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Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-25

Queen, one of the most recognizable, distinctive, and talented of bands, yet their catalog of songs is woefully underplayed on radio stations. Compared to other bands of the era, the amount of Queen's songs you hear on regular airplay is surprisingly limited.
On top of it all, their 70's catalog is virtually unknown in the States aside from a few songs. Which is a shame, as their best music was from their 1970's albums!

Most people cite Freddie Mercury as the only "good" member of Queen, and while he was an absolutely amazing and inimitable musician, the other members of Queen are equally as talented. Even more sad is that most people judge the band by Freddie's sexuality. Whether or not you agree with it does not detract from the fact that Freddie was a fantastic musician, an amazing showman , and a brilliant songwriter. And he was bisexual, not gay.

As far as the rest of the band goes:

Dr. Brian May - an amazing virtuoso on his (homemade!) electric guitar, one of the greatest guitarists to ever walk the planet, and a brilliant songwriter. He can sing, too, as well as being proficient on other instruments, like piano, acoustic guitar, and ukulele. . He and his father made his guitar when he was a young boy, entirely from scraps of things he had around the house. Very distinct , emotive, and powerful sound, and one of the few guitarists who has an instantly recognizable style.

And on top of all that, he earned a PhD in Astrophysics, Commander of the British Empire (CBE), co-authored a book with well-known astronomers ("Bang! The History of the Universe) and is chancellor of a University in London.


Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor) - Not only an exceptional drummer, but could sing as well. It takes a lot of talent to sing while playing complex drum lines. He also could hit a flawless falsetto, as evident in "Bohemian Rhapsody" , "Somebody To Love", and "'39", as well as others. The highest notes of Queen songs were his.
His distinctive rough-sounding singing voice set him apart from the rest of the band, and his high notes were an important aspect of Queen's signature "sound" in the 70's and much of the 80's.

John Deacon didn't really say much, and couldn't sing, but he was a skilled bassist and came up with some of Queen's most known songs. His bass lines from "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Under Pressure" are some of music's best.


I find it quite unfortunate that only a few Queen songs are known widespread, and that Queen is looked down upon because of Mercury's sexuality, and his personal choices. They are the top selling band of all time, and for good reason - their songs stand the test of time.

Discussion:!

- Are you a fan of the band? If so, when /how did you become one?
- Who is your favorite member of the band?
- If not a fan, are you willing to give them a chance and listen to some songs?

Queen Discography:

All of the songs are linked to performances/album tracks on Youtube.

The writer(s) of the songs are next to the youtube link in italics.
On Queen's last few albums, and several songs here or there during their 20+ year career, the writer is credited as "Queen", regardless of who initially composed it.

Freddie Mercury sings lead unless otherwise stated.

Queen
1973

Though it was recorded in bits and pieces, sessions for Queen's debut album stretched on for over a year, during studio downtime; in other words, when other, more famous artists were unable to use already-booked studio time, Queen would have the opportunity to record their own music. While the tradition of a debut album is to just have the band bash out their stage material with little attention paid to overdubs, Queen were adamant that their songs be recorded their way until they were absolutely perfect. By 1972, Queen had amassed a large portion of self-penned material, with most of the songs being tried out in the live setting first. Freddie and Brian were proving to be prolific songwriters, so it was only a matter of selecting the most representative material to be released on their debut album.

- Keep Yourself Alive (Brian May)
- Doing All Right (May/Tim Staffell)
- Great King Rat (Freddie Mercury)
- My Fairy King (Mercury)
- Liar (Mercury)
- The Night Comes Down (May)
- Modern Times Rock 'N Roll (Roger Taylor, who also sings lead)
- Jesus (Mercury)
- Son And Daughter (May)

- Mad The Swine (Mercury)

Queen II
1974

As soon as sessions for Queen finished in March 1973, the band took a brief break before jumping back into the studios to work on their follow-up. The creatively fertile band, bursting with ideas, entered Trident Studios in August to lay down songs that would become their second album, unimaginatively titled Queen II. (Brian later admitted that the band considered calling it Over The Top, but this idea was discarded.) In addition to songs that had been written around the same time as those that appeared on the debut album (including Father To Son, Ogre Battle, and Seven Seas Of Rhye), as well as an older song written by Brian during his days in Smile (White Queen (As It Began)), songs were written that were far more adventurous than anything attempted before.

