Rock&Pop: Were Freddie Mercury/Queen and Queen fans ever made fun of?
Avena Sativa asked:
Usually pop artists get a lot of sh*t for being *** without even having to be ***.
Audrey
This entry was posted
on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 10:52 am and is filed under Rock and Pop.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Usually pop artists get a lot of sh*t for being *** without even having to be ***.
Audrey
January 8th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Carson
Yes they were, endlessly..
Please answer??
January 12th, 2012 at 1:30 am
Destiny
There were homophobes back then too I believe…
January 14th, 2012 at 6:01 am
Cameron
People use *** as an insult not to sound sexually discriminating, Lady Gaga has no talent. Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest artists of all time there’s no comparison.
@Mark
Sorry for coming off as a ****. Lady Gaga does have talent to an extent but in comparison to Freddie Mercury it’s very minimal.
January 15th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Alyssa
@Iceage: She obviously has some talent. Don’t be a snobby prick
January 17th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Matthew
I dont think they were made fun of because they listened to *** musicians. Probably simply because they listened to Queen in general.
January 20th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
John
I’m not fan of GaGa, but I can admit she has talent. Freddie didn’t keep his sexuality secretly really, but never explicitly said he was *** until he was revealed he had AIDS. But Queen were flamboyant and critics didn’t take them seriously, back then. Now it seems everybody knows at least one Queen Song! I wouldn’t say they are that good of band, making one-shop pop songs, but really good ones. Freddie Mercury is one hell of a singer.
January 20th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Audrey
Erowid hit the nail on the head.
January 22nd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
Hunter
I personally take the time to make fun of Queen fans, so yes, they do.
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Daniel
No. I mean, I didn’t know anyone who was a Queen fan during the years they were originally together, but nobody made fun of them. And nobody was aware of them being ***. Nobody was openly *** in that era.
I don’t think we would’ve made fun of them due to anyone’s sexuality. Even earlier in the 70s, we were playing a lot of Bowie and Mott the Hoople and New York Dolls, who *seemed* more likely to be ***.
So, yeah, Erowid hit the nail on the head.