supermik Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 21 years ago today that Freddie Mercury died! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Show must go on is an absolutely fantastic song also Such a well written song that even Elton John version of it was good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not for me SweeperDee, however they are a very talented band, fronted by one of the best frontmen ever. Not my favourite band, although i do like them a lot. I don't think anyone comes close to Freddie Mercury in the frontman stakes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Mongo del Fantastico Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not my favourite band, but still great. I love Gimme The Prize. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 The Beatles The Who Stone Roses Oasis Led Zeppelin AC/DC The Kinks Rolling Stones All these are better in my opinion. Still a great band but not my number 1 favourite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I went through a phase of them being my favourite band, A Night at the Opera is still one of my favourite albums ever. Oh and Freddie is the best frontman ever, bar none. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Oasis should be nowhere near that list. Aye, O.k then Seems to be the popular thing on this forum to try and implicate that Oasis are anything other than a brilliant band, boring and tedious wind up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I'd take Oasis over AC/DC, The Stone Roses and Rolling Stones from that list. Oasis are a joy to listen to. You could argue talent and shit like that. Personally, I think that matters not a jot. If the music is good to listen to, then that's what matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'd take Oasis over AC/DC, The Stone Roses and Rolling Stones from that list. Oasis are a joy to listen to. You could argue talent and shit like that. Personally, I think that matters not a jot. If the music is good to listen to, then that's what matters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinpar Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I'd take Oasis over AC/DC, The Stone Roses and Rolling Stones from that list. Oasis are a joy to listen to. You could argue talent and shit like that. Personally, I think that matters not a jot. If the music is good to listen to, then that's what matters. Words cannot describe how ridiculous a statement that is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 One of my favourite banks ever, I love the early stuff, Queen II being a big favourite. The Show Must Go On is brilliant. Play it LOUD! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Anyone else think that Queen are possibly the best band ever? I think you'll find Hot Space and the last 3 albums go to disprove your premise. I love Queen though, great band, and one I've never seen live funnily enough (I don't like stadium gigs and by the time I was old enough to see them, that's all they did). Their best work though, imo, is the first 3 albums (Q1, Q2 and Sheer Heart Attack). The anthemic stuff is good, but too populist, I honestly could go my entire life without hearing We are the Champions or We Will Rock You one more time. That said from the very same album (News of the World) there is a cracking track called Spread Your Wings. So good that I think I'll post a YT link to it, but it demonstrates perfectly the problem with Queen; some excellent music, some painfully over played chart hits, some utter rubbish. One of the nicest thing about this is despite the fact Queen are very famous and live luxury lifestyles, they can still put out songs on subjects far removed. As I say though, the earliest stuff is what I like best.. I've played this track to quite a few people, and when I tell it's queen they seem genuinely surprised. There is also a common argument given that Queen failed to do a great studio album after Jazz (1978) and to be honest I find it hard to argue against that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 a great band but iMO not the greatest, 4 superb musicians including probably the greatest frontman of all and one of the best guitarists ever,one of those bands on my would have liked to have seen list 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Just to bring some balance to this thread, I cannot stand Queen. Absolutely hate them. *awaits red dots* -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLiw8dnHO4 Surely one of the worst records in Queen's impressive back catalogue - much of that maudlin last minute stuff was just dreadful. Sorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Surely one of the worst records in Queen's impressive back catalogue - much of that maudlin last minute stuff was just dreadful. Sorry. Backing up my point exactly. The dreadful last 3 albums (The Miracle, Innuendo & Made in Heaven) are pretty poor. There is the odd track of the three that is worthy of a listen (like the title track from Innuendo) but it is mostly filler, especially the last album as it was a cut and shut job with everything left over once Freddie was dead. As for the worst album, surely Hot Space. Now granted it had Under Pressure on it, the rest is gash and if you listen to The Game (before it) and The Works (after it - I'll not count Flash Gordon as a standard studio album) it's so out of place it's almost like another band came in and did the work. For those who have never heard Hot Space here is a medley from YT... For a band who up until The Game (1980) actively promoted the fact no synthesisers were used on their albums, Hot Space just seems like a very bad mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperDee Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 Ah well, it's just my opinion! Was just wondering if anyone agreed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I read an interview with Roger Waters, late of Pink Floyd, who declared himself one of the top five songwriters since the war - when asked who he thought would be in the top five beside him, he said John Lennon and, maybe, Freddie Mercury - praise indeed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I read an interview with Roger Waters, late of Pink Floyd, who declared himself one of the top five songwriters since the war - when asked who he thought would be in the top five beside him, he said John Lennon and, maybe, Freddie Mercury - praise indeed! Mr Waters? Having a high opinion of himself? Imagine that.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Mr Waters? Having a high opinion of himself? Imagine that.. I really hate Pink Floyd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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