Admittedly Roger and Brian went on Chris Evans’ radio show to promote Let Me In Your Heart Again, TMBMTLTT and Love Kills, but basically they were tracks bunged onto the end of a compilation album no one wanted.
ABBA are already getting more publicity than the Queeen tracks got by trailing their new (and this is brand new, not archive) tracks 7 months in advance, with the promise of premiering on primetime UK and US TV specials.
I absolutely adore ABBA. I'm sure these will be bland ballads, but really nice the story has come full circle.
dave76 · Member since
ABBA recorded two brand new songs recently which will be released later this year.
Holly2003 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
Admittedly Roger and Brian went on Chris Evans’ radio show to promote Let Me In Your Heart Again, TMBMTLTT and Love Kills, but basically they were tracks bunged onto the end of a compilation album no one wanted.
ABBA are already getting more publicity than the Queeen tracks got by trailing their new (and this is brand new, not archive) tracks 7 months in advance, with the promise of premiering on primetime UK and US TV specials.
That’s the way to do it.
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Good points. I noticed at the time the relative lack of interest in those 'new' Queen tracks and as you say, this is highlighted by the media attention to this ABBA news. When the Beatles Free as a Bird was released in 1995 it won a Grammy, despite being a mediocre effort with relatively poor sound quality. Interest in The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zep continues unabated, whereas Queen are at least one rung below that. (Yet in other areas like sales they are comparable). Interesting.
dysan · Member since
How about that new Bowie single Where Are We Now? Was all over the TV news for 2 days.
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
Admittedly Roger and Brian went on Chris Evans’ radio show to promote Let Me In Your Heart Again, TMBMTLTT and Love Kills, but basically they were tracks bunged onto the end of a compilation album no one wanted.
ABBA are already getting more publicity than the Queeen tracks got by trailing their new (and this is brand new, not archive) tracks 7 months in advance, with the promise of premiering on primetime UK and US TV specials.
That’s the way to do it.
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Good points. I noticed at the time the relative lack of interest in those 'new' Queen tracks and as you say, this is highlighted by the media attention to this ABBA news. When the Beatles Free as a Bird was released in 1995 it won a Grammy, despite being a mediocre effort with relatively poor sound quality. Interest in The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zep continues unabated, whereas Queen are at least one rung below that. (Yet in other areas like sales they are comparable). Interesting.
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Queen have never been on quite the same level as The Stons, Beatles or Zeppilin, and in the late 70's ABBA were a much more successful band than Queen, both critically and ticket and album sales.
The Queen machine has never stopped being present in some form or another. ABBA on the other hand all but disappeared, with all four members choosing their own path away from the band. The fact that they have always said no to working as ABBA again and the fact that ithe original members are still alive has always generated hope for their fans. So yes it always would have been big news if or when they got together to produce something.
Another Roger (re) · Member since
I dont think you can compare this new release with Let me in your heart again. LMIYHA was some leftover track. And Queen have released stuff several times and is more watered out when it comes to releases. F.ex Made in Heaven is more compareable because it had new stuff that was meant for a proper release.
musicland munich · Member since
A conglomerate of reasons forced that situation. QUEEN isn`t average Soccer Mom`s music in my part of the world.A lot of Queen fans think that Queen is the centre of the world - no, it`s not.
Queen is in a bad position in Germany these days.Most fans totally lost their interest in the band. That counts in reinforced measure for their recent "efforts".
And keep in mind Queen is just Brian and Roger. No John and ultimately NO Freddie.
The only chance to get a bigger media and fan attention is to release stuff from the Innuendo or MIH sessions and create a nice story around it ONCE AGAIN !
If they come around with maybe five "new" tracks fom the Works or AKOM they will get shrugged shoulders here.
Sealion · Member since
ABBA has still the original line-up. After 35 years they produced NEW music together. The hype is big, but we will see, if it will still be 3 months after the release.
Queen sits between two worlds in the moment: the past and the present. Actually the old Queen died in 1997 after their last album/single. With only two active members left, they do, what they can to keep the fans interested. The vaults are almost empty, I believe. So there is not much they can do to really keep the interest up or even gather masses of new fans.
And what they do is releasing, what is left.
Plus they are playing live with a new singer. But as long as they are not releasing new music with Lambert, the question is, who wants to see that? Personally I really enjoy these shows. But I do have problems to talk friends into coming along, because: it‘s not Queen. And it‘s fxxxinh expensive.
But they only play Queen, meaning old songs. So, in a way -and I hate to say that - they are their own tribute act. New music, that really generates interest on radio would (have) help(ed). But I think it might be too late for that..,
My hope: the upcoming movie will generate a lot of interest in Queen. We will see, how that will be handled and what surprises we might get!
Star* · Member since
The difference here between Abba & Queen is that Queen ripped the fans off when they said they had new tracks which were amazing and new versions of old tracks, but when the album got released it was very disappointing as the only new track was "Let me in your heart again" and it never got that much publicity. Abba are at least recording fresh tracks which Brian & Roger should have been doing if they went solo instead of playing karaoke games with a clown. I love Abba too but they have kept the fans waiting far too long for this.
Graeme Arnott · Member since
Plus Abba have never tarnished their legacy.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]
Queen have never been on quite the same level as The Stons, Beatles or Zeppilin[/QUOTE]
Really, even in the UK?
I always saw them as being second to The Beatles in the UK, even to this day. They even passed the fab four in the album charts.
In the US, certainly - Queen don't register in most people's top 10. But on your side of the pond it's a whole other story.
dysan · Member since
I would say Queen are better known than the Beatles in the UK. Same with Bowie being more popular that Elvis now. Not true in the 90s which I'm sure most people of a certain age would reference - but now the landscape has totally changed.
Star* · Member since
Vocal Harmony: you are talking utter dung once again saying Queen were never on the same level as The Stones, Led Zep etc...... But Queen have the biggest selling album ever here in the uk with "Greatest Hits" and that is a fact so do not try to worm your way out of this one!
Holly2003 · Member since
And to think this promised to be an interesting topic ... :(
