Is Queen over-rated ?

[Mikey]

Ok, they're the greatest band in the world

I'm totally convinced

[Hector]

In South America, they are simply number one.

Here's Queen playing in front of 250,000 Brazilian fans...yes...you read right...a quarter of a million live fans:

YouTube - Queen - Live In Rio (Works Tour) - Part 1 (1/7)

Over-rated my butt.

[Hector]

How's this for so-called over-rated?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Queen win greatest live gig poll

YouTube - Queen - Live Aid - Part 1 (1/5)

YouTube - Queen - Live Aid - Part 2 (2/5)

YouTube - Queen - Live Aid - Part 3 (3/5)

YouTube - Queen - Live Aid - Part 4 (4/5)

YouTube - Queen - Live Aid - Part 5 (5/5)

[Hector]

Mike, I'm sure you've heard Killer Queen before. You may not recognize the title (or even like the song) but it was Queen's first big hit in the US. From "Sheer Heart Attack".

YouTube - queen - killer queen


I am also adding another classic Queen song - "I'm In Love With My Car" as originally sung by Roger Taylor just so show that Freddie was not the only vocalist in the group. This one should have been released as a single on it's own, instead of the B-side to Bohemian Rhapsody. Both from "A Night at the Opera".

YouTube - I'm In Love With My Car

...and lets not forget Brian May, a solid singer in his own right. Here he is singing Mercury's classic ballad, Love of my Life:

YouTube - Brian May - Love Of My Life

Beautiful haunting song, one of my all time favorites...and I love the audience always singing along this song...it's done everytime.


The only Queen member who didn't sing was bassist John Deacon, but like you know, he wrote some great stuff, including Another One Bites the Dust and...You Are My Best Friend.

[toys2cool]

Mike, I'm sure you've heard Killer Queen before. You may not recognize the title (or even like the song) but it was Queen's first big hit in the US.

YouTube - queen - killer queen


I am also adding another classic Queen song - "I'm In Love With My Car" as originally sung by Roger Taylor just so show that Freddie was not the only vocalist in the group. This one should have been released as a single on it's own, instead of the B-side to Bohemian Rhapsody. Both from "A Night at the Opera".

YouTube - I'm In Love With My Car

Great song

[grayhank]

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[Gorn Captain]

Not only is Queen the greatest band ever, but had they starred in Doctor Who (best TV show ever), that would have been the greatest event ever....

PS: still waiting for someone with the audacity to post "are megos over-rated?"

[Mikey]

You guys take things too seriously

I wish there was something I cared about as much as you care about what I say about Queen

[Hector]

Seven Seas of Rhye ---- never heard of it
Killer Queen ---- never heard of it
Now I'm Here ---- never heard of it
Bohemian Rhapsody ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
You're My Best Friend ---- Good song
Somebody To Love ---- I don't hate it, but i'm not partial to it either
Tie Your Mother Down ---- never heard of it
Long Away ---- never heard of it
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
Spread Your Wings ---- never heard of it
It's Late ---- never heard of it
Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls ---- Hate it
Don't Stop Me Now ---- never heard of it
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ---- Not bad
Save Me ---- never heard of it
Play The Game ---- never heard of it
Another One Bites The Dust ---- Not bad
Need Your Loving Tonight ---- never heard of it
Flash Theme ---- LOVE it
Under Pressure ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
Body Language ---- never heard of it
Las Palabras De Amor ---- never heard of it
Back Chat ---- never heard of it
Calling All Girls ---- never heard of it
Radio GaGa ---- HATE IT !!!!
I Want To Break Free ---- never heard of it
It's A Hard Life ---- never heard of it
Hammer To Fall ---- never heard of it
Thank God It's Christmas ---- never heard of it
Love Kills ---- never heard of it
One Vision ---- never heard of it
A Kind Of Magic ---- never heard of it
Friends Will Be Friends ---- never heard of it
Who Wants To Live Forever ---- never heard of it
I Want It All ---- never heard of it
Breakthru ---- never heard of it
The Invisible Man ---- never heard of it
Scandal ---- never heard of it
The Miracle ---- never heard of it
Innuendo ---- never heard of it
I'm Going Slightly Mad ---- never heard of it
Headlong ---- never heard of it
The Show Must Go On ---- never heard of it

No disrespect to Queen or their fans ......
I just never heard most of their work ....
They were OK imo, but they never blew my skirt up.

Stick to the Lost in Space theme song.

[huedell]

I'm a HUGE Pink Floyd fan ... Probably my fav group of all time...
I know everyone of their songs like the back of my hand.

If someone told me Pink Floyd is over-rated, i'd say --- yea, probably, whatever

Queen though,
They seem to have fans that's really devoted to them ...
Kind of reminds me of KISS fans

It's just interesting how a group can get that kind of following.

Whether that makes them the best of the best, I dunno
Just because some people say they are.

Bare in mind,

This thread did not start as an I HATE QUEEN thread --- I don't hate them.

You may not "hate" Queen Mike---but you DO question their potent success
enough to start a thread about it---and that can come across as a
significant, although lighter "shade of negative" in the same vein---apologies
if I have that pegged wrong---just an observation.

