I also respect your freedom to like what you want, but also also
Upvoted because it's unpopular.
The artist has perfectly captured the feline character when being scolded here: annoyed, defeated...but utterly incapable of shame or remorse.
They have 15 studio albums and you only talk about the famous singles lol.
To be fair, if someone listens to the six best known songs by a band and only likes one of them, it's no surprise they wouldn't bother digging into the catalogue further
Anyone looking to dive into a Queen album, might I recommend A Night at the Opera?
I regret that I have but only one upvote to give.
Rule 4: Shitposts and memes are allowed
This post stays up.
This isn't an "unpopular opinion", this is outrage bait.
Wow, what an absolutely horrible take.
Upvoted.
I love Queen, but (with the exception of Somebody To Love) I feel like you’ve picked out the worst and most overplayed Queen songs. If you’re open to seeing why folks like them so much, I’d suggest the following (in my order of preference):
There’s a pretty good mix in there. Some are more operatic than others. Some go pretty hard.
Who Wants To Live Forever
This was always one of my favorites, and perfect in The Highlander
I just don’t understand how you could describe them as dry?
Like, in my mind if you were to criticise them it would be that they’re too over the top. They’ve got punchy vocals, in your face solos, and most of the songs you listed are stadium rock.
There’s a bravado and flamboyance to everything they do, so it’s kinda supposed to be corny and fun. Not all music needs to be sad and have deep meaning, sometimes you need to let loose.
Not liking something and that something "sucking" is not the same thing.
I don't like Walking Dead. It doesn't catch my interest I find it formulaic repetitive and downright mean.
But it's a good show. It's incredibly well made. The acting is fantastic. The production is fantastic.
Just because I don't like it doesn't mean it's bad.
As many others have pointed out, you list a lot of their radio hits that I suppose can be overplayed and have become cliche in a way. But BORING? I will have to draw the line there. That music is nothing if not lively and full of spirit. Usually doing something unique with it's themes and style.
Don't tell me you are bored by Fat Bottomed Girls and Killer Queen?
You're entitled to your wrong opinion
Choosing their most radio-friendly songs and ignoring everything else? Yeah nah.
I was going to argue with you, but then I remembered I think Bruce Springsteen is overrated and boring.
Oh god, "The Boss" is downright fucking awful, I thought so in 1985, still do today.
He's like the worst of the juvenile blue-collar, chip-on-his-shoulder, "I'm deep".
And I grew up in blue-collar country, most aren't like that.
I think sometimes some artists need a guide - I didn't care much for Springsteen until someone lent me We Shall Overcome, based on folk working songs and mythology from Appalachians.
And then I've heard Tom Morello introduce a few of Springsteen's songs with some socio-political context on his radio show and enjoyed them more with that insight.
That's also my Springsteen take
This just looks like a 14 year old trying to shit on older music to sound cool. I get it's bait and all, but it was kinda boring, standard internet vapor.
The trump reference really sank it.
What in your opinion is ‘good’ music? Queen was a fantastic band, one of the best imo.
The band released their first album over fifty years ago… as with all music time moves forward and that which was once the future becomes the past. Delete all the music released in the past four or five decades that came after them from your head and then listen to their albums. They’d probably seem quite refreshing and interesting. (For what it’s worth I’m not a fan either - but props where they’re due)
its fun to look at old music and think of it poorly but to realize that when it was fresh it was so different that it defined a generation, that is something else
Im not a fan of Queen but I am old enough to remember their songs being new and they were a force of nature. That generation fucking LOVED them. So much so that the songs listed above are played daily in sporting events and other cultural gatherings.
You are not wrong… on a tangent I remember the first time I finally listened to a James Brown album and wasn’t massively impressed. Then I realised I knew most of the tunes from sampling. Samples on my favourite albums.
Well you're wrong. Have an upvote.
Upvote because unpopular and everyone forgets the sub.
I do agree with bicycle, but that doesn't support the conclusion of Queen.
I notice you got nothing to say about the greatest Queen song ever, Dont Stop Me Now, I guess theres always an exception to the rule.
Sucks is the wrong word. You just don't like their music. They certainly don't suck. Like them or not, they are undeniably talented.
A pedantic argument, admittedly. A spade is still a spade.
Didn't mention Fat Bottom Girls. Pathetic.
OP is not a fat bottomed girl.
For me it’s Pink Floyd. Never got into them, especially as I’m a guitar player. David Gilmour is such a vanilla player.
For me it’s Pink Floyd.
What‽ 😮 Now I know how everyone else in this thread that disagrees with me feels. To me, Pink Floyd is on another level. There are good bands, great bands, and pioneering legends. Pink Floyd is a pioneering legend. Waaaooowwww. So interesting how something that can be deeply moving to me can feel vanilla to someone else and vice versa.
Anyways, thanks for being cool about it 🙂👍
How could you say that when they've composed classic, heartfelt lyrics like these?
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!!!!!!!
Bicycle, bicycle!!!!
This sub is perfect now.
You get an upvote, I don't agree with your opinion, but that's why it's here
I feel like those arguments are pretty subjective. If you live by them, you cant listen to anything repetitive, corny, grandiose, dramatic and cheesy.
I totally agree but I suppose you have to note that at the time, it was somewhat unique.
That said, pop music has been bland since the 70s. Rock has dominated the charts for decades and anything remotely experimental is just called 'noise' by boomers who just seem to want more of the same.
The surge of dance music is a breath of fresh air that has become the same issue, but now affecting the next generation.
The Beatles were also repetitive, dry, corny and cringe but I think you'd have a hard time making the argument that they suck because of that.
"Sucks" is entirely subjective when applied to musical taste, I applaud your attempt for engagement. I do believe that Queen is overhyped to hell and back but other than that, big meh, lots of people don't like the same music I do, so that is completely normal.
Mild take.
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