They are both great bands Queen inspired Maiden and i think Freddy Mercury has more expression than Bruce,with all respect.Brian May is the king of melodic rock guitar
Actually i would say Queen piss on Maiden as musicians, i am fans of both, HUGE fans of both... i would love to see Maiden try their hands at Jazz, Funk, Disco, Blues, Soul, Pop, Skiffle, Ragtime lets face it Queen are a whole lot more diverse... I'm sure Freddie will still be held in higher regards as a frontman, singer and musician than Bruce ever was or ever will be...
Which is a shame as Bruce is AWESOME but lets face it, He's no Freddie!
ROCK music. What music should be for - the fans!! Not the brand-oriented conglomerate todays' shit is for. Power! Passion!! Inspiration!!! True love of music, creative lyrics, talent and, oh, yeah, Freddie Fucking Mercury - the greatest talent this world has ever seen!!!
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love Metallica's version, but it's nowhere near as good as Queen's, especially live. a lot of people forget that Queen could rock harder than damn near anyone live.
I really love /MetallicA\, but... i love Queen even more:) There's nothin' like Freddie's voice plus Brian's guitar... And this lyric: "walking down the street shootin' people that I meet with my rubber Tommy water Gun"... BRILLIANT
No need to say Metallica´s version is worst or better or....This is a Queen´s Song, here it is, as Great as Queen used to do. And maybe all queen fans should say "thanks Metallica, for remember on Queen and make your version".I prefer people remembering Queen that talking about how "the boys of the sand" (invented name) who played in an unknown club marked their careers.
when i see queen in 1974 her style remind me the late 80s and early 90s heavy metal bands loool queen use this style 10 our 15 years before the other bands start to used
holy fuk john deacon is the man!!! howmany bass guitarist played like that in 1974 one question? John Deacon vs John Paul Jones? prob the best bassists durin the 70s
I love how these guys ALWAYS came hard. If it weren't for the fact that competition was so stiff back in the 70s, I honestly believe they could've ended some careers. Hell, if they were around today, probably at least half of the bands out there would have no choice but to hang it up, cause Queen would really show them up.
@rcmorabito Neither of two styles...Prog pioneers were bands as Yes King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush etc. Punk rock the same. QUeen invented Rock Opera :)
dont fight guys ..simple like that ,,freddy was the best singer in this planet ,,metallica is ok but nothing compare with freddy ,,he is a monster singer ,,,
Love Queen! One of my all time favorites! Say, you should check out this band called Den Of Thieves. They have a song called Killing For Love. The guitarist has a Blackmore style, the drummer is like Bonham and the bass player reminds me of Roger Deacons melodic feel. Very intense and unique group. Love them!
@sheepdean sorry if im coming off as a litterilst but super group means diffe member from dif bands. Those guys are all good, but not the best. here would be the best super group to me
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm sure as a great Maiden fan, you could send me some great vocal performances, but as a Queen fan I could send you some great consistent very powerful vocal performances from Freddie, especially live, in the 80's his vocals were technically superb. Singing is all about control in the main. From the metal world I think Geoff Tate is one of the best and most underrated, just as good as Dickinson in my opinion, I personally prefer him slightly. Up the Irons dude! haha :)
@mercuryforeva Dude Bruce in the 80's was unbvleivable! and hes even better now!! i saw him live last summer. while you may like Freddie better, Bruce and even Geoff Tate, who in my opinion is the 2nd greatest singer of all time(im very happy you mentioned him, Queensryche are my 3rd favorite band) are both much more technicly skilled then Freddie was. thats a musicle fact. dont get me wrong, Freddie was ammazing, just not the most skilled
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm glad you like Queensryche! I wouldn't say IMO that Bruce is better now, I am aware that you are more of a metal head and metal singers have that different style which is different to a more tenor operatic and blues style based voice regarding technicality. I am more into the latter type of singer. Tate maybe better trained than Freddie and Bruce, but i would question technicality. If you compare them live. It's not about range, it's about control mate.
@TrueIronMaidenFan The true test of a singer is how they performed live and no doubt Bruce did, but Freddie IMO along with Steve Perry was the most versatile and consistent with vocal styles, I admire the metal style, but I would tell you to look at Freddie's collaborations with Montserrat Caballe in which he transcended the rock boundary into opera: "His technique was astonishing, no problem of tempo, he sung with an incisive sense of rhythm his vocal placement and he was able to glide...
@TrueIronMaidenFan I do indeed like the quasi-operatic style nonetheless from Dickinson :) but it just aint my fave. I sometimes find his singing rather forced before he goes into vibrato, check out his live version of Bohemian Rhapsody for example. I prefer Freddie's voice as it to me is more pure and crystalline in the upper reaches. I am indeed impressed that you like Queensryche as alot of metal heads I talk to are usually not that familiar with them. "Queen of the Reich" is a great tune.
@mercuryforeva here ill just tell you my top 10 1.Iron Maiden 2.Bruce Dickinson(solo band) 3.Queensryche 4.Disturbed 5.Judas Priest 6.Black Sabbath 7.Megadeth 8.Slayer 9.Metallica 10.The Scorpions Honerble Mentions Anthrax, Manowar, W.A.S.P, Dream Theatre, Deep Purple, Halford, DIO, Rainbow, and many others
@TrueIronMaidenFan Similar styles there :) I do like Metallica and good choice with Dio :) My favourites are: 1. QUEEN. Aerosmith and Journey are second and difficult to choose between haha. Others include: Led Zeppelin, Free, Bad Company, Guns N Roses, Skid Row (a band you make like terrific vocalist in Seb Bach) Motley Crue, ELO and REM just to name a few. In the rock genre they're some of my fave bands, with Queen number 1. I have other fave bands in other similar alternative rock genres too.
@mercuryforeva hmmmm....no Iron Maiden? cant say im surprised. Queen shoudlent be #1. with Iron Maiden every one of their albums have fantastic songs like Run to the Hills and Number of the Beast but with Queen they realy are a 1 hit wonder band in terms of albums.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Well tbf you have no Queen haha, and this is my opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion. There are many factors which make a band a good band. One hit wonders? Queen have been VERY successful with both albums and singles in the UK and worldwide. Queen I and II are two of the most underrated albums of all time and demonstrate some of their best work, both better albums :p Everyone of Queen's albums have fantastic songs perhaps apart from their deviance with Hot Space.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Freddie Mercury outperforms every other singer in the world in terms of control, power, range, articulation, phrasing, use of dynamics, uniqueness, breath support, register switching, register blending, pitch, vocal runs, consistency throughout registers, volume control, vibrato control, sustain, diction, projection, resonance, and versatility. He is said to have a vocal range of 32 octaves.
@solarDeviant my friend that is pysicly imposible! the world record for highest male range was 8 octaves. and it was not Freddie Merucury. im sorry to burst your bubble but Freddie was not the best in any of those categories. especialy not range. first of all if you are including fallseto his range was 1 note off from 4 octaves however if you dont count fallseto his range was only 3 octaves. thati s proven. singers that are more technicly skilled would be Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, Dio, ECT
@TrueIronMaidenFan What do you mean about "only 3 octaves"? His range was actually around 3.5 octaves and 4 if you included falsetto. That aside, he was still a better singer regarding the most of those apsects that solarDeviant pointed out. A great range doesn't automatically mean you are titled with the greatest singer ever, as many singers can randomly belt out notes, its about control. Again you predominantly point to one genre of singer. Not all metal singers are the best singers you know.
