QueenZone discussion #1028797

M.H wrote: I have a question for all you clever Queen fans... I was looking through Wiki and came across an article about AKOM, and it said that Freddie and John hated Gimmie The Prize, can anyone confirm this? Thanks, M.H

DARREN1977 wrote: What's the second question?

<i>Donny Mars<br>Self Destructive Evil wrote:

DARREN1977 wrote: What's the second question?

the second one is "Oh fuck, I forgot the second one, umm, is it true that Brian's name was Brian?"

M.H meant: I have a question for all you clever Queen fans... I was looking through Wiki and came across an article about AKOM, and it said that Freddie hated Gimmie The Prize, can anyone confirm this? and it said that John hated Gimmie The Prize, can anyone confirm this?

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

You may not, but I'm afraid I'm a bearer of bad news: most of the rest of the world do think so.

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

PieterMC wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

You may not, but I'm afraid I'm a bearer of bad news: most of the rest of the world do think so.

Do you have research to back up that claim?

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: I've studied the views on all albums posted both here and on QOL. But I'm not sure if Queen-fans would count as people in a scientific enquiry...

PieterMC wrote:

<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: I've studied the views on all albums posted both here and on QOL. But I'm not sure if Queen-fans would count as people in a scientific enquiry...

Any charts? Research papers?

louvox wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

Absolutely BORING! There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not. 1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better. 2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest! 3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst 4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit 5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much 6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single. 7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize 8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage! 9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.

DavidRFuller wrote:

louvox wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

Absolutely BORING! There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not. 1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better. 2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest! 3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst 4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit 5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much 6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single. 7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize 8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage! 9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.

Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?

louvox wrote: By far their worst album.

louvox wrote:

DavidRFuller wrote:

louvox wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

Absolutely BORING! There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not. 1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better. 2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest! 3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst 4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit 5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much 6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single. 7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize 8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage! 9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.

Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?

As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends.

Wiley wrote: I don't like it. Although it has a couple of strong singles and the videos for them were very cool, I don't think it works as an album. And only 9 tracks? Apart from the singles, there is nothing remotely interesting for me. I find it boring overall. I'd rather listen to GH2 as it includes the best half of this album and a bunch of many other great tracks. Gimme the prize is cool but nothing too spectacular, One year of love is bland, Don't lose your head is like a bad dream. It's very much in the bottom of my list of favorite Queen albums (switches places with Flash Gordon and Live Magic every now and then) and those are my reasons. Wiley

louvox wrote:

DavidRFuller wrote:

louvox wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

Absolutely BORING! There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not. 1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better. 2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest! 3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst 4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit 5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much 6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single. 7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize 8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage! 9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.

Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?

As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends.

.*.Messenger: Jake Pyndle.*. wrote:

louvox wrote:

DavidRFuller wrote:

louvox wrote:

queentel wrote: Boring album? Yeah right, i dont think so.

Absolutely BORING! There is nothing new or innovative on that pile of crap. More of the same tripe from the previous offering. The entire thing sounds like four uninspired individuals going through the motions. They really hit rock bottom with this disaster. They could even make up their minds whether to make this a soundtrack or not. 1. One vision – already a single release. Sounds flat and sterile. Live version is a bit better. 2. A kind of magic – Talk about a snorefest! 3. Pain is so close to pleasure – Yuk! This is one of their very worst 4. One year of love – Michael Bolton would proud of this piece of shit 5. Who wants to live forever – Probably the best of the bunch and that is not saying much 6. Friends will be friends – Sub-standard. Sounds like they are trying to write a hit single. 7. Gimme the prize – This song is no prize. Sound more like a consolation prize 8. Don’t loose your head – Loose this song instead. 80’s garbage! 9. Princes of the universe – In any universe this is pure crap. Talk about a totally uninspired piece of shit.

Could you give examples of why you think its bad rather than just attacking each one?

As you wish. First I find this entire album to sound flat, uninspired & dated. The production is awful. The songs are sub-par at best. There is nothing new or innovative on this. They simply copied what others were doing at that time instead of taking other styles and making it their own. Everything is drenched in awful sounding synthesizers. You take Freddie voice of most of these songs and you could tell them apart from any other Eruo-pop-synth band of that era. By far their worst album. I know they were going through some difficulties at this time, but really is no excuse. It certainly seems that Freddie’s & Brian’s interest was elsewhere considering the lack of material contributed. Freddie seems only interested in doing disco/dance stuff to impress his circle of friends. The same could be said for John. Only Brian remained true to the vision that was Queen. He was always out-voted by the others who were all too happy to follow trends.

Hey Prawn, quit talking like an old ditty fool. I don't get why you think music with synthesizers is worthless and un-sophisticated, when in fact, it's usually more complicated. And really, Brian loves the A Kind Of Magic album I think... I think he thought of it as Queen's comeback album to the old hard rock even though the lead single was a pop rock song.