| slightly mad 22 24.01.2005 05:53 |
if you could erase something from Queen's history(barring the obvious "Freddie's death") what would it be??? would it be hot space??, the awfull 5ive colleberation?? or even the Britney/Pink and the rest collaberation?? the tour of Sin City that is still getting brought up?? |
| Scirocco1977 24.01.2005 06:10 |
Nice topic... I would like to erase John's retirement ;). Or maybe the release of the Freddie Tribute on DVD and replecing it with the FULL tribute INCLUDING the first part. Apart from that I frankly elieve that they had a pretty unique history and it made them what they are now and I can live with that (only because I got a ticket for a show in April; otherwise this message would be slightly different) |
| Teo_torriate04 24.01.2005 06:42 |
I'd make them erase the Works/Miracle albums, tell them to have a nice long break, and come back and make one blinding album instead. Sorry but those two albums just sound like a band treading water to me. They needed to get off the album/tour treadmill for a while. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 06:45 |
I would erase everything after 1999 (their awful collaborations with Five, Britney, Robbie and this shitty musical - I like good musicals but this is only downright silly). Also the Made in Heaven films were incredibly lame (At least there were two "real" music videos for MIH and a Winters Tale. And I would never erase an album or a concert. I think they were right to go to South Africa. And why erase "Hot Space"? Its not a weak album! |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 06:48 |
Teo_torriate04 wrote: I'd make them erase the Works/Miracle albums, tell them to have a nice long break, and come back and make one blinding album instead. Sorry but those two albums just sound like a band treading water to me. They needed to get off the album/tour treadmill for a while.I can't believe it! You would erase the two greatest songs of Queen in the 80s. The Works was their most successful album in the UK ever. Be glad that we have The Works and The Miracle. But fans like you are only satisfied if Queen had stuck in a 70s time-warp musicwise. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 07:29 |
I agree!!!!, though Made In Heaven was probably at least a decent attempt to put Freddie's last vocal performances on an album. |
| Teo_torriate04 24.01.2005 07:40 |
<b><font color="red">Peter Cetera</b> wrote:I actually like a lot of the 80's (and 90's) stuff. But what you get from Hot Space onwards is a lot of filler. There was very little filler in the 70's, albums were strong from start to finish.Teo_torriate04 wrote: I'd make them erase the Works/Miracle albums, tell them to have a nice long break, and come back and make one blinding album instead. Sorry but those two albums just sound like a band treading water to me. They needed to get off the album/tour treadmill for a while.I can't believe it! You would erase the two greatest songs of Queen in the 80s. The Works was their most successful album in the UK ever. Be glad that we have The Works and The Miracle. But fans like you are only satisfied if Queen had stuck in a 70s time-warp musicwise. There are tracks that I like on both The Works and The Miracle, I just feel that these two albums have far more filler than any of the others. Lose the filler, pack the strong tracks onto one album, call it 'The Miracle Works' and I'd be a happy bunny. |
| Serry... 24.01.2005 08:00 |
I'd erase some stupid guys on QueenZone |
| Daburcor? 24.01.2005 09:49 |
Serry Funster wrote: I'd erase some stupid guys on QueenZoneDrat... You bet me to it... ;) |
| agneepath! 11994 24.01.2005 10:08 |
<font><font color=charm><h3>Alex Solan wrote: I would erase Freddie's death, that's all I care about. Everything after his dead is a PURE AND COMPLETE SHIT.I can't stand comments like these... was the FM Tribute concert pointless? Made in Heaven album? Queen's contribution to 46664? |
| Las Palabras De Amor 24.01.2005 10:20 |
I'd make sure to forbid them from making music videos. Oh yeah and Body Language. |
| Benn 24.01.2005 11:01 |
