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Roger Taylor - Hammersmith 1979

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Just Fun || (Roger Taylor x Reader) || Part Six

Rating: M

Warnings: Language, Angst

Word Count: 5.6k

A/N: so, welcome to the penultimate chapter of just fun. this one’s a real doozy, so strap in, prepare your heart, and get ready for a roller coaster. as always, i’m so grateful for all the reads, and I’m so glad y’all love the story so much!

As always, reblogs and feedback are appreciated! i can’t even explain how happy y’all’s comments make me! 💖

Requests: Open

Months pass and very little changes. Roger will come by, sometimes with the band, most times not, and treat you like you’re a family, like you’re his world, but a few hours later he’s gone again.

It doesn’t stop you from continually falling for him. Not one bit.

You watch Delia grow and you see him in the way she blinks up at you, her little diva personality that you can see in everything from her personality to her facial expressions.

And it doesn’t help that he’ll stay the night sometimes, and he touches your body in a way that feels like he’s touching your soul. The way he talks to you so sweetly and holds you afterward, the way he always makes sure he can see you, the reverent way your name falls from his lips.

You’ve resigned yourself to accepting that everyone definitely knows. There’s no way that your affair can be denied. Not when articles seem to pop up constantly with anonymous sources that expose the two of you. How often he stops by, how often he stays the night, rumors about your the adultery you two engage in behind doors.

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Watercolours (Queen x Artist!Reader)

Summary: After a rough couple weeks you beg the boys to take you with them to Ridge Farm where they then discover a small secret of yours.

Word Count: 1,574 (No wonder it took me forever to write)

A/N: It’s 1:15am and this. was. exhausting. I’m posting a bit later then what I originally planned but as promised, it’s here. This one took a bit of a turn to what I started with but in the end, I think I’m fairly happy with it. Let me know what you think! ♡ (Not my gif)

When you heard Freddie, John, Brian and Roger were taking a road trip to the countryside to record their next album, you practically begged them to let you join. Not only so you could witness the boys create something extraordinary; a new era of Queen, but it also provided the opportunity to escape the recent painfully restless nights in London, where your small apartment felt the slightest bit too cramped for comfort. Your seemingly endless work and responsibilities leaving you tired and burnt out. With the suffocating feeling in your chest becoming far too strong, you knew you needed to step away from the busy world, even for a short while.

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“Please Freddie, I’m begging you.”

“Hmmmm…I’m not sure. John? What do you think, should we bring our little tyrant or leave her behind?” Freddie teases.

“I vote leave her behind.” He puffs

“Hey! Just because I’m good at stopping your fights does not make me a tyrant. If it weren’t for me you would’ve all killed each other by now.”

“Us? Fighting? Never.” Roger drawls, his tone equally as teasing as the other two. Brian sat in the background watching the situation unfold, lightly giggling at your exasperation. It was without question you were going. Even if you didn’t want to, they’d still find a way to convince you. It wasn’t as if they were oblivious to your moods over the past few weeks, it pained them to see you so stressed and exhausted and they knew that disconnecting was exactly what you needed. Plus it meant you all had some time to spend with one another, an occurrence that’d be becoming slightly more rare with their busy schedules. Simply, you needed them and they needed you.

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When the day finally came, you couldn’t contain your excitement for the whole journey. It was almost as if the second you stepped out of the car you felt instantly relieved of the pressures that had been troubling you for so long. After taking in a breath of fresh air studying your surroundings you then turned to the others, “Isn’t it beautiful?” After taking a drag of his cigarette Roger spoke up “I thought this was supposed to be a recording studio.” Clearly the boys weren’t as sold on the new setting as you were. Paul had shown you all to your rooms and told you to make yourself comfortable as recording would start in a few day’s time after everyone had settled in. The five days that followed were slow but still comforting. The new setting caused a shift in everyone’s attitude, provided an opportunity to take a load off and relish in the simple atmosphere.

Mainly you just settled into the new environment, making yourself familiar with the in’s and out’s of the place. Apart of course from the evening you and Brian decided to go for a walk together, getting caught in the rain and running back to the house, only to find that Roger had locked you out despite denying your claims. (Even though it was easily distinguishable from his howling laughter on the other side of the door). But soon enough, everything was set up and the boys were ready to start.

