He also wrote "Dear Mr Murdoch" then happily allowed The Sun (one of Murdoch's papers) to give away free We Will Rock You CDs so while publicising the musical also boosting Murdoch's The Sun circulation.
Total fuckin hypocrite.
YAFF · Member since
He's simply a rich, bloated jackass and has always been the weakest link anyway. I can barely listen to most of his "Queen" songs
tomchristie22 · Member since
Not senile... It's not all that surprising that over 30 years his opinion's changed. Though there isn't any excuse for his conflicting opinions on musicals, american idol-esque shows etc.
Insulting his music and calling him the weakest link is hardly necessary though.
Tommilaiho · Member since
I suppose that youpeople never change your opinnions? :D
unchatenfrance · Member since
To be fair, we have to appreciate not only the fact that people's opinions can change over a span of 30+ years, but also that technology has changed. In the early-mid 80s it was still somewhat possible to ignore the visual medium. Today, given the state of society and technology, that is nigh impossible. If Brian and Roger want their music to stay relevant with newer generations (as I am sure they do - not to mention to keep those royalties coming in) they cannot but pander to the masses through new media.
And to be further fair, the extravaganza WAS about talent, giving talented musicians an outlet rather than serving as a platform for famewhores.
waunakonor · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]YetAnotherFreddieFan wrote:[/b]
He's simply a rich, bloated jackass and has always been the weakest link anyway. I can barely listen to most of his "Queen" songs[/QUOTE]
He's quite talented, so don't call him the "weakest link," though I think some of his Queen songs would be better if he would actually let other band members be involved in the writing/recording. Keep Yourself Alive is awesome because it was mainly written by Brian but Freddie threw in a few ideas of his own; I'm pretty sure there are a few early songs like that. Roger has been kind of self-centered (well, even more than Brian and Freddie) and that's why he's my least favorite of the four. I love his voice, though
MERQRY · Member since
I´d say when Queen start to go senile...
But talking about Roger... i don´t know... he´s a little contradictory... he brought the first "disco/funk" song to Queen but hate(like most of the people)hot space kind of music... i remember he even used an electronic drum "pad" in 1977 live (at least at Houston)
Amazon · Member since
Zebonka12 wrote: "He might've sold out a bit on his music video stance, but to be fair he's usually the one who looks least impressed to be there (or, counter-intuitively, the one who's trying hardest to cover for it)."
I don't know. He was my favourite part of the IWTBF video, partly due to his looking like such a girl, but mostly because he was having so much fun. I got a sense that John and Brian weren't over the moon about doing it, Freddie was just being Freddie, while Roger looked like he was having a great time. :D
Dane · Member since
It was on Wednesday februari 2nd of last year at about 11.35pm.
But on a serious note I think Roger is smart enough to see that holding on to those ideals just doesn't work nowadays.
If you want your music to sell you better be willing to sell yourself according to contemporary ways. Which suck.
Freddie would've probably started The Voice Kids Queen Edition where the winners will star in a kids version of a WWRY musical..
..and we would all hate him for it.
br5946 · Member since
Personally, I think that to keep themselves alive - no pun intended - Roger and Brian have to lower themselves to keep current. Roger did stand his ground on 'The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken)', but still, it's a shock what they have to do. I'm not going against them, but nor am I justifying their decisions. The scabbard has been taken off the double-edged sword, people. Come to think of it, the scabbard was taken off a while back.
