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Queen sucks (lemmy.autism.place)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

its fun to look at old music and think of it poorly but to realize that when it was fresh it was so different that it defined a generation, that is something else

Im not a fan of Queen but I am old enough to remember their songs being new and they were a force of nature. That generation fucking LOVED them. So much so that the songs listed above are played daily in sporting events and other cultural gatherings.

[–] Noel_Skum 10 points 2 weeks ago

You are not wrong… on a tangent I remember the first time I finally listened to a James Brown album and wasn’t massively impressed. Then I realised I knew most of the tunes from sampling. Samples on my favourite albums.