Concept albums were also a burgeoning fad, especially with the March 1973 release of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon; while Queen II isn't strictly conceptual, there's a definite theme running through the songs, which was confirmed, however indirectly, when it was decided to place all of Brian's songs – and Roger's sole contribution, The Loser In The End – on the first side (titled "Side White") and all of Freddie's songs on the second side (titled "Side Black"). The first side is introspective and introverted, as befits Brian's songwriting style. Freddie's songs form a medley, with each song segueing in and out of each other effortlessly, each song more complex than the last.

- Procession (May)
- Father to Son (May)
- White Queen (As It Began) (May)
- Some Day, One Day (May, who also sings lead)
- The Loser In The End (Taylor, who also sings lead)
-Ogre Battle (Mercury)
- The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke (Mercury)
- Nevermore (Mercury)
- The March Of The Black Queen (Mercury)
- Funny How Love Is (Mercury)
- Seven Seas of Rhye (Freddie Mercury)

Sheer Heart Attack
1974

During a heavy period of touring Brian May collapsed with acute hepatitis, contracted from a dirty needle from inoculations necessary prior to the band's Australian shows earlier in the year. Due to the fact that their lead guitarist was extremely ill in the hospital, Queen immediately halted the tour and mulled over what to do in the interim.

It would seem that the plans meant to jump full-on into recording their next album, an unplanned but necessary LP in order to remain in the public eye. With basic sessions starting at Trident Studios in July 1974, Queen were reduced to a trio, with John occasionally deputizing on guitar as well as his normal bass duties. As a result, the trio made the most of their time, and no idea was too crazy to explore. Thirteen songs were written and recorded, with Freddie taking on the lion's share: six were written by him, while four were penned by Brian. John and Roger each wrote one, and Stone Cold Crazy was credited as a four-way composition, though it had started off as a Wreckage song, written by Freddie.

As if Queen II hadn't been experimental enough, the band shifted into new territories with this new album, leaving behind the conceptual themes of the predecessor but allowing themselves enough freedom to try new things. In addition to hard rock, the band also explored glam rock, early heavy metal, music hall, arena rock, and pop.

Of course, it was up to Roy Thomas Baker to make sure that all of this made sense, and with Brian out of commission for a good portion of the sessions (in a stroke of bad luck, after recovering enough from hepatitis, he was stricken with yet more health problems, this time a duodenal ulcer that would often send him running to the studio toilet), a lot of gaps were left in which the recovering guitarist would need to add his parts. It was a herculean effort that was pulled off effortlessly; the dream team of Baker and engineer Mike Stone would make their final mark to Queen's recording history on the following album, A Night At The Opera.

- Brighton Rock (May)
A version of the Brighton Rock solo played live.
Version from Wembley '86
Brighton Rock, sans vocal track
- Killer Queen (Mercury)
- Tenement Funster (Taylor, who also sings lead)
- Flick Of The Wrist (Mercury)
- Lily Of The Valley (Mercury)
- Now I'm Here (May)
- In The Lap Of The Gods (Mercury)
- Stone Cold Crazy (Queen)
- Dear Friends (May)
- Misfire (John Deacon)
- Bring Back That Leroy Brown (Mercury)
- She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) (May, who also sings lead)
- In The Lap of the Gods (Revisited) (Mercury)

A Night At The Opera
1975

Despite having two Top Ten albums and two Top Ten singles to their name, Queen found themselves in serious dire straits at the start of 1975. They had been touring and recording relentlessly for five years, and none of their hard work had started to pay off yet, which raised concerns for the band members.

Health issues were also starting to plague the band. Though Brian had recovered nicely from his bout with hepatitis and gangrene from the spring of 1974, now Freddie's voice was starting to cause problems, and several dates on their US tour had to be canceled so that he could relax and save his throat. It was at first said that nodules had formed on his lymph nodes and that three months' rest was the only cure, but a second opinion revealed his throat was merely excessively swollen, and that only one or two weeks was necessary.