@mercuryforeva did i say that? no i dident! i just said those singers are more Technicly Skilled thats all. if you think Freddie is more talented thats all good. talent and skill are completely different. and i actuely think Bruce Dickinson is the most talented singer of all time. I think Freddie was great though, and actuely his range not including fallseot was 3 octaves here ill tell you
Including fallseto F2-D6(1 note short of 4 octaves)
@TrueIronMaidenFan You did say that quote: " if you dont count fallseto his range was only 3 octaves" actually it's 3.5 without falsetto but's lets not be pedantic eh. So are you saying that you don't need talent to have skill? In order to have skill you need talent! I actually think Freddie Mercury, along with singers like Steve Perry are the most talented singers of all time, and are more versatile than the predominant metal style of Bruce. Bruce's range is similar to Mercury's, he isn't
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...as good as singer though. Freddie is still a better singer. He was more versatile, and has the credibility across the genre paths, including with Montserrat Caballe with whom he performed a duet. He transcended the rock boundary directly into opera. Range doesn't grant you the title of the greatest singer. He actually hit from F2-E6, he also consistently fluctuated his use of range and didn't just stick to upper registers for example.
@mercuryforeva and Bruce Dickinson did? haha no he dident! do you want me to name all the geanras that he has done over his carrer? heavy metal, hard rock, classic rock, grundge, ballad rock, thrash metal, and rock and roll. and he doesent have the biggest range ever, i mean its huge, but not the biggest. i think Bruce is the greatest singer of all time for his beautiful and incredibly powerful voice. i have a vidio promoting him ill message you
@TrueIronMaidenFan He has done grunge? don't you mean the band has? haha. Freddie Mercury and Queen did more genres than that lol, apart from grunge lol. Don't try clutching at straws with grunge. There you go, there's the subjectivity of music for you "I think" I think Freddie is better, but at least I can say I listen to more than one genre which makes you less credible with making judgements on music. I think Freddie had a beautiful, pure and crystalline voice.
@TrueIronMaidenFan LOL, I labelled you as a fanboy, and that immediately struck a raw nerve with you, diddums. Don't come to a Queen vid for a start trying to preach your bullshit. I repsect the music of Iron Maiden, but not your bullshit explanations. For one, you thought Queen were a one hit wonder band, and for two you hardly know any of their music. So how do you know, you're "no one can argue with me approach" has concluded you as narrow minded with genre.
@TrueIronMaidenFan No one comes close to Freddie Mercury in terms of voice quality, stage presence and showmanship. Pop, rock, folk, and classical, name it, he delivers it with ease and perfection. Ask other performers to sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions", they will pale in comparison.
@solarDeviant thats not true at all! Paul Rodger sang those songs even better if you ask me. nots aying hes ebtter of course, although i am a huge fan. Bruce Dickinson has amazing voice quality and stage presence that can match Mercury's esasily.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Paul Rodgers is predominantly a blues singer, therefore making his own interpretation of Queens songs, open your eyes. Freddie Mercury was a one off. His stage presence was like no other. And, yes it is true.
@TrueIronMaidenFan If you like Paul more, fair enough, he is one of my favourite singers, but you must remember the distinction of genre with Paul's style. You change your tune frequently though don't you? you say you don't like Queen's music at all by message, yet you scroll through vids of them, you secretly love them don't you. Oh dear oh dear.
@mercuryforeva lol just cause im not a fan doesent mean i dont like some songs by them! Stone Cold Crazy is awsome, i first herd about it when it was on VH1's top 100 Hard Rock songs. and as for the songs with Paul Rodgers they showed up when i typed in The Show Must go On Live(my favorite Queen song, one of my alltime favorites)and then i decided to watch the whole concert cause of how much i loved Paul's voice. thats actuely how i beacame a fan. and BTW i do think Freddie is better though
@TrueIronMaidenFan You said you didn't like the music at all because it was weird lol and used My Fairy King as an example!! It's got nothing to do with being a fan. It's strange coz you say that and troll Queen vids. Paul's voice is amazing, but fundamentally different in style to Freddie.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Admit it, you just don't want to admit you like Queen, and you pretend you don't really like them because you think they're uncool. Trust me bro, Queen is totally cool, and always will be :) They kick ass and have proven that when it really matters for example, Live Aid. They smoked everyone and the majority of well known groups of the day played it, including Black Sabbath, The Who, Led Zeppelin and Judas Priest. As Dave Grohl said "Queen took everybody."
@mercuryforeva if i was a fan of Queen i would tell you, why would i lie? i can tell you with a straight face i am not a Queen fan at all, i just love some of their songs. i told you i wasent a fan even before we started hating eachother. so why would i lie? thats what i thought! and yah i know Live Aid was pretty cool
@TrueIronMaidenFan Because you strangely scroll through Queen videos and make random comments about Iron Maiden, and then when people reply to you, you either slag Queen off or call them amazing. It seems you haven't made up your mind. Saying you love some of their songs and then saying your not a fan quote "at all" seems to me rather paradoxical, especially after you have said you don't like their music at all. So Live Aid was just "pretty cool" stop being a joker.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus I never suggested you were a Queen fan, just a secret lover of them, but an uneducated one, due to your very silly comments about Queen being a one hit wonder band, you can come out now.
@mercuryforeva haha nice! Funny how he pretends to like Freddie then disses them later. He himself admitted he didn't know much about Queen and saying things like they were a "one hit wonder" and would never try listening to most of their songs to get a gauge of what they really are. It's great that people like a certain genre of music but I wish they expanded their horizon more and shut their yaps less when they don't know much about a certain band. ;)
@mercuryforeva wait a second your that british faggot i talked to on face book! screw off you fucking tone def faggot! stop replying to my comments you buck teethed mother fucking piece of shit!
@TrueIronMaidenFan Haha you're that American that can't spell!! Faggot? You silly paranoid ignorant specimen. Buck teethed? lol. Why am I tone deaf, because "I think" that Freddie is better than Bruce.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus I find it rather pityful that you have forgot that you wanted me to add you as a friend on FB as you didn't know much about Queen, later to just slag them off and continue with your best phrase "Queen were a one hit wonder band".
@mercuryforeva thats before i realized that your some ingernent narrow minded retard that is such a fanboy that you cant even admit that Iron Maiden is a more skilled band!
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen are multi skilled. Each band member was a multi instrumentalist, Brian, Freddie and Roger were all singers also. Their voices blended perfectly when they were producing very complex four part layered harmonies producing a choral effect. That's just a taster of Queen, I bet you can't accept how multi skilled Queen are can you? I bet you can't even accept that other people feel that Metallica are a better metal band than IM, but you know it all coz your "a musician" lol
@TrueIronMaidenFan You didn't know the fact that Queen produced complex harmonies for one moment, therefore you blindly concluding that IM are better is nothing more than baloney. You also claimed that IM have done more genre than Queen. You sure about that?
@TrueIronMaidenFan Some of the musicians that have cited Queen as an influence include: Anthrax, Van Halen, Ben Folds Five, Blind Guardian, Kurt Cobain, Def Leppard, Extreme,The Killers, Foo Fighters, Green Day,Guns N' Roses, Helloween, IRON MAIDEN, Judas Priest, Kansas, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica, Mika, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, and Katy Perry; amongst others.