On the first day, Freddie insisted you stay next door and spend the morning taking a moment to yourself: “You’ve been stuck with us the past five days, at least take a hour or so to yourself.” He said. You realised he was right, the entire point of you going on the trip was so you could think through some things and figure out what to do next. As much as you enjoyed your time with the four, spending every waking moment with them somewhat defeated the purpose.

“Alright,” You smiled, “But you’ll be next door if I need you, yes?”

“Always Darling.”

Somehow they knew exactly what you needed, exactly when you needed. One thing the boys didn’t know about you however, was that you held a certain passion for art. Though you didn’t think of yourself much more then a hobbyist, your work said otherwise. Originally, you started out painting landscapes but as your friendship with Queen developed, you saw more enjoyment in painting them. They brought a new essence into your life, which then reflected in your work.

After settling down at the dining table with your supplies spread all over it, the small tin of watercolours making a quiet ‘clang’ as you placed them down, you flicked through the leather-bound folio. Knowing you had a couple hours on your own you made the bold choice to work on a few unfinished sketches from the last show you visited, it wasn’t as if anyone would see, you’d just have to pack up before noon when they came back for lunch. You didn’t exactly enjoy keeping your hobby a secret but you struggled to overcome the anxieties of not being good enough and kept your work solely for your eyes only. With your work station set, you began. You hand moved effortlessly across the paper, and the whirlwind of colours bled into one another. Each pencil and brush stroke placed with a calculated precision. A certain love and care that could only be highlighted through art.

Just as everything was going well, a heavy gust of wind blew though the open window, sending pages flying, scattering pencils and spilling the small dish of water you had out to clean your brushes. Cursing to yourself for not closing the window earlier, you hurriedly soaked up the water with a nearby cloth, hoping it hadn’t ruined any of your paintings and in the process; knocked your tea off of the table, thus resulting in the cup shattering on the hardwood floor.

“(Y/N)? Are you alright Love?” John’s voice called out, the barn door creaking as it opened and closed behind him.

“We heard something fall, just wanted to make sure you hadn’t hurt yourself.” Brian added.

“No no, I’m fine. I just spilled my tea is all. You can go back to recording, I can manage.”

As they turned the corner you held your breath hoping your body would block their view from the small disaster behind you.

“Well you look suspicious.” Brian said matter-of-factly.

“Everything’s fine, I’ll clean it up. No need to worry.” As you were speaking to Brian, in the corner of your eye you say John’s head tilt slightly to the side, your open sketchbook and art supplies now in his full view. A small smiles played on his lips, “Is that Fred?” He said, nodding toward a stray piece of paper.

“What? No, I mean yes,” In that moment you knew there wasn’t any redemption. Would they think it’s strange? Surely they would, otherwise you wouldn’t have hidden it for so long. The press taking photos is one thing but their friend using them as a muse without their knowledge is whole other ordeal in its own.

And at that moment, just like clockwork, Roger and Freddie walked in. “What’s going on?” The black haired male asked.

“(Y/N)’s an artist apparently, a bloody good one at that.” John said as he picks up some of the sketches you’d been painting over.

“No, that’s certainly not what’s happening, I umm-,” Although you knew it was already far too late, you scrambled for the loose pages that escaped your sketchbook, silently praying that they wouldn’t see any more then what they already had. Despite your efforts, each of the boys had already picked up various pieces and were studying each one in immense detail. The swirls of colour and carefully places lines depicted Freddie flaunting on stage, John and Brian deep in concentration during their respective solos, Roger twirling drumsticks in his hands and finally, the group taking their final bows at the end of the show. Each piece held a certain vibrancy that they hadn’t seen before.

“I never knew you saw us like this,” Roger breathes out in disbelief, holding the pages up to the light and studying them further.

You hesitated for a moment, but then spoke, “What do you mean? Of course I do, you’re my family.” You still felt shy but you spoke honestly nonetheless. “I can’t quite describe it but when you’re performing you’re just, in your element doing what you love. You’re all just so raw and so, you. I like trying to capture that.”

“What? When do you even-?” Freddie pressed.

Scratching the back of you head you went on, “I usually sketch while you’re performing and then I’ll paint that night after you’ve all gone back to your hotel rooms. It distracts me from my own thoughts I guess.” An uneasy silence filled the air.“These ones were from your tour in Sweden, I’ve been meaning to finish them for a while but never really got around to it. I know they’re not the best and doing this without you knowing is strange but-”

“Oh shut up.” Roger said, pulling you into a hug.

