Is Queen a prog band?
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Topic: Is Queen a prog band?
Posted By: TOD KREMER
Subject: Is Queen a prog band?
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:56
| I have seen Queen discussed in these pages and on members "Desrert Island Discs" lists. Their albums (at least the early ones) show eclecticism, musicality, and technical skill. I consider Queen one of my favorites even though all my other favorites are more solidly in the prog realm. So I put it to you folks...is Queen prog? |
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:04
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I would say not! I have been into them since they started & their 1st 3 albums are their best! Just top quality hard rock & nothing else. Maybe Queen 2 had a touch of prog,but to me it's just hard rock! I suppose a lot of people will say Races & Opera are prog but i don't know if they are! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:04
| They were a glam rock band, with some progressive elements, especially on their first 5 albums. |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:23
| No, certainly not more than Led Zeppelin for instance |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:51
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This brings back memories... -------------  
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:00
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(See any number of prior threads on this old dead horse that you are pointlessly flogging, folks!)
Answer: "what is prog?" is entirely up to you. What does it really matter what others (especially strange strangers) think of your collection/choices for "prog" status? Queen are here. Rock out: "Happy little day, Jimmy went away, met his little Jenny on a public holiday...." "Down in city just Peaches and meeeeeee...." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:08
I can't wait for the Sex Pistols to be added here.  |
Peter wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:10
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:21
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
"Entirely up to you" in the privacy of your own home, that is!Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:07
Be easy on Tod he's only a Newbie!  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:19
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queen were hard to pin down style-wise in the early days, though considering they were described at the time as "the last of the heavy rock bands" or "glam rock" they did amazingly well in their career. but i would never describe them as prog. i was lucky enough to see them at hammersmith odeon in '75 when the whole show was built around "bohemian rhapsody", they were bloody amazing! -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:28
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NO. NEVER HAS BEEN... NEVER WILL BE. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 17:30
First, tell us what "prog" is. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 17:44
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They're not a prog band, but they recorded some pretty progressive music. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Fede
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 17:58
| They aren't prog but they have some prog albums like A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, QUEEN II, QUEEN I in some way. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 03:50
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NEITHER QUEEN IS PROG OR NOT THEY MAKE MUSIC SO OUT OF THIS WORLD[ESPECIALLY THE FIRST FIVE ALBUMS] THAT WHO CARES? BY THE WAY THE MUSIC OF QUEEN IS NOT PROG ,HARD,GLAM,HEAVY,POP,BLUES,ORERA,WALZ,RETRO OR ROCK MUSIC.IS A MIX OF EVERYTHING PLUS TALENT AND AN ORIGINAL SOUND ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Fraja
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 05:01
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Posted By: bigjoeagago
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 05:24
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even though the first 3 queen albums are proggy, i feel that towards the end of the 70's queen had lost any of the conceptual threads of the earlier albums. Queen became masters of stadium rock & i feel this narrowed their progressive scope, indeed queen changed with the times & consequently contemporary popular taste. Does this make them prog?
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 06:03
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Personally, I do not like Queen. I think they had many prog elements in their sound at least until 1977-1978, and they deserve to be here. Two questions: a) Are Queen a prog band? Yes, I think they can be seen as a prog band. b) Are they a good prog band? No, in any sense at all!!! ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 10:03
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No. They were an eclectic, inventive mainstream pop/rock band that liked
to borrow from whatever music was current (glam, prog, disco and so on). |
Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 11:50
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I'm not so sure about this, I'm not a prog expert, I'm a groupie. But... I give my opinions to yes, they are a prog band, or at least the first three albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 11:55
| The kings, or should I say the queens of Glam rock in my opinion. |
Posted By: blazno
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 04:43
| NO, no prog here |