The ignorance and opinionated shit on this thread is mind-blowing.
I got into Queen at Seven Seas Of Rhye when the UK music scene was full of glam rock, prog rock and novelty records.
Punk/new-wave sought to give it a good shaking and strip away the exess shit. And some fantastic music came out as a result.
One of those bands was The Jam. Paul Weller developed his song-writing in the public eye and every album got better.
Then he binned it and started The Style Council which covered totally different styles.
The thing is he didn't allow himself to get stuck in a musical rut but his skill with melody ran through everything he did even if your politics didn't fit his lyrics.
By the 1980 Queens best days were behind them and I was getting into different music.
But all those early Queen albums (and Bowie, Rush, T. Rex, Led Zep, even Boston) have just as proud a place as anything I got into since, like Paul Weller, Blur, The Smiths. Divine Comedy etc.
Why some people can't appreciate different stuff at the same time is beyond me. And someone's opinion does not have a bearing on their talent.
Weller has an angry streak and sometimes spouts off without thinking as he has admitted himself. However his views are heartfelt and on the side of working class people.
Roger, on the other hand, comes over as a spoilt brat who desperately wanted to be part of the cutting edge at the time of punk but just looked daft (green hair at Saarbrucken? Sheer Heart Attack?) and couldn't accept his time of credibility was over.
BTW, whoever said Queen were apolitical - what about Roger's 'Worldwide Nuclear Ban Now' t-shirt?
At the end of the day Roger has £70 million or whatever and is an international star, while Paul Weller (also worth a fair bit) is limited to Europe and crucially the one that will be remembered for era-defining brilliant song writing.
'Town Called Malice', 'That's Entertainment' and ' Going Underground' or
'Drowse' ' Radio Ga Ga' and 'Fun It'?
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agree with this ^^^ 99.99%, take out the Divine Comedic C*nt...
excellent post...
btw - add to that list other bands doing intereting stuff in the 70s....floyd, purple etc..
excellent post...
btw - add to that list other bands doing intereting stuff in the 70s....floyd, purple etc..
A town called MALICE?
NOT SURPRISED
He obviously has been very angry for a long time
and wanted his award not to go unnoticed and so
by using his chief inspirational gift, (that of his anger)
he divised his malicious little plan to publicise said reward receiving , by this outpouring of his creative mainstay, this vicious bitterness.
obviously in the fear that if he didn't do some angry quotes to go along with it, nobody would notice his receiving the award.
lol.
NOT SURPRISED
He obviously has been very angry for a long time
and wanted his award not to go unnoticed and so
by using his chief inspirational gift, (that of his anger)
he divised his malicious little plan to publicise said reward receiving , by this outpouring of his creative mainstay, this vicious bitterness.
obviously in the fear that if he didn't do some angry quotes to go along with it, nobody would notice his receiving the award.
lol.
I think you need to read up on Weller a bit. Then you might realise how totally un-informed that post is.
[QUOTE] [b]splicksplack wrote:[/b]
I think you need to read up on Weller a bit. Then you might realise how totally un-informed that post is.[/QUOTE]
Ive seen Weller twice in concert and have a few albums.However his original quote is wrong and I also dont like his tendency, shared by some other bands of that era, to divide people into "class" .
I think you need to read up on Weller a bit. Then you might realise how totally un-informed that post is.[/QUOTE]
Ive seen Weller twice in concert and have a few albums.However his original quote is wrong and I also dont like his tendency, shared by some other bands of that era, to divide people into "class" .