“They’re amazing,” John paused “We don’t want you thinking otherwise.”

“Especially with the way you go on when we’re feeling insecure about our playing.” Brian added.

“I only go on about it because you blatantly ignore you’re talented.” You interject, lightly pouting.

“And look who’s blatantly ignoring their own talent now,” Freddie smirks. “I’d even go as far to say you made me look too handsome.”

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"This is for John" (x)

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Crystal Taylor on being asked to share his best memories of his time with Roger and Queen. [x]

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My list of female fronted bands/ female artists + genre and a shitty description. Continually updated

I tried to sort by genre and decade (70s, 90s, 00/10s) and include links to their spotifys. Feel free to add more! Pls dont let this flop

Fleetwood Mac - classic rock pop. for cottagecores and witches. One of the most iconic bands and if ur on here you probably already listen to them.

Fanny - pioneering all-female rock band from the 70’s. One of David Bowie’s favorite bands They were groundbreaking

The Runaways - big, loud, classic, guitar-driven rock n roll. Basically the first all-female band to leave an impression doing it ‘like the boys’; they were all teens, too. Like fanny, they broke barriers for women in rock, more famous than fanny tho

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - joan jett might as well be the definition of a rockstar™️ no man could ever match up

Patti Smith - punk rock’s poet. Royalty. The punk ™️

Blondie - “most commercially successful band to emerge from the New York punk/new wave community of the late '70s.” Simply iconic and even if you think you havent, you have bopped to their songs, and thats a promise

X-Ray Spex - English punk band of the late seventies fronted by the one and only Poly Styrene. They didnt release a lot of music though ://

The Raincoats - post-punk before post-punk was a thing. One of the most significant female punk bands of the 70’s

The Slits - right there along with the raincoats, female punk from the 70’s. When they started they barely knew how to play, but they didn’t let that stop them, and it went really well

ESG - lively funk. Bass line 😚👌🏽makes you dance

7 Year Bitch - aggressive punk from the nineties. I am convinced that they could beat me up really bad(ass).

Bikini Kill - the og riot grrrl band. Feminist punk from the 90s

Le Tigre - more electronic band fronted by Kathleen Hannah from bikini kill

Bratmobile - the other og riot grrrls

Sonic Youth - experimental indie rock. Really important and influential, influenced the likes of Radiohead and doesn’t get nearly enough recognition for it

Elastica - catchy hook-driven punk rock. Truly great and ahead of their time

Garbage - guitar-based, electronic-washed pop rock. Similar to sonic youth but a bit more pop

Sleater-Kinney - defining American indie rock band of the second half of the '90s. Riot grrrl roots, one of the best bands of their time (according to spotify. I think theyre cool)

Pj Harvey - theatrical and intense lyrics that explore many topics like female sexuality among many others that im too lazy to say. She has left a deep and lasting impression in rock, really iconic. Indie rock sensation

Destroy boys - modern riot grrrl punk rock band, relatable lyrics and songs you can listen to for hours. One of my favorite bands

Big Joanie - black feminist punk band from london. They have a more electronic sound and the bess is really noticeable in their songs. Catchy

Pleasure venom - their music is described as post punk but they draw inspiration and elements from other subgebres of rock to solidify their eclectic sound

No doubt - 90s new wave/ska. Simply iconic, definition of the nineties

Björk - weird ass avant-garde pop. Really innovative

Portishead - 90’s trip hop. The ultimate vibe

Aterciopelados - in spanish genre-bending hippies, their music is unique and transcends genre. backbone band of my hippie upbringing

Mima - in spanish indie singer from puerto rico. Incredible voice and incredible lyrics. My favorite singer ever and she went to my house once

Ile - in spanish puerto rican singer-songwriter. Her sound differs from song to song but its rooted in classical latin styles. Her voice is phenomenal. Was part of calle 13, a really influential rap group in pr and latin america

Nina Simone - do i need to explain? One of the most gifted vocalists ever, pianist and songwriter; cannot be restricted to one genre. Strong, passionate, and emotional, rattles your bones

Skinny Girl Diet - feminist indie trio. Their music is guitar heavy and rick in punk, riot grrrl and grunge elements

Against me! - punk band fronted by trans woman Laura Jane Grace. Opened for green day in 2017

The Objex - punk rock sometimes going at metal

Mommy long legs - punk rock, guitar heavy, and catchy. Im obsessed with them ngl

Nova Twins - electronic + bass/guitar heavy duo. Heavy n melodic shit wish strong vocals

Hands Off Gretel - punk rock from the uk

Guppy - alt rock. Fells heavy but isnt heavy at all (im making no sense) good for vibing with friends

Potty Mouth - feel-good punk rock, catchy songs

Fiona Apple - alternative singer-songwriter turned cult artist. Simply amazing. Poppish

Rilo Kiley - late 90’s early ‘00s indie pop

Paramore - pop punk turned pop rock, 2000s. their most recent albums, in particular, have really bright and recognizable sound and vibe.

