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Post by Jackson Clift on Nov 14, 2022 23:31:20 GMT
Hello,
I was scrolling through the Queen Official YouTube channel, and I looked through the comments and I found a repeating pattern that really annoyed me.
Almost every single comment was about Freddie Mercury being dead and how they miss him, and not literally anything else. Like I get it, he's dead. We all miss him. But don't you guys think it's too much?
It's every single comment.
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Post by georg on Nov 15, 2022 0:48:07 GMT
A good practice to remember from now on is to never ever read the comments on a YouTube video.
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Post by The Fairy King on Nov 15, 2022 8:31:27 GMT
The cringy comments are everywhere.
I try to ignore em, but you're right it's annoying.
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Post by pg on Nov 15, 2022 13:47:14 GMT
Hello, I was scrolling through the Queen Official YouTube channel, and I looked through the comments and I found a repeating pattern that really annoyed me. Maybe do some volunteer work? Better use of your time, will make you feel better too. |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 15, 2022 14:16:13 GMT
Hello, I was scrolling through the Queen Official YouTube channel, and I looked through the comments and I found a repeating pattern that really annoyed me. Almost every single comment was about Freddie Mercury being dead and how they miss him, and not literally anything else. Like I get it, he's dead. We all miss him. But don't you guys think it's too much? It's every single comment. life is far to precious to concern yourself or take offence to vacuous comments made by socially-inadequate keyboard warriors. and, why single out the Queen YT channel? YT/Tiktok/Vimeo/Dailymotion etc are all a festering miasma of worthless commenting. (as is my post here now  ) on the other hand - i'm not averse to a fight/whinge/bitch/argument - where there's one worth having. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 15, 2022 17:27:12 GMT
It's not just Queen videos - it's the same thing on Zappa videos, or John Lennon, or anyone else who's dead.
I don't think "annoying" is quite the right word. But if, as I suspect, these comments are overwhelmingly written by people who weren't alive when the music was created to begin with, then "missing" him isn't exactly the right word for what they're feeling. Longing? Or maybe "anemoia" as per the dictionary of obscure sorrows ?
At least these youngens are connecting with something that's meaningful to them, and something that has meant a whole lot to millions of people who came before them. Decades ago when pretty well nobody listened to 50 year old music, none of us could've predicted this. I think it's great. There are far worse things in this world than people finding great music and writing into a digital vacuum that they wish the people who made that music were still with us.
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Post by mikusguitarius on Nov 15, 2022 17:47:11 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen.
Nope... he was 25% equally. And he confirmed this in interviews... "I'm not the leader" from that outdoor interview in 1984 was it??
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 15, 2022 18:20:02 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen. That's always been the case, and not just with Queen. The lead singer has always been pushed further to the front because it's easier to market one person than multiple people.
But even without the business forces at play, most people just gravitate to the relatable nature of the human voice and assume that's who's calling the shots creatively and otherwise. They largely think the grand personality on stage is what it is off stage too, but they fail to realize that not everybody is David Lee Roth.
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Post by pittrek on Nov 15, 2022 18:41:40 GMT
Hello, I was scrolling through the Queen Official YouTube channel, and I looked through the comments and I found a repeating pattern that really annoyed me. Almost every single comment was about Freddie Mercury being dead and how they miss him, and not literally anything else. Like I get it, he's dead. We all miss him. But don't you guys think it's too much? It's every single comment. Unfortunately in my experience it's FREDDY Mercury and not Freddie. And yeah, I do find it annoying. |
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Post by worksofmagic on Nov 15, 2022 19:40:06 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen. Nope... he was 25% equally. And he confirmed this in interviews... "I'm not the leader" from that outdoor interview in 1984 was it?? That was in Rio actually. A few days before the first gig I think, in January 1985. |
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Post by scandal on Nov 15, 2022 23:53:19 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen. Nope... he was 25% equally. And he confirmed this in interviews... "I'm not the leader" from that outdoor interview in 1984 was it?? According to P. Freestone's book, Freddie was paid more than other members. And I remember in another interview Freddie giving an answer with a different spin to the same question:"I'm not the leader of the band, perhaps most important member but not the leader". Can't recall which interview it was. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Nov 16, 2022 0:36:48 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen. Nope... he was 25% equally. And he confirmed this in interviews... "I'm not the leader" from that outdoor interview in 1984 was it?? According to P. Freestone's book, Freddie was paid more than other members. And I remember in another interview Freddie giving an answer with a different spin to the same question:"I'm not the leader of the band, perhaps most important member but not the leader". Can't recall which interview it was. I also remember that comment, but I think it was meant mischievously. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 16, 2022 0:54:05 GMT
The other comment I keep seeing is believing Freddie was the main focus of Queen. Nope... he was 25% equally. And he confirmed this in interviews... "I'm not the leader" from that outdoor interview in 1984 was it?? According to P. Freestone's book, Freddie was paid more than other members. "Paid" in what sense, though ?
