The greatest performer?

Too Tough To Die

wretcheddomain wrote: »

He's so odious and pretentious that he'd claim he was a martyr for the poor.

Let's judge him on what he has done, shall we? Saved millions of Africans, done so much in the fight against AIDS that if Freddie Mercury was just setting out in his career at the turn of the century there is a good chance he'd have a much longer career, and life, thanks to people like Bono.

jimmycrackcorm

Jesus


Mods please move to the atheist forum to make this more entertaining than in AH

TheIrishGrover

C'mon, it's GOTTA be Freddie. Now I don't have the hate that many do for Bono. I've seen U2 a couple of times and they put on a good show.

But seriously..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQsM6u0a038

Too Tough To Die

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

C'mon, it's GOTTA be Freddie. Now I don't have the hate that many do for Bono. I've seen U2 a couple of times and they put on a good show.

But seriously..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQsM6u0a038

An amazing performer no doubt, but death does a lot to add to a legend. Similar with Cobain and Tupac. Axl Rose was a better performer than Mercury around that time, for what it's worth, but unlike Mercury, he's had the misfortune of fading into (semi) obscurity.

TheIrishGrover

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

An amazing performer no doubt, but death does a lot to add to a legend. Similar with Cobain and Tupac. Axl Rose was a better performer than Mercury around that time, for what it's worth, but unlike Mercury, he's had the misfortune of fading into (semi) obscurity.

Nope. Yer just wrong

Sunglasses Ron

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Let's judge him on what he has done, shall we? Saved millions of Africans, done so much in the fight against AIDS that if Freddie Mercury was just setting out in his career at the turn of the century there is a good chance he'd have a much longer career, and life, thanks to people like Bono.

Bono invented retro viral drugs?

He has done much to increase their availability, granted, but....what?!?

Too Tough To Die

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Bono invented retro viral drugs?

He has done much to increase their availability, granted, but....what?!?

There ya go, good man.

endacl

You're all wrong. Of course.

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Eduard Khil

kraggy

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

I'm sure if Bono was gay and died of AIDS too everyone would be clamouring to put his name forward on this thread.

If Bono could:

1. Write meaningful lyrics as opposed to bunches of words that happen to rhyme

2. Have a bit of humility

3. Have a bit of presence all over the stage as opposed to standing in one spot, stomping a foot á la iPod commercial

4. Just for once, stop clapping them hands so no more kids in Africa keep dying and dying.,,

Then he'd be ok.

beertons

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Saved millions of Africans

Name one.

Festy

Big Tom by a country mile

Too Tough To Die

kraggy wrote: »

If Bono could:

1. Write meaningful lyrics as opposed to bunches of words that happen to rhyme

2. Have a bit of humility

3. Have a bit of presence all over the stage as opposed to standing in one spot, stomping a foot á la iPod commercial

4. Just for once, stop clapping them hands so no more kids in Africa keep dying and dying.,,

Then he'd be ok.

If Bono could sell more tickets than any frontman in the history of music. Oh wait...

Littlehorny

Love Freddy myself but just speaking from my own age group Michael Jackson and Madonna at the peak of their powers in the late 80s and early 90s were just magical performers in their concerts. They drove crowds wild with their stage shows, honourable mentions go to Paul Mc Cartney, Mick Jagger, Prince and Pink.

The Backwards Man

Greatest performer of all time?

There can be only one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HRa4X07jdE

pharmaton

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

I'm sure if Bono was gay and died of AIDS too everyone would be clamouring to put his name forward on this thread.

Bohemian rhapsody charted the year I was born so Queen music was fairly influential as I was growing up, I was ten when live aid aired and I made it my business to catch all of it, I remember Freddie when he was in his prime. Ironically I remember U2s performance at live aid too and that's right up there, probably Bono at his best but Freddie's death really affected me, it affected a lot of people and not just because of the nature of his death but because of how he lived right up until he died and how he practically composed his own requiem before he left.
There are some other great performers out there and still going strong but few have had the opportunity to have such impact on so many. It was an era.

Karl Stein

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

My Missus.....ahem.

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

I agree

+ 2

kraggy

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

If Bono could sell more tickets than any frontman in the history of music. Oh wait...

And if by chance, we could all be literate adults and discuss the topic, we'd agree that the topic is about who the best frontman is instead of who sold more dates or records.

It's called "subjective discussion about individuals" versus bands, money and ego.

U2 is a company, group and collection of people. Not a single performer.

Even if he may think it's all about him, he's way down the list in terms of frontmen/performers.

(I admire their success as a group, but give me Feddie any day).

Vito Corleone

Ian Curtis.

Too Tough To Die

kraggy wrote: »

And if by chance, we could all be literate adults and discuss the topic, we'd agree that the topic is about who the best frontman is instead of who sold more dates or records.

It's called "subjective discussion about individuals" versus bands, money and ego.

U2 is a company, group and collection of people. Not a single performer.

Even if he may think it's all about him, he's way down the list in terms of frontmen/performers.

(I admire their success as a group, but give me Feddie any day).

Go on then, i could do with a laugh. Name one band in which the frontman wasn't the main attraction (ticket seller).

jamesdiver

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Go on then, i could do with a laugh. Name one band in which the frontman wasn't the main attraction (ticket seller).

Guns n Roses (Slash)

wil

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Go on then, i could do with a laugh. Name one band in which the frontman wasn't the main attraction (ticket seller).

Led Zeppelin,
Pink (which ones Pink) Floyd
Kraftwerk

Oh, you said one

You lot are all wrong.

Evil Knievel is the man.

osarusan

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Go on then, i could do with a laugh. Name one band in which the frontman wasn't the main attraction (ticket seller).

Van Halen.

Too Tough To Die

jamesdiver wrote: »

Guns n Roses (Slash)

Errr, no. Back then Axl was the main man. Obviously, Slash is a much cooler dude than Axl so it appears that way now, but ummm no. You just have to look at Guns n Roses (minus all the original members except Axl) ticket sales Vs any Slash project to confirm that.

Too Tough To Die

wil wrote: »

Led Zeppelin,
Pink (which ones Pink) Floyd
Kraftwerk

Oh, you said one

Pink Floyd? No.

Led Zep, no way. Although that's your best pick, i give you that.

Kraftwerk, they had a frontman?

COYVB

freddie mercury

Too Tough To Die

osarusan wrote: »

Van Halen.

Now yes, then no.

wil

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Pink Floyd? No.

Led Zep, no way. Although that's your best pick, i give you that.

Kraftwerk, they had a frontman?

I'm not sure what you are saying now.
Floyd didnt really have a front man, or 3 different at various times but the band not the names sold.
Zeppelin did more than Floyd, with Plant but Page and the band were as much of a draw.
Kraftwerk had 4 back men

Add to that AC/DC Angus was probably the bigger pull

NegativeCreep

Michael Jackson without a shadow of a doubt. Everyone should watch the dangerous tour live in Bucharest!!!