more content in German | mehr Inhalt auf deutschAnother photo from yesterday’s walk – combined with a little question:
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Another snail-mail scam with a pretended poll like that mineral oil one…
The Ultimate Rock God
Elvis may have be the king of rock’n’roll, but God, of course, can only be Freddie! 
Even though an online poll among a meager 4000 fans (selected how? those who happened to come across the poll?) is anything but representative… a British tabloid had a brief report, Skiddle wrote a bit more about it, and Rockantenne mentioned it on the radio this morning. And I, being a Queen fan, have to write about it here, of course…
A spokesman of Onepoll (where the poll was held) said:
Everybody loved Freddie Mercury, his theatrical performances on-stage were incredible and set him apart from other rock stars.
Got nothing to add here – except for the Top 20, of course (taken from Skiddle). Queen guitarist Brian May also made this list:
- Freddie Mercury (Queen)
- Elvis Presley
- Jon Bon Jovi
- David Bowie
- Jimi Hendrix
- Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Slash (Guns N’ Roses)
- Bono (U2)
- Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
- Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses)
- Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
- Jim Morrison (The Doors)
- Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
- Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
- Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
- Brian May (Queen)
- James Hetfield (Metallica)
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
- Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Solution to Quote of the Day 15
I combined this quote with a quiz about its origin last Saturday:
“For certain there never were witches and warlocks in this world, but it’s just as undeniable that throughout history people believed in cheaters who had the talent of acting as sorcerers.”
(my translation)
6 people participarted, 11th, 18th and 21st century were each picked by 2. Correct is: 18th century. Last weekend’s Donaukurier, where I found it, attributed it to Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), but German WikiQuote shows as confirmed source Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author. Guess a DK editor might have messed up copy&paste in this quote collection…
Photo: sgursozlu/sxc
Quote of the Day (15)
Let’s combine the following quote with a little quiz:
“For certain there never were witches and warlocks in this world, but it’s just as undeniable that throughout history people believed in cheaters who had the talent of acting as sorcerers.”
(my translation)
When is this quote from?
- 11th century (33%, 2 Votes)
- 18th century (33%, 2 Votes)
- 3rd millennium (33%, 2 Votes)
- Ancient Greece (0%, 0 Votes)
- Julius Ceasar's time (0%, 0 Votes)
- 1960s (0%, 0 Votes)
Votes total: 6
Loading ...Solution (20 Dec): 33% were right, it’s from the 18th century. Last weekend’s Donaukurier, where I found it, attributed it to Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872), but German WikiQuote shows as confirmed source Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author. Guess a DK editor might have messed up copy&paste in this quote collection…
Photo: sgursozlu/sxc