QueenZone discussion #1404418
Healing Power
| tcc 26.10.2014 02:20 |
link From the BBC News: "Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is a good song for people to listen to if they feel unwell or down, a poll suggests. A ComRes survey for BBC local radio for Faith in the World Week, which is exploring the healing power of music, offered 1,000 people 10 choices. Dancing Queen by Abba came second, with Happy by Pharrell Williams in joint third with "classical music" generally. More than two-thirds of those polled said they like listening to music when they do not feel well. And nearly nine-out-of-ten of respondents agreed that listening to music can make people feel better when they are sick or facing difficult times. Faith in the World Week, which runs until 2 November, is examining how music can change and shape people's lives. It will be supported by special programming on local radio, on Radio 2 and online. Overall, 81% of Britons say that they have been made to feel better by listening to music. Just 36% said that they prefer to listen to speech than music when they are not feeling well, the poll found. Asked to select specific music, almost 30% of men choose Bohemian Rhapsody from the list provided. Fewer women - 23% - put it first, with 28% naming Dancing Queen. Only 16% of men opted for the Abba track. Among the over-65s, classical music made more of an impression, with 39% saying they wanted to listen to it when they're ill or down. Among younger adults, Happy was the most popular song. Songs by Bob Marley, Robbie Williams and Michael Jackson were also on the list presented in the survey. Bohemian Rhapsody is taken from Queen's A Night at the Opera album. Nearly six minutes long, the track went to number one in the UK singles charts on two occasions - on its initial release in November 1975, and in 1991 following the death of the band's frontman Freddie Mercury. Queen said they regarded the track as a showcase of their technical skill and the song encompasses several musical styles. But although Bohemian Rhapsody topped the poll for its apparent cheering and soothing effects, its subject matter is a man's confession to a murder." Personally music does not appeal to me when I am not feeling well. |
| tomchristie22 26.10.2014 06:53 |
'Happy' doesn't make me feel remotely happy. It's soulless. |
| Oscar J 26.10.2014 07:31 |
tomchristie22 wrote: 'Happy' doesn't make me feel remotely happy. It's soulless. Are you kidding? It has so much more soul than 99% of pop music today. Great song in every aspect. |
| gerry 26.10.2014 08:42 |
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a masterpiece and if it does not make you feel good then why come on here as a Queen fan? Freddie is gone but my god he made sure there was something he could leave big time for us all to remember him by. Bo Rhap is the greatest song written ever. |
| MercurialFreddie 26.10.2014 09:35 |
...its subject matter is a man's confession to a murder." What the hell ? So they figured out what the song is about..... |
| gerry 26.10.2014 11:02 |
No i do not think its about murder. i have heard it was about freddies sexuality, but rumours do go around! Even Brian and Roger have not got the foggiest idea what Bohemian Rhapsody meant or is? |
| Nitroboy 26.10.2014 11:06 |
They're talking about the song in a literal sense, and that is in fact about a man confessing a murder. If you want to go deeper into the meaning of the song, everyone's guess is as good as any. |
| gerry 26.10.2014 11:19 |
Freddies best songs were usually written when he had things on his mind, and at this given time 1975 Mary had sussed freddies sexuality out so did he rush to the piano and write Rhapsody? |
| Neo91 26.10.2014 12:31 |
Queen songs in general give me a good feeling. |
| gerry 26.10.2014 13:26 |
When Mary told freddie that she could not continue te relationship after discovering freddie was gay, Freddie wrote "Love of my Life" and if you listen to the lyrics it is apparent that freddie was upset they had parted, "LOVE OF MY LIFE YOU'VE HURT ME YOU'VE BROKEN MY HEART AND NOW YOU LEAVE ME LOVE OF MY LIFE CANT YOU SEE, BRING IT BACK BRING IT BACK DONT TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO ME" Freddie sounded so broken hearted! |
| Pingfah 27.10.2014 04:55 |
Music appeals to me all the time, no more or less when I am ill. If I needed cheering up though, there's plenty of Queen tracks I'd go for before Bohemian Rhapsody. Being a masterpiece doesn't necessarily mean it makes you feel good, it can mean the precise opposite of that in many cases. |
