Danny Baker, Shortlist Questionnaire:
Who’s the most overrated band of your lifetime? “Queen. A dreadful group. They were neither Led Zeppelin nor Bowie and they played that middle ground in between. Punk rock didn’t come around because of prog rock or anything like that, it came around because of Queen. Abba, Queen and ELO—that was what people were trying to move away from. You can find everything Queen did better elsewhere.”
matt z · Member since
Who the bleeding fuck is Danny Baker?
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
Second-rate punk journalist, sports writer for The Times in the '90s (says it all, doesn't it?), radio host and football-fanatic.
So no surprise that a punk-fanatic was going to rip on Queen. Considering the utter crap produced by British punk-groups (The Clash is, IMHO, the only worthwhile thing to come out of the whole British punk movement, and they were much broader than punk was to begin with) and embraced by this guy, I don't think greater praise for Queen than his sneer is possible.
Costa86 · Member since
Quite an awful thing to say about Queen. I take it very personally. If I see this guy, I'm going to throw some sort of vegetable at him.
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
He's a fat, balding, middle-aged football commentator and b-list radio DJ. I think he's suffered enough.
Marknow · Member since
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[b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote: [/b] He's a fat, balding, middle-aged football commentator and b-list radio DJ. I think he's suffered enough.[/QUOTE]
Couldn't agree more with you, nobody ever takes notice of him, saw him doing a documentary on BBC2 recently I was shocked he was still alive, turned it off after 5 minutes.
pittrek · Member since
I never heard about him. Every rock fan on this planet knows Queen. That's all I can say
splicksplack · Member since
He's a total breast.
cmsdrums · Member since
He's a tit on this point; he's so self opinionated. He hosted a recent 'serious' tv series in the uk examining each decade of music from the 50's onwards. For the 70s, even when running through the best/most popular tracks and albums of 1975, Bo Rhap and ANATO were glaringly omitted.
The series was supposed to be factual and unbiased yet was far from it, with him and his mates basically trying to out-do each other with mentions of obscure bands (that were obscure for a reason!!).
The only single mention Queen got across the whole of the 70s and 80s shows was when one of the guests said they liked Queen, and Baker then said something derogatory about the band.
mooghead · Member since
Some people don't like Queen. It's ok. Calm down.
Some people like Coldplay.
Marknow · Member since
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[b]mooghead wrote: [/b] Some people don't like Queen. It's ok. Calm down.
Some people like Coldplay.[/QUOTE]
He really is a cunt though to be fair.
mooghead · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Marknow wrote:[/b]
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[b]mooghead wrote: [/b] Some people don't like Queen. It's ok. Calm down.
Some people like Coldplay.[/QUOTE]
He really is a cunt though to be fair.[/QUOTE]
You got me there... :/
parchedpea · Member since
He's a great DJ though. His Saturday morning show on 5 Live is excellent.
Zodiacal_light · Member since
Reverse psychology..........he loves Queen...he's in denial...........................................................and a cunt
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
Some people don't like Queen. It's ok. Calm down.
Some people like Coldplay. [/QUOTE]
It's not a case of him not liking them; there's lots of bands I don't like but can appreciate their impact, and musical prowess and validity. Danny Baker states factually that Queen are rubbish, not talented, not deserving of the status etc: regardless of whether he likes them or not, he is simply plain wrong on those counts.
