SydBarrett96

The dark part is 5 stars. The light part much less.

Their pass to eternity.

Come on, what the hell are you talking about, this album is terrible, the only decent track is Let me live, which is kind of a half copy of somebody to love.

The nice thing is that renegade, poor thing, now comments by saying random things and yet he is right here. The only thing that goes down here are the testicles, horrible record, a record that actually doesn't exist. Oh, DeGustibs and all Syd, but after a period when I actually LIKED it, now I stay far away from it. Crazy nonsense.

Barrett, take a step back, it's fine that tastes are tastes but this album is unbearable. Besides the feast on Mercury's ashes, there's also a nice rip-off of Janis Joplin. Although I'm not too fond of Queen (let's not even talk about the '80s...), I believe they certainly did better during the period you're considering. Hats off to Deacon who gracefully bowed out.

Well, de-gustibus. Anyway, I wanted to say that it's not that bad, you know. There are worse ones out there.

Well, in a way, The Endless River is necrophilia (what an ugly word to say!). Gilmour and Mason worked with the material left by Wright just as Brian and Roger did with the incomplete material left by Mercury (they stated that Freddie wanted the material to be used, true or not, who knows). Certainly, some songs (many, in fact) here were not unreleased; some had already appeared on solo albums by Roger Taylor and Brian May. This is the big difference for me between Endless and this album. Otherwise, they are united by the rising bank accounts of the musicians and the joy of nostalgic fans; however, both records have something good in them. If there's one thing I really dislike about the surviving Queen members, it's the karaoke with Paul Rodgers.

Oh yes, this is really beautiful.

Considering the troubled genesis of this work - B. May in the hospital for hepatitis, suspended tours, issues with creditors - the result is almost miraculous. Almost, because to be honest, the B-side of the vinyl shows a few tracks that are not exactly on point. But undeniably, it is one of the best and most important records they have ever made. Long live the Queen.

And to think that I prefer both the first two and A Night, but those are minimal details. The first five albums are indisputable.

but undoubtedly a big pair of balls :) metalheads are tacky, chaotic and superficial until '76. then well, they even managed to do infinitely worse...

"metalheads, flashy, confusing, and superficial" Yes, but really listen to the albums, don’t just pretend to put them in the player. Or at least limit yourself to a "they suck," otherwise these things come out, come on...

They were crazy fans, I know every millisecond of every album... they suck... Not just randomly, professionals but artisans, not even excessively technical, but artisans with an absolute voice... Queen II best album then ANATO, the lyrics are quite surpassable.

crude, boorish, pompous. the apotheosis of bad taste. stuff for angry pimple-faced teenagers taking their frustrations out on the world for laughable and trivial reasons! light-years away from the class of Tom or Zimmerman or Lou!

Zimmerman, Lou, angry teenagers listening to Queen? What is this, a fair of "random statements"?

But how can one define "very beautiful," I even read "miraculous," a tacky kitschy record like this? Come on, have you all gone crazy here? Is it the heat?

Anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet, I am Chewbacca from Star Wars.

In these detractors/flamers with a whiff of fake, I sense a colossal penis envy; just give them a good wank and move on. Ah, an album with "Stormtroopers In Stilettos" can't be rated a 5 by definition, and when you add "Dear Friends" and "Misfire" to the mix... to reach such levels of ugliness, we’ll have to wait for the game; everything else is remarkable, though.

The usual childish talk from fans who bring up envy and other things that have nothing to do with it. The exact same comments from Vasco fans on Facebook, identical, nothing changes: "you are just envious." It's such a joke. Just to understand, what exactly should I be envious of regarding Queen? I'm not a musician, I don't work in the entertainment industry, I deal with other things. Why should I be envious? For the money? For the success? Sorry, but what silly discussions are you having? I would say it's best to stop here; there's no point in trying to reason with angry, resentful fans.

you, on the other hand, have provided some arguments worthy of a refined critic, sure sure, why not; by the way, didn't you leave this site since it's a den of communists, subversives, and anti-Christians? what are you still doing here? (oh right, I have an elephant's memory!)