@TrueIronMaidenFan According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Queen albums have spent a total of 1,322 weeks or 27 years on the UK album charts; more time than any other musical act including The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Also in 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place on the list of acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts.
@TrueIronMaidenFan In 2006, the Greatest Hits album was found to be the UK's all-time best selling album, with sales upwards of 5,407,587 copies, over 604,295 more copies than its nearest competitor, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their Greatest Hits II album came in seventh with sales upwards of 3,631,321 copies.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen is one of the most successful, influential and popular acts... the band has released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs worldwide making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Their total record sales have been estimated at over 300 million worldwide including 32.5 million in the United States alone as of 2004.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen is also the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single. Also, on January 2007, it was announced that Queen's Greatest Hits I & II was the most downloaded album on iTunes in the U.S.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Freddie Mercury is by far the best artist there has ever been. The man was musically gifted from writing songs to making the audience feel a mixture of emotions all in a single note of his voice. A good artist doesn't just project a song through his mouth, but projects it in such a way that the audience will feel like it is them the song was written for. Real artists like Mercury also use the resources they have to invent a song which captures a person's heart.
Farrokh Bulsara decimates Bruce Bruce, RJD, Ian Gillan, Blackie Lawless, et al. The only singer who comes close to encapsulating HIS style is a classically trained vocalist named Robert Halford. Freddie never had any formal training, yet he sang with opera stars. And yes, I know decimates means reduce by 1/10th, but that's what he does - reduces their talent by 1/10th. FM lives 4 eva!!!
@TrueIronMaidenFan He sang them songs in a different blues style, you quite simply don't get it. Same as Brian May re-interpreted the guitar work of Paul Kossoff. Queen songs are notoriously difficult to sing, Paul was truly a professional when singing them in his own style. Seriously, Paul Rodgers is amazing, i've seen him live twice, I love his music, but he he doesn't have the same presence as Freddie due to style differences. Freddie was in a class of his own.
@TrueIronMaidenFan You really can't say anything constructive can you haha. "What the fuck was up with that" What do you mean, the answer to your question is nothing. And when you say plenty, come on, name them. Did it suck to you because there wasn't a fast beat to it, that was the whole point of the song.
@TrueIronMaidenFan You clearly don't get anything, literally. Queen were clearly never a one hit wonder band. It means when a band only had one successful track hence "one hit wonder". if you are trying to imply that Queens album work isn't good then that's where you are completely incorrect again and completely uneducated.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus, even if Queen were a one hit wonder band which they were not, that has nothing to do with the quality of the band. They proven just how good they were.
@mercuryforeva have i even said once that Queen are bad musicians? did i? no i dont think i did, i just said their not more TECHNICLY skilled as Iron Maiden, which they arent. Talent is a whole different thing
@TrueIronMaidenFan Why have you digressed lol? You talked about Queen being a one hit wonder band. I have already explained to you regarding technicality. If your argument stood up, its means you don't have to be talented to be technical, which is bullshit; that natural talent is the thing that's different. You've said a whole host of things to be honest which is silly.
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm a metalhead, and you're just a silly kid... why compare chuck billy with lemmy? you're talking just shit, Maiden guys love queen, that's a fact.. what? you're going yo say that ufo sucks cos' maiden's better?, fuck you, go home, drink the glass of milk that your mom got on the table for U and let people who know about wtf they're talking about start chatting about how awsome queen is. This is the first "heavy metal" song btw. eat a mountain of shit, fuck off and die!
@zulshyn dont be ingnerent bro, i said Queen are amazing musicians, Iron Maiden are more technicly skilled by far. Bruce Dickinson is the more skilled singer. go to my chanel and watch my amazing rock vocalist vids for him for proof. no disrespect to Freddie or Queen
@TrueIronMaidenFan you are truly an ass... Obviously maiden are more "skilled", that implies that they use other scales of tunes and other shit, cos they're from other wave of music and from other cronologic circumstances, .. lear about the fucking music in general .. dream theater is "better " (kids are always fighitng who's better) than maiden because they've more skills on their respective instruments? pfff fuck that.
@TrueIronMaidenFan btw wtf are you doing here? go to maiden videos, nobody gives a shit about a kid's opinion who started listening to metal , rock or any type of music 5 years ago max. this shit is'nt a debate, it's about fucking facts, Queen video--> guy who wants to listen to queen. stop the childish arguing of "my uncle's better than your dad cos he's got a bigger truck" shit, period.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Funny, you calling Z... ignorant! You're the 1 coming on a Queen vid touting some simple minded, idiotic, totally erroneous notion about another frontman. Earth to you: you're on a Queen site!!! We don't care that you like someone more than the GOD of Music: FREDDIE!! What the hell are you doing?? How would you feel if we all went to IM vids saying how much better Freddie is.....which he is, of course, but how would that make sense? Not to mention, how RUDE!
@TrueIronMaidenFan Here's the thing; you Are disrespecting Freddie & Queen for even bringing another band into the conversation! This is not the format to do that. This is a Queen vid.....to enjoy Freddie & Queen; not to debate who's better or whatever! Btw, no doubt at all that Queen blows ev away!!! As for your moronic remark ab Queen being a 1 hit wonder, which 1 hit would that be? Bo Rhap, WATC, WWRY, AOBTD, LOML, Somebody To Love, Radio GaGa?? Go back to school, bro!
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@FREDDIEistheBEST1 hey bro stop being a biased Queen fan! im sorry for saying the 1 hit wondeer thing but how in the fucking wolrd is it disrespectful to share my opinion about a different band? it isant
@TrueIronMaidenFan For the main reason that this is Queen video! It should be obvious that you don't go around 'sharing' your opinion about Another band. This is Not the forum for that. It is just plain Rude!! It's not a comparison site, it's just a Queen site, where ppl who love Queen come & enjoy their music, not to compete..
If you like someone else, you're free to go there! You haven't answered how you'd feel if we went to IM vids to say how much better Freddie is.
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...Look - you've been pulling this crap for a long time. It's basic etiquette that you've been told ab over & over again: you don't go on one band's video to spout off ab another band/singer or who your fav is, unless it's Freddie, since you're on Queen's vid. Got it? As FitB1 said, it's RUDE!! So, either stop doing it, or go away! Stop being disrespectful to Freddie & all of us who love him/Queen the most. Stop being dense!
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@FREDDIEROCKSS i have nothing but respect for the guy but freddie would love other poeple sharing their opinions about other bands. you are all a bunch of biased pricks! this may come as a huge shock to you but Queen are not the only great band out their
@TrueIronMaidenFan ....Freddie would give you a good swift kick in the ass for being such a dimwit to diss him on his own video. Go somewhere else, you're too thick to get it.
(If this were a site to compare Queen w/ IM, or whatever, then you could bring them up, but, listen carefully....It Is Not!! So, bugger off.)
@FREDDIEROCKSS i admited that commen about 1 hit wonder was wildely innacurate. but right now all im doing is saying that Freddie had such a great voice and Queen are realy gifted. i Just like Iron Maiden more. no harm! Iron Maiden and Queen respect eachother
@dorkandproudofit Iron Maiden did not need queen as a influence, dont get me wrong many bands were by Iron Maiden wer influenced primarely by Judas Priets and This lizzy(both of which i jsut swa live lol)
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'd always been under the impression that a metal vocalist was supposed to have a powerful voice. Indeed, the harsh and aggressive nature of the music tends to lend itself perfectly to the brutal vocal stylings of artists such as Slayer's Tom Araya or Killswitch's Howard Jones. Dickinson's vocals, on the other hand, are about as brutal as a Carebears Christmas Special.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Put him in a dress and he could be Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music. Perhaps when his balls finally decide to drop he might become a decent metal vocalist, but until that day arrives he will remain an embarrassment to the genre.
