond your taunts now.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:58, closed)

I've just posted a story that's the opposite of yours
about my daughter and her mate going to see Robbie Williams, same set-up as you'd have had.

I wonder what your parents' problem was? How old were you? My daughter and her mate were both 15 and we thought that was OK, and we didn't even go in with them.

They were only trying to protect you though. Parents're like that.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:47, closed)

i was 12, i think
possibly 13. they'd have let my younger sister go. they've always been strangely overprotective of me.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 16:57, closed)

D'you think they were subconsciously worried that you'd catch
teh gay?
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:06, closed)

no
they've always thought i was gay. i'm not, so it's quite puzzling.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 17 Apr 2009, 17:14, closed)