Everything post-1982 other than Innuendo (album) IWIA, WIAWI and the re-working of I Was Born...... Anything after MIH doesn't qualify FOR ME as Queen, so It's not even in the equation. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 11:14 |
If you would erase everything from Queen after 1982 you would erase half of their career - think about it. People who only like their 70s work are just narrow-minded and don't understand that is was their diversity in musical styles that made them the great band they were. And without the great "The Works"-album Queen would have been finished by 1984. It was a huge comeback for them and Radio Ga Ga just showed everyone the power of Queen. If you erase all that they would have been a 70s band like Deep Purple who would have been largely forgotten by the mid-80s. And Innuendo would never have been produced. Maybe you prefer todays shit over great 80s rock and pop - but your comment is just dumb. Without their 80s work Queen would not be seen as megastars (and LiveAid was their most appreciated performance ever as a band!!). As Freddie Mercury would say: Well, fuck you |
| The Fairy King 24.01.2005 11:44 |
Sun City |
| Hankster 24.01.2005 11:56 |
obvious; - the Britney/Pink/Beyonce and Five collaboration - John's retirement - Not the "2005 Paul Rodgers Tour" being the first tour, but the "1995 George Michael Tour" being the first one and after that, there would have been a new tour every 5 year :D so ..in 2000 they would've toured with ... well .. I think Robbie :) |
| Russian Headlong 24.01.2005 13:17 |
1. Good old fashioned lover boy from Greatest Hits and add Tie your mother down instead, how the fuck is this track not on Gretaest hits beggars belief, don't give me all that shit about top 30 hits only, what about the joke of GH32. 2. Hot Space 3. Pains in so close to pleasure 4. One Year of Love 5. Rain Must Fall 6. Five and Britney pepsi shit, RW collaboration |
| bitesthedust 24.01.2005 13:44 |
1. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 2. The Miracle album (except for IWIA, Scandal, The Miracle & Breakthru) 3. Rare Live VHS 4. Queen + 5. Brian's long guitar solos in concerts |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 24.01.2005 13:45 |
I'd erase the Pepsi collaboration with Britney Spears, Pink and Beyonce. It was just embarassing to watch, especially with how out of place Brian and Roger seemed. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 14:51 |
bitesthedust wrote: 1. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 2. The Miracle album (except for IWIA, Scandal, The Miracle & Breakthru) 3. Rare Live VHS 4. Queen + 5. Brian's long guitar solos in concertsyou'd erase Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy? noooooooooooo I love that song!! And The Miracle and Hot Space have been mentioned. I'd chuck the miracle apart from scandal, but I don't think Hot Space is that bad. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 14:58 |
Why the hell would you erase The Miracle?!?!?! Thats my 2nd favourite album EVER!!!! |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 15:10 |
None of Queen's albums should ever be erased .... i have my favourites (day at the races, night at the opera, the works), but I would miss every single album!!!!!!! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN |
| Pluto 24.01.2005 16:01 |
What was so wrong with them going to sun city? |
| Las Palabras De Amor 24.01.2005 16:03 |
Why does everyone hate Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy? |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 24.01.2005 16:21 |
Las Palabras De Amor wrote: Why does everyone hate Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy?I don't hate it. It's great to sing along to, and I love the version on GVH 1 with Roger singing a few lines. |
| deleted user 24.01.2005 16:22 |
Good question, I doesn't understand it. Its one of the trully original Freddie songs. Its in my top five Queen songs. |
| Mr.Jingles 24.01.2005 16:29 |
People who would erase essential parts of Queen's musical career (and I'm talking about anything they did with Freddie) are just fuckin' pigheaded. Sure, Queen made a couple of little mistakes as a band (like certain songs on 'Hot Space') but I think they learned from those mistakes and helped the band become even better. I remember Brian mentioned once that he did not regret not one single thing he did with Queen as an artist... and that's the way it should have been. |