The Regrettes - punk-inspired alt pop

The Aquadolls - similar to the regrettes, they have the whole beachy vibe going for them

Mala Rodrigues - in spanish spanish rapper, im scared of her

Tonight alive - catchy pop punk

E^ST - pop hooks and moody indie-electronica, feels kinda weird and alienish

Alanis morissette - actually good dance-pop

Phoebe Bridgers - indie pop. next tumblt indie royalty, im calling it

Snail Mail - indie rock. Aesthetic

Legs Electric - new and small classic rock-inspired all girl band. Only 95 monthly listeners on spotify so if you wanna feel obscure and rock n roll but not becesarrily dark go check them out!

G. L. O. S. S. - hardcore punk. Their name means "Girls Living Outside Society's Shit." Queer, transgebder women, women of color. Rlly hardcore and most of their songs are under two minutes

Feel free to add more!!

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“If I can sit down and be going through a crisis and I can listen to Joni Mitchell or something and I can feel from her that she understands, even though she doesn’t know me, then, for me… I love that, and that’s what I try to do.“

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100 reasons why Stevie Nicks is my favourite person ever

1. Buckingham Nicks record

2. Her 1978 Cal Jam style

3. She dressed as Scarlett O'Hara for Halloween

4. Threatened to quit FM after learning the meaning of the album title ‘Tusk’

5. Silver Springs, sung directly to Linds

6. Say You Will tour side bangs

7. Dunkin’ Doughnuts with Christine McVie

8. The Dance Rhiannon intro

9. Gypsy music video

10. “Her Rhiannon in those days was like an exorcism”

11. “Carol you look like you’re a stewardess”

12. “Well I don’t think that you could say that to Bob Dylan”

13. Animal crackers are the best

14. Crescent moon necklaces

15. Crystal visions

16. Her thoughts on the fashion of the band

17. NO CLICK?!?

18. Stevie and Lindsey’s Sara antics during OWTS

19. Shawl twirling

20. Tambourine dancing

21. “Who are we to deserve the USC band to play for us?”

22. Forgetting to put the car in park…

23. Let’s join Fleetwood Mac and use the money to fix reverse in our car!

24. “The next song is not what I thought it was… It’s not my song at all… It’s actually Chris’ song…”

25. Destiny Rules spirit catcher

26. “And people wonder why we are still not together”

27. Amazing harmonies with Linds

28. “When you’re not looking is when people show up. So if it happens, great, and if it doesn’t, that’s OK; I’m a creative person, and I fill my world with creativity.”

29. Hand placement on Lindsey in the photo in the 2015 remastered Tusk edition

30. “We used to pin $100 bills up on the walls of our apartment just for fun.”

31. Inspirational Gypsy intros

32. “Lindsey, bar none, was the man who loved me the most”

33. The Wild Heart dedication to Robin

34. “When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful, wanted. And then when you are those things, the world tells you they are inferior: illogical, weak, vain, empty.”

35. Night time self portraits (NOT SELFIES!)

36. *holds plastic cup* “This is not vodka, like it used to be”

37. Black flowy witchy outfits

38. Baton twirling during the Tusk day at Dodger Stadium

39. AHS guest appearance

40. Dr Fuckhead

41. The fact that a 16 minute demo of Sara exists #Iwant #pleasestevie

42. “I’ve got more important things to worry about than people thinking that I’m a witch”

43. Sulamith and her fuck load of cashmere!

44. The Nicks Fix (she’s so cool)

45. Her travel tips: put ‘X’s in tape on your luggage so it can be easily found

46. Protesting the “packing up, shacking up” line in Go Your Own Way

47. Pretending to ice-skate around the stage with Lindsey

48. OPI Big Apple Red nail polish is the best

49. Black top hats

50. Her gorgeous hair

51. Tapping Chris’s bum with her tambourine

52. Her collection of awesome rings

53. “Pretend you’re Greta Garbo and I’m Marlene Dietritch”

54. We agree, social media can be “evil”

55. She officiated Vanessa Carlton’s wedding

56. Black platform boots will forever be in style

57. Rolling Stones version of Gypsy

58. “Mick is wearing the worst shoes I’ve ever seen in my whole life!”

