Sure, most fans think their favourite bands are the best, but most Queen fans, at least the ones in my country, are absolutely vehement about their power and glory. To them it's simply an undebatable fact that Queen are the greatest band ever and anybody who says different has no taste.
"Their time being the 70s? So how come they don't even make the top 40 of 70s artists? Not a great performance for a band who wrote songs which you've just said became DEFINITIVE of their time??!!"
Many artists have released songs definitive of their time...Queen aren't the only ones.
As for Missy Elliott, she was largely responsible for the modern R n B sound. Check out Aaliyah's One in a Million album and see how much of a departure it is from other hip hop of the time. She's an innovator- more so than Queen I'd say. The fact is that rap has gone out of favor in the eyes of critics and many music fans in general. That Missy is able to muster any acclaim at all only bolsters her case.
"To them it's simply an undebatable fact that Queen are the greatest band ever and anybody who says different has no taste"
You'll be pleased to know I'm not one of those - yes they are the greatest in my eyes (or ears?) and I don't like The Beatles either but they or Elvis will always top these kinds of polls, and rightly so. I just think they should be a lot higher. I wouldn't say anyone who says any different has no taste, but anyone who said they really didn't like Queen at all would have a lot to prove to redeem their taste factor! :-)
"The fact is that rap has gone out of favor in the eyes of critics and many music fans in general. "
You're right there, the likes of Missy Elliott do have a raw deal when it comes to getting acclaim. Thank Eminem for that, lol!!
Queen was a very good band. There's not reason to underrate them. Freddy Mercury was a great performer, wrote a dozen a great songs. Ok they also made some crap sometimes but I think it's one of the only bands who had been able to have popularity + quality songs + great performing. They had nothing to do with Led Zeppelin or The Sparks, they were different, created something maybe not "new" but something "personal". They had a unique style and in my opinion Queen is still influent in today's music and will be rehabilitated by rock critics in the next years.