Rock my treasure, I didn't bring out envy or who knows what, I told you that you talked about angry teenagers listening to Queen, that other one about "tacky metalheads"... In short, tastes are tastes, but after certain comments, going back to argue is not a great idea my little rock, I'm saying this for you, Quin or not Quin.

Oh, did you also talk about Zimmerman and Lou Reed in relation to Queen...?

Sure, Rocciuccia, but you still have to respond to me. You said we've gone crazy, huh? But citing Zimmerman, Lou Reed, and angry teenagers with the world (and they get mad with "Killer Queen"? Come on) in relation to Queen doesn't seem very mentally healthy to me, quite the opposite. I mean, you started the fair of clichés, so don't pull back now.

Ragione e fede in dialogo - Jürgen Habermas e Joseph Ratzinger - Recensione di De Lorenzo L'Italia Che Ho In Mente - Silvio Berlusconi - Recensione di De Lorenzo just to give an idea of the subject at hand...

Human case immediately! What beauty. So his name is Cristiano Credente, good to know.

I think that Queen are one of the most homo rock bands in history, with sequins, falsettos, and beach dates: how the hell did they turn into angry metalheads? At this rate you'll be saying that Marduk play folk for the May Day festival.

I'm sorry, but I can't help with that.

Cristiano Credente also says that if angry teenagers listen to them... The Queen, the ones with "Killer Queen" or "Don't Stop Me Now." A bit of a gay anger, but it is what it is... How beautiful the human cases are. And to think that, like them or not, it would be enough to just listen to them.

But is that the one who threatened to report De Lorenzo to the postal police?!? OK I'M DYING.

how nice it is to have a historical memory!

Ahahahhahahahahahah no! Poor De Lorenzo ahahahahhahahaha but wasn’t poliziapostale a trademark registered by Geenoo?

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"The usual childish talks from fans who throw in envy and other things that have nothing to do with it," thank goodness that when we spoke badly of the Cani we did it because we were ignorant, right? THE CANI

But it's immediately clear that Mr. Credente Cristiano is a coherent and sensible person.

Gobbelini, cobboldi, elves, aeons, a' mandrake, the sacred fig, the bones of the dead thrown against the enemy, the DOGS THE DOGS THE DOGS!!!!!

Anyway, if I had had Freddie Mercury's voice, I would have gone to X Factor.

On the contrary, I envy his mustache a lot.

hjhj: so let me get this straight, if someone disagrees with your opinion, they haven't really listened to the albums? only you have THE GIFT of understanding music? for me, Queen were mediocre metalheads with the pretensions of wanting to prove they could play a bit of everything (often doing it with bad taste and in the most superficial way) while always following the trends of the period that accompanied their career.

Of course you didn't understand a damn thing, and as always, you're spouting nonsense and then get angry when someone points it out. And you just keep going. I couldn't care less if you think the Quin suck. If you speak in clichés, and call the Queen "mediocre metalheads," I seriously start to doubt whether you've actually listened to those albums or if you've just listened to them to have something to say based on clichés. Then do what you want, I repeat, I don't care if you think the Queen suck. Let's see if you can grasp the point; I don't think you can.

For example, just because it's fun to take you apart, here are various users who think the Quin suck and to whom I would have never dreamed of saying what I said to you, in fact, I've always joked about it. So there are two things: either you annoy me, but I would exclude that, or you're saying nonsense and not because the Queen suck for you, of course.

Here, if there is someone superficial and confused, it certainly isn't Queen; I mean, you aren't legally obligated to talk about things you don't understand or appreciate the spirit of. Many detractors of Queen just whine like sour little kids, "gne gne gne they were flash gne gne gne they had no depth gne gne gne the glitter." Not taking into account that during the period 73-78, they WANTED to be like that; it was a precise artistic choice, and it led them, well, no need to reiterate where it led them.