| Bob The Shrek 24.01.2005 16:50 |
I would erase from my memory several fuckwits that have posted here, over the years. |
| dave2005 24.01.2005 17:30 |
5ive, Robbie Williams, and shit like that Everything they did with Freddie was perfect - Hot Space is a great album with some great tracks - like Put Out the Fire, Life is Real, Las Palabras De Amor. And Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy is indeed a great and original Freddie song ! |
| Lady Cool Cat 24.01.2005 18:29 |
Great topic! Congratilations! Anyway, I would erase the Britney-Pink thing, all the rude comments people have made about Queen (especially the RUDE comments about Freddie being gay),and of course, my dear Freddie's death. I guess that just about covers everything. P.S. I would definetly NOT erase Body Language, I love it. I wouldn't erase Hot Space, Flash, The Works, or The Miracle, as some people would like, 'cuz it's Queen, and many people don't see the wonderful things those albums have to offer us. |
| onevsion 24.01.2005 20:01 |
Benn wrote: Everything post-1982 other than Innuendo (album) IWIA, WIAWI and the re-working of I Was Born...... Anything after MIH doesn't qualify FOR ME as Queen, so It's not even in the equation.don't you like innuendo? You must be crazy.. |
| j0ck3 25.01.2005 03:22 |
Freddie's Homosexuality |
| Mr.Jingles 25.01.2005 03:27 |
As I mentioned before I think that Queen made some few mistakes as a band... I mean, which one hasn't? Even The Beatles did awful shit songs. Yet if I could pick something that they shouldn't have done that would be to include those awful synths on 'Play The Game'. It's an awesome song, but the synths make it sound like those cheesy sci-fi film sound effects from the 60s. |
| foxxy_moron 25.01.2005 03:38 |
it all happened for a reason... |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 25.01.2005 03:41 |
j0ck3 wrote: Freddie's HomosexualityYou know, I do wonder what Queen would've been like without Freddie being gay. Would he have been the same camp, theatrical showman if he was straight? Or would he have written the same kinds of songs? Of course, Body Language probably never would've been written if he was straight! To me, his sexuality doesn't change how I feel about the band, but obviously it does to some people, like the fans who abandoned them after finding out Freddie was gay. It's kind of interesting to think about what might've been affected just by Freddie liking men or women. |
| slightly mad 22 25.01.2005 06:22 |
i don't think you could take the "gay" out of him and still have the same person/artist it never bothered me one bit!! |
| Melancholy Blues 25.01.2005 07:33 |
collaborations with robbie, five, britney ect. the wyclef jean version of another one bites the dust and roger & brian's continual murder of queen songs after fred's death. it would also be nice if john didn't become so reclusive, but if he is happy then it is his choice. |
| deleted user 25.01.2005 07:44 |
Makes you think - practicaly no one dared to cover a Queen song during Fred's lifetime. But since Freddie's death one dreadful cover version of WWRY and WATC appears every one or two years. Oh thank you Brian and Roger ... for this shit (and even to collaborate with these assholes like Britney) |
| LivingGirl 25.01.2005 07:49 |
I wouldn't erase anything before Freddie's death. I'd erase Five Britney pepsi. |
| dave2005 25.01.2005 07:55 |
I absolutely agree with the last 3 posts |
| PhoenixRising 25.01.2005 08:14 |
I'd erase the fact that Queen never really conquered the States like they did the rest of the world. Queen is probably more popular in the U.S. now than when Freddie was alive. |
| kohuept 25.01.2005 10:58 |
I'd get rid of the Robbie collaboration. First off, that version of WatC isn't really all that good, IMO. Second, that seems to be the thing that really set John off. Maybe kill 2 birds with 1 stone??????? |
| Ms. Bea Haven 25.01.2005 12:29 |
I too would erase the fact that Queen lost its popularity in the States. |
| brian_may_wannabe 25.01.2005 15:17 |
