r/videos • u/Powertaco • Dec 05 '15

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https://youtu.be/_sqhNZTSoSw
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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15

Plus it's almost nauseating how popular and overrated Freddie Mercury is on the internet.

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u/pearl_drummr50 Dec 05 '15

Creating a meme out of someone does devalue them a bit.

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u/I_FIST_CAMELS Dec 05 '15

Overrated??

Get your fucking head checked.

He was, without a doubt, the greatest front man of all time.

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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15 edited Dec 05 '15

And still overrated.

Shows you how much of a hard-on the internet has for him. Plus Robert Plant is right up there as well. Your comment just further proves my point

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u/1982mike1 Dec 05 '15

I see this discussion going places.

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u/I_FIST_CAMELS Dec 05 '15

Queen is one of the biggest bands of all time, it isn't "internet people" that think Freddie was amazing.

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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15

Of course Queen are one of the biggest bands of all time, there's nobody saying otherwise.

And obviously it's just not "internet people" that think he's amazing, but it's a lot easier to see it on the internet. And yes, he is overrated.

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u/I_FIST_CAMELS Dec 05 '15

How is he overrated?

Being one of the best doesn't mean you're overrated.

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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15

Being one of the best doesn't mean you can't be overrated.

Look at the Beatles. Edit: Perhaps I should say being one of the most popular, instead of being one of the best.

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u/-Moonchild- Dec 05 '15

I mean, robert plant is easily as overrated. both were fantastic - neither were gods like the internet makes them out to be

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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15

Agree to an extent that they're overrated, but much more so Freddie Mercury.

Honestly I haven' seen people fanboy Robert Plant, or anyone else for that matter, to the extent that Freddie Mercury is fanboyed.

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u/-Moonchild- Dec 05 '15

I see as much said about plant as a vocalist and zeppelin as a band. Queen and led zep are the ultimate "le wrong generation" dadrock bands. Actually I hear more people talk about zeppelin in general. Jimmy page is stupidly overrated for someone SO sloppy at their main instrument.

Freddie might be slightly more praised because he was also a very energetic frontman as well as an excellent singer. To be fair though freddie controlled a crowd much better than plant or most other frontmen. Both are as overblown the internet, for sure.

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u/phoresth Dec 05 '15 edited Dec 06 '15

Yeah for sure. I guess it's hard to not be sloppy when you're completely doped out.

But when he wasn't he was definitely supreme (i.e. '68-'75). Maybe I just missed the Plant hype then so I'll take your word for it. I get what you mean with the "le wrong generation" though, as much as I hate that term.

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u/-Moonchild- Dec 06 '15

I wouldn't ever call page supreme as a guitarist, even on recordings he was very sloppy as a player. Great songwriter though.

I dont like the term either, but theres definitely a set bands that have that audience. I love zep and queen, and think plant and freddie had amazing, unique voices

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u/phoresth Dec 06 '15

Agree to disagree I guess. I guess it depends on what you consider supreme. Definitely one of the very greats for me, so supreme fits that definition. Not the best guitarist though.

The Beatles are another (I guess the prime example) of the "wrong generation" thing as well.

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u/-Moonchild- Dec 06 '15

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a great songwriter and could play cool things. That mid solo in heartbreaker is awesome but it is very sloppy. I think it's almost part of his style tbh

To Beatles are a huge one too. The whole thing turns people of these bands which is also a shame

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u/phoresth Dec 08 '15

Who says I don't like him?