"Queen" vs "Rush"
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Topic: "Queen" vs "Rush"
Posted By: catfood03
Subject: "Queen" vs "Rush"
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:28
  Of these two debuts which do you think is stronger. Both wear their Led Zeppelin admiration on their sleeves and both of these albums were released in (somewhat) close proximity to each other. In my opinion Queen's debut reveals a personality and shows more promise in transcending their influences, while Rush seems to still be "finding their way" on their debut. Plus, song for song, "Queen" is a more exciting record, IMO. What do you think? |
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:41
| one thing they have in common is equally bad album covers lol |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:43
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Queen's cover is good i think, but i haven't heard their debut yet. So no vote. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:45
Queen's album cover actually improves when shrunk to CD size, as an LP it's becomes more glaring how boring it really is |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: October 12 2011 at 21:50
| Rush's debut looks like a Batman TV show caption, and Queen's debut is just a big dump of purple with some guy standing there. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 00:34
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Queen for miles for me. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 00:40
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Queen for me as well. Queen II is a remarkable album that seems forgotten by many. And, don't forget, "no synthesizers"!!
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Posted By: gents
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 03:53
| Rush doesn't stand a chance. Queen is way way better. |
Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 04:39
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Queen's debut is a little better and more proggy than Rush is. Why you all making the cover art such a big deal -------------  
MY IDOLS |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 07:05
I guess because I put the art in my OP. I like talking about album covers, so I don't mind, but the ratings are intended for the music. |
Posted By: Rutgers Joe
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 14:40
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Queen's first album is terrific. Rush's...eehhh...not so much. ------------- The original (and very creepy) cover of THE STEVE HOWE ALBUM...hint...look in the water... 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 15:56
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The Queen debut is much stronger in my opinion.
The Rush debut is fun, but hardly original. The Queen debut is also 'fun' but doesn't really sound like anything that had gone before. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 23:29
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Never heard Rush's debut, but I've heard Queen's and I must say, it's an underrated masterpiece.
------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: October 13 2011 at 23:47
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Two of my very favorite bands, although I haven't heard Rush's debut, so I can't vote. I would bet that Queen's is better though, based upon what I've heard about Rush.
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: October 14 2011 at 15:06
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Have'nt heard Queen's debut so I can't really vote but Rush's tunes on the first album are just pretty straighforward, standard rock tunes and are'nt Prog at all, but there great tunes for what they are. ------------- 
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Posted By: progistoomainstream
Date Posted: October 14 2011 at 22:19
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This is an apples and oranges comparason. ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:00
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Rush!
------------- Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com |
Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: October 15 2011 at 08:01
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Rush for me, I prefer Queen 2 to the 1st
------------- Tony C. |
Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 06:25
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Rush. by a country mile. It's straight up rock, and lacks the edge that Peart brought to the band both lyrically and technically, but equally it's lack of whimsy means it has aged so much better than Queen's debut. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 06:41
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I prefer Rush by a considerable margin. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: October 16 2011 at 08:35
Aren't most polls on this site?  |
Posted By: fuyuakiworld
Date Posted: December 10 2011 at 23:08
| RUSH |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 09 2012 at 20:00
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Fortunately both bands' material would drastically improve by their second albums. The Rush debut is a good hard rock album but no Neil Peart on board while Queen havetheir line up in place. But both their second releases are is just far more sophisticated and defined. IMHO the Rush debut is probably better as a hard rock album while The Queen one needs either more power or more writing imagination - which happened. The Rush debut is like no other Rush album while the Queen release is the first step in a clear um, procession... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 01 2015 at 04:52
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Queen's debut. I like the debut album by Rush but Queen's debut is amazing to me, much more interesting than Rush's. |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 01 2015 at 12:47
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Two of my favourite bands, two completely different opinions on their debuts: Rush is my least favourite record up to maybe Presto, while Queen is among the ones I like the best from the Brits.
------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 19:26
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Really late, but thought I'd vote for Rush anyway. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 19:28
| Rush, very underrated debut. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 19:31
Very true.  ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: April 08 2015 at 21:23
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Rush. Even if it's nothing original, it's very well made. ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |