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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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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 195 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I also respect your freedom to like what you want, but also also

Out of context screenshot from a Wikihow article that shows someone pointing at a cat with the text "5. Be firm and consistent. No" at the bottom

Upvoted because it's unpopular.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

The artist has perfectly captured the feline character when being scolded here: annoyed, defeated...but utterly incapable of shame or remorse.

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 131 points 2 months ago
[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 111 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They have 15 studio albums and you only talk about the famous singles lol.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 82 points 2 months ago

To be fair, if someone listens to the six best known songs by a band and only likes one of them, it's no surprise they wouldn't bother digging into the catalogue further

[–] protist@mander.xyz 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Anyone looking to dive into a Queen album, might I recommend A Night at the Opera?

[–] egerlach@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

I regret that I have but only one upvote to give.

[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 98 points 2 months ago

Rule 4: Shitposts and memes are allowed

This post stays up.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 89 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This isn't an "unpopular opinion", this is outrage bait.

[–] NoMoreLurkingToo@startrek.website 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, The show must go on...

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[–] null@slrpnk.net 75 points 2 months ago

Wow, what an absolutely horrible take.

Upvoted.

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 74 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

I love Queen, but (with the exception of Somebody To Love) I feel like you’ve picked out the worst and most overplayed Queen songs. If you’re open to seeing why folks like them so much, I’d suggest the following (in my order of preference):

  • Under Pressure
  • I Want To Break Free
  • Radio Gaga
  • Stone Cold Crazy
  • Killer Queen
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • You’re My Best Friend
  • Don’t Stop Me Now
  • Who Wants To Live Forever

There’s a pretty good mix in there. Some are more operatic than others. Some go pretty hard.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Who Wants To Live Forever

This was always one of my favorites, and perfect in The Highlander

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[–] li10@feddit.uk 66 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just don’t understand how you could describe them as dry?

Like, in my mind if you were to criticise them it would be that they’re too over the top. They’ve got punchy vocals, in your face solos, and most of the songs you listed are stadium rock.

There’s a bravado and flamboyance to everything they do, so it’s kinda supposed to be corny and fun. Not all music needs to be sad and have deep meaning, sometimes you need to let loose.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not liking something and that something "sucking" is not the same thing.

I don't like Walking Dead. It doesn't catch my interest I find it formulaic repetitive and downright mean.

But it's a good show. It's incredibly well made. The acting is fantastic. The production is fantastic.

Just because I don't like it doesn't mean it's bad.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

As many others have pointed out, you list a lot of their radio hits that I suppose can be overplayed and have become cliche in a way. But BORING? I will have to draw the line there. That music is nothing if not lively and full of spirit. Usually doing something unique with it's themes and style.

Don't tell me you are bored by Fat Bottomed Girls and Killer Queen?

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Choosing their most radio-friendly songs and ignoring everything else? Yeah nah.

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

You're entitled to your wrong opinion

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was going to argue with you, but then I remembered I think Bruce Springsteen is overrated and boring.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh god, "The Boss" is downright fucking awful, I thought so in 1985, still do today.

He's like the worst of the juvenile blue-collar, chip-on-his-shoulder, "I'm deep".

And I grew up in blue-collar country, most aren't like that.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think sometimes some artists need a guide - I didn't care much for Springsteen until someone lent me We Shall Overcome, based on folk working songs and mythology from Appalachians.

And then I've heard Tom Morello introduce a few of Springsteen's songs with some socio-political context on his radio show and enjoyed them more with that insight.

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[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 10 points 2 months ago

That's also my Springsteen take

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

This just looks like a 14 year old trying to shit on older music to sound cool. I get it's bait and all, but it was kinda boring, standard internet vapor.

[–] KingBoo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

The trump reference really sank it.

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[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like how even in a post like this, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is immune.

[–] eighty@lemmy.one 19 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Including it would eliminate ALL doubt that this is a baitpost.

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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 months ago

What in your opinion is ‘good’ music? Queen was a fantastic band, one of the best imo.

[–] MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Well you're wrong. Have an upvote.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The band released their first album over fifty years ago… as with all music time moves forward and that which was once the future becomes the past. Delete all the music released in the past four or five decades that came after them from your head and then listen to their albums. They’d probably seem quite refreshing and interesting. (For what it’s worth I’m not a fan either - but props where they’re due)

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months 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@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months 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.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Upvote because unpopular and everyone forgets the sub.

I do agree with bicycle, but that doesn't support the conclusion of Queen.

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[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago

Didn't mention Fat Bottom Girls. Pathetic.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I notice you got nothing to say about the greatest Queen song ever, Dont Stop Me Now, I guess theres always an exception to the rule.

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[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 16 points 2 months ago

Sucks is the wrong word. You just don't like their music. They certainly don't suck. Like them or not, they are undeniably talented.

A pedantic argument, admittedly. A spade is still a spade.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

OP is not a fat bottomed girl.

[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

For me it’s Pink Floyd. Never got into them, especially as I’m a guitar player. David Gilmour is such a vanilla player.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

For me it’s Pink Floyd.

What‽ 😮 Now I know how everyone else in this thread that disagrees with me feels. To me, Pink Floyd is on another level. There are good bands, great bands, and pioneering legends. Pink Floyd is a pioneering legend. Waaaooowwww. So interesting how something that can be deeply moving to me can feel vanilla to someone else and vice versa.

Anyways, thanks for being cool about it 🙂👍

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[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What, you don't like 45 minutes of boomer bends?

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

How could you say that when they've composed classic, heartfelt lyrics like these?

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!!!!!!!

Bicycle, bicycle!!!!

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Potentially the worst music take I've ever seen. Enjoy the upvote.

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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

This sub is perfect now.

[–] addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I feel like those arguments are pretty subjective. If you live by them, you cant listen to anything repetitive, corny, grandiose, dramatic and cheesy.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

You get an upvote, I don't agree with your opinion, but that's why it's here

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I totally agree but I suppose you have to note that at the time, it was somewhat unique.

That said, pop music has been bland since the 70s. Rock has dominated the charts for decades and anything remotely experimental is just called 'noise' by boomers who just seem to want more of the same.

The surge of dance music is a breath of fresh air that has become the same issue, but now affecting the next generation.

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[–] Ifera@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

"Sucks" is entirely subjective when applied to musical taste, I applaud your attempt for engagement. I do believe that Queen is overhyped to hell and back but other than that, big meh, lots of people don't like the same music I do, so that is completely normal.

Mild take.

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I don't like Queen but I attribute it to the genre more than anything else. Do you dislike queen but also like other 70's-80's bri'ish rock?

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