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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 30, 2024, 07:00:13 PM

Title: Queen could sell their catalogue to Sony for $1bn
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 30, 2024, 07:00:13 PM

Or maybe not. A band that pretty much leave me cold.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy00e8lgynpo

Title: Re: Queen could sell their catalogue to Sony for $1bn
Post by: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2024, 07:25:54 PM

I thought I was the only one they had that effect on!

Title: Re: Queen could sell their catalogue to Sony for $1bn
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 30, 2024, 07:54:49 PM

Quote from: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2024, 07:25:54 PM

I thought I was the only one they had that effect on!

When I've said or written it elsewhere, there's always someone who replies with something similar. As a 10 year old I liked Seven Seas of Rye and Killer Queen, but it's always felt more show than anything deeper.

Title: Re: Queen could sell their catalogue to Sony for $1bn
Post by: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2024, 08:11:44 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 30, 2024, 07:54:49 PM

When I've said or written it elsewhere, there's always someone who replies with something similar. As a 10 year old I like Seven Seas of Rye and Killer Queen, but it's always felt more show than anything deeper.

I get the appeal. Singalong anthems, overblown productions. I felt that there was never any hint of subtlety, at least not until just before Mercury died when the songs became more sombre and reflective, and therefore to me, much more interesting.

One other reason, dating back to my teenage years, was that I was a huge fan of 10cc and the music press at the time pitted them against one another, so I hated Queen on principle.  ;D

Title: Re: Queen could sell their catalogue to Sony for $1bn
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 30, 2024, 09:16:20 PM

I'm definitely a 10CC fan.