Queen the band sucks. I don’t get why anyone likes them. Aside from Bohemian Rhapsody, their songs are bland and fall short. Their rock is dry. And the opera-style singing is cringe. Examples:
Another One Bites the Dust
- Catchy bass line, fun to direct at an opponent, CORNY AF. The song is about people being killed, but sounds like a funky Michael Jackson song with an Opera singer.
We Will Rock You
- Good solo, repetitive and annoying simple beat. Boom-boom-ch. So lame.
We Are the Champions
- Such a self-aggrandizing and braggy song. “No time for losers”? Okay, Donald Trump.
Bicycle Race
- I don’t even have to say anything about this one. Everyone knows how corny this song sounds.
Somebody to Love
- Touching topic, cheesy lyrics and even cheesier choir-like singing. It’s cringe.
I am happy for the band and their success. I admire Freddie Mercury’s unapologetic flamboyance. The dude kept it real. But, I just can’t like the music.
I’m sorry if I’ve offended anyone. I understand we all have different taste and respect everyone’s freedom to like and enjoy what they want. I’m not trying to insult anyone for their taste, but merely expressing my own in a somewhat humorous attempt.
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“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.
Upvote because unpopular and everyone forgets the sub.
I do agree with bicycle, but that doesn’t support the conclusion of Queen.
My unpopular opinion is that inverting upvotes for unpopular opinion is stupid and only creates confusion. It was stupid on Reddit and it is even stupider on Lemmy. If an opinion is unpopular and you disagree with it, you should downvote it and reflect its popularity correctly. If you get super upvoted you failed because it means your opinion isn’t unpopular at all and it is actually shared by a lot of people.
I’m losing track of your logic but I think you have it backwards. In this
subcommunity you are supposed to upvote unpopular things. Doesn’t matter if you personally agree or not.Yes there was tendency over at the other place to upvote popular things or things you agree with. That is the inversion.
Or you can just sit the whole thing out without voting.
They have 15 studio albums and you only talk about the famous singles lol.
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.
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
I don’t like Queen but I attribute it to the genre more than anything else. Do you dislike queen but also like other 70’s-80’s bri’ish rock?
What in your opinion is ‘good’ music? Queen was a fantastic band, one of the best imo.
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.
Pop music, by definition, is bland (or mundane anyway, in the sense of routine).
The broader the reach, the simpler it has to be.
Compare any pop artist to Miles Davis. Anyone can grok pop stuff, even if they don’t care for it. Damn few people get Miles - I barely do and I have music theory training.
Your opinion may be unpopular and it’s wrong.
I also respect your freedom to like what you want, but like
Upvoted because it’s unpopular.
Love this meme.
The artist has perfectly captured the feline character when being scolded here: annoyed, defeated…but utterly incapable of shame or remorse.
Choosing their most radio-friendly songs and ignoring everything else? Yeah nah.
Any deep cuts you can recommend?
Spread your wings
It’s a hard life
These are the days of our lives
Doing alright
You take my breath away
All dead, all dead
Jealousy
Save me
Cool cat
Is this the world we created
Don’t try so hard
Keep yourself alive
Seven seas of Rhye
Brighton rock
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.
I just don’t understand how you could describe them as dry?
To answer your question as written, yes: you apparently don’t understand, as supported by the paragraph that followed this one. And that’s okay: I don’t understand either, for instance.
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.
Agreed. Trolling in this post is mid.
The trump reference really sank it.
Do you recognize their talent though? Because if you don’t, then this is more of an issue with your musical knowledge and lack of appreciation than with the music. That said, their music is 50 years old now, and music has changed and progressed a lot since then. Much of that progress is due to groundbreaking artists such as Queen. Bands in the 60’s and 70’s were pioneering completely new sounds that would change the face of music forever. Many modern songs are derivative of Queen’s music. It’s understandable that you don’t appreciate it like someone older would, because you’ve grown up listening to music that was a natural progression from this music. But in their era, they were something entirely new, fresh, daring, and awesome. Also, Freddy had one of the best voices in the history of rock and roll. I’d say he really only has 2 peers, Robert Plant, and Steve Perry.
Don’t feed the troll, guys … everyone knows that Queen is one of the greatest, no need to explain it to that nincompoop.
Yes, very cheesy. Cheese tastes good.