Moving on...
I've got a few artists that are kinda like my "touchstones"

KISS is one of them. BEATLES, DAVID LEE ROTH, SPINAL TAP,
DOORS, (even KEVIN DUBROW/QR) and a few others...

QUEEN is NOT in my toppermost echelon---I just WISH
I could say that they WERE---it's just that I discovered them too late
in life to REALLY be immersed in 'em. I'm old and lazy these days!

However just like FLOYD, KINKS, THE WHO, STONES, etc. etc. I hold
QUEEN in the HIGHEST regard as far as bands go.

You could also say that I'm just a big fan of classic rock---and I think
that's what makes me rally around a band like QUEEN in a thread like this one.

[toys2cool]

I'm a HUGE Pink Floyd fan ... Probably my fav group of all time...
I know everyone of their songs like the back of my hand.

If someone told me Pink Floyd is over-rated, i'd say --- yea, probably, whatever

Queen though,
They seem to have fans that's really devoted to them ...
Kind of reminds me of KISS fans

It's just interesting how a group can get that kind of following.

Whether that makes them the best of the best, I dunno
Just because some people say they are.

Bare in mind,

This thread did not start as an I HATE QUEEN thread --- I don't hate them.

Good point cause I feel the exact same way about KISS

[toys2cool]

And to Mike and others that bash on songs for merely being "overplayed"...

What the heck is that supposed to mean anyway?

Do people sound sane who bash on hamburgers and pizza...or beer? (for the same reason, I mean)

To me it's the same thing.

I happen to LOVE 50s thru 70s "Classic Rock" and will NEVER NEVER complain
about a song being "overplayed"----it's the silliest way to negate a song's worth
or in any other way taint it.

Its the last refuge of a person hellbent on downplaying a worthy classic song's worth.

I agree with you there bro,I'm the type who listens to the same songs over and over again

In fact there are songs I could put on repeat for hours and not get tired of them

But that's just me

[Mikey]

I'm a HUGE Pink Floyd fan ... Probably my fav group of all time...
I know everyone of their songs like the back of my hand.

If someone told me Pink Floyd is over-rated, i'd say --- yea, probably, whatever

Queen though,
They seem to have fans that's really devoted to them ...
Kind of reminds me of KISS fans

It's just interesting how a group can get that kind of following.

Whether that makes them the best of the best, I dunno
Just because some people say they are.

Bare in mind,

This thread did not start as an I HATE QUEEN thread --- I don't hate them.

[toys2cool]

Seven Seas of Rhye ---- never heard of it
Killer Queen ---- never heard of it
Now I'm Here ---- never heard of it
Bohemian Rhapsody ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
You're My Best Friend ---- Good song
Somebody To Love ---- I don't hate it, but i'm not partial to it either
Tie Your Mother Down ---- never heard of it
Long Away ---- never heard of it
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
Spread Your Wings ---- never heard of it
It's Late ---- never heard of it
Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls ---- Hate it
Don't Stop Me Now ---- never heard of it
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ---- Not bad
Save Me ---- never heard of it
Play The Game ---- never heard of it
Another One Bites The Dust ---- Not bad
Need Your Loving Tonight ---- never heard of it
Flash Theme ---- LOVE it
Under Pressure ---- overplayed so much it makes me sick
Body Language ---- never heard of it
Las Palabras De Amor ---- never heard of it
Back Chat ---- never heard of it
Calling All Girls ---- never heard of it
Radio GaGa ---- HATE IT !!!!
I Want To Break Free ---- never heard of it
It's A Hard Life ---- never heard of it
Hammer To Fall ---- never heard of it
Thank God It's Christmas ---- never heard of it
Love Kills ---- never heard of it
One Vision ---- never heard of it
A Kind Of Magic ---- never heard of it
Friends Will Be Friends ---- never heard of it
Who Wants To Live Forever ---- never heard of it
I Want It All ---- never heard of it
Breakthru ---- never heard of it
The Invisible Man ---- never heard of it
Scandal ---- never heard of it
The Miracle ---- never heard of it
Innuendo ---- never heard of it
I'm Going Slightly Mad ---- never heard of it
Headlong ---- never heard of it
The Show Must Go On ---- never heard of it

No disrespect to Queen or their fans ......
I just never heard most of their work ....
They were OK imo, but they never blew my skirt up.

never heard of "I Want To Break Free" ? you should listen to that one Mike,it's one of my all time favorite songs

I see you've only heard a few,maybe you should listen to most of the songs and then decide if they are overrated or not

Just a thought though

[huedell]

And to Mike and others that bash on songs for merely being "overplayed"...

What the heck is that supposed to mean anyway?

Do people sound sane who bash on hamburgers and pizza...or beer? (for the same reason, I mean)

To me it's the same thing.

I happen to LOVE 50s thru 70s "Classic Rock" and will NEVER NEVER complain
about a song being "overplayed"----it's the silliest way to negate a song's worth
or in any other way taint it.

Its the last refuge of a person hellbent on downplaying a worthy classic song's worth.