Last night, they alleged that Queen’s I Want to Break Free being banned by MTV was the start of their decline in the states.
Not true.
It started two years previous.
With Hot Space.
The album only made it to about #22 on the Billboard charts.
This after the #1 success of The Game.
(set aside…
When The Kinks were banned, they never hit any big commercial success again. But, some of their best music came after they were no longer compared to The Beatles and the other English lot. The Kinks were still the funnest band to ever come out of England..