Another One Bites The Dust and Body Language. I'm sorry, but it's just those two that just didn't work for Queen. |
| slightly mad 22 25.01.2005 15:45 |
everything since freddie's death??? what about made in heaven?? fred singing tmlwky, and what about a winter's tale?? |
| Mr.Jingles 25.01.2005 16:30 |
I know some of you guys mentioned erasing the fact that Freddie was gay. I think in many ways that was part of his personality, though sometimes it was taken a bit too far. So I would actually erase those fuckin' awful leotards he used to wear in the 70s, and replace them with something much less flamboyant. I definitely find disturbing watching a rock star with his cock and balls sticking out. |
| deleted user 25.01.2005 18:45 |
That was Freddie's most classic outfit... if you want rockstars to look like the cliché "rockstar" than I think you have chosen the wrong band - then you should perhaps listen to the Rolling Stones. It was Freddies extravagant costumes that made Queen live unique. I think that 99 percent of the Queen fans agree that shows like Earls Court, Hyde Park or New York / Houston 1977 are THE classic queen concerts - and on all those occasions Freddie was wearing a leotard. I LOVE HIS LEOTARDS!!! |
| Mr Bad Gut 25.01.2005 18:50 |
brian_may_wannabe wrote: Another One Bites The Dust and Body Language. I'm sorry, but it's just those two that just didn't work for Queen.Yeah, Another One Bites The Dust really killed their career in the States didn't it? Didn't work at all for them... |
| Mr.Jingles 25.01.2005 18:51 |
I'm sorry, but I just don't fancy staring at another guy's bulge. I could perhaps tolerate those tight jeans that Robert Plant or Roger Daltrey used to wear in the 70s, but leotards are just completly disgusting to look at. I seriously don't mind if what Freddie wears is the same as the usual "cliche" rock star outfit, as long as the music is not cliche, then that's good enough for me. |
| deleted user 25.01.2005 19:22 |
Yes, but then Freddie would not have been the outrageous Freddie we all know and love!!! ... then Queen would just have been another 70s rock band. You are probably the first Queen fan to complain about this. |
| GivenToFly 25.01.2005 19:35 |
I totally agree with you. I love the fact that he was so colourfull. He just didn't really care what everyone thought. He just did what he thought was right. "It looked ridiculous then but it worked!". The only thing I maybe would erase is the body language saga... |
| 1quen_fan 25.01.2005 21:33 |
I would erase Freddie's death, so i could see what Queen would be like today. |
| felix ibex 26.01.2005 01:03 |
Freddie Mercury's Death! They would be 'MASSIVE' Today..makes us sad really to even talk about this Topic |
| Sebastian 26.01.2005 03:58 |
slightly mad 22 wrote: if you could erase something from Queen's history(barring the obvious "Freddie's death") what would it be???This thread |
| slightly mad 22 26.01.2005 05:42 |
ouch!!!! you didn't have to reply!!! just thought i'd post something diffrent other than "i hATE THIS NEW TOUR" |
| kerfuffle87 26.01.2005 09:28 |
anything post freddies death :( has been a bit average, wheeras before esp in the 70s twas brilliant. theres nothing realy u can justify as erasing cos MIH was tribute to Freddie, 46664 is for a great cause, i didnt like MIH films v much though - just not the same without Freddie Good topic by the way! xxx |
| slightly mad 22 26.01.2005 10:53 |
thanks to you both at least some people appreciate a change in topic!!!! |
| Mr.Jingles 26.01.2005 11:26 |
I'm sick and tired of you people who bash 'Made In Heaven', along with all the stuff they did in the 80s. I mean, in the case of 'Made In Heaven' they couldn't record more original post-Innuendo songs because Freddie didn't have much time left. Can you fuckin' blame Queen for that? At least they put a huge amount of effort possible on making a whole album (even if they had to take previously recorded tracks). To me anyone who bashes the great effort that was put to make 'Made In Heaven' possible is just absolutely disgraceful. Freddie went back to Montreux to record despite feeling completely weak due to his illness. He would have desired more than anything in the world to make a complete brand new album, and sadly that wasn't possible. Yet, I'm