kath
astronomy domino's™
Re: Queen ~ February 2010 Band of the Month
i'm gonna hafta give some of that stuff another shot. it's been awhile since i've listened to the later albums all the way through. a few years ago, i played hop-skip-jump to make a few queen comps for the road, but it was a piecemeal deal. lately, i've been finding that many albums i really didn't care for upon release have sounded much better on re-listen today. i don't know if there's any real generalization to be made there (no, i don't think all music today is crap by comparison... no, i don't think my standards have sunk any lower than they already were, mwhaha... etc)... and it certainly isn't the case with everything i re-listen to. but i need to give it a shot.
you've probably talked about this elsewhere (gee, kath, maybe ya oughtta read the whole thread, or... god forbid... search).... but what do ya think about brian may's solo albums, or the paul rodgers + queen stuff?
Now I'll agree that Queen's 70's released are the best of their work (with the exception of their last two, "Innuendo" and "Made In Heaven". Those rank highly for me) but I still find the rest of their catalog to be very good, especially since Queen was able to adapt to the times to stay on top of the world for as long as they did.
If I had to sum something up though I'd do it like this: 70's Queen > 90's Queen > 80's Queen. That's the simplest way to put it and if Queen had released more than two albums in the 90's then that might've trumped much of their 70's work to me.
i'm gonna hafta give some of that stuff another shot. it's been awhile since i've listened to the later albums all the way through. a few years ago, i played hop-skip-jump to make a few queen comps for the road, but it was a piecemeal deal. lately, i've been finding that many albums i really didn't care for upon release have sounded much better on re-listen today. i don't know if there's any real generalization to be made there (no, i don't think all music today is crap by comparison... no, i don't think my standards have sunk any lower than they already were, mwhaha... etc)... and it certainly isn't the case with everything i re-listen to. but i need to give it a shot.
you've probably talked about this elsewhere (gee, kath, maybe ya oughtta read the whole thread, or... god forbid... search).... but what do ya think about brian may's solo albums, or the paul rodgers + queen stuff?