re: Bohemian Rhapsody

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There is no argument they are the goat. You are a fan. That is cool.

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Of course you can argue that Queen is the GOAT. Music is Art which is all a matter of opinion.

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To give you perspective, RS, which slavishly devotes ita rankings to classic rock, older artists has the following great artists ahead: The Beatles, stones, beach boys, Zep, Velvet Underground U2, Ramones, Clash, Who, Nirvana, Sly, Doors, the band, Byrds.

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So, you take the writers opinions as a matter of fact? Must suck not to be able to think on your own.

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Any writer who ranks Nirvana over Queen does not deserve to have their opinion respected.

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It's Rolling Stone Magazine, so it has to be a true.

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the new Alamo in Katy

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I kind of miss the old Alamo, tucked away on Mason in an old strip mall

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Rolling Stone Magazine, for whatever reason, has always disliked Queen.

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They're more interested in being controversial than anything else. I remember one of their Top 50 lists where they dismissed bands like the Eagles as not having a place in any Rock list. Then a decade later they'll list Hotel California as one of the most important Rock albums. They just like to stir shite up.

Great flick. The only problem for me is that they screwed with a lot of facts (I know, it's Hollywood)--particularly the timing of Freddie's diagnosis and the band dynamics. I know the whole film is based on building up to the Live Aid concert, but they made it look like he had to get up the strength to do it--like it was his last stand and first time he told the band he had Aids. In real life he never found out until (by all reports) a few years later.

Plus, the band had just finished a world tour. Live Aid wasn't some "reunion". Queen hadn't been split for years.

As a long-time fan all of this surprised me. But all that aside, great flick, great music.

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Great flick. The only problem for me is that they screwed with a lot of facts (I know, it's Hollywood)

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That's the status quo for 90% of biopics (especially music and sports, which is odd because both categories have concrete timelines and stats).

The critics that were comparing BH to Walk Hard were ironically giving both movies a compliment. Walk Hard lampooned the classic music biopic so perfectly that some think that we should do away with the entire format. As if Dewey Cox had exposed the fact that we like step by step stories of musical redemption and we should be ashamed of it. That's like saying that we should never have another heroic western because Blazing Saddles skewered the classic form.

I try to avoid researching a movie's topic prior to seeing it. I don't think that I would've enjoyed Rudy and Invincible as much if I'd gone in knowing the real stories and the true timelines.

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Great flick. The only problem for me is that they screwed with a lot of facts (I know, it's Hollywood)--particularly the timing of Freddie's diagnosis and the band dynamics. I know the whole film is based on building up to the Live Aid concert, but they made it look like he had to get up the strength to do it--like it was his last stand and first time he told the band he had Aids. In real life he never found out until (by all reports) a few years later.

Plus, the band had just finished a world tour. Live Aid wasn't some "reunion". Queen hadn't been split for years.

As a long-time fan all of this surprised me. But all that aside, great flick, great music.

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I've tried not to dig too deep into the "real" story. May approved this one, though. Seems likely to me it's at least partially because it doesn't mention them playing apartheid South Africa and the like (as in, they weren't broken up in the lead up to Live Aid - they had just done some controversial shows which had earned them much criticism.)

Sitting here in a completely empty theatre watching the Wembley scene. Dang good movie. Glad I skipped out on work to come watch it this afternoon.

When I saw this post my initial thought was how Freddy Mercury nailed that song and it showcased his range and the groups harmonizing.

Then I remembered watching a video of Kanye West attempting to sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" and it just makes me laugh out loud at the lack of talent so many of todays so called singers actually have.

It makes me appreciate what real vocal talent is all about---no studio tampering to make them sound passable, just plain old getting out on stage and belting it out, and making it sound like it did on the records.

As for the movie, I do want to see it.

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Who the hell calls Kanye a “singer”??

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Oh, he's definitely not a singer, unless you can call a person who can't carry a tune in a 5 gallon bucket a singer.

He hit so many flat notes in his attempt at Freddy's signature song that it wasn't funny. At one point he actually gave up and let the audience take over.