Comments by "John Dwyer" (@pup1008) on "Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)" video.

  1. 61 year old here dude... You didn't walk far enough down the musical counter! Ok, sort of intro to Rock/Pop band. Serious musos don't really rate them here in 🇬🇧 & I've actually jammed with Brian May when a mate of mine supported them in the very early 80's.
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  2. I've played guitar with Brian May. My mate was in a band with Jason Bonham & supported them here in the UK & I got to jam with Brian backstage.
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  3. Be honest with me here, do most of you "Rock fans" on here only have say this & maybe another 10 or so Rock tracks in your music library? It just amazes & saddens me that this has almost 500 million views whilst the REALLY good stuff languishes with views in the low thousands?
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  4. Not even close. For people who don't listen to or know much Rock maybe but there are 100 better songs out there!
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  5. Want people to know you don't actually listen to a lot of Rock music? Cite this as amongst your favourite songs!
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  6. I've pictures of me jamming with Brian May backstage at the Donnington Monsters of Rock festival here in the UK in 1980/81!
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  7. It was & he is a really nice guy. My mates band, Airrace, supported a lot of the big bands of the day like Def Leppard & Ted Nugent. Their drummer went on to meteoric things though filling his dad's shoes.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  8. All you kids who think you have found the last word in music - I'm English, 58 & grew up with Queen, I've actually met the band & jammed with Brian May. Anyone of my age & background probably likes them but doesn't really rate them that highly. There is SO much more credible & frankly grown up Rock out there but none of you seem to have the slightest interest in finding out about it!
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  9. Not in the UK - "Fairy tale of New York" Every time!
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  10. praintic Well it doesn't sound like I would sway your opinion on that! I love all forms of music from the Classics to UK Grime but Rock will always be special to me. All I could maybe do is give you my favourite piece of music from 40 odd years of listening to it -10cc "Feel the Benefit." - Merry Xmas!
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  11. Have a look at your post again.
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  12. As a Brit we are, I believe, know for not really puffing smoke up our own backside but FECK me!....... On a million comments on as many British Rock uploads & not one fecker even giving a nod to a nation that you could carpet in an afternoon effectively writing the playlist of the world! "Who's here in 2021?" by the fecking bath tub full!
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  13. Blue_SunriseProductions Europe is a continent like Asia or Africa. The UK is a group of islands off the coast of Europe. We voted to leave the European Union in June 2016.
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  14. Trevor Barten Music is just more accessible on YouTube. What's the point of traipsing up to the loft to dig an album out when it's here at the click of a button? My music is held on all formats including tape.
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  15.  @Sevdelicious  Same as that? You are perfectly entitled to your views. It's good that we can keep things respectful. 👍
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  16. I'd say Rush was a better band & made better songs but I don't think Xanadu was one of them. Although I'm not a huge Queen fan I would say Mercury was the greatest Rock frontman ever. I would say Led Zepp's "Kashmir" trumps them both though for extended Rock ballads. 👍
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  17. Man who runs our convenience store had AIDS - Orange-ade, cherry-ade, lemon-ade….
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  18. I think they came from America?
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  19. You can question my credibility by all means but as someone with a 3000 album collection & over 50 years listening to music I'd be warry of doing that!
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  20. You kids kill me! I'm English & 58 so grew up when Queen were current. They were OK- The sort of band that might give you & introduction to Rock but that you would transition through to get to the bit more demanding but far superior heavier stuff. Seems that 99% of you now don't do that, you'll listen to this & that is it! There is a WORLD of amazing music from back in the day out there, you've just got to be what we were - adventurous!
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  21. Well..... even if the virus gets me I heard this!
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  22. YANINA Wish people would open their EARS as well! So much great music out there from back in the day & people get fixated on this!
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  23. "Hey you! Out there in cold getting older, getting cold... Can you hear me?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEDjF2tLbhk
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  24.  @ddthemage3861  Not Rock there's not! How many times can you reinvent the wheel? Some reasonable stuff from the Black guys but great Rock music lived & died in the 70's!
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  25. +Mabatu Obama You're right Mabatu. Whenever I hear people wetting their pants over this I immediately put them down as someone who was probably listening to 1D a few months back! It's alright but if you are from my generation, who would have heard all this first time round, & , like me, from the UK you don't put Queen in that high a regard - they were an alright Pop/Soft Rock band.
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  26. MrRiddle0​ What I'm saying dude is that there's a LOT of more credible & better bands from back in the day that people don't bother listening to. The fact that this is so ubiquitous makes it a "lazy listen." I had all the Queen stuff back in the day, I've even jammed backstage with Brian May when a band my mate was in supported them but I would put maybe 10 - 20 bands in front of them & 100's of other amazing tracks in front of this!
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  27. Amen to that! There is SO much more credible & better Rock out there but none of these fuckwits will bother with that!
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  28. There was a lot more to Old Skool music than this people! I'm from the UK & would probably put this in the low 80's of any Top 100 songs list........
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  29. The Sun I know you don't care about the UK, We hardly ever see the sun over here! ; )
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  30. Not even close! For people who don't listen to much music maybe.
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  31. Mohsin Javed Dar Well I was around back in the 70's when they were in their pomp & all I can tell you is that serious English Rock fans didn't rate them. They were the sort of band your teenage sister might of got into, sort of "Kiddie Rock." They were alright, they made some good Rock/Pop songs but a lot of English Rock bands were better. You would honestly put this above something like Zep's "Kashmir?" I don't mean to be offensive but 95% of people on here wouldn't know Alex Lifeson from Geddy Lee! Walk the FULL length of a musical counter & THEN judge!
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  32. Mohsin Javed Dar Oh yeah I make you right there! I think the thing that gets me is that this is about as far as most new potential Rock fans come. They hear this on "Wayne's World" or something & figure that this is about the only piece of music you need to know! It's a good song but there a lot more out there!
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  33. No they'e English.
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  34. Finn Simcox​ England is not part of Europe dude either geographically or now politically?
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  35. Finn Simcox​​ You understand that a "continent" is an UNBROKEN landmass right? Who do you support at World Cups? All the teams of "Europe" or England? Who's head is on our currency? Leaving Europe will mean the UK is free to trade as an INDEPENDENT nation free from the strictures & rules of the EU like we did for thousands of years before!
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  36. Federico García Villagómez Music is very subjective but as an English Rock fan who was around when Queen were, we just don't rate them. Around the world everyone thinks they are amazing but not English Rock fans - Sorry but that's as it is.
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  37. Who?
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  38. butter ferret - your average, everyday otaku​ It's not a terrible song but I think there is a LOT more worthy & credible stuff out there. I think if you held their feet to the fire 90% of the people on here singing it's praises wouldn't know Alex Lifeson from Joe Cocker, Queen are that sort of safe, easily accessible nursery band that unfortunatly not that many people move on from.
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  39. Mate I'm an old London Punk & we just laughed at him. He was a faux item created once money men realised there was gold in that thar chaos. Ian Dury was much more credible as an individual performer. The Damned were the band though. Try "Plan 9 Channel 7" by them.
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  40. If you know about 6 Rock tracks...maybe.
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  41.  @Schizosepsis  Ah! At last someone who really knows music! You are 100% spot on mate! Here in the UK people of my generation tend to think of them as a kiddies introduction to Rock band, a sort of Pop/Rock outfit. As you say they were alright & made some catchy Pop/Rock tunes. Fav song? Very hard as without sounding pretentious I tend to think in albums but one that has always run through my soul is "Feel the Benefit" by 10cc
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  42.  @elotroladodelarealidadjr8470  I think as soon as people wanted to produce music for fame rather than the passion of actually just making great music things changed. Shows like "X-Factor" don't help where people can obtain international celebrity & recognition on the back of just being famous. You have cited some very credible bands there so seem to be well on the way to the good stuff. For my money & on the back of a collection of probably over 2000 albums now, in would cite early Genesis as the UK's greatest ever band. Try "Afterglow" by them or "Many too Many"
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  43. There's some English in there somewhere. Only about another 40,000 tracks of this & a far higher level of greatness & you can have a beer with me & the big boys!
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  44.  @mxxnlight111  Well more a discussion! Quite how much anyone appears to want to take away from it though is up for debate.....
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  45. Oh stop it!
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  46. There is no god.
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  47. No one EVER props us for it but a tiny pile of rocks on the NE edge of the Atlantic that you could carpet in an afternoon writes the playlist for the World!
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  48. What is the thing about Brazilians always putting their nationality I seriously don't get that?
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  49. "are."
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  50. For people who know about 6 Rock tracks maybe....
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  51.  @BerserkerGuts_  Mate! I know what is in my own fucking head! I haven't a clue who he/she or it is!
