Britney Spears

I never said you were against having opinions, only when people express them do you seem to take offense. I agree with you on your position, just not trying to make everyone get along.

Perfect example of the state of things...

94.3 in Fairmont WV plays WWRY/WATC, dj comes on and rants for five minutes about "selling out and making a buck..."

How embarrassing. Not only is it difficult to get a radio station in my area to play Queen, and when they do, the reaction is that the boys have sold out to Britney and the Pepsi colossus.

Well, I agree. The Foo Fighters gig in NYC for the RnR Hall of Fame was real -- But Britney? Pinq? Beyonce? That kind of pop music is TRULY disposable.

Have Brian and Roger turned to leather and hanging out in bars in Munich? Do they write songs on a synthesizer now?

Once again, John Deacon is a GENIUS!!!

I'll pass judgement when I have actually heard it. Which should be the basis for any judgement.

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Has anyone actually heard the track?

Arg! I'm so sick of britney spears I could throw up!!!!!!

Sorry.

Try not to overeat next time then.

:p

"To me, it sounds like you're trying censor critical posts."

Ahh, the story of my life at this place, summed up in a sentence. You're the man, Brandon.

Adam...would it be wrong for me to say, I love you, man?

Listen to him, folks. It's a stupid commercial. NO ONE is going to remember Queen because their former guitarist and drummer starred in a Pepsi commercial (okay, I'll say it now - I HATE PEPSI - but that's completely beside the point). NO ONE! And let's face it, Britney, Pink, and Beyonce are COMPLETELY HARMLESS. Yes, their music is bad and I would not listen to it by choice, but it's stupid fun for some people. No one's going to remember them any more than they're going to remember the Ohio Express or the 1910 Fruitgum Company.

There's no POINT in hating Britney. Unlike certain truly awful artists (Saliva, Creed, Godsmack), she doesn't make me want to run from the room screaming.

GnG, I really enjoyed your post. Sure, Britney may look harmless, but the success of her music only encourages the practices of companies like Clear Channel to promote certain bands or artists at venues and also encourages big labels to get away with exorbitant cd prices, hence download piracy. The medium is the message. Britney is harmless in and of herself, sure; but ask any REAL musician what she represents and it's the death of real music. Soulless, lifeless, blah!!!

Queen album I might associate Britney with (if I was drunk and stoned and legally insane) -- Hot Space

Pinq -- The Game

Beyonce -- Jazz

What I'd REALLY like to see:

Aretha Franklin -- "Somebody to Love" (somebody cut her a check now!)
Whitney Houston -- "These are the Days of Our Lives"
LeAnn Rimes -- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Brody from the Distillers -- "Sheer Heart Attack"
The Donnas -- "Keep Yourself Alive"
Ani DiFranco -- "You Don't Fool Me"

You know, I noticed something in the Body Language video, maybe you have also: when Freddie's screaming 'I want your body,' he's singing to some Aretha-type dancers, and I'm wondering if he might be saying something about what he wants for his vocal tone, since singing would be 'body language.' Just a thought...

Love

Mac

I just think that people get the person at the other end, wrong. Britney Spears gets a shitty time from the press and then suddenly an uprising of people in the public start badmouthing her. Same happened with Robbie Williams and the same is true of others in the past.
This is what I do not like. And it's the press' fault. Their motto says it all, "We made you and we can knock you down." I may not like Robbie's music, but I certainly know how to separate him from the music.

It's alright for you to not like her music and call it the death of proper music. Fine. But when you start insulting someone you don't know, that's a little odd. I just don't think that's fair. Just look at Freddie. One thing on stage and another in private. We just don't know.

Peace,
Adam.

Please. Britney is no more going to be the death of real music than Al Sharpton will be the death of the Democratic Party. Ask most real musicians what she represents, and they'll laugh. Most of the ones I've seen don't really give two shits about her. No, the bands they care about are atrocities like Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Godsmack, 3 Doors Down, and Godsmack. Those are truly awful bands, and the problem is that people take them seriously. Sure, Britney's little Miss Commerciality, but who cares!? She'll be off the map by my twentieth birthday.

Actually, Geeks, I told someone at school today my fave band was Queen to which they replied, "Aren't they that gay band that did the Pepsi commercial with Britney" to which someone else replied, "No, Queen are getting back at Pepsi because their lead singer died from eating Pop Rocks and drinking Pepsi at the same time."
So I dunno, things can only gt worse from here.