The following may be old but it still got me wound up. For those of a delicate Stepford dispostion please avoid. link
Who wants to join my posse and serve some justice on this arse of a journo!
"Serve some justice on this arse of a journo" Archie, you old croak?
Do me a lemon, senor. You've been at the brandy again, my lad.
Now sit down before you fall down! Getting yourself into such a state at your time of life. Remember the ticker!
'Now sit down before you fall down! Getting yourself into such a state at your time of life. Remember the ticker!'
I may be about as useful as a chocolate fireguard when it comes to the physical part but I can encourage mob violence with the best of 'em.
*attempts to find pulse in wrist*
Lincoln Logs are essential for any lynching. A seasoned veteran such as yourself, Flashy, can surely see the importance of them. Have you forgotten the Alamo already?!
"His self-love, best expressed in his explicitly masturbatory performances"
lol, this is the only funny-truth he says on the article. but even on this, he's wrong. Freddie was a great performer, all that was theatre.
where must I sign to kick the fucking ass of this journalist?
OH THAT RAT BASTARD:
"That the world should have fallen for Freddie as hard as Freddie fell for himself is a little tougher to explain. Queen, despite the tearful tributes and sycophantic drivel they've been afforded since the death of their singer, were a truly terrible band, a farrago of inept clichés and mostly meaningless verbiage. "
Ass! Okay I want to kick his head in for THIS faulty comment:
"Before his death he was a skeletal shadow of his former self. The cropped muscular hero of Live Aid was now so thin and ill that when he filmed the video for Great Pretender he needed two layers of thermals beneath his Pierrot costume to give him the illusion of substance. Even then, beneath the hot studio lights, he was freezing."
Try... the video for I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD! Okay sorry for getting all worked up but come onnnn. I'll join the club to hurt this dude!
First off, ELP is going to be mighty pissed that Yes took the credit for Brain Salad Surgery.
Second, his accurate assessment of Queen conquering America was unfortunately off by at least 5 years, closer to 8 as they were selling out arenas as far back as NOTW, probably sooner.
However, there was one truth to be gleaned in the article.
"Most pop stars have a relationship with themselves that is at best tinged with self-doubt and occasionally self-loathing."
Change pop stars to journalists and you've pegged the writer of this piece. I wonder what his sexual orientation is? Remember that Rolling Stone was merciless on Queen, and Freddie in particular. RS's editor was Jann Wenner, who was (happily?) married until the mid 90s. Now openly living with his male lover. Anyone for self-doubt and self-loathing?
ok ok i know a lot of people lets say dislike Queen,but they are mad silly buggers and frankly all i have to say is....what the the fuck??!!! i mean seriously....you know what i'm gonna leave it!
Seriously thinking, it's not even worth paying attention to this.
There's far many more people in the world who like Queen than those who dislike them.
Who's the winner in the end?...
A band who has sold over 150 millions records and still has a fast growing fan base, or a bitter critic who nobody gives a shit about and is just upset because a homosexual achieved in 45 years what he could never possibly do in a thousand.
the majority of his points arn't true.
'Queen failed to crack America until 1985' what?
and the way he says about the dwarfs at freddie's bday party like he was there.
and this last quote 'The Untold Story plays out on Only The Good Die Young. Freddie was living, and indeed dying, proof that this is plainly not so.'
that is harsh. ok you dont have to like the guy but theres no need to be mean.