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Would you take a break, please?
feck off
I think he was ignorant, like a lot of critics. As Queen did insist on no segregation.
Yes, but mostly for the terrible drivel he made for years with the other guy. xD
Bottom line, Queen played to more black South Africans than he did. Not saying a boycott never achieved anything, but that particular one was a lot of hooey. And the hit single was an embarrassment - "I'm not gonna play Sun City!"
What an absolute bunch of assholes haha
What an absolute bunch of assholes haha
Daryl Hall is a xHamster porn star
To be quite honest Hall and Oates had much better hits than Queen in the early 80's Their 1984 Big Bam Boom-LP was waaaay better than The Works. And Hall was one hell of a soul singer.
The Sun City song was crappy, but he did turn down 2 million dollars to play there. It showed he had some balls and not everything was/is about money.
The Sun City song was crappy, but he did turn down 2 million dollars to play there. It showed he had some balls and not everything was/is about money.
master marathon runner wrote:
I think he was ignorant, like a lot of critics. As Queen did insist on no segregation.
Yeah, and I'm sure the president of South Africa (and former member of the pro-nazi terrorist group Ossewabrandwag) Botha was very impressed and totally respected that position and did not use Queen as free propaganda at all...
Geez, you're naive!
john bodega wrote:
Bottom line, Queen played to more black South Africans than he did. Not saying a boycott never achieved anything, but that particular one was a lot of hooey. And the hit single was an embarrassment - "I'm not gonna play Sun City!"
What an absolute bunch of assholes haha
Proof of even a single black South African attending, please?
The Queen guys prostituted themselves with Sun City. They were cheap propaganda for South Africa and well-paid for it. The "we were not political" and "we played for everyone who wanted to listen" is Brian-bullshit to assuage his conscience after the fact. Sun City was not formally segregated - they just made sure no black person could afford a ticket, and if any could, they would be informally dissuaded from going there.
Who?
"Proof of even a single black South African attending, please?"
Some of the buses into town were extraordinarily noisy.
Some of the buses into town were extraordinarily noisy.
oh wow.