4 Queen masterpieces
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Topic: 4 Queen masterpieces
Posted By: WrytXander
Subject: 4 Queen masterpieces
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 15:04
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The best "progressive" songs from the band in my opinion. You may suggest other songs below of course. Normally Bohemian would win, but since this site is more about prog, I'd like to see what goes down (not to say Bohemian isn't progressive). I honestly can't pick a song...  ------------- 20+ prog bands discovered and explored in 3 years, still going strong... |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 15:05
The Prophet's Song floats my corn flakes man.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 15:06
| Went for "March of The Black Queen" just over Bohemia. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 15:08
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definitely gonna look into more from Queen, especially their early years. so for now, i go for Bohemian Rhapsody with Innuendo being an honorable mention. that could change when the time comes. ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 18:30
| The Black Queen rules, if only Bohemian didn't get so commercially successful to become tiredsome. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 19:14
Black Queen for me just over Prophet...my wife bought me the Live at the Rainbow '74 box and it's a blast hearing the live version  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Friday13th
Date Posted: January 06 2015 at 21:30
| Good picks yeah. Rhapsody of course, but those are the only one's that come close. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 02:50
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March of the Black Queen >
Innuendo > The Prophet's Song >> Bohemian Rhapsody ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 03:26
| Prophet Song last? Thought it would be in the lead. I voted for it - their technicolor masterstroke, but March of the Black Queen is grand as well. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 04:38
Innuendo (we even get Steve Howe on this one  ).
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 07 2015 at 06:07
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March of the black queen wins hands down! Killer song from their best album imo. Then.. Innuendo Prophets song Bohemian Rhapsody. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: January 10 2015 at 22:21
The Prophet's Song.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 10 2015 at 23:52
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The Prophet's Song from this list. My alltime favorite is Somebody to Love ------------- 
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Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 04:47
| The Prophet Song - the song has a dark epic feel and I love the harmony element halfway through the song. For me it is the highlight of the excellent A Night of the Opera. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 05:41
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Lets see some more love for Innuendo.. Fantastic song. Their best tune since the peak of their career imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2N0TkfrQhY" rel="nofollow - Queen - Innuendo ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 07:32
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I went with the Rhapsody, because it impressed me so instantaneously, so much and so long ago. The Prophet and the Black Queen are perhaps equally good, but trigger a more modest emotional response in me. There is something wrong with Innuendo; not sure what, though. Just don't like it.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 09:40
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The frenetic, over-the-top insanity of March of the Black Queen makes the song special to me. I'd follow that up with The Prophet's Song (because, after all, now I know), and then Bohemian Rhapsody. Innuendo shouldn't even be included in this list. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 14:49
My thoughts exactly. ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
snowsnow wrote:Posted By: Spaceflower
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 08:46
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March of The Black Queen, The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, Ogre Battle, Great King Rat, Flick of the Wrist, Stone Cold Crazy...actually all the stuff from Queen I and II and some from their third album " Sheer Heart Attack" ! Those are the most progressive Queen albums but it seems only few know about them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SMOsXCc0c ------------- http://phoenixlights.nl/ https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixLightsBand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGqt1nioU7Y |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 13:14
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All great songs but have to go with Bohemian Rhapsody ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:33
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There were almost a few masterpieces other than Killer Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody from the Queen catalog, but chances were thwarted because, invariably, Freddie would open his mouth. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 12:55
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 20:37
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 14:17
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Four wonderful pieces! Bohemian Rhapsody is my favorite song ever :P ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 14:31
Melgar: The group picture of Genesis you've included here was originally part of a picture taken at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in, of course, New York City. It was part of a Rolling Stone article on the boys when they were on tour stateside, but I couldn't tell you for what album. I thought it was interesting that you picked this picture as I haven't seen it in years. It gently hints at the personality of each group member. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 21:23
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Gallileo, Gallileo, Figaro, Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, Scaramouch, the fandango, Galileo Galilei, Figaro and Bismillah let me go.....
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 21:55
What's wrong with Mercury? He's a great singer. I can imagine lot's of people liking other singers over Mercury (I myself counted), but I have seldome heard people complaining about his singing. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 22:11
Freddie Mercury and David Byron plus David Bowie are my all time favorite vocalists, my current fav is Daniel Gildenlow too from Pain of Salvation. However when we think of Queen and Freddie we tend to forget or some don't know that it is Roger Taylor who is singing those high notes, not Freddie. Here is an example: Roger Taylor and Queen - High falsetto collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnIZGOXPi8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JnIZGOXPi8
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 09:42
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 22:38
I absolutely adore that song too Micky  This beautiful song I must dedicate to you, Micky  Queen--Is This the World We Created (from Live Aid '85). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSnsVwbTcM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSnsVwbTcM hugs
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Posted By: Wakeman's Birotron
Date Posted: January 29 2015 at 23:29
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I reign with my left hand, I rule with my right I'm lord of all darkness, I'm queen of the night I've got the power, now do the march of the black queen!
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 10:23
| Learned recently that Mr. Steve Howe played flamenco guitar on Queen's Innuendo. Does that make it a masterpiece? Apart from that Howe-plays-Dylan album, I like everything he's done. |
Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: February 08 2015 at 16:33
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A hard decision between March and Prophet's - I chose the latter. I mean, March has a great dinamicity, the only thing that kills it for me is the end of the song, I only wish it wasn't followed by another song...Prophet's, in another hand is a complete song for me. That intro and that acapella session are fantastic. One of the first progressive songs I've heard, even before knowing it was progressive. I do like BoRap, but I prefer the songs above mentioned. Never enjoyed Innuendo so much, there are many other songs I like from Queen. ------------- Without charity, there is no salvation |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 07 2015 at 01:35
BO RAP... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 07 2015 at 23:48
No, having Howe play flamenco guitar doens't make Innuendo a masterpiece... what makes the song a masterpiece is the whole of it, which is just great. Of course, that flameco part is part of the whole that makes such a great song. As for the Dylan album, I actually rather liked it... I like many other things he's done... with Yes, obviously, and I know a few of his solo albums, which have some nice stuff too, though not at the level of his work with Yes. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 08 2015 at 15:27
| March of the Black Queen. If only because Queen II was the second album I ever bought and the first time music blew my tiny mind. |