DieselDaisy Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) was a Parsi ('Persian') from the Gujarat region - Zoroastrian, not Hindi. The reason he was born in Zanzibar was that his family were colonial elites and his father worked at the British Colonial Office, but Fred did spend much of his time in India. His funeral in 1991 was actually a Zoroastrian funeral. Edited June 3, 2013 by DieselDaisy Quote
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) was a Parsi ('Persian') from the Gujarat region - Zoroastrian, not Hindi. The reason he was born in Zanzibar was that his family were colonial elites and his father worked at the British Colonial Office, but Fred did spend much of his time in India. His funeral in 1991 was actually a Zoroastrian funeral.He spent much time in India, right, hence the mention And since we're picking peanuts out of poo here Hindi is a language not a nationality Quote
Crash Diet Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 First album is my fav from the early daysMade in Heaven was made in heaven Quote
DieselDaisy Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 I actually meant 'Hindu', i.e. the religion. Quote
MB. Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Four words Miser, ballet to the masses...ballet to the fuckin' masses. Just...just...just... There is nothing wrong with ballet!!!!! I love ballet, it's beautifull. Queen was great, one of the best live acts ever, thanks to Mercury.Btw, I can't make a choice, lots of great albums. Edited June 4, 2013 by MBRose Quote
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Four words Miser, ballet to the masses...ballet to the fuckin' masses. Just...just...just... There is nothing wrong with ballet!!!!! I love ballet, Im sure it is my dear, it was just me being light-hearted, some people appear to get slightly emotional when you joke about their favorite popstars for some odd reason The comment was more specficially making light of the idea of bringing it to the masses, as opposed to something being wrong with ballet per se Edited June 4, 2013 by sugaraylen Quote
GivenToFly Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Four words Miser, ballet to the masses...ballet to the fuckin' masses. Just...just...just... There is nothing wrong with ballet!!!!! I love ballet,Im sure it is my dear, it was just me being light-hearted, some people appear to get slightly emotional when you joke about their favorite popstars for some odd reason The comment was more specficially making light of the idea of bringing it to the masses, as opposed to something being wrong with ballet per se You're a complete idiot if you take that statement literally. What he meant was he was adding elements of performance art and a more elevated or high-brow approach to rock music, while still appealing to the general public, which is something he very much succeeded in. Quote
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 (edited) Four words Miser, ballet to the masses...ballet to the fuckin' masses. Just...just...just... There is nothing wrong with ballet!!!!! I love ballet,Im sure it is my dear, it was just me being light-hearted, some people appear to get slightly emotional when you joke about their favorite popstars for some odd reason The comment was more specficially making light of the idea of bringing it to the masses, as opposed to something being wrong with ballet per se You're a complete idiot if you take that statement literally. What he meant was he was adding elements of performance art and a more elevated or high-brow approach to rock music, while still appealing to the general public, which is something he very much succeeded in.OR..perhaps you're a complete idiot for taking what was clearly a silly joke so seriously But for the sake of argument, i think what you just said is an absolute load of bollocks and a total re-imagining of the statement, in fact your reaction and the reaction of a couple of other fans here says a lot about the issue, it bothers you because you see the statement as being ridiculous just as i do, hence your big speech here about 'he meant bringing elements of performance art into music!', im curious to know whether he actually said that or you just dreamt it because quite frankly its a reasonable leap from to that from 'bringing ballet to the masses'.And if he did mean that then he's the idiot cuz he'd know that bands have been doing that shit since the early 60s so he's a little late in the day trying to bring performance art to 'the masses'. Edited June 4, 2013 by sugaraylen Quote
Georgy Zhukov Posted June 4, 2013 Posted June 4, 2013 Queen > Sex Pistols.Queen is better than most bands. I think when I finish my Zeppelin car ride marathon I will start with Queen. Quote
luciusfunk Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 Dazey, Len and any other fuckers who can't contribute to the discussion apart from Indians, ballet and Sex Pistols...And Sid Vicious pissed his pants when Adam Ant looked at him wrong.I voted Sheer Heart Attack and Innuendo, but 70s is a toss up between Queen and SHA. Quote
bacardimayne Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 How in the fuck did the Sex Pistols ever get popular? I recently listened to Nevermind the Bollocks and it's fucking shit. Quote
Vincent Vega Posted June 5, 2013 Author Posted June 5, 2013 How in the fuck did the Sex Pistols ever get popular? I recently listened to Nevermind the Bollocks and it's fucking shit.+100 Quote
Bruno P. Posted June 5, 2013 Posted June 5, 2013 ANATO and InnuendoProbably this.Hard to say, really. Quote
Georgy Zhukov Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 The Miracle is a very underrated album. It would have been my second choice for later Queen. The Game would have been the popular choice but it had some rather weak moments. Especially on Side Two. Save Me was a great closer.They were proven to be great musicians on their first two albums. Their prog rock heavy metal days. Quote
arnold layne Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 It's like comparing dog shit to cow shit. Quote
luciusfunk Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 It's like comparing dog shit to cow shit.GTFO Quote
Gordon Comstock Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 wtf aaaaaanyway, I'm just a casual Queen fan, but my favorites are A Night At The Opera and The Game. Quote
Bruno P. Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 It's like comparing dog shit to cow shit.How the fuck can you say that about Queen when you praise Green Day? Do you think ANYONE takes you seriously? Quote
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 I like Living On My Own by Freddie Mercury if that counts? Quote
DieselDaisy Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 You might like the Hot Space album then, Queen does gay disco. Quote
DieselDaisy Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 (edited) Broadly, you can split Queen's career into three periods. 1973-1977 When the band were a progressive, musically versitile, hard rock band and Freddie had his long hair. The band were more, album orientated, in those days putting out studio sophisticated masterpieces like Queen 2, A Night at the Opera and Day at the Races. They were also big in the States 1978-1982 This is a sort of, 'middle period' messy era where there was a lot of band politics and stylistic conflicts (a bit like GN'R in the mid 90s). Jazz was seen as Queen's first weak album (although I am a defender of that record) and Hot Space was seen as a career nadir, with Freddie plunging the band into gay disco - Freddie's image of course changed dramatically. May also plunged the band into Flash Garden which was seen as, eccentric. Both albums bombed. There were also a whole host of solo projects (you know a band are having difficulties when solo projects rear their ugly head). Queen did release one good record (The Game) which was the apex of their popularity in the States and sort of became a template for the latter half of Queen's career (i.e. more single orientated, more commerical)... 1984-1991 Big stadiums, big 80s singles, more pop orientation, big music videos - a lot less 'album orientated'. Freddie was peaking as a frontman, with the white tracksuit number and the regal gear. Queen's American popularity had collapsed, but their popularity in the rest of the world went gargantuan and they milked this in giant fuck off stadium stadium tours (although this ended in 1986 due to Freddie's health). And then there is 1991's Innuendo which saw a return to their 1970s roots, i.e. more progressive hard rock. You could argue that Queen peaked as a studio band in the 70s and a live band (as well as a comemrcial entity) in the 80s. Although, they were a fairly incredible live band in the 70s also - pity they have not released more live stuff from that period Edited June 11, 2013 by DieselDaisy 1 Quote
Georgy Zhukov Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 A shame 1982 was the year they last toured the US. I thought The Works would have been great for an American audience. Quote
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