| Nuno_Gomes 04.07.2005 05:52 |
I keep asking people and I always get mixed messages, I ask older people usually some'll be like Yah they were so popular everyone knew them then i'll ask others and they wont even know who they are, another thing how big was queen? Could you compare them to anyone thats out right now? I wish i lived back when Queen was doing there thing for some reason im really interested in this Im weird. |
| Serry... 04.07.2005 08:22 |
Wayne Gretzki was bigger |
| Boy Thomas Raker 04.07.2005 09:05 |
Queen were huge in Canada, Nuno. In Toronto, one of Canada's big 3 cities, they sold out Maple Leaf Gardens from the Day at the Races tour ('76?) until '82 when they played 2 nights at Maple Leaf Gardens (sold out night one, 3/4 full night 2.) Canada has always been a big fan of English music, and Queen, Yes, Supertramp and Genesis have always been popular in Canada years before the US caught on. Similar to the US, Queen was hard to find after Hot Space for all of the reasons listed. In 1991, Brian did an in store appearance at HMV in Toronto, and it was packed to capacity. I think people loved Queen but when you're not touring it's hard to see sometimes. |
| Grantcdn 04.07.2005 11:06 |
Queen were absolutely huge in Canada...I think always bigger than they were in the US even at their A Night At The Opera /News of The World to The Game heydey.....You can check out the Chum website (and some books) for some chart positions....The Game here was I don't know how many times platinum....even Calling All Girls was a hit here....Radio Gaga #3....Under Pressure #1, We Will Rock You #1, Another One Bites The Dust #1, Crazy Little Thing #1, Classic Queen went diamond in Canada....the only other artists to do that here were Bryan Adams and Shania Twain to my knowledge....even Brian May's solo stuff....Love Token was #1 on Q107's top ten at ten followed by Ressurection also at #1 (Love Token was number 1 for 2-3 weeks - shame it was never a single).....so yes HUGE then and still very much respected among classic rock fans now....listen to any classic rock station and they will get regular airplay.... |
| quicksilver mercury 04.07.2005 17:40 |
Queen hates Canada |
| Nuno_Gomes 04.07.2005 17:55 |
Woh, I didnt know they were that big and yah maybe you dont give a fuck about the thread but I do and the poster above me the fucks yer problem |
| Goo 04.07.2005 23:11 |
Alex Solan wrote: My question is: this is important? My auto-answer: NO. =PThat's a little bit unfair . . . you're not Canadian. I didn't really know how big they were here, and I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised with what the other Canucks have replied. This question may not be important to YOU Alex, but that doesn't mean it's not important at all. true patriot love |
| willem-jan 8923 05.07.2005 04:22 |
BHM 0271 wrote: Queen were huge in Canada, Nuno. In Toronto, one of Canada's big 3 cities, they sold out Maple Leaf Gardens from the Day at the Races tour ('76?) until '82 when they played 2 nights at Maple Leaf Gardens (sold out night one, 3/4 full night 2.)So you claim they were huge, but still they weren't able to sell out the Maple Leaf Gardens twice? I think quite a few artists are able to do sell out twice in a row. So, from that point on I wouldn't call them huge. At best I would call them rather popular then. |
| thequeenling 05.07.2005 11:19 |
...WERE Queen Big In Canada maybe? |
| Serry... 05.07.2005 11:32 |
thequeenling wrote: ...WERE Queen Big In Canada maybe?I hope you ain't going to correct my posts then... It's gonna be a hard and longterm work! |
| Boy Thomas Raker 05.07.2005 13:19 |
"So you claim they were huge, but still they weren't able to sell out the Maple Leaf Gardens twice? I think quite a few artists are able to do sell out twice in a row. So, from that point on I wouldn't call them huge. At best I would call them rather popular then." Not to be a smart ass Willen-jan, but Hot Space didn't exactly fly off the racks like Hot Cakes. Maple Leaf Gardens held 16,000 for a concert, and the previous tour they did 40,000+ at the CNE for The Game tour. They filled arenas and stadiums from A Day at the Races until their last tour for Hot space. As I stated, they disappeared after that do to lack of touring, bad promotion, and albums that weren't as good as their early ones. Having said that, they were huge. |
| teleman 05.07.2005 15:30 |
