John the most underrated Queen member???

I love John's songs!

Though underrated maybe because he doesn't sing.....?
Who knows.

I agree with Stone Cold Crazy there. Perhaps John's underrated status is due that he never sang on the albums. Also his stage pressence is deemed forgettable to non Queen fans, and surpisingly, to some Queen fans as well. I'll admit that at first I wasn't that fond of John. However, as I got more into Queen I learnt to appreciate his songwriting. Most of the Queen songs that I love are written by him, such as You and I, Misfire, and Spread Your Wings to name some. Freddie will always be my favourite songwriter of the group. John is a very close second. Brian is a distant third, and Roger is dead last. IMO

Sorry Roger fans.

I think Fred is the most underrated member. Of course many many many people love his voice, and a good percentage of queen fans admire him as singer. But what about his skills as pianist, arranger, songwriter...? That stupid legend that in the last years he hardly composed, when in Miracle and Innuendo he was by far the main songwriter, numerically, and the three post-Innuendo songs are all written or co-written by him.

The most underrated Queen member was .... Spike Edney. Actually he created the most popular and favourite Queen songs from Seven Seas of Rhye to The Show must go on and played main guitar parts in such songs as Now I'm here, Bohemian Rhapsody, It's late, Tear it up, I want it all, Hitman and so on. He was so talented, that other members had hiding him, 'cause lots of groups wanted to tempt him join their groups: Boomtown Rats, Sigue Sigue Sputnic, the Sparks, 10CC, Deacon Blue, Thin Lizzy... this list could last forever. Also, due to this, he played backstages most, and only through Hammer to Fall and Crazy little thing, also Tutti Frutti on Magic tour group let him appear on stage. Then as a compensation for all that wrong, Roger created group Cross especially for dear Spikie. But he wasnt happy with that, 'cause all his heart and mind belonged to Queen. After this he created song about himself "Invisible Man". After Freddie Mercury died, mostly thanx to his endevours, was organized huge Tribute to Freddie at Wembley stadium. Now he lives quiet life, joins some solo and charity projects, recently takes part in musical WWRY. But few people know he's that secret fifth Queen member...

oh shit, i wrote "like him the most", of course i meant "like him the least", but yeah, I'm glas that so many love his songwriting.

he wrote more poppy songs, or funky ongs, but not really rock songs.

but yes, i think that's my favorite's list:

Freddie
John
May
Roger

i don't like roger's songs, even Radio Ga Ga i dislike... oh sorry, and yes I meant IILWMC with Clean machine. i think that song is totally crap.

yes that's right, freddie was not lazy with his songwriting. he did actually a lot in 1983 and then from 1987 to 1991.

remember all his solo songs from 1983 (which were released in 1985), his Barcelona songs from 1987, the miracle songs and his big influence on Innuendo!!!

i think his laziest time was from 1977 til 1982. Have a look at The Game. his songs were not that great, though I love Play The Game and Crazy thing, i didn't get too much intp DTsuicide.

John rocks!! dont think he is underated at all, he talked with the Bass sound and shines with his number one hits, and the song that neva made it big he still rocks it!!

About Freddie's "laziness":

1977 was in fact a hard year for him, personally, so he didn't write too much. Note that 'News Of The World' is the only album (together with 'Flash') in which Brian wrote more songs than Freddie (although in 'Flash Gordon' many of those songs are just variations of 'Flash Theme' or 'The Hero').

1978 Fred was the main songwriter in 'Jazz', with five songs against four by Brian, two by John, two by Roger.

Apparently he wrote a lot of songs in the Game period but they had the deal of include three songs by Brian, three songs by Freddie, two by Roger and two by John. Roger recommended Fred to put the other songs (I guess 'Beautiful Day' is one of them) in a solo album but Fred said he didn't want to make an album of leftovers.

an' which are the songs?

"Crazy Little Thing"
"Don't Try Suicide
Play The Game


and Crazy was written in 1979!

well, that's right in 1978 he wrote many songs, too. Don't Stop Me Now is one of my favourite songs ever.

I didn't say CLTCL was written in '79, I said it was in the Game period (June '79 - May '80)

Why was 1977 a hard year for Fred? I've never heard that before.

I don't know his biography but I think that's around when he broke up with Mary

no, i think that was in 1978 or 1979. but anyway, you said he wrote many songs for The Game but i only know 3 and one of them was written in 1979 and the other 2 maybe in early 1980.

and i think he never "broke up" with mary, it was not that bad, i guess.
though it must be hard for a woman, if your lover tells you that he was gay!!!!

He was bisexual, not gay

yes, of course. i know, it must fuck up you, but i don't think he was into boys and girls the same time. maybe in the 70ies with mary, but in the 80ies he was, i think so, gay as a goose.

i don't like some theories like John lennon was gay, too, but c'mon, freddie was gay in the 80ies!!

i mean, some people want tu suggest themselves that a star was bi instead of a homo, cause being bi is not that bad as being gay, what?

Who cares what they are!?