| No More Fun 01.05.2006 14:25 |
queen were great in the '70's and in innuendo.i think that in the '80's, like many bands,queen were going through a hard time,especially hot space.for me,it is the worst queen album.if you hear queen properly in the '70's,you can't really appreciate albums like hot space and also the works.a kind of magic and the miracle are fairly good.innuendo is one of the greatest albums and about made in heaven,i sincerely don't know. |
| brENsKi 01.05.2006 15:37 |
the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" sounding |
| NJQueenFan 01.05.2006 15:54 |
That's why I think you can't take too much away from Queen. They may have went through a rough spot that other great bands didn't (Queen made some really bad material, unlike many other rock legends), but they'd already become legendary just by the sheer excellence of their first 7 albums, all of which are classics. And when they released Innuendo, that was just icing on the cake. |
| Mr.Jingles 01.05.2006 17:28 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" soundingThe 70s were also marked by some awful shit like Cher, Captain and Tenille, The Patridge Family, and of course disco. |
| it was electric7 01.05.2006 17:46 |
I agree. Queen went just a wee bit downhill in the 80's cause the 70's were ROCKIN ! ! ! ! |
| skiqueen 01.05.2006 20:58 |
in the 80s, they were more into the pop category, in the 70s they were in the glam rock category........i like both cuz queen is awesome |
| zone 01.05.2006 21:26 |
I think it was VH1 that did a thing on the best artists of the 70's and Queen were#5 behind Zep ,Abba, Stones and Elton John. |
| ermin 01.05.2006 22:29 |
I completely agree with this statement. The albums they made in the 1980s, starting with the Game and ending with the Miracle, were really not that good at all. Yes, there were a few nice songs, but even then there wasn't much creativity involved. It was mostly cliche. I can listen all the 70s albums from the beginning to the end, but I can't do the same with the 80s albums - there's too much synthetic sound and not much creativity involved. With Innuendo they went back to good songwriting and some experimentation. Who knows what would have happened next... but Freddie's death stopped this creative comeback. Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, and A Day at the Opera are simply some of the most amazing albums ever made (the most amazing, in my biased opinion). |
| mike hunt 02.05.2006 02:09 |
I agree queen were brilliant in the seventies (in their prime) but, why do you have to love 70's queen but hate the eighties, or vise versa. I'm on record of saying 70's queen is brilliant, and I also like 80's queen, Wow!...is that possible?...yes it is. |
| Daburcor? 02.05.2006 04:07 |
I still stand by the fact that 'Hot Space' IS a good album. |
| bgordon88 02.05.2006 04:45 |
Dan Corson wrote: I still stand by the fact that 'Hot Space' IS a good album.Agreed. They are all good albums. For me the first 6 were exceptional. When you think about it that's quite a run ! I don't think Queen have done a single track which I can't get some enjoyment from. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 02.05.2006 09:52 |
I liked them best in the 70s yeah. But still they were great in the 80s and 90s. I just loved the 70s era. They're outfits were amazing. |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 02.05.2006 10:01 |
Queen were and always will be great! Cheers |
| Mr.Jingles 02.05.2006 10:39 |
Truth of the matter is: Queen had also plenty of filler tracks on the 70s. - She Makes Me - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon - Drowse - Get Down Make Love - Sleeping On The Sidewalk - Modern Times Rock N' Roll - Bring Back Leroy Brown - More Of That Jazz The 70s albums (at least up to ADATR) were definitely stronger, but the ones from 80s can be enjoyed too. Personally I think 'A Kind Of Magic' is brilliant, although most people might disagree with me. I think the album is definitely underated. |
| Mr.Jingles 02.05.2006 10:43 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" sounding...but you like Madonna, don't you? Didn't she build her career based on bubblegum synthesized 80s pop? |
| Poo, again 02.05.2006 10:44 |
Mr.Jingles wrote: |
| Ian_snake 02.05.2006 10:50 |
Queen spent too much time in the 80's performing lengendary concerts to be concerned about making albums at the calibur of ANATO and NOTW. |
| Bambi 02.05.2006 12:59 |
Im not going to be a star my dear, im going to be a ledgend. F.M. |
| **Queen_of_Ramms+ein** 02.05.2006 13:09 |
