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Old 09-15-2018, 06:35 PM   #37 (permalink)
Chula Vista
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It's not though tbh. A few decent singles and a performance at Live Aid. That was it.
Wow. Just wow.

Over 150 million albums sold. 11th best selling artist of all time.

A few decent singles?????

Keep Yourself Alive
Seven Seas of Rye
Killer Queen
Now I'm Here
Bohemian Rhapsody
You're my Best Friend
Somebody to Love
Tie Your Mother Down
We Are the Champions
Fat Bottomed Girls
We Will Rock You
Don't Stop me Now
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Another One Bites the Dust
Flash
Under Pressure
Radio Ga Ga
I Want to Break Free
Hammer to Fall
A Kind of Magic
One Vision
Friends will be Friends
Who Wants to Live Forever
Innuendo
The Show Must Go On

Just some of the rock artists that have cited Queen as a major influence:

Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Megadeath
Faith no More
The Melvins
Rage Against the Machine
Slipknot
Van Halen
The Cult Kid Rock
Nirvana
Radiohead
Trent Reznor
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction
The Flaming Lips
Smashing Pumpkins
My Chemical Romance
Panic at the Disco
Marylin Manson

Over the years I've seen upwards of a hundred arena/stadium shows and Queen in 1977 is easily in my top 3. Freddie's also the best rock vocalist I've ever seen live.

Saying Queen was/is overrated is simply dumb. Plus they peaked both commercially and successfully for many years and over a decade before Freddie's death.
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