Quoted from BlueMeanie

I'll never understand this, for as long as I live. The first three albums are brilliant, but that's it for me.

Would that be oasis's or Queens ? ive tried getting into Queens albums but i find they get very irritating after to much listening, in the same way listening to a Darkness album would, but i dont mind hearing the odd single on the radio every now and again.

Oasis great debut, okay follow up and have hade a load of number 1 albums since then because of promises of a definitely maybe 2 and they're antics in the papers.

i think theyre have been much better bands in the 90's in britian - Radiohead, Blur, Supergrass, The Doves.... to name a few.

Would oasis had been as huge if they weren't constantly in the papers and promoting the whole working class band thing ? which should have F all to do with music, im working class and im nothing like them and glad of it.

Rant over

Quoted from fendertele

Would that be oasis's or Queens ?

Queen. My hatred for Oasis knows no bounds.

Sorry, BlueMeanie! Do you mean Queen or Oasis? Queen is wonderful from beginning to end, hard and soft, very diverse. I rate them second after The Beatles in terms of eternity. Oasis is a matter of taste, i admit they dont appeal to everybody. But remember when they appeared British critics compared Liam G. and his voice to John Lennon`s. Compared to not with. I can see the similarity. And you? So whose 3 albums?

Sorry, i see it`s Queen. But even 3 brilliant albums is smth! What about similarity?

What do you think about Queen + Paul Rogers???
In their 2008 tour they'll gave the first 2 concerts in September in Moscow http://www.queenonline.com/qpr/tour-dates/
I'm wondering about whether it worth to attend because there are only two of original Queen: Brian May and Roger Taylor
Their last single "Say It's Not True" is awful

I love Queen with Freddy!

Still it`s Queen!!! J. Deacon ( do i spell the name correctly?) refuses to play with them now that Freddie is gone. I respect his decision. But i adore Queen - my second band after the Beatles - and i am going to attend the concert!!! I was surely one of the first to buy the tickets. Besides they will sing the old hits and Rogers sings very well. I know Queen fans who can`t wait till the concert starts, so to speak. When i was in London this winter i went to the musical We Will Rock You. It was very good, i enjoyed it. So how can i miss the true genuine Queens??? How is it possible that i will like them less than the actors? If you,guys, don`t go i will write to you about my impressions. So, Dmitry, i think you shouldn`t hesitate, certainly if you like their music.

I think John retired because he didn't want to be in the music business anymore. He played bass after Freddie passed and retired in 2000.

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

I think John retired because he didn't want to be in the music business anymore. He played bass after Freddie passed and retired in 2000.

Did he play bass with The Queen till 2000? Or somewhere else?

^played bass with Queen till about 2000 or 2001. BM, you didn't enjoy Night at the Opera? =O

I think that Freddie was one of the most talented artists, singers of the century, very creative and a true actor.

Freddie had a great voice and bags of charisma and some Queen songs i really like , but i don't think there was much development in their music .
And when they tried something different like on the "Hot Space" album it did'nt work . I think some bands have great difficulty developing their sound , Queen are a classic example of this in my opinion .

Quoted from DaveRam

Freddie had a great voice and bags of charisma and some Queen songs i really like , but i don't think there was much development in their music .
And when they tried something different like on the "Hot Space" album it did'nt work . I think some bands have great difficulty developing their sound , Queen are a classic example of this in my opinion .

Very interesting ideas! I have never thought about bands` music in this way. I`ll try to dig into Queen to better understand you. And what about their last albums? Do you consider them to be made along the same musical lines as the first ones?

Though I like some of their songs, I've never been a big Queen fan. But I do think that Freddie Mercury was one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived. The way he played the crowd during Live Aid... Really amazing.

I know a girl who is such a fan of Freddie`s that she is learning the English language to perfection to be able to speak to him in the other world. Goes everywhere with their music.

Some say that Queen`s music is not rock but pop. Freddie said " The music press have been pretty unfair to us. We are basically a rock band. " What do you think?