BrandoFan Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Now that the Simon & Garfunkel thread has officially confirmed the fact that some of you out there may indeed possess taste buds..... What about the Queen frontman? Yeay or nay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Now that the Simon & Garfunkel thread has officially confirmed the fact that some of you out there may indeed possess taste buds..... What the Queen frontman? Yeay or nay? Freddy was great. At their best, there was not a more meticulous and perfectionist studio recording rock group than Freddy, Brian May, and and the rest of Queen. I think I'm going to listen to A Night at the Opera at home this evening for a refresher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 yeah, can't argue with that. Just don't tell me the beatles aren't over-rated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 yeah, can't argue with that. Just don't tell me the beatles aren't over-rated. My putting the best-produced Queen up against anyone includes the Beatles. To Freddy Mercury and the band's immense credit, they either produced or co-produced most of the stuff from that era, so they didn't need a George Martin to help with that side of things. No slight to George or the Lads, whom it is impossible to overrate btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Freddy Mercury was one of the best show men ever to front a band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 My putting the best-produced Queen up against anyone includes the Beatles. To Freddy Mercury and the band's immense credit, they either produced or co-produced most of the stuff from that era, so they didn't need a George Martin to help with that side of things. No slight to George or the Lads, whom it is impossible to overrate btw. haha, whatever:) big ups to Queen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Great interviewer also. The fact that highschool kids are still rocking to Queen is testimony to their genious. I had to help them with a lyric or two. lads are a but slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Queen was a band whose best stuff was fantastic and whose worst stuff was embarrassingly bad. You can make a TERRIFIC "best of" Queen disc, but you could also scare the kids away with some of the cheesy stuff they recorded. Mercury had a very distinct voice, and was a very fun performer to watch. You could tell that he really loved what he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubKilla Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 but you could also scare the kids away with some of the cheesy stuff they recorded. Would the "Flash Gordon Soundtrack" apply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 FLASH!! AHHH AHHH....HE can saveeeeee, everyone of US! classic:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Would the "Flash Gordon Soundtrack" apply? WORST MOVIE EVER! :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Would the "Flash Gordon Soundtrack" apply? That's where I was starting on that thought! Then over to Bicycle Race...and so on.... ...and TRY playing Bohemian Rhapsody for your nephews without them laughing and imitating Wayne's World... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 That's where I was starting on that thought! Then over to Bicycle Race...and so on.... ...and TRY playing Bohemian Rhapsody for your nephews without them laughing and imitating Wayne's World... That's the thing about the best Queen, though. They take something that could be so completelt stupid, like Bicycle race, and they make it work. I don't lump that tune in with their lemons. Most stuff from The Game and after, on the other hand, is hard to find much merit in. On the subject of Bohemian Rhapsody. Several years ago my wife (girlfriend then) and I were playing Songburst with a friend, that's a game where you have to sing portions of songs to score. My friend got the hint "Spare him his life..." as a hint and we figured he would easily come up with the correct line from Bohemian Rhapsody... "Spare him his life from his monstrosities." Instead, he out comes with what he thought the line was... "Spare him his life from his pork sausage-ees." I still cannot hear that part of the song without thibking of that and laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 I'm sorry, but I remember listening to bicycle race as a kid and loving it. Man, I was just born with good taste:) Flash on the other hand....RIDICULOUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 ON the topic of music... I was watching I love the 80's, 1988, and the guy on there from Anthrax just described REM as Rock music for Nerds. LMFAO! I was sooo not with that whole late 80's, early 90's alternative thing, and that just made me laugh for about 5 minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 On the subject of Bohemian Rhapsody. Several years ago my wife (girlfriend then) and I were playing Songburst with a friend, that's a game where you have to sing portions of songs to score. My friend got the hint "Spare him his life..." as a hint and we figured he would easily come up with the correct line from Bohemian Rhapsody... "Spare him his life from his monstrosities." Instead, he out comes with what he thought the line was... "Spare him his life from his pork sausage-ees." I still cannot hear that part of the song without thibking of that and laughing. And how many people are singing "dynomite with a laser beam?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 And how many people are singing "dynomite with a laser beam?" Not me........Im able to read the hidden message behind that line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 ON the topic of music... I was watching I love the 80's, 1988, and the guy on there from Anthrax just described REM as Rock music for Nerds. LMFAO! I was sooo not with that whole late 80's, early 90's alternative thing, and that just made me laugh for about 5 minutes... It is to everyone's detriment to think of REM just as part of the "late 80's, early 90's alternative thing." Chronic Town came out in 1982. Just the music from Murmer, Reckonings, and Fables of the Reconstuction would have been enough to assure that the band would have a lasting impact on the sound of their contemporaries. Although I also enjoy lots of their stuff from Green and beyond, I like those first 4 releases the most and always consider REM an "early 80s college station thing," rather than a "late 80's, early 90's alternative thing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 I like those first 4 releases the most and always consider REM an "early 80s college station thing," rather than a "late 80's, early 90's alternative thing." Absolutely correct. REM was very very good in the early 80s. South Central Rain is still one of my favorite songs. I soured on them around the Shiny Happy People time. Haven't paid much attention to them in a decade or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Absolutely correct. REM was very very good in the early 80s. South Central Rain is still one of my favorite songs. I soured on them around the Shiny Happy People time. Haven't paid much attention to them in a decade or so. That's funny for my generation to think about, because I see Automatic for the People, Monster, and New Adventures in Hi-Fi as three of my favorite albums...only for me to sour to REM with their subsequent releases. I listen to Green, Murmer, Epynonmous (sp?), too...good albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 Freddy Mercury was one of the best show men ever to front a band Yes. Robert Plant versus Freddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Yes. Robert Plant versus Freddy? versus bono? haha, I had to... jkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 That's funny for my generation to think about, because I see Automatic for the People, Monster, and New Adventures in Hi-Fi as three of my favorite albums...only for me to sour to REM with their subsequent releases. I listen to Green, Murmer, Epynonmous (sp?), too...good albums. Automatic For the People was a strong album, one in which Peter Buck flexes his lowder power pop guitar muscles to nice effect. But songs like (Critic's pick) South Central Rain, and songs like Fall on Me that have that signature dual-melody vocal interplay between Stipe and Mike Mills are still my favorite REM offerings. I don't fault them or any band for evolving and changing through the years – in fact, I really dislike bands that don't grow with time – but one of the inevitable side effects of change is that us oldsters are going to say the early albums were best while the young pups will say the later stuff was better. The nice thing about a band like REM is that all of their stuff has enough going for it to make the agrument on both sides valid. I miss Bill Barry's world-class eyebrows though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 I don't fault them or any band for evolving and changing through the years – in fact, I really dislike bands that don't grow with time Not a big fan of AC/DC then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted December 1, 2003 Author Share Posted December 1, 2003 All this talk about Queen's studio work. What about the time when Freddy BLEW everybody away at I think that AIDS live thing in Afrika? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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