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  52. I think I personally might have been responsible for introducing Queen to the US! When I was 12 in 1973 I was lucky enough to have a 6 week homestay along the Eastern seaboard of the US. No one had heard of the band in America then but I was big on them. One kid in particular I stayed with got great music & was interested enough to have me send over some tapes of the band when I returned to the UK as I had raved so much about them. The rest is history.... Funny enough I kept in contact with the kid & sent him out stuff on Iron Maiden again years before they really broke in the US!
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  53. Oh stop it!
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  54. The UK gives the World this & a 1000 songs as good & we get back "Who's here in 2020?" comments? Don't just leave the EU boys - Leave the fecking World!
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  55. Think of something good or interesting to say & you've cracked it!
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  56. Take it or leave it but I actually met the band (not Freddie) & jammed with Brain May during a sound check. Mate of mine played in a band that supported them back in the 80's. Funny thing is I don't really rate them! 😁
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  57. "Fans."
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  58. Maybe but good taste in music!
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  59. Si pero soy Ingles!
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  60.  @peterbiela3127  I try. 👍
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  61.  @buskstudio3097  👍
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  62. NB Well I'm 55, English & have listened to & playing Rock music for 45 years so there is a LOT of stuff that rattles around my head. The entire back cataloge of Bowie's work up until the mid 80's for a start. Individual tracks - "Feel the Benifit" - 10cc, "Spiral City Arcitect" - Black Sabbath, "Spirit of Radio" - Rush, "Cursed Diamond" - Black Crows, "Kashmir" - Led Zepp..... just a few off the top of my head. I generally think in albums rather than individual tracks but they are 5 standout tracks.
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  63. Thanks dude! At least you got back to me which is more than the other guy did! I think he was expecting me to ping up 1D or some shit like that! There is literally THOUSANDS of songs that rattle around my head but for my money our (the UK's) greatest ever Rock export was EARLY Genesis. Of an album collection stretching way into the 1000's now "Then There Were Three" by them circa 1978 is the finest Rock album ever produced - Not a bad song on it & some absolutely immense ones to boot!
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  64. What does being Indian have to do with anything?
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  65.  @palaksahu4108  Yeah I know but so what? He grew up on Zanzibar & the UK allowed him to be the person he became & the rest of Queen are British. Can you imagine how many times I'd have to say "I'm English" on music uploads if I wanted to get some reflected & distant glory for my nation & these would be British nationals?
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  66.  @Rodion302  You too. Love & respect from the UK! 👍
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  67.  @thelonewolf7999  More of a "Queen by Queen" man myself. Lot "Rockier!"
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  68. People who rate it ned to expand their record collection!
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  69. I hope you have a wonderful time & may I be the first to welcome you to the UK. Fortunately you will hopefully only encounter friendly people unlike my friend who was beaten up in a bar in Argentina for being British.....
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  70. SO much else is better. 10cc "Feel the Benefit" for one!
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  71. People who have about 3 Rock songs rattling around their deluded heads pontificating on what is the greatest piece of Rock music ever..... Oh children, children!.....
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  72. You're.
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  73. So sad that most ignorant people's experience of great British Rock starts & ends here..... I am from the Queen generation, I've actually jammed with Brian May & there was SO much amazing music floating about in that era that we English Rock fans didn't really rate them that high! There is a battleship full of great music out there but people run into the goldmine of music & run out with one nugget never to return. Just as a one off try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  74. You REALLY should listen to some other stuff! I've listen to Rock for over 40 years & although it is an alright song, it wouldn't make my Top 100.
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  75. Was he ever banged up for that murder?
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  76. I'm very smart.
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  77. Oh stop it!
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  78. Paola Díaz Not even for the devil?
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  79. Back in the day, & I'm old enough to remember when Queen were playing this shit for real & have played music with them, we sort of used Queen as a Rock training band & then progressed onto deeper & more meaningful music. You lot do not do that.....
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  80. They didn't get on that well towards the end when Freddie was being influenced by that Irish guy.
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  81.  @jeannie341  Different & better times I guess but I agree.
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  82. Hey! All you kids who think this is the best thing since wholemeal sliced bread... There's about another 5000 songs out there of this quality &, in fact, much better! 🙄
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  83. Go away!
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  84. Unfortunately most people's first & last foray into Rock music...😕 So much out there that could bend your soul that goes unlistened to & unloved...
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  85. They are playing in London next month?
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  86. Been there already 50 years ago!
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  87. This is going to come as a great shock to a lot of you ONE song, ONE band fan boys but I'm English, 57 & TRUE Rock fans of my generation..... we don't really rate them at all!
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  88. Oh stop it! Think of something original to write!
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  89. 100% right! Anybody who knows anything about music doesn't rate this that much at all!
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  90. They don't really get Western Rock music. maybe a few exceptions that prove a rule. i deal a lot with Indians of all ages & most if not all have never heard of The Beatles or Rolling Stones!
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  91.  @terryharrow3127  Yeah it's difficult being a parent. I can understand if your mum has religious sensitivities although they would carry no weight or input with me. Problem I found with my son Lewis who is 18 in July (17th.) is that I could try to protect him from stuff at home & then he'd just go round to one of his friends who's parents weren't so diligent & do what he wanted to do round there. Funny enough being under age for certain games was one of those issues. I think I wanted to protect him more from adult content films although with access to the Internet so easy that was all but impossible! End of the day he lives in the world he lives in & I'm pissing in the wind to think my concerns or limitations are going to be observed universally, he has to act & interact in the world as he sees it. I do try to ensure & think succeeded in making him a good person. The end of the day the two things you do have to listen to your parents about are safety concerns & your education.
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  92. It was so good that in the UK at least we didn't really rate Queen that highly! PS. I say that as someone who met them & jammed with Brian May.
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  93. You guys heard of: "Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin? "Freewill" - Rush? "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd? "Gimme Shelter" The Rolling Stones? "Spiral City Architect" - Back Sabbath? Why does SO many people's exposure to Rock start & stop with this "Pop" tune?
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  94. Well Freddy did.......
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  95. Yep I know it. I'm English & was around when Queen first made it big, I've even jammed with Brian May when a mate of mine supported them at a Monsters of Rock festival in Donnington but I'm not a huge fan - Much more credible stuff about for those with the ears willing to listen.
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  96. It's ok.... I reckon there are 40 or 50 songs from back in the day that are better though?
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  97. No, me too, there is a lot more credible stuff about.
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  98. Say you like this & instantly mark yourself out as a lazy, uneducated, musical dullard! There is FAR greater shit out there but none of you want to know or find out about that as unless it comes up on a TV show, computer game or film sound track you just don't want to know! - I pity the modern age!
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  99. Ethan Ferry Get yourself a long piece of paper and lick the tip of an even longer pencil!
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  100. "Are" - Plural, there are more than two of them & no where close to being the best band.
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  101. Robb Sturk But "Queen" is the collective proper noun for the group of musicians that form that band. You wouldn't say "The Rolling Stones IS the best band in the world." Also "queen" should have been capitalised. You can be objective with music. Nobody apart from a load silly little girls would ever put One Direction in the same kudos classification either as musicians or in relation to the music as say Led Zeppelin or Rush so objective measurements can be applied?
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  102. +perfpet Most people who know a bit about music don't!
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  103. I'm not that big on it.
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  104. Really?
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  105. It's alright...Queen are an "alright" Pop/Rock band but people immediately mark themselves out as being musically uneducated & immature in having this as the "BEST" song ever! It's probably the "BEST" song ever of the 30 or 40 songs they've listened to!  - Educate yourselves, listen to other stuff from back in the day!
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  106. Why not mark yourself as having very little credibility or knowledge  as a music fan by naming this as your #1 Rock track!
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  107. Errrr....No! Not by a long chalk. My country, the UK, has produced a LOT better.
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  108. Just interested what people go on to listen to after checking this out? This is an alright "trainer" song to maybe get you into Classic Rock/Pop but how comes none of you guys are curious about what else is out there? I was around when this first came out & live in the UK, it's an alright song but it certainly wouldn't make my Top 50 or maybe even 100 there is SO much more out there to blow your mind, see steam coming out of your ears & have your socks shoot off in different directions at the touch of a button but 99% of people just come here for this & then go back to listening to shit! - I SERIOUSLY don't get it!
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  109. Zaraith AQW​ But what are you comparing this against? Some of the stuff Steely Dan did in the 70's like "Kid Charlemagne?" Or 10 cc's seminal "Feel the Benifit?" Maybe some of Bowie's early stuff? Where's your benchmark here?
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  110. +Dalek Bees No, 70's '75, '76 around then?
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  111. +Mark Angelo Crueta I don't "dislike" it but no way it merits the adulation it gets!
