Queen Is Overrated
The top 10 worst songs of all time are Queen songs. I haven’t ranked them, but I’m sure all 10 are songs by Queen. And I’m sure “Don’t Stop Me Now” is No. 1. Queen represents everything that almost destroyed rock in the ’70s. The wimpy pomposity. The cheesy arena anthems. The operatic posturing. Yet Queen didn’t even have the courage of their convictions to go full-bore prog. It all boils down to a simple truth: No band that purported to “rock you” ever rocked less than Queen. — Maggie Ellery.