Peak Freddie Mercury

[The Jorge]

I don't really get why people get so exercised about Queen. Surely they come under the banner of 'a bit of harmless, silly fun'? And yet it seems to be a badge of music hipster pride to execrate them. Odd.

I resent their ubiquity and the fact I've had them inflicted on me far more than is humane, see also madonna and wham

[redgunamo]

I resent their ubiquity and the fact I've had them inflicted on me far more than is humane, see also madonna and wham

Ah. So you can actually acknowledge they all wrote some decent songs then, which is the important bit, after all?

[Ash]

Ah. So you can actually acknowledge they all wrote some decent songs then, which is the important bit, after all?

They were good, very good at what they did - from a technical perspective in terms of songwriting, arrangement and musicianship, and also from a commercial perspective where they press enough people's buttons to make them like it and buy it. So congratulations so far.

Aesthetically, however, they are not my cup pf tea. In fact they are my cup of coriander. Nauseiating, teeth-on-edge, and like an allergic reaction. I also find it simultaneously creepy, overblown, pompous, and yes, Burnley, quite frankly, uncool. In the same way that, for example, Ronald MacDonald is uncool.

[Sir C]

They were good, very good at what they did - from a technical perspective in terms of songwriting, arrangement and musicianship, and also from a commercial perspective where they press enough people's buttons to make them like it and buy it. So congratulations so far.

Aesthetically, however, they are not my cup pf tea. In fact they are my cup of coriander. Nauseiating, teeth-on-edge, and like an allergic reaction. I also find it simultaneously creepy, overblown, pompous, and yes, Burnley, quite frankly, uncool. In the same way that, for example, Ronald MacDonald is uncool.

Oh, in trendy urbanland, Ronald McDonald id uncool now?

Who is protecting you and yours from the Hamburglar, a? Answer me that!

[Burney]

Oh, in trendy urbanland, Ronald McDonald id uncool now?

Who is protecting you and yours from the Hamburglar, a? Answer me that!

Surely that was the job of Officer Big Mac?

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[Burney]

They were good, very good at what they did - from a technical perspective in terms of songwriting, arrangement and musicianship, and also from a commercial perspective where they press enough people's buttons to make them like it and buy it. So congratulations so far.

Aesthetically, however, they are not my cup pf tea. In fact they are my cup of coriander. Nauseiating, teeth-on-edge, and like an allergic reaction. I also find it simultaneously creepy, overblown, pompous, and yes, Burnley, quite frankly, uncool. In the same way that, for example, Ronald MacDonald is uncool.

As a kid, they were a sort of gateway drug into pop/rock/whatever. Before I was hugely concerned about cool or whatnot, I loved them. Of course, as I grew older I moved on to more sophisticated, less silly, more authentic stuff, but I retain an affection for them because they were fun, wrote good tunes and didn't appear to take themselves terribly seriously.

[Pat Vegas]

Did you know Freddie Mercury was buried face down?

[redgunamo]

They were good, very good at what they did - from a technical perspective in terms of songwriting, arrangement and musicianship, and also from a commercial perspective where they press enough people's buttons to make them like it and buy it. So congratulations so far.

Aesthetically, however, they are not my cup pf tea. In fact they are my cup of coriander. Nauseiating, teeth-on-edge, and like an allergic reaction. I also find it simultaneously creepy, overblown, pompous, and yes, Burnley, quite frankly, uncool. In the same way that, for example, Ronald MacDonald is uncool.

Seems a bit harsh, to me. Surely you just do whatever works best, don't you?

[Ash]

And Jorge, you *******, just mentioning the name of that song has set the infernal thing off in my mind and I am feeling unwell.

[The Jorge]

Ah. So you can actually acknowledge they all wrote some decent songs then, which is the important bit, after all?

Nope, I've not heard one that doesnt make me want to hit things