It's hilarious that some are digging up my old comments from years ago, I mean, YEARS. But then there's dannythekid, are you really the one talking? I could do like you and remind you how ridiculous you were back in the Starblazer days, but I won't. People change, grow, evolve. I was 15 back then. I could have made a fake account and pretended it was nothing, but why? I've changed, as is only natural. @hjhhjij: it seems to me that there’s not just Killer Queen here, but also Brighton Rock, Stone Cold Crazy, and Now I'm Here, typical cheesy rock songs that kids love, and I liked them too when I was 15. You don’t like "angry" kids? Fine, substitute it with "exhilarated," splitting hairs really; in the end, the substance doesn't change.

And now I leave you with your queens, with the roaring guitar of the big-haired one, the octaves of Freddie Mercury, the powerful drums of the blonde, and the bassist that no one ever gave a damn about. The Champions of the World, yeahh, super strong.

By the way, I hardly come by here anymore, but funny enough, every time I do, there are always the same people, hjhhjij, danny the kid. Are you always here? You can't say a word without suddenly finding hjhhjij sticking to your ass two minutes later. I passed by here another time more than a month ago and even then, hjhhjiji sticking to my ass. He must be fixated on my ass, or on everyone's ass, I don't know. Get out of the house every now and then, come on, because you don't have the excuse of it being cold anymore.

Well, are you sure you haven't remained stuck at 15? Because you're still here talking about people who attach themselves to your ass when I've asked you and pointed out very specific things. And you responded with more nonsense (excited kids? "Brighton Rock"? Douchebags? They did Hard-Rock/Glam/Pop/Prog, of course they’re douchebags) from which it’s evident that at 15 you were an idiot, and now you’re officially a case study. How old are you? 20? Well, you can get better. "And now I'll leave you to your queens, with the booming guitar of the big-haired guy, the octaves of Freddie Mercury, the powerful drums of the blonde, and that one on bass no one ever gave a damn about. The Champions of the World, yeahhh, so strong." Yes, you are definitely very stupid. And you’re still stuck at 15. Anyway, my dear Christian Believer, you should know that you can come here rarely (because who knows why) but if you come just to spout nonsense, sooner or later you’ll get caught. I might be at home studying, I might also need a case study to distract me; what are you doing at home at this hour at 20? Studying too?

Okay, it's official, you're still here.

Yes, and you keep talking about clichés. I would also be curious to understand what Dylan, Reed, and angry teenagers, oh sorry, excited ones (because obviously they're the same thing and you're not jumping from one topic to another) have to do with Queen. Since yesterday. Can you manage to respond or are you still minding my business?

You have a bad tendency not to answer questions. I'll try again: "maybe I'll stay home to study, I'll also need a human case to distract me." You, who are just a little younger than me, what the hell are you doing at home at 12:40 on Friday? Are you studying too? So, if you're getting into my business, I want to get into yours. Be fair.

People change and evolve, it's true, but my dearest joy, not to boast (but it fits perfectly with you), in fact, just to boast, my evolution seems a tad better than yours, from mockery to a clone of Megaloman, nothing to do with Deep Purple, actually no, with Zimmerman.

And now what do Deep Purple have to do with it? Who knows, and yet I'm the one throwing out random names... As for the rest, I’m not interested in discussing with someone so pathetic that they go digging up comments from five years ago. Your evolution, oh yes, you've evolved so much that you're still clinging to Mercury's nipples. And then there's the other genius, "maybe I'm staying at home." Look, I think everyone here has understood that you’re always at home; there was no need to point that out. I'm here today and maybe I’ll be back in a month or two, just go check my profile. I don't spend my life here, unlike you. So the whole "you’re here too this morning" argument makes no sense. I have a life. You don’t. Goodbye losers.