| gerry 27.10.2014 12:55 |
Bohemian Rhapsody has always been a magical track, there was nothing before it and nothing after it! No one but Mr Mercury could have written that, proven how very very special Freddie was. A true genius and i am very thrilled that they will only ever be one Freddie Mercury. For me music has died, and it was only freddie that made the top 20 special in those golden days! |
| Pingfah 27.10.2014 18:20 |
Not much of a Queen fan if you think Bohemian Rhapsody is their only good song. |
| Nitroboy 27.10.2014 18:22 |
Pingfah wrote: Not much of a Queen fan if you think Bohemian Rhapsody is their only good song. Don't take a nutter like Gerry seriously |
| Pingfah 27.10.2014 18:37 |
Trust me, I don't. He's quite fond of telling people who is and isn't a real Queen fan though, I was just repaying the favour. |
| gerry 28.10.2014 03:59 |
Nitroboy: You are the nutter. i have been a Queen fan for over 40 years, and have one of the biggest collections in my area. Furthermore i have a very good friend who was one of freddies best friends, the ballet dancer Wayne Sleep. Bohemian Rhapsody is Queens greatest song ever, you can stamp your feet as much as you like if you do not believe me but that is Queen history if you do not believe that then you need to polish up on your Queen history. Yous lot on here are ignorant fools. |
| gerry 28.10.2014 04:06 |
PINGFAH: You are not much of a Queen fan either if you do not agree that Bohemian Rhapsody was Queens gold bar, because this song wins poll after poll so millions of people can not be wrong, only you. |
| tomchristie22 28.10.2014 04:25 |
gerry wrote: Bohemian Rhapsody is Queens greatest song ever ... That is Queen history if you do not believe that then you need to polish up on your Queen history. Yous lot on here are ignorant fools.Lol. You cannot assert an opinion as objective history, no matter how widely held that opinion is. Seriously, I've tried not to be so quick to dismiss you as some have Gerry, but you prove incapable of rational thought. |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 06:08 |
gerry wrote: PINGFAH: You are not much of a Queen fan either if you do not agree that Bohemian Rhapsody was Queens gold bar, because this song wins poll after poll so millions of people can not be wrong, only you.When did I say it was not Queen's gold bar? What I said, you illiterate fucking idiot, is that it isn't their only good song, as you stated was the case. gerry wrote:Bohemian Rhapsody has always been a magical track, there was nothing before it and nothing after it! |
| thomasquinn 32989 28.10.2014 07:52 |
Whenever someone says "millions of people can not be wrong", you can be pretty sure that that person knows NOTHING about history. The majority has often been wrong (to name but a few examples: the majority of Catholics in the 16th century supported the killing of 'heretics', the majority of Americans supported the genocide on Native Americans, the majority of Germans supported the nazi regime once it was in power and in 1965, a majority of Americans supported getting more involved in Vietnam). |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 09:08 |
30 million people thought Britney Spears' first album was good enough to buy, that's more than any single Queen studio album has sold. So you heard it here first. Baby One More Time is a better album than A Night At The Opera. That's straight from Gerry's mouth. And he calls himself a Queen fan!! |
| gerry 28.10.2014 10:45 |
Pingfah: you are a stupid prick i never said that above, now grow up you fucking looney. your no Queen fan, you know nothing about the group. Perhaps Britney Spears is more you as you know a lot more about her than you do of Queen, you wanker. |
| The King Of Rhye 28.10.2014 11:19 |
Pingfah wrote: 30 million people thought Britney Spears' first album was good enough to buy, that's more than any single Queen studio album has sold. So you heard it here first. Baby One More Time is a better album than A Night At The Opera. That's straight from Gerry's mouth. And he calls himself a Queen fan!!But what were the UK sales for Baby One More Time?? Remember, thats the only thing that matters! (according to gerry) |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 11:59 |
Triple Platinum, so something like a Million. That's more than A Night at the Opera as well. And yes Gerry, you did say that. You said that Bohemian Rhapsody is good because millions of people say it is good, so by your standard anything more popular must be better. It's not my fault you can't follow your own idiotic arguments to their logical conclusion. |
