What "Era of Queen" did you like best: 70's Vs.80's?

To Me, 1977-1980 were Queens greatest years, why? because of their sheer aggression with their energy of their music and presentation. As a live act they were untouchable, only KISS would probably rival Queen as a high energy live act in those years, and that is saying something!!!

The band sounded extremely tight together when performing live on stage, hands down, Queen were still considered this hard kicking heavy - rock outfit that had a real mystique that was not totally revealled or rivalled. Queen in particular were seen in this way in the States, as a powerful tough rock group where they showed that British rock bands knew how to rock and party.

Only Queen fans dug their music, cause they sounded so Queen like, they hadn't yet got that mainstream sound like they did in the mid 80's, where there were synths that at times appeared to meddle with some of their songs. No, in this era (77-80) it was heavy drums, guitars and Mercury's pinao that presented the tough and delicate Queen sound.

In this era we also got to see a transformation in Queen, more so with Mercury, alas the mostache that came in 1980!!! Mercury wearing the Flash t-shirt just looks so cool as well!! The albums were damn cool too, News of The World, Jazz, Live Killers and The Game, all complemented with awesome live tours too boot!!!! Man I wish I was around those years!!!

Mercury still looked and felt the true young rock star and May, Taylor and even Deacon all looked fucken awesome, Deacon would be tapping his toe when thundering out those heavy bass lines and he looked like he was loving it, he looks mean as in AOBTD video, people I dont know what happend to Johnny the boy after 1980, but the less said about Deacon's presentation after 1980 in Queen, the better.

People not to say Queen rocked in the 80's, they certainly did ROCK, but I think there were alot more dour moments where Queen looked like they wanted to be elsewhere that being in Queen.

Kudos to Queen all round, more so in my books in the illustrious 1977-1980 era.

I may be an 80's child (just) but I'm voting 70's all the way. I just bought Queen, Queen II and News of the World and I'm loving them!

Queen rocked more in da 70's cos Freddie sooo dam hot then cos he had his long still n yea the music was much more creative, i loved his voice better then too, also they were alot younger, 80s were good but it never beat the 70s thats for sure.

I love all Queen music, but I prefer most of their 70s songs, despite the fact there where good ones in the 80s as well. I also love all their appearances, but I prefer their 80s persona personally, moustache ftw

PAUL RODGERS AND ADAM LAMBERT YEARS IS WHAT MADE QUEEN QUEEN. BOLLOCKS TO MR. DEACON FOR NOT KNOWING WHO THE REAL QUEEN IS.

70's by far.

More multi-tracked guitars, more acoustic parts, more complex harmonies, more piano, more big deep percussion, more melodic bass, less synths, less machines, no MIDI, no programming, less pop crap.

70's

Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night at the Opera
A Day at Races
News of the World

These six albums are gold. In the 70s music was the main thing, in the 80s there were another ingredients in the mix (parties, royalties, egos...)

70's all the way. Though there are bits of The Game I really like, but I feel the other 80's albums suffered because of production more so, in some cases, than the songs

the 70s,
although i can narrow it down further
73-78

70-72 output was sparse

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70's all the way. Though there are bits of The Game I really like[/QUOTE]

Some of those bits might have been in fact recorded in the 70's, depending on which bits you're referring to. Still, 40% of the album was made in 1979.

73 to 80 for me, The First 6 were the best of the best. I dig Jazz and The Game too, after that they became a singles band. In the 80's they had only 4 songs per album I liked. Innuendo, a 90's album was a return to form.

70's. I like almost nothing from their 80's stuff

Can only second what all the other have said. Queen were best in the 70's, studio and live. The first 6 albums are superb, and Jazz is, with all its flaws, a great record with a certain playfully aggressive feel that I never heard on their other albums, before or after.

It takes other people saying it for me to realize, but the first six albums are really the best. I would say that Queen I through A Day at the Races firmly established Queen's status as pomp rock/glam rock superstars, while News of the World was their first (and arguably only) successful deviation from this style. While the first five were very meticulously produced, News of the World was much more spontaneous, both as a creative and listening experience. Still, it belongs in the first "iteration" of Queen, as it was stacked from top to bottom with excellent songs just like the others (though that is a matter of opinion). From Jazz onwards, while Freddie's voice may have been at its peak, their studio work suffered. Only a few songs from each album were standout tracks (though personally, I like almost all of the songs on The Works album). The only possible exception to this trend may have been The Game.

So to sum up, from 1973-77, the albums were better than the songs, while from 1978-95, the songs outshone the albums.

Well, obviously their albums were better during the 70s, although some of their songs from the 80s are really good.