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  112. ***** I know but it is based on listening to over 3000 albums & music for over 40 + years!
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  113. Yeah if only there was some sort of machine that enabled you to do that..... Maybe like a karaoke machine or something?
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  114. They're not rated in the UK. Sort of band your 12 year old sister would have listened to. There is much more credible stuff out there but then you would know that.
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  115. Finn Simcox Well technically for a few months until Brexit? Is that what you mean?
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  116. Luis Pinto So what are you saying?
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  117. Finn Simcox Hmmmm...... I'm fully aware of the political situation & geographical argument but cultrally indigenous Brits don't consider themselves "European."
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  118. 274,000,000 million people set off on a journey into possibly finding out about some great Rock music with "trainer songs" like this. Probably 1% of them actually follow it through to the more credible stuff that is out there!
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  119. Kinder Pop/Rock for people who are too lazy or stupid to checkout the real deal! - Shame on you!
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  120. Federico García Villagómez​​​ Well with an music collection stretching past 1000 albums now I tend to think more in albums but.... In addition to the one mentioned above. "We're Here" By The Guillemots. "Cursed Diamond" The Black Crowes. "Blood on the Rooftops" Genesis "Ticking" & "Funeral for a Friend" Elton John, most things Bowie did from 1970-84, "Spiral City Architect" Black Sabbath, "Comfortably Numb" Pink Floyd........ It changes on a daily basis but they are probably a selection from the few hundred thousand songs that rattle around my head.
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  121. Sorry, in an earlier post I cited a "song above" when there wasn't actually one there! That song should Have Been 10cc "Feel the Benefit," my favourite song of all time. Have a Happy Christmas!
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  122. I don't really rate it. It's alright but there's a lot more credible stuff out there.
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  123. Sort of shit people who don't really know Rock listen to & kid themselves they are listening to the real deal!
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  124. +Daniel Irving I honestly wouldn't bother that much with the 80's - Oasis maybe, Talking Heads, Rush, Steely Dan but most of the GREAT stuff was around in the early 70's!
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  125. That's another reason to want to be around back then, people were nicer to each other!
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  126. Iur Neto What?
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  127. Queen are not that highly rated by people of their generation here in the UK. They are a sort of Pop/Rock band. 10cc "Feel the Benefit" is my favourite.
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  128. It's an ok song but it such a shame that people just go for a "lazy listen" in this whilst, in my opinion, FAR better songs go un listened to & unloved..........
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  129. Billy Idol wasn't a revolutionary, truth be known he was a nuisance!
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  130. Who's here in 2019? Like me please.... oh my god like me like my comment PLEASE for the love of god.... I'm as thick as pig shit & that is the only thing I can think to write so please, PLEASE like that!
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  131. The cat just walked on your keyboard then!
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  132. Now if you were asking me what's my favourite song from over 40 years of listening to Rock & well over 2000+ albums.... BTW this would actually be a long way down the list!
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  133. Really......
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  134. We got the WORLD speaking our language, now we've got them singing our songs! Not bad for a tiny pile of rocks on the NE edge of the Atlantic you could carpet in an afternoon!
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  135. We got the WORLD speaking our language, now we've got them singing our songs! Not bad for a tiny pile of rocks on the NE edge of the Atlantic you could carpet in an afternoon!
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  136.  @th3odoros  I'm with you! People who write that "Who's here in 2020?" comment should be put against the wall and shot slowly together with all the idiots who "Like" it!
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  137. "Who's here in....." crap? Let England do the originality & creativity & the rest of the world the boring, repetitive & obvious!
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  138. Err.... if you know about 3 Rock bands and have about 6 Rock tracks in your collection possibly but when you have over 2000 albums in your collection and over 40 years of listening to music definitely not!
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  139. Hey younger generations! My nation & generation handed you an immense musical baton.... MAN! Did you drop it!
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  140. Oh stop it! Idiot!
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  141.  @SPIRITUALDATBOI  Well done SPIRTIUAL! Me & you could have a good cold beer together! Fecking dicks writing that shit every 3 comments... Pricks!
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  142. Did he go to prison after he killed the man? Is that why you don't hear much of him now?
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  143. Go on then?
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  144. Well I was around if young when most of the songs you mentioned came out. You are however 100% right, there were a lot better & rewarding music about. I know but don't know if I would have any of the ones you mentioned in say my Top 50 greatest. "Kashmir" by Zep & "Gimme Shelter" by The Stones might make Top 25 though.
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  145. If alright but there's a lot better...
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  146. Well to listen to all the greatest music and see some of the greatest bands you would have really have to have been born in the UK.
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  147.  @Schizosepsis  Exactly that! I think the big problem we've got now with a lot of these Johnny come lately kids is their experience of Rock starts and ends with Queen!
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  148. Maybe wouldn't go that far but it's not that great a song. Might scape into my Top 100 or 50 possibly.....
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  149. Oh! I can sleep at night now....
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  150. See them? I jammed with Brian May back in the day!
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  151. "Quing!?"
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  152. And others who listen to a lot more music & don't really rate them that highly....
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  153. What is wrong with people - This Pop/Rock crap gets 461 Mil whilst the REAL shit from back in the day lays unloved & undiscovered with views in the low 1.000's - A fucked generation!
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  154. The favourite song of people who have about THREE Rock songs in their collection! I haven't got a huge problem with that but when some of the most amazing music on the planet from back in the day, some from some major stars, goes unloved you know the world & it's musical tastes are cattle trucked!
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  155. Led Zed "Kashmir" What REAL English Rock fans listen to. You wont but if you ever did... thank me later! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  156. If you've got about 3 Rock songs rattling around your head maybe. "They're" BTW.
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  157. Maybe if you don't listen to a lot of music....
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  158. He did write a song when he was dying of AIDS - I think it was called "These are the days" or something? Tbh, I'm not a huge Queen fan but I'm sure someone will give you the name of that song.
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  159. Crafty Cat Ok - Thank you very much for that.
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  160. Sorry to break this to you but I'm from the UK & people of my generation (57) really don't rate them. There was much more credible & rewarding stuff about back the day. The fact that people might not have listened to it much & it was really down to a very select group of people who did, does not detract from the fact that your generation are missing out on some absolute gems!
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  161.  @TheaterPup  Well not really as I know practically all their work & you know absolutely none of what I like. I can compare & judge whereas you only seem to want to judge!
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  162.  @TheaterPup  By the way that was your cue to ask - "What would you recommend then?"
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  163. Erm.... I don't know what to say? - "I'm sorry?" "Congratulations?"
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  164. Oh stop it!
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  165. From someone who probably knows about 3 Rock tracks. Might scrape in my Top 50.
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  166. 15 years? What do you mean?
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  167.  @M0onw4l_k  Ok. 👍
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  168. Someone writing annoying comments?
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  169. Maybe not trash but there's a lot better out there.
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  170.  @jomarhl897  That's alright son.
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  171. Oh come on! If you are an older dude & really know your music you wouldn't rate this!
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  172. REMEMBER people if you are having to Skype, Facetime, Zoom, WhatsApp or use any other form electronic social interactions with friends or family for Easter during the Covid-19 crisis - Make sure your computer's virus protection is fully up to date! Thank you & keep well! This message was brought to you by a subject of her Britannic Majesty
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  173. I honestly despair of Millennials & even people who don't really understand Rock. As someone who comes from the same country as Queen & has over 2000+ albums in my collection there is FAR more genuine & rewarding stuff out there that is languishing with views in the low thousands even some pretty major & more authentic great British Rock bands! Yes Queen were good but it seems you want to spend 10 minutes on the top of an iceberg that has so much more to offer below the water & yet have no interest or curiosity in seeking out this REAL stuff?
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  174. Not listen to much music then?
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  175.  @kitkat2602  Thanks for being honest & being a sport! For that & from someone who DOES listen to a lot (over 2000 albums now + a few hundred thousand songs that rattle round my old English head) what I consider the greatest song ever written - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyzTwbQjtuc If you would like any more recs or my Top 10 let me know! Love & respect from Essex UK!
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  176. And you've probably seen about 3 right?
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  177. For people who probably have listened to about 6 Rock tracks! Wouldn't even be in my Top 100!
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  178. I jammed with Brian May in 1981 & met the band! Mate of mine was in a band with Jason Bonham ( 99% of the dopes on here - "Who?" ) & his band supported them at a Monsters of Rock festival here in the UK.
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  179. Old people know they were no where near the best that the UK had to offer. Older English guys of my generation, the Queen generation, don't rate them at all.
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  180. There's your problem, you're only 14! They're OK buy there's a lot of better stuff out there.
