Your thoughts on three of my favs.. Ogre battle, Father to son and Liar

Brenski You do go on as though you are "Mack" wanting to dismantle a final product which Queen the entire band were very happy with.
Remember Queen would not have put any of that material out if they were not happy with it because Freddie was very meticulous and a perfectionist.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]Brenski You do go on as though you are "Mack" wanting to dismantle a final product which Queen the entire band were very happy with.
Remember Queen would not have put any of that material out if they were not happy with it because Freddie was very meticulous and a perfectionist.[/QUOTE]

Gerry, just because the band were happy with it, doesn't mean it was perfect - there's more than enough 80s tracks to bear that point out. And most of what I have said is very positive. Queen II is my favourite (Queen) album - but it's far from perfect.

Also Father To Son was Brian's track - so Freddie's input would not have been the final say. Brian even played piano on it.

Also, get your references right. Mack wasn't around in 74 - RT Baker was - so if I'm "going on as if I'm anyone" - it'd be Baker.

People are allowed to be critical of Queen songs you know, we're not all stepfords like you Gerry.

@Brenski You believe your own shit man that is ok.
Other people on here have opinions too and you do not have the last word so do not think this is your show because it aint.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]@Brenski You believe your own shit man that is ok. Other people on here have opinions too and you do not have the last word so do not think this is your show because it aint.[/QUOTE] Didn't take long for the "Gerry Mask" slip did it? I never claimed to have "the last word". However, I do have an opinion and it's as valid as that of the next person - save for your's - which obviously presides over all of us.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]

@Brenski You believe your own shit man that is ok.
Other people on here have opinions too and you do not have the last word so do not think this is your show because it aint.[/QUOTE]

Yeah Brenski - The last word belongs to <1% ... and that last word is fuckall.

Always liked FTS, although the song's structure is a bit strange. The lyrics affect me deeply, which is unusual with Queen.

Father To Son is in my top 5 Queen songs. The guitar orchestrations are brilliant and John's bass probably never sounded better than on that song. Live versions kick arse too.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]

Brenski You do go on as though you are "Mack" wanting to dismantle a final product which Queen the entire band were very happy with.
Remember Queen would not have put any of that material out if they were not happy with it because Freddie was very meticulous and a perfectionist.[/QUOTE]

Actually, all the guys in Queen weren't happy with every single Queen album. They all made massive compromises. It wasn't like The Stones where two guys called the shots - Queen was a democracy. They fought literally from day one because they all cared, not just Mercury.

Three members of Queen hated Hot Space. And if we listen to interviews carefully, we know Mercury and Taylor didn't like plenty of the tunes they played on. Never mind the 80s - Taylor didn't even like You're My Best Friend at first.

Your fixation on Mercury as the most dominant force in Queen once again illustrates how little you know about your favourite band. Mercury may have been a perfectionist in the 70s, but not by the 80s. At one point he wasn't even showing up to mixing sessions for his own songs, never mind the others' songs. His mind was elsewhere.

Do you even know what a mixing session is?

You are so unbelievably small-minded if you want to shut down discussion about Queen's albums on the assumption that the artists involved are completely happy with everything they ever released. This just illustrates, yet again, how little you understand about Queen, music, creativity, business, and interpersonal relationships.

Exactly ^
Now let's see which one of us Geraldine attacks first.

Probably me.

@Real Wizzard
Yet again you like to run Freddie down with your bile.
Freddie was a perfectionist right up to his death and he was even more powerful as lead singer in the 80s, Remember "Live Aid" 1985 or did Canada have a total eclipse and you missed it lol
Freddie wiped every artist away off the world stages that day so your comments do not get any justification from me.
How do you know what went on behind the scenes with Freddie when you say Freddie's mind was elsewhere ?
You make stories up to suit yourself.
Freddie happens to be the greatest performer ever.... so you can stamp your feet like the silly little girl that you are and say that there are greater performers around but you will be wrong.
The world is united and agrees Mr Mercury is the greatest front man of all time.

Geraldine, exactly how many IDs do you have "on here" [sic]?
Every new post you make seems to (unbelievably) be more idiotic than you last.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b][color=blue]Freddie was a perfectionist right up to his death and he was even more powerful as lead singer in the 80s, Remember "Live Aid" 1985 or did Canada have a total eclipse and you missed it lol[/color][/QUOTE]Why would a total eclipse in Canada in 1985 prevent people from watching TV?

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b][/b][color=blue]Freddie wiped every artist away off the world stages that day so your comments do not get any justification from me. How do you know what went on behind the scenes with Freddie when you say Freddie's mind was elsewhere ? You make stories up to suit yourself.[/color][/QUOTE]Freddie's voice was not at its best for Live. There are excellent examples of this: Hammersmith 75 being a key one.
He often lowered the high end because he struggled to reach those "studio conditions" notes live. These are established facts - facts that you ignore. Granted Live Aid was a good day for Freddie, but definitely not his live best.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b][/b][color=blue]The world is united and agrees Mr Mercury is the greatest front man of all time.[/color] [/QUOTE]who/what is this "world" that is "united" that you speak of? - planet Gerry?

@Brenski It is well documented that Live Aid was Queen's greatest gig so i don't really have to argue with you over that because you will probably favour someone else who is naff like Pink Floyd or Zeppelin on that fact.
Ask anyone who is the greatest Front man and i bet you a dollar they will say Freddie Mercury.
Sorry if you hate the idea of that otherwise you should not be on this site if you disagree.

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]@Brenski It is well documented that Live Aid was Queen's greatest gig so i don't really have to argue with you over that because you will probably favour someone else who is naff like Pink Floyd or Zeppelin on that fact. Ask anyone who is the greatest Front man and i bet you a dollar they will say Freddie Mercury. Sorry if you hate the idea of that otherwise you should not be on this site if you disagree.[/QUOTE] how are Zeppelin - a band who influenced Queen "naff"? you have not read my post. again. idiot.

Queen are a better set of musicians and much much talented than anyone in zeppelin plus Queen have had more success than Zeppelin, you really need to come out of the stone age Mr Brenski.
And posting childish videos proves you are a troll trying to win the argument in your pathetic way - grow up looser !

[QUOTE] [b]100% wrote:[/b]Queen have had more success than Zeppelin, you really need to come out of the stone age Mr Brenski.[/QUOTE]

there are only TWO places in the world where Queen had more success than Led Zeppelin - St Nicholas Mental Hospital (your home) and in YOUR MIND.

Led Zeppelin - total certified worldwide sales - 137.2 million
Queen - total worldwide sales = 95.6 million


case closed, dimwit.