It is, it really is, opinions are like assholes, that's why the consensus takes over. Prince and Mj and Elvis have some of their best songs that no one knows anything about in my opinion. Usually, they wouldn't make good pop fare because they are usually too dark and too personal for the radio. Yet, Elvis' "Way Down" was rising up the country charts at his death. It's a prophetic song foretelling his demise and first time I heard it ever was when I was 27 and I got chills up my back listening to it because he's telling us that not only is he gonna die, he wants to and he's gonna enjoy it. Needless to say, not many people know of that song today, I doubt anyone here does but they all know about Hound Dog.
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doesn't piss me off, I love 'em both. It's eerie how similar they're habits and careers and lives went.
Not a Hendrix fan either because of the hippy shit but yeah you can't really blame any of the artists for doing it. Perrenialism and eastern culture was exploding into the western pop culture so they're really just a product of their environment like the rest of us. Dude was a talented musician though. I cab actually get into Maxhine Gun live with Band of Gypsies and appreciate the power trio minus the lyrics.
wow, no stevie? Stevie had what's considered by many, the greatest run of albums in the 70's. I believe his Songs In The Key Of Life may very well be the greatest album ever, not only due to the expansive nature of the styles but also it's a double record plus a little 45 shaped disk with even more brilliance. After that, it was all fairly steady decline although Secret Life Of Plants and Hotter than July were still brilliant in my mind. He hit a wall after that for whatever reasons.
Fun fact: that's actually Ron Wood on vocals. It was the only Faces song he sung.
For all of his amazing stuff like Purple Rain, after he hit it big, he put out so much garbage to piss off the labels it was unlistenable. Even his live shows, his hits were great, his solos were amazing. Then he would play an hour of garbage funk shit.
What would you call garbage? Not trying to argue, just asking. Some of his fans absolutely hated how he went to rap and hip hop but that was also what helped him have a huge bump in sales with Diamonds and Pearls. In my opinion, he didn't put out bad albums. Springsteen didn't put out bad albums, (maybe one or two actually) and MJ didn't put out bad albums. What happens is that people just get enough of something, like any commodity and they move on and they blame the artist for that. Happened with all the people before these guys too. Elvis never did anything listenable after the army, except, if you really listen, he did.
They always say Queen was largely ignored in the US. I don't know about their albums but I know they had some killer singles and Freddie Mercury and Brian May are known as being amongst the best of singers and guitarists respectively.
If you mean me? Feels great, MJ did sell the most, America never forgave him for it, you're right. Both men went mad near the end, that kind of fame does that.
I remember being a kid and "We Will Rock You" and "We are The Champions" were huge hits. Boemian Rhapsody became a hit because of Waynes World. They do not really have many B side hits. I know they have a huge gay following and gays spend money--Look at Madonna and Lady Gaga....they were great artists just surprised because not the volume of hits like The Beatles, Eagles, Elvis etc...Most people can name an Album from the top artists....I bet hardly anyone can name a Queen album besides self titles or Maybe News of The World.
I can't either but I love their greatest hits. Bohemian Rhapsody is amazing for a pop hit. Another One Bites the Dust was a huge hit in America and even MJ was influenced by some of Mercury's stage moves, like the fist held out in front of him. MJ hung out with Freddie at one point, I think because he was still building his own clout, MJ could be pretty manipulative and he wasn't thriller's MJ yet.
Even Black people loved Another One Bites the Dust, that's about where most of America's attention started and ended I think. I didn't even know the name was an homage to gayness for some years, never really cared enough to know, but I'm sure others picked up on it and America was hostile to gays in the earlier decades, the further back you go, the more hostile.
Country is very regional, and lists, are usually kinda fucked one way or the other. And.., like all statistics, they are usually faked to some degree.