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  181.  @armannbrar4532  It's not a problem if you use the band as a stepping stone as we did back in the day to then get into some more serious and credible Rock music. Trouble is not many if any of you guys really do, I've certainly never seen anyone asking for any recommendations for anything other than Queen's music and even then I don't think I've seen anybody asking about anything other than this song!
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  182.  @TheIrishDino  I know some do, my 18 year old son is big on a lot of the old stuff from back in the day & HUGE on Oasis who are rightly having a renaissance in the UK amongst the younger dudes. It just amazes & saddens me when you do have someone like me, who does listen to a LOT of music - I have over 2000 albums in a pretty eclectic collection, that nobody ever says - "Hey (Grand Dad!) What do YOU think is worth listening too?" I'm not puffing smoke up my own backside here but I have met Queen & jammed with Brian May as well as counting personal friends amongst British Rock royalty like the drummer in this band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y but no one bothers about what people like us could recommend. There are holes in my cultural life like Jazz, fine art & even literature but I would SIT AT THE VERY FEET of someone who possessed enough knowledge to actually educate me. You lot, & by that I don't only mean Teens, don't! BTW - If you did want to checkout Oasis who I do consider a very credible band, this is a 2 min trailer for a bio doc about them & the MASSIVE impact they had on music in the 90's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wZJqUrJyDs
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  183.  @LRCHEESE  I'm with you on that! FAR better out there!
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  184. THE song loved by people with about 3 other Rock songs in their collection! This will get you closer to the REAL quality stuff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  185. If that's the English way of writing dates - That's my birthday!
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  186. Probably one of the world's greatest Rock drummers died last week. He was in a band with two other guys who are continually voted Top 3 best musicians on their respective instruments in the world but how many of you know that or are that bothered about REALLY learning about real Rock? This is an easy option but it drives me nuts that there are so many gems out there that none of you have the imagination, curiosity or intelligence to even want to know about! I just don't get how so many of you can profess to "love" this & Rock in genral & yet have 0 intersted in learning about anything else?
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  187. Errr....OK....?
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  188. Oh Jezzz….. So much you could ask about other great music & you come up with that..... I despair & dunno about SB although I like him a lot.
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  189. Love the way you have dicks on here pontificating that this is the best Rock song ever who have probably listened to about 6 Rock songs in their entire lives!
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  190. He was about as bisexual as I am the pope!
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  191. Kills me how this is the start & finish of so many people's experience of Rock.....
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  192. If you've got about 3 Rock albums in your collection... possibly yes!
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  193. Yeah if know about 1% of music that is out there! Mercury was a great front man in an alright band. Jackson was a one trick pony built to extract money from people who don't want to put any work into the music they listen to.
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  194. Why is it you people go for such obvious & ubiquitous choices in music - There is a MOUTAIN of great stuff out there & you fixate on this & call yourselves "Rock fans!" 57 year old English guy here with over 2,000 albums & probably 2-300,000 songs in my brain - ASK me if you really want to know about the good stuff!
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  195.  @lorrainecc99  OK.
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  196. No I'm Lisa a terribly repetitive, boring and imaginative comment it also makes absolutely no sense in English.
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  197.  @dadizs3379  That's very nice although I'm not too sure how that addresses the point I made that no one ever mentions that the UK has contributed so much to music. I've been doing a very passable arpeggio acoustic version for a few years now, if I get s chance I'll upload it.
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  198. I don't get why kids are so narrow minded nowadays? Back in the day I'd have to part with maybe a month's money & cycle 12 miles to a record store to by vinyl but they have all that at the click of a mouse but would rather sit about whacking themselves off on this "Kiddie Rock" rather than progressing to something more meaningful?
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  199. Maybe when you've got about 6 Rock albums in your collection.... 🙄
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  200.  @stanisawstanczyk5526  If you only drove a '94 Chevy how would you know what it would feel like to own & drive a Porsche 911 Turbo?
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  201. Yeah, the geezer below you & about 10 million others who write this crap comment every other post! 😠
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  202. I'm not & I know about music!
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  203. Not listened to a lot of music then?.....
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  204.  @starcrosser5561  Just that people who don't listen to much often cite this as their favourite song.
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  205.  @starcrosser5561  Ok.....Whatever gets you through the night.
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  206. You do realise that makes absolutely no sense in English right?
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  207. Sacrilege I know but I've never really rated them.. I've even met them (not Freddie) & jammed with Brian back in the day. Sort of band that would have a "Who's here in 2024" idiotic comment as the top post! 😂
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  208.  @carlacage7972  Yeah I was just saying that I find it interesting why Brazilians, of all nations, are the only ones who always put their nationality?
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  209. When you have around 90,000 individual tracks rattling around your head & probably the best part of 870 albums like me, get back to me on that!
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  210. Oh stop it! 🙄😠
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  211. Being from Peru that might explain something but TRUE Rock fans here in the UK don't rate the band or the song at all! There is much better stuff out there from back in the day but people don't seek it out. I'm English, 56 & have listen to Rock for 45 years. I have an album collection stretching way passed 2000 pieces. I have jammed with Brain May backstage, a friend of mine was in a band (Airrace) from school that supported them at a concert. Airrace's drummer was Jason Bonham. I will give you THREE recommendations although I could give you 1000's! The first is Jason playing with his dad's band His dad died in the 709's. The song is recognised by British Rock fans as one of the TRUE greats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y The second is my favourite single Rock track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HcxhcSlTc4 The third it was I would put as the #1 of all the albums in my collection - a gift to humanity of sublime beauty & magnificence! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isYdNlnfpjg&t=202s
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  212. IF you've listen to about 6 Rock tracks!
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  213. Oh stop it!
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  214. Oh stop it you idiot & idiots who like this crap!
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  215. That doesn't make sense in English?
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  216. Shut up for F's sake! 😠
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  217.  @Priaomercury  Please don't encourage them! 🙄
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  218.  @nataliavojciniakova  Please don't encourage them!
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  219.  @antoyun190  Why would you encourage such an awful comment? It's been done a million times. I don't get it?
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  220.  @user-oq6pw4kl8k  Why would you "Like" such an awful comment? Haven't you seen that a million times before?
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  221. Can you tell your countrymen to STOP phoning me up telling me I've got a "Wirus" on my computer or fraudulent activity on my Amazon account? Your government really needs to look at this - Your nation is becoming hated & derided in the West because of these crooks!
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  222. Hopefully if you take this on board, although I don't hold out much hope, I'll get a shout out in 13 years too! I'm English 57 & err...... I really don't rate then. They are an alright sort Kiddie Rock introduction to the genre. That said I have met them & jammed with Brian May back in the day. Listen! I have probably been listing to Rock & other music for 50 years now & have a physical collection of over 2000 albums & probably have a few hundred thousand individual songs rattaling around my head. My best advice & top rec? Get into early Genesis. Of all those albums " And Then there were Three" by them is my #1 by a country mile!
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  223. I'm not that big on it, lot of more credible stuff out there.
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  224. I was begining to worry....😕
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  225. Oh stop it!
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  226. Just look it up on a lyrics site you lazy sod!
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  227. Don't listen to much music then.....?
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  228. Josue Malla Like what?
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  229. Josue Malla Some of those are a bit out of my time frame of reference but it amazes me how people proffer this & Queen the respect they do I am of the Queen generation & we really didn't rate them in the UK back in the day. They were the sort of band your 12 year old sister might have listened to. I personally consider this as "Rock for beginners" it's just that it pisses me off that this has views in the hundreds of millions whilst some of the greatest stuff ever written is in the low 100's. People just want a quick sugar rush Rock fix & then go back to the crap they were listening to!
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  230. Josue Malla Thanks.
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  231. Oh stop it!
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  232.  @mr.blueshell0967  Yes.
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  233.  @mr.blueshell0967  For people with about 6 Rock tracks in their collection maybe. It's the comment dude, it's awful - Self evident, no imagination, been done a million times..... Just terrible!
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  234. If you don't listen to much Rock music...maybe!
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  235. Errr... If you've got about 10 Rock songs in your collection maybe.
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  236.  @soumyasishbhattacharyya2805  Just that in prefacing this with "no offence" as soon as anyone over 20 cites anything by Queen as that good their stock drops through the floor. I'm English & was actually about when Queen were in their pomp & English Rock fans of my vintage don't rate them. They were an alright kids sort of Rock/Pop band introduction to Rock. I tend to go by albums but an individual track that would always be at the top of my list would be "Feel the Benefit" 10cc
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  237.  @soumyasishbhattacharyya2805  No problem! There's probably the best part of 200,000 individual tracks that rattle around my head so if you want a Top 5 say, let me know. 👍
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  238. And....?
