In the 80s, if Polka was sort of big, Queen would have had at least one polka song. It seemed like something like Hot Space and definitely The Works was an attempt to capitalize on what was commercial at the time. Having said that, there are a bunch of songs from those two albums that I love.
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I think they were more into Poke-him in the 80s
What an arse.
Queen went mainstream when they released their first album on a major label.
Fair point. We can't begrudge them actually wanting to make a living from music and appealing to the most people as possible.
That's been consistent from '71 until today.
Queen went mainstream in 1991 when Freddie decided to die as a publicity stunt for Greatest Hits 2.
The band never really recovered.
The band never really recovered.
Through the 70's I think they wrote and produced music that stood out as being slightly different to "the main stream". And although there were different styles of music it had something that was definitively Queen.
They peaked in 77 with News Of The World on a commercial level especially in the American market. Jazz didn't sell as well and I'm sure they felt they were retreding old ground.
I think they became main stream when they released CLTCL. Great song, but it was played as a straight Rock n'Roll and had none of the this could only be Queen signatures about it. AOBTD repeated this idea, a straight late 79's/80's disco song. . . These two songs could have been played by anybody and without Freddie's recognisable vocal they could have been anybody. That's the point at which Queen went mainstream, the singles in some markets outsold the albums and they crossed the line from producing music that people found and enjoyed and became fans of through exploring albums to a band that made pop music like many other bands, singers or artists.
They peaked in 77 with News Of The World on a commercial level especially in the American market. Jazz didn't sell as well and I'm sure they felt they were retreding old ground.
I think they became main stream when they released CLTCL. Great song, but it was played as a straight Rock n'Roll and had none of the this could only be Queen signatures about it. AOBTD repeated this idea, a straight late 79's/80's disco song. . . These two songs could have been played by anybody and without Freddie's recognisable vocal they could have been anybody. That's the point at which Queen went mainstream, the singles in some markets outsold the albums and they crossed the line from producing music that people found and enjoyed and became fans of through exploring albums to a band that made pop music like many other bands, singers or artists.
Dr Magus wrote:
Queen went mainstream in 1991 when Freddie decided to die as a publicity stunt for Greatest Hits 2.
The band never really recovered.
haha!
Keep trolling, man.
Ha, I think he's got no idea what he is talking about.