The album was released in November 1975 – a mere fortnight after the Bohemian Rhapsody single shot into the UK charts – and reached #1 in the UK, and #4 in the US, the first time any of Queen's albums had broken through the Top Ten. Bohemian Rhapsody reached #1 in the UK and #9 in the US, while the follow-up single, John's You're My Best Friend, peaked at #7 in the UK and #16 in the US. The band knew rather early on that they had something special on their hands, and invited the press for a special hearing of the album only days before they were due to go on tour again. The album was still being mixed hours before the playback, and further tweaks and edits were made afterward, but the general consensus was that Queen had recorded a killer album, and that it blew their previous three albums out of the water. More than thirty years on, it's hard to disagree.

-Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To..) (Mercury)
- Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (Mercury)
- I'm In Love With My Car (Taylor, who also sings lead.)
- You're My Best Friend (Deacon)
- Sweet Lady (May)
- Seaside Rendezvous (Mercury)
Taylor and Mercury performed a "vocal orchestration" for this track, using their voices to mimic woodwind and brass noises.
- '39 (May, who also sings lead).
The Prophet's Song (May)
- Love Of My Life (Mercury).
Live version.
- Good Company (May, who also sings lead.)
All "instruments" heard in this song were played by May; the "band" at the end of the song is comprised entirely of his guitar! Only the ukelele and his guitar were used for this song (aside from Deacon's backing of bass and Taylor on drums.)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury).
- God Save The Queen (Traditional - Arranged by May)

A Day At the Races
1976

Considered as the "sequel" to A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races was the first of their albums to be self-produced.
Unlike the sessions for A Night At The Opera, the band weren't under any pressing schedules to quickly record an album and go out on the road to promote it; in fact, apart from four concerts in September, the band wouldn't tour again until January 1977. As their concert dates occurred midway through their recording sessions, it only made sense that some of the new songs be incorporated into the set: Tie Your Mother Down and You Take My Breath Away were both played, becoming one of the rare times when new material would be performed live before being officially released.

- Tie Your Mother Down (May).
- You Take My Breath Away (Mercury)
- Long Away (May, who also sings lead.)
- The Millionaire Waltz (Mercury).
- You And I (Deacon)
- Somebody to Love (Mercury)
- White Man (May)
- Good Old Fashioned Loverboy (Mercury)
- Drowse (Taylor, who also sings lead)
- Teo Toriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (May)

News Of The World
1977

After an exhaustive seven years together and several trips around the world – not only to the United Kingdom and the United States, but Europe, Japan, and Australia – the band were ushered back into the recording studios in the summer of 1977 to record a follow-up to A Day At The Races. Instead of recording a similar album, several clashing musical styles were beginning to overtake the airwaves and attention of musicians worldwide: punk, new wave, and disco. Smartly opting to explore the first two genres, the band started to write and record more stripped-back songs, foregoing the usual production gimmicks of multiple overdubs and studio trickery.

- We Will Rock You (May)
- We Are The Champions (Mercury)
- Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor)
- All Dead, All Dead (May, who also sings lead)
- Spread Your Wings (Deacon)
- Fight From The Inside (Taylor, who also sings lead)
- Get Down, Make Love (Mercury)
- Sleeping On The Sidewalk (May, who also sings lead)
- Who Needs You (Deacon)
- It's Late (May)
- My Melancholy Blues (Mercury)

Jazz
1978

With the lengthy News Of The World tour behind them, the band took the summer of 1978 to work on a follow-up. There would be no way to match the success of We Are The Champions, so it was decided to explore even more musical territories, many that had not been previously attempted. The passing fad of punk rock seemed to have dissipated by the time sessions began in July; while old wave bands like The Rolling Stones had released Some Girls, meant to be a direct response to punk music, that summer, Queen avoided that path completely this time, instead choosing to record whatever they wanted to record.