@TrueIronMaidenFan The Eddie "concept" is incredibly gay. Because what better way is there for a band to burnish their credentials as serious artists than to put an over-sized cartoon zombie on all of their album covers and then pay a man in a rubber zombie suit to prance all over the stage during their live shows? It sure has helped them to capture the prized "10-year olds with Down's Syndrome" demographic, though.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Their lyrics appeal only to 12 year old boys or Dungeons & Dragons-playing losers.
How many songs can one band write about elves and hobbits? Well, if the band in question is Iron Maiden, then the answer is apparently never too many. Still, whenever they run out of lyrical themes to steal directly from Tolkien, they can always rely on their own imaginations to create songs with interesting and thought-provoking themes like killing people and worshiping Satan.
@TrueIronMaidenFan They need 3 - that's right, 3 guitarists. Funny how Sabbath managed to get by perfectly OK with just one. But I guess that's because Tony Iommi actually had talent. Not content with mangling their own tunes through their two original and profoundly untalented guitarists, they were later forced to draft in Janick Gers, whose sole qualifications for the position appeared to be his ability to throw his guitar into the air periodically and to horribly horribly botch every solo.
Galloping riff. Second galloping riff. Bruce screeches for a bit. Twin guitar solo. Bruce screeches some more. Another galloping riff. Rinse and repeat.
@TrueIronMaidenFan When Dickinson mercifully decided that even he could stand the band no longer, there was a chance that Maiden might at last hire a real singer and work on actually becoming a decent band. Instead, they chose perhaps the only vocalist in the world who was less talented than Bruce. Blaze Bayley had a voice that only a mother could love. His range was one-sixteenth of an octave, and his vocals were so grating that even Fran Drescher couldn't bear to listen to them.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Nicko McBrain is a Christian. It's one thing for a band to sing juvenile tripe about their dark lord Satan if they actually believe in all that nonsense, but the fact that Maiden's drummer just happens to be a Bible Bashing fundie makes the hypocrisy of the whole situation simply beyond belief (no pun intended!) Perhaps he could pray to Jesus to find himself a more talented band to play with.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Only a band as uniquely awful as Iron Maiden could take one of the classics of 19th century literature and transform it into a yawn-inducing 15 minute composition of stagnant, mindless torpor. This song moves at the pace of an arthritic snail, and is about as interesting as attending a lecture on the rise of feminism in post-colonial societies.
@TrueIronMaidenFan And if you want to know just how bad Maiden's songwriting can get, there is actually a period in the middle of this song which is essentially nothing but two minutes of silence... I guess we should be thankful for small mercies.
@TrueIronMaidenFan They should have retired 20 years ago. As laughable as the material that supposedly comprises Maiden's "Golden Years" truly is, compared to their more recent vomiting-forth they were no doubt a veritable El Dorado. I'll say this for Maiden: it takes a lot of nerve to blatantly recycle riffs that were no good even the first time round.
@TrueIronMaidenFan Still, at least "A Matter Of Life And Death" finally shows some form of progression from the band: their songs are now both twice as long AND twice as boring.
@TrueIronMaidenFan They're the biggest sellouts in music. Surely nothing could be more hilarious than hearing deluded Maiden fans blabbering on about how their band have "stayed true" and "always been about the music", while at the same time handing over their latest unemployment cheque in order to buy Maiden's five zillionth "Best-Of" compilation CD. That's of course on top of all the Maiden lunchboxes, Maiden figurines, Maiden playing cards, and even Maiden wines (!) that they own.
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...effortlessly from a register to another. He also had a great musicality. His phrasing was subtle, delicate and sweet or energetic and slamming. He was able to find the right colouring or expressive nuance for each word." For example check out the impromptu performance live at Wembley stadium, and then check out the audience participation sections in that. Freddie was better in his style and Bruce was better in his style :) We must make that distinction.
wow....awesome...freddie you are missed...
room1106 2 months ago 5
Saw Queen in concert in Cincinnati ohio 11/26/1978 GREAT Show!!
62Elvis 2 months ago
Talk about a brutal ass song from Queen. FUCKING BRUTAL!!!
Emowolf87 2 months ago 5
They are both great bands Queen inspired Maiden and i think Freddy Mercury has more expression than Bruce,with all respect.Brian May is the king of melodic rock guitar
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not to fan the flames, but the only ignorance being displayed here is you having the nerve to compare ANY rock singer to freddy mercury. period.
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cjtrabucco 3 months ago
Yes, I like your claws, Freddie.
: )
SonfaxtheExplorer 4 months ago 2
this is the first time i see jhon using a pick before the 80'!
very nice full sound bass!
12123212100 4 months ago
I like how at the beginning he's all like: look at my claws, they're real diamonds! Then a few seconds later he is fucking rocking the place.
vitamincity 4 months ago
Actually i would say Queen piss on Maiden as musicians, i am fans of both, HUGE fans of both... i would love to see Maiden try their hands at Jazz, Funk, Disco, Blues, Soul, Pop, Skiffle, Ragtime lets face it Queen are a whole lot more diverse... I'm sure Freddie will still be held in higher regards as a frontman, singer and musician than Bruce ever was or ever will be...
Which is a shame as Bruce is AWESOME but lets face it, He's no Freddie!
richshillitoe 5 months ago 6
not a huge fan of queen but I am a big time Brian May fan. He's a bad ass guitarist.
brutaltruth1976 5 months ago 2
First ever thrash metal song.
PohatuJr 5 months ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDDIE!!!!
RIP
:)
DrZen007 5 months ago 23
@TrueIronMaidenFan, @mercuryforeva
Both of you SHUT THE HECK UP. Just listen to some damn awesome music.
Don't bother to reply, because I will listening to some damn awesome music.
bassguitarkeybordwiz 6 months ago 10
ROCK music. What music should be for - the fans!! Not the brand-oriented conglomerate todays' shit is for. Power! Passion!! Inspiration!!! True love of music, creative lyrics, talent and, oh, yeah, Freddie Fucking Mercury - the greatest talent this world has ever seen!!!
paedr1 6 months ago
freddie they don't believe you got the diamonds from the devil because you're an angel. duh. ;D
SereneAndTranquil 6 months ago 2
epic
Dreadepic 6 months ago
Freddie, in the 2011 we still cry for you...
brutaljack88 7 months ago
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An Evening With Queen 1974-1976 2DVD set, Queen Live at Earl's Court 1977 DVD available at Tommygun Video please see our youtube channel for link to web site, clips, and more info
ClassicRockDVD 7 months ago
love Metallica's version, but it's nowhere near as good as Queen's, especially live. a lot of people forget that Queen could rock harder than damn near anyone live.
unclep1971 7 months ago
noel is`nt really a frontman his lead guitarist
marc16107 8 months ago
I luv your diamonds Freddie ;) <3
CookieJoke 8 months ago
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clocksslaytime 8 months ago
i am a BIG fan of metallica but this is way better than metallica's version!
braadkalkoen2 8 months ago 3
fuckin' amazing
BloodyBrain4 8 months ago
This is INSANE! best damn solo i've heard
therealdudeski 8 months ago
Noel is not frontman... :))) Liam is...
mladenmt 10 months ago
I really love /MetallicA\, but... i love Queen even more:) There's nothin' like Freddie's voice plus Brian's guitar... And this lyric: "walking down the street shootin' people that I meet with my rubber Tommy water Gun"... BRILLIANT
Innuendo1989 10 months ago
Metallica dosen't even stand a chance. haha...