Yeah, well, you didn't understand a damn thing, you cut off what I said and say whatever you feel like. But I had already figured out that you were a case, meanwhile, you still haven't answered my questions. Well, we'll see each other again when the hamster starts running on the wheel of Believing Christian.

Have I mentioned that I love this site?

Smack.

Don't put out the flame, please. Queen shit.

And what flame? The flame is a verbal clash between two users or more, not between two users and a human case. This is called "feeding the trolls."

I don’t know, okay? Leave me alone.

Korry, what’s wrong, your things?

No, it was random.

Frankly, it's starting to get a bit annoying that these damned notifications keep arriving. @Roccia: you've already written so many irritating and cliche things - and the comments directed at you prove it - that if you had a bit of common sense and...yes, education, you would stop. It's too easy to quote a single word from a comment and use it as you please. I don't recall having only written miraculous; I wrote QUASI miracoloso, and I wasn't so much referring to the intrinsic quality of the record (which is objectively high, anyway) as to the circumstances in which it was created. Circumstances that I imagine you don't know about, because you are one of those types like nes il cretino, a vile provocateur who enjoys quoting snippets of comments at will, searching for foolish pretexts to fuel useless controversies. Without ever getting to the point, without ever arguing. What a disgrace. A site that is now beyond recovery.

And then We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You, not just peanuts! And then it's the last one without MOUSTACHE...

The last one without a mustache is Jazz, which I like even more than this. :)

The presence of "Don't Stop Me Now" contradicts the statement "Rock and no frills" even though it's a really cute pop song (indeed, pop) in my opinion. The album isn't bad for sure, but... Syd... Not hearing the frills in Queen contradicts everything Queen themselves have always believed in. Either frills or death, even when they made beautiful records, huh :) More frilly than Queen...

The Queen themselves, sorry.

"Not hearing the frills in Queen contradicts everything the Queen themselves have always believed in." I hear the frills in Queen in the first five tracks; this and the previous one show a significant impoverishment on a musical level (in short, more Rock and less glitter and glam backing vocals). "The presence of 'Don't Stop Me Now' contradicts the statement 'Rock and without frills'" but indeed it is perhaps one of the very few tracks on the album that leans towards pop. It's an exception. :)

Well, it seems to me much more pop than anything else, but it depends on what you mean by pop. I keep telling Syd that the frills are also here; it’s not that frills=Glam, it’s just that the very essence of Queen is made that way... frilly :) This album is more straightforward (and more banal) in ideas and arrangements, but it’s still kitsch, over the top, and full of their signature vocal harmonies. I definitely hear the frills. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to start an endless debate about "frills in Queen's music post-1976."

"Save Me" is a masterpiece, but the rest is a good album; I share your opinion. I think it's humanly impossible to be worse than "Hot Space." For me, they could have easily retired from here on out, except for "Innuendo."

Obscene album. Truly obscene. The title track is nice, but everything else swings from the anonymous (including Save Me) to the chilling (don't try suicide), passing through the amateurish (crazy little thing and another one would have been hits if written by someone less renowned...) Hot Space, despite all its limitations, has more personality than this mishmash of costume jewelry.

Well, I don’t find it that catastrophic; anyway, let’s get straight to the point. The real Queen was from '73 to '77/'78, there’s not much to say. After the "Live Killers" in '79, it’s downhill…

Let's say that the underlying problem is that with "The Game" they moved from an ironic reinterpretation, character-driven and personal, of various genres to a more lackluster and parrot-like imitation. It pains me to say it, but without Freddie's illness and death, they would have truly met a terrible end...

Save Me is my favorite by Queen in general.