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  239.  @Slash-oh2qn  Well yeah I am but that's another story....... It was a genetic observation that people who cite this as their number record haven't generally listen to much music.
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  240.  @Slash-oh2qn  Well he did have 7 but he fell out of love with Rush's "Freewill" after he found religion....
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  241. Err.....OK....
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  242. Kills me you kids find find a piece of music that we didn't even really rate that highly back in the day & proclaim it the best song ever without listening to a SINGLE note of the really credible & far superior stuff that is out there.....
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  243. I swear there is some English in there somewhere?
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  244.  @ALEJANDROFER29  Your post makes absolutely no sense in English.
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  245.  @tree7909  Same.....
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  246. Why is it you people go for such obvious & ubiquitous choices in music - There is a MOUTAIN of great stuff out there & you fixate on this & call yourselves "Rock fans!" 57 year old English guy here with over 2,000 albums & probably 2-300,000 songs in my brain - ASK me if you really want to know about the good stuff!
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  247. Which side of the "headphone?" Left or right?
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  248. Not even close!
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  249.  @sillyguy247  In liking this you immediately mark yourself out as somebody who probably has about 5 or 6 rock albums in their collection. When, like me, you have over 2000 get back to me as to what the peak of music was!
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  250.  @sillyguy247  In that case put "In MY opinion" before your pronouncements!
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  251.  @sillyguy247  You too. 👍
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  252. If you have about 6 Rock songs in your collection - maybe.
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  253. THE song loved by people with about 3 other Rock songs in their collection! This will get you closer to the REAL quality stuff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  254. Or someone who REALLY likes it!
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  255. For people with about 6 Rock tracks in their collection. Someone like me with over 2000 ALBUMS..... Not even close!
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  256.  @benjaminst-cyr8028  Being "complex or hard to perform" doesn't necessarily make for an amazing piece of music. The Sex Pistols album "Never mind the Bolloxs" was knocked up by 2 very marginal musicians & a couple of alright ones but it is rightly considered one of the greatest albums ever made. If you want "complex" stuff maybe checkout Rush one band who's three members are continually voted within the Top 3 musicians in the world on their respective instruments. Maybe Steely Dan who fuse Rock with Jazz to make some amazingly clever stuff. Try my favourite band Genesis & the complex British Prog Rock they were producing in the 70's Individual songs - try "Kashmir" Led Zep, "Funeral for a Friend" Elton John or one of my actual favourite songs of all time "Feel the Benefit" 10cc. Rhapsody is alright, a lot of people who know as much about Rock music as I do quantum physics & have as many albums as I have degrees in that subject rate it but that is because it is ubiquitous & heard many times on films or popular culture. Also because people are ignorant & fecking lazy in not checking other bands out & arrogant enough to somehow claim they know more about Rock than people who have been listening to it & playing it for over 40 years!
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  257.  @benjaminst-cyr8028  Are they any good to you? I'm waiting.....
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  258.  @benjaminst-cyr8028  I used The Pistols as an example of how viseral, raw music can hit you where you need to be hit! I did say that weren't accomplished musicians, like Oasis's Noel Gallagher they just had a knack of writing amazingly good simple songs. I really can't go with you with Rush thought. I used to knock about with Jason Bonham back in the day & know for a fact that he rated Neil Pert as THE master on their chosen instrument. As I say, all 3 are or where (Neil unfortunately died early this year) continually voted by fellow musicians as THE best on the planet on their respective instruments. I rate Brian May, you are going to think I'm shitting you here but I have played with him. He is also a lovely & extremely intelligent guy. I also consider Mercury, who I have never met, as probably THE greatest front man Rock has ever known but the band as a whole don't carry much credibility or weight to Rock fans of my vintage & standing - They were very good but there is a lot better out there IF you have the desire to listen! 👍
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  259. Just stop it! Let England do the creativity & the world the boring & obvious!
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  260. @Makenzie MNM Uh? I was having a go at the OP if you thought I meant you?
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  261. @Makenzie MNM The OP is the opening post, the first post on this thread.
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  262. @Makenzie MNM Let's start anew here as I think we are on the same side? I don't know if you thought my "Oh stop it!..." jibe was directed at you but it wasn't, it was directed at the guy who wrote the opening comment? I'm sorry I really don't know what "shakes salt" means? I even looked it up & got nothing?
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  263.  @lorrainecc99  The above was a bit tongue in cheek but I'm not too sure what other responses you are referring to?
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  264. Not listened to many others then?
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  265. Let me know how you get on....
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  266. You & me could enjoy a cold beer together!
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  267. Except credibility amongst serious Rock fans!
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  268. Try some Genesis the early stuff, pre 1980's
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  269. Be honest with me here, do most of you "Rock fans" on here only have say this & maybe another 10 or so Rock tracks in your music library? It just amazes & saddens me that this has almost 514 million views whilst the REALLY good stuff languishes with views in the low thousands?
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  270. Well I'm from a country that knows a bit about Rock & we really don't rate Queen that much. How is it if what you are saying is true that some of the best Rock on the planet languishes with views in the low thousands? In all the years I've been listening to music what I consider to be the greatest Rock song ever has about 3% the amount of views this has! Even some of the less mainstream work by Bowie languishes in the low thousands!..... This is sugar rush pop. An easy fix for people with a 20 second attention span who would rather cut their bollocks off & stick them in their eye sockets than take the trouble to checkout the stuff that is the real deal!
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  271.  @eran2626  Good album. 🤔
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  272. Si pero soy Ingles.
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  273. "Who's here in....." crap? Let England do the originality & creativity & the rest of the world the boring, repetitive & obvious!
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  274. It's an "alright" song....There's a LOT better out there if people bothered to listen.
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  275. I'm sorry to hear that.....
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  276. Do you know when Jeepers was written into the madeup canon of your flavor of geographically and culturally ordained religion? 300 years after his supposed death! THINK, & investigate, don't just blindly believe! 😠
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  277. ?
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  278. Been there once, don't need to go back.....
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  279. 100%!
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  280. UK! 🇬🇧
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  281. Oh stop it you idiot!
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  282. Was & is.
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  283. 10cc - "Feel the Benefit" - Why? I'm English 57 & have over 2000 albums & probably 2 -300,000 songs rattling around my old head & THAT is the best! You could get into my #1 album but if you hold this as your #1 you probably don't have that much interest in music!
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  284. Well..... English!
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  285. Not even close!
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  286.  @j.e.6976  Kashmir - Led Zep Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones Day in the Life -The Beatles Life on Mars - David Bowie Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Layla - Derek and the Domino's Ticking - Elton John Don't look back in Anger -Oasis Feel the Benefit - 10cc If you are really into your music you tend to think in albums rather than single tracks. I have over 2000 LP's & "Then there were Three" by Genesis is the best by a country mile!
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  287.  @j.e.6976  Yeah they were really a few that I took off the top of my head. They would all be Top 50 though with the 10cc song #1. Rather cyclical fact that although I'm not a huge fan of Queen I have jammed with Brian May! Mate of mine was in a band with Jason Bonham who's dad was the drummer of Led Zep & they supported Queen at a Rock festival here in the UK. If you go to the "Celebration Day" upload of Kashmir he is drumming for Zep on that!
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  288. Jammed with Brian May backstage at Doddington, Monsters of Rock Cira 1981. Nearly got run over by Rodger Taylor in an Aston Martin Vantage in 1986 in Wapping, Let Paul Mc Cartney & his family in an open top roller out in traffic round Trafalgar Sq. 1980'ish.
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  289. Someone who feels the evidence presented for the existence of any "god" is insufficient to meet the burden of actual proof. I know, I am one!
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  290. "Feel the Benefit" 10cc.
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  291. Oh stop it you idiot!
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  292. Oh stop it!
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  293.  @JordinioToon92  No one ever believes me but I've got the photos! It was "Donington Monsters of Rock" festival, I think in '81. My mate's band was called "Airrace" & had the former drummer of Led Zepp's son in the band. 👍 Queen were alright... I just think there's a lot more credible stuff out there.
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  294.  @JordinioToon92  I wouldn't bust a gut, they weren't that good! 😁 They sort of were on the cusp of making it & supported some big bands back in the day. I saw them at Hammersmith when they supported Def Leppard which was crazy as I was massive on Leppard at that time & got to meet them. Lawrence still plays in a band & his son is in quite a big outfit, I think they are called The Works or something but they had some very impressive streaming figures. There are a million bands & musicians I could recommend to you but one guy who I've really enjoyed of late is Father John Misty. I've bought all his albums now & I don't think there's a dud track on any of them! Maybe try "Mr.Tilman" as it's got a quirky video to it & is a great song! 👍
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  295. ​​ @JordinioToon92  Do you know what, looking at those dates it was actually Lawrence's previous band that supported Queen! They were called "More" & went on to become Airrace. 👍
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  296. Stop it!....Just stop it!
