Why are The Darkness so popular?

actually, listening to that song is like listening to a porn movie- lots of moaning and the mucis video... I don't understand it. The big squid touching the band, the laser comming out of guitars... And people are actually buying out this crap. What's happened to the world today people!?

i love the darkness. i mean that thing.. at night - not the band

ah yea how could something so good have the same name as something so bad?!?!?!?!?darkness are llllaaaammmmeeee

Originally posted by the fool
There's a big difference between sounding gay and a good falsetto. The singer from Darkness is (probably) not gay but his voice sounds so irritatingly GAY- it's like he's moaning or dying or something!!! Freddie's gay but his voice doesn't sound gay at all- it's very powerful and has lots of attack.

This is wrong on so many levels and makes me wonder if you've ever even remotely considered of thinking for more than 2 seconds about what you were going to write.
But I'm not going to say any more because your nickname truly does says it all.

Anyway, I'm not too familiar with the Darkness, but they seem like a fun band. That's really all they've got going for them, they're fun, which is exactly why people will grow tired of them really fast.

how is my comment wrong on so many levels spl? no offense but actually, i think you're the one who's writing without doing any thinking here dude. You said so your self- you're not that familiar with the darkness- so how can you make the comparison? I'm very familiar with both Queen and The Darkness so I think I know what I'm talking about. That Darkness dude can't sing a note without sounding like a bad porn movie. No matter how you look at it- even when it comes to technicalities in singing, he just sucks.

umm lets all be nice, ok?

SPL, i never imply that you can't have an opinion- i just don't agree with your opinion and I'm just voicing out that disagreement. i have nothing against you as a person so don't take it too personal. now that that's settled, the comparison that I am referring to is the one made between freddie mercury's powerful voice and Justin Hawkin's gay voice which you refer to as homophobic slurs. I admit the word is politically incorrect, but I have nothing against gays. If I was homophobic why do I admire and love freddie so much??? All I'm saying is that Justin Hawkin's voice sucks- it's lame. That's what I meant by gay. It's a completely different meaning of the word just as gay used to mean happy in the old days. It has nothing to do with homosexuality.

er, the origin of the word gay as an insult lies in the fact that was/is used as a slur on homosexuals.
the context in which you originally used the term meant you were using it as an insult so... given your feelings for freddie; just a little ironic, dont you think!

that's why i said its politically incorrect didn't i?