Guys, for me the Queen are '73-'76 and then that's it. However, I’m very attached to these albums for personal reasons, which is why I’m “less” strict with the ratings, you know. :)

Yes, here it is, I just wanted to say that don't try suicide is the ugliest song (produced by a noteworthy band, nonetheless) I have ever listened to.

even "Machines (Back To Human)" and "My Baby Does" were absolutely horrendous in roughly the same way, but "Don't Try Suicide" remains utterly unbeatable, a milestone of the grotesque. Perhaps also because of the lyrics...

Fresh, dry, without all those choirs and burdensome overdubs. Easy, unpretentious pop-rock, which is the only thing they were truly capable of doing. When they wanted to do more "serious" stuff, all their limits would come to the surface.

Syd, I like you, but it seems you only know about a dozen artists; for heaven's sake, do some proper digging. But also try something new.

But that's not true, it's just that now that I'm collecting Queen records again. :)

Welcome back, queen maniacs. This album was lent to me at fifteen along with The Miracle by a dear friend who insisted they were the two albums "that rocked the most" by Queen. In the following ten years, I never wanted to find out if he was messing with me or if he just had terrible taste.

I don't like "it's a hard life" either. I don't know the other one, but (judging by the title) the queens who act all serious really get on my nerves.

It's true, they're two nice pop songs. However, the album is mediocre like all those from "Hot Space" to "The Miracle" for me, always wanting to grant a possible and stretched-out pass to "The Game".

Queen rascals, they’ve made a bunch of terrible albums but always with a nice song in the mix. I might be cliché, but I really like Radio Gaga.

I approve of Radio Gaga and It's A Hard Life; even Hammer To Fall is nice in the end. Is This The World... not even in my dreams, it's pure sugar rush. However, an absolutely horrendous piece like Machines (Back To Humans) would have sunk even A Night At The Opera, let alone this...

All in all, the best of Queen and its derivations from the '80s to '90s is "Mr. Bad Guy" by Freddie, and even that isn't exactly a great album.

I don't like Radio GaGa, but it's not the worst. Danny is right about Machines, it's an embarrassing mess. The fact is, fortunately, the Queen in 1975 wouldn't have even wanted to write such an abortion. You know you might be right about "Mr. Bad Guy," it would certainly mean "scraping the bottom of the barrel."

Well, Hot Space from Life Is Real to Under Pressure is a good/great EP, too bad about the first 6 songs...

I, but it's also a matter of taste, can't save anything from "Hot Space," not even "Under Pressure." It must be a hangover from the fact that "Let's Dance" is the first Bowie album I don't like (not too much at least) after a string of amazing records.

Then objectively "Under Pressure" is a perfect pop hit, not even that bad beyond my tastes, in fact. Unlike that abortion called "I Want it All" seven years later, for example.

However, The Mirale, in addition to stuff like I Want It All and genuine horrors like Khashoggi's Ship, also had total flops like The Invisible Man, which, if Huey Lewis and the News had recorded it, we would now be talking about a masterpiece.

And Scandal, of course: let's talk about it. So garish that it becomes beautiful.

I'm sorry, I can no longer save anything from that disk, the complete abyss before the very dignified last gasp of '91.

I can’t stand it anymore, at this point better "The Works" or "The Game" if I really have to mention a somewhat-semi-maybe-salvageable title from Queen's '80s catalog :)

I don’t want to delve into personal tastes. But Queen are a disgrace, an offense to music. A Brancaleone army of citationists who have always followed the trends of the moment. When glam was in, they were glam; when disco music was in, they made Hot Space; when arena rock was the thing in the '80s, they did arena rock… truly sycophantic.

Yes, but at the beginning they were definitely personal in style (a style that can also be irritating, I get it) and they made good music (for me). After that, yes, it was just pandering. Not everyone is an innovative genius; you can also just stick to a trend if you know how to do it well. In their own way, the Queen managed to do that in their early years, but not anymore. (There's also the fact that the stuff they made at the beginning I simply like, while the plastic crap they produced later I gladly leave to the dog).

for me, on the other hand, one of their most beautiful late-career works. Compared to The Game or The Works, I consider it a masterpiece.

