Best introductory album?

[QUOTE] [b]Jimmy Dean wrote:[/b]

i was very lucky to have grown up during a good time for music. 1991 to 1997 was an epic period.[/QUOTE]

It sure was. Grunge was the last time the music industry sponsored a legitimate movement.

Nowadays it's completely up to the listener and the people around them to help children learn what real music is. The radio and TV are not doing it anymore.

Britpop, dude. When the world wanted to be in swinging mid-90s London.

[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]

Britpop, dude. When the world wanted to be in swinging mid-90s London.[/QUOTE]

True.

But I wouldn't call that a "movement" as much as artists from the same place with a similar sound.

Grunge had a singular thread - a coming of age, a learned cynicism, a fuck you to corporatization and what MTV did to popular music in the 80s. Music videos eventually became productions with budgets of small countries (and funded by the artist who also saw none of the ad revenue). Artistic vision was sold off to the highest bidder. A generation clued in, and they were pissed.

Fast forward a generation. Kids have a cell phone that can make pancakes by the time they're 8. They think everything is fine. That's why there is no grunge for the 21st century. Most kids have been bought off and don't realize how badly they need it. They have Nicky Minaj now.

Britpop all had a common thread too - songs about cups of tea and how lovely the weather is.

The Cosmos Rocks :)

Side A of Live Killers is a great intro to the band.

This might be a surprising choice, but please read my reasons: The Works (if the person in question is used to mainstream radio pop, re: age-comment)

This album has everything Queen is famous for in an easy-to-absorb-form.

- radio-friendly pop-rock with catchy melodies (Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free, Keep Passing the Open Windows)

- heavier rock (Hammer to Fall, although a live version would be better, Tear it Up)

- classic rock'n'roll (Man on the Prowl, I Go Crazy)

- piano ballad (It's a Hard Life)

- acoustic guitar ballad (Is This the World We Created)

- some weird stuff Queen always pulled off (machines)

^ I see where you're coming from, but there are just too many duff tracks.

Why not just do Greatest Hits if you can get all the best songs here but also with I Want It All instead of Tear It Up, and Crazy instead of Man On The Prowl?

I thought the fun was in not choosing GH albums :D But even if included it would be difficult. If you choose GH1, the songs might be too "old" and the pop-rock (which is extremely important outside of the US) aspect will be lost and if you choose GH2, you will loose the essential Queen-sounding songs. But of course, not many of those on the Works either.

Depends what they like....If they like classic Rock like The Who or perhaps even Metal but they only know Queen hits and want more, I'll go with SHA and ANATO, even Queen 1. The heaviest album they did. .If they like radio pop/rock I'll go with The Game.

[QUOTE] [b]Sheldon wrote:[/b]

I thought the fun was in not choosing GH albums[/QUOTE]

Exactly, especially when you consider they were far more than just the hits.

It drives me crazy when people say they were only a hits band.....non die hard fans that I know have mentioned the non hits as their favorites, songs like prophet song, It's late, Dragon Attack, Sheer Heart Attack.

Make a Queen mixtape of your favourite songs. Your friend will love the time you put in and might put out for you xxxx

Mixtape? Lol what era are you living in?!!!

Wish I still had my Walkman... maybe I do actually. Project for this weekend!

Today it’s a f**kin Spotify playlist - today sucks.

I used to love making mixtapes and burn mixed cds. My free time went out the window not too long after I assumed a mortgage :-(

If they're interested in further listening, I'd be willing to make a Queen 1-The Game compilation CD.