- Mustapha (Mercury)
-Fat Bottomed Girls (May).
- Jealousy (Mercury)
- Bicycle Race (Mercury)
- If You Can't Beat Them (Deacon)
- Let Me Entertain You (Mercury)
- Dead On Time (May)
-In Only Seven Days (Deacon)
- Dreamers Ball (May)
- Fun It (Taylor, who shares lead)
- Leaving Home Ain't Easy (May)
-Don't Stop Me Now (Mercury)
- More Of That Jazz (Taylor, who also sings lead)

The Game
1980

On this album, the aspect that critics were quick to point out (and, occasionally, praise) was the obvious desire to focus more on rhythmically-charged songs instead of lengthy epics. There weren't any Bohemian Rhapsodys or The Prophets Songs; the drums and bass were brought up further in the mix, while guitars were reduced to providing rhythm and an occasional solo, thus eliminating the famed orchestrations that made Queen's music in the 1970s so appealing. Another new factor was the introduction of the synthesizer, which would upset a small percentage of the fans. The band themselves were unsure of the shift, but the music world was evolving, and it would have been career suicide to have not evolved as well. Synthesizers were used liberally on several songs throughout the album: Play The Game, Rock It (Prime Jive), Sail Away Sweet Sister, Coming Soon, and Save Me all featured the offending instrument, and most have debated its success, with varying results. Also, more mundanely, fans were introduced to the startling image of Freddie with a bushy mustache, which he had grown to self-consciously hide his protruding teeth (according to legend, during the North American tour in 1980, Freddie was bombarded with disposable razors and pleas from the audience to shave the offending facial hair).

The Game went on to become Queen's first - and only - number one album in the United States, despite the immense popularity worldwide of their previous albums.

- Play The Game
- Dragon Attack (May).
-Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon)
- Need Your Loving Tonight (Deacon)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)
- Rock It (Prime Jive) (Taylor, who sings lead after Mercury's intro)
- Don't Try Suicide (Mercury)
- Sail Away Sweet Sister (To The Sister I Never Had) (May, who also sings lead)
- Coming Soon (Taylor, who shares lead with Freddie.)
- Save Me (May)



Flash Gordon
1980

Written as the soundtrack for the movie of the same name.

-Flash's Theme (May)

Hot Space
1982

Considered to be the weakest of Queen's albums, with more emphasis on rhythm, synthesizers, and "funk" than all of Queen's previous albums. Never the less, "Under Pressure" was immensely popular from the album, though Queen was never able to repeat their success in the United States after this album failed to chart.

-Staying Power (Mercury)
- Dancer (May)
- Back Chat (Deacon)
- Body Language (Mercury)
- Action This Day (Taylor, who shares lead with Mercury)
- Put Out The Fire (May)
- Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)] (Mercury)
- Calling All Girls (Taylor)
- Las Palabras de Amor (The Words Of Love) (May, who shares lead with Mercury)
-Under Pressure (Queen/David Bowie)

The Works
1984

Following the disappointing reception to Hot Space and the lengthy and often grueling world tour, the band decided to take a break from each other and either work on their own or take some time to relax with their families. If the sour taste of Hot Space had affected the band's productivity, they didn't show it. Instead of advancing on the sounds of their previous album, they instead fell back into a system of using whatever works best; as a result, most of the songs hark back to other eras of the band's illustrious history.
On a lighter note, synthesizers and drum machines were finally integrated successfully into Queen's music; for the purist fans, this was hardly resounding news, but it should be remembered that this was 1984, and that synthesizers and drum machines were the latest trend.

- Radio Ga Ga (Taylor)
-Radio Ga Ga, as performed at Live-Aid. Voted best live-act of all time.
- Tear It Up (May)
- It's A Hard Life (Mercury)
- Man On The Prowl (Mercury)
- Machines (Or 'Back To Humans') (May/Taylor)
- I Want To Break Free (Deacon).
- Keep Passing The Open Windows (Mercury)
- Hammer to Fall (May)
- Is This The World We Created? (May/Mercury)
- I Go Crazy (May)

A Kind of Magic
1986

Prior to Live Aid, Queen had originally envisioned taking 1986 off, resuming recording and touring duties in 1987. The tour in support of The Works had been less than enjoyable, and by the time the band reached their final dates in the spring of 1985, they were almost literally counting down the days until their extended break. However, the response they received on 13 July 1985 changed all that, and they suddenly found themselves invigorated again, and their plans were suitably changed.

