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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 17:16

Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

I was listening to STYX ... and i think it sounds a bit like Queen

Queen was absolutely unique, Freddies voice can't be compared with anybody else and Bryan May's guitar is also one on a kind.

Styx and lets add ELO had great chorus also, but they were no match for Queen IMHO.

Harry Hood wrote:

Quote Scissor Sisters.

They lack Queen's operatic qualities, but their music has the same passion and energy of Queen's more aggressive tunes.

Hey man, whatever you'r smoking, sue your dealer, it's affecting you,  this guys are a bunch of Bee Gee wannabees, their most famous song is the one in which they butcher Comfortably Numb.

Queen's stuff was original, and if you take the operatic characteristics it will no longer be Queen.

ELO had oiperatic characteristics, STYX a few, and even when they are not remotely similar to Queen, are much closer than The Scissor Sisters.

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MAGELLAN's "Impending Ascension" had some QUEEN like vocals, no?
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Janes Addiction perhaps...but less commercial. Someone quoted ' Keane"!!! The worst syrup pop around, sorry but true
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Originally posted by captainbeyond captainbeyond wrote:

Hey All,

I'm racking my brain and cannot come up with any truly satisfactory bands that have either a sound or an essence quite like Queen's. Anybody have any thoughts?

Thats because of the remarkable Freddie Mercury.Queen were ..well Queen.Everyone likes them.Even my sister does who thinks the Eighties were the height of good music taste
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Originally posted by captainbeyond captainbeyond wrote:

Hey All,

I'm racking my brain and cannot come up with any truly satisfactory bands that have either a sound or an essence quite like Queen's. Anybody have any thoughts?

I know that Gentle Giant's song Knots on their album Octopus heavily influenced Queen's sound, also the Beatle's Abby Road album seems to me to have influenced Queen. I think you should seriously check these two out.Wink
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   There was a band in the late 1970's called "Aviary".
They had a Queen vibe to them.
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I think Be Bop Deluxe's Sunburst Finish album in remarkably reminiscient of Queen (Queen being my favorite band ever, btw.)
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Originally posted by Harry Hood Harry Hood wrote:

Scissor Sisters.


They lack Queen's operatic qualities, but their music has the same passion and energy of Queen's more aggressive tunes.



     Are you serious? Not only are they nothing like Queen, but any comparison is doing the other band a disservice. I first became aware of Scissor Sisters when I happened to see them on SNL. I couldn't believe how bad they were. And then was astounded to hear people say they liked them (sorry if this seems harsh, but it really took me by surprise).

     Some have tried to do what Queen did, but no one has been able to fully pull it off. At times they rocked as hard as anyone else, at other times they were like a cabaret act. Somehow it meshed wonderfully.


    
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I haven't heard any band with similar sound to Queen, really. I hope there won't be any band with similar sound to Queen, because NOBODY can sing like Freddy Mercury.
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Originally posted by Harry Hood Harry Hood wrote:

Scissor Sisters.

They lack Queen's operatic qualities, but their music has the same passion and energy of Queen's more aggressive tunes.

 
You must be joking ! LOL The Scissor Sisters are 'beegees-wannabees', IMO .......
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Originally posted by Barla Barla wrote:

I haven't heard any band with similar sound to Queen, really. I hope there won't be any band with similar sound to Queen, because NOBODY can sing like Freddy Mercury.
 
Listen to Canarios' Ciclos CD, Who am I, where am I, one of the singers in  parts  sounds just like Freddie Mercury.Wink
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Originally posted by Cheesecakemouse Cheesecakemouse wrote:

Originally posted by captainbeyond captainbeyond wrote:

Hey All,

I'm racking my brain and cannot come up with any truly satisfactory bands that have either a sound or an essence quite like Queen's. Anybody have any thoughts?

I know that Gentle Giant's song Knots on their album Octopus heavily influenced Queen's sound, also the Beatle's Abby Road album seems to me to have influenced Queen. I think you should seriously check these two out.Wink


So, it wasn't just me going insane...Wink

Yes, Gentle Giant's mullti-part vocal harmonies reminded me of Queen...on "Gentle Giant and "acquiring the taste" albums.

And I dunno why, but Aphrodite's Child "666" reminds me of "Queen II" in a way.
Percussion, sir!
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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 21 2006 at 22:20
The Sweet sound similair to Queen, though Queen were much cooler. The Darkness is also very Queen influenced, especially their second album, but don't expect too much. 
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Points: 3252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2006 at 11:41
one time i listened one song of tigertailz very similar to some queen songs
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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2006 at 15:29
Wow... Thread necromancy. Anyway! Muse are rather similair to Queen. 
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