QueenZone discussion #818440

gem27 wrote: that's why i still think Freddie did the right thing in not announcing his illness until the very end. as Brian said he didn't want people buying his music out of sympathy. i bet when Freddie saw those reviews he was used to it and had heard the same things for 20 years. i would think he was glad even if he was called a pretentious twit rather than it being a glowing review only because of sympathy because he was dying. let's face it they would never have wrote that about a dying man so it would have been a false review. Freddie never wanted anything to change for people to act any different just because he had AIDS. Innuendo the album and Innuendo the single both got to number 1 in the UK in 1991 anyway and at least Freddie would know it was there on merit not some kind of sympathy buying. People who bought it and took it to number 1 did so because they rated Queen very high and no other reason.

gem27 wrote: that's why i still think Freddie did the right thing in not announcing his illness until the very end. as Brian said he didn't want people buying his music out of sympathy. i bet when Freddie saw those reviews he was used to it and had heard the same things for 20 years. i would think he was glad even if he was called a pretentious twit rather than it being a glowing review only because of sympathy because he was dying. let's face it they would never have wrote that about a dying man so it would have been a false review. Freddie never wanted anything to change for people to act any different just because he had AIDS. Innuendo the album and Innuendo the single both got to number 1 in the UK in 1991 anyway and at least Freddie would know it was there on merit not some kind of sympathy buying. People who bought it and took it to number 1 did so because they rated Queen very high and no other reason.

KingMercury wrote: for things like those i cant understand why queen+pr went to USA and still not to Southamerica most of people there dont know most of queen songs i guess that, after freddie's death, that fucking asshole journalist (who laughed about TATDOOL lyrics) understood what "you cant turn back the clock, you cant turn back the time, aint that a shame??" was about fuckin yankees

Asterik wrote: Well who cares about the American magazines where Queen had lost their market? I would be more interested in what British magazines said at the time; I hope some UK reviews are put on that site too because I'd imagine them to be more positive.

Asterik wrote: Well who cares about the American magazines where Queen had lost their market? I would be more interested in what British magazines said at the time; I hope some UK reviews are put on that site too because I'd imagine them to be more positive.

Messenger Of Leah wrote:

Asterik wrote: Well who cares about the American magazines where Queen had lost their market? I would be more interested in what British magazines said at the time; I hope some UK reviews are put on that site too because I'd imagine them to be more positive.

Yeah, but things like Rolling Stone were dissing every album after A Night At The Opera, for some reason. They even dissed The Game which was #1.

KingMercury wrote: for things like those i cant understand why queen+pr went to USA and still not to Southamerica most of people there dont know most of queen songs i guess that, after freddie's death, that fucking asshole journalist (who laughed about TATDOOL lyrics) understood what "you cant turn back the clock, you cant turn back the time, aint that a shame??" was about fuckin yankees

Asterik wrote: And i was extremely PISSED OFF that the US didnt give them more love and support. BECAUSE MAINSTREAM AMERICA SUCKS!

FreddiesGhettoTrench wrote: Sigh. Some people just don't get it. Innuendo was le awesome. Those high notes Freddie hits in Don't Try So Hard! The low notes in Ride the Wild Wind! Everyyyyything about The Show Must Go On! The album was just awesome. And of course, I'm Going Slightly Mad :) And I Can't Live With You is the BEST song to play Bomberman to! (I know this from experience.) Wow, all this makes me need to go listen to Innuendo...

DreaminQueen wrote:

Asterik wrote: And i was extremely PISSED OFF that the US didnt give them more love and support. BECAUSE MAINSTREAM AMERICA SUCKS!

I should hope you were. America let Queen down badly. Some of us won't forget that.

Asterik wrote:

DreaminQueen wrote:

Asterik wrote: And i was extremely PISSED OFF that the US didnt give them more love and support. BECAUSE MAINSTREAM AMERICA SUCKS!

I should hope you were. America let Queen down badly. Some of us won't forget that.

Yes!!! i was, and still fume about it right now!! Because of it, we have to suffer and i have this other shit thrown in my face... like the hip-hop and emo bands... Thats why i take my MP3 player everywhere and j/ have QUEEN cranked... But please don't punish the rest of us fans here who love QUEEN so much like myself. And as im only 16, thered be no way id make it to Europe at this point to see one of their shows. And i wouldnt be surprised if they didnt come back again because of it all. Like i wanted to yell at everyone at the Buffalo show because overall, the participation was horrible. There were a few exceptions that i saw, but myself, i sang along to every song and screamed till my throat almost bled... This band means alot to me. So lets not generalize about the overall people in a country. But i must admit, in most aspects saying that Queen shouldnt have bothered to come here makes complete sense. But I'm thankful as all hell because it was the GREATEST night of my life.

g2000 wrote: it is interesting though to read the past album reviews of the band though. its interesting cos today queen are now considered in retrospect one of the worlds premier bands. but when freddie was around that definately wasnt the case. it pisses me off in a way. its almost a re-writing of history. since the first queen album i listened to, which was sha, i dont think i ever read a good review (bear in mind the music papers were melody maker, nme, rolling stone, sounds, smash hits), and any slightly positive review was done with clenched teeth. i think innuendo was the 1st review that was unashamedly positive.

7 seas of Rhye wrote: went to war with a country who did nothing to us,

gem27 wrote: The Dallas Morning News tells us that Queen lost most of their support by 1984. that is just typical of an american article. america didn't like them anymore = the whole world didnt like them anymore! didnt they see Live Aid or then the Magic Tour, all after 1984 i believe. the Magic Tour of 1986 was Queen's biggest and most expensive tour ever and they didn't play one show in America but that didn't exist obviously. A Kind Of Magic the album reached #1 in the UKwhen released same as The Miracle and Innuendo, throw in Greatest Hits II getting to #1 and some singles like I Want it All (#3), A Kind Of Magic (#3), Breakthru (#7), Innuendo (#1), all before Freddie's death and thats some support Queen had lost!

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kdj2hot wrote:

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You did a great job dude. Collecting all of those interviews? Awesome work. One thing that I see now is that rock critics are just stupid... well duh everyone says but let me explain: They're musical mental midgets. When you read a lot of the reviews it seems that what turns them off is complex chords or "classical arrangemnets" as some put it. They're small minds were only capable of digesting basic 3 chord rock and it's subtle variations. Queen should be gald that they didn't appeal to the lowest common denominator of rock.