sure he's more than proud of what Brian, Roger, and John did to finish the album. And about the 80s, is just fuckin' ridiculous that people can't take anything for a change. Queen was still Queen, the problem is that some people want bands to sell them the exact same thing over and over again, and Queen was too good for that. They would expect Queen to always make their albums sound exactly like the glam-rock era of the early 70s, but it just can't be done that way. Times change, and so do rock bands. If you want to listen a band whose albums always sound the same, then go buy all the Dream Theater records. Seriously, are you guys real fans? |
| Mr.Jingles 26.01.2005 12:30 |
I, like many Queen fans wasn't very fond of 'Hot Space' the first time I heard it. Yet I think that it's not all that bad as so many people want to put it, and it has grown on me a bit. It's still my least favorite album though. You could say that 'Hot Space' was a mistake, and in many ways it could possible be, but as I mentioned before Queen learned from that. |
| brENsKi 26.01.2005 12:35 |
hot space - that is all - then they have a fantastic back-catalogue |
| bitesthedust 26.01.2005 13:23 |
<font color=#8A2BE2> Linda Of The Valley wrote: It's very different....if a completely different band-new band-released that album would you like it? Cos I really like the songs but I agree it definitely wasn't the Queen everyone knew before that album. But it's different, and has some great songs on it.Exactly ! Hot Space, Let's Go! Have the people who continously moan about the album bought the On Fire CD/DVD releases, I wonder.... |
| slightly mad 22 26.01.2005 14:31 |
me neither!!! i cant' wait to see what extra's they come up with!!! and as i no longer have a video recorder(moved over to recordable dvd) i miss watching the "slightly mad" video |
| kerfuffle87 26.01.2005 14:56 |
im sorry if you guys were talking bout me complaining about MIH, I really LIKE songs on the album - i ws saying that i didnt like the mini films that they released for it cos they seemed weird without Freddie.no offence intended!:-s xxx |
| Mr.Jingles 26.01.2005 16:48 |
kerfuffle87 wrote: im sorry if you guys were talking bout me complaining about MIH, I really LIKE songs on the album - i ws saying that i didnt like the mini films that they released for it cos they seemed weird without Freddie.no offence intended!:-s xxxIt sure wasn't directed at you. Besides, everybody hates those awful artsy video clips for 'Made In Heaven'. |
| brENsKi 26.01.2005 16:55 |
<font color=#8A2BE2> Linda Of The Valley wrote: It's very different....if a completely different band-new band-released that album would you like it? Cos I really like the songs but I agree it definitely wasn't the Queen everyone knew before that album. But it's different, and has some great songs on it.no i wouldn't buy it - by anyone - it's awful - i ONLY bought it (in 1982) because IT WAS QUEEN - but there's nothing on there that works for me - it's not the plastic funk/black/soul stuff - because i love the similar tracks on the game and the works....having a beat or vibe is no bad thing...but having a bad beat is! it's just the whole mish-mash of a mess that is HS that fucks me off |
| RohemianBapsody 26.01.2005 18:11 |
MIH films. Bought on video, watched once. |
| jscwartz 26.01.2005 23:03 |
How about the use of the synthesizers? Maybe I'm being to critical, but it never was the same after the Game! |
| deleted user 27.01.2005 19:00 |
jscwartz wrote: How about the use of the synthesizers? Maybe I'm being to critical, but it never was the same after the Game!Yes, and without the Game they would have been finished .... it was their daring decision to change their sound that kept them in the superstar-league. I think they were also great songwriters with synthesizers. |
| breakthru1989 29.05.2006 16:13 |
body language 1982 freddie getting aids by the way the whole A.I.D.S. THING. BACK CHAT 1982 negative reactions of queen touring SUN CITY |
| Poo, again 29.05.2006 16:26 |
I'd erase Freddie. |
| zone 29.05.2006 16:31 |
I would erase The Game, Hot Space, The Works, Magic and moustaches everywhere .Hairbands Spandex and the Mullet. |
| brENsKi 29.05.2006 16:52 |
i'd erase c:\ |