Biggest mistake in their career?

Don't forget Wycliffe jeans parasitical slaughter of John's masterpiece.

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Don't forget Wycliffe jeans parasitical slaughter of John's masterpiece.[/QUOTE]

Wait.. what?

Not touring the US after 1982.

Having unprotected sex

[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]

Having unprotected sex[/QUOTE]

yeah. but how else was John supposed to have lots of kids???? :-)

Sun City. It seems to me Queen took the more flak for that than other artists. But others played there too.

Quick google search states the below:

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Elaine Page, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Julio Iglesias, The O'Jays, Ray Charles, Boney M., Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick

Do Queen take the most flak , and if so why, or is it just the way it seems to me? Some of these names are pretty big in the music industry.

Worst song in their career is BLURRED VISION

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[b]British Man wrote: [/b] Biggest mistake in their career?[/QUOTE]

Adam Lambert.

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[b]matt z wrote: [/b] Worst song in their career is BLURRED VISION[/QUOTE]

I forgot that song even existed

Release Body Language as the lead single of Hot Space, a fucking terrible choice.

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[b]matt z wrote: [/b] Worst song in their career is BLURRED VISION[/QUOTE]

That could be called a remix, meanwhile See What A Fool I've Been (B-Side version) it's the worst song.

Hot Space to me is more like a misfire (pun intended) than a (big) mistake. Bad songs in albums aren't really bad mistakes, happens to any band.
Maybe the bashing they got about Sun City was due to poor management (also one big mistake they've made a lot of times along their career)? If they were a bit more protected by a good PR management it wouldn't be as troublesome (all these other artists appearances weren't much of a problem for them), or maybe they could have even not done it at all. At the same time, they were "brave" (for the lack of a better word) to play in Argentina near to an erupting war... and nothing serious happened (but the war itself), and also they played in latin american countries during hard political times there.
But to me... the biggest mistake(s) is/are all the awful collaborations, labeled as + or not, and having them as an excuse to keep the "legacy" to new generations of fans (BS, good bands don't need that) and these collaborations sometimes happening more than for just a couple of special events - and it's not a personal criticism on Paul or Adam (or 5ive, or...). And all these pointless re-re-re-re-re-re-releases.

I can't really see, with the multi-millions they all made (and still make) and musical legacy they left, that there was any serious 'misfire' at all. It's all just part of the story. Had it not been for Sun City, for example, the Live Aid triumph would not have had the air of poetry to it that made the performance legendary. I could go on with other similar examples, but the supposed 'misfires' led to greater triumphs every time, which is why they are still a loved band (and I'm not talking about the collaborations, as they are Queen + someone, not Queen, and I don't think count). Having said that, they did produce some utter crap at times. But it least it was crap with an air of finesse.

there is no "air of finesse" in Body Language
"air of excrement" more like

[b]Biggest mistakes[/b]

Paul Prenter  

Sun City 

[b]Dishonourable mentions... [/b]

Hot Space

Not doing an alternative video for I Want To Break Free for the U.S (not that anything was wrong with the video, but they ignored advice regarding the American public). 

[b]Bubbling under...[/b]

The weaker tracks on Innuendo (this could've been a great album, instead of a good album some great tracks). 

Their 80s filler.