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maani

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:23

Yum Yum!!! Juicy!! Give me more! Shove'em in!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:18

Oh my God.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:14

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:08

he he!!!!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:06

^ you're starting to crack me up Maani!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 17:03

CD:

Holy Smokes! How could I have been so stupid?! I should have known, what with my having had over 25 years of music theory, piano and drums, having been a professional musician since the age of 9, having been steeped in prog since the word was coined, having grown up not only on prog but on the groups from which prog sprang and the other genres of music that influenced prog (including classical, jazz, neo-classical, blues, country and non-Western misic), having studied, seriously, the history of popular music from 1959 to the present for over 30 years, having been a Queen fan since SHA and considering them among the greatest rock bands of their era, and having a CD collection of over 1000 titles, at least 1/10 to 1/8 of which are prog.

How could I have been so stupid to have missed the fact that Queen were prog?! Foolish me!

I think I'l just go eat some worms...

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 16:48

Originally posted by <SPAN =bold>tuxon</SPAN>

tuxon wrote:

Well now Queen is on the archives.

Shouldn't we include Freddie Mercury's solo albums also.

I've listened to roger Taylor and Cross also, but that's not progressive I think, May's solo albums are not progressive also, but the two albums Freddie made, are art Rock I think

Mr Bad Guy, with the title song which can easily be regarded as Art Rock

Barcelona, a combination of Opera and Art Rock, with lyrics by Mercury and Rice, a fabulous rock/Opera hybrid.

Hope you're joking. Great joke.. the first time I read it i almost believe it. Then i realized it was a joke. Hope so.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 16:40

Well now Queen is on the archives.

Shouldn't we include Freddie Mercury's solo albums also.

I've listened to roger Taylor and Cross also, but that's not progressive I think, May's solo albums are not progressive also, but the two albums Freddie made, are art Rock I think

Mr Bad Guy, with the title song which can easily be regarded as Art Rock

Barcelona, a combination of Opera and Art Rock, with lyrics by Mercury and Rice, a fabulous rock/Opera hybrid.

I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 16:26

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

let's add all that come in our mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C'mon Backstreet Boys, what are you doing there? Come on Prog Archives and bring also your friends, (Take That, they are quite prog, huh?)!!!!!!!!

C'mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just joking BTW.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 16:20

I am so very proud right now...Queen being placed on the site is a great move!!!!!!!!....................Ladies and Gentlemen, we must never forget, that we should be in the business of tearing down walls and building communities.....the inclusion of Queen should not in anyway bring forth such vehement opposition. It's quite silly really.....

Let's not become elitist like our classical and jazz brothers and sisters........let us have open minds.....

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:18

Ehi Maani, havn't you heard the last news? Queen is one of the BASICAL BAND of prog rock!

Maybe those stores you've seen were too old to recognise Queen as a prog rock band!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:14

Easy Livin wrote:

maani wrote:

'Nuff said.

HEAR HEAR!!!

HE SAID "'NUFF SAID"

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:13

^ Maani, is this a lost cause or is it that no final decision has been made yet?

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:12

maani wrote:

'Nuff said.

HEAR HEAR!!!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 15:10

Something else occurs to me. Many CD stores (though not, perhaps, the major ones) actually have separate "prog" sections. And there are, of course, many CD stores that specialize in prog.

Have you ever seen Queen in any of these sections or stores? My guess is that less than 1% of such sections or stores actually carry Queen.

'Nuff said.

Peace.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:39

Ehi, Snow Dog, you got my agreement.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:38

No, synthesizers aren't the reason why Queen shouldn't be here. Read the million posts before yours and you'll understand the 10000000 reasons why Queen shouldn't be in PROG ARCHIVES.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:37

The Wizard wrote:

I think the reason a lot of people are against Queen being in the archives is that they don't use synthesizers. Prog is not all about synthesizers. It is about using instrumentation in creative/complex ways. In the case of queen, the instruments are the voice and guitar. So I that justifies Queen as being prog.

This is the stupidest thing that I have read for ages!

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:21

I think the reason a lot of people are against Queen being in the archives is that they don't use synthesizers. Prog is not all about synthesizers. It is about using instrumentation in creative/complex ways. In the case of queen, the instruments are the voice and guitar. So I that justifies Queen as being prog.

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Posted: August 01 2005 at 13:07

What irony..! Some people here are trying to find some prog on Queen II, and on the other hand this site is receiving many five stars reviews about the same album. If this tendency continues will break down albums such as: YES - Close to the Edge, GENESIS - Selling England by the Pound, JETHRO TULL - Thick As A Brick, etc.

Is QUEEN - Queen II a good example of Progressive Rock?

IMO, this web site is suffering the same phenomenon that this genre went through the 80’s… It’s funny… and/or pathetic… and/or another dramatic irony… Please, be aware…

Edited by Lateralus_66