I feel safe now in coming out of the closet, and stating that I wear it as a badge of pride that I saw Queen in a 2,000-seater hall (Preston Guild Hall, Lamcashire) - and there were still empty seats.

It was after Killer Queen but - crucially - before Bohemian Rhapsody, when everything just went crazy. They were still rockers, who happened to use harmonies, before the harmonies became the be-all-and-end-all. And the showmanship was terrific.

And ... er, ahem, I was very young, obviously.