I know what else isn't funny: people haranguing others over their OPINIONS.Originally Posted by pedro
I know what else isn't funny: people haranguing others over their OPINIONS.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
well my facts were a bit off but here it is.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/4648611.stm
Queen top UK album charts league
Queen are one of the most successful UK bands of all time
Queen have beaten The Beatles to become the most successful music act in UK album chart history, according to Guinness World Records.
The band - whose first self-titled album debuted in 1973 - have spent 1,322 weeks on the chart.
It is the first time Queen have overtaken the Fab Four in the chart, which is compiled by the Book of British Hit Singles and Albums.
Madonna, in seventh place, was the highest female artist in the list.
'TOP 10 UK ALBUMS CHART OF ALL TIME'
Madonna
1. Queen (1,322 weeks)
2. The Beatles (1,293 weeks)
3. Elvis Presley (1,280 weeks)
4. U2 (1,150 weeks)
5. Dire Straits (1,136 weeks)
6. Simon and Garfunkel (1,114 weeks)
7. Madonna (1,032 weeks)
8. David Bowie (1,005 weeks)
9. Elton John (989 weeks)
10. Michael Jackson (966 weeks)
Source: Guinness World Records
Queen, whose albums include A Kind of Magic, The Miracle and Innuendo, have spent 29 weeks more in the chart than the Beatles.
Elvis Presley, who earlier this year was named the most successful music act of all time by the British Hit Singles and Albums, was at number three in the album chart.
David Roberts, editor of the book of British Hit Singles and Albums, said: "Given that Queen's chart career has been much shorter than those of The Beatles and Elvis, this is an incredible achievement.
"They've long been written about with reverence in the pages of our book, and this just serves to cement their legendary status."
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died in 1991, but the band have continued to perform.
They wind up their current 32-date European tour with former Free and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers this week with a performance in London's Hyde Park on Friday.
Other artists in the top 10 include Irish rockers U2 at four with 1,150 weeks in the chart and Michael Jackson with 966 weeks.
School's out. What did you expect?
The article in question was about them posting the most time on the *UK* albums chart. That's quite a bit different than A) selling the most number of albums and B) doing it throughout all of Europe.
fine, but it sure sounds like they were pretty popular to me.
School's out. What did you expect?
Popularity alone does not make you overrated. If that were the case, Britney Spears would be overrated as well.
I think she's overrated for that reason.
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
I think 30 Seconds to Mars is the most overrated band ever. EVER.
(runs and hides from Rosie)
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Hard to be overrated when no one even knows about the band! (Yet, anyway ... give me time and EVERYONE will know about them!)
It may not be funny, but it sure is fun.
Well, I think your comments were just sparring; I didn't find your contentions to be ad hominem attacks at all. I get the fun in that. A certain someone else's posts strike me as personal.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
The thread was not called the "Most overrated band who were popular in the USA and rated by Rock Critics"
I think you may be taking this all a little too seriously. Really, you can like Queen if you want to, it's OK. I like the Beatles, you don't, so what? I don't think any less of myself because you don't like them and I don't think any less of you because you like Queen. let it go.
School's out. What did you expect?
You've really got this thing about the Beatles, sort of like Charles Foster Kane and Rosebud. I'm a Stones man myself, but I figure any band that covers Larry williams and Buck Owens on the same album (Help, UK version) is ok in my book.
Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overrating.]
To rate or value too highly.
I ask again, just how are Queen rated or valued highly?
When you see those lists from major rock critics and musicians, etc, how often and/or how high are the band or their albums place?
Im sorry but compare the Beatles to the Backstreet boys is quite a stretch. The Beatles were marketed as a boy band yes but the Backstreet Boys didnt play or write the music, I see your point in calling the Beatles a boy band but really. Without the Beatles music would be totally different today I think everyone realizes that. You may not like the Beatles but you have to give them the credit they deserve for revolutionallizing the entire face of music and the music business itself.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
Can we stop getting all bent out shape about semantics? This is supposed to be fun. Ease up a little.
School's out. What did you expect?
The Beatles were never playing catch up to another band the other bands were playing catch up to them.
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
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