dysan
It's funny - if you actually reverse the tracklisting of Hot Space from Under Pressure to Staying Power you have a decent 80s rock album with some experimental stuff tucked on side 2.
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The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]splicksplack wrote:[/b]
The point is that in the context of referring to FM during that period there was no need to put 'gay' before sex. We all know that, being a gay man, the sex he would be having was 'gay'. By highlighting it it almost sounds as if that makes his promiscuity worse than if he was shagging women.[/QUOTE]
Bingo.
And the normalizing of that kind position is precisely what fuels homophobia - which is why it's a bit alarming to see it come from people who don't seem to be homophobes.
The point is that in the context of referring to FM during that period there was no need to put 'gay' before sex. We all know that, being a gay man, the sex he would be having was 'gay'. By highlighting it it almost sounds as if that makes his promiscuity worse than if he was shagging women.[/QUOTE]
Bingo.
And the normalizing of that kind position is precisely what fuels homophobia - which is why it's a bit alarming to see it come from people who don't seem to be homophobes.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
The party scene did take something out of his creativity. Maybe early on he was able too party and get away with it, I like 7 of his 8 songs on Jazz and The Game, but like everything it catches up to you. Later on when he stopped Partying he was back again, and trying new things on Barcelona. [/QUOTE]
Totally.
But in that period he did write It's A Hard Life and Princes Of The Universe - both excellent tracks, and the latter is still very well known from the Highlander TV show.
The party scene did take something out of his creativity. Maybe early on he was able too party and get away with it, I like 7 of his 8 songs on Jazz and The Game, but like everything it catches up to you. Later on when he stopped Partying he was back again, and trying new things on Barcelona. [/QUOTE]
Totally.
But in that period he did write It's A Hard Life and Princes Of The Universe - both excellent tracks, and the latter is still very well known from the Highlander TV show.
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
It's funny - if you actually reverse the tracklisting of Hot Space from Under Pressure to Staying Power you have a decent 80s rock album with some experimental stuff tucked on side 2. [/QUOTE]
Indeed. Had they even just flipped sides A and B, things may have been much different. Most people probably didn't even get to side B.
Think Bowie's Heroes and Low - had the sides been reversed, there's no way those albums would've been half as successful.
But hindsight is 20/20, of course.
It's funny - if you actually reverse the tracklisting of Hot Space from Under Pressure to Staying Power you have a decent 80s rock album with some experimental stuff tucked on side 2. [/QUOTE]
Indeed. Had they even just flipped sides A and B, things may have been much different. Most people probably didn't even get to side B.
Think Bowie's Heroes and Low - had the sides been reversed, there's no way those albums would've been half as successful.
But hindsight is 20/20, of course.
12yrslouetta
Ive always thought that the reason Queen stopped being successful in America was time. Theyd been relatively successful for 8 or so years, and sometimes youve just run the course. Not many artists stay successful and relevant for that long. Most bands dont stay together that long. Sure they would never sell the amount that they had done previously but they would have done ok. More than OK in fact. And Queen were a worldwide band anyway, they sold in a lot of countries.
mike hunt
They were huge outside of the US in the 80's. That's why so many comments are positive regarding The Works And Magic On social media like Facebook. I think they could have prolonged their success in America if they did things differently. Funny that I think Queen are more popular today than they were in the mid 80's. Their music is played on the radio all the time, including non hits like Dragon Attack. They get a lot more respect from music fans.