The Queen Thread

[Nickdfresh]

Is Freddie Mercury the best pure rock vocalist ever? I think so. There's not an actual Queen thread here I can find, so let's post some stuff from Montreal 1981, and wish Van Halen would release some proshot from that year:



Click on the Vid or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwlqH...665061FC208A5F to get the full song list...

[Nickdfresh]

Actually, besides Freddie, they were all great musicians and Brian May is a brilliant guitarist. The best version of "Love of My Life" I've heard:

[ELVIS]

Queen were good and Freddie could sing just fine, but their great songs are few in my opinion, and their hits have really been run into the ground...

I'd say they're overrated...

For the best pure rock vocalist award, I'd have to go with Dio...

[Nickdfresh]

Queen were good and Freddie could sing just fine, but their great songs are few in my opinion, and their hits have really been run into the ground ...

I'd say they're overrated...

For the best pure rock vocalist award, I'd have to go with Dio...

I don't disagree they had some difficulties writing new material, but I think they hit a wall at just the wrong time and concentrated on touring South America where they were huge rather than trying to cater to the switching tastes of Europe and North America. Then Freddie got sick just as they were sort of reborn after Live Aid in 1985. If he hadn't gotten the HIV, I think they might have reinvented themselves a bit in the late 1980s...

[envy_me]

Freddie IS the best vocalist in rock. He and Dave are the best frontmen in music.

[ELVIS]

If he hadn't gotten the HIV, I think they might have reinvented themselves a bit in the late 1980s...

Probably not in a good way...

[ELVIS]

This is the Queen era I like...

[Coyote]

Allegedly, the only band to actually take Live Aid seriously (practice-wise)

[ELVIS]

Is Dave Roth reading this ??

[Coyote]

Rough sound...

[Coyote]

Is Freddie Mercury the best pure rock vocalist ever? I think so.

And here's the proof:

[78/84 guy]

Probably not in a good way...

The keyboards ruined them ! They got soft ! Sound like any other band we know ? I have a live Queen cd from 79 that is really good. Live Killer, I think it's called. Not great sound but a good show. That Montreal dvd is Queen at their best.

[Jack68]

I think he is the greatest frontman of all time,he could do it all.

[FORD]

Queen still turned in some amazing live gigs in the early to mid-80s, before Freddie's health made it impossible to continue. But as far as their records go, give me the 70s stuff. Yeah, there were moments of greatness here and there, but as far as an album you can put on and play all the way through, I'll stick with "The Crown Jewels".

[Nitro Express]

The keyboards ruined them ! They got soft ! Sound like any other band we know ? I have a live Queen cd from 79 that is really good. Live Killer, I think it's called. Not great sound but a good show. That Montreal dvd is Queen at their best.

Lives Killers. I still have the LP of it. Agreed. Queen was the best in the 70's.