rogers Man On Fire wrote: queen were great in the '70's and in innuendo.i think that in the '80's, like many bands,queen were going through a hard time,especially hot space.for me,it is the worst queen album.if you hear queen properly in the '70's,you can't really appreciate albums like hot space and also the works.a kind of magic and the miracle are fairly good.innuendo is one of the greatest albums and about made in heaven,i sincerely don't know.I love Queens 70,LOVE IT, but you cant say no to songs of the 80s.... or 90s I want to break free The invisible man Scandal It´s a hard life Keep passin´the open windows I was born to love you and so.... IT´S QUEEN |
| No More Fun 02.05.2006 13:13 |
yes i now but i hate the singles to bad. |
| No More Fun 02.05.2006 13:14 |
and I was born to love you is not a queen song. |
| brENsKi 02.05.2006 13:17 |
Mr.Jingles wrote:i like all kinds of music..but my comment was in regard to established rock artists sounding watered-down..ie no longer "rocking" - even the Who became very "europe and bon jovi in 80s"<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" sounding...but you like Madonna, don't you? Didn't she build her career based on bubblegum synthesized 80s pop? |
| flash! 28068 02.05.2006 13:20 |
Yes, i was busy today but found enough time to look at images of Freddie Mercury during the 70's.... then i realised... i had fallen in love with him all over again. *cries* Sorry, i feel a little sensitive today. |
| No More Fun 02.05.2006 13:24 |
mmmmmmm i thing metalica,venom,buldozzer,and all that stuff was great in the 80s |
| Mr.Jingles 02.05.2006 16:40 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:Music is something that is constantly evolving. Bands like Def Leppard, Van Halen, or Bon Jovi are trademarks of the 80s, and although they were not a bigger influence than bands like Led Zeppelin, Floyd, or Queen, they were still great bands to listen to.Mr.Jingles wrote:i like all kinds of music..but my comment was in regard to established rock artists sounding watered-down..ie no longer "rocking" - even the Who became very "europe and bon jovi in 80s"<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" sounding...but you like Madonna, don't you? Didn't she build her career based on bubblegum synthesized 80s pop? Personally I'd much rather listen to Metallica or Guns N' Roses rather than The Doors or The Who, which might seem to have a higher legendary status given by critics, but I consider them particularly boring. |
| zone 02.05.2006 20:20 |
MR.JINGLES WROTE-Truth of the matter is: Queen had also plenty of filler tracks on the 70s. - She Makes Me - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon - Drowse - Get Down Make Love - Sleeping On The Sidewalk - Modern Times Rock N' Roll - Bring Back Leroy Brown - More Of That Jazz None of these tracks are fillers they came into the studio with them already written or half way there .A filler is a song written last minute because they have some extra time left on the album .A good example of a filler is Sabbath's Paranoid, they had extra space on the record came up with the riff and it became the best song on the album they even named the record after it.I don't think you have the definition of a filler correct. |
| mike hunt 03.05.2006 01:02 |
mr jingles doesn't know shit, just because you don't like a song doesn't mean it's filler!...most of the songs you mentioned are classic. |
| Mr.Jingles 03.05.2006 13:23 |
Just my opinion... But those tracks just can't compare to the rest of the album. Then again, even The Beatles had fillers. |
| zone 03.05.2006 14:16 |
You just don't get it do you? |
| Mr.Jingles 03.05.2006 19:32 |
zone wrote: You just don't get it do you?I do :-p |
| mike hunt 04.05.2006 01:19 |
The only songs in the 70's I don't like is some of rogers, but to say lazing on a sunday afternoon and especially bring back leroy brown is filler is simply criminal. leroy brown is one of the most brilliant freddie songs ever! |
| deleted user 04.05.2006 05:01 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote: the 80s were the only musical decade that (generally) sucked and blowed. many established rock bands started using synths too much...the sounds became very watered down and very "insincere" soundingThat's your opinion. For me, the 80s are the second best decade after the 70s. Though a lot of bands used synths they in general wrote their own material and performed it live (really playing their instruments). Look at the shit we have today -> Techno, Hip-Hop, Rap - rock music is practically dead today, where it was certainly alive in the 80s. And concerning Queen: "The Works" is one of my favourite Queen albums and I also appreciate "A Kind Of Magic" - the thing I probably agree with you: Queen stopped experimenting in the early 80s and the little gems on the Albums (like Millionaire Waltz, Seaside Rendevouz, Prophets Song, All Dead All Dead, Mustapha on their 70s albums) began to disappear. In the 80s Queen had finally created a trademark sound with "The Works" and they relied heavely on it. But still all the singles from The Works, AKOM and The Miracle are just great.... Long Live THE 80s .... as Poison would say: Open up and say ... Ahh! |
