Koudoes to you Mike Hunt, someone else who feels like I do about all the cutting down about a few songs or albums. I personally don't cut down any of there music. To me it is the BEST you can get!
Cheers Mike!
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Haha....that was my inner hippie obviously trying to escape. Nevermind that, and keep the rants coming. It is enjoyable to read them.
Cheers
Haha....that was my inner hippie obviously trying to escape. Nevermind that, and keep the rants coming. It is enjoyable to read them.
Cheers
i like the entire queen catalogue. Though their sound changed alot from the seventies to the eighties and nineties i think this was a good think. If they only made one type of music(like most people)they would have got boring. They stayed interested in music by doing new things. I think made in heaven is just as good if not better than one of their earlier albums.
What is a real fan? Being a real fan includes being critical about the band you love as well. Not being able to criticize is called "fanatic".
Let's use a simile: if you're in school and you always get A's, then you're considered to be very smart. If, at one time, you get a B-, you would have done poorly. Is a B- bad? No, not really, it's only not what you're up to, you're able to do better than that.
Same goes for Queen. I think their first albums showed what they were up to, and not all the later albums fulfilled the expectations. They're probably not bad at all, but compared to the earlier albums, they are.
That's one point. The second is that I don't have to like changes in style. The game and Hot Space are much more disco than Queen II or ANATO. I don't like disco, but I do like symphonic music, and therefore it's perfectly understandable why I don't like certain albums.
And besides, the other bands that were named in this tiopic have the same problems. I know lots of fans who only like the early work of the Stones (including myself), and the same goes for The Who and Led Zep.
Let's use a simile: if you're in school and you always get A's, then you're considered to be very smart. If, at one time, you get a B-, you would have done poorly. Is a B- bad? No, not really, it's only not what you're up to, you're able to do better than that.
Same goes for Queen. I think their first albums showed what they were up to, and not all the later albums fulfilled the expectations. They're probably not bad at all, but compared to the earlier albums, they are.
That's one point. The second is that I don't have to like changes in style. The game and Hot Space are much more disco than Queen II or ANATO. I don't like disco, but I do like symphonic music, and therefore it's perfectly understandable why I don't like certain albums.
And besides, the other bands that were named in this tiopic have the same problems. I know lots of fans who only like the early work of the Stones (including myself), and the same goes for The Who and Led Zep.
Queen put out some great stuff after '76. AOBTD was Queen's biggest selling song ever & that came in '80. People should not jump on the band wagon & slate Queen's later stuff (I say later ADATR was only their 5th albumn) just 'cause someone else does.
OK, I'll try and explain this in small words, but I'm quite intelligent, so the odd three syllable one might slip through. Do your best.
IT'S NOT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT BASH EVERYTHING.
Some people don't like Hot Space, some feel that A Kind OF Magic is quite a weak album, some say that The Miracle is terrible.
Some don't like Machines, some don't like Friends Will Be Friends, some think Was It All Worth It needs more guitar & less synth.
Got it?
On the other hand, all of the bove (except one) applies to me, and yet oddly enough, I'd still say I was a "proper" "real" "genuine" Queen fan. The fact that I don't love everything they ever did means (in my view) that I am able to think for myself, and judge things based on their merits and not my own preconceptions.
I totally agree, but I also agree with mike, this board isn't what it used to be, people are bitching, criticising and being rude with each other way too much IMO. It's fine to have your own opinion, it's ok to criticise someone else's, but in a proper and polite way. Waaaaaay too much sarcasm and bitching around here...:(( But anyway, it's just my thought...
I'v been with this site now for about 2 months, read alot of garbage. My question to you is there any real Queen fans in this site? I mean, lets get this straight, anything after 1976 is garbage, the game, hot space, the works, magic, the miracle, made in heaven are all crap according to everone in this site. obviously queen were good, but according to most of you, not great. how can a great band put out so much garbage, and you call yourself fans. this rant is not for everyone in this site, there's some great fans here, but not to many. I never hear so many other fans bitch about their favorite bands music, led zep, the who, the stones, their beloved by their fans, nobody is gonna tell me the songs on made in heaven are not great, A winters tale, mother love, love will kill you and many more. I never heard queen put out crap, like most of you seem to think. and by the way The works is a great album.
