Queen - The Band

[kiwisr]

I have grown up with three of their albums - Greatest Hits 1+2+3, and presumed that was all their good songs - as with most bands.

But having just listened to Queen, Queen 2 and A Night At The Opera, all I can say is wow!. What a band. So many good songs.

[onomatopoeia]

So get Sheer Heart Attack next , and Live at the BBC if you can find it.

[Eric Mc]

They were at their best between 1973 and 1980.

[Rod Rammage]

Absolute Legend.

Can't wait for a driving holiday so I can subject/brainwash/introduce Rod Jr to the delights of Fat Bottom Girls etc etc

[RobM77]

[sstein]

over-rated IMO

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Stuart

[anonymous-user]

Top band, top songs imho

[Big Rod]

The Game, Jazz, Brave New World, Hot Space, A day at the races.

All absolutely orzumz!!

[Blue Meanie]

For some reason they always released cheese songs. I always loved the Prophet song, and Ogre battle! Plus, Princes of the Universe, and Gimme the Prize from Highlander

[DocJock]

sstein said:

over-rated IMO

Seconded.

[Blue Meanie]

DocJock said:

sstein said:

over-rated IMO

Seconded.

Maybe you never saw them live?? THE best live band, ever.

[DocJock]

Yup, I did.
All show and no substance.

Nowhere whatsoever in the ranks of musically great live bands IMO.
I'll clear off now and leave the thread to the fanboys who'll no doubt be along in a minute.

[Bomber Denton]

Shit, shit and triple shit.

Overated toss.

[Sciroccology]

kiwisr said:

I have grown up with three of their albums - Greatest Hits 1+2+3, and presumed that was all their good songs - as with most bands.

But having just listened to Queen, Queen 2 and A Night At The Opera, all I can say is wow!. What a band. So many good songs.

There are some DTS discs of theirs around (Night At The Opera, The Game, etc) - they sound even better in 5.1 surround

[Patrico]

Bomber Denton said:

Shit, shit and triple shit.
:
Overated toss.

let me guess, your a fan of The Police as well.

[Ferg]

I saw Queen live many times and was in the crowd for the 'We Are The Champions' video.
They were certainly a great live band, but for me outclassed by Lizzy (1977), U2 (1981) and The Undertones (1978-2007).

On record, Queen, Queen 2, Sheer Heart Attack. Got steadily worse, but quite slowly until The Game whan they really became crap.

'March Of The Black Queen' or 'Fairy Fellers Masterstroke' or 'Ogre Battle' are highlight tracks for me.

[Timberwolf]

Eric Mc said:

They were at their best between 1973 and 1980.

Definitely. The sad thing is, they were just picking up again when Freddie died.

(This may have been part of why Innuendo was much better than the few albums preceding it, though.)

It seems to have been a curse of a lot of bands from this era that they didn't really successfully transition into the 1980s. Hawkwind another one, although they had started coming off the boil after Warrior on the Edge of Time in '75 really.

[groomi]

Love nearly all of their albums. Such a versatile band with great talent. Each member wrote music, lyrics and sang - not many bands had/have that in-depth talent.

Going through my Queen albums, there's a track for every mood.

[Eric Mc]

I'm tempted to buy Brian May's book on cosmology.

He finally finished his doctoral thesis - over 30 years after he gave it up to play in some obscure rock group.

It's about time he got himself a proper job (and got his hair cut).

Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 27th September 22:44

[Rob-C]

I had a listen to News of the World on vinyl for the first time in years the other night. It didn't hit the spot for me I'm sad to say.