QueenZone discussion #1502608

The Real Wizard wrote: In the mid 90s during the grunge period, I cannot possibly quantify how uncool it was to like Queen where I grew up.

Stick wrote: @ people on streets In my experience I'm one of only a few people left who still enjoys euro house / happy hardcore on a daily basis. I've accepted how weird I am though.

Apocalipsis_Darko wrote: I remember I used to dress with t shirts of bands when I was 14/16l. R.E.M. Springsteen, Dylan...and of course Queen. One day, one stupid girl told me, Queen is great music, but is gay! She even doesn't know Queen was a band, se thought Queen was only Freddie! I answered, they were four membes, and yes the singer likes to penetrate another ass, so be carefull with your ass, ashole!

mike hunt wrote: Wizard, you're from Canada right?

ANAGRAMER wrote: early 80s...and, from a UK perspective, seemed to be chasing the American market with every release.

little foetus wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote: In the mid 90s during the grunge period, I cannot possibly quantify how uncool it was to like Queen where I grew up.

That's strange, we are quite the same age and i started being fond of Queen in 1993-1995 era and Queen was quite popular at school, kind of hype after Freddie Mercury death. I had a lot of friends who had the first GH and we were listening to Queen together. I'm a Nirvana fan too but it came much later, I had some friends who were Nirvana fans in 1993-95 and never had any problem with them.

mike hunt wrote: I know Queen were huge Most of the world...I was curious what their popularity is in Canada. Aside from the 90's Grunge era, how big is Queen there In General?

happystar wrote: Fairy King: When you mentioned someone told you that Roger & Freddie had something going on together well i have heard those rumours too, but cannot confirm if that was true or false! A lot of 70s rockers seemed to experiment with men and woman back then, even Bowie & Jagger ended up in bed together!

The Fairy King wrote: I got into Queen in 1991, when i was in 3rd grade and i must say that i have seen Queen go and out of fashion many times, especially in the 90's. In The Netherlands there was some hype around Innuendo, Freddie's death, The Tribute Concert, Made In Heaven and even the Dance Traxx album. They got a great deal of attention from Dutch television as well as MTV, documentaries, magazines and videos were shown regularly on MTV in the early nineties. I remember one day when i went to gymclass i had a Made in Heaven shirt on (which i got the with the album) kids were flocking to me giving me compliments and telling me their favorite songs off the album, which kind of amazed me as i thought they weren't popular at all. It was either house music or grunge in those days. The stories in this thread about being called whatever, the gay slurs etc are familiar i must say. One kid went as far as telling me (he was suprised i didn't know) that Roger and Freddie had a thing together and that the band broke up cuz of them...now ain't that something? Between the release of No-one But You and the 2002 one off Amsterdam gig they were basically out. I got the No-one But You single on my way to school one day and kids were basically asking me why? why bother? Freddie's gone. Move on. I wasn't done yet though, because i was still getting to know the catalogue by collecting their back catalogue. The Amsterdam gig in 2002 was another thing though, because i got the news that they were going to perform very late so i couldn't attend. So i watched it live on tv and i must say i had mixed feelings about it. The performance lacked soul, they seemed...off. Clearly missing something. Performances were hit and miss and the crowd didn't seem to care for most of the set. I also remember a class trip (must be mid 90's) when we went to some "amusement" park the busdriver had a mixtape on and all of a sudden '39 came on...i was over the fucking moon. Singing along, while kids were looking at me like i was out of it. I went to the busdriver and gave him some props for that and he himself was asking me how the hell i know this deep cut.. :D I never cared really that people thought they weren't cool or whatever, because in a way it made me stand out.

The Real Wizard wrote: In the mid 90s during the grunge period, I cannot possibly quantify how uncool it was to like Queen where I grew up.

happystar wrote: Bullet: That is awful what you had to go through just because you loved Queen's music. May i ask are you British or American?

tomchristie22 wrote: Went to a Christian school so there was quite a bit of homophobia. Knew a couple people who outright refused to accept Queen as a good band because 'aren't they all gay?'

happystar wrote: Yeah a lot of kids at my school years ago, slagged me off for liking Queen, some kid said to the others "There all a bunch of poofs" very sad that kids back then judged groups by there sexuality to be accepted!

Chief Mouse wrote: He never said Adam was a better singer. He basically said that Adam is able to consistently nail the high notes live whereas Freddie usually wouldn't & couldn't go there in a live situation.

Dr Magus wrote: Lambert is just a karaoke singer. Ten a penny.

mike hunt wrote: Happystar, People in America don't talk much about Lambert...he's really a non factor. If he sells records here it's mostly teenage girls. I live in Ny, never do I hear anything about him. The real Rock fans of classic Queen think they turned into a Joke.

AlbaNo1 wrote:When I read the posts about homophobia in the US or Canada that surely must have hit sales among their target audience which was still broadly mainstream rock. Led Zeppelin or other bands who feature high on these certified sales lists posted by those wishing to denigrate Queen’s global status to spite other fans didnt have those issues. If we could take today’s more liberal social attitudes and somehow transport that into the 70s and 80s I wonder how much bigger Queen could have been.