59. “Lindsey loves graveyards!”

60. “So if you’re not a swan, you can pretty much figure out that you’re never going to have a long term relationship”

61. Dallas 1978 interview #babystevie

62. Masterclass interview with Oprah

63. I said to the director “you can’t shoot that guy in my video!”

64. We agree, you should have been on the Tusk album cover instead of Ken’s dog!

65. Not just one, BUT TWO, Stand Back music videos

66. She inspired ‘Night of a Thousand Stevie’s’

67. Death stares at Lindsey during the 1982 Mirage tour performance of The Chain

68. Strange sneaky smiling/trying not to smile at Lindsey during the 1982 Mirage tour performance of GYOW

69. Basically just the entire 1982 Mirage tour video…

70. The whole ‘rain washing Lindsey clean’ imagery from Dreams

71. “What do you people want from us?”

72. Chiffon, chiffon and even more chiffon

73. Fully saving Lindsey from falling off the stairs at the AMAs #drugsarebadkids

74. Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams doco

75. The fact that she sewed moons and stars onto Lindsey’s jeans

76. Tusk tour bun

77. All the Herbie Worthington photoshoots

78. The fact she can do the splits

79. Fangirling over Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

80. White winged doves

81. “You will listen to me on the radio for the rest of your life and it will bug you, I hope it bugs you”

82. “As far away as Lindsey goes from me, he’ll never get away from my voice”

83. Her work with wounded soldiers

84. Matching star necklaces with Lindsey

85. Her special Buckingham Nicks cover shoot blouse

86. Her love of the Twilight series

87. Music video commentary

88. Her many many notebooks of poetry and drawings

89. That fact that she has a vault of unreleased songs

90. Fist pumps with Lindsey during Landslide (Nov 21st,2015)

91. So many Rhiannon versions that we can’t even choose a favourite one

92. Love hearts with wings/wiggly lines AKA wild hearts

93. “Hmmm, hope you have a backup idea” - Stevie’s response to Annie’s idea to have the whole band in bed together

94. Her love of Edgar Allen Poe

95. For inspiring us all to follow our wild hearts, wherever they may lead us

96. For teaching us that destiny rules and that everything happens for a reason

97. Because of you “we have no fear, we have only love”

98. We will forever be your sisters of the moon…

99. … and the gypsies that remain

100. Stevie, you’re the poet of our hearts, never change, and don’t you ever stop!!

Happy 68th Birthday Stephanie Lynn Nicks

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Under Pressure

Roger Taylor x Reader

A/N: Hi, everyone! So this is my entry for the @writingfortoomanyfandoms 1k writing challenge! The prompt I chose is “Surprise, I have feelings and you just hurt them,” and the pairing is Roger and reader (duh). Hope you all enjoy and if you’re interested, join the challenge! The deadline is July 15th, so there’s still plenty of time to enter! Thank you all for the support! As always, feedback and requests are much appreciated! Much love! -m:)

Summary: Working with Queen would be more fun if there wasn’t a certain blonde drummer constantly driving you up the wall. Roger’s antics are starting to wear you out and when your anger finally boils over you learn a lot about the rock star, including the reason why he’s always in your hair.

Word Count: 1,814 words

Warnings: cursing

Being hired as the assistant tour manager for the biggest rock band in the better part of all seven continents was truly a dream come true; but, at times, it could be a nightmare. The constant work load and sometimes absurd demands of the band members were beginning to grind your nerves. They definitely kept you on your toes and sometimes it was beneficial. Now, it was driving you mad. You enjoyed your job, truly, but right now, Queen was insufferable. No, Roger was insufferable; the other three band members were actually quite pleasant employers.

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reblog or like if you like these 60s/70s/80s bands:

• abba

• the beatles

• blondie

• duran duran

• fleetwood mac

• the monkees

• queen

i also want to start listening to:

• david bowie

• japan

• led zeppelin

• michael jackson

• pink floyd

• the smiths

• wham!

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jimmy page: fashion icon.

or in which i, someone who has no sense of fashion, talks about my favorite jimmy outfits

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