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Philéas 
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Posted: February 22 2008 at 11:12 |
 StyLaZyn wrote:
cacho wrote:
First of all Queen will never be a band I would like. It may be cause that thingy of Freddie... |
So when did you encounter Freddie's thingy? I had heard he was very promiscuous on both sides of the fence. And that has nothing to do with the music they wrote.
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Great response to a silly statement. 
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 08:16 |
[QUOTE=cacho]First of all Queen will never be a band I would like. It may be cause that thingy of Freddie... QUOTE]
So when did you encounter Freddie's thingy? I had heard he was very promiscuous on both sides of the fence. And that has nothing to do with the music they wrote.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 18:06 |
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First of all Queen will never be a band I would like. It may be cause that thingy of Freddie... 2nd Even though Freddie's voice is good I personally don't like it. 3rd I would never say Queen is prog cause in that case we start to name from all bands 2 or 3 long songs and that's it. 4th nothing to do with the subject but I'll say it anyway, I think is a huge mistake to name Queen one of the best classic rock groups. Led Zep, Sabbath, Purple, Trapeze, Nazareth, Van Halen(don't like it lol), Rainbow, etc are way much worthy and unique than Queen. That harsh opinion maybe cause the hate to Freddie but still the music doesn't reach to my soul and much less the overrated Bohemian Rhapsody... Not saying that people that listen to Queen are crap or anything more, or less but I sincery hate that band. No Offesnse really to the fans.
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 15:14 |
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Most underrated Queen track ever: Great King Rat. Why no Love ?
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 10:17 |
While I've always felt Queen had potential to be a very strong Prog band, that just wasn't in their total game plan. 
The most Progressive song they have, IMO, is The Prophet's Song, but many of their earlier albums are over-all Prog in nature.
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 09:16 |
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 03:06 |
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That's. Why. They. Are In. Prog. Related. Category.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: February 14 2008 at 23:13 |
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Queen. Is. Not. Prog.
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unforgivable74
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Posted: February 11 2008 at 07:16 |
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What about the 20 minute untitled 'wake' type piece at the end of 'Made In Heaven'. It brings tears to my eyes. It builds but never gets there. There are hints of something that was but is no more. Anyone else find this beautiful?
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Laughs as I clean my teeth, laughs as I rub at my eyes.
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Posted: February 11 2008 at 01:57 |
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Queen has been my favorite band since 1990...hands down, I will always love them. As far as awesome prog songs...there aren't that many really...Queen was never really a prog band. If I had to pick 10 it would look like this:
1. The March Of The Black Queen
2. The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke
3. The Prophet's Song
4. My Fairy King
5. White Queen (As It Began)
6. Innuendo
7. Was It All Worth It (just because of the middle section and because it's one of my personal favs)
8. Bohemian Rhapsody
9. The Millionaire Waltz
10. Machines (or back To Humans)
A few of these a re a stretch for prog...but they are just awesome songs regardless.
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Beckham
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Posted: January 05 2008 at 01:09 |
I would class them as artful pop. Which the roots of that are the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and much of the Beatles from Rubber Soul to Abbey Road with some exceptions.
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 14:16 |
Although I don't consider Queen a progressive rock band, there are some progressive tracks which are missing in your previous lists posted in this forum. These tracks are: - It's Late (Excellent track)  - Somebody To Love - Death On Two Legs - Don't Stop Me Now - Rock It (Prime Jive) - Hammer To Fall
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SilverEclipse
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Posted: November 19 2007 at 10:39 |
Tapfret wrote:
SilverEclipse wrote:
Queen's my favorite band, but I would hardly call them progressive outside of a few songs and the Queen II album (which is only barely prog-related in itself) They're only prog if you want to call artsy hard rock progressive.... |
...and who would ever do such a thing?
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true, bad way to put it. Queen's very "pop" though.
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"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
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Posted: November 16 2007 at 00:49 |
SilverEclipse wrote:
Queen's my favorite band, but I would hardly call them progressive outside of a few songs and the Queen II album (which is only barely prog-related in itself) They're only prog if you want to call artsy hard rock progressive.... |
...and who would ever do such a thing?
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SilverEclipse
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Posted: November 14 2007 at 16:08 |
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Queen's my favorite band, but I would hardly call them progressive outside of a few songs and the Queen II album (which is only barely prog-related in itself) They're only prog if you want to call artsy hard rock progressive....
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"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
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Posted: November 12 2007 at 04:43 |
i go with ''tenement funster / flick of the wrist / lilly of the valley '' great 3 songs combination in a queen style 
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Posted: November 11 2007 at 14:59 |
The Prophet's Song
Procession/Father To Son
The Millionaire's Waltz
Innuendo
Bohemian Rhapsody
Ogre Battle
March Of The Black Queen
White Queen (As It Began)
The Miracle (something of a return to prog-tinged fare- vastly overlooked, IMHO)
You Take My Breath Away (perhaps more of a ballad, but the sheer effectiveness of the overdubbing here is amazing, IMHO)
I've always been of the opinion that synthesisers did not really add to Queen's oeuvre at all. If anything, I think it made them a bit lazy. I think most of their 80s albums in particular have the stench of complacency (lots of good to great pop/rock singles but I don't like a lot of the album tracks in their 80s period). I missed the creativity of their 1973-6 period where they'd use studio/production techniques instead of heavy synthesiser use.
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Posted: November 11 2007 at 11:25 |
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"The Prophet's Song" has to be the proggiest piece those guys put together. "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Ogre Battle", "Mustapha" (if just for the joke it was) are pretty well, too. I wouldn't consider "Who Wants To Live Forever" or "The Show Must Go On" Prog.
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Not those two, but Princes of the Universe and Innuendo. 
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Posted: November 11 2007 at 10:02 |
darqdean wrote:
Queen have always struck me as Vocal-Prog rather than Musical Prog, (they really needed to drag out those synths much earlier  )
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Agreed. And they should've stop using them in the 80's...
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Posted: November 11 2007 at 07:30 |
Queen have always struck me as Vocal-Prog rather than Musical Prog, (they really needed to drag out those synths much earlier ), so in addition to those already mentioned, I'll add:
In The Lap Of The Gods
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)
In The Lap of the Gods... revisited
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