Queen's place in rock history.

Queen was no doubt one of the greatest rock bands of all time but some people do not admit it. Some even discredit their massive albums sales as none of the main albums ever went to the heights of greatest hits. Queen are also overlooked by many music publications most famously rolling stone which in many of its all time "best" lists mostly keep queen out of the top 10. I mean Queen are obviously the best of the best why don't people recognize them for it.

Believe or not Queen are very mainstreamey, in England they are probably the biggest band there along with the Beatles, and for a country with bands like The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Rolling Stones, Muse and many others is saying a lot. If you ask for good press reviews, who cares? mainstream media is more worried in sell and gain attention than in show the most important news, and usually are moved by interest.

Queen were never a ''press-friendly'' band, and that affect in their reviews. Rolling Stone were never keen with Queen, we don't now the reasons. And to tell the truth, even the band member were never worried about the press, they were more worried about their music, their parties and the fans, is a spiral, the band don't care about the press-the press don't care about the band-the band don't care about the press...

And be glad it is that way, when a band/singer have to trust is the press or the social media to stay in the showbiz is because they aren't very talented.

"The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Rolling Stones, MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I am actually laughing out loud on my own in my flat like a lunatic!

There are some bands who have untouchable status like the Stones, but there are other "fun" rock bands who have massive sales but dont necessarily get critical acclaim such as Kiss. Id say Queen are somewhere in between in music media perception. Rightly or wrongly.

Although check out this,Queen have still got a sh!tload of platinum sales in the US. Theres just more competition from other genres there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification

If you want to find Queen's place in rock, just remember that Queen, despite the fact that they were ignored, overlooked or attacked by the media, are still selling loads of records, selling gigs all around the world, even when they did some weird/awful experiments (Q+5ive, Wycleff, etc etc) their reputation as a band is still as strong as ever, their music is still strong even after Freddie's death. Their reputation and legacy are almost intact and despite the fact that some fans claims Queen died in 1991, as far as I can see, Brian, Roger, Freddie and John are as strong as ever.

[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]

"The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Rolling Stones, MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I am actually laughing out loud on my own in my flat like a lunatic![/QUOTE]

Really?

Muse are the only British band to have consistent success in the US in the last 20 years.

And they can sell out Wembley on multiple nights.

The way Queen were incorporating other styles of music into what they were doing in the 70s is exactly what Muse are doing right now. They are excellent players and composers, relevant, and commercially successful. I can't name a single rock band from the last two decades who have achieved what they have achieved. Can you?

Indeed, this may not put them in the same league as Zeppelin or The Who - but they're the only British band in the last couple decades who have come remotely close.


Sorry for hijacking the thread.

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Mate i think you forgot Oasis. They achieved a lot more than Muse in the last two decades.


Muse are of course better musicians than Oasis, but the Gallagher's band sold a lot more, got the masses involved. Everyone back in the mid 90's wanted to look and act like Liam Gallagher. they wrote classical rock hymns, that got played on the radio a lot more than Muse's succesful singles, i bet just Wonderwall beat any of muse singles in terms of selling, playlist on radio etc.
And they changed the history of the music, got a lot of records (selling records, fast sold out of gigs, Knebworth 250.000 people, awards etc etc).
Muse is a great band, they can sell out a gig in a stadium very fast, their shows are very powerful.
But in terms of rock history i don't think they added much as oasis did in their best days.

In my view, which is probably biased because of my huge Queen fandom, Queen are considered the biggest band ever in the UK. Bigger than The Beatles I'd say, although The Beatles were probably more popular in their time, and also possibly a better band.

In terms of fame, I think Michael Jackson is the only dead rock star more famous than Freddie Mercury right now. Freddie's never been as big as he is now. You get 14 year old girls going crazy for him on Facebook, it's unbelievable. Elvis and John Lennon would come third and fourth.

[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]

In my view, which is probably biased because of my huge Queen fandom, Queen are considered the biggest band ever in the UK. Bigger than The Beatles I'd say, although The Beatles were probably more popular in their time, and also possibly a better band.

In terms of fame, I think Michael Jackson is the only dead rock star more famous than Freddie Mercury right now. Freddie's never been as big as he is now. You get 14 year old girls going crazy for him on Facebook, it's unbelievable. Elvis and John Lennon would come third and fourth.[/QUOTE]


the top 5 of dead rock star in my point of view is

Lennon
Hendrix
Mercury
Cobain
Elvis

"and also possibly a better band."

Curious to know what you mean by this?

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[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]

"The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Rolling Stones, MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I am actually laughing out loud on my own in my flat like a lunatic![/QUOTE]

Really?

Muse are the only British band to have consistent success in the US in the last 20 years.

And they can sell out Wembley on multiple nights.

The way Queen were incorporating other styles of music into what they were doing in the 70s is exactly what Muse are doing right now. They are excellent players and composers, relevant, and commercially successful. I can't name a single rock band from the last two decades who have achieved what they have achieved. Can you?

Indeed, this may not put them in the same league as Zeppelin or The Who - but they're the only British band in the last couple decades who have come remotely close.


Sorry for hijacking the thread.[/QUOTE]

A good point. Muse are huge, and have kept a true musical thread and never sold out. in fact it could be argued that Queens stadium level success in Europe and the UK came after they had more or less forgotton their roots and become a more comercial pop band.

Muse have never done that, and their live presentation is truly awsome. A far better and bigger band on the world stage than Oasis, who at the hight of their fame looked like a bunch of guys playing a pub gig.

The Greatest Rock Band Ever.

Fuck what 'they' think.

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Yes!

The Who is a very overrated band. Not in the same league as the big 5 from the UK: Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Floyd and Queen.

Queen last you are a motherfucker