000500006 11 months ago 7
Speed Metal... .-.
QueenFelipe 1 year ago
15 people thinks metallica version is the original
fredytrooper95 1 year ago 9
Shooting people that I meet with rubber thomy water gun. lol
rocker4rocker1 1 year ago
AAAAWWWWWZZZZZZMMMMMM!
MsJonasBrosFan69 1 year ago
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MyTripleSSS 1 year ago
No need to say Metallica´s version is worst or better or....This is a Queen´s Song, here it is, as Great as Queen used to do. And maybe all queen fans should say "thanks Metallica, for remember on Queen and make your version".I prefer people remembering Queen that talking about how "the boys of the sand" (invented name) who played in an unknown club marked their careers.
Shepsekaf 1 year ago
when i see queen in 1974 her style remind me the late 80s and early 90s heavy metal bands loool queen use this style 10 our 15 years before the other bands start to used
LiveKillers89 1 year ago
@LiveKillers89 It's Glam, no deal with Metal.
AdiMercury 1 year ago
holy fuk john deacon is the man!!! howmany bass guitarist played like that in 1974 one question? John Deacon vs John Paul Jones? prob the best bassists durin the 70s
fras888 1 year ago 5
@blindpoetic Yep
LadyKatherine1960 1 year ago
Metalli---...who? RIP Freddie
SlippstersVideos 1 year ago
I forgot Freddie & John used to have long hair
eddielives100 1 year ago
I love how these guys ALWAYS came hard. If it weren't for the fact that competition was so stiff back in the 70s, I honestly believe they could've ended some careers. Hell, if they were around today, probably at least half of the bands out there would have no choice but to hang it up, cause Queen would really show them up.
IAmPlaysWithSquirrel 1 year ago
Freddie was the greatest front man ever. Saw Queen in March of '75 in Charleston, SC.
Kansas and Mahogany Rush were the backing bands. I couldn't hear shit for a week!
mweiford 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you believe Freddie!
agata521 1 year ago 3
rock 'n roll á la queen = thrash metal
queenville 1 year ago
queen invented punk rock and prog
rudy morabito
rcmorabito 1 year ago
@rcmorabito Neither of two styles...Prog pioneers were bands as Yes King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush etc. Punk rock the same. QUeen invented Rock Opera :)
AdiMercury 1 year ago
dont fight guys ..simple like that ,,freddy was the best singer in this planet ,,metallica is ok but nothing compare with freddy ,,he is a monster singer ,,,
calitolao 1 year ago
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Love Queen! One of my all time favorites! Say, you should check out this band called Den Of Thieves. They have a song called Killing For Love. The guitarist has a Blackmore style, the drummer is like Bonham and the bass player reminds me of Roger Deacons melodic feel. Very intense and unique group. Love them!
KarnEvil4 1 year ago
I believe in Freddie's diamonds
Herringish 1 year ago 3
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vengo de ver el video d metallica, comparandolos, no hay nada de que hablar, la de metallica es 10 veces mejor
Sarcasmo mode on
Metallica's version is better...
Sarcarsm on
juakohiphop 1 year ago
can you strum a bass guitar???
ETITS13 1 year ago
@ETITS13 Yes, but you have to be John Deacon or Les Claypool to be able to do that, haha.
Canaveral305 1 year ago
These guys INVENTED thrash, and kicked ass in so many other genres!
MrBugs66 1 year ago
greatest song in history and awesome video
mavanc99 1 year ago
This is beyond anything anyone else was doing at the time. Absolute Rock and Roll perfection.
tatsandteles 1 year ago
fantasy supergroup:
freddy murcury = vocals
ace frehley/keith richards=rhythem guitar
eddie van halen=lead guitar
john entwistle=bass
peter criss=drums
lighhtningking 1 year ago
@lighhtningking The best supergroup would be
Freddie Mercury
Brian May
Roger Taylor
John Deacon
sheepdean 1 year ago 32
@sheepdean sorry if im coming off as a litterilst but super group means diffe member from dif bands. Those guys are all good, but not the best. here would be the best super group to me
Bruce Dickinson(Iron Maiden)-Vocals
Dave Mustaine(Megadeth)-Rytham guitar
Yngwie Malmsteen(solo)-Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath)-Bass Guitar
Niel Pert(Rush)-Drums
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm fully aware of what a supergroup is, I'm using hyperbole ;)
sheepdean 6 months ago
@sheepdean yah i figured, but dude the band i just named, would be the ULTIMITE super group!
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm sure as a great Maiden fan, you could send me some great vocal performances, but as a Queen fan I could send you some great consistent very powerful vocal performances from Freddie, especially live, in the 80's his vocals were technically superb. Singing is all about control in the main. From the metal world I think Geoff Tate is one of the best and most underrated, just as good as Dickinson in my opinion, I personally prefer him slightly. Up the Irons dude! haha :)
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva Dude Bruce in the 80's was unbvleivable! and hes even better now!! i saw him live last summer. while you may like Freddie better, Bruce and even Geoff Tate, who in my opinion is the 2nd greatest singer of all time(im very happy you mentioned him, Queensryche are my 3rd favorite band) are both much more technicly skilled then Freddie was. thats a musicle fact. dont get me wrong, Freddie was ammazing, just not the most skilled
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm glad you like Queensryche! I wouldn't say IMO that Bruce is better now, I am aware that you are more of a metal head and metal singers have that different style which is different to a more tenor operatic and blues style based voice regarding technicality. I am more into the latter type of singer. Tate maybe better trained than Freddie and Bruce, but i would question technicality. If you compare them live. It's not about range, it's about control mate.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan The true test of a singer is how they performed live and no doubt Bruce did, but Freddie IMO along with Steve Perry was the most versatile and consistent with vocal styles, I admire the metal style, but I would tell you to look at Freddie's collaborations with Montserrat Caballe in which he transcended the rock boundary into opera: "His technique was astonishing, no problem of tempo, he sung with an incisive sense of rhythm his vocal placement and he was able to glide...
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I do indeed like the quasi-operatic style nonetheless from Dickinson :) but it just aint my fave. I sometimes find his singing rather forced before he goes into vibrato, check out his live version of Bohemian Rhapsody for example. I prefer Freddie's voice as it to me is more pure and crystalline in the upper reaches. I am indeed impressed that you like Queensryche as alot of metal heads I talk to are usually not that familiar with them. "Queen of the Reich" is a great tune.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan What are your other favourite bands? :)
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Similar styles there :) I do like Metallica and good choice with Dio :) My favourites are: 1. QUEEN. Aerosmith and Journey are second and difficult to choose between haha. Others include: Led Zeppelin, Free, Bad Company, Guns N Roses, Skid Row (a band you make like terrific vocalist in Seb Bach) Motley Crue, ELO and REM just to name a few. In the rock genre they're some of my fave bands, with Queen number 1. I have other fave bands in other similar alternative rock genres too.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva hmmmm....no Iron Maiden? cant say im surprised. Queen shoudlent be #1. with Iron Maiden every one of their albums have fantastic songs like Run to the Hills and Number of the Beast but with Queen they realy are a 1 hit wonder band in terms of albums.
