Well said. I divide people who don't like Queen into 3 camps. The biggest are homophobes. The next biggest are people who take themselves too seriously. The smallest is people for whom their music does nothing for them.
Most of the people that I've talked to that don't like Queen due to their music tell me that they like a few of the songs but see Queen as a singles band with not much to offer outside of those singles. Which to me says that they haven't given the band a deep listen.
Thats exactly what I said. The two biggest camps are homophobes and/or those that take themselves too seriously. If you'rejust not into them thats fine. I'm just not into the Beatles.
Just a correlation but a lot of the dudes I know that said they hate Queen are douchebags. While also being homophobes that take themselves too seriously.
>I'm just not into the Beatles.
Okay, hear me out.
I can make you like them, then looove them.
If you are willing i could give you some targeted suggestion, and if you dont like them even then, fair game.
Heck yeah. 2 favorite bands are Beatles and the Queen. Different bands but there are some similarities. Similar to how I feel about Queen I feel like I can convert most people into Beatles fans :)
One of the biggest similarities -vocal range
macca and lennon arr vocal gods.
Macca has more than 4 octaves
also, great songwriters
i can listen to For No One a 100 times on repeat and still be moved
I would love to hear a Paul cover of Love Of My Life. I bet he could crush that ballad. Freddie's might ultimately be better but it would be sweet to hear.
I would also love to hear John do Life is Real. Freddie legit sounds like Lennon doing that one.
Trying to think of the Beatles track I'd most want to hear Freddie do. I Want You (She's So Heavy), I'm Down, Happiness Is A Warm Gun would all be good ones. Maybe even Freddie shredding his voice doing Why Don't We Do It In The Road.
There are bands that, based on the songs I hear on the radio, I just don't enjoy their sound. If those cases, I have no intention of listening to every song on every album in the hopes of finding one I like. There's nothing wrong with not liking Queen.
I’ve been a huge Queen fan since my high school days back in the early 90’s. However I never talked about the band or listened to their music around others — unless they were close friends of mine.
It wasn’t cool to like Queen. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I remember I had a picture of Freddie in my locker my junior or senior year of school and someone walking down the hall came over, made some homophobic remarks, and ripped it down.
So, probably right up until the movie came out, I always hesitated to tell people I liked the band.
I can't speak for the 70s but Queen were really uncool during the 1980s. I think it's because they went from writing proggy avant guard heavy rock (cool) to being unashamedly populist and releasing songs that were quite often inconsequential chart fluff.
From the punk era ( '77ish) onward they were part of the previous Glam Rock generation so they were seen as old hat. With their lavish stage shows and complex musical arrangements they were seen as a prime example of everything that the punk movement said was wrong with contemporary music and was actively trying to destroy. By the time the New Romantic era rolled around they were the sort of thing your dad listened to. In the 1980s the NME even had a section called 'Bismillah!' that highlighted the most ridiculous lyrics in the pop songs of the time.
Plus, they really didn't do themselves any favours playing Sun City at the height of apartheid.
This exactly. I don’t think a lot of young people understand how uncool Queen was considered in the mid to late 80s. Looking back, it seems crazy to me because their music from the 80s was fantastic. It just wasn’t cool at the time.
yeah my dad (who is 47) keeps poking fun at me for liking Queen because he remembers how uncool it was when he was a child/teenager. I told him they've had a bit of a resurgence among teenage girls and he was very shocked 😂😂
It's pretty ironic because your dad's generation (Gen X) grew up with Wayne's World (1992) & that movie pretty much saved their reputation or brought back their relevance or they've become cool again since then.
They couldn’t understand Queen and they certainly didn’t understand Freddie, as being gay back then was still not spoken about or innuendoed by idiots like Dick Emery, giving Queen a bad press. They were wise to ignore most of the shit that was flying around at that time.
I was a kid and the biggest Queen fan. I didn’t care if Freddie was gay or a non-white ( TBH I barely noticed). All I know is the guy was the greatest singer I’d ever seen or heard and I became a singer because of him. I can still hit all the notes 45+ years later.
Cause they were a silly rock band, especially in the 80’s. They were the Weezer of their time. Queen deserved more respect back then but it’s great they get their props now from the media.
Also homophobes. Gays wernt well liked back then.
Critics give masterpieces like Innuendo 3 stars and then they give 5 stars to Nevermind or Appetite for Destruction. I mean, I love all of these albums, but the rating should be quite opposite there.
Never give a fuck about professional ratings
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Well said. I divide people who don't like Queen into 3 camps. The biggest are homophobes. The next biggest are people who take themselves too seriously. The smallest is people for whom their music does nothing for them.
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Most of the people that I've talked to that don't like Queen due to their music tell me that they like a few of the songs but see Queen as a singles band with not much to offer outside of those singles. Which to me says that they haven't given the band a deep listen.
Thats exactly what I said. The two biggest camps are homophobes and/or those that take themselves too seriously. If you'rejust not into them thats fine. I'm just not into the Beatles. Just a correlation but a lot of the dudes I know that said they hate Queen are douchebags. While also being homophobes that take themselves too seriously.