| brENsKi 28.10.2014 12:13 |
Pingfah wrote: Triple Platinum, so something like a Million. That's more than A Night at the Opera as well. And yes Gerry, you did say that. You said that Bohemian Rhapsody is good because millions of people say it is good, so by your standard anything more popular must be better. It's not my fault you can't follow your own idiotic arguments to their logical conclusion.you ARE pissing into a gale-force wind fella!!! i've been there, done it, and have a piss-stained t-shirt to prove it :-) |
| gerry 28.10.2014 12:48 |
Pingfah : What i said, (now listen with your pin head brain) i said Bohemian Rhapsody wins all the polls and it is the greatest song ever written. It is Queen's greatest song ever, and if you do not believe that then you need to smarten on up on your Queen history. I did NOT mention Britney Spears in any shape or form, so thanks for shit stirring that. "A night at the opera" is better than anything Britney Spears as ever done and if you think other wise then i pity you. Brenski: I do not need you poking your beak in so get lost, cretin. |
| brENsKi 28.10.2014 13:04 |
gerry wrote: Brenski: I do not need you poking your beak in so get lost, cretin. well - as Eddie Izzard put it: Monkey see, monkey do....'l think he's ^^^ more monkey do |
| gerry 28.10.2014 13:11 |
Method in madness! |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 13:19 |
gerry wrote: I did NOT mention Britney Spears in any shape or form, so thanks for shit stirring that. "A night at the opera" is better than anything Britney Spears as ever done and if you think other wise then i pity you.It's not me who thinks otherwise, it's you. I hate Britney Spears' music, but if it sold approximately 20 million more copies than A Night at the Opera, then YOU must prefer it, because "millions of people can't be wrong". I'm only repeating back to you the things you said, Gerry. |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 13:22 |
you ARE pissing into a gale-force wind fella!!! i've been there, done it, and have a piss-stained t-shirt to prove it :-)Hey, gerry is never going to stop inflicting his stupidity on us, so we might as well have some fun with him. |
| gerry 28.10.2014 13:33 |
Pingfah: I am not bothered if Britney spears sold more than A.N.A.T.O because Queen have sold over 300 million records worldwide. Queen are in the guinness book of world records. A.N.A.T.O will be remembered in years to come where Britney will be forgotton. All the kids these days buy crap music anyway so Britney Spears is proof of this. |
| Pingfah 28.10.2014 13:54 |
Oh, you've gone off her then? That was quick. For the best though, she's terrible. I'm glad you've finally realised. |
| Nitroboy 28.10.2014 17:10 |
gerry wrote: because Queen have sold over 300 million records worldwide. That's claimed, not certified... Stop lying you tit. |
| brENsKi 28.10.2014 17:41 |
gerry wrote:Queen are in the guinness book of world records.All the kids these days buy crap music anyway so Britney Spears is proof of this.you still don't understand how to construct a cohesive argument do you?....so now I'll deconstruct your poor reasoning. You "now" base your argument on Queen being "in the Guinness Book of Records"...haha - idiot. here goes some of Queen's co-entries in the same tome. 1. Christian Adam set a new world record for cycling backward while playing his violin: 60 km (37.28 miles) in five hours and nine minutes. 2. Sam Stilson holds the record for crushing 56 eggs against his head in 30 seconds. 3. In February 2008 over 177,000 New Delhi residents simultaneously brushed their teeth, 4.Ilker Yilmaz of Turkey has the honor of setting the "squirting eye milk" record 9 feet 2 inches 5. On May 24, 1999, John Evans from England balanced a 352-lb Mini on his head for 33 seconds. gerry wrote:All the kids these days buy crap music anyway so Britney Spears is proof of this.and what kind of patronizing insulting crap is this ^^^ like our generation never had, Mud, Showaddywaddy, Bay City Rollers et al...and Mike Mansfield crap...you really are the most dismissive imbecile aren't you? and btw - there's plenty of great music about today - if you could be bothered to open your ears. |
| gerry 29.10.2014 05:12 |
Bollocks to you Brenski. Todays music is shit. you call Garage, indie, grunge etc... good music, i call it all crap druggie music. At least in the 70s Mud, showaddywaddy, Bay city rollers had catchy tunes and a million times better than todays shit, i have followed music for years and you can not beat 70s artists. If you think todays music is great then i pity your ears. |
