Is Queen over-rated ?

[huedell]

Hey Mike, the more you post on this, it becomes apparent you're not very
fit to judge QUEEN's relavance or overall quality.

If I may make a reccomendation---read their wiki entry--or maybe actually
listen to some of their albums

[Mikey]

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.

[Hector]

What exactly does "over-rated" even mean anyway? Queen were great and had a style all their own. They can hold their own and don't need to be compared to anyone. Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the greatest rock songs ever written until "Wayne's World" came along and it got played to death. 5 hits...really? All charted singles between the US and the UK alone (ALL Prior to Freddie's Death).

Seven Seas of Rhye
Killer Queen
Now I'm Here
Bohemian Rhapsody
You're My Best Friend
Somebody To Love
Tie Your Mother Down
Long Away
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
Spread Your Wings
It's Late
Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls
Don't Stop Me Now
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Save Me
Play The Game
Another One Bites The Dust
Need Your Loving Tonight
Flash Theme
Under Pressure
Body Language
Las Palabras De Amor
Back Chat
Calling All Girls
Radio GaGa
I Want To Break Free
It's A Hard Life
Hammer To Fall
Thank God It's Christmas
Love Kills
One Vision
A Kind Of Magic
Friends Will Be Friends
Who Wants To Live Forever
I Want It All
Breakthru
The Invisible Man
Scandal
The Miracle
Innuendo
I'm Going Slightly Mad
Headlong
The Show Must Go On

FYI for all the Led Zeppelin fans - the reason Queen was chosen over Zeppelin in the UK might be that Zeppelin has NEVER had a charted single there.

God bless you...and I LOVE you.

[Zemo]

FYI for all the Led Zeppelin fans - the reason Queen was chosen over Zeppelin in the UK might be that Zeppelin has NEVER had a charted single there

Probably because the wouldn't do American Idol.

Sorry couldn't resist. I love Queen!

[grayhank]

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[Hector]

I'm glad there are a lot of posters in here who appreciate Queen as much as I do...it makes me feel sane once again.

[Hector]

over rated +1

I would like to read a formed opinion on why they are over rated + 1 in your opinion...enlightened me...please.

[GSPUSA]

over rated +1

[nvmbrsdoom5]

As people like DaveMC have kinda already pointed out, I think part of the problem here is that to many Americans, Queen were just an old band with " a few radio hits". In other parts of the world, they were much more famous and the band's popularity never waned. In places like the United Kingdom and South America, for example, I think Queen were far more popular and successful during the 1980s than even before.

But I mean, the whole idea of "overrated" boils down to personal tastes and opinion anyhow. I don't personally find them to be overrated because I don't think they've been credited or acclaimed for doing anything that they didn't actually do. They've inspired loads of artists all across the board, sold millions of albums worldwide, and they are one of the few bands where every member was an accomplished songwriter who had major hits of their own (even the "quiet" member John Deacon had huge songwriting hits with You're My Best Friend and Another One Bites The Dust, for example). They level of musicianship and their ability to create such memorable melodies and harmonies isn't something you come across every day. Some of Queen's production techniques in the studio were groundbreaking and innovative as well, especially for their time. And while they receive a fair amount of airplay, it's not as if you hear Queen songs constantly being jammed down your throat, which helps to keep it a bit more fresh, I think.

And while I feel that Freddie's death is a sad thing and I don't want to be negative towards it, I also kinda feel like all the attention given to the band because of his death has overshadowed the fact that they were just an amazing band. Especially in N. America it seems like most people's first thought when Queen is brought up is the whole thing with Freddie and how he died, etc etc., because it was so highly publicized.

Frankly, at least here in the States, I feel the band is a bit too under-appreciated and everything. But again, it's down to personal tastes I guess. But they're up in that category with bands like Thin Lizzy and UFO who I think deserved more fame and recognition here than they got.

[Joe90]

...I feel Night at the Opera is one of the best mainstream albums of all time. The Beatles at their experimental best didn't cover the kind of ground Queen did on that album, and worse, often sound like they are trying a little bit too hard to be weird. There are few albums I hold in such high regard as Night at the Opera. Sticky Fingers and Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust would be a couple near perfect companions.
The basic problem with this thread, is that if you are not familiar with Queen's full albums and back catalogue, you can't appreciate how truly great the band was. Frankly many of the Queen hits are some of the weakest material. There are not a lot of bands that are like that... Maybe the Stones, a lot of the post Some Girls hits really don't hint at how great they used to be. The Beatles hits are a very good sample of what they were about. Queen hits... something different. If you were to purchase a Queens greatest hits compilation, you would just get the barest sense of what they were capable of.
So my answer is NO. Queen is not over-rated. I would say just Day at the Races and Night at the Opera put them in a class well beyond most bands.

.... Yeah, what misterD said...

Well except maybe the part of trying too hard to sound weird...

[kingdom warrior]

No! but this is a great Thread! Kudos Mike!!!

[Goblin19]

By the way, I should point out I like Queen better than Zeppelin, personally. I just think Queen is slightly overrated, and I do mean slightly.

[Evel KMego]

No one will ever top Dexy's Midnight Runners anyway, so this whole argument is pointless...........

[Mego Milk]

"We Will Rock You"
"We Are The Champions"

2 rockin songs that could be heard in any ballpark!

[Zemo]

Zep is way over-rated too, imo

I used to like them back in the 70's, but today I find most of their songs unlistenable.

The estimated value on stairway to heaven, if zep used it comercially is 572.000,000. They won't do it. Nor will they sell out to guitar hero and the like. They will not tour or play together because they lost john b and plant said that was it. Class act on and off stage. Sept a few borrowed songs, which by the way happened more than not back then.

P.S Mike, thats because you let yourself get old.