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Well tbf you have no Queen haha, and this is my opinion, and you are entitled to your opinion. There are many factors which make a band a good band. One hit wonders? Queen have been VERY successful with both albums and singles in the UK and worldwide. Queen I and II are two of the most underrated albums of all time and demonstrate some of their best work, both better albums :p Everyone of Queen's albums have fantastic songs perhaps apart from their deviance with Hot Space.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen are much more sophisticated than you think :) They've covered many genre!
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Freddie Mercury outperforms every other singer in the world in terms of control, power, range, articulation, phrasing, use of dynamics, uniqueness, breath support, register switching, register blending, pitch, vocal runs, consistency throughout registers, volume control, vibrato control, sustain, diction, projection, resonance, and versatility. He is said to have a vocal range of 32 octaves.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@solarDeviant my friend that is pysicly imposible! the world record for highest male range was 8 octaves. and it was not Freddie Merucury. im sorry to burst your bubble but Freddie was not the best in any of those categories. especialy not range. first of all if you are including fallseto his range was 1 note off from 4 octaves however if you dont count fallseto his range was only 3 octaves. thati s proven. singers that are more technicly skilled would be Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, Dio, ECT
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan What do you mean about "only 3 octaves"? His range was actually around 3.5 octaves and 4 if you included falsetto. That aside, he was still a better singer regarding the most of those apsects that solarDeviant pointed out. A great range doesn't automatically mean you are titled with the greatest singer ever, as many singers can randomly belt out notes, its about control. Again you predominantly point to one genre of singer. Not all metal singers are the best singers you know.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva did i say that? no i dident! i just said those singers are more Technicly Skilled thats all. if you think Freddie is more talented thats all good. talent and skill are completely different. and i actuely think Bruce Dickinson is the most talented singer of all time. I think Freddie was great though, and actuely his range not including fallseot was 3 octaves here ill tell you
Including fallseto F2-D6(1 note short of 4 octaves)
Not includinmg fallseto F2-F5(3 octaves)
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan You did say that quote: " if you dont count fallseto his range was only 3 octaves" actually it's 3.5 without falsetto but's lets not be pedantic eh. So are you saying that you don't need talent to have skill? In order to have skill you need talent! I actually think Freddie Mercury, along with singers like Steve Perry are the most talented singers of all time, and are more versatile than the predominant metal style of Bruce. Bruce's range is similar to Mercury's, he isn't
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...as good as singer though. Freddie is still a better singer. He was more versatile, and has the credibility across the genre paths, including with Montserrat Caballe with whom he performed a duet. He transcended the rock boundary directly into opera. Range doesn't grant you the title of the greatest singer. He actually hit from F2-E6, he also consistently fluctuated his use of range and didn't just stick to upper registers for example.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva and Bruce Dickinson did? haha no he dident! do you want me to name all the geanras that he has done over his carrer? heavy metal, hard rock, classic rock, grundge, ballad rock, thrash metal, and rock and roll. and he doesent have the biggest range ever, i mean its huge, but not the biggest. i think Bruce is the greatest singer of all time for his beautiful and incredibly powerful voice. i have a vidio promoting him ill message you
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan He has done grunge? don't you mean the band has? haha. Freddie Mercury and Queen did more genres than that lol, apart from grunge lol. Don't try clutching at straws with grunge. There you go, there's the subjectivity of music for you "I think" I think Freddie is better, but at least I can say I listen to more than one genre which makes you less credible with making judgements on music. I think Freddie had a beautiful, pure and crystalline voice.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan LOL, I labelled you as a fanboy, and that immediately struck a raw nerve with you, diddums. Don't come to a Queen vid for a start trying to preach your bullshit. I repsect the music of Iron Maiden, but not your bullshit explanations. For one, you thought Queen were a one hit wonder band, and for two you hardly know any of their music. So how do you know, you're "no one can argue with me approach" has concluded you as narrow minded with genre.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan No one comes close to Freddie Mercury in terms of voice quality, stage presence and showmanship. Pop, rock, folk, and classical, name it, he delivers it with ease and perfection. Ask other performers to sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Are The Champions", they will pale in comparison.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@solarDeviant thats not true at all! Paul Rodger sang those songs even better if you ask me. nots aying hes ebtter of course, although i am a huge fan. Bruce Dickinson has amazing voice quality and stage presence that can match Mercury's esasily.
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Paul Rodgers is predominantly a blues singer, therefore making his own interpretation of Queens songs, open your eyes. Freddie Mercury was a one off. His stage presence was like no other. And, yes it is true.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva ive seen Mercury's presence and yes its fantastic, i never disrespected him! but for me Paul sang them better thats all
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan If you like Paul more, fair enough, he is one of my favourite singers, but you must remember the distinction of genre with Paul's style. You change your tune frequently though don't you? you say you don't like Queen's music at all by message, yet you scroll through vids of them, you secretly love them don't you. Oh dear oh dear.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva lol just cause im not a fan doesent mean i dont like some songs by them! Stone Cold Crazy is awsome, i first herd about it when it was on VH1's top 100 Hard Rock songs. and as for the songs with Paul Rodgers they showed up when i typed in The Show Must go On Live(my favorite Queen song, one of my alltime favorites)and then i decided to watch the whole concert cause of how much i loved Paul's voice. thats actuely how i beacame a fan. and BTW i do think Freddie is better though
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan You said you didn't like the music at all because it was weird lol and used My Fairy King as an example!! It's got nothing to do with being a fan. It's strange coz you say that and troll Queen vids. Paul's voice is amazing, but fundamentally different in style to Freddie.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Admit it, you just don't want to admit you like Queen, and you pretend you don't really like them because you think they're uncool. Trust me bro, Queen is totally cool, and always will be :) They kick ass and have proven that when it really matters for example, Live Aid. They smoked everyone and the majority of well known groups of the day played it, including Black Sabbath, The Who, Led Zeppelin and Judas Priest. As Dave Grohl said "Queen took everybody."
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva if i was a fan of Queen i would tell you, why would i lie? i can tell you with a straight face i am not a Queen fan at all, i just love some of their songs. i told you i wasent a fan even before we started hating eachother. so why would i lie? thats what i thought! and yah i know Live Aid was pretty cool
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Because you strangely scroll through Queen videos and make random comments about Iron Maiden, and then when people reply to you, you either slag Queen off or call them amazing. It seems you haven't made up your mind. Saying you love some of their songs and then saying your not a fan quote "at all" seems to me rather paradoxical, especially after you have said you don't like their music at all. So Live Aid was just "pretty cool" stop being a joker.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus I never suggested you were a Queen fan, just a secret lover of them, but an uneducated one, due to your very silly comments about Queen being a one hit wonder band, you can come out now.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva haha nice! Funny how he pretends to like Freddie then disses them later. He himself admitted he didn't know much about Queen and saying things like they were a "one hit wonder" and would never try listening to most of their songs to get a gauge of what they really are. It's great that people like a certain genre of music but I wish they expanded their horizon more and shut their yaps less when they don't know much about a certain band. ;)
solarDeviant 6 months ago 2
@mercuryforeva wait a second your that british faggot i talked to on face book! screw off you fucking tone def faggot! stop replying to my comments you buck teethed mother fucking piece of shit!
