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* [[Anvilicious]]: "White Man", "Put Out the Fire" & "Tie Your Mother Down".
* [[Critical Dissonance]]: Their popularity with the music press was inversely proportionate to their popularity with their audiences. By the onset of the 1980s, they could have legitimately claimed to be the biggest band in the world, but at the same time ''Rolling Stone'' was denouncing them as "the world's first fascist rock band".
** But, of course, see [[Vindicated
* [[Ear Worm]]: Many.
* [[Epic Riff]]: Lots, from ''Keep Yourself Alive'' to ''White Man'' to ''Another One Bites The Dust'', an epic bass riff.
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*** According to Freddie himself (Circus mag, 1977), if ANY of the four left, it'd be the end of Queen.
** This trope could slightly apply as the band's career went on, with the gradual reduction in the amount of songs with lead vocals by the other members.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: Unavoidable in a band with a fanbase as large as the Queen one. For example, there are the homophobic Queen fans who believe Freddie Mercury was a straight man assassinated by a gay conspiracy led by [[
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: Narrowly averted with ''Hot Space'' ([[Your Mileage May Vary|for some]]), because of the presence of [[
** To a lesser extent ''Made in Heaven'' though this is more related to ''Innuendo'''s status as a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]] than anything else.
** The Paul Rodgers album might be a better example. Many fans feel that the lack of Freddie makes it not a Queen album. Even non-fans have commented that it ''sounds'' more like a Paul Rodgers album than Queen.
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** Just listen to unreleased track "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6PZmBFLPdU Dog With a Bone.]"
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Freddie. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvg6ZP-HTCA 'Nuff said.]
** AIDS didn't kill him! Pure epic power simply overwhelmed his body and he [[Ascend to
* [[Never Live It Down]]: For a while, it was their decision to perform at Sun City. Mostly that's forgotten, but it caused a massive uproar at the time.
* [[Painful Rhyme]]: From "Radio Ga Ga": "stick around, 'cause we might you / when we grow tired of all this visual.".
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Paul Rodgers. His tours with the band and the addition of [[
** Crosses into [[Fan Dumb]] territory, since Rodgers ''wasn't a replacement''. It was "Queen teams up with Paul Rodgers", not "Paul Rodgers becomes a member of Queen".
* [[Stuck in Their Shadow]]: While John Deacon is considered one of the best bassists in rock music, his personality was too reserved to make him as memorable as the more dynamic band members ([[Fleetwood Mac
* [[Tear Jerker]]: [[Queen
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: It's hard to listen to "One Vision" without being reminded of the motto of [[Nazi Germany]]: "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer".
** I'm astounded at the number of people who think '''39'' is about World War II. Did they ever really listen to the lyrics? "In the days when lands were few" "In the year of '39 ... the volunteers came home ... and they bring good news of a world so newly born". Do they really want to go ''[[Springtime for Hitler|there]]''?!
* [[Vindicated
** Also Freddie himself: while alive, he was regarded by many tabloids as a conceited gay showman with some (but not too much) talent and more often than not Brian was shown as the musical anchor (although his personal life was heavily criticised especially in the 80's). Recently, the press tends to refer to Freddie as a great late musical genius without whom Brian and Roger are nothing.
** Hot Space has become much more appreciated in recent years, what with the revival of funk and disco music by modern artists, especially those in the electropop genre.
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