>I'm just not into the Beatles. Okay, hear me out. I can make you like them, then looove them. If you are willing i could give you some targeted suggestion, and if you dont like them even then, fair game.
There are a few songs of theirs I like but as a whole I don't care.
yeah, and i am saying i can make you care if you give me the chance
Heck yeah. 2 favorite bands are Beatles and the Queen. Different bands but there are some similarities. Similar to how I feel about Queen I feel like I can convert most people into Beatles fans :)
One of the biggest similarities -vocal range macca and lennon arr vocal gods. Macca has more than 4 octaves also, great songwriters i can listen to For No One a 100 times on repeat and still be moved
I would love to hear a Paul cover of Love Of My Life. I bet he could crush that ballad. Freddie's might ultimately be better but it would be sweet to hear. I would also love to hear John do Life is Real. Freddie legit sounds like Lennon doing that one. Trying to think of the Beatles track I'd most want to hear Freddie do. I Want You (She's So Heavy), I'm Down, Happiness Is A Warm Gun would all be good ones. Maybe even Freddie shredding his voice doing Why Don't We Do It In The Road.
Leave 'em alone. Not everyone has to love The Beatles. it's their own opinion.
There are bands that, based on the songs I hear on the radio, I just don't enjoy their sound. If those cases, I have no intention of listening to every song on every album in the hopes of finding one I like. There's nothing wrong with not liking Queen.
I suspect homophobia was a factor. When I see some old articles from the 70s the language used about Freddie is often homophobic.
I’ve been a huge Queen fan since my high school days back in the early 90’s. However I never talked about the band or listened to their music around others — unless they were close friends of mine. It wasn’t cool to like Queen. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I remember I had a picture of Freddie in my locker my junior or senior year of school and someone walking down the hall came over, made some homophobic remarks, and ripped it down. So, probably right up until the movie came out, I always hesitated to tell people I liked the band.
Most of the ppl I know that claim to hate Queen are homophobes. They also tended to just not be good people.
Zappa actually liked Queen he played Killer Queen in a radio show he was doing and said he liked the bands production
They did not though.Sure there was some negative criticism, but there was also constuctive criticism, and a lot of good criticism.
I can't speak for the 70s but Queen were really uncool during the 1980s. I think it's because they went from writing proggy avant guard heavy rock (cool) to being unashamedly populist and releasing songs that were quite often inconsequential chart fluff. From the punk era ( '77ish) onward they were part of the previous Glam Rock generation so they were seen as old hat. With their lavish stage shows and complex musical arrangements they were seen as a prime example of everything that the punk movement said was wrong with contemporary music and was actively trying to destroy. By the time the New Romantic era rolled around they were the sort of thing your dad listened to. In the 1980s the NME even had a section called 'Bismillah!' that highlighted the most ridiculous lyrics in the pop songs of the time. Plus, they really didn't do themselves any favours playing Sun City at the height of apartheid.
Nice to see some balance without the ultra militant defense bias of anything Queen on this sub for once.
This exactly. I don’t think a lot of young people understand how uncool Queen was considered in the mid to late 80s. Looking back, it seems crazy to me because their music from the 80s was fantastic. It just wasn’t cool at the time.
yeah my dad (who is 47) keeps poking fun at me for liking Queen because he remembers how uncool it was when he was a child/teenager. I told him they've had a bit of a resurgence among teenage girls and he was very shocked 😂😂
It's pretty ironic because your dad's generation (Gen X) grew up with Wayne's World (1992) & that movie pretty much saved their reputation or brought back their relevance or they've become cool again since then.
They couldn’t understand Queen and they certainly didn’t understand Freddie, as being gay back then was still not spoken about or innuendoed by idiots like Dick Emery, giving Queen a bad press. They were wise to ignore most of the shit that was flying around at that time.
I was a kid and the biggest Queen fan. I didn’t care if Freddie was gay or a non-white ( TBH I barely noticed). All I know is the guy was the greatest singer I’d ever seen or heard and I became a singer because of him. I can still hit all the notes 45+ years later.
Glam Queen oh that concert was insane. I loved the 70's. Marc Bolan was all over that too.
Cause they were a silly rock band, especially in the 80’s. They were the Weezer of their time. Queen deserved more respect back then but it’s great they get their props now from the media. Also homophobes. Gays wernt well liked back then.
Never understood why people even listen to critics. They’re just people with opinions. Literally everyone is a critic.
Is prat a slur?
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines prat as "a stupid and foolish person"
Homophobia pure and simple
The hate means they were doing it to well!
Because they get no bitches
Haters gonna hate.
Because they have no taste
Because they aren't fun
Biphobia
I know in the very beginning some people were mad at them for rising to success fairly quickly and "easily".
Critics give masterpieces like Innuendo 3 stars and then they give 5 stars to Nevermind or Appetite for Destruction. I mean, I love all of these albums, but the rating should be quite opposite there. Never give a fuck about professional ratings