| Pingfah 29.10.2014 06:21 |
"Today's music". Like it's all just one thing. LOL, you really are a fucking prick mate. |
| thomasquinn 32989 29.10.2014 06:57 |
I think we can safely conclude that gerry has no backbone, and thus has to go by popularity polls to decide what he's going to like. Basically, he's like a 13-year old with self-esteem issues, only, from what we've gathered from his own remarks, he's likely in his 50s, balding and somewhat pot-bellied but no wiser for it. There's one big difference between gerry and a 13-year old though: gerry lives in a world that's been declining since 1979 and feels ever more tempted to yell "get off my lawn, you damn kids!" at random intervals. And I'd like to say that I'll take Fleet Foxes over Mud any day of the week. |
| brENsKi 29.10.2014 09:26 |
gerry wrote:Bollocks to you Brenski. Todays music is shit.and there we have it - the standard response of an intellectual bankrupt. gerry wrote:you call Garage, indie, grunge etc... good music, i call it all crap druggie music. If you think todays music is great then i pity your ears.fwiw - f*ckhead, learn to fucking read. I did NOT say this ^^^. I said : brENsKi wrote: and btw - there's plenty of great music about today - if you could be bothered to open your ears.that doesn't say "ALL" - it says "plenty". gerry wrote:At least in the 70s Mud, showaddywaddy, Bay city rollers had catchy tunes and a million times better than todays shit, i have followed music for years and you can not beat 70s artists.^^^ funniest and stupidest thing you've ever said...and that's got some stiff competition !!!! In Gezza world you can't differentiate between album sales and total sales. You cite "sales" as being a measure of quality - hence Birtney is now as good as Queen in your book, and you also cite polls as an equal measure of quality - which makes Robbie William's "Angels" as good as Bo Rhap in your book. You can't differentiate between subjectivity and objectivity ...and now you add "catchy" to your measures of actual quality...so in your fucking book "The Birdie Song" is good? fuck off you stupid imbecilic w*nker with your ill-considered, thought-deprived banalities and crackpot theories....I share a same generation with you, but i'm relieved to say that's all we share - as unlike you (cretin) my musical life didn't cease to exist after 1991. |
| gerry 29.10.2014 12:53 |
BRENSKI: You need to read what i said. Get this i did NOT NOT NOT say Britney was as good as Queen. you are stirring things again for me. i did NOT say Robbie Williams was as good as Queen, all your own words to make yourself look good as per usual. you can fuck off you arrogant four eyed cunt and i wish i could meet you and tear your fucking head off mate. you are a spineless pathetic bully who thinks he can control everyone with his sad put downs. Your the one with the self esteem issues not me. I can like any music i like and i do not need your approval of it either. Do yourself a favour go and cut your fucking throat ! |
| musicland munich 29.10.2014 13:17 |
Wow, just Wow...it -W---A---S- a thread about "healing power"....of Music ! |
| Rugby_guy 29.10.2014 13:43 |
Yeah sorry everyone for my last post but i will NOT have idiots like Brenski telling lies about what i have supposed to have said in a eralier post as it is all lies and twisting the situ to make him look good. Brenski your not clever your just a first class tit. |
| Nitroboy 29.10.2014 14:27 |
gerry wrote: BRENSKI: You need to read what i said. Get this i did NOT NOT NOT say Britney was as good as Queen. you are stirring things again for me. i did NOT say Robbie Williams was as good as Queen, all your own words to make yourself look good as per usual. you can fuck off you arrogant four eyed cunt and i wish i could meet you and tear your fucking head off mate. you are a spineless pathetic bully who thinks he can control everyone with his sad put downs. Your the one with the self esteem issues not me. I can like any music i like and i do not need your approval of it either. Do yourself a favour go and cut your fucking throat !So now you're threatening to kill people??? I really hope that you are banned from this site forever, and never will be able to return. You never contribute with anything positive. In fact Gerry, do us all a favor and leave the internet forever. |
| brENsKi 29.10.2014 14:45 |
gerry or rugby_guy, or whatever you call yourself...you need to follow a reasoned argument.