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  297.  @Slash-oh2qn  No. I have met him though & the whole of the band. He was a great front man, possibly the greatest, but I don't rate the band though. Incidentally why would you write that on the back of me correcting someone's English?
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  298.  @Slash-oh2qn  Yeah I said he's probably the greatest Rock frontman ever?
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  299.  @Slash-oh2qn  Yes indeed! Thank you very much for celebrating one of my fellow countrymen. By the way I would try and turn your caps off it is quite annoying to read posts like that....
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  300. Yeah...and?
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  301. You lot not interested in listening to anything else? 57 year old English guy here with an album collection well over 2000+ pieces & probably 170,000 songs rattling around his old head. I also played with Brian May back in the day. Open for recs if you would like any? ( Gets knob out & starts pissing in the wind.... )
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  302. One was.
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  303.  @37Factorial  Hmmmm.... I think that might have been to take the heat of his actual true sexuality in "diluting" it a bit in much more pious & judgmental times. I know he had a longterm relationship with the woman he left most of his money to but as far as I'm aware that's about it apart from some confused fumblings in his youth.
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  304. You've walked about 3 inches down a musical counter that stretches for 100 miles! Get to my age & let me know what you think!
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  305. Errr...well... 40 years of listening to Rock & music in general & an album collection of over 2000 + having actually jammed with Brian May back in the day..... "Dislike" might be a bit strong but it would only just scrape into my Top 50.
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  306. I actually jammed with Brian May & met the band (not Freddie) back in the day but.... I don't really rate them....Much more rewarding & credible stuff out there from back then.
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  307. Probably one of the world's greatest Rock drummers died last week. He was in a band with two other guys who are continually voted Top 3 best musicians on their respective instruments in the world but how many of you know that or are that bothered about REALLY learning about real Rock? This is an easy option but it drives me nuts that there are so many gems out there that none of you have the imagination, curiosity or intelligence to even want to know about!
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  308. Not listened to many then?
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  309. Porque es "Si" "yes" en Ingles pero tambian "if" en Ingles?
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  310. And learn about spelling......
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  311. 👋 They are from 🇬🇧👍
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  312. 57 year old REAL Rock fan - Nah! There's a lot better our there.
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  313. What about it?
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  314. No.
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  315.  @Xavslip  Thank you! The band he was in Airrace actually had Jason Bonham, son of Led Zepp's John Bonham as the drummer. The guy still tours & his son is in a fairly major band called "The Treatment!" 👍
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  316. And yet they actually put David Bowie up there....
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  317. No one like EVER 😠 says it but.... Thank you 🇬🇧 for the music!
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  318. A mediocre Pop/Rock song that people listen to & then never bother to checkout another note of the genre ever again. So, so much amazing music goes unloved & unlisten to by narrow mind, ignorant Millennials & even older!
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  319. Thank you Tall! I was beginning to think I was the only one fucked off with these pricks! If they are that bothered why not make a note of the viewing number now & compare it to the figure when you come back!
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  320. Yup - 100%
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  321.  @Ff-gy4cw  Someone's been looking at my playlists! For the record I'm more of a Noel fan myself but Oasis themselves were an extremely credible outfit.
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  322.  @Ff-gy4cw  You should checkout that 10cc one. I have over 2000 albums in my collection & probably 150,000 actual songs rattling around my head but "Feel the Benefit" is, I consider, the greatest song ever made.
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  323.  @Ff-gy4cw  You won't but probably the best 2 mins you could spend in your life. https://youtu.be/9waBd3yPOLE That is REAL Rock!
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  324. If you know music you wouldn't rate this... well not that high. Might scrape into my Top100 just.
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  325. As a Brit we are, I believe, know for not really puffing smoke up our own backside but FECK me!....... On a million comments on as many British Rock uploads & not one fecker even giving a nod to a nation that you could carpet in an afternoon effectively writing the playlist of the world! "Who's here in 2021?" by the fecking bath tub full!
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  326. Good band! Ian Anderson et al - "Fragile" - Amazing!
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  327. I'm going to sound like I'm puffing more smoke up my own arse here Brandon but along with Lawrence mentioned above who played with Bonzo's son in a band called "Airrace" back in the day I grew up literally at the top of the road from The Ruskin Arms in London where Maiden started off! To be totally honest though I was never that big on them. I had the first album which was alright but a bit over blown. Seems that they were really the right band at the right time for the American market as the US tends to buy into image over substance a lot of the time with bands like Kiss. I LOVED the early Def Leppard, their album "High & Dry" is within my Top 30 albums, they were actually influenced a lot by Bowie but again sold out a bit when they hit the States. You're right with the people on here liking Queen. I bought into them from "Seven Seas of Rye" but TBH they were a sort of Rock/Pop band your 12 year old sister might of listened to. They are OK & May is a VERY good guitarist but I think they are an "easy listen" led by a great frontman in Mercury but I wouldn't put them in my Top 30 bands. Fav song of theirs - I quite liked "All Dead" off "News of the World" I think. I liked "Radio Gaga" or more exactly the sentiment that conveyed in slagging off the shit on commercial radio!
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  328. I work too NB but maybe spend too much time commenting on YouTube uploads. My Mrs. certainly thinks so at least! It's a great song but it's more the sentiment of the 500 million people who like it - It's like they fall in a diamond mine of immense music from back in the day & take one small stone & run off never to return. I know my failings with fine art & literature - I don't know enough about the great paintings & books that are out there but I see that AS a failing & will chew anyone's ear off who can guide me through it to stuff that will ultimately enhance my life but a lot of the pricks on here are like the Three (not so wise) Monkeys rolled into one, sitting there with head phones on to close their ears listening to this & as the other guy said, maybe 10 other Rock songs on a continual minute loop not bothering to look or ask about more.
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  329. NB Well I appreciate your views but don't know if the viewing figures on uploads would back that up? Even some fairly established bands languish with viewing figures in the low thousands, for some of their greatest if less well known songs. People like The Beatles & The Stones even. In the UK at least Rock wasn't universally appreciated, it tended to be the preserve of more cerabally wired White kids. Girls & the remaining 80 - 90% of males just didn't get it at all preferring the Disco shit that was around at that time. My opinion is that the vast majority of people are incurrious about music generally, they look upon it as a transient ephemeral pleasure maybe to know enough tracks to stamp out a small fire to in dancing at a party or have a sing song along with down the pub! I guess there are more important things in life but for me it has always been very special.
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  330. Bobbie Dockery You are indeed! I wouldn't be over bothered about the 50's but am quite happy with my '62 - 2017. 1973 - 85 probably being the apex.
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  331.  @worldtraveler3773  To be fair to the guy his parents were Indian & he spent most of his early school life in India.
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  332. Yeah.... according to people who have about 3 other Rock songs in their library!
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  333. I'm ambivalent about Queen..... I think most people who really know their music don't really rate them, mostly for the reasons you cite, that would certainly be the case in the UK. Thing that gets me is back in the day, & I'm old enough to remember when they were the "new kids on the block!," they were really seen for what they are, a sort of sanitised "Kiddie Pop/Rock" They were great for getting people into music but THEN you moved onto the "good stuff" but I doubt if 99% of the dicks on here will listen to another Rock track in their sad lives! They were a tight band. May who I have played with is a great guitarist & I think Mercury is probably the greatest frontman known to Rock although Robert Plant might now say - "Hold my beer!" Some of their more Rocky numbers are OK but you are right, there is an air of "contrived production" about them & a cynical tailoring of a musical product to a lucrative market. I like Quo. Whether or not I would hold them up as the zenith of British Rock might be another question but they were in it for the right reason - having fun & had a visceral genuine quality to them.
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  334. Yeah....as rated by people who have a bout another 3 Rock songs in their collection. Not even close to the greatest!
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  335. Oh go away you nuisance!
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  336. Yeah...and?
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  337. Are we allowed to recognise as a nation we have a stab at some half decent music? Seems the world never wants to acknowledge that?
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  338. Oh stop it!
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  339. What French song?
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  340. Just take ONE day out or even with to listen to one song that a guy with an album collection stretching way passed 2,000 now & probably 260-300,000 songs rattling around his head could give you! I know you guys with about 3 Rock albums to your name think you've hit the bullseye here but you are a LONG way out!
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  341.  @user-cb2gu1sw9w  Maybe YOU can but you would be the exception that proves the rule unfortunately.....
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  342.  @user-cb2gu1sw9w  I don't necessarily but there is enough objective evidence to state clearly that people who haven't or don't listen to a lot of Rock music think this is the best thing since ready sliced and buttered toasted bread! Certainly enough evidence to justify the generalisation.