Salary from their label ? Royalties for writing hit songs ? The advance for his solo album ? |
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Post by akirafish on Nov 16, 2022 2:39:57 GMT
I vaguely remember reading John saying each member got paid equally for playing gigs and as directors in QPL. That's what makes a difference between ‘a proper band’ and ‘a leader singer with his backing band'. Of course royalties was another story.
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Post by akirafish on Nov 16, 2022 2:52:53 GMT
Freddie did say 'I'm not the leader' in several occasions.
A few in prints, sometimes teasingly - something like 'not the leader, but the most important person' (Circus Magazine,1978) or 'not the leader, but the focus point' (Melody Maker, 1981).
And also two recorded occasions in video interview. 1981 in Argentina he said 'I'm not the leader, I'm the oldest, but only by 1 year.' 1985 in Brazil he first answered 'not the leader', but when the hostess repeated the question in Portuguese for the TV viewer to understand, Freddie said 'this time yes, I am the leader'.
I always find these hilarious.
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Post by georg on Nov 16, 2022 3:01:40 GMT
According to P. Freestone's book, Freddie was paid more than other members. "Paid" in what sense, though ?
Salary from their label ? Royalties for writing hit songs ? The advance for his solo album ? I was going to ask the very same thing. I just imagine Jim Beach handing out paychecks every Friday and the others grousing about Freddie’s pay. |
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Post by vh on Nov 16, 2022 11:18:04 GMT
In 1980 there was an article in, I think The Financial Times, which was about high paid executives and it listed Queen as being the highest paid company directors in the UK in 78 and 79 it stated they all earned different amounts between £650k and 800k.
On top of that song royalties were paid to all four separately through their own individual companies with Freddie earning more than the others.
On top of that Queen productions paid each member a “working salary” for touring.
Everyone is aware that Freddie was paid a much bigger solo advance than what Queen were paid in the mid 80’s.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Nov 16, 2022 12:09:40 GMT
Wasn't this also one of the reasons they had different writer's songs on the A and B sides of the singles?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 16, 2022 13:11:49 GMT
Wasn't this also one of the reasons they had different writer's songs on the A and B sides of the singles? save for the inglorious Body Language / Life Is Real(but then royalty-wise, what amount is 100% of fuck-all) |
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Post by ted on Nov 16, 2022 15:04:20 GMT
In 1980 there was an article in, I think The Financial Times, which was about high paid executives and it listed Queen as being the highest paid company directors in the UK in 78 and 79 it stated they all earned different amounts between £650k and 800k. On top of that song royalties were paid to all four separately through their own individual companies with Freddie earning more than the others. On top of that Queen productions paid each member a “working salary” for touring. Everyone is aware that Freddie was paid a much bigger solo advance than what Queen were paid in the mid 80’s. So if it was in The Financial Times that it was stated that the Members of Queen all earned different amounts in 1978 and '79, then on top of that Freddie earned more than the others from song royalties (which makes sense to me as FM had the most songwriting credits in the Group), then the one way I can see them having earned different amounts from those 2 years stated above was via publishing.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 16, 2022 20:19:27 GMT
In 1980 there was an article in, I think The Financial Times, which was about high paid executives and it listed Queen as being the highest paid company directors in the UK in 78 and 79 it stated they all earned different amounts between £650k and 800k. On top of that song royalties were paid to all four separately through their own individual companies with Freddie earning more than the others. And within a few years that balance would tip, as the other three members were writing the bulk of the hits. |
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