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Haha you're that American that can't spell!! Faggot? You silly paranoid ignorant specimen. Buck teethed? lol. Why am I tone deaf, because "I think" that Freddie is better than Bruce.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus I find it rather pityful that you have forgot that you wanted me to add you as a friend on FB as you didn't know much about Queen, later to just slag them off and continue with your best phrase "Queen were a one hit wonder band".
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva thats before i realized that your some ingernent narrow minded retard that is such a fanboy that you cant even admit that Iron Maiden is a more skilled band!
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen are multi skilled. Each band member was a multi instrumentalist, Brian, Freddie and Roger were all singers also. Their voices blended perfectly when they were producing very complex four part layered harmonies producing a choral effect. That's just a taster of Queen, I bet you can't accept how multi skilled Queen are can you? I bet you can't even accept that other people feel that Metallica are a better metal band than IM, but you know it all coz your "a musician" lol
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan You didn't know the fact that Queen produced complex harmonies for one moment, therefore you blindly concluding that IM are better is nothing more than baloney. You also claimed that IM have done more genre than Queen. You sure about that?
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Some of the musicians that have cited Queen as an influence include: Anthrax, Van Halen, Ben Folds Five, Blind Guardian, Kurt Cobain, Def Leppard, Extreme,The Killers, Foo Fighters, Green Day,Guns N' Roses, Helloween, IRON MAIDEN, Judas Priest, Kansas, Manic Street Preachers, Metallica, Mika, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, and Katy Perry; amongst others.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Geoff Tate and Adam Lambert> Bruce Dickinson.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Queen albums have spent a total of 1,322 weeks or 27 years on the UK album charts; more time than any other musical act including The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Also in 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place on the list of acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan In 2006, the Greatest Hits album was found to be the UK's all-time best selling album, with sales upwards of 5,407,587 copies, over 604,295 more copies than its nearest competitor, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their Greatest Hits II album came in seventh with sales upwards of 3,631,321 copies.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen is one of the most successful, influential and popular acts... the band has released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs worldwide making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Their total record sales have been estimated at over 300 million worldwide including 32.5 million in the United States alone as of 2004.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Queen is also the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single. Also, on January 2007, it was announced that Queen's Greatest Hits I & II was the most downloaded album on iTunes in the U.S.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Freddie Mercury is by far the best artist there has ever been. The man was musically gifted from writing songs to making the audience feel a mixture of emotions all in a single note of his voice. A good artist doesn't just project a song through his mouth, but projects it in such a way that the audience will feel like it is them the song was written for. Real artists like Mercury also use the resources they have to invent a song which captures a person's heart.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
Farrokh Bulsara decimates Bruce Bruce, RJD, Ian Gillan, Blackie Lawless, et al. The only singer who comes close to encapsulating HIS style is a classically trained vocalist named Robert Halford. Freddie never had any formal training, yet he sang with opera stars. And yes, I know decimates means reduce by 1/10th, but that's what he does - reduces their talent by 1/10th. FM lives 4 eva!!!
paedr1 6 months ago
@paedr1 I agree, no one comes close to Freddie
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan He sang them songs in a different blues style, you quite simply don't get it. Same as Brian May re-interpreted the guitar work of Paul Kossoff. Queen songs are notoriously difficult to sing, Paul was truly a professional when singing them in his own style. Seriously, Paul Rodgers is amazing, i've seen him live twice, I love his music, but he he doesn't have the same presence as Freddie due to style differences. Freddie was in a class of his own.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva ive herd plenty of Queen songs i hate as well. like "im going slightly mad" what the fuck was up with that? song fucking sucked!
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan You really can't say anything constructive can you haha. "What the fuck was up with that" What do you mean, the answer to your question is nothing. And when you say plenty, come on, name them. Did it suck to you because there wasn't a fast beat to it, that was the whole point of the song.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Hang about, so you've heard more from Queen than one hit wonders?
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva omg you clearly dident get what i meant by one hit wonders GOSH!
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan You clearly don't get anything, literally. Queen were clearly never a one hit wonder band. It means when a band only had one successful track hence "one hit wonder". if you are trying to imply that Queens album work isn't good then that's where you are completely incorrect again and completely uneducated.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva i meant every album is a 1 hit wonder
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan LOL that makes NO sense.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Plus, even if Queen were a one hit wonder band which they were not, that has nothing to do with the quality of the band. They proven just how good they were.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@mercuryforeva have i even said once that Queen are bad musicians? did i? no i dont think i did, i just said their not more TECHNICLY skilled as Iron Maiden, which they arent. Talent is a whole different thing
TrueIronMaidenFan 6 months ago
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solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Why have you digressed lol? You talked about Queen being a one hit wonder band. I have already explained to you regarding technicality. If your argument stood up, its means you don't have to be talented to be technical, which is bullshit; that natural talent is the thing that's different. You've said a whole host of things to be honest which is silly.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'm a metalhead, and you're just a silly kid... why compare chuck billy with lemmy? you're talking just shit, Maiden guys love queen, that's a fact.. what? you're going yo say that ufo sucks cos' maiden's better?, fuck you, go home, drink the glass of milk that your mom got on the table for U and let people who know about wtf they're talking about start chatting about how awsome queen is. This is the first "heavy metal" song btw. eat a mountain of shit, fuck off and die!
zulshyn 4 months ago 4
@zulshyn dont be ingnerent bro, i said Queen are amazing musicians, Iron Maiden are more technicly skilled by far. Bruce Dickinson is the more skilled singer. go to my chanel and watch my amazing rock vocalist vids for him for proof. no disrespect to Freddie or Queen
TrueIronMaidenFan 4 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan you are truly an ass... Obviously maiden are more "skilled", that implies that they use other scales of tunes and other shit, cos they're from other wave of music and from other cronologic circumstances, .. lear about the fucking music in general .. dream theater is "better " (kids are always fighitng who's better) than maiden because they've more skills on their respective instruments? pfff fuck that.
zulshyn 4 months ago 3
@TrueIronMaidenFan btw wtf are you doing here? go to maiden videos, nobody gives a shit about a kid's opinion who started listening to metal , rock or any type of music 5 years ago max. this shit is'nt a debate, it's about fucking facts, Queen video--> guy who wants to listen to queen. stop the childish arguing of "my uncle's better than your dad cos he's got a bigger truck" shit, period.
zulshyn 4 months ago 5
@TrueIronMaidenFan Funny, you calling Z... ignorant! You're the 1 coming on a Queen vid touting some simple minded, idiotic, totally erroneous notion about another frontman. Earth to you: you're on a Queen site!!! We don't care that you like someone more than the GOD of Music: FREDDIE!! What the hell are you doing?? How would you feel if we all went to IM vids saying how much better Freddie is.....which he is, of course, but how would that make sense? Not to mention, how RUDE!
FREDDIEistheBEST1 2 months ago 17
@TrueIronMaidenFan Here's the thing; you Are disrespecting Freddie & Queen for even bringing another band into the conversation! This is not the format to do that. This is a Queen vid.....to enjoy Freddie & Queen; not to debate who's better or whatever! Btw, no doubt at all that Queen blows ev away!!! As for your moronic remark ab Queen being a 1 hit wonder, which 1 hit would that be? Bo Rhap, WATC, WWRY, AOBTD, LOML, Somebody To Love, Radio GaGa?? Go back to school, bro!