Alex Solan wrote:Canadians were very supportive of Queen. Their albums and concerts sold very well until Hot Space.Goo wrote:Unfair? Patriot love? I can't understand your point if you have one so far. The fact is you, Canadians, never were too 'warm' with Queen... of course I'm not talking about every single Canadian ;)Alex Solan wrote: My question is: this is important? My auto-answer: NO. =PThat's a little bit unfair . . . you're not Canadian. I didn't really know how big they were here, and I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised with what the other Canucks have replied. This question may not be important to YOU Alex, but that doesn't mean it's not important at all. true patriot love The patriot love reference is from our national anthem. From one proud Canadian to others I get the reference. Since you aren't a Canadian you aren't expected to get it. A Canadian was curious about Queen's history in Canada. Canadians can care enought to respond. After the moronic fuck Scott Mercury's comments which have since been removed, if you have a problem with an innocuous country like Canada keep it to yourself. |
| quicksilver mercury 05.07.2005 15:48 |
Nobody cares what you think |
| written_in_the_stars 05.07.2005 15:57 |
scott__mercury wrote: Canada is a freeloader loser full of cowerds. Nobody cares what you thinkThe saddest thing is that you do believe someone cares what YOU think |
| written_in_the_stars 05.07.2005 16:06 |
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| quicksilver mercury 05.07.2005 16:29 |
written_in_the_stars wrote:You dont want to be in canada cause you know. All the Quebecs that I met in Florida last year hate canada. They know Canada is a freeloader loser full of cowerds.scott__mercury wrote: Nobody cares what you thinkThe saddest thing is that you do believe someone cares what YOU think Nobody cares what YOU think |
| Boy Thomas Raker 05.07.2005 16:51 |
"You dont want to be in canada cause you know. All the Quebecs that I met in Florida last year hate canada. They know Canada is a freeloader loser full of cowerds. Nobody cares what YOU think" That could quite possibly be the worst sentence in the history of written English. You must be proud. |
| Grantcdn 05.07.2005 23:45 |
Queen was bigger in Canada per capita then they ever were in the US....so certainly BIG....but obviously not as BIG as they were in the UK.... QUEEN ROCKS!! CANADA ROCKS!! |
| inu-liger 06.07.2005 00:12 |
And not to mention the album "The Game" went 5x Platinum in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. where I think it only went platinum once or twice |
| Serry... 06.07.2005 07:11 |
Inu-Liger<h6>-a.k.a. Richard Guilbault- wrote: And not to mention the album &quot;The Game&quot; went 5x Platinum in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. where I think it only went platinum once or twiceDepends on how many records you must sell to get Platinum, in different countries - numbers are different. |
| The Real Wizard 03.08.2005 01:51 |
scott__mercury wrote: You dont want to be in canada cause you know. All the Quebecs that I met in Florida last year hate canada. They know Canada is a freeloader loser full of cowerds. Nobody cares what YOU thinkI can't believe I missed this post! I sifted through the grammar, or lack thereof, and got the general idea of what our beloved Scott was trying to say (has Scott ever contributed anything to this forum that isn't in the form of a bigoted insult towards someone or some group?). His post above made little sense, so in reply, here's my attempt at outlining an average *aware* Canadian's impression of life in Quebec: Most Quebecers (with the exception of half of Montreal and natives living on Quebec soil) are not true Canadians, for many reasons: 1) They have almost completely different laws. 2) They consider themselves French first, and Canadian second (even though they use our currency and OUR resources), 3) They don't have a clue about national pride, and 4) They don't have a clue about multi-culturalism. This group of tightly knit catholics have made it clear that all they want is to separate from our country of acceptance of all religions, without even considering the repercussions of doing so. I have spoken to many of these Quebecers in my day, and they were so far off to the right that it makes Canadians like myself feel ashamed that this kind of mentality exists in my country which I am proud of. If Quebec separated, the rest of the country would suffer as much as (or probably more than) they would. I won't go into that, as it'll be pages of writing. A passable analogy: far-right republicans are to the US like these Quebecers are to Canada (it's interesting how the majority of Canadians who support Bush live in Quebec). Thank goodness we are a peace-keeping country. If we had the US's mentality when it comes to dealing with a group of people with different values than ours, we would have been at war with them ages ago, and perhaps still at war today. |
