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I was alive and into music this time and I don't think what you're saying is true at all. Almost all those bands were insanely popular in they're heyday - that'

by 1_2__3 10y ago

I was alive and into music this time and I don't think what you're saying is true at all. Almost all those bands were insanely popular in they're heyday - that's why it's called they're heyday, generally. Are you claiming they were on the radio and filling stadiums and making headlines... But the critics were ignoring them? The one I might grant you is Yes, but that's only because they were a little eclectic. But while we could argue about when their best years were do remember that MTV played "Leave It" on repeat for 24 hours once, partly taking the piss but still. For an under appreciated band that's some crazy exposure.

ekianjo 10y ago
> But the critics were ignoring them Not that they were ignoring them - more like they had a negative view of Queen. Freddie started to refuse giving interviews to the press and tabloids were all over the place reporting on his private life.
tomcam 10y ago
The groups were popular--but critically excoriated.
jasode 10y ago
>But the critics were ignoring them? I think "ignore" in that comment meant "dismissive". The critics were dismissive of Queen during its popular period probably because of the lighter weight songs such as "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Radio Ga Ga". A song like AOBTD sounds like something that a glam metal band could do. A song RGG sounds like something a lot of teeny boppers would sing. Yes, those songs are still loved today and will be always included on any Greatest Hits compilation. However, it's the rule-breaking songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" that is very "critic friendly" and with the death of Freddie Mercury, its stature as a magnum opus keeps growing. A song like that influences critics to re-evaluate Freddie's and Queen's artistic merit.
- pimeys 10y ago
  Another One Bites the Dust is their best disco track and gets people singing in Berlin clubs still. I've head that and Radio Ga Ga to be played in the best nightclub in the world and the whole audience was singing along. The production values of these tracks are amazing. The use of synths and the beats. Knowing something about music production myself I can't help but enjoy hearing some of these 80's megahits. And John Deacon is very underrated. Easily one of the best bass players in the world. And made some of their biggest hits too.
Joeboy 10y ago
In the UK, Freddy Mercury was voted Prat of the Year in the NME's 1977 poll, presumably a reflection of the paper's coverage of him. From what I understand Queen weren't popular in the US until Live Aid (ten years after Bohemian Rhapsody).
- cafard 10y ago
  It seems to me that I heard their stuff a lot in the late 1970s in the US. Take that for what it's worth for their popularity; we knew they were around.

by 1_2__3 10y ago

ekianjo 10y ago

> But the critics were ignoring them Not that they were ignoring them - more like they had a negative view of Queen. Freddie started to refuse giving interviews to the press and tabloids were all over the place reporting on his private life.

tomcam 10y ago

The groups were popular--but critically excoriated.

jasode 10y ago

>But the critics were ignoring them? I think "ignore" in that comment meant "dismissive". The critics were dismissive of Queen during its popular period probably because of the lighter weight songs such as "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Radio Ga Ga". A song like AOBTD sounds like something that a glam metal band could do. A song RGG sounds like something a lot of teeny boppers would sing. Yes, those songs are still loved today and will be always included on any Greatest Hits compilation. However, it's the rule-breaking songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" that is very "critic friendly" and with the death of Freddie Mercury, its stature as a magnum opus keeps growing. A song like that influences critics to re-evaluate Freddie's and Queen's artistic merit.

pimeys 10y ago
Another One Bites the Dust is their best disco track and gets people singing in Berlin clubs still. I've head that and Radio Ga Ga to be played in the best nightclub in the world and the whole audience was singing along. The production values of these tracks are amazing. The use of synths and the beats. Knowing something about music production myself I can't help but enjoy hearing some of these 80's megahits. And John Deacon is very underrated. Easily one of the best bass players in the world. And made some of their biggest hits too.

Joeboy 10y ago

In the UK, Freddy Mercury was voted Prat of the Year in the NME's 1977 poll, presumably a reflection of the paper's coverage of him. From what I understand Queen weren't popular in the US until Live Aid (ten years after Bohemian Rhapsody).

cafard 10y ago
It seems to me that I heard their stuff a lot in the late 1970s in the US. Take that for what it's worth for their popularity; we knew they were around.