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  343.  @kurotama5028  I've got no problem with that but say you'd only listened to Union J & Arianna Grande. Would you feel your life would have been better or worse not knowing about Bohemian Rapsody? I don't get it with you guys? There are areas of the arts that I know I could be more enlightened upon like ballet or literature but I would SIT AT THE FEET of anyone who had an expertise or greater understanding of those genres. Rather than being on here pulling my chain you SHOULD be asking - "That's amazing. What are your Top 10 albums or tracks of all time?" & then listen to them! I've been around the block a bit & met Queen but not Freddie Mercury. I have actually sat down & jammed with Brian May. I have a personal friend who was in a band with Jason Bonham & met many of the greats from back in the day!
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  344.  @kurotama5028  Probably change by the day but I'd have "And then there were Three" by Genesis as my number 1 album on a perpetual basis. As an individual track, probably "Feel the Benefit" by 10cc. Although he was patent crap by the time we got into the early 80s & he got into brandy and cocaine but before that, Elton John walked a very fine line between genius and madness and some beautiful albums came out of that cauldron of self-loathing and personal doubt. "Funeral for a Friend/Love lies Bleeding" is a track that always resonated with me since I was in my early teens and probably one of his greatest. Maybe also checkout "Ticking" by him too which is a song about a multiple homicide in New York and is just magnificently beautiful and powerful!
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  345.  @user-cb2gu1sw9w  Love Bowie! For my generation the guy was a literal god! Are you asking if I like him or after actual recommendations? I tend to think more in albums with him as he was sawing genius off by the yard up to & including the album "Scary Monsters Super Creeps" in the mid 80's. He was shit after that with a couple of very rare glimpses of his original genius. I can't really listen to his last album "Blackstar" The bits I have heard are very good but the whole thing just stresses me out too much having lost family members & him from cancer. Funny enough one of those "rare glimpses" is actually a song that I feel is the essence of the "great Bowie" in a bottle - The driving guitar & quirky timing & lyrics - GREAT song!. I think he wrote it for a TV show here in the UK. I think he is portrayed in the song together with the famous "Sex Pistols Bill Grundy incident!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPIAFaKd1I If you would like to know individual tracks I like let me know!
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  346. Lot of you kids getting into this are very lucky as for my generation, I'm English & 57 & around when all this was playing out in real-time, Queen were a good introductory band to the immense & amazing world of Rock music but... There is SO, SO, SO, much more out there & I don't think I've seen ONE person ask about it! We had to discover the gold the hard way parting with cold money for physical vinyl albums but you lot could do that at the click of a button. It just worries me that most of you will start & finish with this one song when we really need you kids to bring great music like this back to life!
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  347. Yup.....
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  348. I'd probably go for John Bonham - Drums, Steve Clark - Rhythm guitar, Jimi Hendrix - Lead, David Bowie vocals (& song writing) Rick Wright - Keyboards & John Entwistle - Bass. The fact that you probably know who two of those are is both predictable & very sad.....
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  349. I'm English 58 & have listened to it from the day it was released & it makes no sense to me?
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  350. This is an alright piece of Pop/Rock music... Pretty ubiquitous..... generally comes up on the Top 10's of people who don't really know much about Rock & the true gold that lays in "dem dar hills" but there you go... Adds to the gaiety of nations I guess just a shame that people don't start adding to their Rock collection after listening to it.
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  351. All you kids saying it's tragic it's taken you this long to checkout songs like this from back in the day. I'm 62 & English & we didn't even really rate Queen that highly! There is SO much beautiful stuff out there for you to listen to but none of you ask?
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  352. What's with the fecking daily calendar reminder on YT comments? 🙄
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  353. As a Brit we are, I believe, know for not really puffing smoke up our own backside but FECK me!....... On a million comments on as many British Rock uploads & not one fecker even giving a nod to a nation that you could carpet in an afternoon effectively writing the playlist of the world! "Who's here in 2021?" by the fecking bath tub full!
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  354. At last! Me & you could have a cold beer together!
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  355. Yeah....Don't inflict it on other people!
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  356. Well... Freddie did!
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  357. I listen to a LOT of music & this wouldn't even make my Top 50. That's the problem with you guys, you know bout 10 songs & then start preaching on the greatest song ever.....
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  358. If you know & truly love Rock, you don't rate this.....
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  359.  @lorrainecc99  When you are English, have listened to the genre for over 45 years, count British Rock royalty amongst your friends & play at a high level including jamming with Mr. May tell me what good Rock is. As SOON as anyone marks this out as credible their stock sinks through the floor!
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  360.  @lorrainecc99  That is your subjective opinion. Queen are a good band May is a great musican & Mercury probably one of Rock's great front men but they are now what they were then a sort of kiddie Rock/Pop band, a good jumping on vehicle but not one that is going to carry you into the really good if esoteric stuff. You like them that's fine, you feel they are the only way forward that's fine too but it's hard to have respect for someone who I will lay a penny to a £ has about as many albums in his collection as I have pets about the house. If you want to get into it with me about Bonzo being the greatest drummer ever or the power of Neil Pert's lyrics in something like "Freewill" or even the complexity and magnificence of Steely Dan and in particular songs like "Kid Charlemagne" be my guest but you've contented yourself to supposedly knowing me better then myself and having me down as a fool when you could have really learnt a lot.
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  361.  @lorrainecc99  There you go! A lot of people reckon Union J & Arianna Grande are the mutts nuts but I'll stick with my objective gut opinion that they are not. You are conceited & comfortable enough to feel you have walked the whole length of the musical counter to objectively declare what is best.....good luck to you! I hope you & your three Rock albums have a happy life together!
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  362.  @lorrainecc99  I've already told you that I think they are a good band & actually stated that Mercury was probably the greatest frontman the world has know & an amazing singer? All I am saying is that for English guys of my generation - THE Queen generation, we consider them a bit light weight & populous. I'm sorry you don't like to hear that but it is a fact & I say that as someone who was there! They are your "big thing" at the moment & you are very defensive about them as was I when I was your age, maybe more for ELO but I liked Queen. Well you know when you are small & fanatical about maybe Thomas the Tank videos which are very good & then grow & cite say the Godfather or Midnight Express? that's where you are at. I don't give a shift mate, I've got the few hundred thousand songs running around my nogging that I need & few I would take with me into any afterlife if there is one but that doesn't stop me listening to new & maybe challenging stuff & not putting a stick in the ground stating - "From this point I have found the best music on the planet!" I listen to maybe 2 or 3 new albums a MONTH as well as newer stuff recommended to me by my 18 year old son. If you were going to a doctor for an opinion on a condition, which one would you listen to? One who has a read few medical books & a couple of magazines or one that has devoured half the British library?
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  363.  @lorrainecc99  That's cool....! If you haven't already try "Night at the Opera" I think it is probably their best &....of course I have them all on vinyl! :)
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  364.  @lorrainecc99  What's the matter with you? Why you going out of your way to be a dick? I've tried to be polite & considerate to you & all you want to do is take the piss? What's that all about?
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  365. Well 40 years of listening to music, a very eclectic album collection of over 2000+ albums now, playing (guitar) to a professional level & having actually played with Brian May... I don't really rate them at all.
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  366. And stop telling me what the fecking DATE is!
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  367. Drives me nuts all you fan girls wetting your panties over this. Its all right but as someone from the UK who was around when this actually came out, there is SO much more credible & rewarding stuff about from back in the day that you are all so fecking ignorant that you don't give a shit about finding out about!
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  368. Crap?
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  369. Such a tragedy that so many people cite this as their favourite Rock track when there is SO much more amazing & credible stuff out there. As a 58 year old Brit anyone who tells me this is the best song ever written I pat on the head & give a colouring book & some crayons to! If any of you younger dudes want links to the REAL gold let me know!
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  370. Yeah.... stop writing shit date comments!
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  371. If you've got about 3 Rock albums in your collection... possibly not.
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  372. People who know about 6 Rock songs reckon so but for me.... not even close!
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  373. How's the weather in America?
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  374. You lot not interested in listening to anything else? 57 year old English guy here with an album collection well over 2000+ pieces & probably 170,000 songs rattling around his old head. I also played with Brian May back in the day. Open for recs if you would like any? ( Gets knob out & starts pissing in the wind.... )
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  375. 10cc - "Feel the Benefit." There are probably a couple of hundred tracks I'd put in front of those two but then I listen to a LOT of music & have done for probably 50 years now!