And people wonder why I don't post on this notice board anymore. It really has turned to crap. There are nothing but newbies who know nothing much about Queen and rant on about who's cuter and ask stupid questions. This board really has gone down.
Come to think of it, I wonder how long it's been since I have posted..
i`m a real queen fan since 13 years ago.
i like everything queen did (music, videos, etc)
but i agree there are people who think that everything queen did after 1980 is crap.
i think queen is one of the 3 best bands on the earth, and if they sound different after 1980, is because queen knew how to change.
there were bands who did always the same kind of music, and that`s because they failed.
queen keeped always his style, but they knew how to change his music trough the years.
i like everything queen did (music, videos, etc)
but i agree there are people who think that everything queen did after 1980 is crap.
i think queen is one of the 3 best bands on the earth, and if they sound different after 1980, is because queen knew how to change.
there were bands who did always the same kind of music, and that`s because they failed.
queen keeped always his style, but they knew how to change his music trough the years.
Indeed!
I agree with you KingMercury!
I love the way they challenged other new directions.
I love their strugglings.
Anyway, Queen were always Queen.
I agree with you KingMercury!
I love the way they challenged other new directions.
I love their strugglings.
Anyway, Queen were always Queen.
it's good to have newbies, it means younger cats are getting into Queen, it's a good thing.
younger cats?
I'm hip to your lingo daddio...
I'm hip to your lingo daddio...
I totally agree, but I also agree with mike, this board isn't what it used to be, people are bitching, criticising and being rude with each other way too much IMO. It's fine to have your own opinion, it's ok to criticise someone else's, but in a proper and polite way. Waaaaaay too much sarcasm and bitching around here...:(( But anyway, it's just my thought...
I agree! recently too much focus has been on the worst queen songs ever don and worst songs live, etc. Also, whenever anyone starts a serious threads the sarcastic comments and the complaints usually outnumber the 'actual' responses.
The thing I don't like when someone's saying 'Board becomes boring, stupid questions, rude newbies' - hey, guys, why don't you ask clever questions and not trying to be polite with those newbies?
I agree with you, Mike. I wonder why some of Queen fans who don't like Hot Space have only one word to describe that album: 'shit' (well two words: shit or crap) - they can't call it 'bad', 'not good', 'less interesting than others', no way - only crap or shit!
I agree with you, Mike. I wonder why some of Queen fans who don't like Hot Space have only one word to describe that album: 'shit' (well two words: shit or crap) - they can't call it 'bad', 'not good', 'less interesting than others', no way - only crap or shit!
Hey, now! I confess that I don't love everything Queen ever did, but that doesn't mean I'm not a fan. Lets see, I love Jazz, The Game, The Works, Innuendo. Magic is OK, Who Wants To Live Forever is one of my favorite Queen songs, but the rest of the material there just isn't great. I don't have The Miracle or Made In heaven yet, so I can't comment there. Hot Space, I can't get excited about, the album has three good songs, IMO. I just don't like that funk type music very much. But I still love Queen...........
There was a point in my younger days when if Freddie had farted in a bucket and Queen had released it as a single I would have bought it! I actually thought they had when Body Language came out!! I lost a bit of interest with Hot Space but they won me back big time with The Works. I actually like HS now although it took about 10 years to grow on me.
Ofcourse opinions are like arseholes everybody has one and everybodys is different! I have found that even if I don't like a particular song I can still appreciate it for what it is!
Ofcourse opinions are like arseholes everybody has one and everybodys is different! I have found that even if I don't like a particular song I can still appreciate it for what it is!