Queen’s Disco era in the USA.

Graeme: it was not about the money i think it was about Freddie been bored with yet another Queen rock album, so he wanted to explore that disco feel but in Queen fashion.

Freddie gets blamed for Hot Space, but it was Brian's writing took the biggest hit...think about it, compare his writing on The Game compared with Hot Space. Dancer, Put Out The Fire vs Dragon Attack, Sail Away and Save Me. Was the problems on Hot Space really all Freddie's fault? I think not...it was all their faults.

Jimmy dean it was a joke.

I guess Brians songwriting on "Hot Space" is lighter than "The Game" album, On The Game album they sounded hungry for a smash album and the songwriting is taken very seriously where on Hot Space they are a little more relaxed and easy going with the songs, but hey both albums are brilliant and get 10 / 10 from me.

[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]

Graeme: it was not about the money i think it was about Freddie been bored with yet another Queen rock album, so he wanted to explore that disco feel but in Queen fashion.[/QUOTE]

At that point it was about the money and trying to be the biggest thing in the states.

Following the relative poor sales of Hot Space and The Works in America why do you think Freddie jumped ship for the huge CBS advance. At that time he believed he was in a position to be bigger than the band he fronted.

As regards your point about Hot Space not having the big production of typical Queen albums, well The Game was also in that mode, even where there are touches of 70's type arrangements the production is quite dry sounding.

I like YDFM and don't find it at all depressing.

VH: Doubt it was about money because they had massive success in America with "Another one bites the dust" and "Crazy little thing" so basically they had nothing to prove over there. Freddie was just bored with the same Queen formula and wanted new directions with the music. As for jumping ship with CBS and dumping EMI it was probably that Freddie wanted to be independent away from Queen or EMI would not fund the project, we know how funny they can be.

The bottom line is he was interested In dance music....being such a big part of the club scene in those days, So he went for it. They already made their money, and Freddie and Brian in particular didn't have the hunger and drive and patience to write brilliant type of songs anymore. In all honesty they were running out of Ideas by Hot Space, that's why every album after The Game was only half good. Hot Space as an album wasn't terrible in my view, but not nearly on the level of the first 8 records.

Mike Hunt : Try and tell that to Vocal Harmony who knows all the answers to all these questions apparently.
He says it was all about the money, cos as you know when he states his case he knows he is right unlike me if i had said that he would want evidence and sources !

How was Hot Space all about the money? Doesn't even make sense...It's a known fact Freddie enjoyed Dance music. That's not an opinion, It's a fact. He also liked Opera/Classical/Broadway and his early and late years showed that side of him. The only difference was the Broadway style worked for him and the dance/funk style didn't work as well. Queen did have some good dance tunes, but It wasn't their strength. Just like if Michael Jackson wrote a heavy Rock record it wouldn't be as good as The Who or early Queen.

[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

How was Hot Space all about the money? Doesn't even make sense...It's a known fact Freddie enjoyed Dance music. That's not an opinion, It's a fact. He also liked Opera/Classical/Broadway and his early and late years showed that side of him. The only difference was the Broadway style worked for him and the dance/funk style didn't work as well. Queen did have some good dance tunes, but It wasn't their strength. Just like if Michael Jackson wrote a heavy Rock record it wouldn't be as good as The Who or early Queen.[/QUOTE]

Yes absolutely.

But remember Another One Bites The Dust was a huge American hit for them, bringing in a whole new audience. It was this that drove them into the disco/funk of Hot Space believing it would be a huge success artistically, critically and financially. . . It failed especially when compared to the sales of The Game, they changed tac for a The Works which in America didn't achieve what was hoped. Freddie jumped ship into a solo career tacking a huge advance.

You may not think it was money driven but. . . .

VH : Where is your evidence to support these claims then? Enlighten us all !

In all honesty most big time bands like Priest, Metallica, Queen lost the plot at times. Everyone loves Money, but my point is it wasn't the only factor, or even the Main factor In recording Hot Space. Freddie was a man of many musical Influences and Disco was one of them....The Works first single was in the dance style of Radio Ga Ga, so they didn't back off from that style on their next album. The difference is is that it was a better song than the Hot Space tunes. After a huge failure like Hot Space it would take a great album to get back on the Map in America, and The Works wasn't great. It had a handful of good songs. They also didn't promote the album with a tour, which is a head scratcher since Ga Ga was in the top 40.

This is a good debate with lots of different opinions.

Trouble is Queen were very British and the Americans could not understand the bands flamboyant nature, even when they dragged up for "I want to break Free"
so today i wonder what they think of an out Homosexual like Adam Lambert who is in your face style of performance with his tranny looks and over the top persona?