Ooh! Ooh! Do I finally get to say the thing??? Yaaay!

Username is relevant. This guy HAS really lost his mind!

Oh, wait.....I'm supposed to use THEIR username......I'm so used to hearing MINE.

Eh. Still works.

I wish some people that liked Queen and these styles of music would realize they are not immune from the subjectiveness of music tastes. It's one of the bigger 'bubbles', if not the biggest, but certainly not the only one or I'd argue, the majority.

I like my choice of music to the point where most pieces invoke more joy and emotion to me than Bohemian Rhapsody, and I find it somewhat strange that even so long after it was released it still remains on top. That's completely different from what I like, where a new song can pretty much take the top spot at any time if it's good enough. If it's the same song every time, that's something I wouldn't consider a healthy level of innovation for a genre, but rather a sign that it has reached it's peak and has became seemingly permanently stale. At that point it feels to me that deep nostalgia keeps it in place, rather than it actually being the best current music has to offer.

There's nothing wrong with that though, nostalgia is a valid reason to like a song. But often some people that like that kind of music become militantly angry if you point that out. And then cite popularity contests that only people that like that kind of music participate in, to somehow say that everyone likes their music. And that in turn makes those contests seem kind of disingenuous since they claim they are finding the best music of all time. It's self selecting, because anyone that can't boost their specific music to the top because their genre still has healthy levels of competition and can't produce one piece that everyone agrees on, simply won't bother.

Just my two cents to an unpopular opinion. Again I don't mind people liking Queen's music, but I've had people literally be offended because I didn't want to listen to a group of men scream "Mama mia" in an attempt to burst my ear drums because they want the volume to be at 300% when that part starts, only to then also sing along for another volume boost. Anyone else doing that with their music would be told to mind their own business and keep the volume reasonable. It's the double standard and the denial of contrary opinions that I don't like. You can't expect everyone to like your music.

thats gonna be a stick figure amongst their group of friends thumbs-upping you from a distance and then returning to their conversation from me, dawg

Love of my Life is a beautiful song.

That being said, I also get a bit bored with some of the non-single songs they have.

But I still think they were innovators in their time and deserve their place in the Pantheon.

They really did suck. I tried to get into their catalog a number of times because I thought I was missing something due to the amount of people into them.

Couldn't do it.

Same with aersomith, prince and others

I don't understand how someone can dislike the choir singing and cheesy, campy, flamboyance of a bunch of different Queen songs, but thinks it's ok in Bohemian Rhapsody. Like, cheesy, campy, flamboyance is a staple of Queen's style. It's in all of their songs

Have an upvote. But also...

What about "Don't stop now?"

They were trying to be more prog rock with their first two albums and I much prefer those to the popular singles of their later career

Oh lord, don't go and listen to AC/DC then.

Art is subjective, so there really are no wrong opinions, just disagreements. I strongly disagree with you, but that's OK. Fist bump bro, because it's different strokes that makes the world go round.

Now, if you say such things about RUSH.... cracks knuckles. ;-)

it's true that shit is fucking garbage

Only good Queen song is Under Pressure and I think Bowie wrote it.

I don't think they suck per se, but oh god i remember when the queen craze and the rage comic phase overlapped and queen became the hottest band in the universe because the reddit hivemind decided it so. Want 1million upvotes, tell people how you're 12 but love queen. Personally i don't listen to queen at all, because i think they are pretty lame, but i don't think they suck. Their "fans" are or were turbo annoying tho.

I agree with you 100%, every sentence, and now I don't know whether I should up- or downvote you

I couldn't agree more. Living in the UK I can tell you this is a dangerous opinion to hold. To me, their music is like nails on a chalk board. I cannot stand their music. I could never quite explain why. I've always just put it down to taste. But it's annoying to have to deal with just how much EVERYONE loves them for some reason. Like, there isn't much music I'd hate to hear more than Queen. I almost find it weird that this is the case. I sort of wish I liked them, so that there weren't so many occasions where I have to listen to music that I find shockingly bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvlTVgeivU

I don't really listen to Queen, but Bohemian Rhapsody is my go for song to test a new headphone.

At least one member of Queen sucked. A lot of.

Bruddah... 🤜🤛 Respect.