FREDDIEistheBEST1 2 months ago 11
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@FREDDIEistheBEST1 hey bro stop being a biased Queen fan! im sorry for saying the 1 hit wondeer thing but how in the fucking wolrd is it disrespectful to share my opinion about a different band? it isant
TrueIronMaidenFan 2 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan For the main reason that this is Queen video! It should be obvious that you don't go around 'sharing' your opinion about Another band. This is Not the forum for that. It is just plain Rude!! It's not a comparison site, it's just a Queen site, where ppl who love Queen come & enjoy their music, not to compete..
If you like someone else, you're free to go there! You haven't answered how you'd feel if we went to IM vids to say how much better Freddie is.
FREDDIEistheBEST1 2 months ago 11
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...Look - you've been pulling this crap for a long time. It's basic etiquette that you've been told ab over & over again: you don't go on one band's video to spout off ab another band/singer or who your fav is, unless it's Freddie, since you're on Queen's vid. Got it? As FitB1 said, it's RUDE!! So, either stop doing it, or go away! Stop being disrespectful to Freddie & all of us who love him/Queen the most. Stop being dense!
QUEEN ROCKSS!!
FREDDIEROCKSS 2 months ago 8
@FREDDIEROCKSS calm down i love freddies voice
TrueIronMaidenFan 2 months ago
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@FREDDIEROCKSS i have nothing but respect for the guy but freddie would love other poeple sharing their opinions about other bands. you are all a bunch of biased pricks! this may come as a huge shock to you but Queen are not the only great band out their
TrueIronMaidenFan 2 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan ....Freddie would give you a good swift kick in the ass for being such a dimwit to diss him on his own video. Go somewhere else, you're too thick to get it.
(If this were a site to compare Queen w/ IM, or whatever, then you could bring them up, but, listen carefully....It Is Not!! So, bugger off.)
FREDDIEROCKSS 2 months ago 7
@FREDDIEROCKSS i admited that commen about 1 hit wonder was wildely innacurate. but right now all im doing is saying that Freddie had such a great voice and Queen are realy gifted. i Just like Iron Maiden more. no harm! Iron Maiden and Queen respect eachother
TrueIronMaidenFan 2 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan True--Bruce Dickinson did an amazing cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. Who else could hit those IMPOSSIBLE notes?
Of course, Iron Maiden, like so many other British bands, would not exist without Queen's influence.
dorkandproudofit 1 month ago
@dorkandproudofit Iron Maiden did not need queen as a influence, dont get me wrong many bands were by Iron Maiden wer influenced primarely by Judas Priets and This lizzy(both of which i jsut swa live lol)
TrueIronMaidenFan 1 month ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan I'd always been under the impression that a metal vocalist was supposed to have a powerful voice. Indeed, the harsh and aggressive nature of the music tends to lend itself perfectly to the brutal vocal stylings of artists such as Slayer's Tom Araya or Killswitch's Howard Jones. Dickinson's vocals, on the other hand, are about as brutal as a Carebears Christmas Special.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Put him in a dress and he could be Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music. Perhaps when his balls finally decide to drop he might become a decent metal vocalist, but until that day arrives he will remain an embarrassment to the genre.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan The Eddie "concept" is incredibly gay. Because what better way is there for a band to burnish their credentials as serious artists than to put an over-sized cartoon zombie on all of their album covers and then pay a man in a rubber zombie suit to prance all over the stage during their live shows? It sure has helped them to capture the prized "10-year olds with Down's Syndrome" demographic, though.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Gimmick bands are by definition terrible, and Maiden's gimmick is perhaps the most threadbare of them all.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Their lyrics appeal only to 12 year old boys or Dungeons & Dragons-playing losers.
How many songs can one band write about elves and hobbits? Well, if the band in question is Iron Maiden, then the answer is apparently never too many. Still, whenever they run out of lyrical themes to steal directly from Tolkien, they can always rely on their own imaginations to create songs with interesting and thought-provoking themes like killing people and worshiping Satan.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan They need 3 - that's right, 3 guitarists. Funny how Sabbath managed to get by perfectly OK with just one. But I guess that's because Tony Iommi actually had talent. Not content with mangling their own tunes through their two original and profoundly untalented guitarists, they were later forced to draft in Janick Gers, whose sole qualifications for the position appeared to be his ability to throw his guitar into the air periodically and to horribly horribly botch every solo.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan They only have one song.
Galloping riff. Second galloping riff. Bruce screeches for a bit. Twin guitar solo. Bruce screeches some more. Another galloping riff. Rinse and repeat.
YAWN.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan When Dickinson mercifully decided that even he could stand the band no longer, there was a chance that Maiden might at last hire a real singer and work on actually becoming a decent band. Instead, they chose perhaps the only vocalist in the world who was less talented than Bruce. Blaze Bayley had a voice that only a mother could love. His range was one-sixteenth of an octave, and his vocals were so grating that even Fran Drescher couldn't bear to listen to them.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Nicko McBrain is a Christian. It's one thing for a band to sing juvenile tripe about their dark lord Satan if they actually believe in all that nonsense, but the fact that Maiden's drummer just happens to be a Bible Bashing fundie makes the hypocrisy of the whole situation simply beyond belief (no pun intended!) Perhaps he could pray to Jesus to find himself a more talented band to play with.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Only a band as uniquely awful as Iron Maiden could take one of the classics of 19th century literature and transform it into a yawn-inducing 15 minute composition of stagnant, mindless torpor. This song moves at the pace of an arthritic snail, and is about as interesting as attending a lecture on the rise of feminism in post-colonial societies.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan And if you want to know just how bad Maiden's songwriting can get, there is actually a period in the middle of this song which is essentially nothing but two minutes of silence... I guess we should be thankful for small mercies.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan They should have retired 20 years ago. As laughable as the material that supposedly comprises Maiden's "Golden Years" truly is, compared to their more recent vomiting-forth they were no doubt a veritable El Dorado. I'll say this for Maiden: it takes a lot of nerve to blatantly recycle riffs that were no good even the first time round.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Still, at least "A Matter Of Life And Death" finally shows some form of progression from the band: their songs are now both twice as long AND twice as boring.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan They're the biggest sellouts in music. Surely nothing could be more hilarious than hearing deluded Maiden fans blabbering on about how their band have "stayed true" and "always been about the music", while at the same time handing over their latest unemployment cheque in order to buy Maiden's five zillionth "Best-Of" compilation CD. That's of course on top of all the Maiden lunchboxes, Maiden figurines, Maiden playing cards, and even Maiden wines (!) that they own.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@solarDeviant "twice as long and twice as boring" very true haha.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan Gene Simmons has nothing on Iron Maiden, but then at least KISS fans have always realized that their band is a joke.
solarDeviant 6 months ago
@TrueIronMaidenFan ...effortlessly from a register to another. He also had a great musicality. His phrasing was subtle, delicate and sweet or energetic and slamming. He was able to find the right colouring or expressive nuance for each word." For example check out the impromptu performance live at Wembley stadium, and then check out the audience participation sections in that. Freddie was better in his style and Bruce was better in his style :) We must make that distinction.
mercuryforeva 6 months ago
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mercuryforeva 6 months ago
@lighhtningking that would be very interesting!
dimebagdave77 1 year ago
19 years today. RIP Freddie you genius. XXX
HughieDixon 1 year ago
his teeth were horrifyin... no offense
mrmogensen 1 year ago
@mrmogensen been to england have seen worse
agata521 1 year ago
the first and the only thrash metal song w good vocals xD
arketreyu 1 year ago