So, do you own a copy of Queen's first "Greatest Hits" compilation

How many of those are the same people who own it more than once though? (cassette, vinyl, CD, deluxe 2CD edition, remastered CD edition, etc etc etc)

oh, and noh, I don't, btw

i own it on cassette. i am not a UK person.

noh play

i occasionally own about half of it on spotify

i'm a republican

This was probably my favourite ever album when I was about seven so I still have a soft spot for it. My parents definitely had a copy but I don't think there's one in my house

I remember reading a Neil Gaiman book in my teens that suggests if you leave a cassette in a car for longer than a couple of weeks it turns into Queen's Greatest Hits

i have this record (but i hate this record)

Over six million copies in the UK. Here's what my wife wrote about the album some while back: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/queen-greatest-hits.html

Queen - Greatest Hits (1981) - i have this, it's horrible
Abba - Gold (1992) - haven't heard, some of the singles were alright though?
Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - haven't heard
Adele - 21 (2011) - nope
Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory (1995) - lol, gtfo

Queen - Greatest Hits (1981) - I have this, it's good (I also have Volume II)
Abba - Gold (1992) - I have this; classic
Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - who?
Adele - 21 (2011) - no thanks
Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory (1995) - I own the 3 CD singles from this, but not the album

That’ll show those 1001 Albums You Must Hear After You Die books who’s boss.

I don't actually have Abba Gold. I have everything that's ON Abba Gold but not the album itself. Am in no rush to get a copy as it is in every charity shop ever.

I remember seeing a billboard for Queen's 'Greatest Hits Volume III', onto which someone had sprayed the words 'BETTER MUSIC IS AVAILABLE'.

Queen - Greatest Hits (1981) - classic, particularly as musical rite of passage.
Abba - Gold (1992) - pretty great.
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - perhaps not their best, but very fond of it.
Adele - 21 (2011) - worthwhile, but I think her voice saves average arrangements sometimes.
Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory (1995) - I prefer their first one, but whatever.

sadly, I don't own Queen's Greatest Hits, but I might pick up a cheapo copy on vinyl, it'd be fun to have.

I have this. Everyone I knew when I was ten years old had this, or their parents had it. It's a pretty unfuckwithable greatest hits imo.

I always thought that the cover made them look like General Zod & co, trapped in the Phantom Zone in a shard of Kryptonite.

haha yes!

Nope, but it was around in the house when I was growing up. We also had the 'Box of Flicks' double VHS. I still maintain a soft spot for Queen, or at least when they're playing up their ridiculousness, there are several songs which are disappointingly dull.

I always thought that the cover made them look like General Zod & co, trapped in the Phantom Zone in a shard of Kryptonite.

Holy shit yes!!!!!

another album with a more deliberate nod to that concept:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5989/679eb220dca05cb733ba801pe5.jpg

I used to have this, as well as Volume II, as a kid, but they were lost at some point, and I've never replaced them. Since I got them in the CD era, I remember it used to confuse me why most of the biggest hits (and most of the best songs) were on Vol. II instead of Vol. I. It was only much later that I found out Vol. I had originally come out in 1981.

Ingrained in my brain from a young age by my mom. US.

I always thought that the cover made them look like General Zod & co, trapped in the Phantom Zone in a shard of Kryptonite.

OTM!!

Greatest Hits II on cassette was the second album I ever owned (after Divine Madness) but I've never owned the first volume (my brother bought it so I never felt the need).

Used to have ABBA Gold on tape as well; now I've just got about three quarters of it on iTunes. Have bought Sgt. Pepper twice, never heard the Adele album and I think I've still got the CD of What's the Story in a drawer somewhere.

less said about Greatest Hits Volume III the better

1 The Show Must Go On (live)
2 Under Pressure (Rah mix)
3 Barcelona 4:27
4 Too Much Love Will Kill You
5 Somebody to Love (live)
6 You Don't Fool Me
7 Heaven for Everyone
8 Las Palabras de Amor
9 Driven By You
10 Living on My Own (1993 radio mix)
11 Let Me Live
12 The Great Pretender
13 Princes of the Universe (Featuring Wyclef Jean, Pras & Free)
14 Another One Bites the Dust
15 No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)
16 These Are the Days of Our Lives
17 Thank God It's Christmas

I love Thank God Its Christman, but yeah.

