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 Topic: Why Queen are "Magic"
Posted: December 13 2005 at 07:45 |
What is behinds Queens greatness?
- The Vocals - Those harmonies are to die for.....3 good singers make for a very dramatic affect. Queen are possibly the best harmonic rock group ever
- The Guitar - Brian May is an exceptional and original guitarist, not to mention his innovative use of guitar "orchestration" using multi tracking techniques
- Songwriting - With 4 songwriters in the band its no surprise they have produces so much good stuff
- Front man - Mercury, surely one of the best?
- Diversity - Wide range of styles of their music has increased their longevity.
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darren
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 07:54 |
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... all of the above?
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"they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world.
the fools
they locked up the wrong man."
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 07:57 |
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pero
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 07:57 |
Are you paid for this ? 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 08:00 |
 pero wrote:
Are you paid for this ?
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No. I just wanted to start a debate, see what everyone else has to offer, see who disagrees and why and make a positive thread if possible.
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pero
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 08:03 |
For me only "Bohemian rapsody" is all above mentioned.
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 08:23 |
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Snow Dog i love you..
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We want... a shrubbery!
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 08:26 |
Cant really argue with any of Snowies points. They were/are an extremely talented band. I have five of their albums, but why can I not stand listening to them these days?? 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Snow Dog
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 08:36 |
Blacksword wrote:
Cant really argue with any of Snowies points. They were/are an extremely talented band. I have five of their albums, but why can I not stand listening to them these days?? |
I don't know....sometimes you just....move on!
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:05 |
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Queen were one of the greatest singles bands since the Beatles (in fact, arguably THE greatest) and a superb live act, but I've never rated their albums that highly. Freddie Mercury was a brilliant front man, and the world is a slightly duller place without him in it.
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:10 |
Great band indeed!
The most representative album of all above mentioned is A Night At The Opera (great also that Taylor's one "I'm In Love With My Car")!!
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:18 |
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Blacksword
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:44 |
You really are a nutter aren't you! 
Paul Rogers better than Freddie Mercury?? Ho ho ho...
Seriously though, I think I prefer the first two albums to anything else they done. 'A night at the Opera' is one of those classic rock albums, but I like the rawness of the debut, and the way that rwness meets alittle of the Queen to come, on the second album. I can take or leave anything after ANATO.
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NutterAlert
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:49 |
Blacksword wrote:
You really are a nutter aren't you!
Paul Rogers better than Freddie Mercury?? Ho ho ho...
Seriously though, I think I prefer the first two albums to anything else they done. 'A night at the Opera' is one of those classic rock albums, but I like the rawness of the debut, and the way that rwness meets alittle of the Queen to come, on the second album. I can take or leave anything after ANATO.
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, couldn't find the tongue in cheek smiley for the Rodgers/mercury bit..
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salmacis
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 15:08 |
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Yes I love the first 4 or so Queen albums, yet for me I'd add the 'no synths' characteristic to the 'magic' list; I felt they were perhaps on the wane somewhat when they introduced synths as they lost a good deal of their production experimentation.
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 15:18 |
Syzygy wrote:
Queen were one of the greatest singles bands since the Beatles (in fact, arguably THE greatest) and a superb live act, but I've never rated their albums that highly. Freddie Mercury was a brilliant front man, and the world is a slightly duller place without him in it. |
"Greatest singles band" ??? Queen? You mean like "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Another One Bites the Dust"??? Those singles?
You're comparing those to, say, "I Feel Fine," "And I Saw Her Standing There" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." ???
Perhaps a reconsideration is in order, as well as an apology to those of us with finely-calibrated musical sensibilities...
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thefalafelking
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 15:36 |
bluetailfly wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
Queen were one of the greatest singles bands since the Beatles (in fact, arguably THE greatest) and a superb live act, but I've never rated their albums that highly. Freddie Mercury was a brilliant front man, and the world is a slightly duller place without him in it. |
"Greatest singles band" ??? Queen? You mean like "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Another One Bites the Dust"??? Those singles?
You're comparing those to, say, "I Feel Fine," "And I Saw Her Standing There" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." ???
Perhaps a reconsideration is in order, as well as an apology to those of us with finely-calibrated musical sensibilities...
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Yes, Queen IS a great single band. I also like The Beatles a lot, and I think there's no use in comparing their styles! but Queen DID make a lot of awesome singles: Another one bites the dust, seven seas of rhye, bohemian rhapsody , innuendo (both quite risky), the show must go on, i'm going slightly mad and even a kind of magic, breakthrue, I want it all...(and many, many more) yes, when i think of these, I think they can match the beatles' single quality
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 15:42 |
Some kind of magic..hmm
And there is surely bands that outbeats queen on all of the above criterias...
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salmacis
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 15:57 |
Lindsay Lohan wrote:
Some kind of magic..hmm
And there is surely bands that outbeats queen on all of the above criterias...
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I'd personally say Uriah Heep were better to these ears, but it could also be argued that Heep rarely if ever did albums as cohesive as 'Queen II' and 'A Night At The Opera'. Yet, I'd find it doubtful Queen never heard Heep's work...
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Posted: December 13 2005 at 16:09 |
I always liked Uriah Heep very much. Favourite albums: Live 1973, Look at Yourself, ... but I think already at the time of Return to Fantasy they were becoming a band of whom the players carried sh*t for brains (exagerated, I know, but I like the sentence). But tunes like sweet lorraine, july morning, tears in my eyes, ... are amazing!!!
But, I saw a few concert fragments of them on DVD and it's just awfull, argh!! I just hate the image of the singer, he looks like an over-emotional piece of wood in a glamrock outfit. and that guitarplayer mick box, though he's quite good, he acts like a child imitating his favourite guitar hero! (on the same DVD he played guitar with one arm broken!). I've never seen the DVD since, I'm afraid it would make my love for the good Uriah Heep albums go away!
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Why Queen are "Magic"
I think its an insult that queen is play with paul rodgers at the helm