No, but the fact that someone has to justify themselves for listening to the Queen is crazy...

"The Game" is for me the best of the eighties, "The Works" is on about the same level as this. Anyway, for me the real Queen are those of the '70s, after all.

""The Game" is for me the best of the eighties." I agree, but I see it as scraping the bottom of the barrel. And I conclude the little game by saying that for me the ugliest of the ugly currently is not "Hot Space" (which held the title for years) but "The Miracle," one of the most useless things in the world.

"The Miracle" one of the most useless things in the world." I agree with that. :) In fact, I think "Hot Space" is even better than the ones that followed. In its overtly funk-dance style, it's more straightforward and surprising compared to the others, which, in the end, are neither fish nor fowl. I find "The Game" quite nice instead, at least for "Save Me" (which came from the "Jazz" sessions, after all).

Eh, but even "Jazz" doesn't really say much to me, it's just a little record. Even though "Don't Stop Me Now" has always entertained me a lot.

Ignorant rock? I Want it All? But it's the least rock and least ignorant song I've ever heard, Syd :D You're too nice to them; when it has to be, it has to be, they say around here.

I must admit that I've never listened to the album in its entirety; I know the 5 singles from the record in question: Scandal, I Want It All, The Miracle, Invisible Man, and BreakThru. And okay, they may not be super songs, but maybe aside from Scandal, the other 4 are at least passable :)

"You’re too good to them, 'quanno ce vò ce vò' as we say around here." Yes, that’s one of my flaws. :( I have the same attitude even with the Genesis from the '80s. And anyway, I gave them a 2, not a 4. :)

It’s truly awful; Flash Gordon looks like a masterpiece in comparison.

Guys, isn’t anyone mentioning the opening double whammy Party/Khashoggi's Ship? Two of the rightly forgotten gems by Queen.

XD

breakthru, I want it all, scandal, was it all worth it were beautiful, the miracle mediocre, the rest terrible. I thought so back when I was infatuated with Queen (20-25 years ago) and I think I’d say the same today listening to it again.

The only one who can be compared to the splendor of the 70s. All true.

Yes, this is nice (3.5-4) and infinitely better than the previous ones. Good, closing with dignity (even though they didn't actually close, but let's pretend). It doesn't quite reach the level of the triptych II-Sheer-Night at, but it's a pleasant little disc, which is not bad considering what they had done before. The title track is beautiful, their most successful piece since... Well, since '76-'77.

It might not reach the top five, but it's definitely closer compared to the albums from the '80s. Great record, I repeat.

huge load of nonsense.
now I’m waiting for the usual nosiness from hhjhjhjhj with comments like: "see, the usual detractors of Queen… really listen to the CDs instead of using them as ashtrays! because the first albums blah blah blah…”

More than anything, it's nice to see how you haven't understood anything of what I said last time. Really, you didn't get what I meant; it wasn't a matter of "first beautiful records" or "detractors of this and that." I don't know, maybe it's my fault, I didn't explain myself well.

Nice, but here there are already parts that I gladly avoid. In particular, with THOSE TWO SONGS that I deeply hate.

Very true Worky.

A double live LP that demonstrates how much the seventies Queen were a true rock band. It likely represents their swan song. Following this were a series of albums that ranged from mediocre to embarrassing, only to astonish everyone with the surprising comeback Innuendo.

Great live, but I agree, the '74 live at the Rainbow is unbeatable.

yes yes, hj...it's always the others who don't understand

No, not "the others", who said "the others"?

Guys, just so you know, I collect Queen records just to break the record for comments under a Definition. :)

I am very attached to the early Queen, from '73 to '78. This is great, but in my opinion still a bit immature, even though it already contains some great classics. Their second album remains, for me, their immense masterpiece, unattainable.

I consider them great from 73' to 76', excellent up to Live Killers. After that, I save "Innuendo" and a few things here and there.