Queen are rightly notorious for fleecing their rabid, batshit fans by shadily rereleasing any old crap they can find.

Or rather "Queen (TM)." Yes to the last two songs but I'd have used the rest of the CD for "best of the rest" purposes, e.g. Tie Your Mother Down, Death On Two Legs, Body Language, Keep Yourself Alive etc.

Will Vol 4 have the Paul Rogers single, um, "Fridge" ?

Yes, plus B May on Buck Pal roof & something off Roger Taylor's Fun In Space*

*allegedly

and the Star Fleet theme tune.

noh, have never owned

xp don't forget John Deacon's track for that Biggles movie.

Noh, never owned, never will own.

was given the vinyl when i was about 10.

left behind many years ago.

bought cd in charity shop 2 weeks ago for £1.

got drunk, played it loud, and loved it.

(and pretty sure it has a couple of extra tracks that the original vinyl did not have ?)

Volume II is the *10th biggest selling album of all time in the uk!* that's surprising considering what's actually on it.

I got this on cassette for Christmas in 1991 (just like everyone else in my class) when I was eight. It was the first album I ever owned. Recently bought a vinyl copy for £1 just for the nostalgia value.

I am always bewildered by Queen, I'm only in my 20s so they've always been a historical band anyway but everything they seem to have done that's impacted on public consciousness feels like a novelty song to my ears.

I am a gay American who has hated their music since the '70s

Queen are one of the worst bands in the history of music. Fortunately, I'm an American, so I'm not required by law to like them. (Don't tell anybody I also hate Bruce Springsteen, though. I could get in real trouble.)

^ wkiw

I generally find Bill Wyman (the critic) to be hit-or-miss, but this is a pretty good piece from 1992 on Queen and the awful "Concert For Life": http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/freddies-dead-thats-all-they-said-a-debacle-on-mtv/Content?oid=879686

Wasn't sure he meant Bowie was artistically barren in '92 or always was:

the artistically barren Bowie, at heart a calculating publicity hound, has based his career on chameleonlike image changes.

lol at the idea that non-americans are 'required by law to like' queen.

I think it's a prerequisite for Argentine or Brazilian naturalization.

I think Wyman was a fan; pretty sure he meant that Bowie was artistically barren in '92.

xp

wyman is a pretty harsh, borderline-challopsy critic a lot of the time -- i recall him reviewing the guralnick biography of elvis and saying something along the lines of it was ridiculous to devote so many pages to someone who hadn't recorded more than 20 minutes of worthwhile music in his career.

i don't own any queen albums. they rule, tho, obviously.

lol at the idea that non-americans are 'required by law to like' queen.

Mostly talking about the English there, though as ALS says, there are probably some South American countries where it applies too.

That piece Wyman wrote reviewing Keith Richards' autobiography as Mick Jagger was pretty funny and well done.

what's the tracklist for Vol II? I think that's probably the one I had growing up

Used to own that album, yeah. Not British.

Own it and not British. In fact, it was one of the first cds I ever purchased at the ripe old age of 12

queen rules!

first full length record i bought with my own money after being a 45 junkie from the time i got an allowance, fuck u haters queen is goddamn awesome

xpost see i knew u would have my back on this man

Queen are one of the worst bands in the history of music. Fortunately, I'm an American, so I'm not required by law to like them.

― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:49 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM OTM. though i reject any implication that as a britisher i am required to like them or their shitty novelty rock

a gay Iranian ruled the soccer stadiums of England in the 70s and 80s doing showtunes heavy metal! if that doesn't make you believe in humanity what will?

OTM OTM. though i reject any implication that as a britisher i am required to like them or their shitty novelty rock

― lex pretend, Tuesday, February 11, 2014 5:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

such courage under fire

My mum may have had Vol 1 but i didn't. Pretty sure I had Vol 2, taped from the library. Surely the only legit reason for owning Vol 3 is because it came in a box set with Vols 1+2.

queen's greatest hits are okay but for the best you need the eagles' greatest hits.

real music.

a gay Iranian ruled the soccer stadiums of England in the 70s and 80s doing showtunes heavy metal! if that doesn't make you believe in humanity what will?

― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

i used to have this on lp, might still be at my dad's house. a bmg music club selection iirc

I always thought that the cover made them look like General Zod & co, trapped in the Phantom Zone in a shard of Kryptonite.

i thought this too!

Zanzibar/Tanzania, but yeah. xpost

Not now, but thinking about it I've had this album about three times over the years... twice on vinyl, once on CD. There's no real need for me to own it now, because I got all of Queen's "proper" studio albums anyway.

Never owned it, but I remember listening to it on CD years ago and the levels were all over the place, very noticeable volume differences from track to track.

Anyway - no "Jesus", no credibility.

9 Driven By You

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i have a copy. it's no substitute for owning the albums though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki_v4MH_mc

so much mullet

When that record came out, I was at college and it was one of the singles in the jukebox in the cafeteria. There was this young guy who used to sweep the floor, collect up the plates, etc.. Very quiet, didn't say much. One time 'Driven By You' came on the jukebox, and he freaked the fuck out, jumping around, playing air guitar, everything. I was sitting with some friends right opposite and we spent the entire length of the song trying to avoid eye contact with him, each other, anyone else in the place. People sitting at the other tables moved the fuck out of the way and were all backed up around the walls while this guy jumped around the place. Then the song finished and he picked up his broom and went back to sweeping the floor like nothing happened.

At one point I think he actually slid across the floor on his knees.

I may have owned this as a CD-single, purchased dutifully in a still-mourning-freddie daze. It was about the time I was transitioning from classic-rock indoctrinated tween to hardcore/thrash/grunge/hip-hop curious teen. I don't think I played it very often, or even thought it was very good while I was purchasing it.

Also, 'novelty rock' as a descriptor/dismissal of Queen misses the point by a country mile.

would showtune pap be more on point?

One of the first 3 albums I bought. Liking Queen was p. much obligatory in the months after Freddie's death when I was 11-12. Later I found them uncool and embarrassing. I suppose it would be a bit of both if I listened to this now - some fairly undeniable tracks, some I never want to hear again.

(Think I might like the opposite Queen tracks to emil.y; I have fond memories of some of the not-so-talked-about tracks and can't really deal with some of the ridiculousness or the token genre excursions)

So yeah, I had a copy of this and probably still do, though I might have left it at my parents' house. Had Greatest Hits II as well but I think I got rid of that.

I had a kind of love/hate thing with Abba circa their 90s revival so I don't have Abba Gold but I'm pretty sure I like nearly all the songs on it and should probably just get over myself. (Not seen it in a charity shop, strangely enough.)

would showtune pap be more on point?

I'd say it was equally facile.

i wonder if there's a piece of film i've watched more in my life than Queen at Live Aid. there must have been i guess but i can't think what it might be.

I do have this, but not voluntarily. I have most of the Queen records, and my sis gave to me one year for Christmas. seems like even if you don't want to, you can't help but own it!

Thank God Its Christman...

Dunno if this was typo or intentional, but irl lol.

There was a thing going round, reckoned that any licensee that wanted to get "Bohemian Rhapsody" for a compilation were obliged to place it as the first track.

(Presumably not including Queen's own comps)

Noh. Never had a copy but have heard it often enough through other people's collections. When the stats came out the other day it said most copies were bought on vinyl, and considering it's available on vinyl in every charity shop I've been in, I believe there's a big difference between sales and actual ownership of the album.

I bought my copy AT a charity shop!

When that record came out, I was at college and it was one of the singles in the jukebox in the cafeteria. There was this young guy who used to sweep the floor, collect up the plates, etc.. Very quiet, didn't say much. One time 'Driven By You' came on the jukebox, and he freaked the fuck out, jumping around, playing air guitar, everything. I was sitting with some friends right opposite and we spent the entire length of the song trying to avoid eye contact with him, each other, anyone else in the place. People sitting at the other tables moved the fuck out of the way and were all backed up around the walls while this guy jumped around the place. Then the song finished and he picked up his broom and went back to sweeping the floor like nothing happened.

― And when you f--- up, you go backwards (snoball), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 04:51 (14 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the only logical response really

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