| qrock 13.11.2010 13:41 |
You decide which era of Queen is your favourite. It could be the early years or the 1980s, DISCO ERA. Preferably I'd like to hear your opinions on the eras 1971-1981 and 1981 - 1997. My favourite era would have to be the 1970s. Queen in the 1980s were a great live band and released many fantastic single but I think the Hot Space album completely changed the Queen sound, replaced by electtonic drums and drum machines. I'd wish that albums such as The Works and A Kind of Magic had more variety in the sound and musical styles. The same with Innuendo: songs like These are the Days of Our Lives, Innuendo, The Show Must Go On, Headlong and also I Can't Live With You/Bijou are in my opinion classic Songs but the rest of the songs on the album don't quite hit the heights. I mean, Innuendo really could have been an identical album to Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, Day at the Races if the standard of a hand full of songs were higher. |
| paulosham 13.11.2010 14:38 |
77-81 for me. |
| lifetimefanofqueen 13.11.2010 15:10 |
1973 - 1976 i just love the fashion and how its so different to the modern world, its pure excapeism :) and freddie's voice, i dont know what it was, but he seemed to lengthen it more, like he could be realy high and realy low in the same song, he was just so THERE! listen to the prophets song, freddie's voice is so powerful! |
| PrimeJiveUSA 13.11.2010 19:22 |
Well, I've come to think of '70's Queen and 80's Queen as almost two different bands in a way,lol! They went as far as they could in the '70's in that particular path that they were on...for them the change was just natural for the '80's. They wanted to remain successful and "relevant" in the '80's. In hindsight it seems like it was kind of a mistake. But I really love most of what they did in the '80's. They seemed to have "turned a corner" with Innuendo, though...and if Freddie had been healthy, who knows what would have come in the years afterward. His vocals on the Innuendo album were his best since A Day At The Races, imo. So many shades! But...yeah...1973 thru 1982(YES! Hot Space was exciting and groundbreaking) is the best era of Queen...with Inuendo an interesting and heartbreaking caveat. |
| jpf 13.11.2010 21:19 |
"Sheer Heart Attack" through "The Game". |
| Makka 14.11.2010 02:31 |
For me, from Queen until Jazz they were at their best. Jazz still had some good songs but it felt like an end of an era. These years in my opinion were Queen at their best. |
| tonyyy 14.11.2010 07:33 |
1978-1982: fantastic voice, songs and energy. Tony My webpage: link |
| Rotwang 14.11.2010 08:06 |
Mine would have to be '78-'82. |
| Bigfish 14.11.2010 10:40 |
74 through 78. Sheer Heart Attack to Jazz. Five of the best albuims by anybody and they were prolific. The 80's was not without it's charms but in that period Queen became more of a singles band and I now very rarely listen to any of those albums. Innuendo was a partial return to form in '91. |
| dougie 14.11.2010 11:37 |
lifetimefanofqueen wrote: 1973 - 1976 i just love the fashion and how its so different to the modern world, its pure excapeism :) and freddie's voice, i dont know what it was, but he seemed to lengthen it more, like he could be realy high and realy low in the same song, he was just so THERE! listen to the prophets song, freddie's voice is so powerful! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there was a "like" button for this post, I would click it! For me, SHA, NATO and ADATR are Queen at their artistic best. Incomparable. |
| Pim Derks 14.11.2010 11:38 |
From Queen II up to and including Day At The Races. The Game/Hot Space is probably my favorite live-era. Soundwise I really enjoy the production/mix of Made In Heaven and Cosmos Rocks. Very rich sound IMO. I'm no expert at all, but I wish every album sounded like that. |
| pittrek 14.11.2010 12:21 |
Concert era or album era ? Concert eras 1973-1974 1978-1982 Album eras Queen 1 - Live Killers Innuendo - Made In Heaven |
| scollins 14.11.2010 13:45 |
simple 1973-1995 |
| lemonysnick123 14.11.2010 14:02 |
concert era: 78-82 album era: 73-80 |
| Graeme Arnott 14.11.2010 14:41 |
Queen up to News of the world, the band sounded like a band, after that 4 individual musicians making an album. |
| marvinp01 14.11.2010 19:34 |
from A Day At The Races Tour USA tour 1977 to Japanese Hot Space tour 1982. |
| plumrach 15.11.2010 02:52 |
All of it and whatever happens in the future as well |
| therhyeman 15.11.2010 04:22 |
1973-1977 Before the shouting Tim |
| therhyeman 15.11.2010 04:24 |
"Queen up to News of the world, the band sounded like a band, after that 4 individual musicians making an album. " Perfect ... Tim |
| QueenTwo 15.11.2010 07:33 |
Being a fan since day one i'd have to say for defo - Queen right through till Day At The Races for me that was there best period although News Of The World/Jazz & Live Killers are brill too,after that for the time all the rest of the albums were good but differant,got a soft spot for hot space probably because the tour was good.... At the end thought both The Miracle & Innuendo were great albums.... Concert's - all 73 till crazy tour 79 were amazing,afterwards still good but not as good as the 70's,,but still glad i saw all the tours. |
| Jazz 78 15.11.2010 10:21 |
Nothing beats the entire 70's for Queen! It was a groundbreaking time for the band. The Bo Rap video is considered to be the first proper video to set the stage for what was to come, two anthemic songs that still to this day are worldly recognizable at any sporting event and is still played on the radio, opening up the South American market for other bands to follow, innovative lighting and stage shows not to mention the ambitious records that came out of that period. I feel after they achieved all they could in the 70's the 80's seemd like they just coasted through. Still they made great music but they were a different band by then. |
| Bo Alex 15.11.2010 11:49 |
IMO, their creative pick was the 1974 to 1976 period, from Queen II to Races. |
| ITSM 15.11.2010 19:40 |
Queen - A Day at the Races (1973 - 1976) |
| mike hunt 16.11.2010 08:18 |
Jazz 78 wrote: Nothing beats the entire 70's for Queen! It was a groundbreaking time for the band. The Bo Rap video is considered to be the first proper video to set the stage for what was to come, two anthemic songs that still to this day are worldly recognizable at any sporting event and is still played on the radio, opening up the South American market for other bands to follow, innovative lighting and stage shows not to mention the ambitious records that came out of that period. I feel after they achieved all they could in the 70's the 80's seemd like they just coasted through. Still they made great music but they were a different band by then. i agree, usually bands are groundbreaking only once in their career, so for Queen it was the 70's and maybe the Game. , but much to enjoy from the 80's. glad they changed and they didn't record Queen2 15 times. My favorite era is 73 to 76, then almost as great 77 to 1980. 1973 to 1980 Queen were in their Prime. Albums wise, but if we're throwning in live performances and still creating new sounds i abmit the Hot soace Era is pretty cool. Especially live. |
| Amazon 17.11.2010 17:18 |
My favourite era would be from 1973-'82, beginning with the first album and ending with Hot Space. The 70's albums and The Game were all classics, while HS was arguably among Queen's most enjoyable and most underrated albums. It was also arguably the last album (until The Miracle) in which it seemed to me that the group were taking risks. However, if that era is deemed to be too large, then I'll simply opt for 1974/'75; Queen II, SHA & ANATO. Heck, just SHA & ANATO. Those two albums represent IMO Queen at its most brilliant, Queen at its purest, Queen at its most creative and Queen at its most irresistable. I can find something to love about all of Queen's albums, but SHA & ANATO will forever be the two (Queen) albums which I can least do without. So, in terms of a major era, I would '73-'82, but in terms of a specific smaller era, I would pick November 1974-'75. |