| iljaiya 04.05.2006 07:57 |
I disagree with you Peter Cetera and everyone else that says rock music died at the end of the seventies or eighties. 'Rock music ain't dead you just got to look harder' BTW most legendary rock bands like Led Zeppelin & Deep Purple weren't mainstream or hitmachines in their own days. Same goes for Metallica. The only charts where they scored were the album charts. Look at those charts nowadays and you'll still see some good stuff. BTW here are two examples of charts from the seventies and eighties showing there has always been shitty music dominating rock music: USA YEAR-END CHARTS: 1973 Top 100 Singles 1. TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE - Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell) 2. BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN - Jim Croce (ABC) 3. DELTA DAWN - Helen Reddy (Capitol) 4. CROCODILE ROCK - Elton John (MCA) 5. TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING - Diana Ross (Motown) 6. MY LOVE - Paul McCartney & Wings (Apple) 7. YOU’RE SO VAIN - Carly Simon (Elektra) 8. PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND - Clint Holmes (Epic) 9. ME AND MRS. JONES - Billy Paul (Philadelphia Int’l) 10. SHAMBALA - Three Dog Night (Dunhill) 11. LET’S GET IT ON - Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 12. LOVE TRAIN - The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) 13. CLAIR - Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM) 14. LAST SONG - Edward Bear (Capitol) 15. MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Buddah) 16. HALF-BREED - Cher (MCA) 17. SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE - Tony Orlando & Dawn (Bell) 18. DRIFT AWAY - Dobie Gray (Decca) 19. BROTHER LOUIE - Stories (Kama Sutra) 20. WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES - Billy Preston (A&M) 21. KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack (Atlantic) 22. LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK - Paul Simon (Columbia) 23. THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA - Vicki Lawrence (Bell) 24. THAT LADY (pt. 1) - The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) 25. DANNY’S SONG - Anne Murray (Capitol) Year End Charts England 1986 Singles NR TITLE Artist(es) 1 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY THE COMMUNARDS 2 EVERY LOSER WINS Nick Berry 3 I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner 4 LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 5 CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 6 THE LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh 7 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH Billy Ocean 8 PAPA DON'T PREACH Madonna 9 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 10 SO MACHO Sinitta 11 TRUE BLUE Madonna 12 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 13 ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 14 WE DON'T HAVE TO Jermaine Stewart 15 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Dr & the Medics 16 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe 17 REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 18 RAIN OR SHINE Five Star 19 CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins 20 THE CHICKEN SONG Spitting Image 21 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V. a-ha 22 ON MY OWN Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald 23 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles 24 IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo 25 LESSONS IN LOVE Level 42 Anyway there's still good rock music: Audioslave, Coldplay, Coheed & Cambria, Dream Theater, Foo Fighters, Muse, Oceansize, Placebo, Queens Of The Stone Age, Radiohead, System Of A Down, The Mars Volta, Tool etc. |
| Winter Land Man 04.05.2006 07:58 |
From playing Hot Space to females around my area, they seem to enjoy it than anything else by Queen. |
| Mr.Jingles 04.05.2006 13:33 |
Music is closer to death now more than ever. Look at all these rappers making the exact same shit over and over again. Every single fuckin' song is about rims, bling-bling and bitches, and yet that's the kind of "music" that sells. The sad part is that there are great new artists like Muse and Franz Ferdinand but they don't get attention they deserve. |
| LadyMoonshineDown 04.05.2006 21:50 |
No More Fun wrote: queen were great in the '70's and in innuendo.i think that in the '80's, like many bands,queen were going through a hard time,especially hot space.for me,it is the worst queen album.if you hear queen properly in the '70's,you can't really appreciate albums like hot space and also the works.a kind of magic and the miracle are fairly good.innuendo is one of the greatest albums and about made in heaven,i sincerely don't know.Blah blah blah... ...we've heard this before a million times. Congratulations on clarifying nothing. Cheers |