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  376. @ikolover 777 I think "Kashmir," "Immigrant Song" & "Rain Song" are better. I've got a bit of a thing with "Stairway" after all that copyright business with the band Taurus. I think Zep were bang out of order there & lucky to have powerful lawyers & very deep pockets to pay them from! BTW - I used to knock about with John Bonham's boy & occasional Zep drummer now Jason Bonham back in the day. Mate of mine from school was in a band with him!
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  377. Erm no I wouldn't say that. I'm English & was around when Queen were at their hight. Although I'm a long way off being a big fan of the band, Mercury was always highly rated as a front man.
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  378. Oh...You poor child....
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  379.  @Slash-oh2qn  Well.... When you've got 2000+ albums & probably the best part of 250000 songs rattling around a 57 year old English noggin get back to me on what is the best!
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  380. Lot better English bands out there. Not that anyone has the slightest interest in learning about them....
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  381. Leeanna Barksdale By Spandau Ballet?
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  382. Well the UK!
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  383. Yeah & and....
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  384. Still nothing to obvious, ubiquitous or commercial hey!
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  385. Why is it you people go for such obvious & ubiquitous choices in music - There is a MOUTAIN of great stuff out there & you fixate on this & call yourselves "Rock fans!" 57 year old English guy here with over 2,000 albums & probably 2-300,000 songs in my brain - ASK me if you really want to know about the good stuff!
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  386. Oh mate please! Just fucking stop with the "2018" shit!
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  387. I don't "dislike" it but it is not that great, there is a lot of better music out there.
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  388. Oh stop it!
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  389. You're pissing in the wind there! 99% of dicks on here have absolutely no interest in learning about new stuff. Good call though!
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  390.  @epiicgaameer2763  Yeah "new" in the sense of being outside of their 6 song record collection.
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  391. Not when you've got more than 3 Rock albums in your collection!
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  392. Genesis.
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  393. It's alright maybe just in my all time Top 100....
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  394. People of my generation don't really rate them in the UK….
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  395. Si pero soy Ingles?
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  396. Popularity doesn't necessarily mean greatness as 11 million + on a Union J upload will testify?
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  397. Mi pero soy Ingles.
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  398. Drives me nuts all you fan girls wetting your panties over this. Its all right but as someone from the UK who was around when this actually came out, there is SO much more credible & rewarding stuff about from back in the day that you are all so fecking ignorant that you don't give a shit about finding out about!
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  399. And so is the nuthouse!
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  400. I feel very sorry for those who do, listen to another 6 Rock songs & then think this is the best song ever written!
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  401.  @poushalic7935  That's the trouble with you kids, you listened to about 6 Rock songs & think you know every song there is to know & that your are some sort of experts! Try having an album collection of over 1700 pieces now & in 52 years of listening to music probably having 70 - 80,000 individual songs running through your head & THEN tell me what is good!
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  402. Well I think he was more of Persian descent but Freddie Mercury would never have been Freddie Mercury without British Rock music. 👍
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  403. Its alright.... I wouldn't dislike it but there is a lot better out there.
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  404.  @Wirralspotter  Where to start! What genre, what era? When you've amassed over 1400 ALBUMS from 45 years of listening to music that's a hard & constantly changing question! I have ONE album that has sat at #1 for probably 40 of those years but individual tracks with a similar epic vibe.... "Feel the Benefit" - 10cc, "Kashmir" - Led Zep, "Funeral for a Friend/Love lies Bleeding' - Elton John, "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd, "5 Years" - David Bowie, "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones, "Day in the Life" - The Beatles?
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  405.  @Wirralspotter  No problem - I've probably got too much time on my hands! I've nothing reallly against Queen, I've even met them (not Freddie though) & jammed with Brian May, but it KILLS me that people listen to this & maybe 2 other Rock tracks & then pontificate on what is the greatest piece of Rock music ever....! Lot of us old dudes have a mountain of soul bending music but no one ever asks about it. I don't know how old you are but I have a 19 year old son who loves music from back in the day. I was telling him about the following which was written by Elton John when he was good - before the cocaine, brandy & his ego got to him in the 80's. It tells the story of a true multiple homicide in New York & is, I think, just amazing! https://youtu.be/So15b6XNuK0
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  406.  @Wirralspotter  Thanks! To cyclically wind this up - The way I got to meet them, & few other big names back in the day, was through a very dear friend who was in a band called Airrace in the 80's. They tettered on making it big but it just didn't quite happen. They supported a lot of big bands including Queen - (Donnington Monsters of Rock - ('81 poss?) Reason why I'm telling you that is one of the songs above was from a famous, if not the most famous, serious Rock band ever - Led Zeppelin. The guy Lawrence had playing the drums for him was the son of the original drummer from Zep - John Bonham. Lot of links in one go but here he is filing his dad's shoes with Zep playing the immense "Kashmir" mentioned above! https://youtu.be/PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  407. I jammed with Brian May back in the day & have a photograph to prove it!
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  408. If only you knew.... but someone who has listened to a LOT of music I would say "Wah Wah" George Harrison.
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  409. He was spot on! Queen were Rock for kids, Zep were the real deal. That said as a Brit we set the bench mark for our music very high!
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  410. I think that was a terrible song, a real dirge. Never really rated Queen & Bowie, who was a genius, wrote far better stuff.
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  411.  @jeannie341  You can take it or leave it but I've actually met the band & jammed with Brian May during a soundcheck. My mate was in a band - "More" that supported them in 1981. I didn't meet Freddie though. They were alright. Don't think they'd make my Top 10. They were accomplished musicians & I would say Freddie was the greatest Rock frontman there's ever been. Not many bands do get on but they were reasonably tight as a band & friends.
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  412. I've actually played with Brian May (warm up session) but I don't really rate Queen as a band
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  413.  @weltschforshort.  Well it does as you'd be unable to compare otherwise? Say you'd just eaten Macky D's all your life, what would you know of, say, French or Italian cuisine?
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  414. 🇬🇧
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  415. I live 15 miles from London & they are playing there in June (9th.) Am I going? Nah! Now Noel Gallagher - Thetford Forest a couple of weeks later.... Yeah man! I'm there!
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  416. Who what? And think of something original to write.
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  417. I didn't know there was a Queen were from Pakistan?
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  418. Feck me it is! I'm late for work!
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  419. Want people to know you don't know or listen to a lot of Rock music? Cite this as your favourite record or even the greatest of all time!
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  420. 461 MILLION views & yet the REAL stuff from back in the day from some amazing UK bands languishes with views in the low thousands? What happens when you let children play with Rock!
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  421. You Indian guys heard "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin? You're sitting with the Big Boys listening to that! https://youtu.be/PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  422. ENGLAND - The home of great music!
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  423. Ok.... So they are silly old mythological words? So what & what has that to do with this upload?
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  424. You think anyone who likes this is cultured! 😃😂
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  425. Oh here we go again.... The YouTube calendar brigade..... As a Brit we are, I believe, know for not really puffing smoke up our own backside but FECK me!....... On a million comments on as many British Rock uploads & not one fecker even giving a nod to a nation that you could carpet in an afternoon effectively writing the playlist of the world! "Who's here in 2021?" by the fecking bath tub full!
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  426. I'm English & 57 dude & Queen are good but there is a lot more credible & rewarding stuff out there. Try these guys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y
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  427. Be honest with me here, do most of you "Rock fans" on here only have say this & maybe another 10 or so Rock tracks in your music library? It just amazes & saddens me that this has almost 500 million views whilst the REALLY good stuff languishes with views in the low thousands?
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  428. Oh stop it!
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  429. He grew up a cow.
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  430. I wouldn't necessarily "dislike" it but there is a lot better out there!
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  431.  @srinivaspendurti1170  If you've under 25 & have got about 3 Rock albums in your collection then maybe. If you are English, 52, & been listening to Rock for 52 years & 9 months or that time with an album collection stretching past 1700 pieces then definitely not! That's what kills me with you kids! You listen to one over rated, over played piece of music & then think you know all there is to know about Rock music!
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  432. I wouldn't go that far but it is no where near the best!
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  433.  @terryharrow3127  My son was born 2001 & he's HUGE on probably one of the best bands to come out of the UK in the last 30 years - Oasis. If you don't know them & would like some recs let me know. I'm a bit older & have been listening to Rock for probably 40 years as well as having an album collection stretching way passed 2000 now. For my money THE greatest band ever was early Genesis. The album "...And then there were Three" is my #1 of all time & sublimely beautiful!
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  434.  @terryharrow3127  Which song? " Bohemian Rhapsody"?
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  435.  @terryharrow3127  It's OK I guess.....
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  436.  @terryharrow3127  Why?
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  437.  @terryharrow3127  That is strange? There is no profanity in it? I think I've heard that some people project some sort of "satanic" message onto it but I think that is a load of tosh. It's a good job your parents cant go through my record collection though!
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