I'm doing a book report on Queen, and one of the questions on this report is "What was their greatest achievement?"*I haven't a clue. What do you guys think?
Some of their accomplishments:
*First band to undertake a stadium tour of S.A.
*Unanimously voted best band at Live Aid by media, journalists, critics, fans and Bob Geldof. (Who is that? lol)
*Poineered music videos
*Most highly qualified rock band ever- all four members have degrees
*Freddie was the first (and only) rock musician to compose, record, and perform classical opera
*(Highest total attendance for four consecutive nights in the UK (over 400,000)
*Boh Rap has been voted best song of all time
*Queen recently passed up the Beatles in the Guiness Book of World Records- highest selling band ever or something like that
deleted user 09.04.2006 18:19
Well I think it should probably be that "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been voted the greatest song of all time.
This is going to sound stupid, but it makes perfect sense to me: their greatest achievement was "Queen" - this iconic, legendary symbol that transgresses all boundaries of musical entertainment. The thoughts, the feelings, the attitudes, and the ideals that come to mind when you consider "Queen" - that is their greatest achievement, in my opinion. No other band comes close. Even bands so great as the Beatles or Led Zeppelin can be pigeonholed or grounded. Queen is sublime.
Maybe, as a Queen fan, I am exaggerating, but this is what I feel.
deleted user 10.04.2006 01:37
I'd say either Bohemian Rhapsody going to #1 or Queen beating The Beatles. Your pick and good luck with that.
freddieistheloveofmylife_89 wrote:
*Poineered music videos
*Most highly qualified rock band ever- all four members have degrees
*Freddie was the first (and only) rock musician to compose, record, and perform classical opera
1) Bullshit. Music videos were all over the place even in the 60's.
2) I realy doubt that Queen was the only band with all four members having degrees.
3) Barcelona IS NOT a classical opera..
The rest is quite correct.
What in the world....That is so not fair that you can do a Book report on Queen! :-P
I'd say the entire ANATO album (btw, I just finished watching the making video; has anyone else seen it?)
Don't think Queen Invented the musicvideo, but they cetainly took them to a new level with Bo Rhaps.
No way Queen have sold more albums then Beatles. I have heard that Queen has sold about 150million copies. ABBA for example has sold over 500millions.
I think that their over all aceivment is the worldwide sucess, after being around 30+ years their still popular, still looked at as the greatest band in many countrys (japan, switzerland, south america and of course the U.K for a few) They have more sucess in the charts then the beatles and far more live sucess then the beatles and led zep. Their songs are some of the most covered, the first and only band to have a 1 one single twice with the same song, they own their own company (Queen Productions LTD), Greatest hits has been certified 3X platinum. I could go on.
freddieistheloveofmylife_89 wrote: I'm doing a book report on Queen, and one of the questions on this report is "What was their greatest achievement?"*I haven't a clue. What do you guys think?
Some of their accomplishments:
*First band to undertake a stadium tour of S.A.
*Unanimously voted best band at Live Aid by media, journalists, critics, fans and Bob Geldof. (Who is that? lol)
*Poineered music videos
*Most highly qualified rock band ever- all four members have degrees
*Freddie was the first (and only) rock musician to compose, record, and perform classical opera
*(Highest total attendance for four consecutive nights in the UK (over 400,000)
*Boh Rap has been voted best song of all time
*Queen recently passed up the Beatles in the Guiness Book of World Records- highest selling band ever or something like that
is queen better selling then the beatles now? hehe, something nice to tell my dad ;)
Queen have been on the UK charts more than The Beatles, they have not passed The BEatles in album sells. Queen have sold about 175 million while The Beatles have sold over 1 BILLION albums.
freddieistheloveofmylife_89 wrote:
*Poineered music videos
*Most highly qualified rock band ever- all four members have degrees
*Freddie was the first (and only) rock musician to compose, record, and perform classical opera
1) Bullshit. Music videos were all over the place even in the 60's.
2) I realy doubt that Queen was the only band with all four members having degrees.
3) Barcelona IS NOT a classical opera..
The rest is quite correct.
I think you should go with the beatles thing, cause although Bohmeian Rhapsody is a great song and what not, this is something that resulted from that and all the rest of there greatness, so in a way them beating the beatles just proves how great they really are, hence there greatest achievment.