| The Real Wizard 03.08.2005 02:06 |
Serry... wrote:In Canada it's 100,000 for platinum, and in the US it's 1 million. The US has roughly 10x as many people as Canada, so mathematically, it's the same feat either way.Inu-Liger<h6>-a.k.a. Richard Guilbault- wrote: And not to mention the album &quot;The Game&quot; went 5x Platinum in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. where I think it only went platinum once or twiceDepends on how many records you must sell to get Platinum, in different countries - numbers are different. One of Shania Twain's albums went platinum 10 times here, so if you assume there are an average of three people at each residence, that means about 1 in every 10 homes has that album in it. |
| brENsKi 03.08.2005 07:26 |
scott__mercury wrote: Queen hates Canadayou back out on parole then? damned medication isn't working tho is it |
| tia 03.08.2005 08:22 |
They were really big in the 70's but were less popular in the 80's.What a shame because some of thier best stuff was from then. I think alot has to do with the U.S banning some of thier videos and playing them less on radio.After all we do tend to follow them unfortunatly. |
| inu-liger 03.08.2005 17:49 |
Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:It's true, what GH wrote.scott__mercury wrote: You dont want to be in canada cause you know. All the Quebecs that I met in Florida last year hate canada. They know Canada is a freeloader loser full of cowerds. Nobody cares what YOU thinkI can't believe I missed this post! I sifted through the grammar, or lack thereof, and got the general idea of what our beloved Scott was trying to say (has Scott ever contributed anything to this forum that isn't in the form of a bigoted insult towards someone or some group?). His post above made little sense, so in reply, here's my attempt at outlining an average *aware* Canadian's impression of life in Quebec: Most Quebecers (with the exception of half of Montreal and natives living on Quebec soil) are not true Canadians, for many reasons: 1) They have almost completely different laws. 2) They consider themselves French first, and Canadian second (even though they use our currency and OUR resources), 3) They don't have a clue about national pride, and 4) They don't have a clue about multi-culturalism. This group of tightly knit catholics have made it clear that all they want is to separate from our country of acceptance of all religions, without even considering the repercussions of doing so. I have spoken to many of these Quebecers in my day, and they were so far off to the right that it makes Canadians like myself feel ashamed that this kind of mentality exists in my country which I am proud of. If Quebec separated, the rest of the country would suffer as much as (or probably more than) they would. I won't go into that, as it'll be pages of writing. A passable analogy: far-right republicans are to the US like these Quebecers are to Canada (it's interesting how the majority of Canadians who support Bush live in Quebec). Thank goodness we are a peace-keeping country. If we had the US's mentality when it comes to dealing with a group of people with different values than ours, we would have been at war with them ages ago, and perhaps still at war today. And I myself used to live in Quebec for 2 years, when I was younger. Worst experience of my life, I'll tell you guys that much. They don't give people with disabilities (including myself) much respect, as I was physically abused on a number of occassions, and I never went to the police about it cos I didn't know my rights back then (it was after I moved to Edmonton shortly afterwards that I learned about the laws and stuff regarding this kind of abuse, and I now regret not knowing that, because I would have loved to have taken my teacher and bus driver to court). And having been born in Quebec originally, I am ashamed as a Canadian to have been born in the worst province out of all 10 in Canada. The Quebeckers make Ralph Klein and his gov't (who lead Alberta, where I currently reside) seem like lovely nice folk (which is saying a lot). I feel sorry for those people who live in Quebec that DON'T want to live there in the first place. No offense, but those frogs can go to hell. |
| NOTWMEDDLE 03.08.2005 19:39 |
Inu-Liger<h6>-a.k.a. Richard Guilbault- wrote: And not to mention the album "The Game" went 5x Platinum in Canada, as opposed to the U.S. where I think it only went platinum once or twiceThe Game went Quadruple Platinum in the US as did News Of The World and both albums each sold 4 million copies a piece! |