1. if YOU use 1 million sales as a measure of quality - which YOU did in a previous post - then by that consequence YOU are saying everything selling 1 million = great
2. YOU have also quoted "poll results" as a measure of quality when YOU have said "Bo Rhap" comes out top in polls - well so does Robbie Williams - Angels - so again (by consequence) you are stating that RW's song is also great - you can't include one and not the other song when you cite "polls" as a reason for YOUR argument. if it works for YOUR choice of song - then it applies to ALL other poll winners you can't selectively apply your reasoning - it has to be consistently applied-.
3. Again you dismissed all modern music and included all 70s as being great - because it was "catchy" - there has been plenty of catchy stuff outside of the 70s, so again by applying YOUR reasoning - this makes "The Birdie Song" good.
Try applying logic to your arguments - not blinkered subjectivity
gerry wrote: BRENSKI: you can fuck off you arrogant four eyed cunt and i wish i could meet you and tear your fucking head off mate. Your the one with the self esteem issues not me. Do yourself a favour go and cut your fucking throat !i have NEVER said you have self-esteem issues - I've said you're stupid, but you clearly have no issues with your self esteem - unless YOU don't know what esteem is - in which case that may be why YOU think i said it. as for the death threats - your mask doesn't take long to drop does it? - ps - i don't hide behind anything - i'm not the one with a second (or third) qzone ID, |
| Oscar J 29.10.2014 15:04 |
Yikes. |
| tomchristie22 29.10.2014 17:49 |
Nitroboy wrote: I really hope that you are banned from this site forever, and never will be able to return. You never contribute with anything positive.I'm thinking the same... It's always the same absolutist crap. |
| thomasquinn 32989 30.10.2014 01:51 |
brENsKi wrote: gerry or rugby_guy, or whatever you call yourself...you need to follow a reasoned argument. 1. if YOU use 1 million sales as a measure of quality - which YOU did in a previous post - then by that consequence YOU are saying everything selling 1 million = great 2. YOU have also quoted "poll results" as a measure of quality when YOU have said "Bo Rhap" comes out top in polls - well so does Robbie Williams - Angels - so again (by consequence) you are stating that RW's song is also great - you can't include one and not the other song when you cite "polls" as a reason for YOUR argument. if it works for YOUR choice of song - then it applies to ALL other poll winners you can't selectively apply your reasoning - it has to be consistently applied-. 3. Again you dismissed all modern music and included all 70s as being great - because it was "catchy" - there has been plenty of catchy stuff outside of the 70s, so again by applying YOUR reasoning - this makes "The Birdie Song" good. Try applying logic to your arguments - not blinkered subjectivity*I* said that he acts *like a teenager with self-esteem issues* because he decides on what he likes by means of opinion polls. gerry and his alias simply can't read well enough to distinguish between you and me.gerry wrote: BRENSKI: you can fuck off you arrogant four eyed cunt and i wish i could meet you and tear your fucking head off mate. Your the one with the self esteem issues not me. Do yourself a favour go and cut your fucking throat !i have NEVER said you have self-esteem issues - I've said you're stupid, but you clearly have no issues with your self esteem - unless YOU don't know what esteem is - in which case that may be why YOU think i said it. as for the death threats - your mask doesn't take long to drop does it? - ps - i don't hide behind anything - i'm not the one with a second (or third) qzone ID, Also note that hyper-arrogant behaviour is something you often see in people who have weak personalities. It's a form of over-compensation, not unlike impotent middle-aged men driving Porches and dressing like frat boys. |
| thomasquinn 32989 30.10.2014 01:56 |
tomchristie22 wrote:"abolutism" is the form of government whereby the leader (usually the monarch) has absolute and arbitrary power, not limited by a constitution.Nitroboy wrote: I really hope that you are banned from this site forever, and never will be able to return. You never contribute with anything positive.I'm thinking the same... It's always the same absolutist crap. What you're thinking of is "universalism", the notion that whatever it is someone knows or believes applies in every circumstance, at every time. Anyway, gerry doesn't deserve either term, as both suggest a well-considered, coherent world view. gerry just bitches and moans and basically makes everything else up as he goes along. I'd personally replace "absolutist" with "clueless". |