When John Lennon's Son Tried to get him to listen Queen even before they Released Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen and The Beatles are two of the biggest Rock bands of all time. Both bands had four members. The Beatles had Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr while Queen had Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.

John Lennon's son Julian Lennon was an early fan of Queen.
John Lennon gave an interview to Spin in the spring of 1975. During the interview, he discussed about Queen. To put things in context, Queen had only released three albums at that point: Queen, Queen II, and Sheer Heart Attack. The biggest hit of Queen at that time was Killer Queen. They had not yet released their biggest hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, Another One Bites the dust, and many other iconic songs. Julian was still a fan of Queen

John discussed his son Julian's great musical taste. “He is a bright kid and he’s into music. I didn’t encourage him, but he’s already got a band in school…. He likes Barry White and he likes Gilbert O’ Sullivan. He likes Queen, though I haven’t heard them yet. He turns me on to music.”

John Lennon discussed how his son tried to get him to listen to Queen. “I call him and he says, ‘Have you heard Queen?’ and I say ‘No, what is it?’ I’ve heard of them. I’ve seen the guy … the one who looks like Hitler playing a piano … Sparks? I’ve seen Sparks on American TV. So I call him and say, ‘Have you seen Sparks? Hitler on the piano?’ and he says, ‘No. They are alright. But have you seen Queen?’ and I say ‘What’s Queen?’ and then he tells me. His age group is hipper to music… at 11, I was aware of music, but not too much.”


The lead singer of Queen Freddie Mercury was a huge fan of John Lennon. In the book Freddie Mercury: A Life in His Own Words, he praised Lennon by saying: “John Lennon was larger than life, and an absolute genius".
Queen even gave tribute to Lennon after his death by singing his most popular song Imagine

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