[discostu]

Interesting that you give out the song list because in many cases I think it will be the song that's remembered even more than the band. For instance as long as sports are played "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" will be a part of human culture (actually Queen as a whole seems to have a lot of staying power, brilliant band way ahead of their time in so many ways). "Freebird", "Do You Feel Like I do". Bands as a whole will be remembered because they made so many "permanent" songs.

[majordivit]

"We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions" will be a part of human culture (actually Queen as a whole seems to have a lot of staying power, brilliant band way ahead of their time in so many ways). "Freebird", "Do You Feel Like I do". Bands as a whole will be remembered because they made so many "permanent" songs.

Good point. Jethro Tull's 'Too Old to Rock'n Roll, Too Young to Die! was one of the songs that the CIA used to draw Manuel Noriega out of hiding..

Queen is a very important band, a band with quite a unique and unparalleled style of their own that's among the most significant styles of the Seventies. In fact, to a certain extent Queen embody the Seventies like no other band does: not ABBA with their poppy limitations, not AC/DC or Kiss, certainly not Led Zeppelin who had too much of a Sixties' aura around them to begin with. Queen were the epitome of glam: they took that POMP element in rock as far as it would go, blowing their bubble to enormous dimensions and taking enough care so as not to burst it - rather than bursting, it just kinda fizzled out throughout the Eighties. Careful, crafty, talented and slick, what's not to like about them?