queen's power

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]dont try suicide wrote: [/QUOTENAME]the queen of england sure made a pretty good run in the mid 90's huh?

anyway...

don't you think it's kinda funny how queen put every band out of business? t-rex, roxy music, 10cc, genesis, yes, uriah heap, sweet, slade, deep purple, mott the hoople, sparks; all were great bands that everyone thought would have great careers, but when queen hit the charts, those bands vanished without a trace. sure they tried to compete with queen, but they all failed.

what band from the late 60's and early 70's actually survived with a sucessful career after queen came into the scene?

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Slade had hits in the 70's, 80's and 90's and only stopped because Noddy Holder had enough of the touring life and packed it in. He then went on to do radio presenting and some acting work.

And you could hardly say that Queen put T rex out of business since Marc Bolan lead singer of said group, died as a result of a car accident.

Sweets' problem wasnt the result of Queen either, more Brian Connollys' drink habit, which eventually killed him, and was having a major affect on the bands own moral.

Deep Purple still tour and sell out venues these days as well, abeit smaller venues than that which they were used to.

So the argument that Queen put these bands out of business doesnt quite hold water. Sorry.

queen has nothing to do with other bands,queen is queen,love it or leave it.put it on the first place or the bottom of the list.i put it in the first place,

didnt deep purple and release a half decent studio album recently... but queen + PR will be much better

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Zeni wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Genesis's success was limited in the 1970s. It wasn't until they moved out of the prog rock scene and became more mainstream in the 1980s that they achieved worldwide success. It was Genesis, I believe, that sold out Wembley Stadium for 3 nights in 1986/1987(?) for their Invisible Touch Tour (whereas Queen "only" managed 2 nights). So, just as Queen were declining as an act (no tours after 1986, Freddie's death in 1991), Genesis reached its biggest levels.

Besides, Genesis spawned more side projects/solo success than Queen. Save for Freddie's solo efforts and Brian's Back to the Light success, it had little; Genesis, on the other hand, spawned Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Mike and the Mechanics, which all had big hits.

Just 2 paragraphs to say: apples and oranges, baby.[/QUOTE]

They didn't "only manage" two nights. They only "managed to book" two nights.

V.

Queen suck

Marc Bolan died in 1977 but T Rex were not a huge group by then. They had faded out a few years before when the hits dried up as you will see if you look at the record books. Marc Bolan died a drugged up bloated version of the superstar singer from 5 or 6 years before. As for Deep Purple making more money than Queen do nowadays i really would doubt that. do you know how many cd's Queen still sells today, i am sure it's more than Deep Purple and Queen Productions still make a mint every year. For people who think the Queen tours used to make the band their money then i think it is on film somewhere Roger or Brian saying the only tour Queen ever made a profit on was their last. Magic Tour 1986.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]dont try suicide wrote: [/QUOTENAME]sure they're appreciated and i'm a big fan of all the bands i mentioned, but they didn't survive very long. they had great runs for a short period but couldn't keep up.[/QUOTE]

You have absolutely no understanding of the world of music, clealy. Genesis, a short run? T-Rex? YES a goner?!!! You must be out of your mind.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]dont try suicide wrote: [/QUOTENAME]sure they're appreciated and i'm a big fan of all the bands i mentioned, but they didn't survive very long. they had great runs for a short period but couldn't keep up.[/QUOTE]

You have absolutely no understanding of the world of music, clealy. Genesis, a short run? T-Rex? YES a goner?!!! Deep Purple, the band that dominated hard-rock in the '70s??? You must be out of your mind.

Are we talking about longevity now or about success? Because if we take into point success then Queen is definitely in the top 5 bands worldwide joining Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. I know Led Zeppelin weren't THAT big outside the U.S. but where were Deep Purple big? Neither in the UK nor in the US for sure but I heard they were kinda big in Germany or something, not sure. They had a cult following in the UK. If you mean they were more influential, maybe... But by no means did they dominate the '70s in sales...

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]gemloveswembley86 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Marc Bolan died in 1977 but T Rex were not a huge group by then. They had faded out a few years before when the hits dried up as you will see if you look at the record books. Marc Bolan died a drugged up bloated version of the superstar singer from 5 or 6 years before. As for Deep Purple making more money than Queen do nowadays i really would doubt that. do you know how many cd's Queen still sells today, i am sure it's more than Deep Purple and Queen Productions still make a mint every year. For people who think the Queen tours used to make the band their money then i think it is on film somewhere Roger or Brian saying the only tour Queen ever made a profit on was their last. Magic Tour 1986.[/QUOTE]

ok....your points in turn
1. t-rex - 235 weeks in the UK singles charts - over an 8 year period - that equates to being in the charts one week in every two
2. Deep Purple have for the last twenty years been a much bigger band in the US than Queen have
3. queen's last album only peaked at no21 in UK - yeah, that sold shitloads. and while QPR are selling out 3,000-10,000 capacity venues, Purple are (yet again) doing stadium tours - queen by the way had done NO TOURS last twenty years til QPR just over a year ago.

what 8 year period? i think you will find that from 1968 when they first charted to 1977 when Bolan died they were on chart in the UK for 229 weeks and thats a 9 year period.their last top 10 single in the UK during Bolan's life was in 1973 same as their last top 10 album. i am sorry but that doesn't ring true that when Bolan died he and T Rex were still on top of their game. Queen didn't tour for 20 years thats true BECAUSE THEY HAD NO SINGER!!!! Queen played at Hyde Park in 2005 which the attendance was approximately 60,000 so that blows the can't play stadium gigs out of the water and also Queen werent as big in the US as Deep Purple? yeah and whats your point. The US dont rule the world. Queen in 1986 werent that big but they sold out stadiums all over Europe. Being big in the US doesnt mean big in the whole world my friend.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]dont try suicide wrote: [/QUOTENAME]the queen of england sure made a pretty good run in the mid 90's huh?

anyway...

don't you think it's kinda funny how queen put every band out of business? t-rex, roxy music, 10cc, genesis, yes, uriah heap, sweet, slade, deep purple, mott the hoople, sparks; all were great bands that everyone thought would have great careers, but when queen hit the charts, those bands vanished without a trace. sure they tried to compete with queen, but they all failed.

what band from the late 60's and early 70's actually survived with a sucessful career after queen came into the scene?

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Slade vanished when Queen came along? I don't think so!

Well Slade didnt exactly vanish but their last number 1 was in 1973 and that was Merry Xmas Everybody and their last top 10 album was in 1974 and was number 6. They went 6 years from 1975 to 1981 without a single top 10 single. They werent exactly a big rival to Queen after 1975 were they?

Music ended way before Queen became famous

per Don MacLean

it's a fact

dont forget thin lizzy...they had sucess and toured with em as well