Queen
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Topic: Queen
Posted By: maani
Subject: Queen
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 22:21
| Self-explanatory. Just curious about this. |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 22:36
Still No...although i saw them here..... ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 23:15
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God gave you grace to purge this place And peace all around may be your fortune Oh oh children of the land Love is still the answer take my hand The vision fades a voice I hear Listen to the madman! But still I fear and still I dare not Laugh at the madman! ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 29 2005 at 23:31
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Yes, tuxon, Prophet Song is probably the most proggish thing they ever did, along with BR. But does that make the band prog? Do you really consider any of their albums wholly and entirely prog? Because that is supposed to be the criterion by which a group is added to the site. Peace. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 00:05
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Queen II - Pomp prog, prog metal, with pompous ELP excess Sheer Heart attack is really near full-out prog, if it isn't already You have to want to see it BTW the most proggiest thing they did was Fairy Feller's Masterstroke
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 02:05
| no!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 03:42
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I would have liked a third option, "Now that they are here, should they be removed". My answer to that would be no. I have always argued against their inclusion, but I'm not too bothered that they have been added. As I have said in other threads, they will simply find their way to the periphery of the site in due course. It should be born in mind that Queen were one of the first bands which were not added by the administrators. Under the guidelines for the "add a band facility", the site owners may remove them if they decide they should not be here. I see they have done that for at least one band already). |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 06:00
Queen are great non-prog band! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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tuxon wrote:Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 06:25
| Sheer Heart Attack not prog at all?! It's their proggiest album IMO! (And their best). |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 06:32
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I love the album (see my review) I've never ever thought of it as prog though! Maybe I'm wrong, whats prog about it? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 12:55
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This is ridiculous! Queen are not prog. They shouldnt be on the Archive in the Prog Section. Tuxon's gone mad!
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 13:36
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No...while some of their earlier stuff is proggish,I don't think on a whole they were progressive enough to be included in the archives. -------------  |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 17:37
Made me curious of which band(s)? I must say that this poll is quite bad, Queen are already in the archives and my opinion is that no bands should be deleted. Even so, I voted No. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 19:00
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Nah..! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 30 2005 at 22:28
| I like Queen, but they don't belong on PA, though. |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 05:21
| 3 out of 4 forum members don't want them to be on this site. So there's really no question, they DON'T belong here. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 10:58
Sorry, I can't remember. I saw one in the list of new bands marked "sorry, removed" or something like that. |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 17:26
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Queen were never considered prog and were thought of as a glam metal band. When they came along they were a kind of Bowie/Zeppelin hybrid - neither of whom are in the archives. Yes, they had proggy elements to their sound but practically everyone did in the 70s - the two artists I mentioned above, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath, 10cc, The Who, Wishbone Ash, Deep Purple, even Elton John at times! ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 07:06
| The results should speak for themselves. Shame it had to come to this with such a great band like queen |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 20:09
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Their first three albums are fantastic (I'm not so fond of the fourth, but recognise I'm in a very small minority). I don't consider them Progressive Rock, though. Some progressive traits in some songs, but I just don't put them in the same basket as the undisputed Prog Rock groups. That 1973 Melody Maker article sums it up for me as far as the first few albums are concerned: "commercial in a progressive kind of way". I'm not too fused about QUEEN being in the Archives, but would have preferred the albums to have been listed under another category that reflects the fact that the group were considered a Glam Rock band and that the first albums are not full-blown Prog Rock. And that the music went downhill after that (in my opinion, of course); the infamous Fat Bottomed Girls and Flash's Theme make me cringe (By the way, any of you seen the 1974 cult film Flesh Gordon? It's much more entertaining than the 1980 Flash Gordon). Mind you, there are other groups in the Archives that I wouldn't have added either, but that's another story.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 05 2005 at 17:37
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I'm afraid I have just never liked Queen, period. They are just glorified Glam Rock/Pop to me...sorry. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 07:33
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NO i dont like em very much, dont have any albums with em but i have ofcourse heard some song, but nothing that i have liked very much... ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 13:37
Even though 68% voted no, you still included them ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 14:16
No one said this was a democracy! 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 14:25
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democracy is when everyone get's something they desire. minorities are thrown a bone when the are persistent enough ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 09:09
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No, although the first four albums are kind of proggy in a way. I'd say the same about Supertramp - both bands made some beautifully crafted rock/pop, and had some prog elements, but they were never really seen as prog by any nusic fans that I know. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |