Why do you dislike/hate queen thread

I remember seeing them supporting the Earthband in Newcastle, around the time of Seven Seas of Rhye, and quite liked them. After that though, they did nothing for me - it's just a sound I could never warm to.

I don't particularly hate them, but by crackey I do hate Bohemian Rhapsody!

maidenrulez wrote: Citanul wrote: maidenrulez wrote: Mikenregalia How can you like those songs i had listed? Id rather listen to YMCA by the village people all day long than to listen to that poppy crap The songs you listed aren't poppy crap, and some have decent proggy moments.  What was your criteria for picking the songs?  It looks to me as if you just listed all the Queen songs you could think of. i picked the most awfull queen melodies i could think of: BIG BOTTOMED GIRL, BICYCLE RACE, ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, SOME KIND OF MAGIC, RADIO GAGA, CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE AND SO ON IS POP IN ITS LOWEST SENSE... even invisible touch was more proggy... i like pop songs but i prefer intelligent ones...

A Kind of Magic and Radio Ga Ga aren't unintelligent pop songs - A Kind of Magic relates to the movie Highlander, and Radio Ga Ga is about radio being replaced by TV as a means of entertainment.

Seven Seas of Rhye, The Show Must Go On, Innuendo, Who Wants To Live Forever, I Want It All, Love Of My Life, Death On Two Legs, White Queen and Father To Son aren't simple pop songs (half of those weren't even released as singles).

I'm not saying that they haven't made some bad songs, but they're nowhere near as bad as some artists.  And if Queen are gay because of Freddie Mercuy's sexual preference (and he was actually bisexual), then by the same logic, Judas Priest must be gay.

Citanul wrote: maidenrulez wrote: Mikenregalia How can you like those songs i had listed? Id rather listen to YMCA by the village people all day long than to listen to that poppy crap The songs you listed aren't poppy crap, and some have decent proggy moments.  What was your criteria for picking the songs?  It looks to me as if you just listed all the Queen songs you could think of.

i picked the most awfull queen melodies i could think of:

BIG BOTTOMED GIRL, BICYCLE RACE, ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, SOME KIND OF MAGIC, RADIO GAGA, CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE AND SO ON IS POP IN ITS LOWEST SENSE...

even invisible touch was more proggy...

i like pop songs but i prefer intelligent ones...

maidenrulez wrote: Mikenregalia How can you like those songs i had listed? Id rather listen to YMCA by the village people all day long than to listen to that poppy crap

The songs you listed aren't poppy crap, and some have decent proggy moments.  What was your criteria for picking the songs?  It looks to me as if you just listed all the Queen songs you could think of.

Again strict love/hate judgements. I tried to remain objective. Queen as an band released very good and even, constructed albums until "A day at the race".

"News of the world" and "Jazz" still have good moments. Things went wrong, IMHO, when the band ceased to be one and turned to become Freddie Mercury's extravaganza supporting act. But the same happened to Genesis and others.

 

maidenrulez wrote:   Another one bites the dust 9 Killer Queen 10 Fat bottomed girls 9 Bicycle race 9 Good old fashioned loverboy 8 Flash 7 The seven seas of rhye 8 Radio Gaga 5 Crazy Little thing Called love 5 Somebody to love 9 We are the champions 9 A kind of magic 9 the show must go on 7 friends will be friends 9 innuendo 9 who wants to live forever 9 i want it all 5 under pressure 4 love of my life 9 death on two legs 8 white queen 10 father to son 8 funny how love is 8 and the list goes on and on and on and on and on... yes it does.

CrazyDiamond wrote: I hate the dentist and broccoli, don't you?

I hate hairdressers much more than dentists actually

Another one bites the dust

Killer Queen

Fat bottommed girl

Bicycle race

Good old fashioned loverboy

Flash

The seven seas of rhye

Radio Gaga

Crazy Little thing Called love

Somebody to love

We are the champions

A kind of magic

the show must go on

friends will be friends

innuendo

who wants to live forever

i want it all

under pressure

love of my life

death on two legs

white queen

father to son

funny how love is

and the list goes on and on and on and on and on...

 

rockandrail wrote: It is reasonable (and sane) to develop some hate on Queen from "We Are The Champions" on. It is a sign that one possesses some sense of art to generously hate "Another One Bites The Dust" BUT Everything Queen did release before that, i.e. Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Race, is very very good!

A band that manages to make atleast 50 songs that are truly awfull can not be justified even if they should make one good album

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