QUEEN on progarchives

MikeEnRegalia wrote: NetsNJFan wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Proto Prog/Prog Precursers The Nice, 60's psychedelic bands Bands-that-influenced-prog The Beatles, Miles Davis Progressive/Imaginative-Pop Queen, 10cc Pseudo-Prog/Quasi-Prog/Prog-Influenced Led Zeppelin/Deep Purple/Black Sabbath dude the NICE are pure prog, not proto-prog   Ok, then which bands would you call proto-prog? I'm not an expert on early prog, I'm just collecting pieces from different posts here ...

Vannilla Fudge, Mannfred Mann, idk 60's either, But Nice are definately prog, you shoulc check em out

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Progressive/Imaginative-Pop Queen, 10cc

Don't be ridiculous.

Queen wrote rock music that was Popular.

Not Pop.

Rock.

So that would be Progressive/Imaginative ROCK.

Queen don't need to be sectioned off. They're not pseudo, proto, quasi or any such doo-dah.

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I must say that the music of Queen is quite a bit of EVERYTHING - but I never really went for them.  Again, too commercial and radio-ready, and, above all, ROCK, Roger Taylor being the main culprit here.  I was pretty surprised to see them included here at the archives.  I understand and respect the fact that many people (understatement) love Queen, and they can produce some interesting music, but I fail to see them as being a 'prog' band.  Sabbath aren't really 'prog', but a song such as Air Dance, from 'Never Say Die', is pretty much prog.  Similarly with Queen - the track 'Innuendo' is all-out prog (not because of Steve Howe, either) but I still don't see them as being a prog band.  Bands with great musicians produce great music, but not strictly prog.  Queen is one such band, but I still don't dig them.