During the sessions, the band were approached by director Russell Mulcahy, who was working on his first feature-length film, Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. The director asked if the band would be interested in providing the theme song to the film and, after viewing twenty minutes of the rough cut, the band were so taken with the story that they offered to provide the entire soundtrack. However, the band had learned their lesson the prior times they had worked on soundtracks, and decided to have the new album feature a handful of songs in the film, while the remainder would be separate from the project entirely.

- One Vision (Queen)
- A Kind of Magic (Taylor)
- One Year Of Love (Deacon)
- Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Deacon/Mercury)
- Friends Will Be Friends (Deacon/Mercury)
- Who Wants To Live Forever? (May, who shares lead vocals with Mercury)
- Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (May)
- Don't Lose Your Head (Taylor, who shares lead with Mercury)
- Princes Of The Universe (Mercury)
- Forever (May, who plays piano)

The Miracle
1989

With an extended lay-off between the final date of the 1986 Magic tour (9 August) and commencement of recording sessions for Queen's thirteenth studio album, The Miracle, in January 1988, a lot had happened in that time frame, all of which was integral to the recording process. Solo work dominated the time off, with Roger forming The Cross and recording their first album, Shove It, while Freddie worked with Montserrat Caballé and Mike Moran on the Barcelona album. Meanwhile, Brian was working on his first solo album, which wouldn't be released until 1992 as Back To The Light. So, while Queen as a unit were largely defunct – except for the 1987 video anthology The Magic Years and twelve singles being released on CD in 1988 – three of the four members were just as prolific.

he time away from each other was beneficial, for everyone came back to the recording sessions well-rested and bursting with enthusiasm and ideas. (However, some major strife happened during the break: Brian's marriage to wife Chrissy fell apart, though a budding romance with Anita Dobson turned into a relationship, while his father also passed away to lung cancer in June 1988. Of course, during this time, Freddie was diagnosed with AIDS, though he wouldn't tell anyone else about it until recording sessions for Innuendo.)

- Party (Queen)
- Kashoggi's Ship (Queen)
- The Miracle (Queen, primarily by Mercury)
- Want It All (Queen, primarily by May, who shares lead with Mercury)
- The Invisible Man (Queen, primarily by Taylor)
- Breakthru (Queen, primarily by Taylor.)
- Rain Must Fall (Queen)
- Scandal (Queen, primarily by May)
- My Baby Does Me (Queen, by Deacon and Mercury)
- Was It All Worth It (Queen)

Innuendo
1991

Innuendo was recorded with the knowledge that Mercury did not have much time left. By then, AIDS had ravaged his body, and it was becoming clearer and clearer that this was the band's last time recording together with the four of them. It is one of Queen's finest, and Mercury gave some of the best vocals of his career despite being in constant pain. Much of the lyrics of the songs deals with the imminent death of their charismatic lead singer, and how the band struggled to cope.

- Innuendo (Queen)
- I'm Going Slightly Mad (Queen, primarily by Mercury).
- Headlong (Queen, by May)
- I Can't Live With You (Queen, by May).
- Ride The Wild Wind (Queen, primarily by Taylor).
- All God's People (Queen, primarily by Mercury)
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen, primarily by Taylor.) Mercury's last video.
- Delilah (Queen, primarily by Mercury)
- Don't Try So Hard (Queen, primarily by Mercury).
- The Hitman (Queen, primarily by May)
- Bijou (Queen, by May and Mercury)
- The Show Must Go On (Queen, primarily by May).

Made In Heaven
1995

Released several years after Mercury's passing, the remaining three members of Queen put together vocals previously done by Mercury, to make this album. Freddie had recorded as much music as he possibly could in the year or so prior to his death, with many unfinished tracks not having been completed in time for Innuendo, along with other, earlier tracks that had never been finished.

