So difficult as there are so many different genres of music and in all honesty you associate a vocalist with a band. Dave Gilmour is never mentioned as a great vocalist but can you imagine anyone else singing side two of Dark Side Of the Moon, for example (mentioned because I'm currently listening to it on YouTube.
Love Plant, also Ian Gillan and Paul Rodgers also Jon Anderson and Peter Gabriel. All very different.
I will give a shout to someone not mentioned yet: Paul Carrick.
Then you also have Phil Lynott who was a different kind of one, but as much of a showman as Freddie Mercury. Ian Anderson was also pretty high up in the showmanship league.
Again Gillan was quite versatile. He was the original Jesus on the concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar and he defind the role for all those who followed.
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss their importance and influence is non-sensical.
Hmm. They are all great songs. No doubt at all. Hearing "We are the Champions" at The Valley when we picked up the trophy is probably one of my Top 20 Charlton moments.
But I don't think you can say that FM/Queen "dominated" the 70s and 80s. They just didn;t.
Freddie was one of the greats,but no,Queen did not dominate in the 70s,they were a part of an era which boasted,The Eagles,Dire Straits,Led Zeppelin,difficult to dominate these sort of bands.
Again Gillan was quite versatile. He was the original Jesus on the concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar and he defind the role for all those who followed.
Have that album and I am sure its a triple album. My uncle took me to see that when I was a kid at a theatre in London and loved it ever since.
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss their importance and influence is non-sensical.
Hmm. They are all great songs. No doubt at all. Hearing "We are the Champions" at The Valley when we picked up the trophy is probably one of my Top 20 Charlton moments.
But I don't think you can say that FM/Queen "dominated" the 70s and 80s. They just didn;t.
Freddie was one of the greats,but no,Queen did not dominate in the 70s,they were a part of an era which boasted,The Eagles,Dire Straits,Led Zeppelin,difficult to dominate these sort of bands.
Dire Straits??
Not putting Mark Knofler up for best singer,merely mentioning the bands that where around at the time,not everyones cup of tea,but Mark was and still is a fine guitar player who has his own style and has recorded albums with the greats,such as Chet Atkins.
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Ian Anderson was also pretty high up in the showmanship league.
Well I thought so in the 70’s.
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[I never heard LZ’s last two albums. We’re they prog? Even if they were I’m not sure I’d call them a prog band].
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