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LeonidP
Both Elton & Queen has several songs that I like a lot (thinking specifically of Crazy Little Thing Called Love ... my favorite Queen song!), but overall I agree, neither was ever high on my band favorites list.
For ones I never really liked, that people seem to love ... my tops are Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. Especially BJ, I can't stand his singing voice, if you call it singing (mostly he is just talking, it seems to me).
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slew
I love Elton's seventies work. Since then he has not been good in my opinion. I like a few Queen songs but overall not my cup of tea. Love Freddie's voice and they were amazing at Live Aid. Bohemian Rhapsody is the one "classic" song that I think is complete garbage!
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Hairball
I liked Elton John when I was a kid in the early '70's. My older brother bought the Crocodile Rock single, and my sister bought all of his albums up to about '75. Soooo many great songs that were played on the radio all the time. My wife took me to see him live in Hawaii a few years ago and it was a great performance - a great band, a blast from the past, and no denying he's a great/virtuoso piano player.
As for Queen - they were completely unique and original. Soooo many great songs! My favorite is probably You're My Best Friend...I'd say it's a perfect pop rock song. As for their more hard rocking side - Keep Yourself Alive and Tie Your Mother Down are fantastic. Brian May is one of the best guitar players in the universe. Never bothered to see them live back in the day regrettably...
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Hairball
I liked Elton John when I was a kid in the early '70's. My older brother bought the Crocodile Rock single, and my sister bought all of his albums up to about '75. Soooo many great songs that were played on the radio all the time. My wife took me to see him live in Hawaii a few years ago and it was a great performance - a great band, a blast from the past, and no denying he's a great/virtuoso piano player.
As for Queen - they were completely unique and original. Soooo many great songs! My favorite is probably You're My Best Friend...I'd say it's a perfect pop rock song. As for their more hard rocking side - Keep Yourself Alive and Tie Your Mother Down are fantastic. Brian May is one of the best guitar players in the universe. Never bothered to see them live back in the day regrettably...
so that's 3 songs. 3
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lem motlow
i'm long past the days of arguing about which music is good or bad-
it becomes an exercise in futility-you said chocolate ice cream is better than black cherry vanilla? are you crazy,you are a fool..
i have no idea when Eltons fan's think he peaked,i liked his first record and didn't like anything after that,who cares.
i began to respect him when i heard him on the Howard Stern show talking about the dust up with Keith.Howard, always looking to stir up trouble said"don't you think Keith Richards is a little washed up"
Elton said "i would never question those boys talent"the message was clear-we had words,it's over.his music isn't my thing but that was awesome, so he's a good guy in my book.
Queen isn't for everybody but i saw them in an age that within months i'd seen the Who,Led zeppelin,the Stones,the Floyd and about a hundred other bands that people would kill to see today,they held their own with any of them-
Freddy Mercury didn't have talent? uh,ok...i guess we all hear things differently.he sounded pretty good to me.
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mandu
I was into Glam Rock the sweet,gary glitter,t.rex,Elton john,rod stewart,slade stuff like this