- It's A Beautiful Day (Queen)
- Made In Heaven (Mercury)
- Let Me Live (Queen). Sung by Mercury, Taylor, and May, respectively.
- Mother Love (May/Mercury).
The last song Mercury ever recorded. As Mercury was too ill to complete the song, May sang the last verse.
- My Life Has Been Saved (Queen)
- I Was Born To Love You (Mercury)
- Heaven for Everyone (Taylor)
- Too Much Love Will Kill You (May).
- You Don't Fool Me (Queen)
- A Winter's Tale (Queen)
- It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) (Queen)
- Track 13
Part 1
Part 2

Queen Rocks
1997

Released as a compilation of Queen's "heavier" songs. One new song, penned by May as a tribute to the life of Freddie Mercury, appeared on this album.

- No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (May)

Freddie Mercury Solo Releases:


Mr. Bad Guy
1985

- Living On My Own
- I Was Born To Love You
- Made In Heaven

Barcelona
1988

- Barcelona
- How Can I Go On

The Freddie Mercury Album
1992

- Time
- The Great Pretender


Post-Queen


Brian May and Roger Taylor were both talented musicians in their own right, and both released several solo albums before and after Mercury's death. May, in particular, had success with Back To The Light and Another World

Brian May Solo Albums:



Back To The Light
1992

- The Dark
- Back To The Light
- Love Token
- Resurrection
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Nothin' But Blue
- I'm Scared
- Last Horizon
- Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
- Just One Life
- Rollin' Over
- Driven By You

Another World
1998

Space/Business (May)
- China Belle (May)
Wilderness
Why Don't We Try Again? (May)
- On My Way Up (May)
- Cyborg (May)
Instrumental version
- The Guv'nor (May). With Jeff Beck on guitar.
- Wilderness (May)
- Slow Down (Larry Williams)
- One Rainy Wish (Jimi Hendrix)
- All The Way From Memphis (Ian Hunter)
- Another World (May)


Lullabies With A Difference
1998

Brian's contribution to a multi-artist compilation album.

- My Boy

Furia
2000

Dream Of Thee

Queen + Paul Rodgers

In 2005, remaining Queen band members Brian and Roger went on a world tour with former Free and Bad Company lead singer Paul Rodgers. So successful was this partnership that the three released an album in 2008, titled "Cosmos Rocks".

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Queen. - silverquiver - 2009-02-25

Truly a great band. Thanks for the list and all the info.

Queen. - crewe127 - 2009-02-25

I never believed they were gay...but then again I JUST saw that pic...

Queen. - aznegglover - 2009-02-25

Besides Night at the Opera and Greatest Hits (II), what other albums would you recommend?

Queen. - chrome - 2009-02-25

crewe127 Wrote:I never believed they were gay...but then again I JUST saw that pic...
FYI, "they" aren't gay. Freddie Mercury was. Besides, everyone dressed like that in the 1970s. Just because Freddie Mercury was gay doesn't mean he wasn't talented.

Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-26

Ben Wrote:FYI, "they" aren't gay. Freddie Mercury was. Besides, everyone dressed like that in the 1970s. Just because Freddie Mercury was gay doesn't mean he wasn't talented.

Exactly. That was sort of the "fashion' at the time, the "dandy" look. Freddie Mercury was actually bisexual, though toward the end of his life was with men more than women. The "Love of his life" was a woman, named Mary Austin. He considered her his soulmate.

Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-26

aznegglover Wrote:Besides Night at the Opera and Greatest Hits (II), what other albums would you recommend?

Greatest Hits, unfortunately, has but a very small sampling of Queen's songs. I have the Platinum edition, which has Greatest Hits I, II, and III, and much of their 70's songs are not featured.

My favorite Queen "era", if you will, was the 1970's. They had a "harder" sound, though still with the brilliant musicianship and solid harmonies. I highly recommend Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, and A Day At The Races.
Of their later albums, I love A Kind Of Magic , and the poignant brilliance of Innuendo.

News of the World, The Game, and the Works were pretty good too.

Queen. - Aggrovated - 2009-02-27

They are good






at dying of AIDS

Queen. - Beaner - 2009-02-27

queen was awesome like gogglesGoggleemoticon

Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-27

Aggrovated Wrote:They are good






at dying of AIDS

Sigh.

There was much, much more to the band than Freddie Mercury passing of AIDS, which he contracted sometime in the mid 1980's - when the AIDS epidemic exploded worldwide.

Queen. - Chompy - 2009-02-27

Wait...
I am pretty sure Queen is huge in the US?

Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-27

Chompy Wrote:Wait...
I am pretty sure Queen is huge in the US?

They really aren't compared to how popular Queen is in the rest of the world. Their 1970's albums are virtually unknown here, aside from a handful of singles (Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, and Somebody To Love, as examples.) Compared to other bands of the era, like Led Zeppelin, their albums are not commonly seen in record stores, nor do you hear them too often on radio or see their videos on VH1. They only had one number one record in the US (In 1980) and were never really too popular in the US in albums before and after.

Queen. - Aggrovated - 2009-02-27

Kivuli Wrote:Sigh.

There was much, much more to the band than Freddie Mercury passing of AIDS, which he contracted sometime in the mid 1980's - when the AIDS epidemic exploded worldwide.

there really was not.

Queen. - crewe127 - 2009-02-27

Ben Wrote:FYI, "they" aren't gay. Freddie Mercury was. Besides, everyone dressed like that in the 1970s. Just because Freddie Mercury was gay doesn't mean he wasn't talented.

No, they're good, no doubt.

Queen. - GMSInfighter - 2009-02-27

Aggrovated Wrote:They are good






at dying of AIDS

Hmmm, that wasn't necessary at all. Pretty low blow.

Fat bottomed girls was the first song I ever heard, as far as I remember that is. Ever since I was 4, I would listen to Queen like everyday. My dad had a bunch of vintage shirts from old concerts he used to go too that I couldn't wait to turn an older age to wear them =P

I miss the We Will Rock You show in Las Vegas, my sister begged us to go see it cause she was into broadway, and so I was excited to find out it was about Queen.

Simply an amazing band.

Queen. - Aggrovated - 2009-02-27

GMSInfighter Wrote:Hmmm, that wasn't necessary at all. Pretty low blow.

Fat bottomed girls was the first song I ever heard, as far as I remember that is. Ever since I was 4, I would listen to Queen like everyday. My dad had a bunch of vintage shirts from old concerts he used to go too that I couldn't wait to turn an older age to wear them =P

I miss the We Will Rock You show in Las Vegas, my sister begged us to go see it cause she was into broadway, and so I was excited to find out it was about Queen.

Simply an amazing band.

it is quite obvious you do not listen to a lot of music

Queen. - FelixTM - 2009-02-27

Queen: Gods of music.

That is all that matters to me.

Queen. - aznegglover - 2009-02-28

Kivuli Wrote:Greatest Hits, unfortunately, has but a very small sampling of Queen's songs. I have the Platinum edition, which has Greatest Hits I, II, and III, and much of their 70's songs are not featured.

My favorite Queen "era", if you will, was the 1970's. They had a "harder" sound, though still with the brilliant musicianship and solid harmonies. I highly recommend Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night At The Opera, and A Day At The Races.
Of their later albums, I love A Kind Of Magic , and the poignant brilliance of Innuendo.

News of the World, The Game, and the Works were pretty good too.
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Thankie Big Grin

But if you had to pick your top 3 or 5, which albums would they be :O?[/COLOR]

Queen. - Kivuli - 2009-02-28

aznegglover Wrote:[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Thankie Big Grin

But if you had to pick your top 3 or 5, which albums would they be :O?[/COLOR]

Hmm, that's tough! A Night At The Opera for sure, A Day At the Races, and Queen II, would be my top 3. Innuendo 4, and A Kind Of Magic 5th.

Queen. - chrome - 2009-02-28

You're making me want to make a RHCP thread.

note to self: get more Queen